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G iii iHi FIGHTING lili[S
A LONELY CAPTIVE.
"My Poor Dear Wife-Here is an
other month of captivity which has
seemed like a century. It is the life of some face of the bluck Vandyked
complete aaimaiisatlou. We work at
brid e It is e nightmare which haunts
8 ~ UI
me df? Wd night- tly released his bold of her. and the
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Rus‘:i:nu:u:ibl;:;lil3l? oliqliflhttegensre :mm musmched 'mm turned w "ny
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few in number and live alone. less w
--(word coneored, apparently IIOUS-
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ed') than we They are ep ve
all d t walk
liberty and are not owe o where his luxurious limousine stood
about as we are and associate with one b me glue of the broken mit As he
another. lu
French and RUBSNU9 are 5eP°"“°”d' his foot on the clutch and his hand on
four in each room I have the 8000 t
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fortune to have with me a YOUUE E-"5"
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 if fum onmmmmows ousnnrsn A 1 ' MAY 55 ""5 _*_
- R   Y J E By George Randolph Chester and Lillian Chester 1'
EliiiiTli El’lS0l)E.
lier'iissband’s Enemies.
CHAPTER I.
Ill beautiful runaway bride
opened her eyes in dazed be-
wilderment to find herself gaz-
ing up into the dark. hand-
She was in his arms. She felt
e white mustache, Gilbert Blye gen-
er up the hill. Her eyes closed again.
urden, hurried up the embankment to
mped into the drivers sent and put
e brake he glanced down at the
e of the accident. The taxi lean-
lish officer. it is a great favor. He is
a charming young fellow, ill. and 1
make him my best friend. Poor fellow
bellasno family and is less well --
(words censored.) God has put him
in my path. I will watch over him
like over 3, - (word censored. pro
babiyhrotherl. Together We try to
forget the rigorous of our --
(ceasored) prison. Sufllciently warm-
ed and fed. but to eat, to eat. The poor
English fellow receives nothing. and I
share with him.
‘-'Send whatever you like. Every-
thing is permitted here. except any-
thing which looks English. No Engr
lish product is allowed. Send for two
-especially butter, BUSH. bl'\?ad»
sweets, and tobacco. Being unable to
smoke is the hardest punishment.
Send linen, but no more winter under-
clothing. I have given my sweater £0
my little English friend. I-Ie is -`
(line censoredll Courage still. W_e will
come back, and remember that lf YOU
suffcrl share your suffering. MY
kisses come to you by thousands. Let
us bow down like brave people before
the sad reality. All my kisses and my
constant thought. Thy Jean."
BATTLE OF CERNAY.
A French soldicr writes: They
shouted as though to encourage each
other. it is useless to deny that these
fellows march doggcdly to death. The
attack had been prepared in the true
German style-that is to say. with
attention at thc lost detail. The time
was well chosen, and thc scene was
lighted up by rockets and searchlights,
which gave fantastic lights and shad-
ows to thc battle. Now again every
light wont out, and one fought on
without knowing upon whom \ve were
firing. All the Germans were carrying
hand grenades, or a kind of explosive
bomb which had a very disagreeable
effect. it was a new machine-- these
blessed fellows are always inventing
new ways of killing men- and was in
tho form of a ball fastened to a stick.
NEW FORM OF GRENADE.
The stick is thrust into the riiie, and
on pulling the trigger the ball goes
off like a grenade. Owing to the num-
ber of assailants we had to yield
ground. lt was the wiser thing to do,
as"it was in our interests to give way
for-_ a short space. Our artillery. was
in position, and we had hardly fallen
back before the ground was swept
wit.h shells which burst amidst the ex-
ultaut Germans. More murderous
evcu than the hand-to-hand lighting
which had proccdcd it, this hellish
fire proved io the new-comers in our
trenches that they had made a mls-
iake in ousting us. They realized
that so well that they tried to retire.
This attempt had been foreseen, and
was made impossible by a cataract of
projcctiles which formed a curtain of
flame and iron behind the fugitives,
at the same time separating them from
their reinforcements.
