The evening world. Newspaper, June 9, 1922, Page 21

YO? wy CHAPTER XXII UDREY came to the window and stared out through it Only. herself and God knew through her ignorant of her mother's life and what paved Ind and her heart Then Audrey turned. She stooped a her lips pressed warm and soft the back of Constance's hand. “Mother!"* And Constance knew that her six- en years of labor had not gone un- warded, “You forgive me, dear?’* She whis- red the sentence incredulously. given tu ated and beak 2 Lois DENBIGH an actress, who Audrey. Audre a years betore the stor: with quarrel Teservations, | bere Harkness and THE EVENING WORLD, ve: Wi ll Never, ) By JOHN HUNTER Ae STORY. FOR THE YOUNG OF HEART. COPYRIGHT BY THR MtCLORe NEwerarn CHARACTERS IN THE STORY. CONSTANCE BRENT, divorced; proprietor of a AUDREY BRI:N1, het daughter, who has been business and chaperoned by AUNT ELLA, who favors Audrey's suitor, met at Monte Carlo, JIM HARKNESS, son of a steel magnate, but a philandering ne'er-do-well, His closest woman friend is really loves him but respects his love for does not know that she is the daughter of LORD CONNING ‘ON, British statesman, who had divorced her mother six- opens, Harkness, to protect Audrey, tells her he does not love her and she, for the moment, encourages the attentions of SIR RICHARD PRESLOW, nephew of Connington, who, .knowing his uncle's desire to reclaim his daughter, plots with Marriage witt, Audrey. Constance decides to give Audrey up to Audrey visits the Eros Club and there witnesses a js mothey to brin, MAJOR STADVATOS, a gambler for big stakes, who is caught cheating. ‘ans club in London. lucated on the Continent, 14 about a ie sinc®. T have never appreciated how empty a house can be. And with its emptiness [ realized the emptiness of my own hea He paused, as though he weighed his words carefully. “We lave both made mistakes, Constarfce—you and I. And we are both old enough and experienced enough to be able to forget them." Constance looked up and met his gaze. “You are not mocking me? “You should know me better. Al- though, perhaps, I deserve it. I rea- lize now, as I look back, that I may have been cold and hard. There has always been a pride in me which tripped my feet as I walked. I loved you once, Constance.” Constance stood up and Connington rose also. ‘You cannot mean that, Geoffrey.'’ ‘Connington did not attempt to con- firm the statement. He sald: ‘Have you discovered also, Constance, that love cannot die?" She turned away. Her voice wi bitter as she answered him. board. Let 'em know there's another Harkness come to town as bad as the old one, my boy." The laughter died from his eyos, and a sudden wistfulness showed there instead, ‘Him! I think {t's time you and I shook hands, Don't you?" CHAPTER XXY. HE days passed swiftly, at Knockholt. Audrey received no word from Harkness, She read in the newspapers of his triumph at Trayworth. She tried to persuade herself that ir father, “There ts nothing to forgive, mam- a, What more could you have done ir me?’ Constance sobbed. ran breaking her. ined and stressed, “And Connington?’’ she enld. Audrey smiled softly. “How could leave you—now?" “Audrey!” “One can easily forget the thing e does not wish to remember,"’ con- pued Audrey. “There are lots of ings Tam going to forget. Bur one ing I shall always remember, and at is how my mother worked that ight be happy. Mamma, will you me?" onstance came to her arms like @ The reaction Her face was hey sat long in the quiet room, gradually Constance told the de- of her story. on it was all finished Audrey “Mamma, do you think Mr. rkness knew about this?” onstance hesitated. “He may ve known,” she said slowly. “Hark. had many friends in our set, and is quite likely that he learnt the hth. Why do you ask?" udrey flushed. ‘It explains some- sho said lamely. “That 1s The next day a letter came from rd Connington, and Constance gave to Audrey. “My dear Mrs. Brent—I have ceived your letter, and am pleased to remind you of your in- vitation to take tea with you vhenever I might be motoring in your district. I am hoping in the hear future to avail myself of this invitation, and shall then be glad 9 discuss with you and make final arrangements regarding the matter mentioned in your letter above. Yours, “CONNINGTON."