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Show THE IAYSOX CHRONIC ,EE. IWYSON. ITAII imfwwrwi.) rn IlSi cn.!ti jftj t Mnrrft r:.ry.J n KVtJfl m YG3ffia aren't You i.ed !n I ., I .Nhiil-i-n- d.iMKhHT 'e of fu, st K,t as an com- Kenneily. flrat nJatsr. !!.m1. r r Janie. n q . ce n - 5 tcauiv regards Jin: a H:h Ij:i.'h H car Hr 1a I'ortor La'I.iiJ oMcr au 'iy k rn ft hr !itv rr v'f dcprsc) announce their tk .odh-'eJanie, heartbroken, returns ton tier She la suo?r:onrd hnio v.h hfr rldent la ( Hurt v r o li'tf.-r- Ihu-- 0 n blum-- n s f.- no a b'rr-odf- -t . al)nvv;nir the feellnK rspfir ible, h!a to drive at eMerlv evesUlit not f.ttlm? h:m for the tok Kennedy hid teen nf a theater w HiI'nron h's Telia she trr rt.i rl hovers between Pf andof death, Hu v h shmiliWv the burden The family learns the double work Pnr-foItalian! spine Is Injured 0 that he nuiv never te able to walk gain. There la hope In an operaMnn, for which he mild he taken to New York Celia meets Carter Shell, v again f r pbv'-h-ta- r w Till 'copy." dau.ly yawn. -- going up iM ui'y. juM yet?' I'ei.u I CHAPTER IV CHAPTER III Continued 9 Sites engaged to him. Isnt she? Janie's heart heat swiftly. Site felt that her elioeks were Hushed. Don't he quaint, little girt." flraelmis, then, how do I know?" They will he married In June?" When Hughs year with Father is finished." Hugh ami Fella. Fella and Hugh. Oettlng married nnd going Jarde would he a way together. Feiia null nnd Fella. bridesmaid. and Hugh . . . Janie wondered If Muriel eared because Farter was dancing with Feiia. Her Rhe glanced up at her swiftly. eyes were tranquil and ever so faintly mused. What was she thinking? Muriel was thinking of the words Carter had whispered when he left her to dance with Feiia. I owe a great deal to Feiia," he had said with his charming low voice lint for Betting the words to music. her, I might not have known yon." Farter had stressed the pronoun. He was made that way. It was something he could not help. 1 III Its 'is$ idee to dance with you again." Carter stressed the pronoun. I like It, too. The silver harp itrings quivered. Her left hand fluttered away from his shoulder, rested against her throat. Clauclng down, his eyes caught the shine of the ring on her slim third finger. Is that a warning?" he asked. Im engaged, you know." It pleased her to say it. It pleased her because she was fragile nnd lovely In the Urn little black crepe frock. I got drunk the night that I heard." It pleased him to exaggerate a hit he cause, after all, there was the ring on her finger and she was very lovely In the slim little plain black frock. The violet eyes reOh, Carter!" proached him. "You shouldnt do things like that. I had to forget." He held her close because well, there was the ring on her finger and her head against his shoulder was small nnd fragrant and blond. Will he make you happy?" he asked as they danced Into the shadows again. "lie's sweet." The pleased dreamy expression crept Into her lifted eyes. We shall go nbrond for a year." I should have liked to show yon Ills voice was beautiful places." touchingly sad. Taris. The Mediterranean. The Italian lakes." If things had been different, Celia murmured vaguely and dropped her head against his shoulder. "If things had been different," he repented and held her very close. "Are you happy, Celia?" Tve been unhappy about Father." The silver harp strings were trembling again. "I'm sorry. You were made for happiness, my dear. If there Is ever anything I can do " Ills voice trailed off into silence, promising many things. Thank you. Carter," Celia mur I shall think of you as my mured. friend. They hud moved Into a shadowy corner. The fire and the lights were very-faaway, lie stooped swiftly nnd kissed the creamy hollow of her throat. "That's for remembrance, niy lovely lost Celia," he said. He was made that way. It was eomething he could not help. IV Hugh was sitting In the armchair beside the living room fire when Janie nd Celia returned from Sportsman's Hall." His tired eyes brightened. He rose and crossed to the door. 