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i. Ii/IILDRED s»... » ‘cum; u i .. , n mr-numswa! _ Ham, a lfiifYdW-he Sea ‘Nymph, Shirley! ,, 1 He‘ about her prcpiiruiiniis Tot‘, "f_ ' ' a Mm a dcliberatzncss that uh.) trust's" since she had no definite t - .- - I’ V Lnpl’. g sjevelotions of the mornimz! V, _> east liar- of! her foot, bri.vicii'_ ' ' fiver '56 completely that colic. ”

1 Miss Van Dom."

g the familiar

‘jriz; yum. ‘taken your father .. .. ', "lln sorry tQ

w; o...‘ oi o. second . a liking gteadicd -... :1 to thank him. iiy of her

fszlflll of her

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were fewer sleek thoroughbred-s in the pastures now. The fences sag- ged a’ little under their weight of dried creeper. Fan Fate's stable needed) coat o! paint. There were sheep in the lower meadows, where the foals useduto run with their Ifllik ocratic dams. " ltfiss Liz sighed. ‘There was still no purchaser for the once-great Shel- don stables. , How tniojt was, she thought. that necessity dapreciateb value. Once, when thersvvaairt enough money in the county to buy the Sheldon stables, esizer bidders had fallen over one another to tempt her. Now, in the momentof her dire need, there was not an offer. . -.The bitterness in her eyes deepen- ed as she looked at the opened wiri-

'-; t/washn impossibility. “KN l.‘ conscious only of u. desire to igcti “i ‘ i‘ as quickly and as far as pazsibli- "_ ' Jzhis horrible cul dc sac. Sl1-:»lL_nL_ . b wuln-v.i_(l w, y_ _ l ~d to run away and llidflv‘!!! the,’ _ ‘gm mo“ h“; 4 ’ Shclujas u thief! lance“:- ,_ HG stared _ 1g, she was siill a thief! liicrci V’ _ men Shrugged: inning away from thni inch} ‘ It was no! to banish from hcr ti \|ug:!‘\ _ ‘ j _ , v chm, that: ‘g of nz..clitii"i' n1. . ‘ " " ‘ ‘m,’ s, mnj p - . iriic. I .. .1 iiicrc might be ' r (‘iii nian," he !_ iii. hiiiiicli to-q

' a HS, 1 hope, bliss Van;

i .8; ‘Ylh-lilfll in licr little cu‘;- -room. The biecze irciii. ihc 5.2.1 dropped The (lll'i1.lll\ ‘Li. 1L.‘ -lio s u u, . L‘ "lurigvtinic, iiictzoiziias, hi; leffiriiife mush. u g heard the ‘Commodore dcscuiii,’ ‘i l i ' isflateroom for his iiilflflltn/llj , o’ . i ‘ " ~'li?ni1i ‘voicaz: (‘h d» \ l‘. 1;: . the motor-hunch. 1.1 ‘ "(i the curtains and looked ci ‘coulifsec Louis, sitting in ' of ‘the launch, erect, y. _ “my found- vu.‘ turned out, m; uh: . , ..; compart- fieaofihc lcisurcw mun of ii > i v ’ ' ,“_ a French qlfigolng about his pleasures. ' ' ' . with two aPs‘ cauie into . Shirley's cycs.‘ um who 100k ed whispered folio: ihzt i . ‘ seeing Louis fur‘ rhe 1.: .‘ f ' "loved him, eiczi ii 1c in. ‘ iefqlic was all she had to lo". , because iic was a tliicf, art‘. tit,’ she "woulvdxrt rciniiin Vi.

