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Bargain Bride
by KATHARINE HAVILASD-TAYLOR
HUMft UKKK TOU&t
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lava with B4BHKTT tOUIV 3A,
kBt m Jralnm. arfcrMlaa; Maihfr.
I.IDA DTAI'KUHI). break aa !
aaaara aaa vlarlaa Ramtt
thai KNaar ta hcanleaa flirt.
W ara Kllara anal, wealthy
Mlff KM. NKXTON, lira aa
leavaa arr fartaa ta Harm
rhf a rat. km VANCK CRTKH
ahoala HKNTWKM. ST AFKOHI.
Kllaa"a faiaar. Himil trlla KH
anr that If aaa will aaarrr htm
and llrr In hla aaie mm a
far a raar will la arr ta
ratlr SinBara' fartwa ltl
a moms krr rlatlTaa. Kwlf ta
nnari aay mtc ha faihcv'a Ufa.
I la at- aarraM.
Ta marriaa; take Uw. Bar
rtt, la apltr af taa Ilea Uda Baa
tl htm. BaSa h lata If aaara
lava with Kllaar than Tr.
aaa a ar, alaa-year-ala 6EH
ALD MOOHK, Wka la ta aaa
hla aal'-alalar, MAHC1A RAD
KOWU Barrat km prlH Hf
rta wvff m revaal (aa ay'a
irar alary.
Tfca Saater arara akaaa at
ait mat far KUaar'a father aaa
fc iraaa with hlai ta Aikra.
Uaa aaha Barrett far foa.aaa.
A mrm ha rafaaea ah pata del,
lira aa hla trail aaa" leara ahaat
hla ward. I.Ma eaaelaaea tka hay
la Harrtla aaa.
Ilarratt aaiya aa waaaaaa
aialt la Aikea. Ha BOB
TRLFARR thrr Bad aaapeeta
mt af arrylav a a Mrtattaa
with Baa,
ROW CM) ON WITH THE STV
CHAPTER XXXVI
ttT'HAT attractive cbbs. Br-
" rett eomtnMtvi glanctac
at the tray.
EUlBor sodded. -BTerytBlB;
era It attractive. I maderstand
the owners haven't much money
bat they certainly have excellent
taste. It's a darling boose, I
love It!
"It's for tale, Elinor. Jost aa
R to furnished. May I bay
for yea' Barrett asked earnestly.
She looked startled, raisins her
ace to his.
"I'd like to leave something
vlth yon that will make yoa re
member me," he said wistfully.
"I should think yoa could let me
do that If yoa leave me. Let
me set It any way and yoa can
decide later about keeping It.
Will 70a. dear?"
He had said, "If yoa leave
me The thought churned la
Elinor's heart and set her pulse
racing. Then he had thought she
Klght not leave him!
"You're very kind " sa whis
pered. "Not a bit of it!" He drew his
hand away, moistened his lips and
sat back away from her. He was
go tag soft again, he wanted" him
self. "How about taw hoaser ho
questioned after a silence as she
set her cup on the tray.
"I'm tempted, she admitted.
They oven have the books I like
on the shelves. Could ya buy
the books . too? she finished
eagerly.
"X should think so. I under
, stand the house is offered Just as
It Is." .
It was offered as the result ot
another domestic tragedy, he
knew, bat he didn't want Elinor
to know that. It might change
her feeling for the place a bit
Later she played for him softly.
so that .the piano could not be
beard In the wing where Beat-
well Stafford slept. Finally, re
solving to "get It over." Barrett
suggested that they go to the ter
race. He laid a light wrap about
her shoulders, remonstrated that
It wouldn't keep her warm. She
answered, as women always do.
that K was very- warm and they
stepped across tho wiadow-sill
Into the night.
aaa
DAIM was coming and big, bfl-
lowing clouds raced across
the moou Mo the tort-am was
bathed In sliver, now black. Tsa
lights of ihe village pricked thi
ebon curtain to the north. Tae
soft stir was in the atr in
comes before a tempestuous,
southern dpwnpour. Leaves trem
bled, and somewhere a shutter
swung. From the aoarest honee.
a half acre away, came the hueued
strains of the latest, seiiuides
taJty appealing waits. Jlome w !?-.
soma proclaimed themselves amd
the fact that the noon haa. Been
hot by loeetng a heavy,
Barrett wanted tv ae heyoad
reach of the house, beyond a
point where a. keenly listening ear
could catch eve so much a a
chance phrase. Drawing her arm
through his, he led her to bal
ustrade that guarded a terrace
from a dramatically beautiful drop.
This Is a charming place. he
murmured a trifle thickly as she
withdrew her arm.
"Yes "
He leaned against the balus
trade against which she too, was
leaning. He found It difficult to
begin.