'Tve just gotten back," he said. I phoned. They said you had left." William brought us home." Celias manner was detached. She turued toward tha stairs. Father was removed to New York at the end of January'. Mother accompanied him, leaving behind her all sort of Instructions and worries and prophecies. Tho matter of Jnnies return to college had been the subject of many discussions. Janie had been firm. She didnt want to go hack this year. Fattier understands. Janie was sitting close to Mother on a hassock beside her chair. And I will go on, slip promised. "Ill send for my books nnd study every day. Doctor Warden will help me with I.ntin nnd I ran read French with Professor Mantcll." "I wlsti you wouldn't go there," Mother fretted. Those Mantells are shiftless and not even decently clean. "lie'll help me with French." Janie tried not to he Indignant, because It I was Mother's Inst night at home. can take the exams next fall and go on with my class. I couldn't hear it to he so far away from home. Mother sighed and looked as though It was all too dreadful to he endured. "Youll write to us every day," Janie implored with tier arms around Mother's neck. Every day," Mother promised. And telegraph," Feiia added, "as lm e j oil so much," he said. "I love you, Hugh." She was quiet in his arms, her eyes dreaming off into the distance. "U'h.u are you thinking?" lie asLed, hoping to catch a glimpse of the real lowdy Delia. "Will you take me to 1aris, Hugh?" Her voice was warm with anticipation. is so And Venice? Doily I'.ruce to hi been she lias cause superior Venice." Hugh's expectations wore dashed. lie hadn't yet He blamed himself, been aide to reaeli tier. He did not He blame Delia for the accident. blamed tiis jealousy, Ids four that he might lose tier. His love for her was a madness. He hadn't thought It would lie like that, lie wanted love to lie sane and beautiful, a warm steady emotion, like a tire on a friend I . heart h The days lengthened Into wei ks. Janie busied herself with going to market and keeping accounts and writing a long letter to Father everyShe toiled patiently over her day. books and read French in the evening with Irofessor Mantcll who was often Stic tipsy and always entertaining. watched over Hugh with a motherly air of concern. She conferred with Rachel nnd Mrs. Quillen over household matters which had to do with coal bills and plumbing and beef loaf Instead of chicken. She ha J an interview with Tom McAllister, who was going over Father's accounts. "Your father Is a saint on earth," Tom said impatiently, but he hasn't, so far as I have been able to discover. . soon ns the They couldnt speak of the operation. They clung together In the up- stairs hall. Mother and Feiia and Janie, faced with an uncertain future, wondering If ever they would all be happy again. Youll have to be careful about money," Mother said with a worried frown. "I did want a nice wedding for Celia," wistfully. As though it would matter. Janie thought, what kind of a wedding you had if you were getting married to Hugh. "Don't worry about that." Fella relinquished orange blossoms nnd a satin train nml a tunnel of awning In front We must think only of the church. of Father. She looked noble and with tears on her lashes and shadows under tier eyes. "Youre so brave, darling. Mother And somehow it seemed marveled. more wonderful that Folia should relinquish the satin train than that Janie should study alone. Janie's cal lantry whs silent. Folia's came with a blowing of trumpets and a heating of many dm ms. Mrs. Quillen was reinstalled In the old brick house. IJfe settled into a quiet routine. Hugh was kept very The flu epidemic had crept busy. through Vine and Juniper streets tip Into the Square. "You're working too hard, Folia said one day with a pretty air of concern. "I must." The angle of Hugh's Jaw was lean nnd square and determined. "Fan't you go out to Dolly's with Fella sat on the arm of me tonight? his chair, twisting around her Unger a lock of his rumpled bright hair. I can't darling. Id flop on the talde and snore." There's no use killing yourself." Celia's expression was fretful. It was my fault." The vein In Hugh's forehead was throbbing. That's morbid, Hugh." Its honest, at any rate." He was Folia's exlooking at her strangely. pression changed. "I know-darling," she said softly. You're sweet, Hugh." "Do you love me, Delia?" He putted her down Into his arms. She looked up at him Of conr-e.