Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1921, Page 80

THE SUNDAY S TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 13, 1921—PART 4. e R EEEEEEEE=E——— I had gone into the army or navy! Meanwhile, where was my darlin; Hazel? 1 am going to let her tell it as she afterward told it to me! 7 i weeks ago. He has been detmnad,!of train to’Washing e but will follow shortly: meanwhile,' tels " st Tey Al [ shall occupy them till he comes.’| This was vague, And then that darling kid went and ! nothing! but better signed her name in the register, “Mrs. Upon reaching the stati 1 phoned Henry Montgose, New York #:ity. the hotel 1 hag writien to. but the * %k k ¥ “AH! MOON OF MY DELIGHT” HE sald that after I left her to PR -'A?n‘u.vud ‘mc %0 by asking m< o spea » 80 Into the smoker she cried. Sh« . plainly cut them off. T-s v sai By ALICE GARLAND STEELE ata”l wan ot o that 1 har | SFIE S1d the roome were huge and (serzpets i Jivle o) v ) luxurious, and she simply couldn’t ol Jor.” 8o 1 got inty a tax gone as that I had wanted to egardless of the expe and e I B° | bear spending hours in them all|from mtrees 1o srmne™ i 40d wer (Hazel always gets things down tc a fine point.) Besides, she had beer thorough w Lihe taxi driver {1 had ever he stop for lunch such uncert Hazel's unclc iy kne rd o alone; 80 as it was still early she went hurt at my lack of affection. She |9°0%™ to the palm room—and who the said 1t Is parfectly proper for @ hus [dickens should she run Into but Stella I band to kiss his wife anywhere, anc | Richards and Ted Morrison (who hl::llesl':fdl?)ad expected it of me. (Po.ov had been married two days before us She tried to be philosophical, and |24 Were doing Washington). to dwell on the thought that, thougt | Hazel said she turned perfectly cold. love was woman's whole existence | Stella said, “Why, Hazel, you dar- Hlustrated by F. R. Gruger. thre " A Gay and Sparkling Tale of Young Love A-Honeymooning. I felt T m and the ta OLD POINT COMFORT. f:‘j‘:!"{ ué"fi.‘:‘nhfg l::r\:l:;i\' T:gr::ltnli:t it was of man's life a thing apart' ling are youand Henry here, too? Wej DOt quality. e was awfully AZEL and I are here on our | |8 Just as well, in the very beginning, but this only made her cry more. Shc |read all about vour wedding in the | by this time, and saul it i ds honeymoon. It is Ereat! Ofi1y was 1 saw h time. tor me s o said she felt for just a minute a: |Paper this morning, and I think the Satisfactory mews by s po. bed course, T realize more and;firm, though Kind. So I just said,as| (L ey liuslon, she hiad, wis shet: eermalds” dresses.” were just|goe [02, commanier Hazel sald, “DId you?" She said she couldn’t "think of another word to| s put to it, and that Stella just stared | h00th, very miserabic Stella said. “Ted and I were just| Ng the taxi, ¢ she told me this.) But finally she dried her eyes. She sald it was perfectly ridiculous fo her to go on shedding tears while ] casually as I could: “Would you like tke window up or down, and shall I get you the candy box from the rack?” more that marriage entails many s-crifices on the part of the man, but it is worth them just to have H | She always at your side a_congenm spirit e 5;; T do not feel like candy, was in the smoker with a lot of mer | Wondering where you'd speng your| ittle gregn who takes your viewpoint about|MIHEIONC o eastly uncom. enjoying myself. (This was not true.’ | loneymoon. Henry "was so sceret | Wooden bénch. everything. Ifortable, beeaisa THlasel aloaxs sares So she got a magazine and read : :?r?t“*ta“d he wouldn't give Ted even al DY but Ted Morrison and A girl naturally looks forward to|for candy, and I felt that she must b Stonnwhile 3 lot" of "stations “ha | run ity usT Hipel u“}euiknfhr;f» ] e :, wi ] 3 ave per- She has more than!3Wfully unhappy. But 1 simply said passed and she began to get really|fec'ly beautiful times, because ihe her honeymoon. half of the pleasure and none of the boys can go off together and do the. worried, but she was too proud tc kind of things that men like, and w in a nonchalant manner: *“Oh, very and sh well,” is sli y el v and whistled slightly under my send the porter after me, responsibility, but with a fellow itsibreath, I turned and walked back to i 2 i - it b Y 7 !had no money to tip him, anyway |CaR try all the darling little tearc { difterent. He' knows for weeks anead | the, smoker? © © 5 G i e s e itn, o after & Tor, |nd In the evenings we can go to th that he must provide the cash. TRe:(air [ cat down beside a ‘h' | time—time enough, she calculated |theater or play bridge. Of course | e | for me to have smoked ten cigars- | YOU'll have 1o do the public build-| dear old governor was awfully decent. | drummer and 1it or Tazel's uncle's | ings.” i x 4 a incle’s 2 e ngs.” Here Stella sighed sea | Isn't it gre it soi And.TAzel He asked me right after the wedding | ¢fKars 1t was expensive, but it had| L amed her for her tieet. BErSeIf U say SUAGRLY. Whers 1o | tane 1n ranions iy Mzl o how much cash I had on hand, and 1} he WTORE flavor. T smoked it how- | She told him he had punchea it|Hemry?’ i Do Duch cash 1 bad o hand. ant Elever, stomiy: f TROREL | once, but he sald he must do sol Hazel said she turned numb. But: W 3 ¥, depressed. 1 got to| again; and then she had to tell him |She. just sent Stella a nervy littic 5 smile and said, smoke a ciga Finally. Hazel got rid of them som: how and said a cheery good and went back to those huge, doilars he had handed me the nlxhl{ hefore and sixty-three dollars and| 1ifty cents I hed saved up myself. He said: Well, my bor, a little extra won't He's gone off to—: that she hadn’t any, that it was with her husband in the smoker. ’thell, he belleved her, and went rough, hunting me, and, of cours couldn't find me; and by the time thinking of Hazél back there in our | compartment, wiping her eves every | jother minute under her veil: and then I thought of all the things we'd prom ised each otber, and that in spifc of | worry vou, 1 guess,” and handed me P ety @nd that i ) \ DAt e At our great love we'd have little prob- had gone all through the train and | Fooms again, and cricd good and 3 : =us a renef to get on the train igot back to Hazel he was sor He | 35 she sat staring at my luggage a iittle t and be alone with my wife! fold her she'd have to produce her [hers all piled on the floor together:| [ : Just at first the sensation of hav- !ticket or pay her fare. i‘".;i ‘i'h.!ek sdhe was doing it, some- :,M t | Hazel told him she hadw't any|bodyv knocked at the door, and e 84 ! . thinking it was the maid, said in” 3 It was Stella, with a perfectly petri- | | fled Yook on her face 728 She just came across tr took Hazel in her arms, “You poor, poor darling! Why didn you tell us? I think it's the most awful tragedy I've ever heard!” Hazel ed every tear in-| ng a wife is queer. It's great: but 's something you have got to_ get used to, like voting, or your first long | trousers. . 1 h-d got a few points from Jack Redfield. who was married last fall, about writing ahead for rooms, and ‘the amount to give in tips and that sort_of thing. H “Whatever happens, old man, don't imoney, and that he must collect the {ticket from her husband, Mr. Mont- {rose, who was in the smoker, and |then that duffer went and said, with {cellous gaze: “Young lady, I'm afraid .that story won’t go. Nobody claims iyou in the smoker, and if you had a husband there once he’s not there now! (My poor darling Hazel? She stood up and faced that man - room and | and said ot them spot you as_‘newly-weds,’ i not even the porters.” So he gave me oravely. She said, “I don't believe e I really a few rules. I put them down in my {you!” " But he stood there like the tella, what you are talk- | He address book. H {rock of Gibraltar, and slowly theling abou {Stelia one truth dawned. She said, speaking| “It'S just sweef of vou to shield him | time. old with trembling lips: that way, but you 1. Carefully remove all particles of “But if he isn't in the smoking car, tc rice and confetti. a »n't meed to pre- | trouble when there d with us. darlinz: just be your-|then he siid, wr After you have removed all either s L ML s twhere is he?” f. And if you want Ted to do any-|£lad 1o know feel around the rim of your collar. He said, more gently, he really|thing—he says if you say the word|Montrose; Ha at our hotel, &t 3. On no account take two new suit {couldn't say: but that if she really |he'll go and give Henry the biggest: &ne's the pluc d ihe ~ases. Use the one you've carried your ihad a husband 1 might have got off jcalling-down he's ever had.” {little bride | 'at the junction. A lot of people did.| Hazel stood up then. She was fn a|on old man, § little pink boudoir eap, and T'll bet)and have she looked like Charlotte Corday or|four™ ome other first-cl, heroine! Shel Holy Cat d, “1f—it husband ever ne and you cup bet 1ling down, Stella. I shall not > the 0 an outsider to do it; but Henry {ust for the air, but if they were not {tom-fools they usually got on agai | He made her sit down, and sept for a !glass of water (Hazel said she felt {herself going white), and then he ex- a ¢ iplained that in asking for her ticket!(o— foot ball tozs in—they'll simply think you are taking your girl to a game. 4. Don't give tips indiscriminately. Give them as if you were used to traveling. ! 