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f'MARY ROBERTS PWEttART AUTHOR OFX""W£ DAN IH LOWER TEN."f.TC. ,, OOPY/WCHT - RD5ERTJ WNEMART CHAPTER Xl|.. K>;'\ ' " i *• 0 [OAV . N /• _i._ - <- \ r\ £• * ' * , W ' |r . j, It was only an hour or so before ! when "Huff got to the hall. There ; #rerfe no trains between midnight and ' Iriominp.* And Talbot's ear, which he iftight have used,, had .been. Jong de­ layed by his burst tire. He took a ^suburban trolley line lor perhaps half ^fhe distaiftte arid walked the rest.- ;V^At four o'clock in the inorning he pressed the arbor bntton. and old Hen- ftetfe. grumbling at this f»ecoud dis- / turbanee of her rest, mused Elinor , *galn. . •; »; Time was precious. Huff, having Yung the announcing bell, made, his up through the dew to the house. And so it was that Elinor, opening the Ifcouise door, met him face to. face. As recoiled from him,be dosed tfce s V "I hare brought you n message from P- Jftoroday." he said swiftly. "I've been ; » fool and scoundrel and--It's about up." ? r Elinor hardly realised what he was •Rying. The light of horror had hardly <Hed out of her eyes. To her, Walter, Mice her lover, now typlUed all of suf- JSpring and nearness to death that lay iA old Hilary's room upstairs. : "The first train leaves "the cfty lit six o'elock." he said, trying to keep his ipiee steady. "It is hardly likely tliey Will be out so soon, but under some pretext or other they will search the bouse this morning.'* : , "Ho\v,can I leave the house how? rfjpstairs in father's room--" I know," he put in hastily. "I know b * all About it Elinor, I am sorry, I am wildly .sorry. It's no excuse to say I Wa& cruzy, but I was." V * "IT I go away," Elinor said, with t '"tf <. %hlte lips, "how will they manage ilx>ut him? The nurse needs so many 0lings, and I--I see that she has them." A flame leaped into the boy's eyes. Mljf you care for Mm like that-- what are you going to do about it? fives If he cajfes for you, you cannot iriurry liim. If he ever found out about you--" > "He will never marry me. And--he 4oes know." Hie fact that Ward knew the truth about Elinor and the band brought hack to him their common peril. He thrust aside, for the time at least, his passion tind his despair; and calmly directed his energies toward preparing Hie house for the inevitable search. , So systematic had old Hilary been that there were few papers to destroy. Such of the ledgers as were incriminat­ ing he burned in the furnace. Elinor's box of jewels he carried upstairs and placed on the library table. Such set­ tings as had remained from the coun­ try club raid, after the gems had been taken out, he melted together in old Hilary's crucible and placed the gold Mad platinum nugget in Elinor's box. He had set the safe to-a simple com­ bination and closed it. Except for its aize, and for the protective wiring 'buried in its walls, it might have been i| family safe, built by a nervous and flderly gentleman living In the coun- : Ijy to hold his silver spoons. . It was too late by that time to bury v , '-#ie box as Boroday had suggested. Buff did the next best thing. He ' buried it carefully in Elinor's garden, Under a clump of crimson phlox. % " Elinor worked hurriedly, but with -- 'hopeless eyes. Her preparations con- " Blste<l in little more than putting on • the clothing in which she meant to travel. In this new life on which she ,jjras entering she wanted little to re- i _ Wind her of the old. A letter to Hen- rlette contained enough money to pay „ Off the servants and the household ac- Counts. In another envelope she fold- : ,ed- the deed to the house and a note (Conveying it to Henriette. "Yon can sell it," she wrote. "Good- & '^hy, dear Henriette. I shall never for­ get you, and If ever it is possible, be re I shall see you again'." .*/, } The time came, just before dawn, 1 ' when she and Walter stood again face to face In the library. T Huff was going at once. It was not iBorodny's plan that any of them 'fjhould (further incriminate Elinor by accompanying her to the train. At a Sound of steps on the stairs, Huff -Started. • -- "The nurse going down, probably for Ice," she explained. "He is getting better, Isnt he?" » "Tea, but he still suffers at times." When the steps had died away, Eli­ nor slowly drew off her engagement fing, and held it out to him across the table. Although he was watching her, be made no move to take it, and she J^airi It down between them on the table. *1 don't think we need talk about it, Wm*er," she sald' slniply. "There. Is nothing to say, Is there?" "I suppose not," he returned bitterly. He added: "If only you wlH try not to hate me, Elinor." "I do not hate you.