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Show TEeGirlWho I Had No God Mary RobtrU Wnehart I Amho.or-K.--TU Mm k 1 Lowtr Tea," etc. I B.. ...........n.ti.iB (CetnUtx Uur fetem kixUn) 8YNOP8I8. CHAPTEIt I-Old Hilary Klnuston. tuning with Socialism, ilrttta Into anarchy, an-archy, and Rathorn round Mm In the hall above the MllnKs of WnflliiKlmm a band of accomplished doperailooi who rob the rich, Incite vuilltlons and arm the re-bellloui. re-bellloui. Ills motherless dnuRhter, Kllnnr, Is raised to fine living nnd wrong thinking, think-ing, to no law and no Christ. CHAPTlirt Il-In an attack on the Ak-rnrlan Ak-rnrlan bnnk mesienitcr, old Hilary la killed, but Is not suscted of conipllclrr. lloroday brings tho body homo to the hall. CHArTKR III Whrd, nsslstant rector of St. Juile's. makes a call ot condolence on Elinor, who consents to have her father fath-er burled from Hi. Jude'a In the odor of sanctity. The chief ot police recognises Boroday and Is suspicious. CHAPTEIl IV-After the funeral the band meet at the hall and agree to go on as before, Kllnor nctlntr In her father's cte&d. Hun asks Kllnor to marry him and she consents, though she does not love him, Uoroday Is arrested and threatened. CIIArTEU V-Poroday In Jail. Talbot plane a raM on the Country club. The friendship between Ward and Kllnor llpens to something deeper. She envies him his faith. CHAPTnn VI-HufT burns St. Jude's inrlsh house. Kllnor offers to help re-tulld re-tulld It and Is angry with Huf. CHAPTER VII-Huff plans to rob Ward of the money collected to rebuild the parish hotua. Kllnor objects and Huff la Jeklous, CHAFTRIl VMI-Mrs. Bryant, who has lost a valuable pear-shaped pearl In tho Country club robbery, tries to poison Ward's mind against Kllnor: tTS.OOO Is subscribed toward tho rebuilding of the i parish house, Kllnor drops the Bryant pearl Into the almsbox near tho church door. CHArTKR IX-Talbot tells Elinor that the chief of police demands of lloroday tho Bryant pearl as the price of his freedom. free-dom. By anonymous letter they advise the chief where to find It. Kllnor tried 'to dissuade Huff from robbing Ward of the church money, but only makes Hurt more Jealous. CHAPTER X-Kllnor calls Ward to her and In despair tells him thnt she Is 'head of a band of thieves and warns him of the plat to rob him. As Ward Is on his way home from tho halt Huff shoots him down. CHAPTER XI-The chief of police recovers re-covers the Bryant pearl nid rrtenses Bar oday. Ward Is taken to the hall. In all ,her troubles Kllnor finds herself alone and turns to a hlghor power for help. Boroday comes to the hall and advlsei) Elinor to leave. The chief sees him leaving leav-ing the hall and shadows him. Boroday sends Huff to tho hall to hide the Jewels. CHAPTER XH-Huff bids Elinor good-by. good-by. She leaves her home, A year later Ward meets Boroday In England and learns that Kllnor also may be there. He finds her In St. Paul's, London, kneeling and In tears. Ward tells her ho loves 'her and she promises to go with him. "And your Ood shall be my God," she said. Mtm, the things they believe; we think they are narrow, but I wonder, after nil, If you nnd I, who believe none of those things, aro not the nnrrow ones." I Huff was not subtle. Possibly ho would not havo understood, had not the Saint Jude's chimes rung Just then. "Symbols like thnt seem to mean so much to them," said Kllnor, nnd fell ullent In the warm silence, Huff felt for nnd found her hand. "All this time, when I couldn't nee you," ho snld unsteadily, "I've been thinking of you here nlnnc, mid In trouble. Sometimes I thought I couldn't stand It, thnt I'd have to come out nnd see yon, If only for five minutes." "I have iilvtiiys been more or less "i nave iiivtitys ueen more or less lonely. Sometimes I think If I luul been sent away to school, hitd known other glrlt. It would hnve been better. I nave never hud nny friend. except you. nnd the others." Huff released her bund nnd faced her. "I don't want to be your friend, Kllnor. Kll-nor. I want to be much more." Sho whs rather shocked tit llrst. Sho stood, looking up ut him, her lips slightly imrted. I "I? You you wont " I "I love you. I want you to marry me, tleitr." There was no doubt of the boy's sincerity. sin-cerity. It rung true. He Rtood lth his nrrns out, a ml utter n moment, fthu went Into them. Except for tho father who whs gone, IIiIb wns the first lovo .that hnd coino Into her llfo. She took It hungrily. In the sturllght she held up her lips like n child for his kiss.... The police were still nctlve. So Insistent In-sistent was lloroday on caution thnt nil of September went by without so much i na n .il.i.i ..f ntiiiinnlirn Tallit t.t.,tml