- " She wore nnd smiled. "Saint Dem-atit she Foeclia" thrilled at the worship in his eyes. It gave her again that thrilling sense of power. If you wore benuti'ul joii could take what you wanted from life . . Just me, I mean." Hugh continue, "Not the money my faearnestly. ther left or--Hugh!' Her eyes reproached him There was In tier expression a hint Os' the hidden lovelimss which ticid In-- r . " "I Love You So Much," He Said. ounce of business sense. He opened tlie shabby ledger. "Some of ttiese accounts have been standing for fifteen years." Dan you do anything about it?" There are notes in tlie bank. Tom's brows drew together In a frown He lias made himself responsible for every Tom, Dick and Harry in town. Janie knew very little about notes. There had always been money enough. They had lived very well in the old brick house in the Square. Father never mentioned money. He Imted to bother about it. "Don t look so tragic." Tom smiled away his frown. "I'll collect what I can. I'crhaps we oim set it all straight before your father comes home. Just try to lie careful and don't run up any staggering bills. Janie flung hersell into a frenzy of They decided to diseconomizing. miss the office girl. Delia and I can take turns." Janie It will give us something suggested. nn to do," Delia She bought herself agreed. white uniforms and wished she in giq wear a Ked Dross arrangement on her head. Tlie uniforms were becoming. At first she was Interested and amused. Then the monotony became Irksome. She fainted one evening, during oflive hours. 'Tin sorry," she murmured w!,,-she opened her eyes to find herei: a the living room davenport surround.- i It was the Mm ii, by anxious faces. I think." Hugh w m Never mind. Feiia." Your pu'.se U m r. holding her wrist. uial." lie looked at her search.: I Her vohv was I feel so faint." a whisper. "She's us pale as a glm-- t i' Quillen made fanning lnot:,-a folded wad of newspaper, ain't no color at all in tier f.c Delia's etu-oJanie touche-the till of her finger. Dow-i-com;. pi. c wort sii'plrii'iis g'-,- . i lit "liimnl uvlin- - of alarm, that ,v : too. (Ml. ho tho tt ho bi of hor ilfc-s-- ba-- I u t s1;- , !i -; lu!o a; 11 in tho poolvtt 5 ' according t T F "f forester of Purj,,' 63i3 ,Ve. f l soften. Feha's brow. w at vide g intently, saw Folias rv e into a smile. w,nt abruptly out of the room mile? All evening von Hint unuMially quiet. After office wore over, Janie walked with the halt. Feiia was talking She placed the tote; mi tlie hook when she saw her and adopted a e M, tv u..A Hu-gi- a ml .Fin r. ri IP -- he w t.i,ui a- ,;!, at tio lltm'i la . uat-diin- a r. u wants me to stay with her 'They're driving ton at." she said. think it would do me In ;,,r no. g,i,l to got away." vrh:vs." Hugh said brusquely. Tho sot of his Ups tilled Janie with sad '"ii right. come with us? Folia ,..,1 qi, hi 1 ttvcr.i.-,- , jii I lie i'. it d.du't rend, have lie paced the Janie, his room pi.r.ag double solitaire with Mrs. Quiib'ii in the living room below, heard his loot-iotreading endlessly hack t . r up.-tair- and lorlh. "What a.ls him tonight?" Mrs. Quillen a ked with an eloquent glance tow ard the ceiling. Janie answered. "I don't know, 't That quite true. She thought that Hugh hud suspected Feiia. She thought that the fainting fit had not deceived him at all. What would hap. . pen? What would he do? Janie served as ofiice girl, after the evening that Celia fainted. She didn't really mind. It was pleasant to be with Hugh. '1 lie arrival of the postman was an event of great Importance. There were letters from Mother every day and sometimes a note from Father. He was getting stronger. The operation was to be performed in a very short time. There was nothing to do except wait. Occasionally a square gray envelope came in with the rest of the mail. Farter Shelby was writing to Celia again. Feiia tucked tlie letters away with a casual air and seldom mentioned his name. Hut she watched for the square gray envelopes. Janie was sure