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E OR Ml silence:
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durance tmpos*
I
the pi>
ehe '
I haven't
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Wltl
her face.
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1 fully saved
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'
bur
r
snd !
1
I d
? weak, but
I 'esr of
"t and
:
I
1
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1
la the
ber -
as If : ? aad, feel
stood
for ? tact
"I t: ? very
slow: .. .11 you
lake
'hlag.
'
>sts you."
As II : his eour
ily re
1 .:a lbs ;
: e and
alien?:
still
' salde
whi!>?
la ?
the Ktnir?*
There ?ed to
bis <1 ??. cams
quickly forward with an offer of serv?
ice.
But Ledei irtly. and.
With I ? bred
ef C'lillo? | drew
hack toward the at
With p baaty movement Leder step
f>ed forward
admitted ? bl .^lr. TIie?>
?? the Ihn
first
In wbl< h Bal
c
and it
ka doubtful ? ?? rally
elation the l?l I ? ? rht that
str?
ini him before
hi m ? tnbotlx?
ed by the tax urlo?
atta aant atmos?
ph?re of re llty; the nothing rep?
resented ay the bread pabllc thorough
fere, the aaaatag figures, each uncou
acious of and ?ininterested In bla exist
enee. As an Interloper he hud entered
this bouse: as an Interloper?a mas
quor.!il<-r ba had played his part, lived
bis hour, proved hlmeelf: as an Inter?
loper he was now passing back Into the
dim world of unrealized hopes snd un?
achieved ambitions.
He et>i*i rigidly aalet, his strong fig
are silhouetti-d sgalast tho lighted ball,
bis fare colil an.! Ba, with a
touch of fatality, chance cut short bis
Struggle.
An empty hansom wheeled around
the corner of ; The cabman,
seeing him, raised bin whip in query,
and Involuntarily he nodded an acqui?
escence i later he had helped
?ve Into the cab
"Middle Temple lane." be directed,
pausing on the ah
"Mtddls : ne is opposite Clif?
ford'* Inn 1 sa he took bis
place beside ! ;teu we get out
there we have only to cross Fleet
street,"
Eve t>ont her head In token that she
end?- . il the cab moved out
Into aha roadway.
Within a few minut?e the neighbor?
hood of Oraawaaaff square was exchang?
ed for the noisier snd more crowded
one of Piccadilly, but either the cab?
man was overcautious or the h->rse wee
below the average, for tboy made but
slow progress through the more crowd?
ed streets. To the two sitting In el
laace tho paos was well nigh unbear?
able. With every added niov e.jieut the
tension grew The methodical care
with which they moved seemed liUe
the tightening of s string already
strained to breaking point, yet neither
Spoke, bee? use ?. !??? bad the courage
accessary for the words.
Once or twice as they traversed the
ward ? l stiffness.
: ? ?
?
1 their
ance at Eve.
?"ry Htir of
upon bis
?usuess by his ac .ened
Op l>efore
lane | ,nd as he
at her
:r en
As he
He bad
?
:
t:
.
:
?
?
-
?
At last
: ? .
'.ruptly. "It's
qnlet
! e had
'on as
it. sbiulag like
crossed It
t Upe dread of
baa poeeeesed
to have fallen
In??,:. '?G-e In the
gained the
th unnotli te cas
holding apart,
1 Clifford's Inn.
1. end
?arily. "How
. faintly. "And how
cold! Like ? g: ?
. to her. Tor one mo?
ment His blood
The senee
that ! still within his
? rwhelmlngly. He
turned toward live; he half exteuded
nt\H. Tl:? ! by what Im
.-.stluct. It was
to say, be lot them drop to
bis aid?
lid. *Vouie! This is the
way. :?>se to ma l'ut your
hand ?>:; my arm."
H.? . but bis eyea were
resolutely averted from her face
they crossed the dim. silent court.
