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SYNOPSIS --so I expect that's why they are
Ruth Norris; student at a tendon I walling to announce thele o&lci,U 0l1-
gagentent"
Ant School, jo1111t her ;Rather, Court-'• Huth swt silent, staring before her,
land Norris, a composer•, and his the blood thundering in her ears,
Pupil companion, thuds Quentin for � , yes, of course, What Boris had
a summer vacation in a caravan ,,told .her threw a new eight on the
Boris Quentin's mother 2Yas a Hung- 1 relationship between • Hugh and
Arian gypsy and he inherited her in- + Cynthia. It explained that easy,
lanae nature,• affectionate comradeship, and the
H falls 9t Ruth but '•
Helove n R h
1h
photograph,
1
she tells ver love
t s hirit sh can never 1 0
There was a a• pain anat
r• I
P P
leer
lam,
I heard he
as though a sword bad been.
They encounter a young man 0n thrust into it
h h' e e
t a been k, r. 1t d
road who had
e
And yet, she was no really sr•
down
Y
U
bya or IsHugh motorist. st He u rr
o fg i
prised. From the first, she had had
Marvin, an Enlisllanan 0n a walking ' a feeling that Hugh was not tot
tour, 1i'odiowing a night in the hos- i her ---'that her love for him was fore.
NUL Ruth... who is much attracted 1 doomed to'frustration, Some verses
to him offers bine a lift in the carat 1 that she had read somewhere came
van, 1 into her mind as she stared blankly
Boris resents her interest in I at the sunshine that was no longer
Hugh with whom she finds she has ( golden, but dark and shadowed
much in common They camp in I
the paddock of his friend Cynthia I "Our eyes have met on life's high -
Wendell, but Hugh does not reveal m'aY,
his relationship with the girl. 1 And thine have seat a call tp me,
Courtland Norris is not well, 1 Henceforth thy way must he Illy
way—
."..6 r •
money one or these, clay,' Boris t11,
money one of these days,' Earle s,id.1
"Ills father
11140 lt'"nc1E 1 11 • 111011:r
it?rrner• in el- rvies. before h teen.
When they ,;,,r, r to r'll have
a mint of money."
"Married" Ruth echoed, with a
curious constriction at her throat.
"How do you know they are going to
be married
"Oh, well --It's fairly plain that
they're in love with one another,
isn't It? Besides, I remember read-
ing a paragraph in a society paper,
not very long ago, to the effect that
it was expected their eugagemeef
would shortly he announced. F^ c !
what I can gather, they've :r, I
each other since they were clue t 1r,
and it has always been an z'rder-
stood thing. I remember Hees
'Wendell's father only died last year
qt Rio 1%aLd f
HARDWARE
LI STOV�/EL
ea, even to Gethsemane
And on Me road beyond, maybe— ,
The road that leads to Calvary"
Where had she read that every
soul suffers its own indiviauni Cal•
vary?
was trite! Site knew Its
truth in every aching, tortured
nerve, in every shattering beat of I'
her heart. in that moment,when
she' had looked down into Miele:
eyes, beside the dusty roadway, .1.:'
had taken up the cross that elle
would have to bear throughout her
life --the bitter-sweet pain of love
denied. And yet—
" 'Tis better to bare loved and lose
Than never to ]lave loved at all."
She could not 1l,gree• y' -t, for the
wound was too sharp, too rer.•ant.
But dimly through 1110 'mists of i'a: a.
shr' knew that if she had never me'
Hugh elle world have lived oat her
life in fgneranee of the biggest thing
if all• and that even though the
thought of Flim, married to anotil'-1
woman was like a knife turning in
her heart, nothing could ever take:
away her memories. These she
200014 always have, licked away in
the secret chamber of her soul,
kept fragrant and tender by mid-
night tears.
With a deep sigh, she came back
to earth --to the world of nncompro
arising realities which have to be
fared, Boris was idly reach,' fat -
terns In the dust, with a stick which
he had picked up. At that nearer -11
Ruth looked up and saw a maid
from the arouse running across the
fields towards them, ail with a sun.
en feeling of panic site got up and
went to meet her,
"OIs, miss, will you come at once,
lease?" the girl said, breathlessly.
The professor—he's had a etrolte,
r something, Miss 'Wendell pick -
d
I
7/t"estore with fhestock 1
;0
ed him np ill her car, and brought
him back to the house, She's
'Peened for the doctor'----+'
Without waiting 10 hear more,
Ruth van running acmes the grass,
her face as white as a sheet,
"Olt, daddy --daddy!" Her breath
came In little sharp gasps,
Hugh was waiting for her In the
hard, concern and sympathy on his
face.
