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Show LOVE and MARglEDLIFB fcu, the noted author Idah MSGlone Gibson L- Some Old Friends. irt,a lime when I asked John if he I ved ni''. n Jid not an!,wcr tcasinS-I tcasinS-I I , -Loe you?" he said, "Why, girl. I 1 love vou so much that everything I t L froni now on, I want you to under- If, and Is clono with you In mind and; If r vou I probably shall forget you I in sometime because ' am the kind' I If a man who is absolutely rncrnesed! I f the 'l.ins: hand." I -Then it behooves m- 'o be ever I vour hand, lover." 1 said I -You arp evor ln my neart (r:tr I ie" he answered quirk tap a! the door, and Helen's I I jce interrupted our love making I Sim 'Kate I - I'1 en fl 1 ui"--ufu um I toor Robert Gaylord's lace loomed up I behind her. I looked beyond but Ruth Iraviord was not with them. Hob saw a L look and said Ruth thought shel 7 rails' ,innie vitn ,n ehildrenJ I ihardl) gel a sight of her latelj Mie s I brdi h pal oi a wife any more she's1 t mother " I t 'he ilme (his did not affect me; lireatly because I was too much inter j Itfted in my own affairs I suppose Hm afterward I fuiind myself .-sking if W ihlne? would nor have been different fir Ku'h Oaylord and Helen Van N ' i Ruth had paid more attention to ' pob. "I made Dob hnn? vour trunk and Ifultcase, Kate." said Helen, "and I i think I go' ri,,r clothes in it safe-)' safe-)' ik, 'That 2 rrv sweet of you, Helen," I tiaid John as she kissed and congratu! lated him "filiat is sweet bringing the trunk ' o- ki.inc -oir ' i-kerj Rob with a' ,L. jrin. IflD "Both, an wered Juhn 'Wouldn't vmi like to try it ?" ttL'r '.sure.' and Hob made a dive fOJ Helen, which she dexterously side- Mepped. 'Anyway, I'll kiss the bride.' V t he ". n, vom won't.' 1 answered "This bride must come firsl or not at ail " i "Ye?." said John laughingly 'Kate Jj has Jus' bern J.'.kinc me to task for'l A le;!inp a little business deal, in which 1 made a hundred thousand dollar- ' I I come first for a few moments this morning I "Heaven!? said Helen "You might forget me any old time vou pleased for that " "Oh, I don't know," remarked Bob "I think there aro women in the world ;who would care more for n man's ab-I ab-I solute devotion than to he banded pearl necklaces and diamond rings earlj and often.'' For some reason the gay badinage left us a little serious, and to cover thla somewhat restrained feeling I asked Helen into my dressing room to repair the ravages to her make-up bo-lore bo-lore we went down to luncheon. We had hardly gotten throucn the : door, however, before Bob and John were deep in the discussion of John's new business deal. ''John's forcctting mo this morninc." ; f said, "reminds me of a story which) I will tell ou at luncheon I want John to hear it." To my BUrpriSe, Helen did not - em to be listening to what I had said. She; threw her arms around m neck and! asked tremulously "Are you really very happy, Kate?" "Vou are a very fortunate girl. " And I noticed that she had tears in her 'Why, what is the matter, Helen" Aren't you happy "No, dear, 1 think I am the most miserable woman in the world " Tor a moment my thoughts swung to the rnanv times that she and Bob Gaylord had been together lately and I then I took myself to task for think-1 nicr anvthing like this of my dearest! friend. Ruih Gaylord had been one of Hoi en's classmates. Helen had known, her longer than she had me An af-j fair between Helen and Bob couldn't be possible I decided I looked apain! lo where Helen was dabbinc her lacc with powder "Surely you nre joking," I said. "Of course I arn joking." she answered. an-swered. "I just wanted to see what, kou in your great happiness would do' for a friend whom you thought was in, rreat need-" (Continued tomorrow) |