ns a plan or ciimpnfgn. xaioot played golf nnd established friendly relations thnt might be luvnltinblo Inter, Huff, under protest, retained tho tnxlcab work. "It's n dog's life," he said. "They're not lifter me now. Give mo something else to do, or else let mo tnko n vacation." vaca-tion." Hut they kept him nt work. Huff fell Into the way of Feeing Kllnor Kll-nor once or t Ice a week. Titlbot took til tn out, picking him up on tho edge of town after dusk, on his wuy In his car to n dance or dinner nt tho country club, and taking him bnck tho saiiw And tho boy's Inrntuatlon for Kllnor gn'w nnd thrived on those Into summer meetings. Her sweetness nnd elusive-iieMX elusive-iieMX maddened him. Sometimes he thought her never so far from hlra as when hhe wns In his arms. "Do you love mcl" he would demand hoarsely. . i "I think to. I know I want you to love me." j And he hnd to be content with this. I On the evenings when sho was alone Kllnor sat in her urbor nnd wntched Ibe.rond up the Mil. Ward had called twice, nnd each time she had been out on tho long rumbles she took nlmrist dully. After his second visit, sho , stayed In the houso for days, expecting him. Hut he did not come ngnln. ' She wns not In love with Ward, Just as she wns riot In love with Walter Huff. But the clergymun represented, , In her strange nnd lonely life, miiuc- ' thing new nnd different, no typified I nil Hint she hnd never known. Ho was thu priest, rather than the man to her nt first. Tho tlmo was coming when he would be man only, nnd after thnt i Lnto In September lloroday wus arrested. ar-rested. Tho arrest ennio as a shock to the band. As n matter of fact tho po-llco po-llco could provo nothing, but the chief had a long talk with tho Russian. It wns the Agrarlnn affair, of course. Tho chief had recognized him. Hut so firmly firm-ly had old Hilary's respectnblllty been rooted In the public mind that tho chief connected Boroduy only casuully with him. "You know that I cannot provo this thing on you," ho said, "hut you know nlso perfectly well thnt I can fix you to tho tune of nbout ton years." "Perfectly correct In both lnstnnces," said lloroday. "You cannot provo nny-thing nny-thing and you can send mo up. What Is it you want?" "I wnnt the members of thnt band of yours," suld tho chief. "And 1 wnnt your headquarters. You peoplo hnvo been playing hell In this county long enough; the newspapers nro laughing nt us. Sooner or later, we'll get you nnd get you nil. Make It sooner and we'll let you off easy," "How much time will you glvo mo!" The chief offered twenty-four hours and lloroday took It, At the end of thnt tlmo ho reported. "I guess I'll tnko what's coming to me," he said. "You can fix It uny wuy you like." It was a bitter disappointment to tho police. CHAPTER V. Uorodny hod used hl.i dny's freedom to warn the liiiud anil to mako plans for regaining his freedom, ut money he hnd none. What lie lr.id made under old Hilary's leadership had gone back to Russia, dollar for dollar. Ho had financed part of tho Kiev defense of the Jews, hud baved Prince Oviirsky from Siberia. There were other thing. Money would save Boroday. And there wus practically no money. By unanimous consent they kept tho news of his arrest from Kllnor. It wus Talbot who planned tho country coun-try club coup. Tho Russian wus In Jail then, on a trumped-up charge. Old Hilary dead nnd Boroduy In Jail thero was no ono to advise caution. "Boroday til I Elinor exclaimed. They were accounting for his ubsenco from her Snturdny-nlght dinner. "Why, then ho should bo hero, whero he can be cared for." "Wo told hlra that" Lcthbridgo was always readiest with his tongue. "Rut he's not sick enough to need much. ind he's dencedly disagreeable tAMC, JB bo's laid up," j H Elinor wns n little hurt. '( M In the nrbor, nftcr dinner, , JM plirhncd tho robbery. Where old IE- 'H nry would have taken n month to tl&tfc: IH and plan, they took mlnutos. Tkrs. H wns n ball at the club that night, Ukft H Inst of the waning country-club seainb. M Tho entrance to the grounds wan a. M mile from tho clubhouse two Itntr gate standing open between pllljrv and dcnKn shrubbery nil about. TnlfasC H would wreck his car there, driving isr H one of the gntes. That would rvqefer M each departing car to slow down, prafr M nbly to stoti. sH The arrangement was thnt T&Tksk H walk up to the club, nnd cstniillh sk H nlllil and his Innocence by telrphcarac to n city guriigo for help. The rest H was left to Huff and Lethhrldxa. &- H quarter of a mile away aero the vt H links, they would have a car In wfcfci IH to make their getaway. 