Without a or Way
word, he ed t
1 d1
e
upstairs
p to a big bedroom, wirers
Cynthia wasbending a e e e• m
Y(l u over urian -
g a
less firmthat hat lay0 ••
on ther f
hu ut
6a
poster,
"Daddy—daddy!" Rath cried, 8111
could have sobbed wit hrellef as she
;saw the eyeids flutter open, wee the
shadowed eyes turn slowly in het
direction. She saw his lips move,
and put her ear close to them,
"Sun'--too-phot," he gasped, palm
fu11y, 'Dontt—worry —little --girl''
She kissed Mian, and chafed the
hands lying so stiff and cold at his
side, turning anxious eyes to
Cynthia as she did so. The latter
pat an arm about her shoulders.
"We've sent for the doctor --my
own man, very clever. I shoudn't
worry, my dear, it is probably only
n touch of the sten.
1111:h grasped eagerly at tile cont_
f a:. words, frying to believe
rl. :11. And yet. as sue 100ae1 at
the blue shawods under her father's
eyes, and about his mouth, there
was an awful fear at ser heart,
The (Meter arrived a few minutes
later. lie made a swift examina-
tion, and when he turned to Ruth,
leis face was very grave.
-It was diseased. and he has ben
overstraiuing It, We must get
frim undressed and into bed, and he
must not move or do anything tor
himself without my permission"
"Do you think --there is any—
danger?" Ruth managed to stam-
mer,
"There is always danger in a case
of this kind." Then, as he saw Ituth
sway, and look at him with agonfh.ed
eyes, he added kiuBy, "But you
must be brave, my dear, Complete
,rest and careful attention can work
miracles, you now."
There was only a ralnt amnion
in the words, but such its it wee,
Ruth grasped at eagerly, She
allowed Cynthia to lead her down
stairs while Hugh and the doctor
anti Boris, who had followed Ruth
undressed her father, end got him
into bed.
"Sit down there, my dear," Cyn-
thia said compassionately. "I: has
been a terrible shock for you. But
you mustn't worry. Doctor Simp-
son is the best man he could have,
I am sure everything will be all
right. He shall stay here until he
Is absolutely well again—and you
must stay, too."
"How good you are to us" Ruth
exclaimed, "And we were perfect
Sport Fishermen Ready for Season
Canadian fishermen, bored to
as tears after telling each other
all winter about the big ones that
got away, wife soon be able to
Make a fresh start. 'Spring brings
the opening of fishing seasons
throughout Canada, and indica,•
tions from inquiries from sports-
men
and information from guides
pouring into the offices of A. O.
Seymour, general tourist agent,
Canadian Pacific Railway, (Mont-
real, are that game fieri are going
to have a hard time of it,
More people are planning eariy
vacations to take advantage of the
fishing while it is at its best.
Reports from Canadian Pacific
Railway hotels in the Maritimes
and Quebec, the Devil's Clap and
.H'reaoh River Bungalow Camps
in Ontario, and blrt:galow camps
and hotels in the Canadian Rock-
ies, as well as favored fishing
centres on Canadlan Pacifio linea
indicate that sportsmen aro on
the move again. The number of
Canadians travelling within Can-
ada and of Americans visiting
thls country especially for fishing
will run into many thousands, In
a country the size of Canada, and
wig its variety of fish and condi-
tions,
onditions, opening seasons vary wide-
ly in the different provinces, a
fact shower in fishing booklets ob-
tainable from all Canadian Pa-'
cific Railway agents,
etlangerci to TO ntlttl yesterdlyl'
"Yeo were my Criends as soon es
'heard what You .did: for Hugli
Cynthia said, (luielly, "lint now y
are my !Mende Lor your owls sake
And It 1s.a friend's privilege to gi
a helping hand ra time of treed,
hoose, tint! al) that I have, is.
leer dlepesal for as long as Yu
need et,"
Ruth thanked her 'as best sl
could, for there was a jump In h
throat, shaking her. She �vonde
ed if It would have made any di
ferenca if Cynthia had known th
she, too, loved Hugh—but in he
heart she felt sure that it woul
not, Cynthia's ready kinilnes
came from a naturally sweet an
sympathetic disposition, and wool
notflhave bee influenced byort
u d p
ealius Rut a ashamed Ma
j Y• h Pt d
e herself, ever experience
elm, s ,has exp r
.such a feeling 1n regard to thi•1 ger
whord z
hail 'Dred be el such
p rs f t
friend n need.
e.
f a
He • rant d
Her g u e swelled and deepen
ed as the hours went by, and Cyu
thea helped t0 nurse Ruth's tittle
as sedulously as though he had been
her own,
Ruroh would not move from his
bedside, and Cynthia sat with her
in silent sympathy.
But it became all too plain, as the
night cause, that the professor was
sinking, He lay motionless as a
log, his face was sunken and veiled
in bite and grey shadows. Ruth
tried to tell herself that there was
no change in him, but at last she
could deceive herself no longer, and
she asked Cynthia to go and phone
for the doctor, who had left 1r;,truc-
tions that he was to be sent for if
there was any change.
