TJ11Q M13DK0m MA 1 L TIUBUNIC, MEDFORD, OHKOON. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 19.10. 11 The GUEST ' OF By i 0 Booth Tarkington QUESNAY 3 C Ctfnmi IW IH. tr iU Uii (mhi) Ihk ut her vyi'H, wlilcli wcro very wldo nnd very lirlllliint. "Ilojvcver, J lo Hove yoti iilwnyn do." "Ah." hIiu Minllcd, "I know you llioiiclit mc iilroclutiN from the first. Yon find tnyrliidM of oIiJocIIomm to mo, don't yon'" I Jmtl fowl I uri to look nwny from Iter I'ji'N, ii nd I kept on forgetting. I HJAI'TI'lt NMII. T I linixxllilc In nn.V wlml Mnrl- iiiiii would luivo dmii Imd there . ... i. . . .1... (.-.a ii1 Ill-Oil 1(11 Il.ll'l KM IMU'V, "( worked licihclf Into uuv of thoHe fiirlc which unnmii i f her type enn nltnlii when tlii'y fed tin orcnuloii ('('IiimimIk i. Mtit IlniiM'iin throw liU rrniH iilwitit Imt. Mr. Percy enmc to his iiNnlMiuiro, nnd Wind nnd I NprntiB In . Ix'twccn her nlid the too fmirlcwH Indy ihi Htrovc to n-iirli, liven nt that tho IliiKcr iimIIk of Miirlnun'M rluht hand touched the pretty whltti hut. hut only toii lied It'niid no inore, Itiiinenu nnd the little py innnaced to :et their voelfrrntlnj: burden ncro the cinirtyiird nnd Into her own door. "I'rofcHHor Kerede:" Mr. Ilnrinnn Iickimi, rexlNtluK nnd tumliuc to the , jimfi-Hdor iippenlluKly, "Oh. rt hlui come, too!" utile Mln I'.llwiheth depenilely, "Nothing could lie wire thnn thin!" led the wity I wit to ttie pnvlllon, 'Nyt n "onl nt (JueMiny." noMicd the ini.rtrt'vt elnf.i.!!i-"ii't nl'C ll Will know thin before dinner. They'll hear the whole tiling within two liourn." "There. In nothing they tdiotildh't know," Mild Mm. Iliiruimi. OcnrKO turned to her with n inllv ko hriively maniiKcd tlmt 1 wak proud of hlui. "Oh. J en. there In," -he anld. "We're koIhk to get you out of nil ...thlM.:' "All thin." he repentist. "All thl mire:" he niiMwert'd. "WVru lining to get you out of It, 1 don't know whether your revelation tovtho Hpnulxh wiiinnii will make tlmt eitnler or harder, hut I du know that It uuikeH the inlre deeper." Her anxluim eye grow wider. "How Jinvo I iniide It deeper for trim) Wnmi't If luH-enniiry tlmt the poor woman Hhould le tidd the truth)" She turned to Keredec with n fright eued geturc nnd nil unintelligible word of nppelil. "It wuh tiernime." ho rexated, run ning n uervouK hnnd through IIh heard "beviiuxe the knowledge would put iih o tutrrly In thin people'H xiw er. Alrendy they demand more thnn we could give them; now they enn do mill more." George Intervened. nnd lie npiike with out xnrrnMii. "Tv put It roughly, thene people have heeu nuking more thnn the Ilnrumn eMuio In worth tlmt wkh oti the trcngth of the woman' claim as n wife hut now they know he I not one her poiltlou lis ImmeiiKely Mrcngthrncd. for nlie hnn only to k tieforc the nrnrent connnlnnnlro de po lice." "Oh. no." Mr. Iltinnnn cried pin lomitely, "I haven't done that!" "NeverJ" he nuitwered, "There could not Im ii j; rent it lie thnn to ny you have done It, The rciipouMlhlllty Ih with the wretched nnd vIcIouh boy who brouKht the cmnntrophe upon hlmKolf. Hut don't you nee that ynu'vo pot to keep out of It, thut we'v joi to tnke you out of It?" . t "Vou can't! I'm part of It. Hotter or worne. It' an much mine, us hix. My Dcpnratlon from my lumband Ik over. I hImII bo with hlui now for" "I won't listen to you!" MIhh ICIIzn bcth lifted her wet face from GoorRe'rt houlder, nnd there was a note of deep niiRor In her voice. "You haven't the ' fnlntoNt Idea of what a hldeoiiN situa tion that. creature hnn made for hlui' 1 elf. Don't you know that that awful woman wa rl;ut? You talk of bolnc ! with him! Do you Imagine they en courage family houackecplnu In French prlHoiiH?" N i "You're going much too fur," Crca son IiikIo snld, touchlm; his betrothed upon the arm. "My dear Elizabeth, there Is no use exaggerating Tho case Is uuplensant enough just as It Is." I "lu what hnvo I oxaggcrnted?" she domauded. "Why, I know Lnrrnbot nnrumn," I ho returned. "I knew him fairly wull. I wont as far as Honolulu with him. nd I remomber that papers were served on him In Ban Francisco. He was traveling continually, and I don't , tl.lnl. I. ,....... ....... I. .. ...I.... . I lng on, even right around him, most of tho time. He began with cognac aud nbslntb In tho morning, you know, For myself, 1 .always supposed the suit had been carried through. So did peo ple generally, I think, He'll probably hnvo to stand trial, and of course he's technically guilty, hut I don't believe ho'd bo convicted, though I must say It would have been a most devilish good thing for him If ho could hnvo been got out of Franco before la Mur slaun heard the truth." "Nothing Is changed," Louise llnr man said Dually, her eyes mill