5. Don't address your wlife in terms 1 of affection that can be overheard.i tiln as} ; e | (This my common sense had already | he was only doing hiy duty, and thatjand I ure perfectly happy, and 1 ‘old me.) | as she had no money she had better {simply can't understand vour—your [ 6. If possible, as soon as she is com- | i get off at the station and send a tele- | allusions’ for the fortably seated. fix her up with a box | T . 5 ) e i 5 o = 5 . gram to her people—and that if her| Of course Stella got pecved. She|3nyway fortably seated. fix her up with 2 boX| _SHE WAS IN A PINK BOUDOIR CAP. AND ILL BET SHE LOOKED LIKE CHARLOTTE CORDAY OR SOME OTHER FIRST-CLAYS HEROINE: {husband was half & man he would |said, ~Well, my dear, of course it's She wanted off by yourself in the smoker. i - . ‘logn‘\e‘l'rp:v;e:*:x:r"‘;;e inm\:}'TF‘»‘ me, | Datural that you shoulg want to de- Hla 1 and 1 Fight here 1 will say Jock makes 2 iems cropping up just like this. with-| body on the other train vou better |1 wished to work the thing out alone, [me. 1 sald, +Of course I make m: iShe told him then. fatly, that bt bt e Lo B R R e P e yiolent mistake. = Our married 1if¢|out warning, to be solved on the in-|look her up, pretty darned quick!” [ i of course there was no use in noc/ wife an allowance: but—but 1 jusijhad boarded that train for Washing- | ajone, and monc off to stay by hime sucred hour ’ might have become, right in tie b stant; and T realized more and more| 1 groaned. I sald: “But Hazel was | (fing the policebesides, 1 did not | hadn't happened to pay the first in |ton, and that she was Eoing Straight|ielf ap anotlier hotel on our weddmg even wait for the ; Einning. @ tragedy, It begn | ow nworthy T was, and how YOUng | in—tin a eampariment, ond 1 have wag | ¥1sh it made publie. i statement,” and then I added, for fear|through! As for the fare, he couldjyrip i : od.up, ' two: Seps it clause abo smoker. ! o {he weuld think me careless abouicharge it! (You can't faze Hazel') | B ol sict pacied. She said, “Why, darling wifel ¢ d darling she was, and how great of the big | (M 2T 8. -ane Hazol's naval uncle had |\t Was of her to trust me; and then I tickets, and—and all the mon He said, “Well, you jusgo and put | £ ou Well, the old chap asked her name again, and her city address. He said cial transactions, “we were only d yesterday.” what on there isn't another hotel in Washing arth are you ing. Stell 1 wanted to try out o cigars that TINALLY T hit on the idea of Hazel's| ! X N thought of home, and the mater. and ] nd put | e T S an et B b | the dear old governor, and how thev'd Iehe 2 e onductor e naval uncle, who was with his Um. That is evident” he said.|ho couldn't charge a two hundred and | ¢on" i i an 5 § -2 5 5 alghten it out? S 3 1 4| he-coulan | : 1 ton bix enough to keep Henr: e on, @ A e L attontion: icome together through all the years, lanip in the Brooklyn navy yard. Ha| (Now what did he mean Ly thi?) |twenty-five mile run. or the cOMPANY | from’ me while 1 m in thi ‘things togcther; I want 1o et O o e A oave got plenty of |and brought us children through; T got to my fect somehow and : S | “Well,” he said, “as I see it, you've|would discharge him: that railroads | “"§rl\ 2 \hok” A of t e iUt 4 e s, T'ty oM into , Mmeasles and all the other diseases of In- | &tarted wildly down the uf "\t The | was, of course, unmarried, and could | it taie the Test train ouf, You'l | were mot run lke department stores. |\ e hoimed voire. “Butemy Sh e ahmen N Tep miontes m . Faney and had to pay awful bills, and | far end I saw the conductor, & beard- [not possibly feel the thing as I did: | probably find her at Washington, or | Where you could show your coin and Rt e Ml e i Ted That 1 out the rear car for a minute.” word Tes maybe, Baltimore; I shall do a little i§0 off ‘with the goods: but that hei oo™ ciryight to the register youth: Not the pompous indi-ip,¢ pe js a bully good sort, and I 2 £ tri difficulties, and vet had i T must say, I was not prepared for | meet frightful d 3 viaualw ; h . ! i e S hart Gurpriss. }loved cach other all through, and now | Vidual whe had punched our tickets | M0 i «t| detective work on my own account |Knew honesty when he saw it. and 0 o e P : iing her look of hurt surprise. [ ire watching us beginning the same | When we boarded. A moment later)knew i he couldn’t help us. at 1685 4ng et you know O ot e oy ot hmstif ont |TOU left us in the palm room and thing) = - teetly comfortable right here.” igreat game! I he was telling me the dreadtul truth: |he wouldn't jaw, and 1 would put him | \whiie, keep in touch with me at the|of his own pocket, and she could mail | OOk 1D e s e O Gook's toiirhancoo ats ctly comfortablo right here.” | @ 1Er e B em T £ot to thinking about|l, %3S on & local. hound for Onteora fon oath not io give us away. “Besides. | navy yard by, wire.” s o A hen she Tound her folker || Your “own handwritinejust vou ir honeymoon know. darling. 