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j Keshiono's Garden 1 "It Must Be Fate." By CLARISSA MACKIE Tho curio seller who hIU nt the cross lng of the Two Honda In Tokyo grin ned nminhly up Into Terry Preston'! sunburned fact'. "If the hononihlo lord desires to seo delightful (lowers It would bo much rec ommended tlint he pay call visit upon tho garden of Keshlono.' "Where Is ftils wonderful gnrdcn?" inquired Terry, to whom nil parts of Tokyo were nllke, to whom nil tho world was llatnnd Ftnlennd uninterest ing now thnt Dulcle Morse hnd Jilted him ntid married Oscar Converse. The man pointed along tho upper rond. "If tho honornble lord will follow thnt road tint ho comes to a red gnto In tho Immltoo hedge ho will find be yond tho gate a path that will lend him straight to the garden. Mnny have found happiness there." he add ed, with u sly glnnco at Terry's moody face. "Happiness?" Jeered Terry. "Prny, tell me how happiness may bo found In a garden." "Happiness," mused the curio deni er, funning himself gently, "consists In being with those wo love In. the case of a lover, with the particular beloved one. Tho story goes that mnny centuries ago it beautiful maiden named Keshlono lost her lover through a qunrrel, nnd to console herself she mndo this beautiful flower garden. Tho gods pitied her nnd sent her lover wnnderlng Into tho garden, and when ho saw Keshlono flitting among tho Iris bods ho fell on his knees nnd beg ged forgiveness. They were married and lived long nnd hnpplly In n houso which hns long crumbled to ruin. When they died they were chnnged into two beautiful plum trees that gunrd the Inner gnto. Ever Blnce then the garden has been noted for bringing happiness to dlsconsolnto lovers. One has only to wander there." Terry grinned In eplto of himself nt tho man's fluency. "Vou hnvo told tho tfeory many times?" ho questioned as he moved uwny. "And hnve witnessed the desired (o bo end," came buck the nnswer prompt ly, nnd ho deftly caught tho sola that camo spinning towurd him from Ter ry'a hand. A, laughing red haired youth camo awlftly from tho upper road nnd paus ed by tho curio seller's booth. "l'ou'ru a cheerful liar!" ho declared. "The garden Is only for tho dlscon solnto lover," chlded tho curio dealer eedntely as he pocketed. Ill's uecusor's liberal tip. "The honorable lord Is too Insanely cheerful to bo in need of the pity of tho gods." "Thanks. I suppose that's n compli ment." grinned tho other as ho went, ono cntch n trolley '-nr. "Hut you gorus coining or going, eh, Togo?" "Kxcuso. Nuino Is not Togo, but Is Yunlsho. Good day, honorable sir. Get them coming or going. That omuls funny ICngllsh," he mused. Terry Preston sauntered nlong tho upper roud under tho nrchlug trees. Tho shaded footpath rambled bcsldo n high hedge of bamboos, whose green fituthery tops rustled pleasantly in tho light breeze. Now a well defined path wandered Idly between green hedges until ho reached n sc-ond gate that swung wldo open. On either Hide of this gate was a beautiful plum tree, fresh In its Mny bloom of pink and white. These trees represented the beautiful Keshlono n ml her loving husband. Terry Involuntarily removed hla straw hat as he passed under the trees, ami lie blushed a little at the surren der to sentiment that tho llttlo net Im plied. "Uosh!" he muttered. Ueyond the gate ho found the gar den, a charming mixture of old and now. There were ancient corners where dark cryptoincrlas uiado u dim green shade. Here ouo camo upon stone lantern? given with years nnd perhaps a summer house crushed Id tho deathlike grip of a giant wistaria vino that might bo n century old, so hoary was Its trunk. Hlnls sang in tho trees, nnd tho wa terfalls tinkled musically. It was very beautiful and dellele-wly still. Terry found an old stotio seat half hidden In a group of lovely oleanders in the older part of tho gurdea. Sure ly this spot must hnvo been tho gar den of ICchIiIoiio ms it wim in the old days. Wiuncn'H voloen broke tho quiet. "Dear Aunt Ophelia," wild tint glrl'it WM)t (ones, "U It not perfwtly won derful?" "It I II I hardly to ho Mloved, Mny," reMiinlnl I ho older Minium 'Mgnrly "Hill look; mh If (hut I not lliu colonel )'iiinii! rW, he U look ing nt lu' K'llillWi lii Dm pool I Murk Hid Mini droop o in nImiuMitm JimpttH of M Hillliur) induing Mt, hut do ri KM'l my i rimlly u Mm'" lm lght Trr up Wt mi fi'illiig vt'ty uiuiiinfiiruhlM hum-, bill ln'furt In' 'Uld MhI.i' imit kimU lint pr imil mMi niUHf, illicit 'ly Mfton Amt UjilmJIli i'i Mnw lliln t IM jHUtli'lJ ui ii'UblM kti; alnf Miw Muw ft (iii mi' uijyM'ut yu Bare to moot tho colonel, ana you har my blessing. He'a a porfect, dearr She laughed as her aunt moved majesr tlcally away, ta the direction of the Z stout, white dad genllemaii gaalag Into a fish pool la a diatant part or tno grounds. , Tho girl cams laughing out of tne aimiiirh ami flour homelf In a corner of the stone seat, which sat in deep' shadow. Sho uttered a.atartled cry as sho saw Terry Preston atandng there, aunburn cd and embarrassed, In his gray tweed clothe, with hisjB&aw; hat In his hand, "Air, i didn't, know any one was here," sho cried breathlessly. , I "I was about to go," murmured Terry", with a reluctant glance nt tho stone sent. "Prny do not let me drlv'o you nway. I shall go on presently," The girl set tled herself In Jho corner, tipped tier ' sunshade over her face to obscure it and opened d guidebook. Terry hesitated a moment and then snt .down, his cigarette still bctwjeh his fingers'. t1a glanced at tho girl aud 6ti v.