tlx ml gravely on Miss Kllzabeth's. At that the other' face darned up, aud hIiu uttered it half choked exolu million. "Oh," sho cried, "you'vo fall en lu love with playing the martyr! It's self lovoN No oiio on earth could make me believe you're lu love with this degraded Imbecile. It's becnuse you want to make a shining example of yourself. You want to gel down on your kneea nnd wash off tho vlleness from this befouled creature. You waut"- "Mndnme," ICeredoo interrupted trcjtn ulously'yuu speak' out, ot nojiiiovyl- edge! There Is no vlleness. No one who Is clean remains befouled been use of (lie filings that are gone." "They do not?" Hlio laughed hys terically. "The soul that stands clean nnd pure today Is clean and pure," Insisted the professor. "Mm n soul with evil tendencies," Ward began Impatiently. my liir sir. those evil tenden cies would be lu the soiling memories, and tuy boy Js free from tliltii." "Surely you (im't pretend he may not take that direction again'" "That." returned the professor (julck ly, "Is his to ihnose. If this Indy con be with lilm now he will choose right." "Ho!" cried Miss KIlMbeth. "First she Is to be -his companion through a trial for blgumy nnd If be Is acquitted Ills nurse, toichcr and moral precep tor." Kite turned swiftly to her cousin. "That's your conception of a woman's mission V" "1 haven't upy mission," Mrs. Hnr man answered quietly. "I only know I belong to him; that's nil 1 over thought it bout. It. I don't pretend to explain It. And when I met him again here It was It was It was proved to mo." "Will you tell usV" r '' It. was I who nsked tho question. I spoke Involuntarily. "Oh. when I tlrst met hlui," she sold tremulouidyf""l was frightened, tbut It was nut he who frightened inc. It was the rush of my own -feeling. I did noi know what I felt, but I thought 1 might die. and he was so like lilmself as I had first known him. but so clmng ed loo. There was something so won derful about lilm. something that must mnkc any stranger feel sorry for him. nnd yet It is beautiful." Sho stopped for a moment and wljK-d her eyes, then went on bravely, "A;id the uext day he came and walled for me I should have come here fpr him If he hadn't and 1 fell in with the mistake liu had made about my name. You see, ho'd heard I was i-ulli-d Mine. d'Armnnd, ami 1 wuult-d lilm tu keep on thluklng thut. for 1 thought If he knew I wus Mrs. Ilnrmau he might (lud out'' Hue paused, her lip beginning to trem ble. "Oh, don't you see why 1 didn't want hlui to know' 1 didn't want him to suffer us he would as he does now, poor child-hut uioxt of all I wanted I wnuted to see if he would fall In love with me iigalu! I kept htm from know ing because if he thought I was n stranger and the same thing happened ngalu his caring for me, 1 mean" She had begnu to weep now. freely and openly, hut not from grief. "Oh." she cried, "don't you see how It's all proved to mo?" Later I went Into the garden to think over the perplexing sltuatlou of the IIurmaiiH. I sauk down ngalu in a wicker chair and contemplated tho stars. Hut the hort reverie Into which 1 then fell wus Interrupted by Mr. Percy, who, launtering leisurely about the garden, paused to address mo. "You folks thinks you. was nil to tho gud glttln' them trunks off, what?" "You speak lu mysterious numbers," I returned, having no comprehension of his meaning. "1 suppoHc you don' know notbln' aliout it." he laughed satirically. "You dldn' go over to I.lsicux 's aft'noon to ship 'em? Oh, no. not. you!" "1 went for a long wulk this nfter noou, Mr. icrcy. Naturally 1 couldn't have walked so fnr as LIsleux and back." "Luk here, m' friend," he snld, sharp ly; "do you think you got nny chaust f git that feller off V Purls?" "Do you think It will rain tonight?" I Inquired. In simple dignity he turned his back upon me nnd strolled to the other end of tho courtyard. I observed him in tho act of saluting, with a gracious nod, sonio ono who ; was npproachlug from tho road. Im mediately nfter-and altogether with the air of a person merely "happening! in" a slight figure clad iu a long coat, i a short skirt and u broad brimmed, , roll bound brown hat enmo Into full view lu the light of tho reflector. I sprang to my foot und started to ward her, uttering an exclamation, "Good evening, Mr. Percy," she said cheerily, "It's tho most exuberant night. You're quite hearty, 1 hope?" "Taklif a wnlk. I see. little Indy," ho observed with genial patronngo. My visitor paused upon my veranda, humming "Qunnd I'Amour Meurt," while I went within and lit a lamp. "Shall I bring the light out thcro?" I naked, but. turning, found tlmt sho wiih already lu the room. "You weren't afraid to come through tho woods nlouu?" 