* ‘Then one day Audrey posted a let- ter, and after it had gone she seemed very content. CHAPTER XXIII, T seemed to Harkness that an eter- nity had passed since he had driven Audrey away from his door with all her hopes shattered. Lois had left the Arcadian and wa ep in the rehearsals for her new lay. Already its preparation was well Inder way, and preliminary announco- pents were appearing in the papers. Harkness planned many things— frica and big game, the Himalayas, Ina, the Amazon—but he rejected He knew that at the ulti- ate moment he would not leave En) nd whatever his plans. Sometimes he thought of his father, ut only with resentment. One day # the old man tn bed with two doctors at his side. He will live?" he asked. One of the doctors, a famous specialist, nodded. “Yes. But his working days are over.” “Over? Harkness’s perturbation showed in his face Tam afraid so," answered the spe- cialist gravely. “This illness is not ) much of the body as of the brain You know if you diive an engine at top speed without an occasional over~ aul something breaks in the end. We shall save his reason, but I must for d him to deal with business any more,"’ Harkness felt a touch on his a and turned to find Hilary beside hi He followed the secretary from the room all the trouble?” my father he asked has collapsed like jelegram came from Sheffield. It was S ' most a letter. “It's the Trayworth Foundries, The your father collapsed. Unable | men want more money, shorter hours to understand anything and con- fined to his bed. Serious trouble at the Trayworth Foundries, Men almost out of hand. A strike threatened, which may extend to the whole of the steel and allied trades in the country. Government intervention refused by men’s leaders, who insist on dealing di- rect with your father. Failing ind a general overhaul of the housing question. To carry out thelr demands would wipe out all the profits on the year's working of the whole combine, neluding the United States factories as well. On the other hand, the men seem determined, and ‘all our other plac threaten to strike in sym- pathy. “What do the rest of the directors him, ask for trusted representa- |say about it?" tive. Are you willing to accept re- Hilary shrugged his shoulders, sponsibility? HILARY." “Th ay nothing, In plain lan- Harkness laughed when he read the telegram and then used it as a pipe- Hight. The next day brought him a letter bearing the Sevenoaks postmark With trembling fingers he ripped it open, his sang-froid gone, his eyes eager as a boy's. 4) There was no address, no date, no wignature, only a few lines written Kspurriedly across a blank sheet. Hark- jess read them with some bewilder- guage they don't count. The Gov- ernment has appointed a commission to inquire into the whole affair, Your father refused the services of this ymmission before his seizure." “Who is its leader?’ “Lord Connington, Harkness's breath came in sharply. Yet he was hardly surprised. It was natural that England’s ablest diplo- mat should be asked to nandle this te situation. All right!" There was a hard cisiveness in Harkness's tone. deal with this and take all responsi- bility yet ‘me a car—not my father it's too well known T want to drive round Trayworth.”" Hilary stared at him for a moment This was a Harkness he had not known ‘The King gave a title as gv jon 1 To the Knight who the tourney won had! Faonal valour + God gave the first great tl When he called me simply a man Once more Harkness read it, and as he did so a glimmer of realization lit p his brain, He remembered having en the lines before. They were a jotation from a poem called “The Bheritance." Why should Audrey ave sent this to him? And then stood suddenly CHAPTER XXIY. T was a week later that old Hark- ness was able to sit in his chair by the long French windows of the morning s the room, and gaze cool green of the terraced Audrey had learned who she was His first action was to send If the fact of