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T Is.
Sylvia
CHAPTER VI Continued
17
MW)mt put till m Idea Into your head,
that be oilitlit marry a county touch
er?" Mr, OvlKhton anxloimly Baked
"If bo d go that fur dlHgruce ma wllli
a low nmrrliige "
St, Croix ronllzxd, aa ha told bla
fnther the grounda of hli fcara, that
they founded rutlier liikubatnntlal.
Hut bo muat hnve been cloactnd a
long time with that girl thla after
noon, for It waa nearly two houre
after cloning time," lie explained.
"And ha aemiia to linuut her achool-
houe I"
"Hhe'a ynnng and pretty, I auppoter
"Young and protty, yea, but deadly
common I"
Ilow do you knowt Kvcr mot her
youmelfr
'Tea. Hhe'i a relative of the farm
er, Bnm Bchwenckton, and boar da at
bla farm. I met her that night Ham
chwenckton enltrhed my watch."
"Atlrnctler
Bt. Croix nodded. "Hut 'an Impoa-
ilble little vulgnrlnn. I can't Imagine
Why they let liich Illiterate! teach our
echoola, Hhe murder the KngtUh Inn
gunge ai terribly ai any uiieducuted
I'enniylvaiila Ihitch girl doea!"
'I scarcely believe, ktt. Croix, that
Marrln could ba attracted to euch a
girl aa you deacrlbe, He doean't uan
ally let bla aenoea blur hla Judgment."
"I'd think, too, but for what I've
aeen with my own eye. Father. If he
could tolerate her for two hours
alona In her schoolroom with her
and then walk borne with her for a
mite I should think ha must be pretty
far gone!"
It wouldn't matter how far gone
be were If It weren't that the young
fool's apt, as yon say, to marry her!
Consideration for bis family, fur his
mother trlflce like that! would not
Stop hlmt Well, I'll nip HI - I'll In
vestigate the thing and If there's any
thing In It. I'll bribe tha girl to go
away."
"Hut wait we haven't much evi
dence; It would ba a pity to let her
bold yon np for a pile of money if
there's nothing In It."
"I'll soon And out whether there's
anything In It."
"Ilut howr
"If I can contrive to get In touch
with her, the rest will be enayl"
"Tha danger of Interfering la that
tt often starts )ust what you meant
to prevent 1"
"I waan't born yeeterdny, SL Croix.
Once I meet the girl, I'll anon find out
enough to' guide me. If I waited for
Indisputable evidence, I might he too
late, I suppoe. I could drop In to see
her at ber erhnol Just at closing time,
don't yon think T Do you know what
time In the afternoon the school
Closes r
"About four o'clock."
"I'll look her over on Monday. It
won't do to dally with such a poMthll
Ityt I'm fsst coming to th. point of
resigning myself to the fact thnt Mar
vln can't be coerced. Very well, then,
we've got to circumvent him!"
"Conceited, obstinate ass!" mut
tered 8t Croix.
"Nothing of the kind! He has one
of the few qualities In which men dif
fer from sheep, Tlackbone. He hss
beck bone, fttands upright on his own.
Itefuses to get down on all fours and
run after a tinkling leader!"
"Steps out from tha herd and
throws tha whole works Into disor
der!" 81. Croix contended.
"He would ssy he waa starting them
on a better path away from tha
Slaughter house."
"Hounds aa If you agreed with him,
Father I"
"You know better. But I respect
his bsckhooe, (lets It from me," Mr.
Crelgtiton concluded, as at this mo
ment the waiter presented the bill
and St Croix rose from the table,
CHAPTER VII
When Murvtn Crelghtnn reached bis
father's house thnt same evening, be
found, to hla dismay, all the drive
ways about tha place fllloj with llmou
sines. A party on? Ilut that was un
likely, for now thnt he no longer lived
at home, ha and hla mother valued
theso Thursdny evenings together too
much to let anything Interfere with
them. This evening he enpeclnlly
wanted to sea her alone for the rea'
sons he had accurately stated to Miss
Bchwenckton he wanted 10 see the
photograph ha had asked his mother
to unearth and he wnnted very much
to hear about the Kngllxh mall she
bad received.
Ho surmised Hint he hnd probably
coma In at the tall end of an after
noon club meeting the "Quo Non
Aaeendus club," probably. Well, he
didn't wnnt to be caught In that bed
lam! Ho he stole In at a side door
and went upstairs to his own rooms.