1 asked, uncomfort ably conscious that her gayety met a dull respunse from me, "No." "Hut If MIsh Ward tluda that you're not nt tbe chateau" "Sho won't, She thinks I'm asleep. She brought me up n sleeping powder herself." "Sho thinks you took It?" "She knows I did," said Miss Elliott. "I'm full of It! And that will ho tho reason If you notice tlmt I'm partic ularly nervous or excited." "You seem all oX that," I said, look- She gave a low cry ot triumph. "Dazzling" Is a good old fashioned word for eyes like hers. At least it might dellne their effect on me. "If I did manage to object to you." I nald slowly, "It would Ik a good thing for me, wouldn't It?" "Oh, I've iron'." she cried. "Won?" 1 echoed. "Yes, I lull a wager with myself that I'd have a"' pretty speech from you beforo I went out of your Jlfo" she checked a laugh and concluded thrllllngly "forever, il leavo Quesnay tomorrow?' "Your father hsa returned from America?" "Oh, dear, no," sho murmured. "I'll be quite at the world's mercy. I rouit jro up to I'nrls and retire from public lire until he does come. I shall take the vows lu some obscure but respect able pension." She gazed at me thoughtfully and Korlmitly for several moments. "I siipiHiso you can luiiuiue," she said lu a lone that threatened tu become trem ulous, "what sort of tin afternoon we've been having up there." "Has It been"- I began. 'Oil. heartbreaking: Louise came to my room as soon us they got back from here t!il morning and told me the whole pitiful story. Hut tlfej didn't let her stay there long, poor womun!" "They?" I nsked. "Oh. Kliuibeth nnd her brother. They've been at her alt afternoon, off aud on." "To do what?" "To 'save herself.' so they call It. They're. Insisting that she must not see her jxxir husband again. They're determined she shan't." "Hut George wouldn't worry her." "Oh, wouldn't he?" The girl laughed sadly. "I don't suppose he could help It. he's In such a state himself, but between him aud Kllrsbeth It's hard to see how poor Mrs. Harman lived through Uie day." "Well," I said slowly, "1 don't see that they're not right. She ought to be kept out of nil this as much as pos sible, especially If Imt husband tins to go through n trial," "-Are you"- the girl began, then stopped for a moment, looking nt'tno steadily. "Aren't you a little In love with Iotilio Illinium?" "Yes," I answered bonoslly, "Aren't you?" "That's what 1 wanted to know," she said, and ns she turned n page In the skctchlxiok for the benefit of Mr. i Percy 1 saw that hr hand had begun to tremble. ; "Why?" I nsked, leaning toward her across the table. ( "Hecatisc If she were Involved in soma undertaking-something that, if it went wrong, would endanger her happiness and, 1 think, even her life, for It might actually kill her If sho failed and brought on a worse cntns trophe" "Yes?" I snld anxiously as she paus ed again. "You'd help her'" she snld. "I would. Indeed," I assented earnest ly. "I told her once I'd do anything in the world for her," "Kven if It Involved something that Gcorgo Ward might never forgive you for?" "I snld 'unythlng In the world. " 1 returned, perhaps a little huskily. Sho gave n low cry of triumph, but. immediately checked it. Then she leaned far over the table. "I wasn't j afraid to come through the woods I nlone," she said In n very low volcev "because I wasn't alone. Louise came with me." "What?" I gasjied. "Where is Bher ' "At tho naudry cottage down tho ( road. They won't miss her nt the chateau until morning. I locked her door on the outside, and If they go to bother her again though I ddn't think , they will they'll believe she's fasten-, ed It on the inside nnd Is asleep. She managed to get n note to Keredec late this afternoon. It explained every thing, jind he had some trunks carried out the rear gate of the Inn and carted , over to LIsleux to be shipped' to Paris from there. It Is to be supposed or hoped jt least that this woman nnd her people will believe that means Professor Keredec and Mr. Harman will try to get to Paris In the same way." "So." I said, "that's what Percy meant about the trunks. I didn't un derstand." "He's on watch, you see." she con tinued. "Mr. Percy I" She laughed : nervously. "That's why It's almost necessary for us to have you." i "If you have me for what?" 1 asked. "I'll help you" and as she looked up her eyes, now very close to mine, were daxxllng Indeed "I'll adore you ' forever and ever! Oh, much longer than you'd like me tor' "You mean she's going to" "I mean that she's going to run 1 away with htm again," she whispered. (To be continued.) t KNYA'it'It President. JOHN S OKI II J A. PKItKY, Vice-Prosidot W H .lAt'KSON. 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