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The WindinQ Path
By Anthony earlyle
And Julian looking into the earn- turned from them, brought hot mist
Illy est face and sincere eyes, bent his of �barstsmartingars e teo, her eyes. her
head.
1 sight [still as she went slowly
«j�od ltleae You, Maris'," he wine.;through the crowd, and iinalla
peergl a little buseely, "God bless , reached the stall, :eo she blundered
the l
tyou for the dearest of women,
truest and best df friends, 'Mertes
not another in the world who would
rather awkwartley into a young man
wdzo was 'standing in [front of it,
The impact caused her to mut out
have done what you have done; and her hand :to steady herself, and da
because a that, because of the sac• i doing so, 'her bag fell on to the
?lace you made before, I'll clear out platform between. (them.
now for good and all. Only let me 'The man stooped swiftly to re-
hear of her semetimes, Marisa, even cover et, and! She gave a confused
• if it is only a few words." murmur of apology and thanks.
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But after all, his departure ha
1 not been necessary.
To Marlse watching the drearY
listlessness of leanx1Y, seeing haw
the fretful (baby 'pined as the
warmth of the weather increased,
He raised hist hat courreesely as
he restored it to her, and ae she
raised her head and their eyes met,
The next moment Ithe hot blood
rose in a swift wave to the girl's
face, only to die out again, leaving
there came an inspiration. it deathly white. Once more her
It was she who 'suggested: they hand went out to Bind support.
should go away for a while, since "Jolt"
country quiet would be better by The word was the :merest whis-
far for Nancfe little son•. per, a law, tremulous', very faint
There was nothing to :prevent the whisper, bat the wan had beard it,
suggestion being adopted. Far the and his face paled to the very lips.
time being, at any rate, Nancy Gold,. Involuntarily, scarcely knowing
ening was 'free to came and go as ,that he did so, he made a movement
She chose, The reports of her tion- in. her 'direction, But at the same
bands health we're by no means moment there came the sound of
good, As Forerst had said, the man closing doors, rousing Marine sharp.
had played too many tricks with iris ly, She Iooked over her shoulder,
comstituition for quick recoverY, and Damer half -consciously following
th,e attack of fever had been verY her, look.
Grp, Nancy had leaned back well into
Also just at present there was so the corner, and Julian had 'turned
reason why Mavis should not re- away, searching the crowd anxious-
maain with her sister, and so it came ly for Mavis.
about that Nancy, having consented, As he caught eight oe her he made
and Mavis having found a quaint a guiok gesture for her 'to hasten,
cottage le a village near the sea, going a few steps in her direction,
the three feet London, taking only and; .from Doper's Lips came a
Nancy's maid, and journeyed down stifled exclamation,
to the country, He knew Julian Forerst by name
Julian Forrest saw them off, He and by sight, and even in their brie!
had pleaded so hard he might have moment he recognised Mavis was
the last glimpse at Nancy, that with Mm,
. Mavis bad not the heart to refuse. At the ae red of the exclamation
And for a little while, just before the .girl Booked up wonderingly;
the train started, ,she made some then, as, the reason for tris obvious
-excuse to leave the unhappy lovers agitation dawned upon her, the
alone for a few minutes. blood rose once more to her face in
Leaving the baiby with the maid a hot, eicorching Wave,
sihe moved idly away in the diree- "Jack!" she began piteously
tion of one of the bookstalls net
upon her Lor one brief instant, and
in them all .the fury of his ;scorn, his
condemnation.
The newt moment he was gone,e
striding away rapidly' through
thinning crowd leaving Mavis star-
ing afiter bin orith miserable eyes,
while in ber ,heart lie was wiring
herself bitterly-wo about rate cruel
cease to 'bring
surprises
Must she be dealt ',soma cruel
blow at every turn o£ her path
very far from the compartment,
which had been reserbed for their
journey.
Her heart was very sere tor the
.the two who were mawing their
earewetis�-+the whole thing seemed
-to her ab pitiful, so sad, and the
^.memory at the look :that ,had been
en the two young faces as she had
e • In her hand staring out
Into the world of sunsit ne e
the riot of roses and jasmine about
the window frame, the old look of
tI Pair in her eyes. '
She turned as Mavis approached
her, 'then, at the latter's startled
questioning dexclamatioe, she held
out the sheet of notepaper.