1 Simply want a]the big wedding we'd had yesterday. | s, and my darling Hazel was be- 11 folt that if 1 did not talk to som Y Yard by wire. omised a good| aiasel was relieved, of course, and ! name and New Yok city—Heary [ for vou and smoke. ¢ wedding we'd had yesterday. | iug carried, at the rate of sixty miles | body abaut it 1 should becoms @ Tav- | many ‘things, Henr¥, yesterday, and | thanked him as well is she could. but | ViEid, Here &F allt : down to Ric 2 St E traight, | 2nd how, arter all. in spite of th#lan” hour. {n Washington, Richmond !ing mani v _things, Henry, yesterday, and| S ERtrally. woreled abi Hazel just looked at her good and Old Point R sy sr;':"l?xfr:f—a‘l’g;{‘if ralght, | fuss there were just two things that!and 01l Point Comfort, penniless and |1 gat him. after a while, but he did |t ghea’ you think I'm not ‘I“fl““ed;:': was frightfully worried about|, 7" cyo"caid, choking a little with _But there was still on. “An e stood out in it for me—Hazel coming | glone i " ! b et . but he didito give you any pointers about a t “If—if you want to know it worried me. I zot it ot 1 said, “My dear little girl, you are | §190C Qi I It = | alon not recognize my voice. I said, “IU'S| \vife, 0 + (Well. somehow it got around that)tears if you want t 2 0t it raliing nonsense, I tell you Pil b |down the alsle of the cturch in Ber| © was, 1 confess, stunned. They | e said, “Henry whor 11 Maies DLt EE e O e | there tvas a bride going through to | Stelld, T don't think it is very : ot hie 7eliowr in Chu oo Hhe Backs T only e a minute—- | white dress. und my mothor and the i mage me sit down, and a little crowd | said. '“For heaven's sake, don't be|man who is faithful in little thing: | Washington who had lost her ‘hus- 00 10 60 snying oul e s TRl Sy o Jereh ’ ,, She sai think yon might give | (O00, One me from the pew! collected. T put it up to the con-|frivolous. Henry Montrose, Your neph-| who dese-ves to be trusted—whether ' band, and Hazel said that it was per- lr‘:i ‘:1(;6 any Setained v E e the telc L you 3 : 1 3 s L 2 sfool | spo e fo ery passe 2 e here o «nybody? | duty is a gres ing. ¥ c er. 5 b = s s Tve practically been in your pocket [next to me Prgan to butt in with his| Sholoves that road, He never Mlekered | Something has happened to Hazel™ | be aninen tore vor gy qonct 5| "They_brousht her smelling salts, | evmoon . e “There. are no undelivercd s.x:‘«i‘eev;:hl’enggefl_lt':; iy q"—;] e SN Soara| AN S3slasht He just said he couldnt| He sald, sharply, “What's that™ | vou've gone beyond i And ther |and a fan, and a baby to amuse her A Ha e O e Sui hings leeerior aire: Eenry i Non: S 2 N t “That's a pretty si igar, .Seems | help the rules of the road! 1 groaned. aid. “Not to Hazel—| j il 5 ioY land an elderly couple took her into G2 A 2 s feel about it—" and bit her lip. a bit strong for you, hey? B e Lo o an outs Lo e ot mean 1o both of nst Our| DS, 809¢0 1n g gentle tofe for him [io ' 5nine car and ordered s aplen<|She said e Tult perfectl SWinl By ut T heard the thing ¢ s hey 2" 1 sa ea ' There's a love that goes beyond lov- ! - that she was tos proud to explain 1 tell you vesterd P ot at all. rage! trainggot mixed up at some miserable | ;i 7S 2 1o¥e that gocs bevond 1ov- | gia dinner: but Hazel said she simply | U5 S0 T2, 190 Dhened. to & gir] LA ou_yes +OW when Hazel bites her lips it| He said, * Then, its the smoke.| He said, “We come in on that track | little Sjunction—I don't know Where | (nfinciork than promices. Now jets |couldnt siwallow it ‘because a lump | Wh0%aguutad me She simply repeated “The “only dispitch which cime 1 N means she I5. teying not to eryef LS used (o affect my cyes that way, ?‘-;'rlyhfi‘}',f on the same schedule. T L R e Ko Into the restaurant and get some ,f:g‘:;,;"’““,‘(‘!‘n:g,‘“ Rherithroat;when 5“‘3;;“1 1 had been deta ned. and (ha tnis hotel yesterdar. sir, was one or -1 too, ore k to aring | ca vou ma mistake, | . He s some 5 e rG { thing to cat.” j thou 23 3 vould be there tomorrow (here she 1 Curti po o I could already see a littlo tear steal- | glasses. |Sonte man. This is our regular trip.” | Scolt™ And eut me oft short: but I HAverh undle 18 HIEHE Skt i), ol ey Jugt lopt ber maind oo took & ehance): and after u few 1. Cartl L L ing down her nose, but what could | T was thankful when he switched | L Said. “and T am making a teip| et B8 WOHG SO O O T ihout | the goods! He is used to dealing O e iatnty Soaplt, who bivea Jpjmore mean ,consolatory. ‘remarks zged me awa ? 