I the gloomy doorway that
led to his own rooms, he felt ber fin?
ger? tren ? arm, then tighten
In their pressure as the bare paasage
and cheerless stairs met her view, but
"Come!' tated in the aame
strained rol? ? "CoflMl It isn't far
three or toar Ughi
W th a ? la curious ex
- ?>n in her eyes Eve moved for?
ward ? lataaaa ?* er m
as t:.? ?all. aud now,
reaching tin? stairs, she put out her
band the banis?
ter. She bad a p.?.nel. numb sense of
submission, of suffering that had sunk
to apathy. Moving forward without re?
sistance, she Uv in to mount tbe stairs.
The aabaat was made In silence. Le?
der went first, his shoulders braced,
his head held ? ??, mechanically
watchful of all al uents, fol?
or tare behind. With
I monotony one flight of ataira
? ??led another, each to her unac
eyee seeming more colorless,
solitary, more desolate than tbe
preceding one.
Then at last, with a sinking sense of
apprehension. /.od that their
goal was reached.
knowledge broke sharply through
her dulled senses, and, confronted by
tbe closeness of her ordeal, she paused,
her bead lifted, her baud still nervous?
ly grasping the hamster. Her lips part?
ed as if In sudden demand for aid. but
in tbe nervous exixvtatiou. the pained
apprehension of tbe moment, ao sound
escaped them. Loder, resolutely cross?
ing the landing, knew nothing of tbe
silent appeal.
For a second she stood beai ta ting;
then her own weakness, her own
shrinking dismay, were submerged In
the Interest of bis movements. Slowly
mounting the remaining steps, abe fol?
lowed him as if fascinated toward tbe
door that showed dingily conspicuous.
ed his side he ex? s hand to?
ward waa ded
feared
to t! If.
with the
?
? \ snd turn
? bhook the
door.
At . r-eluetantly,
be t' 'aid things
aren': d In a
:. and I
can
"Fut
I \ ?
I with dan
? ? : .
IS, op
?
by the
Bee
'ert ae
bla key
:.
beard
I
?1 ex
?
?ite al
f
?
.??u nil
I .o?W
11? ;d In the shad?
owy -
ad it.
Her glimpse
of; h -y?and ?lie
hid '?
a : filled her with
?ptly and with
out reason bei turned eel
'.eat violently. "John"?
she said below her breath.
1 toward her.
ft of color; there waa
S lo. m lu his
"Coi. nie st once. 1
must take you hon. ' He spoke In a
shakou, Bl tea,
in. caught his
hand. "Why? Wl 'ioned.
Her ? and scar?
Without ' he drew her im?
peratively toward : ?? very
soft!; ::nanded. "No one must
see you here."
In the first moment she ol>eyed him
tlien, reaching the bead
of tho h!. stopped. With one
haud still clasping his. the otht-r cling?
ing nervously t>? the banister, she re
' end. "John," she wliis
| '.. "I'm not a child. What Is It?
\\ 1? I must know."
Fur a moment I.odcr looked at ber
uncertainly: then, reading the expr?s
Sion in her eyes, he yielded to her tie
mand.
"He's dead." he said In a very low
voice. "Chilcote ladead."
CHAPTaOl X XXIV.
? O fully appreciate a great an
nouiK-eiu.Mit ? time
at our disposal. At the mo
ment of Loder's disclosure time
waa denied to Ere, for scarcely had ???
words left his lips before the thought
tbat dominated him asserted its prior
claim. Blind to the Incredulity in tier
be drew her swiftly forward and
?half impelling, half supporting her?
forced her to descend the stairs.
er In after life could be obliterate
the reinem.-ranee of tbat descent,
such as be could never expert
enee in his own < -. possessed
him. One desire overrode sil others
the desire that Erara reputation, which
be himself had so nearly imperiled,
should remain uuimpertled. In the
shallow of that urgent duty, the de
spa i r of the past tutirs. the appalling
fact so lately realized, the future, with
Its possible trials, liecame dark to Ma
imagination. In bis new victory over
self the question of ber protection pre
dominated.
Moving under lus compulsion, be
guided ber hastily and eileutly down
the deserte?! stairs, drawing a breath
of deep relief as oue after another the
landings were successively passed, and.
still actuate 1 by the suppressed need
of haste, be passed through the door?
way that they had entered under such
different conditions only s few mio
otes before.