Meanwhile our men had recovered,
and re-formed for the counter-attack.
As soon as our artillery, marvelously
handled, ceased to play upon the
trenches, wc flung ourselves on the'
demornlizod Germans. thrusting our
way among thc dcad and woundcd.Not
only did we get back our trenches but
we went beyond the tunnel of the
German mino and when morning come
we had only to bury their dead, pleas-
ed with thc fact that they were twice
as numerous as ours.
AN INFERNO.
Describing his experiment at Ncuve
Chapelle, a private who before the
war was a Liverpool policeman and
was in charge of a machine gun at
the battle saysz-
"Our brigade after halting for a-
bout two hours. received orders to
move. We cvcntually halted at a
farmhousc with our guns] Shortly
after wc made n move further along
but it was not until the following day
that wo mme into action. Thcn \ve
matic hcadway. We captured a
trenth and hold it. Tho next day we
moved forward with our gun-s, and
made n dash ovcr tho open, carrying
ihc guns, o distance of about sixty
yards through a hill of bullets. We
got into a German continuation
trench whlchwas in a terrible state.
Dead Germans were lying in it and the
water was waist deep. We eventually
get to thc end of it and mounted one
of our guns. After we had emptied a
few belts you should have seen the
flags go up-all white ones- and we
captured ovcr 300 prisoners. Our
artillery played havoc. They simply
lifted o-1 much as a- hundred yards of
their trenches ot once. The Germans
lost thousands killed and prisoners.
and lhcro must have been in conse-
quence thousande wounded. We cap-
tured some very important positions.
and today we received thanks from
the General."
THE MORAL I8 THERE.
Horn is the latest story which I
have hcard concerning Lord Kitchen-
er. A mincr‘n wife, whose husband
was by precept and practice a con-
vinced anti-Prohibitionist, was told
the other day by s lady visitor that
Lord Kitchener had become strictly
teetotal, and all his household. "My,"
she commented.; “but his wife will be
glad, pair 'umsn. Bhe'il mebbe ken
noo whit it means tae get s bale
weelcs pay in her hand." The ioke, of
course. is that Lord Kitchener has nev-
er been married. but the moral is
there ali’ the sense.
A French officer in a letter to his
wife writes:
man.
languages. we read. ond W0 Dial' another clasp about her-the man with
.. ,
seen
wa
cam
lieu
,turned
Gilbert Blye. freed of his beautiful
to
ed against a sturdy tree which bud
s pped it from u fatal rumble. Blye's
chauffeur, the wide featured Scatti.
s bringing up the unconscious driv-
er of the taxi. 'i‘he vivacious bru-
nette and the heavy man with the
thick lidded eyes were helping Mrs.
Villard. That gentle faced woman
had insisted upon walking, but she
e with a painful limp, and her
face was drawn und white. Blye start-
ed the car forward with u jerk, turned
it dextrously in the narrow road und,
Jumping down, arranged the cushions
with a swiftly certain hand.
When June again opened her eyes
Blye was brushing back her soft
brown hair from her pale forehead,
but he was not holding her. She was
in the luxurious limousine. with hor
d pillowed on the shoulder of the
white mustacbed man, Orin Cunning-
ham, and his arm was about her. She
straightened as she became aware of
that clasp, and Blye, his black eyes
glowing down upon her, smiled reas-
surlngly. The car started. and she
‘ to look at Mrs. Villard, who
She Was In His Arms.
'sat baide her with compressed lips.
The injured taxi driver was up in
front, supported by the heavy lidded
man. The runaway bride closed her
eyes again and sank back into the sup-
port which she so umch detected.
Blye! How much he had been in
her life since she had run away from
Ned! And little did June know that
tained the number of themuto in which
she had driven that day. The number
was M607707.