- But if he had died--" Huff came swiftly around the table and taking both her hands in his, held them to his throat with a despairing gesture. • **lf 1 didn't know that it would make you more unhappy," he said slowly, *Td kill myself today." -Walter'." tell you now. It. won't change matters any. but perhaps h will change your memory of me. Ever ;fvC since I've known you I've had one f" . . dream. You were to marry me and I was going to turn straight. I could • have done it with your helD But m-/, m ' feN; '*> now-- |p He dropped her hands and turned Ip-i away. Elinor watched £ini wistfully. The one thing he wanted she could not 'fj'> \ >give. There could be no compromise v ) - iietween them. It must be all or noth- V- V l'<g and shehad given her all to some- U; ' <»tie else. In the doorway he turned and looked p! I«»ck at ber with haggard eyes. It was ts If he were Impressing an his mem­ ory evefjr light and shadow of her face; every line of her straight young figure. Then lie .went olit Into that darkest hour of the night that pre­ cedes the dawn. , For the first time.since hia injury Ward's mind was quite cl^ar. He had not been able to sleep, and tHe nurse had been reading to him. Strange read­ ing, too, for the assistant rector of Saint Jude's. The books old Hilary had kept on his bedside still lay there. Even the. nurse, accustomed to many books for many men, was gently outraged. . . ,w| Wurtl Itfy ls'hl? bed, his feyea half closed, listening intently. At last the hurse put doWii the book. * "Why, it s frightful, it's outrageous. It's blasphemous! Do you really think I should read yon any; taore of them?" WaTd Smiled feei>?i% " "If yo« are afraid of the effect on .i-'. ti" only a >«fender ^Irr, ^tieelin^,' and evi­ dently In tears. She was very thin; he saw that; and tier shoulders heaved convulsively. But as the service went on she grew quieter. Wlieu she rose from her knees at iaat, she was quite calm. - It was then that he knew her. Ward watched her ^#th an ache in his throat. She looked irail, sad. Al­ ways in his mind he had pictured her in her summer garden, a flower herself among her flowers, or as she had looked that night in old Hilary's li­ brary, the night when, to sate him, she had told him the shameful truth about herself. And now he found her here, wearing the garb of service, and on her knees! So fearful was be of losing her that he stayed close as the congregation' moved slowly out of the church. She did not intend to go; he saw that. She stepped out of the crowd and waited, lie thought It probable that she was seeking what he himself had once sought--a quiet hour under a holy roof. , And so It was that they came face to face again. She put her hand to her throat, with the familiar gesture, when she saw him. For a moment neither j of them spoke, the ordinary greetings UBERTY LMil OM PRESIDENT UflOES EVERY COM­ MUNITY TO j-IOLD DEMON. 8TRATION ON OCT. 84* BILLIONS NEEDED FOR WAR VICE ADMIRAL VON CAPELLC, , &ERMAN MINISTER OF|^v •' "' ftINC, RB8ICN6. Only $600,000,000 of 8econtf Lean Sub> ; scribed and Campaign Now Half • ^=f*w-~To Buy Bonda i"-. r -trlotlc ServiM. • tkd •"* * ^ WasUington, .Oct. 16.--The president has proclaimed Wednesday, October 24, as "Liberty day." On that day he will expect all communities to unite in a demonstration for the second Lib­ erty loan. All federal employees are given a half-holiday^ The prochmia' tlon is as follows: "The second Liberty loan gives the people of the United States* another opportunity to lend their funds to thla government to sustain their country at war. The might of the United States were out of place, and whaV was the^e ls bel«« mobilized and organized to to say? -- * - It was Ward who spoke at last. you. v "Not at all." laid the nurse almost sharply, apd pl^ed up the book 4fj$iln. Wiif'iil ^iayBteck on his pllloWst tnd listened to the age-old arguments. So it was on such literature as this that .Elinor had been reared! How fair a plant to have grown thus In the dark! Atid as the nurse droned on. Ward came to realize