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"mi-c n4 M.”mlthm.nhuyu muslin-um “”1an mvbjm" Mm.“ 'l'o- “manna-r mm Huh-valuation“: Mflkm..- .. 4- revâ€"(m! ‘l'to am «no down (ha nun had sent him forth to summon her. Her hand sought the stair ml and gripped It tightly. Her lips pun-tad In a at: mile. Now she knew that she us tuning mud. that she longed tomolthoneotlngunulto-or- mm;ann-und instebuloflvvmo’lm h “mace-«thud 0! Janet Brand'- study. A sunning estimate of her own strength of pur- pose cola-outed her. She wu sudâ€" denly Afraid of the nun who had; Always been her friend. Somehow she felt mt he would turn um her tad read her, this man who had ll- wan been no gentle And confident.â€" ud who had “fled things! mm: M u the head of the shin. Bio wand for his signal to mend. somehow feeling that Brood Munmumlatumm 1-74th I ”Methane. Inuohlooidlnnrdlhodoor. "You 'm be" «filo-I Wy.mluto'vonn artisan“ pundit»! utter-admin“ 33%.: nyWiuto-uohunr' MAW“? anamommu-mm mucuuuhhwm' I”. up to Yvon-0‘s. Tho- I. n M" malo- at lull-3 in III. anuno-lhmnnuhdy m Illa-c Mn], at. m Yvonn- Iwu (to. In. and eyes. but with a. mu. Man- to." that round tantamount. All" a long "-0. I. nu than m unmet. Ibo «Odo-l, W hat Itnlxht baton her. locum nothing. podtlvoly dumb with wonder and u- nawlodglnc a «In 0! duo” out her own dupe-luc- to submit to thls utmtdtury situation. an. in uk- mumummmmuntu moan any. Vb! Ibo bend the power to resent by deed ll well u by thought. “toâ€"undo... adorable “to rated than on to: hunt. m- wonu Md hurt Innâ€"m hurt I"; mtonIHM nt that. am I“ In. on: her, subtly. tho eonvtcuo. that-bomwuvcrhmbahn turn. one code non: hm; hunt! to tho point at hum til. mutton. lulu. bmthtu. throbbing cmtun 'Youmdomultllhm- It would he dialcnlt to describe the feeling: or 1.101: Desmond n she eat there with the deeplled though to he edored heed unloved upon her breast. where It now rented to a eort of con!!- dent repoee. u I! there we: safety In the very strength or the young‘zlrl’e disapproval. Yvonne had twleted her lithe body on the chain lonsue no that she hen-heed Lydte. Her tree arm. tron which the loose eleeve hed tellers. leaving it here to the ehontder. vu “out the slrl'u'neck. “l-â€"l did not ruliu who! it would men to him." sold the other. desper- szoly. “1â€"4 did not count all the coal. ‘Bui. (latest, Lydia. it will come out all mm min. I promise you. i lava rude a. horrible. horrible mistake. I an say no more. Now, let me lie here will: my hand upon your breast. I want to feel the beating of your purl. honest heartâ€"the hurt that. l have hurt. I can tell by its throbs whether it will ever soften toward me. Do not my sunning nowâ€"let us be still." ”lâ€"l did-'1 m u: do that!" m am thinking 0!. lira. Brood. but of Frederic. Why have you done this ubomlnablo thing to Mm? Why?” cunmn XIV. “u“ will hot up. ruin. ”inhuman-mi When he entered the house that evening he was full of resentment town his father, and enllen with the remains of an ugly rose And now to 1 be ectnolly crating the election of the nun who humbled him. even In the presence of oernntel It was unbe- llmhle. He could not under-tend hlmeelf. A wonderful. compelling ten- derness filled hlo heart. He longed to throw hlmeelt athle fether’e feet and can hie pardon for the harsh. vengo ml though“ he had event upon h!- In those black honn He hungered‘ for 1 word of “wheat or of under mom on which he could feed M. m soul. He wented Me More love. He wanted. more than anything mummwwnhhmv now Inelably happy. how peaceful We would be If M: tuber were to I” I": hand: upon his shoulders um It]. "My Ion. I love youâ€"l love you dearly.” There woukl be no more lonely «Inn: :11 that was bitter In his life would be swept away In the twlnlflng of n eye: the world would be full of Joy for Mm uni for Lydia. Lydia stopped for - lament In an HI". WWW GROVE numam ”OWNERS GROVE. ILL I". thought. won of NI nth-r. A nu. Mflk‘lbh lunch; you...