her heing Lord Con- nington’s daughter was the barrier between them, and Harkness really joved her, and read these lines, then he, would understand. jod gave the first great title When he called me simply a nian!” The words re-echoed in Harkness's rain. He had flung that title back at the feet of Its Giver, He could not @ before Lord Connington and T am a man, as you are.” But there was a way, There was a man's work to be done in the where the factories scarred the bes ‘of the earth and men tolled and sweated that his father might rule as king He took @ special to Sheffield and out fo his father's house, to find Hello as ever dling with you done There will be no strike, father."* hi" ‘The hard eyes flashed a admiration. “Did you beat His greeting was as curt “I hear you've been med my affairs, What have quick them “[ surrendered to them,” Old Harkness sat back reflected a fury of struggling emo- tions. ou—surrendered!"* My first job," continued Har! ness, “before I saw the men's repre- sentatives, was to get into touch with the Duke's estate people and open ne- gotiations for the leasing of all the ground up to and beyond the Tray- worth Hills, The matter i settled His face Reem pn te nt lle oe 2 crt a anne eee “IT SEEMED aS THOUGH ALL HER RESISTANCE WAS GONE AND SHE SWAYED TOWARD HIM.” now, and I’ ing down 1 garden city. found them a good lot they hour asked for, nor strike was off, and fied, in a few hours. There was silence, Harkness found his tongue “Do you know how much th is going to ixotic philanthropy “Only in round figures, s* Income." “God in heaven! shout. ‘And you stand calmly tell me this! Fetch Fetch him at once! ll th teh him!" father, whol “Hil y is away, building contractors in London, Any- how, I shouldn't allow the arrange- JEWELED nw variety of models, cluding high, Ned. i 4° medium bt ome | ment to be cancelled.” iow and medium some lace "You wouldn't atlow? The ota| ADJUSTED ‘trimmed; in flesh and whites full as: man was strugsting for breath. And! REGULATED eam B.C) who the devil are you to talk Uke nas that?" GUARANTEED — “Lam Harkness, and the name of ier’ 44K SULA. Women’ s "Wackwenr my family is as dear to me as it oT WATCHES. in atin oulae Raa ioute w should be to you. { have given my] gis or any other fers you a won vedi dn ooilky Ane outs word on behalf of the family, and]Wwatch has been carefully lety of. style that word shall stand.” Old Harkness hesitated. dent that he was 8 “Two years’ income white and ec hand without last. “Do you think I work for noth- ae ne noes that! these. Toni In white and cor, with, and withou M other jewelr; up to You will never nave spent money rar Pability "to. buys value, Sp! ic rpose, father vou |g direct from the Fone Ranke AnD ; eS us weg git nll Orders Filied—Add Ge Postuee won't miss it, I was absolutely ap- {iam maker posible thts lonmest ieter palled:when’ Hilary) expiAned YOU eee e uokien wal te alten see, tueee rae Women’ 8 Silk Gloves financial position to me. _ It seemed | Preauing burgnias asp; Milanese allk 1 the lead Incredible thul one man should con- invalid upon the Paige Ponpesey oli Reg trol such enormous wealth. The Sia; regular 98o value, Spr c money is a mere ha YOUR MONI) — y knew what the peopl if pode gllid are saying you would realize ‘how in- rite for big significant is the expenditure com- pared with its effect. All the sus-1C QED. FILLED ide piclon is gone, Instead of the name shapes: also. fancy of Harkness be execrated it is| JEWELED ely allk baga in various praised, The n are already work- | ADJUSTED ors; ¥ tue up to $3.98 1 ing etter rder, and if the co- ie operation scheme goes through you! REGULATED will more than recoup yourself In the Ranier F ouncings next five yea GUARANTEED FOR 20 YEARS 18 Inches wide, tn @ lars vurlety of ‘s } noved nervously. nt patterns of em Harkness’s head moved nervously Zillow old-illed wrist watches nee broldery; regular 60e a yard 25¢ epen ehg you going to do now? wear JUST OD quality. | Speclal, per yd., only he deman for nt lewat 20° ‘fT am s ling ¥ The doctors ’ ; tell me you must not work any more, en’s eg igee so T shall e y