Soon .Tune lay in her-little room in
the hospital, her hair waving about
her on the white pillow. and her ‘
Blends were permitted to bid her good
night. The vivacious Tommy Thomas
sat at the head of her bed and stroked
June’s white hand; Orin Cunningham.
a particularly debcuair figure as be
leaned against the window casing,
smoothing his white mustache, twin-
kled over at her; T. J. Edwards. the
heavy man with the thick eyelids and
the round head with im absurdly abort
cropped gray hair. was gentle in his
rough wsy. Gilbert Blye, over by the
door. had not much to say. but he nev-
er removed his luminous gaze from
the runaway bride, and when the pink
cheeked nurse came to drive th out
Blye was the last to make his adlens,
and, bending over gracefully, he kissed
herhandi
Elouoria Blye received a telephone
message from Bill Wolf a few hours
after the time of the auto accident.
“You husband bez gone to his club,”
he said huskily.
The wiiie drove hastily to the club
entrance. She met Wolf, who pointed
to the chauffeur Scatti, saying:
“There's your husbands driver.”
Houoria saw Scattl standing beside
ber hulbaud'| limousine.
"l’d like to make you a little pres-
ent,” laid Honoria. in sugared accents,
and, fumbling in her pocketbook, she
produced a bill.
Seatti turned to her with alacrity,
and every line in his broad, low face
widened.
The line of his lips also thickened
as be separated them in a grin of pleas-
ure. He took the bill with joy, looked
at its denomination in the light of one
of his side lamps, flopped open his
heavy driver'e coat. shoved the bill
deep in his trousers pocket and but-
toned his coat tightly from top to bot-
tom.
"Now, you'll tell me where Mr. Blye
was this evening. woa't you 7" she
wheedled. .
The smile faded from Scsttrs lines.
“Aren't you going to tell ma?" And
the voice rose another notch.
No answer.
“Give me back that moaeyi” she
screamed.
There were thirty-seven lights to be
counted before the perspective merged
ia a blur. Bcstti calmly inspected
them all ia deep absorption. but during
the entire time that one narrow slit of
sanyo had a dancing gleam in if.
Houeria scowletl been nt the impos-
ing entrance to the club. The doors
mod wide open. fnsidetbe tssellat-
ed vestibule were stiiiiy uniformed st-
toadauts. Beyond was s marble col-
Ned, through his detedzive, had ob- ,I
over the plain, coarse white ulghtgewa
in which she had been put to bed.
pretty nurse smiled in triumph. "Come
ini"
on the door, but before it could open
Juno had hopped back into bed with
one spring. She and the pretty nurls
were laughing nt each other in the
sheer light hearteduess of youth when
the doceor with the funny -red side
bums camo in.
1 through an arched opening, was s pau-
aled screen.
Suddenly Boaoria dashed up the
steps which no woman had ever trod
and before any one could stop her had
rounded the paueled screen and stood
in the grill room. amid a wudemess of
-oslten tables, at nearly all of which
sat men busy sending curling wreaths
of incense toward the blgb gilded cell-
ing. V
There were glasses before most of
the mea. and a dense and pnintui el-
lence pervaded the place. although as
Hoaorla had rushed through the hall
she had heard the loud babble of ani-
mated conversation. The mea in that
club weretumedto speechless clay at
the sight of this fumiug apparition.
“There you arel“ she screamed, and
as her gaze settled from its swift rov-
ing into a fixed direction one mnn came
to life and rose-the black Vnndyked
Gilbert Blye. "There you are!" she
screamed again and started to twist
ber way among the tables toward ber
long lost mane. "You will stay away
from home, eh! You will run around
with other women! You will"-
A door In the corner opened and
closed, and Gilbert Blye was on the
other side of it! A fat man laughed.
Honoria Blye turned on them all and
began to tell them just what she
thought of their club. A half dozen at-
tendants regained consciousness and
crowded round ber. One of them, in-
dulging in soothing talk, accidentally
laid his hand on ber sleeve, and she
left four red lines on his face. For the
first time in its dignified history that
club resounded with the shrill echoes of
a confirmed soo/ld. The chuckllng fat
man achieved an inspiration. He came
up and said confidentially:
“Your husband is slipping out of the
basement."