- only tho White drisa with the red book held open by pretty white flngertj. He noted that sho wore on her ribjt hand u turquoise ring, and on her left, as she turned tho pages', .ho saw1 a small ring On her llttteflnger- Tho rest of her charming person was quite concealed, by the. white linen paring- . Presently there camo a sneeze from uudcr the parasol. ( "I beg your pardon; I hope my amok, ing has not annoyed you. Really I forgot to ask you if yon' minded," npol oglzed tho discomfited Terry.. m. , . , ,XUU purnsoi vveiit,i'vvr un nuuutuuia. and ho .looked' into a pair of beautiful grny eyes, black lashed and drooping ,ut tho outer corners, , 8uch) a rose tinted skin, sOch a' dainty nose,; such a kissnble mouth with dimpled, corners, such a Arm whlfo chin, such seashell ears peeping out from the midst of! black huirf ( Truly sho war marveWusiy DeauUful. She, didn't look, as thoughstie would throw a fellow over because she ha'dj found a richer man. Sho lacked that! little hard look in the oyes that mar-1 red Dulcle Morse's pcrfoft beauty,j and somcnow' she had Dord'e' "beat n mile," In Terry's self expressed opinion.! Treason, pure treason, all this. J "1 don't object to the smoke at all," said the girl pleasantly, then craning) her pretty neck as sho looked toward tho spot where hor aunt had dlsap-' penred. "I wonder" she was beginning when Terry lnterruptedet. ''They are: coming n6w" he sald "your nunt and the colonel." "Together?" sao' asked excitedly, "Yes," and Terry craeed nKneck, eager to report to his fair, companion nny Items of Interest.. 'L 1 ,i,r... "Do tliey appear to be engaged" she was beginning' wnen igatn he broke ft: "Why, yea, yon might' thfnk ao-. He's got his arm around her." "FIls arm aronnd OpheUaT' The girl arose and laaghed tenderly. "You have surprised me, sir. I waa going ti nsW if they wra engaged In amicable conversation, but from wjiat you 8ay i nm sure they must be! Perhaps I bet ter oxplaln that my aunt had a very unhappy lovo affair in her youth, and it Just hnppencd thnt' wo were directed to this gnrden of Keshlono. You have heard the story of how many lovers hnvo found happiness here?" She loolced at, him with clear, beautiful' oyest In which' thoro was no traco of coquetry. "I hnve been told that story," said Terry, blushing deeply. "If ever I was In trouble of that sort I should come here' observed the girl dreamily. Terry saw her eyes' wero fixed on tho approaching couple, the handsome military man and tho bloom ing middle uged woman, and he felt a' swift pang of Jealousy, tie first dart of tho little god. "I hopo you may never have to come," bo said awkwardly. And then lio added as the reunited lovers were almost upon them, "I nope you don't mind if I stay and congratulate them; for, you see, Colonel Preston ,1s my undo, and we aro traveliug together, and Bomo day we may be cousins-in-law! I amTerry Preston."' Tho girl ga.Ve him her. .sand, and at that Instant the colonel and Aunt Ophelia camo Upon them! .and both started with surprise. "Terry, you rascal!" cried the colo nel, slajiplng his nephew oik' one broad shoulder, "Mny why, my dear, you don't mean to say why, 1 didn't know.there wits anybody!" faltered Aunt Ophelia, her sweet eyes still dim1 with stirring of old cmottous. Mny blushed beautifully, and Terry went scarlet, but their eyes had met In ono swift, nash' of mitfual under standing, rind each orfb know that tho garden of Kesbioao' bad worked a umglu Hiell uK)ii them both that must never bo broken. No the curio dealer at the crowing of tho Two Heads waa not surprised when four pwplo passed hiiu, coming from tho gnrdixt of Keshlono. Thero wiim mi elderly couple with ( shining, luippy i'j i n, nnd' Hie nlan towtod him a1 wad of paper money Tluro whs m youNg roupl, the man xiiilllnu liinlrly down ut lht glrlj vlmii tttM wwii half veiled to Hide tint uwukfHliig of Un Ut Hu4r beau tiful iVpilm, Twry $uug Mm 4 mi cuIh, hm4 thvy all fMiMt4 out of Mull 'Jin I'liilii Aiit M4M (MulfiiMI Hiid lnUM hUWm, IrfwHW Un4 vrw Mi HMy t'm M'K MjHfl tlwftt mm )m wWm Ut Shadowed- Br RUTH GRAHAM During, that period when the late Russian rovolutlon was browing 8onla Kntrqylch, a young wife of twenty, lived, in St Petersburg nt her home with her husband. They were both members of a secret propaganda em bracing many persons whose object