I.Y UTAH»
By
GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON
Author of “Beverly of Graustark.” Etc
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CHAPTER XXVII
TOnr mertterta «tetemewts aixl eutd the name thing They wer. gw,
O!.Y la March a
2^at R«bF **at Ok rv* reltog about it when I left üte tiuii
rwaeperi t aaJiisl tra
oTer all of K. and I am <mavta< e<l >t was an awful jar to fatear bvr »wo
■fhi bay k4sa wit* sick
r^der what has bwreme of hfui He •ants I'd aiupe with Harry."
“?t weald be pretty dificult far
u4«MlsMw4«» th..
L afraid «f-of -vrell. there was talk
•■w. tea ksanaiaiai
S ,3 arreat before I left I here not efacer on duty to elope. *ant
tee mag U was uut a
at c newspaper since I sow the tWnk ’ ' asked Graydon, unused
. teak sH.aaaga
"Not if he loved tlie girl. He Mr- mexy
that awful morning. . God.
teo. But I haven’t told you the warst Wt re rejoin a j la the escape from the
Esther must have hurt you!"
Mother says I am belag >r?«soA>M-. harkihips <»f rtfe |R the l~aad» Gray
«t too. haT* not lo”ke<1 *t a news
don lianaeiaer »w^ am.vag them weak
-Ince them, Graydon.” she said "polled out here tn Manila, and she
^p!y He smiled wearily, and there seys flatly that she s going to take a-e and . 1 tatrns<teI of kls awn future, al
beit a medal of honor aad the prospect
back to tbe States Isn’t It awful?"
vm response In her eyes.
“Rack to the fellow In Kew York?" of i:i excellent l-eattiMi were ahead of
jie took her band In bls, and they
hi: . Ills etwhirge was assured. He
t silently side by side on the bench erufled Jane encouragingly
bad served h s ennatry lirirfy, hat well,
Ethel
thought
fur
a
nronient.
and
a
far
for half an hour, their thoughts *
dear little smile came Into her troubted and lie was net loath to r*w< on hts in-
twxy, bnt of one another.
s.galtieaiit la’rvsts and so respect the
eyes.
.•¿raydob she said at last, “are you
“I hope he hasn't gone and fallen tn memory of ihs lispute* whhr+i had
jlr.c to remain tn the army?"
driven him lato aar*»-e in hM heart
leve with some other girl,” she ««Id
I am through with It. My dis-
It was true, as Jane aeon H*ume<! be felt that time «evoid make him as
Is to be recommended. I'm dls-
that Mrs. Harbin bad eonehided to le- strong as ever, dee,. *« the agty scar In
turn to the United Skiles with Bit,*. his side It was a qo^ertou wtth him.
•Ye ■ "I I e : ’s strong as ever, dear."
Jane's
aunt bad grown Immeasurably however, whether time could revive
To yon want me to stick to the
tlrevl
of
Manila—ami iwrhaps a little the .iinblton that had Iwen •motber«*d
inn"? I a i only a private.”
more
tired
of the colonel. It was she during the first days ot despair. He
-y •! can do greater things out In the
looked ahead with keeu Inquiry, specu
You will be a great who aroused tbe colonel's antl|»athv to lating ou the nneertain whirl of for
wor d. I know
little
Lieutenant
Soper.
She
dwelt
tune’s wheel.
•man if you do'i't lose heart, Graydou.”
upon the dire misfortune that was pos-
Jane was obduracy itself In respect
slble if Ethel continued to bask In tbe
society of “those young ninnies." Tbe ’ to bls pleadings. A certain light tn het
colonel developed a toserlug raet* aud eyes luid at last brought conviction to
his soul. He tiegan to fear, with a
a great fear that Ethel might become
fatally contaminated before she could ; mighty pain, that she would not re
be whisked off of the Island. It was treat from the stand she had taken.
She went on board with Mrs. liar
deeldd that Mrs. Hurbln and Ethel
should return to tbe United Stites bln and Ethel. There were other
* soon after tbe tirst of March to take wives on board who liad found tern
porary release from irksome but volun
up their residence in New York city.
tary enlistment. Jane’s resignation
"Mother wants to l>e a soldier's
from the Red Cross society deprived
widow—on parole," sulffeil Ethel, al
her of the privileges which would have
most audibly enough for her father’s
permitted her to see much of Graydon.
ears.