When Honorla reached the imposing
entrance she was just in time to see
Scatti slamming the door of the lux-
urious ilmousiue, and as that brilliant-
ly lighted carsped  'u the street with
Gilbert Blye recli».‘_‘g comfortably
amid the soft cushions .-1 peal of laugh-
ter iilled the block.
Honoria sprang into ber electric
coupe and. turning on all the "juice,"
wheeled down the street in mad pur-
suit. But at lust: she gave up the chase
and went home.
The parrot was asleep, with its head
tucked under its wing and the haleful
eye closed. Elonorla turned on the
light and finished, to the parrot, the
violent speech she had begun in her
husband’s club. The baleful eye open-
ed, and the bird moved uneasily from
fool: to foot Occasionally its neck
feathers ruiiled and its wing tips jerk-
ed, but it gave no other sign of wake-
fulness. In time, however, Honorin
paused for breath, and the parrot slow-
ly brought its shining round head into
view. The head feathers were tou-
sled and the eyes were sleepy as the
familiar spirit of Honorin stretched its
wings.
“0h, shut up!" it hoarseiy cranked
A nurse with pink cheeks awakened
June in the morning, and as the patient
opened her cycs the two pretty girls
smiled their appreciation of each other.
"How are you this morning?" asked
the nurse, preparing to put u thermom-
eter between .lune‘s red lips.
“Perfectly well. thunk you." laughed
June, tossing ber waving brown hair
back from her shoulders as she raised
up. “How is Mrs. Villard?"
“A slight sprnln," expln ined the nurse
brightly. “She will be able to go home
in time for dinner this evening. My,
but you folks had a lucky accident!
You must lie down until the doctor
comes."
“1'm going to get up," announced
June.
"Against orders. My dear, you must
stay in bed until Dr. Remert says you
may get up."
“Is he the one with the funny red
sldeburnsl” and June looked down
.ky
u
The Taxi Lssned Against e Tree.
“Where are my clothes?"
"You're not ready for them," and the
This last was in answer to a knock
Pulse and looked at ber toagueand
prodded her a few times and examined
her bonel. talking to her all the while
as if shed were a -little gl;-l‘ about ten
yearn old. _ _
"Now, I am going' to get up,” pro-
claimed June. as soon as the doctor
had gone away. and she own# her
pink feet out of bed again. ° here
are my clothes?" _
"l’ll gettbem foryou." Andthepnet-
ty auneturued cheerfully to go.
"0b. no;‘vmit a minute!" ' June's big
eyes were-sparkling. “Please let me
try on one of yous uniforms."
The pretty norsedimpled. ns she ld-
mired herputlent. June would look
“fetching” in nurse‘s clothing. There
could be no question of that, but she
shook ber head.
"I’m afraid it woulda’t be permit-
ted."
"Just to try it on." begged June.
“Let's ask the bend nurse."
it seemed n tremendously daring
thing to do.
“I wouldn't risk it." And the pretty
nurse puckered her brows. Suddenly
"i’d like to make you a little present.”
her face cleared. it was ns if the sua
had popped out on n rainy day. "Yes,
i can! Mrs. Wade is ou duty this
moming. For a minute I thought it
was Miss Sim|:nons."_
"lsn‘t she nice?" and .Iune’s round
eyes softened sympathetically.
"She's un old cnt!" The prcity nurse
was very vehement about it. "l\Irs.
Wade's u dear, tboug|.\," and, hurrying
nwuy, she brought the "dear" right
buck.
Mrs. Wade was a smiling woman-
.smiling lips, smiling dyes, and it seem-
ed as if her hair smiled-but she was
dubious about the uniform.
“it would bc ll radical infraction of
the rules." she declared. with an ab-
surd utlcmpt nt severity, “but we’ii
ask Dr. llcmcrt not to tell."
They all three laughed at that, nnd
within n i`c\\' minutes .lnue was in n
stiff whltc uniform. with a prim little
clip on hcl' head. :ind was walking se-
dntely into .\lrs. \'iIlni°d's room. She
paused on the threshold. Gilbert Blye
was there! As be caught sight of her
June saw the glow of admiration leap
into his black eyes. She half turned to
go lu her embarrassment, but Mis. Vil-
lard stopped her.