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' a 12ml decided i 1 vsfi.‘ due to! i; only just

my with

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‘n the boat find become s. iii i! , "5 ‘ I)‘ “ere c105-

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, ialicii the train 1.1 and seem- i.c bought

Once urf 'Eui‘-.;i"iii i. .1, aziuiio qualms about pzcflu. s. iic’; po cntflback to hcr stint. ‘ " ' " I ed together the ' but‘! It licr, liii2l' l1:

i i c Paris sta- Lls card. "If ’\ll‘.(‘l.illlC to honi- mi‘. Lcciicrc, of

cu rings. .' of t‘ i-lii

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1 iii l z.‘

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little smilc as she ‘recollect i " i - .' ‘ ‘ ‘. , i_..,. ‘f- trirlzz-ts had lzccn “pic. i-i _ . , , .-

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:1; up to jus- r the crimti in '11 wilting

If," to do.

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spcct, and!

ulii ‘the respect

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rd iiiillflllt hcr

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. iimni-iiictl her‘ i .~ luiiliilifill, if that

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hen the mOiOf-Iiliiilfh fliilli’ " @580. Nymph, she vczis on clzi 1 - blicr 1mm bag iii lici- 1‘.\il(]. V. ‘uigiist 13o ashore (in on irn-im"

'. fold ‘the izr-ilarx. -\‘\ :_

.‘i’a~.'s A Burci;"t.j' 4- ‘fiction-ii Through ilic 11st: if Dr. ‘ivillilnms’ Pink Pills’ ' " ‘QUT

~ i‘ . 11ml nmacd in Ken- We? ' ' 1 F‘ n an Mlmsuany “hate done for me," says rm. \ ‘v , was Pleasant to ivling, Tottcnhain. Cut, and i’ ' “ whiff“ and the says: "i AVIIS so badly run <Lri~ “vhfows m _ the

v I fcit that life _\vas a. burii: iii‘ imumg out their ‘tioctor saidmy trouble VfQSZLQLVJAi ‘ , ’ ‘M hi? fr?“ 5M8 m r blood; but his medicine c. il°""" ‘“ . "‘ ‘hr’? F“ ha“ m“

» ‘helirmc. My labours; sznlluit", l . - i‘ " ‘ r '1 “'11 “m hnrbmger Obmess and a; we mu“ L," : ' '1 l‘; mi scarlet. wings my heart would ‘palpltatc so ‘ that I would ‘hifie to ll." _

‘fly feet and legs would swell ' ‘ ‘cramp, and all my Ii... " -- t_I was! a decline, In i..;= ~' .1 W‘!!! l1r£¢ed‘by_ a. fiicml m Williams’ Pink riills. ,1 go: ‘intes- ami '!.'.'Y..'.1.¢1lolit,, m: a! had used them I begin to

ter. I got ii further supjaiy

' i?" tqkiudthtm- Daiiyjripit ‘ ""98 Itrqnser. The coioi-

m ‘h3g5, 811d lips and

l3, MW interest ‘in life. To sum!

i hiufsav that‘ ,1__ auireciinr‘

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. lit lurciultfnst Jn the 01d ~ cf the Sheldon farms ' iivd suddenly "Good ' lxr limid. holdihga .‘. mast-paused half- i K

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I rlrl tvho wmrserv- i,";(1 1 , . . the windows of the

Ravi '3 iiwc nywcn?" ~. P-fia‘ Liz. Been opan=

Iir- rtnnd gal dons '.‘.'"<',v been tclllnwhe." made no comment. Her

aori 41nd ii newbittetness

crept izitn Mr line eyes. She pissh- ' ed 851G? lznr half-finished brssflsst qardiwalgnu to the window,‘ lotllnz" ‘Ergnfitrqsn the fields id " owl. . ~ ‘ -' '

were

curled from a chimney to the mom- ing sky. Here and there a white curtain fluttered in the breeze. So the girl had come back? The girl who had robbed Miss Liz of her boy, of her, home. The girl who had likewise‘ robbed the dead!

Mim Liz turned to Linda, who was clearing the table and watching her mistress surreptitiously. "Linda, did she-did Miss Rand-is she alone?"

