Show i 1 y fiR oT E 1 WE IFE j pI 4 j A AYRL I JOi I J I BEGIN HERE TODAY The marriage of Dolly and Nigel Bretherton proves unhappy When war is Is' declared Nigel is glad to enlist He lIe leaves Dolly In the care of Mary Nigel is killed and Dolly marries an old sweetheart sweetheart sweet sweet- heart and sails with him for tor America Amer Amer- ica V When en Nigel's brother David calls to s see e Nigel's widow Mary is ashamed to tell him of Dollys Dolly's mar mar- David mistakes Mary for Nigel's wife and takes her to live with his aunt at Red Grange Mary is happy In her hel new home I until Monty Fisher exposes her to David Mary disappears David asks Monty to help him find her Monty is sorry for Mary an and tries to help David find her NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY David turn turned awa away Perhaps we flatter I ourselves too much he said He lie felt feIt restless and unhappy at atthe atthe atthe the Red TIed Grange He had wished tObe tobe to be there and yet now he was back once more he felt that he would give anything to be in London again D Down wn here in the country one was so out of touch with things Fisher might have news of her and then it would mean an elapse of ot hours before he David could be communicated with and anything could be done i S S S SHe He was back In town again on the Tuesday He lIe went straight to Fishers Fisher's office Have you any news for me But there was none Monty tried to say what he had been thinking to for l' l the past fortnight Give It up David shed David shed she'd come tome comeback back if she wanted to She must have recognized the advertisements I t have had inserted David set his Jaw doggedly I mean to find her If i it takes me mea a a. year ear I mean to hear the truth from her own lips before I give In There was a tap at the door A clerk entered with letters Fisher glanced up Put them down Evans thank you ou You need not wait walt But the young man still lingered I There is one sir not meant for this office I think He indicated a thin envelope on the top of oC the others The name at the head of the ad address address address ad- ad dress had caught his eye when he was sorting them them Miss Miss Mary Iary Furnival and beneath it Fishers Fisher's office address Mary Furnival The name of the girl he had so romantically ally met In Inthe Inthe inthe the omnibus omnibuS' the night th the J went down He lIe had th thought about her so often since and wondered If he would ever see her again It had given him a little stab of pain to so unexpectedly see her name written there Fisher glanced at it and for a moment hes eyes flashed into ex excitement ex- ex Then he said quietly I eX-I Oh yes thank you that you that will d do doHe doHe He looked at the young man curiously curiously curiously cur cur- as he left the room He lIe was sure now that Evans knew something something something some some- thing of Mary or of r Nigel's wife He had felt sure of or it all along even when Evans had denied knowledge of ot that cable When the door closed he pushed the letter over oyer to David This ma may help us he said David snatched it up 1 For Mary l Why Why Why-I I shall open It H of course I He slit silt the flap agitatedly and anddrew anddrew anddrew drew out the contents They were I badly written and smeared as If with tears I Dear Mary Mary Mary-I I have written to toI you ever eyer so man many times and never I had one answer It is unkind of y you u considering all that Nigel and I 1 did didI I for you ou when we were first married mar mar- ried ned I 1 am in dreadful trouble trouble as I It t tOld ld you in my last letter My husband husband husband hus hus- band Is so ill they ill they say he will never will be well again and again and nearly nearly nearly near near- ly all our money has gone I 1 ask you ou to see David Bretherton for forme forme forme me and find out If he fould not do something for tor us I think he might as he got rid of me cheaply What do you OU do with the money you got for the contents of the flat I would not ask you OU for it but I 1 must have money somehow somehow- we want ot come home but we cant can't unless someone will help us Robert Is broken hearted that he should have brought me to this He says over and over again that if would have haye been far better for me meto meto meto to have remained Nigel's widow than have become his wife He doesn't know my precious brother brother- I law in-law does he I might have starved starved starved star star- ved