“Come here. you pretty thing." she
called, and us June sbyly came to the
bedside Mrs. Villard laughed. and
Blye joined her.
Dr. Remert came ln and expressed
his profound :xstonlslinient nt hou-
grown up .Iune looked in a uniform
:ind tweaked the pink ear lobe which
peeped from beneath the trim little
cap. The bend nurse and-the nurse
with the pink cheeks and the phenom-
cnally thin nurse crowded in to nd-
mlre June; then Du. Remert scattered
them so that li rs. Villnrd should have
some rest before her next banllngingn
und he took June with him for a
round of the wards. Ile gnve her n
thermometer to carry so she should
look useful as well as ornamental,
She cnme bnck from that round of
the wards ratbcr thoughtfully. She
had seen so much pain and sorrow and
suifcrlng. wan children und wnn moth.
ers and wan mon who should have
been strong. and in the light of all
their woes her own problem seemed
foolish and insignificant.
In Mrs. Vlilnrdis room as June ap-
proached the door she beard voices.
among them Orin Cunnlngbam’s_ She
turned away and wont across the hall
to the room where the injured chauf-
feur lay. He w:\_.~l in considerable
pain. the pretty name said. but he lny
there smiling, with great cheerfulness
upon his roughly molded countenance.
“I guess I'il be laid up for u week
or ten days," hc stntcd. with n grin.
"Thnt’s n long time to be confined in
n narrow little room," sympnthized
.iuue.
The bead nurse brought her bit of
sunshine into the room.`
“How are you feeling?" she linked.
"Bully."
"Then you can probably stand n
picnsnnt surprise." smiled Mrs. Wade.
“You have n visitor."
"Obi" The sunshine left the rough-
ly molded face. but tilazrin was back
in a minute. "Say-_ tell her the doctor
says I ain't ro be talked to loud. And
can't one of you nur-sei stay here to
make it strong?"
His grin was so eonilding that the
bend anne grinned bqek at him. She
was n woman of much experience.
“Of course you mlilfhdf be talked
to ref! long." she agreed. "AM 7011
should have a nurse with you to take
care of'yom'° she iwklll li- June 0
' t t -
edbhcllaa-falgrintolune. whossi
“WU Pdmiy at the head of the bed.
The msn sank back when the head
‘nurse left and looked as feeble as he
could. His nurse was smoothing the
Pillows when the door opened, and
there came in a large. heavy jawed
woman. with a long ostrich feather on
her hat, half a dozen cheap rings ou
her-ilnlers and two buttons hanging
loosely on ;her coat one by. a single
thread. - .
"Well, well. Joel" she said in a heavy
voice. and she stared at June. “Dida't
I lilwllys tell you you’d get it?" She
bent over and kissed her husband as a
matter of propriety. “Hurt you much I"
“Something fierce!" huskily murmur-
ed Joe and half closed his eyes.
“Tough lucki" said the woman.
“You wouldn't take out that accident
insurance I wanted you to. and now I
IUPP08e lean starve."
"Oh, well, you ain't done it yetl" ob-
jected the man, his tone losing some of
_ its feebleness. “I guess you can get
along till I can get out of this. I give
you every cent I ever make."
“I guess t.hat's n lotl” And the wom-
an sat down with a thump.
“Thirty dollars last week."
“And how much the week before?"
“W2U. it was a rotten week." And
the man tamed his eyes toward June,
who looked steadfastly out of the win-
quarter. be proceeded in helping him
self. “You got enough to run you for
ten days. You know you have. Come
ou, Alice. be sociable."
“0h, I can come on all right, and I
can be sociable all right, but sup.
pose you don't get out of here in ten
days! Then what do I do? Starve, 1
guess! Bay, how do you come to be in
a private room?" She looked at June
and sniffed. “And with a private
nurse?"
“The good sport that picked us up
put me bere."