To leave the quiet court, to gain the
Strand, to bail a belated hansom, was
the work of a moment Oj so odd coo
tri vanee of circumstance the luck tbat
had attended every phase of his dosi
Clifford's tun; ??> one waa moved to
curiosity by their exit. With an invol
untary thrill of feeling be gave expres
I
said as a
cab drew up. ' You don't know what
the strait: ?? "
n-r as ?r i? a dream. Bra stepped
Into ; ;e de
nouetiient . had made
uo clear impression upon her mind.
? e moment ell that she was con
??:>? ac
that IxKler
was ?stili beside ber.
In ?.
?
ner !.. -le. Then.
? f reliving
their
the tightened ?
Eve.
to the mou
of s; ?
?pons ? ly.
? a low voice and
with I want you to
I 'in the moment
I saw him I 1
1 ? thoughts?
you and n?> >?? ?
! :
"Da m afresh.
- thing
?
"It ' there
will
. ' - I who
? will be found
will ' i.
? will
? llv
. aaaV
?
? case.
f
rimes
with
?' are the
lently. "a
: do*
? Is to
Hut
I'm tl -.I'm
think
word for
"I'll return Cros?
tili a
r ? a for
jP [will ?void
?
Thai ma bla
aaoment i win l do
now, I'll
go at other
cow
l mo?
ment id left bet In in
; "In an?
other ?
"Tea, freeb career in ? fresh coun
I'ra
not t 11 do what other men have
doli?
li' -.ad for a moment Eve
looked ah id at the tin of
f she br
her glance back again. "No," sbe said
veryslow.y. "You are not too old. Hut
thero are ?-e?and things
like age?are uot the real ? Mon.
It seems to me that your own inclina?
tion, your own iud?vidual sense of
right an?! wrong, has nothing to do
with tbe ?resent moment The ques?
tion I (bar you are Justitied In go?
ing away ?she paused, her eyea fixed
aaaadily npaa bla **whether you are
free to go away and make a new life,
whether it Is ever Justifiable to follow
a pliant??::? light when-when there's a
lantern waiting to be carried." Her
brent She drew away from
him. frightened and elated by ber own
wor .
?r turned to her sharply. "Eve!"
he exclaimed; then his tone changed.
"You don t know what you're saying,"
be addivi quickly. "You don't under?
stand whit you're saying."
Eve ?caned forward again. "T?se."
she said slowly. "I do understand."
Her voice waa controlled, her manner
convinced Sbe was no longer the jirl
conquer. ?1 by strength greater than her
own. She was the woman strenuously
demanding ber right to individual ha^
paeaaa,
"I understand it all." sbe repeated.
"I underhand every point. It was not
Chan? e thai made you change your
Identity, that made you care for me,
that brought about?his death. I don't
believe it was chance. I believe it waa
something much higher. You are not
meant to go away."
As Loder watched her the remem?
brance of his first days as Cbllcote
rose again, tbe remembrance of how
be bad been dimly tilled wltb the be?
lief that below ber self possession lay
a strength?a depth? uncommon In wo?
man. As be studied her now the In?
stinctive l>elief flamed Into conviction.
"Eve!" be said involuntarily.
With a quick gesture she raised her
bead. "No!" abe exclaimed. "No; don't
aay anything You are going to see
things as I eee them?you must do so?
you have no choice. No real man ever
casts away tbe substance for tbe shad?
ow.'* Her eyea shone?the color, tbe
glow, tbe vitality, rushed beck Into ber
face.
??John," sbe said softly, "I love you,
and I need you. but there is something
with a greater claim?a greater need
than mine. Don't you kuow what it
ur
De said nothing. He made no ges?
tore.
"It is the party?the country. Ton
may put love aside, but duty Is differ?
ent. You have uludged yonraelf. Yon
are not meant to draw back.'*
Leder's lipa parted.
"Don't," abe said again. "Don't aay
anything. I know all that in in your
through It Isn* BBC ?.????