on,” Subject to my permission.” “Without your permission if it] ™ means the cancellation of this prom- ali money will be refund ¢ Lae | se ‘ jcate them in any other Jewelry store 00." beautiful presen They stared at each other, the old : 007A beautiful 1 man fiercely and resentful; Jetermined And then a strange t Old Harkness sat back young curled in a thin cackle of His son stepped forward He was afraid the stra his father's sanity, but him back. ‘e a dour lot, we And you’ a tr samp think you had it in y again. “Al right! Lose in your own way, T'll. sit watch Invited tenders for pull- ayworth and building a I saw the men then and I told them we couldn't give them all the money shorten to the extent they wished, but I met them half way on both points, and threw in the rebuilding of Tra worth. A ballot was taken on it. erybody satis- and at last old father. 1 it will wipe out your last It was almost there ancel the seeing the It was evi- ugeling for words, he mumbled ut domineering man coolly ng happened and his ps great hand Hlarknesses! He my money And beat up the rest of the “Do you realize the temptation of this? Do you realize that you are of- fering me, Audrey, my name again, and everything that can mat to me? And do you expect me to say I do not love you and cast It all aside?" ho had done this because of her; but knowing that his father was Ill she found herself doubting. And then Lord Connington came. “I have come about Audrey," he _FRIDAY, JUNE » 1922, “T believe you are honest enough to tell me truth. I have decided that vou shall not lose Audrey alto- gether After all, you are her moth- er, and you have the greater claim," A little cry escaped Constanco's lips. “Tam waiting for answer,” His tone was kind, She swayed on her feet, but her eyes held his steadily. ‘There have been di and nights—when I have been hungry," she sald softly. She put her hand before her, ag though to shield herself from him, ‘Let me tell you. I realize now there can be no shame in the confession, He—that other—I sent him away directly after. I knew T had been wrong. I wanted you. It wax just because you had not given yourself all to mo at first. I was hungry for love in those days, and you seemed filled with your work I met him, and I thought he could sive me tho fullness of life, and in- stead he offered me dust. It was you I wanted. I have always wanted you, Perhaps you never understood me. Don't think I'm trying to excuse my- self, I admit all my fault, and T ask for no forgiveness."* “1 offer none," quietly. “But people will talk! They will point me out! After all—I am Con- your sald Connington 21 stance Brent of the E found a womar * Constance s argument all her resistance was gone, and @he swayed toward him “Nobody ¢ int at Connington,| “Will you kiss me, Geoffrey ?"* Constance. And do not think of Con He held out his arms to her, and stance rent. Try to remember that] she came to him as a girl might come you are the She worn drooped love to her first lover, Th seemed as though all trembling. (To Be Continued) SEE THE *50,000 Belmont Stakes THE OLDEST AND MOST CONCLUSIVE TEST FOR s YEAR OLDS Toten TOMORROW ec seastisu BELMONT PARK H sacs. one m Setting. a Ran ig aoenls Beauty 5 OTHER Aut 2.30 M., INCLUDING THE KEENE MEMORIA "h TP MILE STEEPLECHASE Aimeteut Cup Between Races the Unbeaten MORVICH wil! tnake s colors over the mile course through courtesy F TRAINS FOr Pid Btn i eed trial under amin Bloch iron kiya, d Ave. 3 Ladies on Constance motioned him to a chair. “T have been thinking about Audrey very deeply,"’ said Connington, with some precision in his tone, ‘I have been unable to come and see you be- fore, and I have lately been holding myself at the disposal of the Govern- ment In connection with the threat- ened industrial troubte at the Hark- ness works, By the way, I shouté; imagine there has only been one other instance of a strike being averted as was this one, Young Harkness 1s 2500 Clarion Phono Records First quailty, Red ‘ | said quietly, i 4 AT ‘THE Each only. already a marked man among people who know. 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