The woman surveyed the bare little
room. There were no curtains at the
WIUGOWB. no upholstering, no softening
graces of any kind on the white enam-
eled fittings. but it had an immense su-
periority, tbe cause of which she could
not fathom. It was absolu.cly clean,
and she paid an unconscious tribute f.o
that phenomenon.
"Why, it's better than I got it at
home!" she complained. The mlm
turned his bead over and back again,
but he said, nothing.
"Say," the woman went on, “the fel-
low that spent the money for this room
and the private nurse \vould have done
better to let you go in the public ward
and give you the money for your
wife!"
June. at the window, moved impa-
tiently.
"Nurse," said the man. “can you get
me my punt:-i'."`
June opened the door of the tiny
white enameled wardrobe in the corner
and brought out the m:1n's trousers,
handing them down with the tips of
ber thumb and forcflngcr. The wo-
man took them and deftly ran her
hands into the pockets.
“Seven fifty-tire," she reported and
clicked the money into her purse. She
hung the trousers in the wardrobe and
shut the door. “'1‘hnt`ll llclp n little.
Did you get your pay for this drive?"
“Not yet, Alice."
"Well, you tell me who it was, and
l‘Il go after it!" She had turned from
the wardrobe and was regarding a
tray which stood on its folding stand
by the wail. She lifted the napkin.
"My God!" she exploded. "A bot-
bouse peach! And you didn`t eat it all
at that! You know what I had for my
breakfast? Cotfee and sinkers and
hashi And here you are living on
the fat of the land!"
“Looky here, Alice!" The man had
raised up in bed, and there was a
twitch of pain at the comers of his
lips as he stretched out an oil black-
ened foreiinger.
.Tune whirled from the window with
a snap of her big eyes. She still car-
ried the thermometer which Dr. Remert
had given her. Now she thrust it in
the mau's mouth. put a hand at the
o
dow. There being no help from that'
` “Weil,soI¢1ag,J0e,"shesald. “S00
if you can’t get your money for thlf
drive by the time I come 8311111-" 55°
waved a wifely baud at him and stalk-
ed out. She turned to June ia U19 hill-
--xf me renew mrs pagans un for UU'
room will give Joe the money illlmad
‘wen be a lor neue: ou."
` June was so shocked at the cold cal-
lousuess of this speech that she could
only dummy nod ner head. and ll”
walked down to the nurses' llti-I8 desk
i at the end of the hall. l¢8V1118 31° W°m'
an to find her way out alone. 306. I-|19
chauffeur, lay. cheerfully Krillllllll-
wlth the thermometer in his moat-ll.
Again the everlasting p\’0\>l€lU-'U10
man, the woman and the money i T59
runaway bride sat in the vacant C118-il'
at the little desk and pondered it all
out. This person who nagsed. who fol-
lowed het- husband even to the hospital
to nag and whose husband welcoméd
the hospital as a relief from nagging-
this woman was the outcome of the
custom by which the 1119-U. €a1'Um3-
possessed all, and the money 5° Bl"
tohiswilewasasagift. ASel0Sl1
woman and one without delicalry. H0611
as this nagger, made it her business to
get ali she could. and the pursuit had
become a passion with her. She was
‘L"l
I I
-, j 1
“Bevan fifty-Eve," she reported.
like those beggars who continue to beg
after they have become rich by it,
begging from the force of habit and
from the love of the art of making peo-
ple give and from the sordid desire to
possess. It was wrong, all wrong, some-
where. June shuddered as she remem-
bered this wife going through ber hus-
band’s pockets, and then she recalled
her dream of herself standing before
Ned as a piteous pauper, holding out
her hand for alms. She had been right,
she decided, as sho had decided time
and again. She had acted wisely in
running away before she had com-
mitted herself to charity and before
any borders had been set between
their love. She must earn her own
way-
Mercyi June sprang from her chair
and ran to the room of the chauifeur
with a sudden violent wrench of her
conscience. Joe lay there quite cheer-
fully with the thermometer still in his
mouth, and he grinned :ls rvoll us he
could after twenty minutes of this ex-
ercise. Wbeu June removed the ther-
mometer that side of his face remained
twisted and puckcred for some time,
and it ached. but he was perfectly
happy. He could be alone for twenty-
four hours.