Bess balauce. It Is
your future " H.r voice tlirill si. "You
are going t > ba a ?.*ent man. I
ty of his coun?
try Bs lias BO ri^ht to Individual SC
?
? ? iti effort to apeak.
I "Wait
??lily, and
irately afraid
Bat is it really I
more loyal for us to work out ? Ions;
re already
lied than :>? abroad
and ii!'. t?i?? placea that b
: I want you to an
?war. Is It really truer and ?
Oh. I seo the bat is In your
mind' I finer to 8? away
?nd ? ? ?? to ,ive *b*
H rt. r because ?
s the
?
that Is : lit In
t prompts
lUght,
riti ce. but
sely.
man requires ? ? in s low
Bat is this
r righi to
?
ow?
?
ad in all my life. I
lire with?my
unity
bat it'a
b. sat
l and bent
| :hk ?
way.
:<*. but
.? one
suddenly
is o\et
? that
ry for f<>
.
d softly, so softly that
than Lo?
ba ve
|id attitude and un
-:Ut have cou
. of understanding to any
ebaerraat than F-ve's.
For al- there was no word
?. At last, with a very gentle
bai lingers tightened over hia
. .
"John." ehe began gently, but the
word y. She < k Into
her seat as t he cab stopped before Chil
cote'a bouse.
Huiallauaooalj ss they descended
the hall door was opened and s flood
of warm Ughi poured out reassuringly
Into the darkness.
"1 thought It was your cab. sir."
Crapham 1 deferentially as
they j aaaed into the hall. "Mr. Fralde
has been waiting to see you thia half
hour. Is ? into the study.'?
He closed the door softly and retired.
? la the warm light, amid the
. dignified surroundings tbat bad
marl.? : entry into this hazard?
ous s. live turned to
Loder Tor the tagdlct upon which the
future bu
As she turned bis face was still bid?
den from her, aud his attitude be
i nothing.
"John," she said slowly, "you know
why be is here. You know that he has
come to personally offer you tb.s piace.
to personally receive your refusal?or
consent."
She ceased to speak, there was a mo?
.rued
His face was si aad ?rave with
the gravity of a man who has but re
cently Ihm- death, but lieneatti
the gravity was another leak, the old
expression of strenutn ami self reli?
ance, ten. ? ::ed by
Hevtag farward. he held out his
hand*
"My coaseal or refusal." ho said very
quietly, "lies with my wife."
THE l
Ao Ao?T)a! Story Por
Little; Polka
The Three Wishes of
The Little Fish Princess
There was once upon s time s little
gsh princess, snd her father, the king
af the fishes, made a birthday party for
ber and Invited three fish witches.
When the feast was over the first of
the three witches roas up sod said.
"The princess shall have scale? like
silver." and it was so. From tbat time
on you could tell the little flsb princess
by her sli'.tiing silver scales.
/lhen the next witch rose up sed
said, "The princess shall move swifter
through water than a dart of light.
And it was so. From that time the
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ASPIRATION
By Coletta Ryan
? life what areeanan thou wish to be?" anld they
Who gathered round me nt the close of day.
n. my friends." I aaawcilid "I would be
? faithful light): ? sea
Firm, resolute, inn?
Baptised by by the brine;
yal flame of :. a light
Defying dang- .piling o'er night;
A kind, persistent ?park, that woul.l extend
O'er rock bound seacoast for a helpless friend;
A changeless, towering sum of strength to show
The safety of tho waters foe
I'd shelter and Inspire; nor would 1 fail
Nor fulter In tbe tumult of the gale.
Ay, this the joy my soaring soul would find
To shed Its constant blessing o'er mankind
A stately word Immortal. I would gleam
Above the depth and darkness of tbe stream.
High, hopeful,
I'd be a lighthouse on the h
A tranquil mother, pausing not :
A watch tower ever smiling o'er t!
4 ?!? H-t nil i-i-M-i-i-i-H-i-i-i-M-H-:? ?'!~?~t-???-^~:-:-?-?-!~?~?-:-:-:-:-;?-;-:-:->
'vas just rising
up to five her gift a bau the king of
"BUE Tl.All.ED I . WTUTK Kf ???
little
; ? ?