They were kept separated by the
Mrs. Harbin at once Informed Jane transport's regulations—he was a com
that she was expected to return with mon soldier, she of the officers' mess.
them. She demurred at first, purely The restrictions were cruel and relent
for the sake of appearances, but In tbe less. They saw but little of one an
end agreed to tender her reelgnation to other during the thirty days, but their
the Red Cross society. Tbe knowledge thoughts were busy with the days to
that Graydon Bannemer’s discharge come
Graydon grew stronger anti
“J":!', thi* can’t go on any longer."
was soon forthcoming uDd that be In more contideut as the ship forged nenr-
"I can’t be a soldier, dear, and sup tended to return to America in the er to the Golden Gate, Jane more wist
port a wife on the pay I get.” he said spring bad more to do with this decl fui and resign«*«! to the new puriaiae
slon than she was willing to admit. which was to give life another color
with a smile.
She therefore announced her ambition Ing, if possible. They were but one
"You shouldn't marry.”
to become a trained Durse and gave no day out from Ran Francisco when he
"But l am going to marry,” he said.
Harbin's Insinuating found the opportunity to converse with
"I have decided to become a nurse. heed to Mrs.
her as she psseei! through the quarters
It is my Intention to 'give my whole smile.
Letters of late from Mrs. Cable hail of the luckless oues.
life to”-
to
return
to
Chicago.
been urging her
"Jane, I won't take no for an answer
“Tbe Red Cross?”
David Cable was far from well, break this time,” he whi»(>ered eagerly. “You
“No. The hospitals at home—the I
ing fast, and he was wearing out his must coiiseut Do you want to ruin
hospitals for the poor and homeless."
heart in silent longing for her return both of our Ilves?”
Ethel Harbin was coming through
"Why will you persist, Graydon?
the grounds toward them. Her face He wrote to her himself that he ex
peeted to retire from active business You know I cannot"—
was c.ouded by a dark frown, and she
early In the year and that bls time and
“You can. Consider me as well ns
Wai visibly excited.
"It's all off." she announced as she fortune from that day on woukl be de yourself. I want you. Isn’t that
voted to his family. He held out at enough? You can’t ask for more love
catue up.
tractive visions of travel, of residence than I will give. Tomorrow we’ll 1>e
"Where Is the usual hero?” asked
abroad, of endlree pleasure which they on shore. I have many things to do
Graydou.
could enjoy together
before I am liberty to go my way.
“I’m through with the real army,
Jane had written to them that she Won’t yon wait for me? It won't be
They’ve dismissed me. That is. father
would not live In Chlcago-any pluce long. We can tie married in San Fran
tad mother have, They are driving
else lu tbe world, she said—and they
me to the Salvation
Army."
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,.' she ex understood. There was do word of cisco. Mr. and Mrs. Cable are to meet
you. Tell them, dearest, that you want
claimed. seating herself beside Gray-
James Bansemer in all these letters. to go home with me. The home won't
dou. "I wish I were Jane and my own
She was always daughter to them, and be In Chicago, but it will lie home Just
mistress.’’
they were father and mother.
the same."
¡'ear me. Ethel, what an ambition!"
Graydon Bansemer one day received
"Dear Graydon, 1 am sorry. I am
•aid Jane. "What has happened to three letters, all from Chicago. He
heartsick, ’but I cannot, I dare not."
Bpset you so?”
knew the handwriting ou the envelop
Graydon Bansemer was a man ns
“Father has.”
of each. Three men had written to
He gave utterance to
"I should have asked who, not him—ills fatner. Ella« IT"* tn nn! It!.- well ns a lover,
a perfectly manlike expression, coming
by. A dark scowl came over Ills f ix'
”1 suppose they expect me to marry as he looked nt the Rigby envelope 1 from the ls»ttom ot his tried soul:
"It's d---- d nonsense. Jane!" He said
hJratlon Army man. They say Har
was the first letter th::t he «»¡'c ied ami it so feelingly that she smiled even as
ry Isn’t good enough. I think he Is a read. Jane was sitting near by watch
she shook her bead and moved away,
*ery moral young man.”
