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I,t4)44t his .s3iy',t ,z .. ry� p yy/�{, But the e - H q.1ned!i, +.il.,9i+'.. r?MY p ...... .. .:, ono• peaSiblli r :dgebn"ii seem so,'re- mate, ,at fat, just at present. May I have some. mere coffee, Carol?" She sprang up and .lerought,'it to him With., an: immediacy SO fervid that it. 'was net nnlik: a 'carets... And she etfingers stood over;him' then,' coittemplating his face so steadfastly that he was constrained' -to laugh, at length, self- consciously. "No one will ever know, Carol," he said, "how many timed you have saved mer life in just such f'as loci' as :this until is tell tl,<ein" - Out her 'sanlall`"faaeitexr aired grave FrYot}'Ye 'ltadttxaul�le :again: Iat. home. She �aecused hien; -' Worse than us- Ludic'', Iie nodded rather blithely. j`Werse than usual," he admitted: "Oder me?" He protested too volubly, so that even his detailed account of the dog fight, meant to.be gay and inconse• ;t ar F ' '' she, e `Q10,4011E404- 4ii :Miea r 'PS e die* F at4. ; f l + 1th ��"� , �''.,.�!'�'R•rT ?��c��r� Q.. , e : ;: t ;: a y � �e�.: A?l�'�a;ttE" . ''t,: a�,�z ,.,, ll��'�'.. ?lit .." i ::.., , . .. a til /�r�, G R a ret .. .� til' . really',eaxa Iger ..;a¢"'veryt •; cry - l?"%" mtr s The boy's't' a,[ flamed lxltiJ . His stiff ' rizstuxe was so tsstramedivvia. gent thatWe removed: herv,tiglriteped from his slsoulders•" ails stege,' paa "'back from :him. put she clang t the topic. ' "You think `yyou du' T she persisted. "And .lrou thinic that's what's holding. you mere.. But' it isn't, Jimmy." It yuan' lien sere :to lift 'a hand and Cut :hint short as be started to interrupt. "Oh, I ;know :I understand. They've t • ed. you worse than they have me, and haven't. I told myself, a thouriand times that some day I'd make them' proud to know met Don't you sup- pose that I notice how careful' they re not to see me on the street - now that I've started rehearsals? It's because they're all against you that you refuse' to give up. But I wish , you d go. You can get along some- how; it couldn't be any harder any- where, than it is for you here. I wish you'd -go before they drive you out - 1 ' _ ), A -e � tJ or before they drive you to something worse." her voice had grown husky; she turned away from him to .hide the 95pyi't o► � makes the heart gro'v fonder—when you write. s•rs 'i) '� !, - I It t til . w ; t "'d ..iii _ tbout I� look upon . her face. In the silence that followed neither of them heard the steps of him who had come, with - out knocking, into the front room.And when the girl's head flashed up again, Sidney Banks was standing in the.Absence doorway. Too startled to speak at first, she stood staring at him. 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Aggi , a'i#a y, al - 1 Alt Jnr h.: u Tn re `« , Ssrrg.strNigsa cousin. mine," he ex- lajnried over a ,deep. breath. "But 1i iy• the hostile n en?" .dim' rord,oir's, eyelids were bbliink- g with amazing rapidity. ,°¢Let heraioao,' he said .sullenly. (Sidney's e' yhi;o .'ii tee Itis.. re- tursy�tpr eq is N'as cgorrnplete. `�A�nd 't'�liya:l►ac�,r'tell me," 'he asked why*' should" i T assist a. young lady to her feet if I so choose ?" e turned to ,carol Landis. This time the bandaged hand rested more heavily upon his coat sleeve. "Let her alone."- Jimniy's voice was hoarsely expres- sionless, for he made no effort to eq - al or outdo his cousin's airiness, but again it made the latter pause. "Can't you see she doesn't want you to see her dressed like that?" Sidney's head went back and he gave way to immoderate laughter. He wa- mmediately amused. "A member of the Palace Theater chores," he murmured, "and yet sen- siti-ve ever the matter of abbreviated draperies. Cousin Jafnes, your argu- ment is sadly lacking in logic." Suddenly the girl's lips began to uiver. -Her. head drooped over until the hot resentment in her eyes was I Jimmy groped and touched I • shoulder clumsily. "This isn't the Palace Theater," he E_ with seeming weary., mild- nes• s. She doesn't want you to see her dressed like that." With that monotonous reiteration Sidney found the situation grown aw- kward once more. He had never be- fore seen his cousin's chronically col- orless face so peculiarly white. And though it was his opinion, -but lately voiced, that Jimmy was too lackad- aisical to be dangerous, he accepted discretion as the better part of valor. "A truly crushing retort, my knight in buckram," he said, and he paid mock 'homage to the girl with a flour- sh. "My mistake—my deepest apol- ogies. May I tarry long enough to nquire Whether your father is avail- able ?" She lifted a fierce, small face with- out offering to reply. So Jimmy took shat office upon