"Ctgaret?" he asked.
No, thank you."
She watched his face as he held
a lighter with a wind guard to
hfs cigaret. Something had
made him rather nervous, she
saw. Long lines were pulled at
the sides of his lips, which were
stiff, yet uneasy.
"How long can yon stay?" she
asked.
"As long aa you want me to.
ha answered. He snapped the i
lighter shut; slipped It Into a 1
pocket. She felt that his eye
brows were dravn close although
Just then the moon was kept from
shedding light by a dense bank of
clouds.
Was he already regretting bis '
genumess, she wondered. A
keen-bladed knife seemed plunged
into her heart and drawn slowly
out again as she considered the
question.
"I want you to stay as long as
you want to," she said with a
coolness ot which she was proud.
"I want from you only what you
can give without regret.'
I shall regret giving you noth
ing." he said quickly, "if yoa will
remember our bargain.
"What bargain, Barrett?
We agreed, you remember,
(hat neither of us was to Indulge
la a flirtation during this yesr."
"But, Barrett, I never have.
ihe a no wared. MI cou Idn 't ! f
never did before onr marriage.
pOR a few minutes ha could not
1 trust himself to speak. Did
she think him a complete fool?
he asked himself.
"Elinor, I know yoa are very
attractive. You must have had
lore affairs, he managed to say
at length without betraying the
deep anger that shook him.
"But I never appealed to me
Barrett. That's a hratal fact. I
don't like to admit ft; bt It Is
the fact"
The moon had shskea herseaf
tree from the mask ot clouds.
Older aaeaT Barrett quea-
lloned slowly. "I've heard they
liked yoa? He was looking
down at her, w eyes Barrow.
'Yes," she admitted and smiled.
Ta him her smile aeemed cyal-
cally and eruc y amused.
He drew a deep, rasping breath.
One great atorm cloud slipped
ovet tr.e titter moa -ud out out
iU light. Barrett put his hands
upon Kliaers uou to ataw aer
close. His motkia was rough, ha
knew afterward alrntatty rough.
'All older ties," ha confessed ,
UBeteadil. are aot so oW mm they
teem. H e fair the thing i
ron aa as I eauT holp my
fee lias ior yoa evea though I
know what you are or area' I
"I eoa'i aha negam, hut his
hot lips pressed against hen ta
atiile the sentence.
tie held aer away, magbtor.
Again he swept her etose,
Whea aha at last straggled tree
Be sagged back against the bal
ustrade, breathing hard. She 1
touched her bruised lips with
trembling angers. She too was
breathing hard and crying a little.
I know yoa better than you !
think, you see. he stated. He
had not seen her tears. "X hap
pen te have known af seme ot
your affairs for seme time. I'm
sorry I lost my head. But don't
pretend surprise aad fright! Yoa
4e I weaMnt be fooled!
aaa
CHC fajraed abrupt and. head
high, moved toward onev ot
the long French windows an ob
long, lemon square the black
ness. Her knees were shaking.
her heart pounding. She had
learned love and hate aad their
possible blend.
Something made aim foHow
her. In the Mving room he ever- i
took her to my aa arresting hand
upon her arm. She tarned to
him. head still high. "By God."
he whispered, staring down at
her. They
real
"Do Let me goT she ap
pealed, voice breaking. He fol- j
lowed her, humble aad utterly
shaken, to watch her make her
way up the stair.
After a long moment he fol
lowed her. "Elinor ?" he whis
pered.
"Don't she begged, "I cent
talk bow!1
8he went Into her room and hs
Into his. He heard her turn the i
key In the lock ot the door
tween the rooms. He stared long
and dully at the door. The slight
sound hurt almost as deeply as
the fright he had seen in her eyes.
Would he ever again have the
trust she had once given him? He
remembered a maxim an eastern
priest had quoted, "To know the
value at a tBm-g yoa must lose
R.
He heard her moving In the ad-
Joining room as he sank back
ia a low chair. He did not sleep
and knew she did not. He ssw
the light In her room go on at
three, printing a slit ot yellow
beneath the door. The light re
mained there for two hours.
Elinor lay perfectly quiet. K
Barrett had loved her how she
would have welcomed that mo
ment! But he had said only that
he understood her and her af
fairs. She would have trusted
him anywhere L He could believe
aa he liked. He had had the
chance to know her. Never would
she say a wor 1 to defend herself.
What would be the use? 8 he had
denied her guilt and he had
laughed at her denleL
The Bight was endless. She
looked at a small clock that ticked
merrily beside her bed. The
hands pointed at half past four.
(To Be Continued)
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KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
By J. R. William,
i OUR BOARDING HOUSE
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