Ing the expression on his face
"I'll see you tomorrow on shore?" he
"It's from Rigby." he said as !:•■ called, repentant and anxious.
^Hkrry? Who la Harry?"
"by. haven’t you heard? Harry finished.
“Yes!"
toper. I'm engaged to him."
"What does he say?" «be asked anx
The next «lay they landed. Graydon
waved nn an vices farewell to her as
"The lieutenant?”
lonely.
"Tie says he 1« my devote«! frlei d he was hurried off with the lame, the
. Certainly. He's going to be pro
■eted. though, if he ever gets on th’ for life." replted Graydon bitterly
1 halt and the blind. He saw David Ca
Mug line It’s not his funk th.« he cannot forget, though. Jane. He 1s not ble and his wife on the pier, and In
i ' do duty in the walied «’¡tj". lie’s the sort of friend 1 want."
spite of himself be could not repel nn
ro»ilU'. tO "Pt out I,nJ
B,li
"He thought it was for the best. eager, half fearful glance through tb<*
crowd of faces. Although he did not
father"- Here she pauseil, her ¡¡pa Graydon.”
,
expect his father to meet him. be
pu. uztogether with a firmness that
•’Ye« and be may have though. •
bole-! nt
was mv friend too. This letter says as dreaded the thought that be might t>e
there, after all To his surprise, as he
Hke ” an
BU enemy
‘‘nemv
-»* •
Hiirbln divesn’t approve?"
, much. But I I'k
“» to
»■> expect 1 °f *u stood waiting with his comrades he
what
“No. lie says Harry Is a ’little pup’ i dear You know W«
Here's one from saw David Cable turn suddenly and
It's ' ctrageous. Jane."
enemy fit ail
Ellas"
Drnom after a moment’« hesitation wave hla
“Don't cry, dear. The world Is full Ella*
Proem-old
•? Ben."
scrawled a few words of ’’beer to the hand to him. the utmote friendship In
“Not for tne,” said Ethel dolefully young soldier, urging him not to re bls now haggard face. His heart
come hmne at the »nd of thunif‘**‘l joyously at this sign of amity
"Pte picked Harry out of a hundre«l enlist, but to c__-
As the soldiers moved away Cable
#r mon*, and I think my dlscrtmlna
He Inclosed a letter
Con ought to he considered. I’m the bl’ two year«, *, in which that gentte pausetl and looked after him, a grim
frouj Mr.
to be satisfied. Father has no"—
to pnt Graydon in though compassionate expression Io bls
*^ot how aboat that young fellow man promls-l
»f their N'*w 'ur't 0,,ice
110 eye-" He and Jam* were ready to con
bhek In New York? You used to say he charge o.-----
front the customs officers.
TLIs
news
sent
would take the pla«e.
• m the only one."
••I wonder If be knows atmut his
Tears of a grate-
"He Is the only one In New York his spirits bounding ex[*cted to f**' father." ru'•**-! be. Jane caught her
fulness he never
look how far off he 1»! It take«
Jane's happiness breath and c«»ked at him with some
sprang to bi«
He
*eek.< for his letters to get to me."
thing like (error In her eyes.
was a redectl« an of bis own.
"But he writes every day."
«1 riptly ■ hanged the aubject. deploring
James lUusemer -*i s letter was not read
“Harry telephone« every day. I tell
> Whet! he had flnbhe«l his Apse Into the (>nst from which
?ou. Jane, the voice has a good deni to al<*nd to Jane V. - --------- ,(je be fold- they were trying to ahi«4«l her.
to with It Yon like to hear a fellow the (»niaai of the h>ng f ep in • bi* pocket.