bow natural and, how inevitable had been her develop­ ment. Reared in such soil, what might he himself not have become t and more than that, would he have been one-half so sweet, so tender, so--good? Toward dawn the nurse slept in her chair. Her cap had fallen a little crooked, and the beautifying hand of sleep had .touched away the smaU fur­ rows between her eyes. Plain sHe was, but kindly and full of gentleness. Ward, lying awake, watched her. She was no longer very young. He thought of the children who should have clung to her broad, flat bosonj and felt the touch of her tender hand. Then, because, curiously enough, everything of gentleness and tender­ ness reminded him, of Elinor, his thoughts swung;, roiind to her. He closed his eyes, and dreamed the dream that had been with him, sub­ consciously, all the night. To take her in his arms, and by teaching her love, teach her infinite love; by showing mercy and forgiveness and great ten­ derness, to lead her by these. His at­ tribute, to the Christ--this wus his dream. And because It brought hope and healing and great peace, after a time he slept. Elinor, standing alone in the house outside his door, took courage from his even breathing and ventured in. So light was his sleep that she dared not touch him. She knelt very quietly by the bed, and kissed the cor­ ner of Ills pillow. • • • • • • • Ward spent his Sabbatical year In Oxford. He had thought to find peace by exchanging one form of activity for another, but with the less arduous du­ ties of his work there he hhd mora time to think. He found the old pain even greater; his restlessness grew on him. In the three years since Elinor's flight he had done many things. He had left Woffingham for New York, and could feel his usefulness now only bounded' by his strength. But the old zest of life was gone. He was restless, heavier of spirit. There had been times when he had thought that he was forgetting, only to dis­ cover, through a stray resemblance, while his heart pounded and his blood raced, that his forgetting was only the numbness of suffering. Once, on the Strand in London, he came face to face with Boroday. Ward would never forget that meeting. Its quick Hope which died Into the old ache at Boroday's words. "I have not seen her," he said. "I am always looking. Perhaps she ls wise, to break with us all. Still, we loved her. I have never married, and she was like my own child." He had taken a clerkship in Lon­ don, he said. While, of course, he did not say so, Ward read between his words that he was done with the old life for good. He heldx out his hand and the Russian took It. "If I hear anything," Boroday said, "I'll let you know. Once or twice she wrote me; from Liverpool once, after she landed, and again from here. Then the poll^ closed up the Dago's place, which was the only way she knew to reach me. I've never heard since." "Then you think she may be In Eng­ land?" Ward asked eagerly. The Russian shrugged his shoulders. "Perhaps, If she Is living. 8he was not strong. Sometimes I wonder--" So, after all, Ward took an extra pang away with him froin the chance meeting. What if, after all, his watch­ ing and waiting meant nothing? If she were gone, beyond earthly find­ ing? Death for him might be a begin­ ning only, a door to eternity, but all the philosophy and hope W his faith did not fill his empty hiknan arms. That night hex walked the London streets until dawn. \- He came back from Oxford at the end of his course there. Home was calling, and work, blessed work, that brings forgetfulness. On the last Sunday before he sailed he attended service In Saint Paul's. He knew the church well. In those earlier days when philosophy had taken his young brain by storm and bis faith had rocked, he had gone to Saint Paul's. Something in the very solidity of the old church. In its antiquity, in the nearness of those dead-and-gone great ones of the earth who had lived and died secure Jn his teachings, had steadied him. And now, when It wnp his heart that failed, and not his soul, he went there. It was there that he found Elinor. She was Just In front of him, in the prim garb of an English army nurse. And U was no resemblance that roused i hls first interest. What he saw was "It doesn't seem quite possible, EU- fcor," he said. She had never been "Elinor" to him save in his thoughts. But neither of them