"It Is. from Hiram,"'she said,
dully, "he says: 1le;p bebter, .and, prob-
ahiy will be about in a day or so. He
is earning to England emmediatelY!'
Mavis stood silent, without e1v.i c
in>= at
.the letter in her hand,
Her (face had [paled a little, some
of the despair of Nancy's was re-
flected in it.
Hiram Goldendngj comind to Eng-
land almost at once!
Somehow elle had never thought
of this [possibility, or, id she had
opened Goldeming would be forced
through life? to remain abroad for some weeks'
Conscious only of a sense .of numb Ionger. 'And mow'---
She glanced. wt Nano; who was
weariness, sbe turned and went
swiftly [forward to meet Julian.
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To wish you all the joys
which belong to the
CHRISTMAS SEASON
AND MUCH HAPPINESS
IN THE NEW YEAR
H McCutcheofl
CHAPTER IX.
The Semens, ..
Six brilliant summer weeks
slipped by, bringing a certain
amount of Peace, iii not .happiness,
to occupants of the quaint thatch-
ed cottage that nestled at the foot
of the bill close to the shingle and
the sea, se'emingle very far away
from. the outer world.
To Nancy Goldening had returned
some of her girlish bloom, though in fort would; not rise to her lips. She,
her eyes' the shadows still lay deep. too, had hoped so .greatly that 1
Ever to Mavis had come a certain Nancy might he left In, peace, that 1
amount of content, all was co quiet, she might he allowed to care for 1
so sweet, so still here, ,She could her a little longer.
force herself .to forget sometimes She roused herself and, put the
letter balk into Nancy's lap, but II
the latter pushed it away shudder
ingly ,and turned her face once;
more :to the sunshine.
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leaning forward, her head resting on'
her Bandl, and et Mavis':s impulsive
touch she turned with a smile.
"I have been as nearly happy as
it was ever possible to be," she said,
sdowlY, "during the last dew weeks.
Your 'presence has strengthened me,
Mhrise; the quiet and; beauty of
this. place has brought peace with
it. I knew it couldfdm't last for
ever, but I hoped I could keep it for
a little longer,"
;Still Mavis was [silent.
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that a sadder world existed, and the
struggle she was making to forget
was a very fierce one,
Yet there were tat,es when the
old bitterness mould sweep over her �
soul do an overwhelming flood, leav-
ing her with an aching heart. There
were times when passionate long-
ing to see Jack Damer's dace, to
hear his voice, shook her to the
very [soul and left her hopeless and
broken and weary. •
It 'was the necessity for cheering
Nancy am caring for Nancy's• child
that took ber mint off her own
troebles and buoyed[ her up.
Mrs. Goldentng Was very frail. It
seemed she was only just beginning
to realise how frail she was, how
little fitted, to bear the rough winds
et lite, and tette she appreciated
pleadinvly, forgetting her surround- the quielt and the peace of the place,
Ings --the waiting !train--Nancy—ev- she had not the energy to go about
erytiring in a 'miserable desire to much, and so it fell to Mavis' lot to
make some explanation, and, if Poe- amuse the child[ for the most part,
sable, to justify herself in Denier's and to vine hi nethe care that he
eyes[, ,thougb all thewhile she knew needed. •
the useles nese of It. At lirat it seemed as though the [
Jaok elos standing rigid, nnseelng, improved very quietly, but atter a I
deadly pale. 'Without a word, he while he slipped bade to Ms old
fretful, unehilelltke weariness, and
sometimes there was a pinched look
of suffering in the !little delicate
force that brought a ,lump to Haynes
throat and a dull tear to her heart.
(What d2 anything [should happen
to this child?
She asked herself the quesldon
again, and again, conscious, of a
growing dread
Without .her baby what would be.
come of Nancy? Would sire be able
to bear up ,againsit the temptation of
her unhappy love?
In the first enjoyment of the
cbamn oe the Isolated country place,
both IMavis and Nnney bad seemed
to forget the existence of Hiram
Goidendng; but their seeuailty was
not to Met long, Wel soots the re.
memlrrance of dem 'was to be
brought [back to them very forcibly,
Mrs, Soidenih'g, • iiad eerie her
present address to those who were
caring tor her htlehand, or course;
so that new might be sent her, and
one glorious fornhing Mavis, cornlni
into her roam, found Nancy witting
by the window with a thin sheet of
turned abruptly, his eyes lingering
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WISHING ALL OUR
CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS
A VERY
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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