The following morning Graydon re
ed it and at«* It away m
Mr nice things. It beats Ink all to
sn«l bls «*etv«Ml a i»*e from < able, a frank 1 >«it
His
-reined a Mt
t— wistful
”
It will go hard with him per
fsoe drawn, bat there w»» > jo word to carefully Wonted ni«*e«sge. In which
but he's young, ne’ll get over let her know what had t«*n written by b,- was Invited to take the trip east In
it’’
the private car of th» preoalent <rf the
th. man who bad
He Taclflc. lak-o and Attest* Mm « «
Ton are young too. That la why you
Mie is wall." »»’ a11 h
■•ve got over George "
dkl «»t tell her that bls fathte bad ble J'dned b« bneKnd In the Invfta
the ti«m. one of the ««re «p«ite In Gra>
*T a not as young as I waa. But I've
don « co«wienr* was healed by this
to"!d*.i on Harry If father do«-n't urw«d him to
exhibition at kliwln»"" M*wever. Ca
_.-n- With wbk'b to ** •
1 us get manX! right away I’m Ila I Rint^
“Tv enters«« he care! ble c«t--d that hi»
would delay
"• t gef over him too. It's allly doing
*11 the time One might rwwr r*» U ex££ or,e paragraph cut Gf.yd.rn d «rtnre nil Grentes • pat»*r» were
parsed npoo ■»•I
from
■“»rrtel. yon know But father is flrrr
the fl«**
r|ear of it,! tape rewrteriona.
He say» I c»n’t aod be «my» beTI kick to •Td
advise you to iter
,
Th, y-*«e< men <w> iamBn«
“*r— ¡nto the middle of ttert summer «go If they don’t kill V*« *“ 'h*
,
rratna to
B”“* I*nmn
o*ys I shall n«x mat r y to to tbe lpptnes you’re b*t»r o
the *tt«« ba rtng S«*M Mm to
ar army
He says tisey «test
haw ns here ’’
m«. ««
*
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Rv» get »*•
*• •• Mte
Tni HHDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 190«
G ray don was uot a little puv
tied by the fact that the old clerk
ed strangely at variance with his
■t to t
re. In
hat he
Ulte.
Droom
letter
g him at headquarters It was
but it si>e .flcally urged him to
t the place proposed by Mr
gg and reiterated bis presslug com
mand to the youug man to «top for a
few days In Chicago. In broad and
characteristically uncouth sentencos be
a»ured him that while the city held
no grudge against hiiu aud that the
ywiug uieu w«uid welcome him with
op®u artuatata grwunjleua fears to the
«■•atrary— he would «advise him to
ahoan* New Y«TO
There wa« one
an« seatiaeatal aUualau Io "old
Broadway" aad awteer to ~Gren-
Btteh." aa he wrote it tn conclusion,
te aaked him to cwoie to the office.
wMte was «CW la the U---- building.
»Ad big that If be wwteed te avoid the
newspaper oiea ha could find eecluslotl
at the old rooms ia Wells street. "Your
father.” be >atd. "has given up his
apartmieut aud has tskeu lodgings I
doubt very much If he will lie willing
tn share thesu with you. In view of the
pnattlou he has »««Mimed lu regard to
your future. «Ithoagth h« nays you may
always call upon him for pecuulary as
sistance.” A draft for K«*! was in-
Cleaeii with the letter.
Graydon was relieved to find that
there would I* no Irksome delay at
rredtna his alkefal discharge When
»« wiYel oat a "free man.” as he
eal!«*<! It, > avHitlenianly penaiuli attor
ney locked arms with him and hung on
like a leech until the Irritated soldier
shook him off with less couslderatlon
than vigor.
He went directly to the Palace hotel,
where he knew the Cables were stop
ping. David Cable came down In re
sponse to his card. Tin* two men Bhook
hands, each eying the other inquiringly
for |iu Instaut.
”1 want you to understand. Graydon,
that I am your friend. Nothing has al
tered my esteem for you.”
“Thank you. Mr. Cable. 1 hardly ex
pected It.”
"1 don’t see why. my 1>oy. Rut wg’ll
let nil that pass. Mrs. Cable wants to
ae<* you.”
"Before we go any farther I want to
make myself dear to you. 1 still hope
to marry Jane. She says she cannot
lH*conie my wife. You understand why,
sir. I only want to tell you that her
objections are n«X objections to me
She is Jane, aud I love her. air, be
cause she is.”
"I ho(»e you can win her over. Gray
don. She seems determined, however,
aud she Is unhappy. You can't blame
her, either. If there were bane or com
mon blood lu her, It wouldn't make
much difference to her pride. But she’s
made of other material. She’« serious
about it, and I am sensible enough to
get her point of view
She wouldn't
want to marry you with th«* |iro«i>«*ct
of an eternal shallow that neither of
y«ju could get off of your minds. 1
sometimes wish that I knew who were
her parents."
