Show i toai k Hb i b ZI 11 1 I Z w An Expert I u 5 h S or V VV INES S CARVER re her hor mall mail with t i little mUe shudder of or dis disgust disgust gust It II was us heavier than usual and ns in no Ho mood lor for wading through a mass massof of false alse sentiment and untutored pleading 4 Sho Sue smiled a cynical c little smile as she drew I the lie chair up to Co the desk and reached for tho the slender Blender blado blade of ot steel stoel that she sho used as an en on envelope opener J The mall ninth this morning was the tho us usual usual usual ual mixtures of oC pathos mid and au l nonsense but over one sire she paused a long time before he riot put it aside because it seemed so very like hor own case She lre took It up UI U again whOa whOn the tire routine letters were cared for Cor and leaning back in her luor chair she reread 1 it halt half a dozen times I love lovo a young oung man roan who wiro some someday day promises to become famous it ran ranAt ranAt ranAt At the tho present time timO I 1 am making al almost almost almost most double the thc money mono that thaI he does there Is a chance that ho may ma become a great success At tho the same time there thero is the tile possibility that lie he will not gain this success In which case I should 1 bo ho the more successful Would you yon advise ine mo to tb marry or walt wall and ace how bow It all turns out ou t tIt It differed t very little from scores of oC propositions she hind had decided almost off hand arid and yet et the letter Jetter fascinated ed Cd d Agnes tot for Bho ho had iraci felt teil the same samo dread herself hera if that thal d Darlington might not nol gain gala the time success that ho deserved and that sire sho might him In iii the raco race for fame Silo She hind had ho l felt lint she ah coUld not riot hour bear to a see fIO Nell Ned struggling along While hll sho bo be forget forged ahead and minni aho tilie Had hind HadI I told laid him so when Sire she had hind joined tire the Stuff staff of ot The fire Dully Solar Solan ThOre had bad badI I been beit b talk then lion of oC great grent things r to lo be lie done dono for her hor and Ned hud tl demanded that thal she sho choose between Ci a 1 career and amid himself Sire She had hod chosen ch Hon the career cn cc to tb re regret t gret It ever after atter for tor ho lie had flung himself out ut of her hor presence and she sho had not boon hint since Sho Silo had Mil heard b that thit th l ho lie had hath gone gono west but bu they hind had hud hind friends lit In common c and none of or her h r acquaintances euclid toll her IlOr anything of oC his hill Whereabouts Sho She pondered over the tho letter until tho lie striking of or the Iho clock chock warned d her bel that she get to work w rk so lay lil lug log the letter Jetter aside alde ahe lie reluctantly raised I the cover of her hor desk dealt and slip slipped lIed ped a n sheet of or paper Into Inlo the ma oh In Rapidly she he answered tho the more promising of ot the tIre other othier letters then trite she stopped sto and again took look up trip tho tire case caBO that was so 60 like hike lifer own wn Sho Shio was Bill sili looking at It when one of ot the copy boys b s stopped at al her desk d I Mr tr veit V lt says hed had like to havo I your copy COI if it its ready Miss Carver Conor ConorI I he lie announced Ho wants to get geL tho department stuff In early to leave l ne the tho machines treo free for the tho murder trial In Just a moment slid she Bh promised with a guilty glanco glance at the clock Chock and nud then with an aim abrupt gesture of sire she meet faced tho timO th uia ma clime chino again told and wrote rapidly Sho She turned that tho th copy C Jpy in and arid hur liar I riot uptown to a meeting to lO which oho hind had been assigned but hUt through the day tile Ut totter and hot her answer aUw r hot her llo h 8 unit and she could not cut them from n lu hot her mind It spoiled her too tot for oj the could only load to through half Halt the night and rose roso with heavy spirits nut and head het l In iii the Iho morning In hut tho the hope of or Home H relief silo nho started to wall walk down the Old avenue to 10 tile office hint had turned tho time corner corn r hor h r apartment than she sIre caille to toa a dead chea l halt for or coming toward her uan vati the tho mUll man whose Imago Image had been b cn I Ire revived re ho o by hr i tho letter For 01 an slid eh thought that Si hE t was all a part of or Ito Walking night nightmare mare in h she sho hail had spoilt spent the lie past 21 I hour houis hut hilt the th next moment Ned Darlington was Willi slinking shaking her hel hand With Ith a n grip gdp that hint was 8 anything hut but ghostly I y yS S Ive Ivo been hero mm II whole hole week ho cried Jubilantly jubilant but there thero ivero Ct some B to be ho done dono befOre ro I look looked looked ed cd jou yo up 1 p I I won wan cooling coining I ng to call this tb is morning I 1 did not miot suppose that you youl left heft l rt tho ho office before 10 0 at least I was ws not feeling well vell and I thought that a walk might do me good she bho he explained eXl timid and Ned turned and suited his paco to tiers hors Thou Then by lIy b all means menu let tel us walk he agreed gayly ga h Its been heen a long longtime longtime time since we used to walk together Agnes I suppose that you dont dout mind walking with aman a man iu in a hat like this Yot You look a n cowboy but ut youre not a cowboy to bo ho ashamed of she said with admiration You seem scorn to have havo stretched l out and up Ned Only your face faco Is s not riot changed Prosperity he lie explained After wo had imad our last talk alit I came to the tho conclusion that thal you were going to bo ho boa hoa a better newspaper woman than I 1 ever eer could be he painter so 1 I scraped my dollars together and went west I happened to stumble against a very cr real mine urine and Im liri worth a pot Ilot of or money now Are Aio you OU still sticking lo to your JOlt I old Job joll und arid tolling tho ho love loe lovelorn lorn horn what whal they tho want to know That Thal IB is only a part of or the tire work now no sho explained I cant seem to get rid nt of ur 11 IL HAu S And Au you yn arc nto still sUIl telling theta them what you would do O yourself ho asked ed to Iu the platform on eu which Agnes hud had taken her hor stand when the work Was ans first given lieu her heland and which life liti tint had declared would never noer do du doI duI I ani am still giving real meal advice she sho said with hid ail attempt at al her old gaiety gal eLy Then rhen well go In iii hOle here and got get the lie liering ring ho he announced as they thoy camo c mo to a before a famous Jew Jewelry elry ciry clr store stOIC What ring nhe lic naked asked in confusion confusIon ion For till all Darlington drew drev from his hui pocket n It folded paper lapel and pointed lo to Hid hid homo page lIngo displayed on tile tho oUtsIde I gneiss you OU loft th t he said III I vaa ivas afraid Hull you OU might guess that I r had the ho question sent in inand Inand Inand and chuck it into Inlo the tho e waste basket rue Tho girt girl at Limo Iho hotel wrote it tot for me mo S SAgnes Agnes glared d at nt ic answer that AGNES AGrES CARVER CARVEn tint hail her hor h lr so strongly Iu In a tl half Hul l ll sentences feculences she altO sh had hat tile lint if i a man coid sup sun support port her hor It wits was better that sho sh should Abandon her career than that lint it I with her love lov from an expert reminded Nod Nell exultantly Are Aro you OU OUI I td In to follow your JOUI own advice |