noticed. "I am sorry you have fonnd me. I have tried so hard to bury myself.0 It was increasingly hard for him-to speak. All the things that had lain in his heart for three years clamored for speech. "You are--quite well again?" "Perfectly. But you? You are thin­ ner." V "I have worked hard and, of course, I have suffered. It was not easy--to tear myself away from the few friends I had--" 1 And then, at last, he broke into speech, rapM, Incoherent. He blamed himself for his hardness that night in old Hilary's library, he condemned him­ self for a thousand things. She lis­ tened, rather bewildered, with the .old wistfulness in her eyes. "Why «hould you say such things?" she" asked at last, when he stopped from sheer panic. "You were right. I was a criminal. I have been learning things since then. You were always kind to me. I have never forgotten." "Kind!" He almost groaned. She held out her hand. "I must go now. My time Is not my own." She glanced down at her uniform. "Do you They Came Face to Faee Again. remember what you said to me once about the brotherhood of man? I have been trying to live up to that.** Ward took her hand. It was very cold. "Do you remember that?" "I remember almost everything you told me. Even the things, thati night, while I was watching the clock/ iI re­ member them all." £ The church was empty, save for a verger here and there, busy .about his duties. Quite suddenly \$ard lost his composures "And I--I remember everything too. Your smile, your eyes that night when I was carried Into the house--oh, my dear, my dear, you are written on my heart." He bent over, shaken and pale, and kissed the palm of her hand. "It is you who are good," he said huskily. "I, who talked smugly of vir­ tue and tenderness and pity, and who let you go out of my life--I care for you more than I care for anything In this world. I want you--I want you." Elinor's eyes turned toward the high altar with its cross. Always, when she looked at it, she had seen th^cross at Saint Jude's, and the dawn, ahd spar­ rows drinking out of the wet gutter at her feet. "I want you," said Ward, and waited, frightened. But her eyes came back to him, clear and full of promise. "I have always loved yon," she said simply. "I will go with you. And your God shall be my God." (THE END.> ^ Drier fer Photographers. Chloride of calcium Is sometimes used to absorb moisture and keep cer* tain photographic products dry, such as platinum paper or carbon paper; but a photographer has discovered that cardboard of the heavy kind will act as a good drier. The card ls used In rough sheets, it being well dried by heat and then wrapped In waxed paper so as to leave only the edge of the board free and thus not absorb moisture too quickly. strike a mortal blow at autocracy In defense of outraged American rights and of the onu%e of liberty. Billions of dollars are required to arm, feed and clothe the brave meto who are going forth to fight our country's bat­ tle and to assist the nations with whom we are making common cause against a common foe. - "To subscribe to the Liberty loan ls to perform a patriotic servicie.. "Now I, therefore, Woodrow Wil­ son, president of the United States of America, do appoint Wednesday, the 24th of October, as Liberty day, and urge and advise the people to assem­ ble in their respective communities and to pledge to one another and *o tlje government that represents them the fullest measure* of financial sup­ port. "On the afternoon of that day I re­ quest that patriotic meetings be held In every city, town and hamlet throughout the lalhd, under" the gen­ eral direction of the secretary of the treasury and the Immediate direction of the Liberty loan committee which have been organized by the federal re­ serve banks." Disappointment over the results up to date in the* Liberty loan campaign are expressed in a statement Issued by the treasury department. Reports, however, are said to be encouraging. It is declared that with the first two weeks of the drfVe at a close neither the average daily minimum nor maxi­ mum has been attained.* It is believed that not Hiore than $600,000,000 worth of bonds have been sold. Unofficial estimates from five of the twelve districts show a total subscrip­ tion to date of $525,000,000. The Chi­ cago district is credited with $44,005,- 400, as against $325,000,000. for the New York district, $05,000,000 for the Cleveland district, $59,192,000 foil file Boston district and $30,190,950 for the San Francisco district. 