"It doesn’t matter, so far as I am
concern ed"
“I know, my boy. You'll never know
how It hurt me to find that 1 had no
daughter. It hurts her worse a thou
sandfold to learn that she has uo moth
er. 1 trust it may uot happen that
you will lose her as a wife."
"If I really thought I <*ouldu’t win
her. sir. It would niln my ambition in
life. She loves uve. I’m sure."
"Ry the way, Clegg tells me he has
offered you the New York office, It Is
a splendid chance for you. You will
take it. of course."
”1 expwt to talk it over with Mr
Clegg wbeu 1 get to Chicago.”
"C oin up to our apartments. Oh.
pardon me, Graydou, 1 want to ask
you if you have sufficient money ’ to
carry you through? I know the pay
of a private 1s not great."
"Thank you. I have sav«*d nearly
all of It My father has sent me a
draft for five hundred. 1 don't expect
to use it. of course.”
"Your father?" asked Cable, with a
quick, searching look
“And then 1 did gave something lu
Chicago, strange as it may seem," said
Bansemer. with a smile. "I have a
few of your 5 per «■enta. 1 trust the
road Is all right."
The Cables left San Francisco on
the following day, accompanied by the
Harbins an«! Graydon Bansemer. There
was no mistaking the joy which lay
under restraint In the faces and atti
tude of the Cables David Cable bail
grown younger and less gray. It
seemed, and his wife was glowing
with a new and subdued happiness
Graydon. sitting with the eiclted
Ethel, who was rejoicing In the pros
pert of New York and the other young
man. studied the faces of the three
people who sat at the other end of
the coach.
Time had wrought Its [«ennltles Ca
ble was thin and his face had lost Its
virility, but not Its power Ills eye*
never left the face «if Jane, who wa
talking In an earnest. Impassion •-<!
manner, as was her wont lu the»*
days.
Frances Cable'» fa«e was «
study In tranattion Rhe had lost tb
«*olor and vivacity of a year ago. al
thought the « hange was not Apparent
to the casual eboarver Graydon could
see that she had aufferw! In many
ways. The k«en. eager appeal for ap
pre*-la«lon was r*n* from I «er eye»;|
in It» stead was the appeal for love
and <*r,»tented rvees
Happiness, now
struggling agalnot the smarting ot a
sc.ber pain was giving s •«•»'n<ws to
her eyes that had bean toot In tbe am
bltkrtM glitter of other day»
Ethel
tewed him. a meet nnosus! condition
Ha longed to be nnder tte tender quiet
Ing tnflnenrre at th» oppoelte end of the
car He ev«v>
1 his too^nrary
erria
"Baste - rwM»
are not
the rieht ti
In tli<
test«Hl Frances «
I hen* la no n<
cessity. You mn
can have the l*st
homes and in any place you like. Why
waste your life In"—
"Waste, mother? It would tx* wsst
Ing my Hie If I did no* flml an occupa
tion for It. I can't be Idle. I can't ex
ist forever tn your love and devotion."
"Good Lord, child, don't t>e foolish!"
exclaimed «'able "That hurts uie more
than you think Everything we have
Is yonrs "
"I'm sorry I sold It. «teddy. I did not
mean It In that, way It lent the
msttey you knew, am! It Isn’t the
heme. rl'?>«r. No: you moot kt me 1
cho«ee my ewn wav of living the rest
of my Ilfs 1 <*«wie from a fouadllng
hospital. A good and tender nurse
foun«! me rbore ank gave nn* the bap
plest yearn of my life I shall go back
there and give the rest of uiv »«ars to
children who «re lean formnite tlian I
was I want to help thorn, luetbor. Just
as you dl«l etily It Is different with
me.”
"You'll s«*e It differently some day."
said Mrs. Cable earnestly.
"I don't ohfect to ynur helphm th«*
foundlings. Jane." said Cable, "Isit I
don’t see why you have w» l<e • nurse
to do It Other women »upport such
causes. sn<1 not as nurses, tetbor It's"
"It’s my way. daddy, thal'a all." she
said firmly.