When he came he applied re tora-
tives, but he took Ruth aside and
told her that they could have only
a temporary effect, at best. She
must be brave. Her father' was
sinking fast.
Ruth closed her eyes for a Ino.
meat, and thinking she was going to
faint, he put out an arm to save her,
But she pulled herself together by a
supreme effort and went back to the
bedside.
Her father, under the influence of
the restoratives was now lying with
his eyes open. She knelt beside
]rine, her lips pressed to his cold
hand, and Cynthia and the doctor,
helppiess in the face of a power
greater than their science or their
friendship, went across to the win -
clew. and stared out at the sleeping
garden, where they would not in
trade on the sacred privacy of those
two who had been so much to one
another, and who must now say
their lest good-bye.
Ruth fought back the sobs that
shook her frame, for she knew that
if she yielded to them site would 1:1•
crease a. thousandfold the pnftc of
her father's last hour. So she
clenched her teeth, while the teats
coursed down her cheeks and when
she saw her father was trying 10
peak, she got up and hent over
"So—tired," he whispered. "But—
not — afraid--only—grieved —for
my -little --girl—''
"Oh, daddy, dialing:" Ruth sub-
bed unable to contain her agony
any longer,
"Kies—me—Rath — my .- dar-
ling."
Rani kissed him, long and t'luder-
ly, then put her head beside his 011
elle pillow, her wet cheek against
kis, while her free hand gently
stroked his thin fare,
She wanted to cry out to him not
10 leave her—that she would not
live without hint—but by a enplane
effort she controlled herself, so
that his soul might go forth in
pea re to the Great AdrentUl•e,
S11e heard him give u deep elect,
"Gaud—nicer _dearest—"
"O11, daddy—good night -.-my dar.
ling daddy!"
Iie made one convulsive movement
then lay' stir. Ruth diel net leave
for a moment. Their, through rb,•
blackness that sw„pt over het', see l
dimly saw the (iocicr 11114 C'vmhic
conning swiftly towards lor'._ arc!
she knew no more,
wito had set one on 11is summer :half.
i days with Mini, Med had hear with
1 .1111u day and night for' weeks, it
YO
800111ed incredible that he wits dead;
s,
"There will nerer be anyone 10ee
vi; him Gain," he sold to Ruth, as he
1iy stood before her with ails hat 10'his
al hared, "The licwap,pei•s 1111(,' sand
u splendid things about 1(1111, brit not
one that was not deserve(,"
1e Muth looked up at him with tears
er in her oyes,
r•. She looked very frail in her blank
f. frock, with Cie dark shadows under
at her eyes that told of sleepless'
nights,
ti "He was very fond of you," she
told Boris. "And I know he expect -
e ed great ahings of you. I ant sure
be evil be watching, You won't die-
appoint
ie•
a lir
i v
oz
! l tient vi u
P 1 evil you?"
y Y
"No,I'm going o e —
tg 'g t get on or deo in
°th attempt, e3n t 1
e feel e that Y 3
d 1 I've Mat
got to justify his 101011 in ms --and
there aro r other
0
e e reasons, too."
a o
e looked o d at her steadily, adtl
R
and
• her eyes
dropped D2ted bePor: his, s, She
shook her head, slowly and sadly„
but neither of thew made any verbal
reference to what both were think.
Ing of -that night waren Boris had
told Ruth of his love•
Ile drew himself up, and his chin
set doggedly, Then—
"I will make all the necessary
arrangements about the earavmm,',
he said, "There is 110 need f01' Yon
to bother at all. And if you need
Any other assistance, I shall always
be at your serrice. Here is my ad-
dress,"
He gave it to her, then they shook
hands and said geed -bye. Rath had
accepted eCynthia's invita.iors to
stay o11 for a few weeks, until she
fell equal to the t...ik of Psi Ing her
father's aimits in a:der, t,•tu
arrangements for ..he sale of their
furniture, for her father's solicitor
had written polntiotr out that there
was very little ei,1 •tat for her,
(To Be Ccatinued.)
CHAP1'IiIl 111.
Rentuuih,tfon.
Tu'sloth of her f'ather's 41,7111
a 1 . 1.,•117]e one for Itutll. 71" y
hod been snore to aril other
than the avesago t tlior ten,! d.l(441-
ter, 11111 it was a 11,1141 hale (,Tire
ba "nidi fully resU1u that vim
would Never s"e him again, If it had
not been for Cynthia's never f'ililite
klutlees, she felt that s13o would
!lave gone marl.
As soon (114 tkc fnn'anl was 01'('',
]lolls came to say go0(1.bye. Hit
must go bald( to 13011, and start
looking for a job, he exp1si1le'l. It
tvus plain that the professor's death
had bonen (7, great bow to hi 111, as
web 1.1 Wright be, for everY011e had
loved Courtland Norris, and to !loris,
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