7 IN AUTO KILLED BY TRAIN Two Women, Four Children and Driver Crushed to Death While Return­ ing to Detroit From Drive. Detroit, Mich., "Oct. 10.--Every occu­ pant of an automobile driven by Jo­ seph J. Pohl, were killed outright on Sunday when the car was struck by it Michigan Central passenger train at Bartsig crossing, 12 miles north of De­ troit. "The victims, seven In number, are as follows: Joseph J. Pohl, Mrs. Joseph J. Pohl, Mrs. George Harvey (Mr. I'ohl's sister), Mary Pohl, one year old, and Thomas Pohl, three years old, children of Mr. and Mrs. Pohl; Ralph Ijfarvey, three years old, and Helen Harvey, five years old, children of Mrs. Harvey. All were residents of Detroit. The party, which had left Detroit earlier in the afternoon on a trip to the country, was returning to their home. The seven occupants of the car were instantly killed. REVOLT IN NAVY THE REASON POLAND'S FLAG ON FRONT National Army of Kosciusko's Coun­ trymen to Fight With Allies in France. French Front In France, Oct. 15.-- A new national flag Is soon to be un­ folded on the French front--that of Poland. The silver eagle on a ma­ roon field Is to take Its place beside the French tricolor, the Stars and fltrlpes, the Union Jack ar\d the battle flags of the other allies, and beneath its folds win fight Polish volunteers from all parts of the world, Including thousands from the United States. Posse Seeks "Firebugs." Paris, 111., Oct. 15.--An armed posse Is seeking a group of vandals who are creating a reign of terror by means of the torch In Edgar county. The latest victims were Harrison Moss and Lew Wallace, wealthy farmers. Beans val­ ued at $6,000 were destroyed when Wallace's barn was fired. One'of Mapty. - . The Friend (who has been abroad) --And how Is your wife, old man? Ex-Husband--Oh, I haven't any wife now. She got a divorce last summer, and is now on the stage. The Friend--Alt ;<u nctresa. eh? Ex-Husband--Oil. no; sbe'x mervl) on the stage. Crewe ef Six Vessels Planned te 8iir- , render to Russians--Explains De­ lay In Drive Upon Petrograd-- V • ^ Favored Ruthlessness-- ; - j^tB#iterdam, Qct igj_Vice Atfmtral von Capelle, the German minister of marine, has resigned, according to the Frankfurter Zeitung. Vice Admiral Eduard von Capelle was one of the administrative directors in the ministry of marine before the war and had served as a captain at sea. In March, 1918, he succeeded Ad­ miral von Tirpitt as imperial minister of the navy. Several times" since then Von Ca­ pelle has appeared before tl»e relchs- tag with optimistic statements re­ garding the progress of the unre­ stricted submarine campaign, as late as August 26, 1917,. defending the U- boat poliey of his predecessor and him­ self at a meeting of the reichstag main committee. " ' Vice Admiral von Capelle announced lii the reichstag last Wednesday that plot had been discovered in the navy to paralyze the efficiency of the fleet and force the government to make peace. He said that the guilty parties had received their just de­ serts and attempted to link socialists with the plot. The socialists and their newspapers have attacked the vice admiral for hit statements. . Amsterdam, Oct. 15.--Vice Admiral von Capelle's revelations regarding the Insurrection in the German fleet give point to some statements which have been coming recently from Germany, <but which, arriving singly and being apparently isolated and somewhat du­ bious rumors, could not be connected with anything so serious as what un­ doubtedly happened. Some information may, ndw be add­ ed which is believed to be thoroughly reliable. There has been no little talk In Germany of late regarding the al­ most complete Inactivity of the Ger­ man fleet in the Baltic against Rus­ sia at a time when there were obvi­ ous opportunities. It is a.fact that the. insurrection took place on at least six Important units of the grand fleet and that ft not only put the ships out of action but caused the authorities to deubt the discipline and loyalty of the crews of other large ships. For that reason it was deemed In­ advisable to embark on any activity Involving the use of battlesh'lps. The number of men condemned to death probably does not exceed a half dozen. The seriousness of the event Is shown by facts brought out In the reichstag and In comments In the press. "With the object of handing the ships over to the enemy" fairly and literally describes what was at­ tempted in more than one case. MAY SEIZE U. S. RAILROADS Transportation System of America Is Bending and May Break Under Strain of First Year at War. Washington, Oct. 15.