“ his minâ€"a mm. M lb. unwo- o! (M. Inn 'ho cu over (was. UM flood flu at “I can Iouoly. loo. Ho could not “Mud (Ms "mud!" can” at lacuna. ll. Ind nun nu jut III. way film Then I“ D”- u-crâ€"‘nd nayâ€"ulc- bl: hurt m Ion-Immunkhlthymd out: “n clleood an”. “lo-I'M hmHMm-Ioullhtbouuof “Joan. open another bottle.“ eon- mndod Ir. Duvet. lofllly. Mono shoot his head and two um loll. llllhl haul}. however. the old moo maintained I joyous lateral ‘ln ll. 'occulon. “no you; an and moody, mount-I; (ho oncolo- ol uhlhnlJoo tiled n «4601111 I. It and com. loco alum A Inflow cm bl. vlllon And In {allowed R with film moan“. A non ol tum Moon-cu coon our lulu will a win- no- that defined. nomad NI. Tho foot on In to Mo (out; ho mM‘ not not. anhcflllm mm Ma. No manly mum that ho I“ um: an. no lonely. Io ooh-on umlhlflouhvuumlom “God Non Mr!" about“ Mr. Mun. ”God blou her!” echoed M116. Ind they dnlned (halt gluon to ladi- Brood. “Make. no d1flerence.“uld Hr. Dawes. snowy. “Fu- :- I’m concerned. 10!! In We'll be the an! to drink to Lydln Brood! The first to cull her by that lame, gentlemen. God bl“! “I'm no! mun-led yet. Mr. Dawes: ”chimed Frederic. grinning. “The best news I've heard alnco Ju- du died." said Mr. Dawes. manually. “fill '01:: up again, Jones. I want to propose the health of Mn. Brood." “Tho mture Mn. Brood," hissed Mr. Riga. wheezlly. glaring at his com- Later on Frederic mode his ID- nouncement tollle old men. In the lover of an excitement that caused him to forget that Lydia might be en- titled to some voice in the matter. he deliberately committed her to the moi~ ect that had become I iixed thing in his mind the instant he set foot in the house and round It emptyâ€"oh. so empty! - Jones' practiced hand shook slightly as he poured the wine. The old men drank rather noisily. They. too, were‘ excited. Mr. Rigg- nmacked his lips1 and squinted at the chandelier u if trying to decido upon the vintage. but in reality doing his heat to keep from 901181“!!! up the wine that had gone] the wrong way in a moment 0! pm found paralysig l Frederic did not come In for dinner until after his (ether and Yvonne had [one [tom the house. He dld not lu- qulre for them. but instructed Jones to any to the old gentlemen that he would be pleased to dlne with them If they could allow hlm the mm to "change." He also told Jone: to open a eluale bottle of champagne and to place three classes. l M! or m “'l m out. tomorrow." Then an flunk dowmwu um out o! the house convfincod that tho had filled Fredoxlc In his hou' of ant- eu need. um wmorrov would he too lute. ‘ ' llama-mat Balm An hour loun- Merle numbed the box alien of the the-tar mentioned, M. 1.911300"! the magma mt Earlier in the evening. without warh- ing, without the slightest encourage- ment on his part. there had suddenly leaped into existence a warm. tender and wholly inexplicable feeling toward his father. At first he had been amazed by this unvoutcd, almost un- natural feeling. which later on devel- oped into something quite tangible in the way of an emotion. but he was he- ginnlns to realise that the real mys- tery lay outside of any scll- -anaiysis he could make. Like a shot there flashed into his brain the startling qucation: Was Ranjah the soiution'!