“Yessum," i responded the girl

‘promptly. 15“He,".sha5rolled the pro-

noun with auction,‘ "aixft-cummln’ at all. Dicey shy." 1‘ - ' ' ' ~ After a while, MISS Li! 8BR S slight, girlish figuieopen‘ the‘ front door of the old Rand house and come down the path of the neglected garden. She turned away, because she had been very near to loving the glrlwhom she bad met in that far-away“ June, when they had all _been so happy, ivith no premonition of disaster. Shirley, lifted her head and made‘ herself look squarely tqgards the‘ Sheldon house. She wasn't asham. ca‘ any longer. She was going to set things right to the best of her Bbllity b!’ ‘taking her punishment. she "was a. thiefjand she couldn't right the wrong with money, because she hadn't any, but she would make amends with thesacrifice other youth and freedom. _She found her way to Judige. Theme‘: office without difficulty. The few people she passed on the ivuy didn't recognize her. The qis jiidge'hadn't come in yet, and she had to wait a long time in the dusty office. She remembered vividly the inst; and only time she "had been there. Ab. if she ma only sue-sacs that day what the future held! If

‘she had only suspected the role Louis

Wils Dlflyini; and’ making her, in her "innocence-Jstupillity, ‘she called it now-play with him. '

When the old judge came in, he showed his astonishment; Then his expression became formidable.

“Your uncle with you?"

She shook her head.

"He is in Europe. I came alone, Judge Thoma. to-to give myself lip,”

"What for?" he demanded gruffly.

"Vvhy, for the theft'of the Rand fortune, of course," she answered. in surprise. ‘_

"Too latcl!" he snappel.""1‘hlt was all settled a year ago."

“Settled?” she faltered. could that be?"

"The @0116)’ was repaid the estate and the charges ‘against you and Van Dom were dropped.”

_ She stared at him lncredulously for ii long moment; then, moistenlng her lip-s she asked: '

"Who paid it? Surely not my- my uncle?"

The old Judge save a grunt.

"I've a.’ life-size picture of Louis Van Dom dvinz anything like trim Haven't you?...,.Young Sheldon paid it."

The room was very still,,except for U16 tivkim; o! an old-fashioned clock on the mantel and the buzz of an Early flyagainst the window-pane.

$111r18yb voice was scarcely more than a whisper as she said: "Why did hr: do that)", g _ _> _ _

"Because he is a ybim‘ goon» 595F991’! the Judge. "And a t9 yhy. he is a Ymlfllfool, you know better than I." ' ,

‘Bhe bowed her head until all ‘he “"1"! 868. W88 her chin and the curve of her bright hair under her smart little hat. It was sometime bum‘; Y"! "W that she. was crying. Then he was smitten‘ with remorse. . Hts bark was worse than his bite, and he could neverbear to see -s pretty girl weep. ' . " _

I-le rose- and came-round to her ah_d patted hei- shoulder with a ps- temal hand. i. ' i ‘ '

"There, there, don't cry! ‘that's-a zoos little giriimzucwfisuppau m tell me) all about-it." ’ ' ‘ '

She hadn't meant to teiihim that she mid been innocent b: wiiatibaii‘ L ppened up to the memenrliitiip, in‘ e fitlof anger, had told he: Qffl} thing. an» had intendg u’; an

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"but how.

‘the blame, feeling an i _ tact the man who had been], - n ‘-' '

of sorts to her all her 1th. l!

that there was ho _ Louis, and lie could so sndioome st will. there was no further for secrecy. sqsiqwisuaa‘ id‘ '

fixture ~

The ficlcls that lay-between

clows of the old Rand house. Smoke,

for. the rest of her ' life, if people didn't think too badly qua, he 1c‘:-

edhsr mother as s murdsressfsnd h?! "A .

i. “Wtll. why shouldn't you. w dean nobody will blame you for vsn V9011’! croobsduesmi I'll lol to that. hndthe old Rand house is yours. by virtue of your father's will." .