't ol i ff_to base ball 2 P g Sl ) g y s, with men. felt, as we ate a welst b o e hie "istella Jeft 9 rving, and 1 do? I couldn’t crush her in my |off to Laiert T an my wedding |result to various officials. Even the) With men. T Telt as we ate 2 welsh | Georgetown, wanted to take: her home )~ Njcanwhile. T was speeding toward crsfng, and . rarc cas trip, and it's up to the officials of bureau of information could tell me 4 2 this corpany to produce my_ brid nothing! It seemed to think my case ly, and I gave him my vicws. Mean- "go ' was horribly cool. He said, |unique and a trifle upsetting; but was while that train had stopped at some | «yoy have to apply to the ‘Lost and | sure my wife would turn up all right, e where ey Wit Found "—and then he smiled. probably at her mother's! I told them e L utes, w vas hi rey. iazel wasn't that kin o o Both of as tolt the.nasn of| L, SEw L was at his mercys, T gtipped) ! . : with them: but she said she must go while the train was being made up |strajght to our hotel, so she ordercd that he understcod my nature. It |P'fl taxi, and had our luggage put in. a pity that such a fine man did not |ang" when she got there made marrys {hotel people pay the bill! ( Half an_hour. later wo had said|certainly showed great common sense guod-by. He cheered me to the end | for a girl.) and the last thing I saw, as the trair | She went right in and asked for the moved out, was his military salute | manager. She said: “My husband, Mr. Little things like this make me wis! | Montrose, wrote you for rooms two! HICKORY DICKORY DOCK Having gained the mantel’s sum-|tarned toward her, she saw the blecd- shincto . »nd you can bet I was abowt all in. Holy) cats, I agree with people who say mental torment is the { worse than anyihing the bodv under- azel jgoe No word, of course, had reached | me of Hazel, and the first ray of ligh I had was a dispatch from Haz-l's naval uncle, which caught me at Bal- timore. It said “Have traced H. through conductor . arms, which was, T admit, my inclina- | Well. we got to discussing “team tion: I simply leaned over her and work” and the Giantg pretty thorough- said in a low voice, “Darling, this is not very complimentary to me. Can’t you look at the thing sensibly?" She eaid. through tears, “Please don’t, Henry—go and smoke your cig; I wish to be alone.” (Holy cats—she wanted to be alone. and yet she was calling me down for leaving her!) 1 =aid, still patiently | i 1 the arm of the seat and said. as| Hazel's uncle came up while we tresh air; so we got off and walked! steadily as I could. “I give you two | Were discussing it. He was fearfully up and down a while, pufiing our |, He said, more mildly, “T can tell you |fond of Hazel. I told him he wasnt| ought to have gonme right back to!in two seconds. Get off at the next jonme-two-three as fond of her as I minutes to tell me what to do!" {concerned. He said he was awfully cigars. Of course, I know now I | “I have a per- | Hazel; but even on a wedding trip ulstation and telegrap! was; bus he said I'd have to prove it, (CONTINUED ) right 1de “Must have ven caid co 3 “T've tried,” she whispered. | “Tried more than any mortal mar |mit, he dropped noiselessly to the|ing scratch across his chin. | tussle, captain, deserves.” he said huskily. “I'm not|top of the picture frame. Far below | “Bob, you've hurt him his look was far from eloo underrating him, Helen. But he’: | he could see the golden nugget on its len ran to the spot where her| vou eouldn’t do better than call 1 crucified_you.” blue plate. Now here was an enter-| hushand lay. His mouth and eves in. I'm the corener. 1 . “Just what do you mean by that? | prise to try the mettle of a mouse.|were wide open. Rlood was rilling | look at the rascal he asked, trying to make her ton: | Sure must be his foot, keen his eye;jacross the cur worn_nap. * a he i defiant. for should he leap an inch to one/ (‘urlop Spurling as | o “Where would it get us if I ex-|side or the other, then must he fall!knel diwn. Iy shoved him | [JB Passed across to where the plained?” ignobly down the fathomless abyss| . Hello 2 corpae huddled on % behind the clock. | He lifted the head, and, pointing| When he knelt down and 1 She gazed upon him, wide-eyed. Ir her new sight he was no longer the commonplace New York busines: man, heavy with prosperous' living His broad face was rugged like mountain, his small eyes pitiful anc carcfully, indicated a triangular frag-| ment of china plate still clinging to a long wound in the temple. Presently he arose. His rugged face was a puzzle to sce as he stvod shak- | ing his head. After a short pause he tensed every | muscle, took careful ailm and| Jumped * * ¢ The whispering pair leaped apart at the crash of broken china from the drawing room. Helen drew her hands maging the of ¥i suit Helen t long silenc he scoundrel pocket muxst kind. } ’ \What else could I have done?” she | to her breast, Spurling stepped boldly| “WLy don't you do something?”