It was to scatter printed matter In tended to awaken the people to their wrongs nnd Incite them to rebelllou. There wero a number of depositories for this literature, nnd the home of the Kntrovlchs was one of them. The police learned of the where abouts of ono of theso depositories and. as was their custom. Instead of raiding It ut once, set n spy upon It with a view to learning what persons went there, assuming that all visitors were members of the propaganda. Ono morning Mme. Katrovlch went to this depository thnt the police were watching to take some revolutionary literature there. The placo was a sin gle room on, the third floor of n building occupied for various purposes. Hav ing finished her visit, Sonla opened tho door suddenlyi and Just in time to see a man dart up the stairs leading to the next story above. She did not kco his face nor his clothes sufficiently to mark h'lm, but she knew Instinctively what hnd happened, Tho depository had been discovered by tho police aud she would bo shadowed to her home. Retaining her presence of mind, she continued on her way, knocking at dif ferent doors as though looking for some one, .Receiving. negative an swer to her question, she passed down and out of the building. Either sho must outwit' the spy or both she and her husband must spend the nt of tn'elr lives In Liberia. She must not go home, and she must con trive, to .makeher.husbandvAwaJBot yvbnt, hnd JyippeneO... 'JW .gam ,ume..sne; visited certain shops. ,The firsts shop' jBho eriterbd.it man' followed, her 'inside' tense of joying. nWuBpected hli,. but was not sura tnat ne was Ber.anau ower till ho, followed her Into another "tore iT i i x After fkmia Jjad vtalted aeTeral atorea she felt"at"Mberty to1 enter one, kept by, one' Petrdf, a member of the propa ganda, without necessarily betraying him. Calling on him for some gloves, she while trying them on lhformed him .of the- situation ttiathe1 mlg&Fat -ojwe-, get .word, of the . danger, to' her husband and be might remote the lit erature. When sbe left the store e maa- who watched her .approached her; VCondpct mer.to your home," he said. "What means this?" she asked, af fectlrig surprise. After ,whlh he admitted the tratn, and Bhe.tqld4him(that De h(4lgoe. to the bulW(hag forthejpurppaOjOf.adlnal a former servant of hers, but bad been mlslnformed-aa" to do.addresa M have no pbJecUon;to taking, yon to my home,;' she .said, ."and 1 llj easily,, prove 'to you that I km' loyal, to tho .government But I warn you that I ! havo, some very, good fiends, who. are Influential wtl the government, and. I will upt'bo put to any incon,venlen9e." I At tbla the man ussumcd a more re- spectful manner and Med his' Kiat po litely. "I am looking for a certain kind of goods,'1 continued &nla,' 'fttiat I need and shair be" obliged to vlslf one or two stores,- then I will take you home wlttt pleasure." Sbula, being of the better class, was enabled to ansumo an Importance that affected the official. She went Into iseveral nioro shops and kept clerks hunting for the goods she- wished. At last sho feigned to And exactly what sho wanted and on paying for It gave the address of her home, to which It was to be sent The police o'fnclal noted tho location, pricking up hla cars as she gavu It It would not suit Soula's game to keep tho man too long. Sho must take eoino risk. It was nearly twO hours after she bad left the' manage with Petrof that she told her captor that sho was ready to go to her home, and she led him1 there In n perfectly straight course. Out It wits all she could do to bear .up under tho suspense. It her husband .bad not received her mes sage there was that In store for them far worse than death. As sho went up tho steps of her houso sho almost fainted, but with an effort she opened the front door. No ono was to bo socn. She. opened ft door leading Into another room whdro her husband sat lit d desk writing. "Well, denr," hu said without looking up from his work, "you have been gouo quite) awhile," Then, raising bis eyes rind seeing his wife's attendant, he nppeflred surprised. Sonln knew thnt Hnd ho not' been warned he would have doubtless turned pale. "Yes," she said. "1 have, beaa de lavcd in flndluir the irood's I' dm for M M III Rvwii, w (She then explained her having an attendant who needed to be satisfied that they were loyal to the rwr. -Thnt U wy wisy," avid ber band. "I aw at this moment writing a par on lbs nectwulty of tWR(Wc4an ptoyltf regaining loyal to Hie evfH ruwt," He bhM liwi nuChUy4 paper ta (be mI bh4 Mm aeain tba hu4M( ftim hkh rrwMWHjr kHw ImIIuh M l"H rnwyrifd, M t wr M b irMHia k pJ(M HmI MV vDKw n imiIUAH h4 Olplomaoy. WIfoy Fred, I wnnt you to go down; Btalrs and give the cook two weeks' notice. Hubby Dut, my dear, I thought you wore anxious to hnvo her stay? Wlfcy And so I nm. If you tell her to go she'll probably stny Just .to splto you Seo? 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