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Show 1 down by Deep Ilock BprlnR, Hunt! Hi'M Meyers duuiauuYU hla tlmil au swer. "liavo me nU)ii now," ht) urged. "I want to tliluk It over before I answer an-swer you positively." And so tt was that ttlm sat there, chin In hand, elbow on knee, looking out acroH the valley busking In th KunllKht, Marshall cume upon her. She could not quite keep tlm gladness out of her eyes an alio looked up and Haw him. Btalwart and strong, with his youthful dreams tit III In hU brown eyes. "It Is great to be bark In the mountain., Anno. You look today Jui't an you did that moi-nln up at old Chester when I went to stammer jrood-bye jrood-bye to you. I wan mull a kid. It.1-ineinber?" It.1-ineinber?" Anno tossed the petals it a wild Ioho on the Hear little Htreaui that (lowed from Deep Koek "No," the said, quietly. "That wa II Ioiik time m;o." "What'B tho nmtter with your memory, Anne? You've chi'.iircj. I couldn't flip hist nlht for thlnklnR that you left the ballroom aftr suing me without co:!i;nc to wcl-roine wcl-roine inc. You meruit home to tne, Tlliifa why I followed you to the mountains." "Yoj don't know how hard It Im to rr 'l' t') nn;hc;dy ulun .Stamltli-ld Is arour.d." "S'andCeid .Vr;-. -. ? What ban he to do villi jour ulKuidii to jour old fiii r. ;.? ' "I am ) to i.:i,rry Mm." Amu womlend !; her vole u did not quiver v..'th r , 1. ;.( WithoiM u v, he turned and lii.-rr, d w n ;kc ..:'.t. "T', ," iU' ioi.i'i! A';i.e, n thy : ;!.( h" Mini 'p;c h ber thro..;, '"'"", 'v-.-'t j u v !i h in" J'-y?" I!r !;! hi. it then. hh4 h, nd out, the old brum Ktuslu of hi youth II::' ; in;; bin fare, '! wan a bw t, Avne, dear. 0! count I wl h ynu J, . v. It knorki I li e over a bit to 1m ar t'.-.e u -..h. I vas i-'iinYh, thlnhliiR oi:'y of ny ov.ii oa. Yoa ti". I h.ive ii!'., ,.;-fi'iiinhlj', ,.;-fi'iiinhlj', of cour e -'jelievi il t:i.'l yell -.-o iiiinn. It h-m nrv r or urr !. V" thr.t ii i. ii...n cm) t.i:.e you i:v ay fc'ii in"." "(!'i," crl'-d AiMio. "you lrusr't t."!'! to r.. li'.re that. What v ould your wifi? lii'n.i; if bhu lieard?" "My what?" "Your wife. Y u v-T')t ni about u r,U you ci.ld wa very jretty. You wj.nt.d to read one of my l.-tieiB to her, and when jou diui.'t cnwi-r my l,.;t(.r" "Didn't answer? 1 wrot to you foiir t r five tini"i! v hliii I was hurt." "Kurt?" cried Aurm, Jn alarm. "Oh, Tom, how?" "I'nry bucUed t, i:h imi and I un-f un-f iriiinat --ly r.t'X n.ixi-d up with a ma-chl'iu ma-chl'iu that b!.piei:ed to to punning. Tho boys hurried mo off to St. Joseph's Jo-seph's hospital, wltero they patched un onn choulder r.nd nil arm until they arc as Ke. na new." All the mother's aoHcitude deep In tho heart of every v.om-tn for ttm only man, although bo nay bo lur m-nior by tnany yfrirn, uUcwpA In Anno'u Cflfer, t iider queHtioiiinr;. "Why ;idn't you let mo know, Tom? Mother and 1 would have roiiu to you. Haven't you t-hvajn known Ilia I would do anything for you?" "Ail but th- greafeat thins, Anno, tho clvlng of youraelf." "Aren't you mrrrled, Tom?" ".Vo, 1 no or w ant ed any womnn bul you. My bro'l.er and bin wlfo nut tr.o and cani'i on to meet you, but you bad ?orif. I abnoUit! iy held your father up and demanded to know where you were." "I haven't antiwcred Ftandfleld yet, Tom. It would be a crlino to marry anybody but you. My prldo was hurt" "You'll have to marry mo now, today," to-day," said Marshall, bU arum about Iter. "Then wo'll bo went and boot up tho town until J find out what bo-camo bo-camo of our letters." "All s well that eiida wi ll," laughed tho girl happily, while a mocking bird broke Into a mHody of ullvcr Bon f.omcwhero tn the young Krceu branches overhead. tCepyriKtif, 1HI2. I.v A nelHtnl l.lli rary l'ren I ANNE AVERTED A CRIME By Marrying the Only Man She Loved. By A. MARIA CRAWFORD. Ills weekly letter, due on Thursday mornliiK. vihb not at her plate when Bho came