| h asked. into the ligkt. Helen implored, her legs refusing to| ”“50 *IN -+ i the nocke “Take one of the easy roads,” thc “Who the devil threw that?” camccarry her to the spot where yrgu-s‘; krn\nu”;“\_ cm up here, tender smile was saying. Leffley’s throaty growl. | ~0dy lay so_ still. iy ) ckon. Hm» e . There's mo auch road for me. 1| Helen, huddled in her corner, saw! “Po what?" asked Spurling. quite} ot Seefed (0 BOUE fte O0 suppose it's because I loved him toc | by Spurling’s expression that Fred without emotion. “He's dead. Hocs ?mmv»w E e Well. He's still there—somewherc |had seen him and that they were; ~Dead. Heloiia Tearl was onomuding behind the dark cloud. Sometimer | 8laring at one another. Helen collapsed Into a chair.ibroken engine. What bLog h Still T feel that he'll come out. What|_“Thougkt you'd try to get me while|Strangely enough, her thought was == ot WO Sdspects sort would I be to quit now?” 1 was asleep, eh, what!” demanded |for the man inndcently involved TORD face War S L o “Still,” he inslsted, “if you'd taken |Fred, pitching his voice to the key of | this terrific situation. e the easy road—" melodrama. ~ Spurling hcld his| “Bob,” she heard ~herself saving,| RE: ey 6 Lk The ipok in his eyes finished the |ground, a tolerant smile on his lips. | “you must get away somehow Capt. L . ald, b L N ?.2 oo | Wake up, Fred,” he laughed. | ~“Be sensible he replied brusquely. | {0 ¢ O puwwofoaran havs loved you as I do now. “You've been dreamins. A dish has|“You can't be left to this mess. done gum. e glaungyishes Love is a timeless thing—or is it|fallen and 4 In the next lot Caesar barked |87t x‘,f-, s vonre b time's self? Two eternities meet and | “I rather fancy I have been dream- fiercely. 1 klfrv-'s w!] ,,"'(,,,.’, 5 't be touch; and a wise man once sald that|ing—long enough. But I'm awake' “They've heard the no she whis- | 1¢CTt V- ‘I;um‘d time is nothing more than such a con- | BOW, old chap.” pered. ~ “Bob, I'm afraid. What can | 1t & Danely Soey tact. He came into the light of the big|we do?” 68 Iiurmeg Moy oollle . i Ba Helen gazed across the shadows, |door, his hair disheveied, the collar} * ¢ here and tell the truth.” he | ¢ W0t TI00 Vi ek y e B s hand and raised it |of his misfit coat turned up. His| muttered, and continued to stare at|inaf Wan MISEIE | CEEsIr bOEER (o to her lips. face was distorted to the look of a|the corp: 'r:}‘.:\\'.-imm.’-um;' 2 m"‘ b d'l" s “Go away now, Bob,” she said. fighfing ape as he stood ther “But they won't understand. No- | i (U0 e ANy wa And at that instant the crash came,| “WLat's your answer to that” he|body knows us here.” oy orome ot T Thoueh? he life's doom upon @ stolen rapture. |howled, and his eyes lit upon Helen.| “That's a point in our favor” re- | GifinG [ HOSTRETS, LI@uiil Ao I Shungry mouse had been darting | “Give me knockout drops so that you | plicd Spurling. “Helen, it's a plain | {3Ee8 [TXEIE 05 FUn @V BAk Kot round a deserted kitchen, sniffing|and your——" |case of accident. Just a sliver of o NE it et iy - ‘"] ROEV A every bare board In his famished hunt | “Fred.” said Spurling, putting his | broken plate—iUs nobody's fault. We | { [T WIEL WES, ub. - ducy 3o for crumbs. To him the snoring|hand gently on the madman's shoul-|can’t lose anything by sticking to|™pp yy e s i wretch upon the sofa and the des- |der, “I just dropped in to say how do /| facts.” | ;Thank vou. replied Spurlins. perate two, afraid to speak of love as | you do. Helen said you were asleep, | ‘No. . We mustn't do that—{ JUIER Hallok &ave the corpsc an- they lurked in the shadowy hall,[so I thought I'd stick around un-|Bob, we've got to think of some- OU0 BT iy “‘N‘;"f",‘.‘i""- 1 SATD: “WEHY ON EARTH DI 5 i 4 meant gothing more than meaning- | til : thing—- {2 merry wink.—~The verdjos as g 3 N H DIDN'T YOU GIVE MY WIFE THE TELEGRAM I SENT HER YESTERDAY?! meant BRI from & race to bel|' “Ieep your hands off me?” Leffley| The bell in the hall ting-a-linged : 2MerTy wink, tThe verdicts as o . 1 plundered asd to beh(ear‘el(‘l. n’l‘hfiy :o;edhhr;sell away. “Aren't”ygg sat- flel:f-;lly, '-mpemng a (ho\lg‘hls i e el R ‘f;':::"fu‘l" i $ fectly good and valid reason for go. 