? I
all. I ! -utiful lit?
down
:.?? tie
'
Hut after awhile.
?
much In
?mid make
log but t'r. ft, -
\
An Aoirpal 5tory
Little FolK*
For
The Long-tail Cat
"What a wonderful fellow Is the
monk' y. "He is
as nimble as a tlea. and with th
markable tall of Ins he can swing about
In tin using al -
Why can't I ha v.? ? nice l.mg tail like
his bastead of this one, which Is of no
use to m?
? can have one if you wish," said
a Utttohoptoad] ?Tho Bat at the roadside
blinking his big eyes in tbe summer's
aun.
"I'my tell iue how !" cried bea cat.
?toa bai end ef your toll to your
doorknob, and whenever anybody calls
BIS TAIL? WAS AB LOXO AS TWO TAILS.
at your bouse and opens the door your
tall wilt be stretched a little. After
awhile It will have been stretched so
much that It will be as long as the
monkey's." su id the little hoptoad.
So the cat fastened the end of bis
tall to tbe doorknob, and pretty soon a
visitor called at bis bouse and gave tbe
door a fearful pull.
Ouch! How it did hurt poor Mr. Cat!
And then somebody else called, and
then somebody else, and then some?
body else, and each time there waa a
yank at the cat'? tail and a yell from
the cat. After awhile, sure enough, the
cafa tall was as long aa the monkey's,
but such a miserable, painful tall It
was! There was only one thing to do.
and that was to bave the tall cut off
entirely.
"I haven't any tall at all now!" cried
tbe cat.
"I haven't bad any since I waa a tad?
pole." said tbo hoptoad.?Atlanta Cos
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BOY, 19, AND AUNT, 57, ELOPE.
Send Note Telling of Love and Asking)
Forgivneneaa.
a
Vllhor Herbert. 19
. ranchman. William
near
?
Witln aunt, w!
from the homo of the
young man's fai e fact became
known on! are now
; ans have
niisoarr:?
: ont his father a
? Hin?
I his air
asked
?ness. The father k
? ?
?
lay.
booking. .
?.:i and his father bad
: ?????
? waa not ?
: aught
school for many years.
Thirty-Mile Walk on Ice.
t he wed
D of a sis?
trr w! ? Muffalo Ja<
oy, fishormsn. rom his homo?
? rosa Laki
?.
? land
. , ?,
trip was made through a blind?
ing snowatorm and In the teeth of a
froi
? in tho
:ig and arrived in Sandusky at
it.
>n, he says.when a
Laka
adrift
on a ! iza la
? 1'ncle Toms Cabin." he : from
util at last he reached
a eoi: 1 his jour
Good Ground for the Opinion.
? what ground," the alienist
asked are the prisoner ln
:
"On ? llty."
replied the alienist, "for If he
crazy he's up against it."
Memento.
Though ganeratlona paa?. th? marica
For Inatj- ., copj>ery hue.
A aort rsassr.
Mah?
NORMAL?
Bertie?You told your mother I
awfully sorry for having made an Idiot
of myself at her house last night,
didn't you? What did she say ?
Gladys?O. she said she hadn't no?
ticed anything unusual.??opeka Jour?
nal.
What He Wanted to Know.
"There," said the great magnata
when his attorney entered, "look over
that dispatch." >
"Urn," observed the lawyer after
reading the story.'"looks rather bad.
Sixty-seven indictments! Gracious!
I don't like that."
"Don't like it? Whst ere you talk?
ing about. I didn't send for you to
find out whether you liked It or not.
What I want you to do is to find out
whether I am going to Europe or to
stand on my technicalities."?Chicago
Record-Herald.
Lucky Moment.
For tho tenth time the poem bed
been returned. The poet raved and
tore his hair out until be was com?
pletely bald. Great was his fury.
"But perhaps It Is not so bad after
all." he soliloquized, as he gazed at
himself In the mirror. "Without my
long hair I cannot be a poet, so I
think I will get s pick and shovel snd
go to work."
And that night the poet had beef
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