CHAPTER Il.”
HERE was a consultation in
Mrs. \'lilurd‘s room. Tolnruy
Thomas sat :lt thc hcud of
Mrs. \`ill:\rd`s hed. T. J. Ed-
wards, the heavy man with lin- thick
lidded eyes, ant on thc other side in
stolid silence. Cunningham lcnnvd neg_~
ligently on the foot of the bud. Before
Mrs. Villard lny n picture of June clip-
ped from n Rrynport paper on the day
of her mnrrlugc to Ned \\'arner. Tom.
my Thomas had just found it und had
brought it with ber. Cuunhighnm
picked up the picture und looked nt it
with twinkling eyes. sinootlilmr his
white mustache cornpluccntly. Gilbert
Blye, sitting in the fur corner on ilu-
wiudow sill. with his \'nnd_vko in his
long. lean white hand. suddenly rose
and, walking ovcr tu Cunningham. fool;
the picture from him and lnid it on thc
bed.
The pretty nurse with the pink
cheeks opened the door presently and
heard these words in Fllye‘s suave but
forceful tones:
“The thing to do is to gain ber-cond.
dence. There must bc n complete
change of method." _
The voice atoppt-d abruptly. Ed.
wards. Cunningham, Tommy Timmm;
and
.\lrs \`lllurd nt-rc nil llstenln
June was In a Stiff White Uniform.
:ckdof his neck and gently- forced
m own.
“The times up," she empy reissue
woman. Her voice was low- andfsott,
and the visitor pumled afterward ll to
hair”-“it cengd--be so 060310 writing
I l\l.- use went -to e doss-
ooeaed it. aware that the eyes of Joe
were dsedfoa he_r.la.u£`,:&||¢stitude.
The-woman looked ly at bel
moment: than liar eyes twiukled. “l
think I‘ll leave this duel"
He was e jovial doctor. and a very
ulmlsd bali, all at the end of that.
nie; doctor tudd. Be felt Janet -
"Much oivllgedl' And the man tura-
husbhnd; but the have at the doll'
_ - 1 _
teutly. llirs. \‘lllnrd seemed tmn§|¢3_
Tommy Thomas. with dcviltry in hor
eyes, was Iauglllng nt Cunningham.
who seemed uncomfortable. The round
headed I-Idivurds silt slowly nodding |13
be looked at Blye. Mrs. Villard reach-
ed quietly forward and turned the
niece of paper on the hed fare down.
ward. She seemed even sad.
"Beg pardon." said the pretty mu-"_
Noting the nudricn silence and slipping
ia, she .put ber hmui under the sheet
and felt of Mrs. Vlliard's ankle. The
entire group was motionless, and gh,"
was a strained tension in the |-oem “_
til the mme what out. she saw an-,_
Villard teaching forward for the piece
0! ala" ll Ihr slum me nom-. ana in
Ill VIII# Iwi) lb! beard Blye'e
Ivan vain again,
coaiinementto
stihe
Th
ed.
som
ihltlncttold Nd that
Reeeueealealdalalfbahilal
Nrrmarthepom-eoesueasd
wsesoiadesibietkatstleilsssalled
fodldplfm,   
xii has caste late Mn, | `
soma the conversation seala vnu”
i
abruptly. but the swan-mwwdtmnq
di-lteli.