The familiar sight of his bedroom
and Sillily, to which he could now
comn o'lly on brief vlalts In his fn
titer's nhnence, depressed hi in. It all
seemed so uniieceemiry, this bitter
controversy between him nnd his fn
(her I Yet It was not a light thing
of recent growth, hut deep-rooted In
their essential differencial of tempera
ment and chnructor and outlook his
fslher being unite frnnkly primitive
and "human" (be claimed) In hla gos
pel of selMntercrit, while ha himself
as Inherently, unconquerably socially
minded, from hla boyhood up his fu
titer had tried In vnln to knock out
of him his iinbiialness-llke considers
tlon of the other fellow's point of
view ; and It had ended at ItiM In their
of the Minute
By
HELEN R. MARTIN
Coiiyrliht by Dodd, Maad A CA
WNU Sarvloe
being unable to live under tha in me
roof. .
The hardest part of It to Marvin
was the distress It csused his mother.
If anything could have made lilm deny
bis soul It way that.
While he freshened up In his bath
room; reveling In Its conveniences and
comforts (there was no bathroom at
Absalom Punts') ba wondered bow
Miss Bchwenckton, who looked so
dainty and seemed ao fastidious, en
dured the crude Ufa at Hchwenckton'i
farm. Klie didn't fit Into the picture.
He knew the party must break up
soon, for It wus nearly dinner time
and most of these people had several
mllea to drive; and a few empty cups
and siiucera about tha hull which the
servants had overlooked told hlin they
had already had tea.
How did his mol her, comparatively
Intelligent, stand that crowd? And
yet, how else would she fill ber life.
emptied, through her great wealth, of
the wholesome necessity to work! Hu
per flimm wealth was Joy-killer aa
surely as poverty.
The visitors were gone at Inat and
Marvin went downstairs to take bis
mother In his arms. '
It was cosy having his dinner alone
with his mother; and the taste and
comforts of his home, after his dime
of Absalom I'untx' menage, were cer
tainly eoothlng.
"Father thinks a dosa of plain living
will cure met" Marvin smiled as be
helped himself to fillet of steak nnd
mushrooms tha butler was passing.
"On the contrary, living at Absalom
Punts' has made me realise, ss I never
did before, bow much unnecessary lux
ury we have here, which I always took
for granted, not knowing any other
way of life. Bo this throwing me out
on my own Is Just having the opposite
effect of what ha Intended It to have."
"I don't like to think of your living
In such discomfort, dear," his mother
snswered, "though you're not looking
any the worse for It I Ilut how In tha
world do yon stand their foodT
"It's good. I walk about the coun
try so much thdt anything tastes good.
I'm getting to like sauerkraut and
boiled beef and cabbage) Ilullyt And
fried ponhkus! And even smearcaser
"Imagine KL Croix eating at tha
table with thoee Puntses!" Mrs.
Crelghton smiled. "Sauerkraut and
smearcaae and ponhaus!"
"It's not their food so much aa the
way they eat tt that 'krelatles me.
Know what 'krelitles means! Of
course you don't Means disgust, rubs
me th. wrong way, gets my goat I
can't watch them eat ; they ara too
darned Industrious about It."
"Marvin, I want to ask you some
thing I'm worried. St. Croix la phi
landering, I'm afraid, with a very com
mon girl and I do dread what can
come of such entanglements. It's so
Imprudent I You get about the coun
try ao much I thought perhaps ynu
had heard or seen something of It,
have ynul Po you know who the
gtrl ur
"No," Marvin responded gloomily,
his heart sinking; that rsrof his
brother's near tha William Tenn
school and Miss Bchwenckton pretend
ing she had remained In school to
work when she hsd been out on tha
mad and that weird bualneea of her
changing her clothes "now did you
hear of It, Motlierr
The girl sent a box of fudge here
to tha house for him, with a verse
written on the wrapping paper the
poetry being aa homemade aa the
candy! I gave It to him when he
cars, -home end he wns so emhnr
rsmcd snd snury I knew he must be
Involved rather deeply and I've been
worried !"
"What mnkea yon conclude, Mother,
thnt she's a 'common' girl)"
"Her poetry I
"Whan yon raealve thle bos of futeh
You'll mebby think It ain't ao mutch.
But In on a placa 1 put a kla.
You'll know which one tha awaatrat
lie
Marvin laughed Joyfully the author
of thnt waa not Mlsa Bchwenckton !
"St Croix certainly takce. his
chances, playing 'round with one of
these Pennsylvania Dutch girls I First
thing he knows he'll hnve a lawsuit
on his hands, Ilut I think," he tried
to comfort hla mother, "we may al
ways bank on St Croix' playing anfo.
Philandering Is of course always dan
gerous where a ault for dninages offers
a big haul but In St Croix' philos
ophy of II fu. Prudence and Itespect-
I0IXIXIIIIIX.XIIIIXX-II-MIIX.IX
Lightning Thought to Drill Hole in Glass
If any render should And one of his
window panes perforated by a perfect
ly round hole, without apparent cause,
the first question he should ask Is,
Hss there been a thunderstorm in this
neighborhood recently? If the answer
Is In the ainrmiitlve. ha tuny conclude
thnt Jupiter Tonuns, the lord of the
thunderbolts. In plnyful mood has sent
one of them through the glass. In
ordinary Kngllsh, the pane has been
struck by lightning.