‘ Was it Ranjah's mind and not his own that had moved his: to such tender resolves? Could such a condition ha possible? Was theta such a thing a mind control? Then mine the sharp reeolleetloa of that motionless. commanding figure In the lighted wlndow. and lulu own puzzling behavior on the sidewnll onl- tlde. He recalled Ms Impression thfl. someone had called out to Mm Just befnro he tuned to look up u the window. It wu all quite prematemm. he kept on nylng over and over main to himsell. and yet he could not shake oi! the uncanny feeling. A. he made his way in "unduly. IolliO'bl! in", bent on toilowin. an amount." in the district when (In light almond and (in «an m shat-ed. ho bog-n turning over In his Illd n queer noiion that Mi Jun n3- miedl ital! to him. llining through the lane of “equality In chick I. had been laundering. It oecnnei in II- ihu ho had been mnvllshly un- umninl In mm! to his tailor. m. «mm m not chancedâ€"lo in ceri- ouly impressed by the feelings that Ind mutated IIIâ€"4n: he (and him. tell ridiculing the Km thl Ilia “the! flood in peril at any description. And suddenly. on! of no urticular trend of thought. and the sly. panisteni m Icic- thu he I“ not been mouth" mama for the sensation at an hour ago, Some outside Influence Ind molded his emotions for him. come cunning brain had been doing It thinking for him Undecided. tho ma omnid- Gaol mm! humus. “up. toward tho door- wu. Mn gun Ill" had on lb. m. In tho Ilnaov. Thu to not. IM wall. I! was I notion on M- put. In nun-d. 1!! ho had he: 'lltl'd Mn {film's nth-In roam In" Mind to Na. ll. would no! In" flood then m:- I [run In»... luring out Into the Ilgbl. mm; confined Man" 0' m Wade wheel-d and "ml. at up the «not one. no". calling my Idly. u on. film In pit-m. Turning. be rated M- hand at a. an In "a wladov. "a mind no mm. Further on he looked Incl one. note. ‘ The mm sun '0. am. Lou an" I. tn out 0! mm of no home to an In...” 31m on! In shout der to If um expecting to no the mm window m In occupant Framed In this oblong oqum of light flood the “an o! I nan. Slowly. on It drum by I (one he could not real“. the yuan. nun ntncod bl: unp- IBUI he stood directly In from or the windov. A qua-Homo. unu- Ivu on his llpn. Ho In. looking up Into Ranjah'l shadowy. onlmlllnx taco. Italy vlolblo In tho glow from the In“! um ump. , for I long (In. they stand at each other. no fin a! moanmoo pulling between them. 1‘50 Mludu'n ho. was on fluid. an emotion- lon u t! and out of Ilono; um 0,- rm "routing. b'ndortc could \ loo than. "no to the mum-n. He had "to on" fooling that. won‘t “I. m an no stun, In had tom-(Mu ho nut-d to say to Mun. um b. In mull; «mo; to Min to can. but lmo the boom. At. the corner he penned. checked by In Irresistible impulse to look heck. werd at the home he bad Just left. To his surprise there we: a light in the drawing-room windows tuning the eueet. The eludes In one or them Ind been thrown wide open end I stream of I‘ll)! flared out acme the sidewalk. Somehow, as he rushed down the front steps with the cool night air blowing in his face. there surged up Twithin him a strong. overpowering sense or filial duty. it was his duty to make the first advances. it was for him to pave the way to peace and hap- piness. Something vague but disturb- ing tormented him with the fear that his father faced a. grove peril and that his own place was beside him and not against him. Is he had been in all these ‘iliy directed years. He could not put it away iron) him, this thought that his father was in dangerâ€"in dad gar of something that was not physw ical something from which. with all his valor. he ind no adequate tom of defense. He left them sapling with unionist» men! and dashed out Into the hall for his coat and hat. Even then he had no definite notion u to what his next move would be. snva that he was going outâ€"somewhere, anywhere. he did not care. "I’m going out. gentleman." be ex- cldmed. breaking In upon an unappre elated tile that Mr. Riggs was relab Ins at some length and with consider- able fierceneu In view of the (act that Mr. Dawes had pulled him up rather sharply once or twice In a matter or Inaccuraclen. "Excuse me. please." ‘1. ho m lonely. The noun was a: blank a- ma steppe; or Sibel-h. Ho longed for pompnnlanuhlp, Mend-hip. kindnessâ€"and suddenly-in tho midst of It all he lowed to his loot. mm no