"Oh, see the pretty nuniial' then.;
Cunningham. And June gllmcedtdoym
in embarrassment `
In that moment ot her tbwncasneyg
Tommy Thomas and M1'l..Villard, 3|”
and Edwards. all glared at Cunning..
ham. He hushed anwwdkedtlistvouelyl
over to the window-
"Really, the costume iltguitse be¢om_
ing t0 F011." he added  I-ltims .he had
never used to her b¢!0l'¢.ione of eg.
travagaut relpwt. _ _
"Indeed it is. -dear," dd Tommn
Thomas. She .slipped an arm around
June's waist rxotectiugly. _ana mg,
vuiard glanced up at ber»compenh||
with moist eyes. `
"Well, we'll see'you lieu" said TJ.;
Edwards, with a clumsy attempt gg
henrtiness. and. rims. he _bowed to
the ladiu. "If I-l1¢l’9'l ll\¥f-U11! I can
do, let me know.” His ssnallteyee mv.
ed to June, but there was ao patronlg.
ingly fatherly glance in than and M
disposition to pat hu' oufhemhouldsr. _
June was puzzled. There seemed he
be a distinct change in the attitude on
all these people towlrd har- Ytar-_
any they hadlpursued her wit.h=a meek.
mg certainty, in which there was an
underlying iusoleucs, but now they
seemed to have lost 'thatnofe abovem-
famtliarity, and she liked the ellmge.
only Blye was the same. His black:
eyes glowed when they rested upon
her, and he still worehis suave-smile,
though somehow he seemed more
frank. June found bellelf sudden!!
liking this black Vandyked man. Ag
she turned to smooth Mrs. Vlllan!'s
pillows the tires men exchanged
glances, and the suavely smiling Gil-
bert Blye stroked his black Vandyku..
They turned their eyes as by one ae
cord of the beanrlrularunaway bride. -
Ned Warner at the very moment hi
which Blye and his crowd had changed
their tactics toward June was, after:
interminable red tape.. securing the ad-
dress of the owner of ear No. M607'i0'l’,
und, that secured. he hurried out bn
the beautiful home of Mrs. .Vlliardup
the Hudson. He came to it by the
lower road, and as he approached the
house be saw Marie in the doping -hill-
side garden. ,He stepped in the shelter
of the wall to consider. Al few days
ago his first: impulse would lnve been
to rush up to Marie and seize her and
compel ber to tell what sbedsnew, but
Marie had proved herself to be a. slip-
pery customer. She had deuled know-
ing Ned on his first meeting with har
after the runaway. She had denied
knowing earnest and eager am! black
Aunt Debby when thutfalthfuhmrvant
ot .Tnne's mother had happened upon
Marie in the market, and only yestess
dny Marie had run away fromrthe en-
tire famiiy, taklngiiunefa collie, Bounc-
er, with ber. Them was little to be
gained from Marie. If Ned were abld
to force himself in and smreb tha
house .Tune would be’-blddemby lomo
one or be helped to ucape. li! Nl
happened yesilerduy It U10 'WWUH
O’Keefe's and also at the Boutthecuzl-I
ties building and everywhere-else. Sd
there was but one-thing to do--ha com-
ceal himself about the gwimdl until
June herself shouimappear. VHOIGUW
ed that coniue, and the W1' hair
dragged ou, noon. n.fuemoon,evming.
With the dusk the limou-
sine of Gilbert Blyell the-@0lUiiiL
and in its brilliantly iigbnatiicomfort
sat the precious Juueantillrnivillsxd.
Tommy Thomas, Orin CIIIIIIMKNUII
and Gilbert Blye. Sirnlgetwhatlk dif-
ference this day had mills ill JUIIBU
feelingtowardmesepeople. T@'liketl
her. If their views otllfewemnot ha:
views she could keep hsrulm. Taq
seemed to have discovemlk. that IU
meant to retain her wayne! tcldnkiw
and living. and itwaseoummhnissl
since they had spparentk acknowl-
edged aus. New herwalcnequum-
ion tours. Yilhrdwuuldbeualzll
more pleasant. Ther wuuacingill
gay cumradeanipas thqthswvmrird
Villard home. _
Ned. Warne sstho shdUd'nkU
new in wanna me womans ns-
den and nearer the home. 
up toward the hack pmeb be dau
opened and J\me’s eollbemnp harm!-J
ing out for an ensuing
had no sooner
ave e loud
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self ovlrtn
antve. To
Marti. though
direction, did
Bouncer, and
the house
Ml.rle’e iudl
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