himself. "He's not at home just now," he answered; and after' a measured pause. "You wouldn't care to wait I • him, would you?" "Indeed not! Scarcely! Give me credit for a shred of delicacy, at least. I have - already intruded ' too long. When he gets . in tell him the the Governor wants to see him; an 'urg- ent matter, 'I believe. And for the rest, Jimmy, you're more of a devil I a chap than I had 'believed, up to date. Congratulations—and'adios!" With another low bow, he wheeled. - They heard `him laughing softly as he passed out: After he'' had ''gone the I eanie slowly ,to'' her feet. •Jimn►y. was gazing fixedly at'the doorway' through which Sidney had disappear', I and. she' stood' watching his face; as if fascinated by what she found therein. When be. started slowly to follow, she reached out and restrain- ed him. He was breathing hard. "Why—why, Jimmy!" she murmur- ed. "You're not really angry? You don't really mind because he ," He broke in with his oddly violent gesture. "I've already told you just how it would be." His voice sounded thick. 'And he's not half as bad as you'll find most of the others. He only tries to be. You've picked the hard- est profession there is, to succeed in —and the easiest." The entire accumulation of his slow rage was thus turned upon her, but she bore up under it surprisingly well; she was more than anything un- accountably pleased. For it was the first comment that he had made upon her impending departure. "But they they like him, Jimmy," she replied with disarming demure- ness. "They accept him. Evelyn Latham entertains him, as often as he I • to be entertained. And if he's all right, then it must be so, mustn't it? I guess there's something very wrong about you and me." Her resignation was too meek. Jimmy refused to be misled by it— refused to go back to the argument which she had picked up as though nothing had happened. He consulted his unreliable timepiece. "It's a quarter to eight," he said. "We'd better be starting down." That statement proved effectual. She ran from the room and came back wrapped to the ankles in an old coat. "I was waiting for father," she said. "He's so very prompt usually. He insists on convoying me to and from the theater whenever I have to go after dark, though it's absurd of him to think I need an escort, when I'll soon have to look after myself without any help at all. I think it's because he's already lonely. Some- times I think I can't go, only I know my staying now would be even harder for him to bear. I wonder why T. Elihu wants to see him?" "Politics," replied Jimmy succinct- ly. "There's something doing( they are lining up for next election.11 "But father doesn't sympathize with Mr. Banks's policies," she ob- jected. At the door she halted un- certainly. Then she got the next words -over with as quickly as pos- sible. "It's not necessary for you to come with me either, Jimmy," she said. "If you'd rather not walk down with me—for any reason—I—I Won't mind. 'I'm not considered a- very pro- per person to be seen with now, you know. You're tired out, too; and father will be certain to cents for me w e 'i i n+(�; the rehearsal' . h n lig �l fir, to Dull '; lr ed Jimmy's 'fsa:;e. Without a + y t `motioned sur is to ass apiiit`,i f 4 down the la p tri .i7 -' wick an i diol step. "I was tl# HanTon a gently. "I along." Tl e >}lie It ul flattering eicli solutely cheeitl Stile from her lips, but the neat[ ste6 when she would have startedlewli the unpaved street he found her Oen and turned her in- stead into t e bath that led through the orchard azit£ d solate garden path that led throbsloe orchard and des- olate garden ,prittcli, past the Rever- end Watson .Dunen's very back door. At that she . sto"'levone glance at his set face and 'ft:01A difficult to read. After he had -helped her through the barbed-wire feitee she arrived at the reason for the� clepice of route with- out any help fi',oiie laim. The counte- nance which shelf td to his was fair ly radiant. "I usually l e thi other way a round," she :told,him. Its longer, but—" He flushed guiltily before such -shin- ing eyes. "We can't stand here talking all night, he interrupted, "It's nearly eight—unless you want to be called down by the manager." Ungracious as the warning was, she seemed to find it -.doubly dear because of its very 'gruffness. More than that, she seized' the arm nearest her and hugged it to her impulsively. And she echoed, happily, the remark which Abel Thompson had voiced, some hours earlier, that same day. "What a funny boy you are! I'm never certain just what is in your mind." She considered that state- ment and found it inadequate. - "Do you believe I would have cared if you hadn't wanted to