down to hreitkfuBt. She ran throiiKh her rtmll hurriedly, an un-plfBHuiit un-plfBHuiit HUHileUm chlllliiK hor heart. "Wlin t does Tom write? In It tlm for one of thoHo iIioho roundupB he told lib about when tie was lirre?" "I don't know, mother. There's no letter from hlni thin mornliK." "Tim poor boy iiumt be HI. I'll have your father telegraph at once." "1 would rather you wouldn't do that not Juttl yet. Tho mail may be late." "La'e? It Ih a titninpo thiiiR that ! It haa never been lnti before. In three i or four yearn. I think of Tom Mar- ahull as ono of my own children. Ills mother was my bent friend, and she j would appreciate my Interest If she ! were jillvc today." "Not whfn you luive a nutrrlao-i nutrrlao-i able cliiUKhter." Kit Id Anne emiliiiK. In the privacy of her own room, nn , hour later, nho read (ik-iIii h!.i List j letter. i j "If you don't object. Anne," It ran. "I would Ii;e to read bits of your Iktter dated the twentieth to a little pirl out here, fc'he U a pretty llltlo I thiiiR un.l oft"ii hi lpH me patm away ; time. Your le'. it ih are gi iiih, fragrant with in) old llf '. and 1 would li'r.o her to hear a u:i't f the ono I ni"n- tloned." Anne Ui '.( -1 un over her il 'si: where 1;U i lctiire hud luins ever Binco Bho cam" home f.-oui uc'umiI. Ik' tii'.d been n aiudent l.i the great unlvt rr lty near her own colh se, When he wu graduated Im had pone went to a ranch owned by IiIh father, lie va.i determined to inrku gotid In tho world uh a man. "I wfiit to be a man'B man, Anne," he h id told her, "not a wcakllns. I don't want to may In the pant arid be punli"d by d.id'B friend; and h ive to frequent j i.i-t tean and dinner partion. I urn goliik' to get nwr.y from the peo'do who know me eo that I will be forced to n'and or fall on my own reBnurccB." II had found the went, robbed of Uh glamour -f romance and adventure, adven-ture, to be the very place to t"at hl strength and ability. Discouraged all & I f 111 j , mm LZ "No," Sh Said Quietly. many times, yet always manfully brave, he succeeded In curving out a futuro for hinjelf aa he had dreamed. Weeks went by, then months, and Btlll Anno had no word from him. Sho had anHwertd his laHt letter promptly asHurlng him of nc objection objec-tion in cane be Btlll cared to read parts of her letter to a stranger. Months added to months made a year of silence. Then Anne went away with her mother to the mountains. moun-tains. A few days after she left homo her father telegraphed her that Tom Marshall had appeared and wanted to sco her. "Don't tell whero we arc," she answered, an-swered, and settled down t" enjoy tho courtship of Btandlleld Mt yers. who had followed her to the mountains moun-tains and who offered balm for her wounded pride. Ono evening as sho swayed with young Meyers to tho music la the ballroom of tho hotel sho saw Tom Marshall standing In tho entrai re, his eyps fixed on fcer. She nodded pleasantly, much as sho would have done to any conual acquaintance. The music stopped when site was nar a door acroas the room. Khe hurried Into the darkness, and pleading plead-ing a headache to her partner, went directly down the long Tf randa, ; through French window and o gained the elevator without encountering encoun-tering Marshall. A night's rest, she reflected, woulj fit her for the ord 1 1 of meeting bis wife. Her father s 1 letter that day stated that Marshall bad with him a beautiful young womgn whom he had heard called Mrs. Marshall. Anne was conscious of the gomlp orer the bridge tables and embroidery embroid-ery frames as she started out for a tramp with Meyers the next morning. The engagement of the two would be announced at the beginning of the season In town, the marriage to take place the following spring, so one declared. Anne was glad that such a story was abroad. Marshall would be sure to bear It aad eo reallxe bow little she really cared for blm. Later, |