m no: thought of tho:- except In their relation to a completed nuts of happinou for his tutu-.11: all-tinctly ho noosnlud than In men- p, m tha_ “to! ono that Wm ‘ Frederic was many minutes in re- covering from the electe of the queer shock he lied received. He could not get it out of his heed that she km be we there. tint Ihe ectnnny turned in answer tn the all of his mind. she bed not eeerohed for him; on the eon- tnry. the directed her use intently mmomwmhumamied. i M». cert-ll sue at an. he decided it lave the that. en All at once he slnnk farther heel into the shadow. a guilty flush mount- log to his cheek. Yvonne had turned and was staring rather fixedly in his direction. Despite the knowledge that he was quite completely concealed by the intervening group of lonngers, he sustained a distinct shock. He had the uncanny feeling that she was look- ing directly into hla eyes. She had turned abruptly. as it some one had called out to attract her attention and she had obeyed the sudden impulse. A moment later her calmly impersonal gaze swept on. taking in thalaectlona to her right and the balcony. and than ‘ went back to her husband's lace. He began what he was plea-ad to term a systematic analysis of Ila no lions covering the entire evening, all the while regarding the couple in (in orchestra chair: with a sane unawerv- ing in its fidelity to the Iensation that now controlled himâ€"a sensation of impending peril. Long and lute-fly ll: ranching one went tum-cl the crowd. seeking the mote mm M mac'- 0! no foyer. and a do” but": 0! relief my“ bin when n beam "He!“ that the Hill: was not then. no in. In a means. proved In on at”; his emotions worn genuinely Ms on Ind am the outm'th of u Influence for mod exercised over Mn by tho Bnhmin. lmolnnuflly lo shied ova Mo shoulder. and the far WIIWII Ma hurt that somewhere In the shining throng M1 on would lllht upon (he he. of Ruhb! Jam "not“ am. .rinornflc hell in llmd almny (cum! MI um. who, u Pvt-dark: om“ an" clung- lug M- with. Co on. M mm .4 ‘ vutue. lmnmlly wu nalntln‘ 00-0 1"Ill. n-ulng lo Ma. The, Indochi- dly m Mann-g them-ct"; Once more Ibo M 11.0“ "Mills wave 0' undone. tor Ila tuber "mu 0'" Mn. any-lotion” II it [on and u nevi-dug. Ho unfl- mced . sudden, hexane-bio feeling of p") to! the aims. mm In. who had lever revealed the «mum my Ion of pity for him. The an. «5 mn desire to ”t Ila land. on In tuber- “mule" “I tell III "In ull 1m well will the. can. our Il- min. No nun: mm of m Mb. 'u do" In Inn". And that tho curl. nu- ome he“ at Yvounc no mid no‘ no their mm. but than nu no mtuntlu than [at ammo cl". II. on!) manned "m M had not "on flu-m baton. "on I- (In alumna-II. Thu now "wound to in the at" mph In the thaw; I. could no no ooo em The light. went up and the home wu _brighL Hon benn scurrying up the mm. He moved no lo the toiling again uni resumed his use: ucrutiny or the throng. He could no! and than. 3“ lint he in conscious o! diap- poinlmem. than in gun “y to on unsure nan. Yvonne nod milled him. .50 had deceived himâ€"u. III. had lied to him. They won not In (in Audion“. they had not "on contou- plnled coming in thin mam. No had been tricked. dolibonloiy tricked. No doubt they "to ooniod In ”M other plum o! nmmmoni. nonnoly onion!!! lhemwlvu. Tho though! 0! it and- donod him And (hon. Jun u no in on the point oi looting on! of «a. homo. ho now than. and the mood rushed lo his bad no violently that ha in Alumni blinded. not. (or the two figures nut he know wen somewhere In the his. loan thms. Ho Wu Looking Up Into Rlnhh'o Shadowy. Uncmlllng Fla. The curtain we. up. the house we still, sue for the occasion! comm. or those who succumb to e table the: can neither be helped nor elm-Inca There were people moving on the stage. but Frederic had no eye: for them. He was seeking In the duk- 1 «ch: 0! “mm. Mover. «I liud up with other- who were conical to and A! the back to witness the play. Inside the than! Io leaned weakly against the ailing It the luck 0! the mallet-inn md wiped hi. bmw. Win: m it that land drugged hil- then again“ his will. in direct opp union to his dogged determination to ahun the place! “Yes. And my of thallium mm.