---"The exigen­ cies of war may force government own­ ership of the American railroads in the near future," says a statement issued on Friday by the conference commit­ tee on national preparedness. "Not only is ship tonnage Inade­ quate for war's demand, but the whole transportation system of America Is bending and may break under the strain of our first year at war. "With crops not yet moving frees iy, with only a fraction of our new army sent from home, with our whole national war effort yet unplanned and unmeasured, war production Is already hampered by shortage of cars and lo­ comotives, lack of ample terminal storage and other facilities. " "Perhaps the only step that the rail~ road people could take to postpone government ownership for any length of time would be a very broad-minded and genera* attitude on their part in" contributing their facilities to the conl-_ mtfnlty service (under conditions of sale or lease or perhapB pooling), where such facilities were needed to de­ velop transportation facilities, which in the past would hava been consid­ ered competitive to the individual road. "Nothing short of the combined lo­ cal and national effort can prevent ouP present transportation facilities from proving utterly Inadequate to meet the needs for carrying. this war to a speedy decision. The toll, therefore, which this nation must pay in blood -of tts children will be measured by the general Interest and initiative in the transportation field." . i&ljJks&ets* *1 ,.A'.» "M m Bleacher Crash Kills Teacher. Milwaukee, Oct. 16.--Rev. Lee J. Lyons, a professor In Marquette acad­ emy, was fatally Injured when the rallilng at the top of the east bleachers on Marquette football field gave way ttfia plunged him to the ground. U. ft. Bars Officers' WlvfU,';V:;'*'* Washington. Oct. 16.--Women"'anil warfare don't mix, the War department has decided. Hence It has adopted th« policy of sending home any American officer who permits his wife or mother to go to France to be near him. t i.- , ̂ . • • |J. of M. Ousts Pro-Qerman. Xnii Arbor. Mich.. Oct. 15.--Brand log him as violently pro-German and totally un-American, the regents of the University of Michigan discharged Dr Carl Kggert from the German depart­ ment of the University of Michigan.1 Senator Loses ffece With Death. Marlon, Ky., Oct. 15.--Senator Oil!* E. James lost his race with death. H« was speeding to the bedside of bit mother, Mrs. Elisabeth Jnmes, agee seventy-two, but she d'ed before bt could arrive from Washington. PrJtiX ! Woman Named In Suit Dies. Chicago, Oct. 16.--Mrs. Lillian Stiles, noted as a beauty and named by Mrs. Herbert Crane in her suit for divorce against the Chicago multimillionaire, committed suicide on Sunday In an Aurora hotel. WORDS LOST THEIR FORCE Schwab Should Have Spoken Into Phonograph, He Is Told, When ' • ?V*-j Discussing Mis A blinker who was told that Charles M. Schwab, the president of the Beth­ lehem Steel works, was one of the -most forceful speakers ever heard at a banquet table, said he believed it, then told this story: About the time that Schwab was buying Bethlehem steel, and had made arrangements \tltli Piny Fisk of New York, to handle the bonds, he went over to New York, and, of course, was entertained at a dinner. There he made one of his most forceful utter­ ances. Mr. Fisk was moved to such an extent that he said to Mr. Schwab: "That will sell the bonds. Only, you should write it out for me when you return, so I shall have an accurate statement."0 Mr. Schwab wrote out his remarks as soon as he got back to his home and sent them to Mr. Fisk. , Mr. Fisk saw him soon afterward, and said: "Why didn't you write me what you said?" "I did," responded the steej master. "I wrote the exact words." "Well," answered Mr. Fisk, mucli disconcerted, "you should have spoken them into a phonograph." •'VVfe: FLOMDH FLOMMI The famous Suwannee River Land Belt on Suwannee River has been thrown open to settlers on easy con­ ditions. 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