"Then why. In the name of heaven,
wre you ««> nnklnd ns to keep that
poor boy over there alive wbeu be
might have «lies! and end«»! his misery?
You nursed him back to life only to
give him n wound that cannot bu heal
t*d. You would mln his life, Jane Is
It fair? I'm uncouth and hard In many
ways I had n h«rd. untl“<l Iwglunlng
—but I really believe Tve g<4 more
h«*art In tne than you have.”
“David!” exclaimed hla wife. Jane
lookml at the exa«i>eruted man In «ur
prise.
“Now, here’s what I Intend you to
do: You owe me something for the
love that I give to you; you owe Gray
dou something for keeping him from
dying. If you want to go Into the
nursing business, all right.
“Good Lord, cftild, don’t It* /oolitht" an-
clofrssd CabU.
going to demand »»me of your devo
tion for my own saku liefore that time
comes,
I’ve loved you all of your
life”—
"And I’ve loved you.
gasped.
“And I'm going to ask you to begin
your nursing career by attending to
me. I'm sick for want of your love.
I'm giving up business for the sake of
enjoying It unrestrained Your mother
and I exjiect It. We are going abroad
for our benlth. and we ar«* going to
take you with us. Right now Is where
you begin your career as n nurse.
You've got to Is-gln by taking care of
the love that is sick and miserable.
We want It to live, my dear Now. I
want a direct decision at one«: Will
you take charge of two patients on n
long contemplated trip In search of
love nnd rest -wages paid In advance?"
She looked st hlin. white faced and
atvnned. He was putting It before her
fluently anil In a new light. She saw
what It was that be considered that
she owed to them the love of a daugh
ter. after all.
An hour later she stood with Gray-
don on the rear platform of the car.
lie was trying to talk calmly of tlm
country through which they were rush
ing. am! she was looking |>enaiv»ly
down the rails that alfpped out lieh I nd
them.
"We'll tie In Chicago in three days.
he remarked.
“Graydon. 1 have decided
abroad for five or six months
starting upon my work. The;
me so much, you s«*e." she «■<
voice a trifle uncertain.
”1 wish I could haw some pwsr to
persuade y**>," be said Changing hla
tone to one of brisk interest, be went
on “It la right, dear. It will do you
great good, and it will lie a joy to
them. I'll mlns y«m.”
"And I shall misa you. Graydon.”
abe said, her eyes very aol«mn am!
wistful.
“Won't you won't you give me the
promise I want, JaneT’ ho ask«*! eager
ly. Rhe placed her band upon lila and
shook her head
“Won't yon he gooff to me, Oraydon?
Don t make It so herd for me ries»,
pieooe don't tel! me again that you tore
CH A PT I R XXVIII.
1IE spring floods delayed
the easteru express,
bringing the party to
Chicago nearly a day
late. The Cables and the
Harbins weut at once to
Auuex. where David Cable bad
taken rooms They bad glveu up their
north side home some months betöre,
both he and bis wife retiring into the
seclusion that a great hotel can afford
when uthvsNary
Graydon hurried off to his father’s
"Igee. eager, yet half fearing, to ineel
the mau who was reeponalbte for the
broken link lu bls Ute- this odd year
He recalled as he drove acroHa town
that a full year had elapsed slncv lie
■pant that unforgettable night In Kilns
Droom's uncanny home. Was lie never
to forget that night that night when
his soul seemed even more squalid
than the home of the recluse?
All of his baggage except n suit case
had been left at the station
He dll
■«•t know what had lavome of his be
•usings In the former home of Ills fa
tbar, nor. for that matter, did he care
kt th« U
building tie ventured a
ItMdetit greeting to th« elevator Iso
whom lie remembered The boy looked
at him quW.zieally and nodded with
Motoiuury aloofness Graydou found
htuiaalf hoping that ho would uot tis*et
Ikibby lligbi
He also wondered as
the car shot up how hla father had
luannged to eaca|s* from the meshes
that were drawn about him on the ev<
of his departure.
Ills chances had
looketi black and liopeieas enough then
yet he still maintained the same old
office« In (lie building ljis mime was
on the directory Isianl downstairs
Graydon's heart gave a quick Ismud
with the thought that tils father had
proved th« charges false after nil.