'H Lethbrldgo was only lukcwnnn. M j "We'll get n lot of Jewelry," he - jH Jected. "What wo need Is money." H Hut Tnlbot was sure the loot vmil H Include money. H It was rather cleverly plmxw. M .Prom thu vault Huff brought up a Or. H I chain studded with spikes. StretciwC H I across the road outside the entrance, S M i meant that every car passing OTtr E H would limp along on Hat tires. K H meant tlmo to thu bandits. jM Huff nnd Lcthhrldge, who had WM M their car In a thicket over the blR, U went llrst. Tnlbot followed soon, tl I H I his gray cur. Ll "Good luck, boys," said Elinor Ik tM ' echo of her father, from her 'garde H and went back Into the house to watt H tho clock. At one. or n little sooner H tho summer dunces wero early oaen H sho was to bo' In her garden again. Tbt LIJ loot would ho thrown over the wall. t !jH Sho was there much earlier, hands j ,M cold, lips (.linking with ncrvovraeas ,'H Always old Hilary had done litest. M things. She was profoundly frlghtrEueA K Ward, walking rapidly home fra tM the club, saw her there, n little altrr H midnight. There was a young nvm H and at llrst he thought he must he uiL H taken. Then, when ho wns sure of Ih. H he run up the shallow steps. The gfruV IH ness that wus over him rung out la . H deep voice. sH "So now I have your Becrct," he rail H gully. "l.ll(o nil tho other fairies, j- IH uru only to be seen In tho moonllghtT ' H "In the daylight," suld Elinor, tryisi M to smile, "I frequent tho woodlniidA W and miss my most ngreenblo visitor :,M my only visitor." Sho corrected h Jm self. Her hand was Ico In his. , I'M "You arc coldl" I 'M "Really, no." There was a minute's pause. TJej JH hud no common ground between therA mW Ward, who dreamed of her eyes, an H took long walks up tho hill In the men JH hope of seeing her In her garde H found himself tlumb, now that he stooi JH bvforo her. Ho hnd meant to be mos I'l impersonal, to run In, sny n cheer? lkl "good night" to her, and ho off. But m faco to face, with tho dark house loom If log over them, he plunged Into thi wkm. thing nearest his heart. j)V I "Are you still so alonej'' . ImM I "There nro tho servants." jBP "I I think of you often. One or m mia windows faces this wny, nnd I con s Sflfl a light burning very late." H "I read at night., I do not sleep we H 'But you you nro 'up lato, also." H ' "AM" Ho bent n little toward her ti 1 ,hls eagerness. "You know thnt? Yot H know my window?" j H "Yes. I wntch It vcr7 often.'" I H It wns well for Wnltcr Huff, crotichei K In the shrubbery nt the country dub, H eyes glittering, automatic revolver It 9h hnnd, thnt ho did not hear the thriB Wm In Ward's voice that night In Elluori l gurden, or her soft reply. 'S Many things cried for utterance It H Wurd; his pitiful sense of the glrlr 'Jm loneliness, a yearning desire to cor- kM fort her, to be near her even moft !m that magic night, u mad longing to hold ffl out his nrrns nnd coax her Into them' iK as ono might coax some shy crentun mTtt of the woods. mitt But Elinor was suddenly nloof uni Vtm distant again. At any time now u cat ., would como wildly down tho hill, unv sEi toss ut her feet Its dcllnncc of law aoi 'MM oworrshlp. What had sho and (hi jH man before her In common? Tho thrlD H was In his volco now, I'Ut how qulcklj H It would turn to loathing when he j knew I Sho put out her cold hand, and 'MM ho took It. mm "I am going In now. Good night, nnd . vk thank you for stopping. M Ward found himself dismissed, nnd, MM rather dazed, went down the steps t Mt tho road. But ono thing ho curried with him down the hill that.'ulght: M "I watch your window very often. Tho reverend Mr. Wnrd left his light on all of thnt night, so fearful was he Mt that felio might look for It, and nut find And whll' It burned, under tho very H , shudow of Snlnt Judo's ouco more the ' H vault In tho basement room nt the hall H I swung open to Elinor's practiced tin- !H 1 gers. Tho vitiligo rang with tho news oi ! I tho outrago tho next day. No one hnd MM ' been hurt, but Jewels of large value jjH 1 had been taken. Vmt To Huff and tho others, tho raid had 19 been practically a failure. Thero had HJ been less than n thousand dollars in HJ money not enough to begin negothv HJ tlons for Borodny's froodnm. It began MM to look as though tho dangerous busl- Bl ness of selling somo of Elinor's Jewels HH would huvo to ho resorted to. Ix;th- Hj brtdgo wns willing to undertake. It, try. Ing Loudon first nnd then Paris. HJ Elinor offered nil tho diamonds. If HJ stio must keep n part, sho would keep ' H tho pearls. Tnlbot sorted out the HJ stones to ho sold, but left them with HJ her for safety. She had never cared B for her Jewels. They vere not half HJ so lovely as her flowers and sho part- H (ul XT( bfl .continued in our next issue.), k- J |