"I suppose I could snake enough to livabnb! telullllli" she said, wiping her eyes. "I'm pretty fair It annals-and Ilnllllltl." -.."'1faaohiu|-shuoksi" pa scoffed. ."You_'il be setting married, first this: you, know." And thenrvbau he law her eyes and realized that his gallant wnlue had run awovwlth his sense 01w discretion. he added hastily: fjTelching is a sood ides. 1'11 and I01! W!!! pupils." .

She said carefully "Thank you. Por....you....s¢e....I shall never many. . . mow."

Then she Iflylt home. .8er shame was more hm she could bear. For it seemed to her that Rodney had meant to buy his freedom with that quixotic gesture of his. it was as though he thought he owed her wmflthlns and. must pay her, in or; der to be free to marry. some one else." ‘ ' ‘

' clmrrsn as THE PHAXTOM SOIINS

1t had begun to rain, a. senile spring drizzle, when Shirley reached home, alter _her visit to Judge ‘Thomas ogice. She stopped in the garden and looked . proudly at the bid-fashioned basements and the colonial portico, with its climbing‘ rose-vines that were just ‘beginning foshow a faint tinge of green. ,

t "You're mine. all. mine!" sbe whis- pered. “Hslf of my dream ha! 00MB true! I, have my, home in Kentucky." ~.'But, forail her bravery. her lips

across the fields. . ~ _

For the other half of her dream

could never come true. She had her home. but she would always be alone. There would be no Rodney to share it. He had done a splendid thing-but he had shamed her mercilessly. As she saw it, he had paid back the money after they had met and she had learned that he loved another sirl: that signified that he must have guessed how it was with her and. feeling that he still owed her some- thing, he hsd-_ taken this WHY t0 purchase his freedom; it showed also that he believed her to be as guilty as Louis. . Well. Why shouldn't he? She had been a long time learning the truth. What crass, unbelievable, incredible ‘stupidity had been hers!

Dicey had prepared an appetizlng luncheon, but Shirley couldn't eat. She supposed that some time the acheln her heart would stop. One couldn't go on suffering like that furl ever. ‘"1 wish l.’ were an old, old lady." she thought. "'I‘hen I shouldn't mind any more. Or like Miss Liz. It must be nice to be no longer young. Then one can beresigned. I wonder if she ever had a heartache."

And then she recalled thstLouis had told her that Miss Liz had loved a. man hopelessly in her youth. Shir- ley hsd thought then that he re- ferred to hint-self. But he had meant her father, she realised now. He had meant Joel Rand, the husband of Bianca, who had been a. Van Dom. Would Miss Liz come to see her, alter the old judge spread abroad the tiju ’ about her? Shirley wonder- aiuwut ully. Would she ieai-n w like her ‘as the daughter of the man she had loved? Or would she be angry with her because Rodney had thrown away so much money to save Louis and iicraam Shirley wondered u it had been ‘a large amount of money

et of plenty. Louis was right when he

» claimed she was vssus about nu-

ances: her trsinini had ‘been calciu- itiil to‘ make her vague. ‘

In the afternoon, restless and lonely, she want? u irs snd triad the door ofthe closed r m. " Itwss still locked. She called Tom.

"Bring a hatchet or a chisel or liilfllthlfls, if there reailyisrvt a key. I. want this daorouenao."