of that. And all through February while tlie snow changed to sleet and mud and each gray day that passed seemed drearier than the others, Janie watched for a telegram from Mother. Tlie telegram never arrived. One morning, early in March, a letter came addressed in Mother's writing to Hugh. He read it at breakfast. It's over," he said. Tlie operation?" Celia's hands crept up to her heart. Janies eyes asked a question. Hugh looked at her miserably. He looked away. Hut he had to tell them. It was unsuccessful," he said. You mean Celia faltered. He will never walk again." Janie made a faint little moan and her fingers twisted together. He'll he well otherwise?" Celia asked. Yes." Hugh's voice was husky and He may live for years." rough. "Is he coming home? Janie asked. Not ut once. They want to keep him there for observation." "It Isn't so bad," Celia said slowly as though she were reassuring herself. "He will have Stoney to take wa-n- . care of him." Not so bad!" Hugh turned to her almost fiercely. "Never to walk! To he tied to a chair! You don't know what you are saying! "I only wanted to make the best of things," Celia said plaintively. "I know." Hugh reached over to touch her hand. "It's just that I am to blame. It drives me crazy. I can't forget it. I cant get it out of uiy head !" He left tlie dining room abruptly. They did not see him again all day. When Hugh come in at supper time, Janie was waiting for him on tlie Chesterfield in the hall. She glanced up ut hi in anxiously as she helped him pull off his driving gloves and his heavy coat. His face was weary hut peaceful. He looked as though he had fought a tight ami reached a final de- cision. "Supper is ready," Janie said. That's good. I'm starved." You didn't come home for lunch." I was busy. I didn't have t.me." lie walked with his arm around her out Into tlie dining room. Celia already was seated. She wore tlie slim little black crepe frock, her face was pa!e. There wore shadows under her eyes. The candles were lighted. They ca-- t a glow over tlie table that now was set for three, over tlie over Celia's white hands silver busy among Die cups. Fc'ia glam, I up w.ti, a smile for Hugh. "i d'dn't know vv l.on you'd bo in," she said. lb.it's all r'!:t. He pulled out h.mM-iJanie's ci.u'r. s, ttb-in Father's place at the head ,,f t!.e table. Jan.e wondered wav Ilagh's lace so tortured when tie strode away from the break: -t table, should now have that look of peace. "I have written to Doctor Hallard," he said wheu dessert had been served. tea-set- - tato () Jt? t!r :,! "'bite o 01OT etlirh-ii;,)t, woods are hard told him would stay here aa long ns tie needs me. Janie's heart leaped into her throat. What did It menu? What would Celia think? Whatever would happen "1 barklx-rr- now? "You mean even after June?" Celia asked faintly. As long as I can be of use to him. There was a note of finality In Hugh's steady voice. No ! It was a sharp Instinctive cry. Celia was caught off guard. No Hugh! You can't do that I There's no need." Hugh locked at Celia. He looked away. "1 want to, he said simply. ru!) b'.t f' ,Sm ' arid e't d h'h 11 18 a!i in heatin', ,i, the white oaks as Ejflit w'omi ms a lower m i rournt lh;in ,lierM ro and theretore has . o- '" r , , -l im -1- : - less valuable fr cJ. irs; fuel than Farmer's nuld'e. wood II : i.u.t." he said briefly. Son e reading to do." pe.J ter.,; ,j 40ffC nlm"t the n' Sumius h, cu!,:,. Matid.ml n'ri I" "'ide and S feel I, J'" h!. out "'at a cor, ,,, 'n?' he potn-- j WNTJ Service a- uar.v to ho!;," (Vila i.orn a - 2X2 "TrarraiK! him wdh its promise. Some day he would liiol it. the ro.il loveliness of Feiia, hidden beneath tier moods and Iy , J? W 7? pl'el'y posfi. haven't seen you all day." Hugh made a motion with his arms. Feiia edged ever so slightly towards the stairs. Janie fumbled with the huiki'-- on her galoshes. They seemed unusually hard to manage. Perhaps that "as because she coilldn t see them very well. "It Fii't my fault." Feiia implied that she had been negle, ted and Hugh was en'irely to tihime. "I'm tired. I want to go up to bed. He "Hood night, then, I.euntiful." stooped to kiss tier. His lips merely brushed