- and"! mtmthomdoldmm Ilium-haunt“ an" Hum Tim... “The cotton [rowan m b b. me hit.“ A clever decor-tor who remodels! the dining room in s New England farm house has even gone so fsr in her use oi white paint as to llnish the floors with It. The woodwork end furniture were also white. but plenty of color was introduced by bright ehintz-nstterned paper and plain bright green rugs. The white dining room table was slwsys bars. which allowed the mistress to use my st- trsctively colored dolly sets. Her chine showed up to splendid slun- tsgs on this white ground. snd the flowers from the garden seemed un- usually bright snd pretty in the midst of sil this white. A country house near Cleveland hes sll its floors usinta ea white. with bright green, blue “I purple rngs use! to curry out eertsin color schemes. or course. using white on floors is prsctical only when .70! are far from the city's smoke or no- mr's dustâ€"The Countryside Isn- “My God!” ’Ilp'ed fro- th all "m M (an: loaned to his eye.- tun of supreme museum Lilo a beaten dog he flunk any, (cell-c himself pierced by the pity!" an of every mortal In the street. befor- Mn, 1 wicked rod that Hilde! Iln. Hon-“manhunt” in the (Ice. For I new or two he aloud .- I! penned. Then «mm». cat to! Yvonne had aunt but Into a com. buddlod down an I! wade-l! dopflnl of all hot Ila-nub. Prodortc In In tum .- the car mound urn. Rh- In Iunna u him it": Viacom. I'D pron-Mal «you. u I! to I": “on. 'MI have you dam»? What I tool you an!” “Home." in aid. um. without no much u n glance u Frederic. new“ III-Ida. The door In slammed and the car we on! Into an mud-mu. Without I wont. hum mood hau- ed M- vuo into the cut and than turned to the chanfleur. The carriage mu bowled a number in his cur and jerked open the done of a llmoualno that Ind luu pulled up the the curb. “They cold no you won here." an. lered Frederic. the wordl rushing lur- rfiodly through bl. lips. “and I though: we mtg!!! run In somewhere and luv. a bite to out l-â€"l want to tell you about Lydia and myself and wanâ€"J Then his eyes wont quickly to ll: father’- faca. June: Brood m n- nrdlng him with n cold. gunman: smile. as one who under-tuna: m damsel. Them was a momentary tableau. He was vividly aware of the [act that Yvonne had shrunk back In alarm. and that a swift look or tear leaped into her surprised eyes. She draw closer to Brood's 23!er was it the jostling of the crowd that made It seem to be so? He realized than that she had not seen him In the theater‘ Her surprise was genuine. It was not much short of consternation. I fact that ho ro- nnzed with a sudden sinking of the heart. "‘Hello!" he laid, planting Manuel! squarely In front of them. cuddled It until It became n none-um. When James Brood Ind hi- wile reached the sidewalk they found Mn there. directly In their path, II the! wedged their way to the curb to en“ the automobile. He was ImIlInS frankly. mummy. That: was an hon~ en: cleanes- In his fine. boylnh he. and nu anger light In his eyed. He no longer had the sense of gum In Illa soul. It had been a passing «will. and he felt regenerated {or havInx ex- perienced it. even so briefly. Some- how It had pursed'hle soul or the one lingering doubt as to the sincerity o! M: Impuleea. supper In one of the nearby tut-r mum-autumnal“ nonuchhlch mlobotholut. II} Item! 0! doing so. however. II. “F lend to the and of the play. “can In his mudmcoleu «plunge. It I“ come to Mm tbs! if he met them II front of the theater 5' they can. on he could lawn. them to join Im- at (TO BE comma)