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he finally descended the stairs, sput- what Shirley had clone, but he hunted out an old rabbit's foot and made certain incantatioris over it. Meanwhile, Shirley had stood still in the dim room, her heart beating so that she could hear it throb. She could see, by the light that Slteredin through the shutters. that it was a bedroom in which she stood. And then she became aware of the scent of Cape Jasmine! ’ It seeped into her senses, encom- passing her, weighing downiipon her’ with its fragrancegCape jasmine in a room that had been closed for over twenty years! . . Terror clutched at Shirley's throat. She turned in panic toward the door. And then something stayed her fly- ing feet. She stopped quite still, rc- memberlng the legend of this room- the Iirl who had killed herself on her wedding-morn. Here then had been another unhappy girl! They were sis- ters in sorrow, she and the young bride who had taken "her own life, thought Shirley. Why had she done it? Had she loved some one else hopel- lessly, and had she chosen‘ death, rather than marry another? Had she felt what Shirley knew she would feel, ii she were forced to marry Oscar Bertrand while her heart was Rodney shcidcxrs. ' Somehow, she believed that she ‘would find the answer, if she stayed in that room. She went to the win- dows and opened the long-closed shutters. It took all her strength, be- cause the hasps were warped ‘and rusted. but at last they parted with‘ a crash. ' The sound was followed by u scream from the garden below. Leaning out, Shirley saw Dicey, gray with terror, staring, open-monthemat her. ' "Mis' Many Loul It's Mia’ Mshy Loul" Dicey's voice floatediback over her shoulder as she-fled. _ Shirley thought: "Bow curious! That was the name of the girl who died here. Dicey must have taken me for her ghost." As she was leaving the room, she noticed that the‘ carpet was covered with tiny dried particles of something. She stooped and gathered a fewof them in her hand. Cape jasmine! Cape jasmine, dried and withered and in dust, after twenty years! But its scent still clung. very faint, now that there was light and air in the room-not nearly so rolsnant um the dark. Then Shir»- ley noticed that there were withered shreds-of the pathetic ghostly» bios» some in vases on the old-fashioned dfilllll-tsble. ‘with m faded bro-. am: on the desk: above the sis- piaee; and in a bowl on the table. a ‘HIM has ti! mystery of that fad-

w . and curiosity. "wimi Md i0 he om toll but;

flowers to the room of, the dead and strewn them there?’

" Old Tom's hands shook that night when he served Shirley's dinner with a1! the soleirinity and ‘dignity with which he had served her father and grandfather before her. And, when she said quite casually: "Tom, will you ask Dicey to air the closed room all day tomorrow and.make up: the bed? I'm going to sleep there, alter this," he almost dropped a. platter.

The next night, she did just that. And, in the middle of the night, she awakened and lay alert, staringinto the darkness. The ghostly scent of

Cape jasmine seemed all about her.-

cnarrsa ' oi ' THE SAD LITTLE ALIEN

Night after night, Shirley was awakened by the scent of Cape jas- mine in the room ln- hich Mary Lou had died. And yet, somehow, she was not afraid. The ghostly scent brought no feeling of alarm; rather, a. sense of infinite peace. ‘Shirley, whose heart was aching at the thought oi what might have been andnow could never be, found herself silppingiback into restful slumber with the scent all around her, slipping intol some vague dream-world, where her troub- ,les were forgotten. I *

She was alone those daysjin the old

Rand house; except for Dicey and old Tom. For, despite Judge Thomeb good offices, no neighbor came to welcome her; no one spoke to her when she walked on the roads, or made purchases in the little shops. It hurt her immeasurably, and yet she tried’ to. be sensible about it, knowing that, in the eyesof the community. she was the accompl‘ of a swindlcr. But the attitude of her neighbors worried her in another wayI She saw that there would be no pupils for music oi‘ languages, and, without money, now was she to live? . . _ . Desperation led her to speak m Jud}e Theme, who was her only caller. He was gallantly measuring,‘ but vague.- And, when she mentioned, in the course iof their . conversation, the ghostly scent of Cape jasmine in the room in which Mary Lou had died, he took refuge in an attack of cough- ing, which was patently designod to hide his confusion, _ Shirley. under- stood as much, and tactfully chsnscif the subject, to his infinite relief. But the incident seemed to her to set her more than ever apart from the world at which she looked‘ s0 wlstfiglly acrossthe box-hedges other, garden.-