come? Why, Jim- my, I'm never going to care — it's never going to make any difference to me—no matter what you do." of dropping in'"at tr.: he answered ilia just as well walk *UP and scarcely cation drove the re CHAPTER VIII A FORMIDABLE PERSONAGE••, And with that.she found it easy to talk about herself and the "career" that lay before her. With her little, high -heeled slippers tucked under her one arm, she hurried to keep pace with his long stride, chattering eag- erly, though breathlessly, with every The easiest Riding Car is Ford 1-I & D Equipped "A Necessity with Balloons" There is no accessory for the Ford Car that compares with H & D's. They give delight- ful riding—no bumps, jolts or sidesway. They' save the springs, the tires and the engine. H O's are a necessity with balloon tires. "Balloons" are not'.e substitute for shock absorbers, -they are tc'o "bouncy" on -rough roads. But balloons and H & D's are the last word in easy riding. The Vibragraph (a machine for register- ing vibrations)ghas demonstrated that a Ford equipped with H & Us is the easiest riding car on the market. PRICES INSTALLED Passenger Cars . $20 Ford Truck $35 FOR SALE BY J. F. ALY Seaforth - - Ontario. lit# Y%a 'Mgt* :.,o haws? 14y ►a g iri0' 114. a: to -iia* soma day, -be, -exe to play the , ,d:- IS ORO ylxr owvn: .Plays. shall be ve'r'y u1p stage about it,.• -haven :$ picked up plat of -tieatrireal exitt'essiotts? No auik►t I -slmll insist, at first that it is a�uMMq ;iaf the.'question' until be chances ,:slip the fact that the apthor is oldof mine—a dfriend ; r- i^. +Txo r 'don,: formerly of Warehester, Then, of `course, I'll reconsider the proposi- tion.- Maybe you'll come to try and persuade me yourself. And we'll go out to dinner—a little round table with pink -shaded candles, and no flowers at all to bother. I'll never be 'very big, I'm afraid, but for the first half hour or so I expect you'll be quite uncomfortable and mystified, Jimmy, And a little dismayed at such a formidable personage. And then— then I'm afraid I won't be able to play-act any longer. I'm afraid I shall lean over, when the waiter -isn't looking, and—and—" The white dresses were gone from the Latham veranda as they passed don Warchester's proudest thorough fare—a little figure in a nondescript cloak,, whose tongue raced on with 'desperate 'cheerfulness, andj a Ithin one, stooped for want ofrest, who tried to smile as he listened. He was careful not to raise his eyes to the white cottage that stood near the edge of the Latham grounds. She chattered so continuously that they were passing St. Luke's Church be- fore he knew it. A late couple or two scurrying to evening service, gave the pair a queer glance or two as they went by. And then, as the notes of a pipe -organ came swelling with rum- bling grandeur through the opened vestry door, Carol's hand sought his and clung to it with a passionately tight grip. He looked down and found her watching him from brim- ming eyes. Though he did not know it, she realized, without having to reason it out, that this was to be their last walk together for many and many a year. The boy choir was singing. She sobbed brokenly, a- loud: "Whatever you decided to do— wherever you go—you'll let me hear from you, won't you, Jimmy? Promise —No, don't shake your head. • Promise- -I want to hear you say you will. And I'll be with you, just the same, no matter where I am. Oh, I did want so much to go away cheerfully. I meant to, and here I am crying all over my new costume. But I can write to you. 'Perhaps I'll be playing somewhere near you, some day, and you can come ,and watch me . act. Oh, how I hate this town!". As long as the boy lived he was never able to remember that moment without a painful tightening of his throat. Without being ashamed of it, he returned the pressure of the warm fingers curled about his own. "I'll do my best," he muttered. "I'll be all right. And I didn't mean what I said, back at the house. I know you will always take care of your- self." By the time they reached the head of the alley that led past the Palace Theater stage door to Pegleg's Place she had stopped crying; she was ev- en smiling again. He opened the door for her. A tiny piano back -stage was banging out the same mad little tune to which she had timed her caprici- ous dance steps, before the mirror, an hour before. She stood with her hand on the knob of the door, looking back at him. "Do you want to come in and Watch?" she asked. "Would they mind? Don't they know you here?" Over her shoulder Jimmy nodded to a stage -hand, and he repeated the greeting for the benefit of Abel Thompson as that gentleman of col- or came hurrying up, importantly bent upon exercising his