Ellas Drooiu was busy directing the
labors of two nblelssllis! men and it
cluirwomau, nil of whom were tolling
an they had never tolled liefere. The
woman was dustlug law books, and
tin* met* were packing them away in
tsixes The front room of the suit was
III a stat«* of devastation
A dozen
boxes stood about tile ti««or; rugs and
furniture were huddled In the most re
mote corner awaltlug the arrival of the
"aveoiMtluind man;" the t!<s>r wan lit
tered with pa|»*r. Droom was direct-
tug operations with a broken umbrella
It aeeinei! like a lash to tbe tollers.
"Now let's get through with tills
room," he was say lug In bin most Im
l«lllng way
"The men will be here
for the l«oxes at 4. I dou't want 'em
to wait. This back room stuff we'll
put lu the trunks. I-ook mit there!
Don't you s«* tbnt nail?”
khtdle Denver, with hla usual lmlo-
leuce, was seateil upon tin* islge of the
writing table lu the corner, smoking
hka cigarette and commenting with
freedom upon the «*fforta of ttie
«idrltig slaves.
"How long are you going to keep
tbaev things In the warehouse?" he
asked of Droom.
’Tin not going U> k«*ep them there nt
all. They belong to Mr. Hansetner
He’ll take them out when he linn th«*
time.”
"He's getting all the time be wants
now, I guess." commented Eddie
"Ray, talking alsiut time, I'll be twen
ty-one next Tu«*»day "
"Old enough to marry.”
”1 don't know about that. I’m get
ting pretty wise. Do you know. I've
Just found out how old Host«* Keating
Is. Rhe's twenty-nine. Gee. It’s fillin'
how n fellow always gets stuck on n
girl older th in himself* Still, she's all
right. I'm not saying a word against
bar. Rix* wouldn’t I* twenty-nine If
«tie could help It."
‘*1 suppose It’s off ta*tw«*en
then."
"I don't know about that either,
lunched at Rector's today That don't
look like It*« off. does It? Four sixty-
Ove. Including the tip Rhe don’t look
twenty nine. d<«*« she?"
“I’ve never noticed her.”
“Never! Well, holy mackerel!
must lie blind then. Rhe says she’s seen
you tn the elevator n thousand times
Never noticed her? Gee!”
”1 mean I’ve never noticed any one
who looked less than twenty nine By
tlw way, do you ever ««•« Mr. Rigby?
I believe »he Is In hla office."
"I don’t go to Rigby’s any more."
said Eddie, with sudden stiffness "He’s
a cheap skate "
"I heard he threw you «mt of the of
flee one day." with a dry cackle
"He did not! We couldn’t ngree in
certain things regarding the Bansemer
affair, thaj'a all. I told him to go to the
ilevfl, or won!» to that effect."
(Continued nelt week.)
RAYMOND HITCHCOCK
THE
How many American women in
lonely homes to-day long for this
blessing to come into their lives, and
to I» able to utter these word*, but
because of some organic derange
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Every woman interesteil in this
subject should know that prepara
tion for healthy maternity ia
accomplished by th«* use of
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Mrs. Maggie Gilmer, of West
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from a weakness peculiar to mv sex,
when Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
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not only restore«! tne to perfect health,
but to my delight I nm a mother."
Mrs. Josephine 11.ill,of Banistown,
Ky.. writes:
’ 1 Was a very great sufferer from
female troubles, sn«l mv physician failed
to help me. Lydia E. I’iuklutui’s Vege
table Compoumi not only reatored me
to perfect health, but I urn now a proud
mother.”
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HOYT CHEMICAI. GQ.
ACTOR MAY
NEVER BE TRIED
If .1\! •
New Y«»rk. Nov. 13.—Raymond
Hitchcock. the comedian, will proba
bly never tie tri'*d on the two indict
men's as the revult of the charge pre-
ferr«*d by three young girls
Dis
trict Attorney Jerome announced in
court today that there Is no hope of
conviction and upon his recommen
dation his ball of 17SOO was dis
charged, It Is likely that Hitchcock’s
attorneys In
I a few days will move the
dismissal of
< the Indictments, Hitch
cock has been acquitted on two In
dlctments.
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