Show MARION AND HARRY dy JOHN HAND kitty met marlon marion haynes at tho the door why marlon marion dear this seems seema too dear to bo be true silo sho said bald and now that hat ivo ive f got ot you ion liuro hure I 1 nn ain not going to lot ou oil RO go homo for a whole mouth month ut it least 1 thu file girls had been at college but they had graduated ot at tho the tamo tame time dine live five years yeara before arid since then they had not scon been cadi cacti othor other for they lived lit in towns nearly a hundred miles apart gradually the exella ex chango ugo I 1 of lette letters ra hit had dwindled and in spite of if their hadr continued affection they had be become coine reconciled tu to the then kitty had P med to discover it new interest eat in hi her friend silo had written to tier her to como boino arid epen spend of a week eek or two to with tier lier arid and had insisted until marlon marion came 1 hat flat evening when tho girls were etione kitty sald said Alar marion loti I 1 have a secret to tell you maalona Ma tlona 9 cica os fell to tho of 0 kitrys kittys lull 1111 kut but tile tho engage latent aneer ahnger had tie no ring on oil it wo vo spoken a word of lovo love iw IN yet kitty continued but I 1 ant am vt ry fond of 0 harry and I 1 know lie ho cares ares for ino inc now marlon marion you iou ro when wo at collego college wo vo nionila cd nevor never to have any secrets froin tach cach other has there been any loi ron nanco lillice lit in your own on life marlon marion remained dumb some things aro are too tragic to bo be told you see about 11 harry arry arid and me kitty prattled on she had always been a chatterbox at it Is 1 tilts this way I 1 mot met him through our mutual friends tho the Vorn leys six months ago and wo we liked cacti other from tho the first minute anil and lie was so eo interesting ho he had had an ail unhappy love affair a couple of years ngo ago mr lamont lament was aa wildly in ill love avith some girl or othor and silo she jilted him marlon marion sat as still as though silo filio had been turned to stone harry lamonti silo sho ought to have known that fate had not brought tier her thero there for no pur purpose poso it 1 was was very sad kitty continued artlessly tills this girl and harry were etore wildly in love loo with each cacti other and they would have been married long ago go but for tire he misunderstanding such an absurd one too harry Is a lawyer tint and ho he had been defending I 1 V alifi this le Is not the time or place for t recriminations tome me actress who was charged with li iving committed perjury in III a notorious case hurry harry succeeded eucce eded in having her acquitted arid and silo eho wrote him film an ail absurd gushing hysterical letter ilo ho mailed it to his sweetheart by rola ints take lice it 11 dreadful to think how ilke ilio happiness of a lifetime can tilt hinge igo non a trifle like that the tha girl returned it to him with a scathing noto note ind and refused to listen to any explanations all his letters were cent bent back uno unopened she refused to see him klien athen lie ho called at tier her house they it have ave never met since dont you ou pity jilin marlon marion avs said 3 marion farlon in a low voice and now at last lie he la Is going to ha be happy again kitty went on and I 1 abow well I 1 know that within a tow few las days I 1 shall have an engagement to announce and Al marion arlon dear lie ho la Is oming aiming to call tonight and I 1 wanted 0 tu o much to lune have you ou meet him film marlon marion sat staring into tho the lire fire sho she was trapped fairly trap pad to 10 run way ay wat at impossible it would mould riot not only mortally affront kitty allt but would tell her tho the secret and it would show harry that she was afraid ot of hlin him how flow miserable she had been over that affair for months bho had struggled ath th t the e impulse to write to him bit but her ber pride was vaa too stron strong for her anil and now liow how foolish sho she had been well there was nothing to do but to meet him brazenly and for kittys kitrys sake hake no word must pass that would betray them aring A ring at the bell arid and nitty kitty started up e feats harry she exclaimed and I 1 got izi i early ally marlon marion I 1 cant cani I 1 simply cant lot let him see me irth lah my hair like tills this you must entertain him for five minutes 1111 1 I am ready 11 and she flew up lip tho the stairs just as tie the maid announced the tha guest they know each other at once and stood dumbly watching each jtb other L anch conscious odthe of the same bewilder II 11 pe our surprise prise wid 4 pain then marion fo found bild hershf murmuring tho the chuven lional words of greeting sit down mr air lamont she eho said bald kitty wont bo be long ill go and set if Al marion arlon said eald tho the man in a low ion voice it Is no use playing with caal other like tilts this for gods sako sake tell tile mo what you are ara going to do wh what at I 1 am going to do marion found herself automatically repeating why harry tho the word broke spon from tier her lips 1 1 I rim am not going to do anything for kittys kitrys sake no mention of tho the past must bo be mado made wo havo have triet mot for the first time tit no we are indifferent strangers that la Is all ile he took a step nearer to tier her that Is your last word I 1 suppose lio lie answered bitterly hut but I 1 want to tell iou 5 ou first alint I 1 think of you thero here was it time when I 1 felt crushed by your unkindness but then I 1 realized that if you had loved me you would tit at least havo have lot let me explain you would have read my letters or given nio me one interview it was a wretched to break off an engage engagement mont of which ou had grown weary mr lamont lament sald bald morion marlon quietly this Is not the time or place for ro re criminations crimi nations thu the past Is past ario ado you aro are kittys kitrys Ki believe ISel levo me tire the pain I 1 havo have to bear for my foolish pride they stood taco face to taco face under the tha glow of the lamp arid and there was no cound heard except that of their breathing and of tho the slow clock ticks 1 I havo have repented punted ro a thousand times os it if you must know said marlon marion 1 gravely gro 1 I will confess my fault I 1 havo have loved you and can never cease loving you therefore for kittys kitrys sake sak 0 remember that wo we havo never att ip it bo be fore do you mean that marion murmured tho the man mail and in a mo moment bent he be had taken tier into his arms arma arid and sho she was lying upon his bruist arid and weeping out tho the sorrows of 1 ton years marlon marion I 1 dont know what you mean about kitty 1 ho he said eald but it was to meet you that she eho asked me here she learned about our broken engagement from tho the Fern Forn leys and A musical laugh broke in upon their ears they started guiltily a part apart to seo kitty resplendent in tier her ev evening ening gown gazing mischievously from one to the othor other kittel Kit tyl exclaimed marlon marion accusingly but there were happy tears upon tier her cheeks 1 I told you kitty almost sang 1 I told you that in fit a few days I 1 should havo have an engagement to announce anno uric marion 11 a darling I 1 am going to kiss harr for the first time may I 1 copyright 1914 hy by W 0 chipmin |