'mm likes to discuss things with men,| In my excitement I had forgotten|and that he had dandled her as a|®ere e e s A o 3 th grabbing my wife: which might have crowded into her| oo, " gojg: A ,. ! hood depended. ‘My dear!” Helen came out and tood ' poor head. The man and .woman ing into the smoker. I feel the need jand this old chap was awfully decent.|the Western Union entirely! baby! Of course he had me there. He ma“;e Ied rounds of the kitchen | before him., “Fred, I sent for Bob to|stood palsied like robber thive dis- (Copyright, 1921.) He said, in his short way—I have You looked s0|covered. Again the bell jangled. of a cigar. A olgar, to a man, is a— Well, 1 did. I got out at the next b 2 sort of bracer” “And then § { addea h* * : * 4qyy | Station: and T stood over the operator {noticed that tall naval offcers are in- for g:e'na‘:'“":;“:'mfi‘}f ST Enddens [some andl seo Yo A e e gy, e W oty VWELL when they called ‘all;while he clicked off a cool dozen, Iclined to be short: “Tell me briefly.|giomach of the stove. The mouse| “Youre a liar. You're a liar by thoi Judge Maiiok. a curious figure, the Fancy American Bird. : - sent them to évery important stop,|How did it happen? tails of his nightshirt showing be- darling, that this has been a very oy il Calitig trying time for both of us." aboard” we were still talking, but 5 stopped and sat reflective. That sense | clock.” 4 Ying time for both of Us " rautifal | we got on all Fight and went back to |21, to the hotels In Washington and| 1 told hlm about the haldsheaded,of amell, keen aid to appetite, tickled EEE tween his rubber boots and macki- |T'HE fanciest o American birds thflei:tlnd Imthinl§ you are horrid to|the smoker (it looked like the ten to,and I described Hazel minutely, |breath of air, and then I had got onihis Lo “BS_'}‘ u?;'e‘r '%‘;e:!“;: l;_}:g E pointed his bony finger ,".“dlr.alw coat. stood in l:e a?)orwggv pucl the painted bunting. The In o anything else smoker), and I told him I had a!so there could be no mistake. Then 1|again, but that it was the wrong,MmOuStachios God 5 = |H ering his shaggy white brows. partment of Agriculture says: I sald: “But, my dear, a thing canie .o "hue that I never intended to}sent a few to her, to be on the safe | train. not the drunken god left a golden ! the tall timeplece, which had| . “Something wrong here, Capt. Leff- ¢ L A ’ i i h ; | nugget balance aloft on the tall old ! ceaged to tick some thirty years ago. !ley?” he asked, looking at Spurling. male painted bunting is one of £ The mis.ake came like a signal in most brilliantly colored birds of th secret code to Helen's distracted mind. | yp ates” Th : Spurling had opened his mouth, prob- i o SEALeS” The upper part ably to identify himself, when she|the head and neck are shining pus { plish violet, the middle of the bac fairly threw herself hetween the two| " ‘yellowish green, wings and tail pu she faid, “it's too men. “Judge Mallok,” terrible. T'm, arald my husband has| DIIRE e e one lled a man.’ e re a [l s 4. JThe female 1s dark grecn abo | “You don't say so!" *The official|ynd ;'ellnwish ‘beneath " This litt i coroner of Scarletburg beetled his| fowe) bird has not failed to attrs ! brows toward Spurling and asked,)popular attention and is known unde “How did it happen, Capt. Lefey?” |many mames. . In Louisiana th “We were upstairs,” broke in Helen | be trying and beautiful at the same | time.” She sald: “A horse can, or maybe a woman, but not a wedding trip!” 1 said, rather wearily, “Oh, well, darling, for pity’s sake dont let us argue about it She sald: “T wouldn’t dream of argu- ing with a man who is not open to conviction. I simply have my own views.” = i said: =1 shall not stay long— She said_something, right here, in a catchy little voice to the window: side, and wired that I_would follow ! He sald, “H'm. As I understand it, on the next train out. It was not un- | then, Hazql was taking her wedding til 1 was on my way back to New irip alone?” i d the drawing room to|in the morning, !York an hour later that I knew, in! [ gaid, “Just for that minute.” And‘fi-;‘:fc% e it o ki ‘..