That Is what probably happened to
the plate-glass window of a New York
building recently. A minute bole ap
peared mysteriously In the glass.
Three employees were at work Insldn
ability are such Influential factors 1
think we needn't be anxious."
"Well. I twi so," alio sighed. "An
other thing I wanted to ask you do
you know, I'm beginning to think,
Marvin, that there's more to this af
fair with our Kiigllsb cousins than
meets the eyef
"Aha I You are. Well, to am II
Oo on what's yoursr
"You know that for months St
Croix has been planning to go to Eng
land to see Lady Sylvia and, Mar
vin, they keep holding him off! Their
latest letter says Lady Sylvia has gone
abroad. Now, of course they've no
money to let ber travel about tha con
tinent, ao I'm sure she must have
taken a position as traveling compan
ion or governess. I'm beginning to
susect dear, thnt she's ss much
averse to this rnther ridiculous mar
riage scheme as you are yourself!"
"' should think she would be I Prob
ably she prefers earning ber own liv
ing I"
"Ilut she can't earn enough to save
the entate!"
"It's i-oxalble she may think more
of her self reaped than of the estate."
"Well, her parents don't admit any
thing Ilka that they probably hope to
persuade her to bring her 'round."
"Vain bope. If she's girt that's
worth anything."
"Yes only you must remember thnt
tha Kngllsh don't regard sucb mar
riages aa we do, they're so used to
them."
"It she marries St Croix, she's no
better than any other courtesan that
sella herself !"
"What are your suspicions. Mar
vlnr "My 'suspicions'!"
"Yon said you sgreed with ma thst
there seemed more to this affair than
meets tha eye."
"Exactly. Itut let's not go ao fast
About the girl's being 'abroad,' now
perhupa It'a here, to America, that
she hss come to earn her living!"
Mrs. Crelghton looked startled.
"What makes you think that! Do you
know that aha haT
Marvin regarded his mother uncer
tainly a wild possibility flashing upon
his mind. Ills mother wss always per
fectly open with him, but she wss con
scientiously loyal to his father and if
his father had asked her to keep a cer
tain secret she would certainly try to
do It
"Mother," be asked, his quiet tone
concealing hla atrong feeling, "do you
know that she's herer for perhspa
be wss being "worked"; perhaps the
girl bad been brought over bera and
placed where she was bound to cross
hla path, bis father hoping thst when
his son met ber without knowing who
she was, be might "fall for her"; and
all this talk about St Croix marrying
her was perhaps a bluff to throw him
(Marvin) off the scent! Could this be
possible?
Was tha girl conniving with bla
father to trap blm, that her family
and ber home might enjoy tha Crelgh
ton millions? And wss bis mother
playing silent hand? But girl thst
could lend herself to such a plot I lie
felt a revulsion of feeling against her
at the bare thought of It and bis heart
sank Ilk. lead In bis breast
He would -demand tha truth from
hla mother; she would not deny It
II. put down his coffee cup and took
both ber hands In his. "Yon know, of
course. Mother, why I asked to I
thnt photograph?" ba hazarded.
"Why, no, Marvin, I don't" ah. an
swered, very puzzled. "Why did you?
And what on earth makea ion think
she may be herer
"Mother, whnt do you know about
this Idiotic business,? Let ma ha the
truth !"
"I C't know a thing about tt dear,
thnt you don't know, or not as much.
evidently. What do you mesnr
"You don't know whether Lady
Sylvia St Croix Is In America?"
"Of course I ionX Why?"
The possibility still remained that
his father snd Lsdy Sylvia might ba
working without his mother's knowb
edge.
Here was an acid test of hla suspl
don. "Are you sure Bt. Croix means
to go over to England and try for
her?"
"Why of course I Why should I
doubt It? He's crazy about HI You
know that dear. And so Is your
father. What Is In your mind, dear?"
Marvlu dropped her bands, leaned
back In the deep couch and folded
his arms. "I suppose I'm a fool, but
I hnd a suspicion for a moment that
Father had got the girl over hero and
waa Jabbing her on to me on the sly I'
(TO PI CONTINUED.)
the window, and ail three benrd a dis
tinct report. Particles of glass fell
on one of them. Search fulled to
veal any bullet or other object that
might have caused the hole. It seems
to have been due to one of the mys
terlous prim I; i of lightning.
Wherein th Difftrtnc
We Imagine there lun't much differ
ence between psychnnrurobls and
nervousness, except In the mntter ol
tha bill for diagnosis. Ohio Statt
Journal
If a mnn Is able to stand abuse hi
!s able to stand prosperity.
SThe
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of the
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