authority as keeper of the gate. Abel thawed as he became aware of the identity of this cavalier. "Evenin', Miss Landis." He made of the salutation a ceremonial, "Ev- enin,' Mist' Goh'don. They done call- ed for the chorus awready, miss. Yuh bet' run along." And there he aban- doned formality. "Comin' in), Jim- my?" he inquired. The boy shook his head. "I'll wait for you here," he said to the girl. "I'll be here when you come out." And he had dropped to the step, his thin face propped in his hands the next moment, without hearing her re- ply that it'was not necessary for him to wait. She stood there, one hand half stretched out toward him, until Abel Thompson repeated his warning. And that was the way she remember- ed him, through many long years. For a time Jimmy managed to keep awake, with no little assistance from the had stone step and piano within. For a time he heard the strain of that mad tune, repeated with nerve- racking monotony: "If you're going to love me, love me, love me—if you are going to love me at all." Then the rhythm became indistinct; the words ill -matched with the music. And he was puzzling mildly at the oddity of an anthem set to syncopa- tion, when he fell asleep. His body slept, and his brain, and yet he was conscious of things which transpired about him. He knew when the piano's din ceased entirely; be knew when two men stopped there in the alley in front of him and contem- plated his bowed head. One of them spoke his name, compassionately, but he was unable to move or answer. And he was wondering what old Dav- id Landis was doing in the company of Pegleg Hanlon, wondering what had brought him to Hanlon's Hotel, when he felt himself lifted and borne along on strong arms. The owner of those arms limped as he walked, end a *less a x� housel ` ± the uneven motion disturbed his slum- ber. And then the sun was in his eyes. He woke with a start, and lay blinking at the strong light streaming upon hie from an open window. Pegleg hnuself was standing beside the bed, grinning down at him like a good-natured satyr. Still blinking, Jimmy looked about him, and the very cleanliness of the room told him where he was. All of Hanlon's rooms were kept spotless. "So I didn't dream it, eh?" he be- gan, stretching himself luxuriously. "You brought me in? Pegleg shook his huge, shaggy head. -"I did," he answered. "Carried ye —like a blessed infant. And it's lit- tle more yet weight than many that's only half' grown. Since whin have ye taken to sleepin' on the stones?" At that question the boy's face grew a little disturbed. "`T' was waiting to take a Baldy home," he explained, . lugubriously. "Miss Landis—but I suppose her fa- ther met her?" Hanlon seemed to find that query worthy of a little thought. "He did, he admitted. And, watch- ing the 'boy's face keenly: "Ye were awake, thin? They've already learn- ed ye to sleep with one av your ears open." - "Yes, and no." Jimmy's grin was most engagingly disarming. "I did, and I didn't. I thought I heard him, talking, but I wasn't quite certain whether it was a dream or not." He paused while his eyes swung thought- fully around the room. There was a humorous crook to his lips when he went on. "Pegleg," he asked, "what is the best rate you could make me on a suite such as this—your very best —for an indefinite period ?" The Irishman's great head came for- ward at that. He squinted as though the matter was a ' serious one. "So they've driven ye out at last, have they?" he growled. "They've east ye for-rth to her -rd with your own kind?" "They have," admitted Jimmy. "Bag -less and baggage -less. Peg- leg, are you purposely avoiding a' direct answer to my question?" And then Pegleg caught the bruised look in the boy's eyes. "'Tis meseif that's a poor one to be quotin' Scripture," he rumbled, "and 'tis an uncharitable thing, any- how, to inflict it upon ye, on an empty stomach. But, though I fail to re- member the verse, unless I'm wor-rse mistaken than usual, there's a Bibli- cal precedent for your predicament: Did ye mention an indefinite period?" Necessarily so, said the boy. "Thin the problem requires deep meditation," stated Pegleg. "I'll make my decision in no unchristian haste. Some I accept without cred- entials av anny sort whatever, being something av a student av human na- ture; to some—not many—I suggest payment in advance. I have heard unpromising tales concerning you, me young and grinnin' friend. In view of your i i uiolntly'respectable c nectipus, me" confidence' is pai,. strrrong. blow, :will ye halve breakfast served to ye in ;bed f• Or ye rise and come downstairs an4 your dinner like respectable that sleep o' nights?" 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