(;: o nm‘ !spite of my efforts, I could accomplish {then, trusting to his man’s nature to grandfather's clock. . y little; because, until 1 had one from iunderstand me, I told him the truth. | ”with the coolness of an experienced His arm swung round-and the back her, how would 1 know where on || said, “I wanted to try out one of engieer he surveyed the physical de- |Of his hand struck “her full across| earth to stop off and claim her? And |your bally black cigars.” tails of the ascent. The couch’s back | the face. | they told mo at the suburban station |’ He said, “Well, Henry, it bids fair | just touched the mantel-shelf; tho| She recovered her senses to realize {that it would be utterly useless for a|to prove a pretty expensive smoke.” {mantel's pagoda top loomed above a |the two men had grappled and were {private indi.idual to try to flag such | And then he asked me what steps 1i{heavy picture frame; the upper cor- | Wrestling furiously. Thelr writhing jam Imgaor,t'"fit g’:‘n;enn“ \vania ter. | Dad taken. T told him about the tele- | ner of the frame stood some ten :odlela. e:?;x'elyt olo&l:e:]m :f:r"t‘xfi. .u:, rb: reachet Y’ g . i) ceping minal at 8 pm. in a state of mind im- | "Ho" inches over the turrets of the anclent | \'F, ' jance. Nelther spoke & word. tclock? The hunger-lust sent a tingle | let it interfere with my career. | through his small body as the mouse | seemed surprised. He sald: r “You don't say? How many?”’ Of course I told him so far there was only Hazel, and that she was waliting for me in one of the forward cars. He said: “Say, I don't like to worry you, but that was my junction. I'd ought to have told you that this little com- bination here heads for Onteora Mills; but, fact is, I took it you were going my way' I said, not realizing his meaning, He “You'll feel differently about this said Helen. part “Please feel perfectly free to stay as o looked me over thoroughly. . A . | timepiece. r B 164 1€ long as you like! I lift the embargo | “Oh, no, We are golng stralght possible to describe. 1 pass over!uwey” 1d, “T" g iy a5 us - | A Fosewood chair went down In their % French-speaking people have called i onFour e, ki otiis wete | s e T e e e 818 | thoga haurs /as; the plackest of my el e e bat 1 dont ing | b e e ot the- slooging | Drogress toward the old-fashloned 3gain. ~We board s Bolse In the ?1:2.19" O Soner The et name oL ) 3 3 5 Bios 3 ; ; ; — - the Pope). The last nam life! telling you that If you don’t take|god, up the jigsawed crag which [couch. An arm shot out and struck . 0 3’4 00arg spurling—came down | h;g*m‘,g; e A o wad: wa Yo a table which went spinning on its He stared at me, and said i k formed the sofa’s back; then he had and found a man had broken in, po panish-sp tng excited, 5o I did the e ind To my dismay, T found I Jnust wait | better care of that little girl in fu Tt(rijd as red ing. I looked hastily around ler, does it occur to vou 1 mous thing. . 1 looked hastily around | young fellor, does, 1t fwine traini~ .~ |till 10 o'clock that night %o gey tho | ture her old uncle is golng to firc|gained the lofty plateau formed by |castors. : Was terrible the way they fought. I|plaple in. the @ Stater know and bent down to kiss her. T said, still calmly, “I am on the |next Washington express. Meanwhile, | off all his guns!” B the mantel's lower shelf. Excelsior!| Then Helen screamed, giving wayi o0 0 S oReiing aad e ahn 1 oi;a;'d nj e nled, States doaow 4 She wouldn't let me! Washington train.” Where was my darling wife! A thou-| I groaned. He added, “The thing |With a nimble spring he took one|to her terror. The fight went sllent- | B8 L br O e must heve yncl:nr 128 minriposs oF bittern d e one rectty deep. Of course.| 'iTe" smid, mopping his brow, My |sand times 1 upbraided myself for|{s—how much money has she Withispindle, then another. Up, up! Feer 17 00 ere within six feet of the|hit his head against a piece of it— fously galled painted bunting. painted T could have instantly mollified her!lord, this here is a local! It rums out|leaving her. I remembered what I he‘r?;am ot Ted contt E:::{- N“Il.lt.l‘:a’:rh;a“‘hn‘ ._:nndtem‘- tall :bck’ when Spurling’s sheulders| “You don't say!” repeated Judgeffinch. paradize finch. Mexican canary : Y heaved forward an Mallok. and Texas canars. It is a persistent had said about being in her pocket, You don't 1and groaned. As for Jack Redfield, I laid it up for him with interest! 1 could not telephone our iamilies. | could. Leffley, fell, face down, upon the carpet. “I'm sorry,” said Bob, and, as hg to Onteora Mills!™ 1 sald, “Good lord, man! mean—that Hazel—" §' _said, ¥I¢ you want to find any- by letting her have her own way about the whole thing; but this meant giving up my cigar, and, also, which Avas far more swsious, my liberty of He seemed stumped at that. He|to the mouse, scaling heavenward whistled, into his Vandyke, and *|toward that fabulous prize, golden e it bothered him, &8 it had among his people. Spurling stood mopping his wound vocalist and likes tie socictly of hu- ed chin with a pocket handkerchief,, . man beinge. | i