lo-check. "(loud night. Hugh." "What?" There was a note of fear In Ids voire. "Food night -- darling. "'null's better. Happy dreams, my sweet." Feiia moved away from the door, iter hand reeled against her throat as though it held there something precious which might he lost. Iter made a tapping sound on the polished gently. steps. Ipstairs a door clo-e- d "Put m aa a honift tron--r a rh-rKir), to b arid 1m f Cfi;t r.i ph He cfs a ph. H ',,n Ev Impress) f m 1 ns as h n u a (u retard vs hut f frej.Mea It, a 'V,w,,1 ahe has a far d ff r1 r. t farhn:' f,r h S).e ici'epfs IlunE a OI la rorpM h'-rus one open pdodrat on ns her do n more In b r train of adm fun! ('.. r o r S' h f M r A ! s r p r Is aio.Mier a )y b v n a thrd KoH-wle 1,h 1m Phrlby to the Callnrd lion h Hutdi arid visibly from - LIDA LARRIMORI ("o. SYNOPSIS of - J if saaasrTTaryiJcaias'SMMgii To the h . 122 cp rrpi 'A rnzr&zi I f "txpI r .U. ,i.'''!iwriWg3B5meMBCg'gEgagaBgBWgSgai!MM1 Alway, side-wis- e "It's sleeting," she said. Tlie silver harp strings jangled. Hugh ought to be back pretty soon," Janie said drowsily. "Hugh Is simply morbid. I believe he enjoys being a martyr. He has no right to sacrifice himself, to sacrifice She paused abruptly. Janie knew she was thinking of herself. Celia hated the Square. "I think he's splendid, she said warmly. Of course he Is," Celia dropped into the armchair beside the fire. I feel so miserable," she said. Tve eried myself sick about Father." Celia stured at the flames. Janie stroked Kilties rough coat. The quiet of the ropin was broken only by the sleet against the windows, the snapping of the logs, the dull ticking of the onyx clock on the mantel. Ive been thinking, Janie presently said, that we could fix over the parlor into a room for Father." The parlor, Celia repeated absently. "It would be bard for him to get up and down stairs. Janie swallowed and continued. We could make It into a cheerful room nnd have a door cut through into the office and Stoney could sleep iu there on a cot." Janies face brightened with enthusiasm. I have the Christmas money Aunt Lucy gave me, and so have you. We could do it for a surprise. Father could see people in the office and wheel himself out into the dining room for meals and " Janie! How can you?" Celia Interrupted. How can I what?" "Talk about it so casually. Celias face was us white as a blanched almond; her hands were clasped tightly over her heart. How can you think of turning the parlor Into a sick room? Ienple don't have beds In the parlor except on Juniper street." Hut Father wont be exactly sick." Janie tried to explain. And hell still be Father. We could make It look like a sitting room except for the bed and Hush! Celia said sharply. Janie glanced up, her eyes wide with The Celia reconsidered. surprise. white fury in her face softened perceptibly. "I can't bear it!" she said brokenly. You dont mind such things, Janie dear. Sickness, ugliness tortures me. I simply can't bear it, thats all. Janie didn't mind! The thought of Father In a chair was like a knife through her heart. The thought that now they could never tramp through the Canadian forest to Fathers beautiful lake tilled her with misery. Janie didn't mind! It was because she minded so terribly that she wanted to fix over a room for Father. Hut she couldnt tell Celia. She couldn't explain. If Celia really loved Hugh? She didn't love Hugh. Janie realized It with a sharp feeling of alarm. When you loved people you wanted to make them happy. And it was Celia's fault really. Not Hugh's. lie would be terribly hurt. He was so honest and sincere. Hugh would be hurt and Janie, who loved him so much, could do nothin? to help. Oh, Hugh! Oh, dear big Hugh who never laughed any more . . . He came in at midnight, lie looked completely exhausted. But his eyes brightened as he saw them waiting for III in besi-lthe fire. e Lightning It requires millions of volts of stored up electricity to make one good, big For years man has lightning (lash. been able to create within the laboratory the high voltage necessary to make an artificial flash similar to the real one In the skies. 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