for all he would have cared But you used to be kind Mary so sodo sodo sodo do be kind now and try and andi help me If It only o I 1 could come home Its It's so dreadful being out here amongst strangers and with no mone money Please cable me If it you ou get this safely I am sending it to Mr lr Fishers Fisher's Fish Fish- cr's ers office as no otner other address seems' seems to find you ou Your miserable unhappy a Doll Dolly That was all David finished reading It to the end nd then he turned turned turn turn- I ed back and looked at the eddress l Fisher was watching him silently Well he asked I Its from the woman Nigel mar mar- ried ned She has has' evidently married j again There was wasa a sort of grimness grimness grimness grim- grim grimi i ness in his his' voice the lines of his mou mouth th looked hard i Read It read it-read read it i for i- i yourself he said He pushed the letter across I She seems to have very strong Ideas about me I 1 cannot believe that she got ot th them ni m from Nigel I 1 alwa always said she was no good Nigel made the mistake mitake of his life when he married her Poor bo boy CHAPTER LIVOn LIVOn LIV On the Track There was a little silence while Fisher read the letter We Ve know better how we wo stand now at least he said mOre moro cheer cheer- fUll fully David brought his clenched hand down on the writing a le bc before I him There was a ring of pa pass In his voice j 1 But Is doesn't tell us where 1 a 8 1 is man he said It doesn't t t me where to find her Fisher hesitated Presently If you dont don't mind Im Tm goin going send for that clerk of mine said i Impulsively Dont say an ai an thing thing just just sit there ant and lisle lIe He rang rarig the hell bell at his elbo eibo Evans came Into the room Yes sir Fisher lisher Indicated the torn en ope on the table before him 1 About bout his letter Evans Evan's he heI slowly This letter addressed Miss Mary do Furnival-do do you ha pen to know anyone of ot that name The young mans man's face flushed I 1 did sir yes sir yes I You mean that you no lon lont know anyone of that name Do be afraid Evans Yo You may be ii a l to tol help us very considerably 3 Bretherton and myself myself myself-If If you y The young man glanced at DaIt DaIt Dax It isn't very ery much sir he hes he a then almost resentfully Butro evening some evening some weeks ago ago t t night the went dow down was I sat next to a lady Ini ht omnibus going home and W we i fE Into conversation I spoke boat having gone down and she f most fainted she fainted she said she he JJ QI friends on It She seemed Je i upset He hesitated flushing nt J CHAPTER LV J Alone in London t la laYes Yes Yes go go on said David m mI I took her home sir sir Sh ShIn She Sha f fIn in deep mourning and looked ill to be allowed to go alone thought and she asked Si me-Si mei could make a few Inquiries lorn about the list of passengers wanted to know If It her friends w WE saved sayed I asked her to telL me th Ui- names names First or of all she said th thai thit t Mrs Nigel Bretherton was Jl tt friend and after wards she com ed herself and said Laid that she w wa was Mrs Robert Durham I didn't th thi much of It at the time time time-lt It was wal fore I 1 came into your jour our office si sir but afterwards when there us used d be letters and business to do dol Mr Bretherton here It struck as being a strange coincidence Yes Yes and and you never lady again M I Yes Yea I 1 did and she Bhe told rae me met Ui th her name was Mary I- I went to see her once He look apologetically at David perhaps guessed something of the ti story But afterwards she ji jishe a ashe ashe she was going away to stay WI friends for a time she would let me know her address tb thou I asked for or it But I saw it it-I it Ils sIt it quite by chance on a 6 label Uto U tJ to some of her luggage M He lIe stopped once more Both no m looked up eagerly Y r m mDavid David Bretherton spoke for tor forT t l first time p And what was the address The Red Grange shIre shire But But But-but but that sir There was a name above abor J Jand and the name was Mrs Nigel Br m tJi Mary Fu Furnival had Md never been been utterly wretched in all her ll life when she found herself back backi London once more and quite alo lor lorI When she woke the first i nor norIng r ring Ing in the small stuffy room wh Will hi I she had rented from a a. landis' landis of former days she lay for moment listening to the rumble le passing traffic with a a. feeling utter forlornness Jl It was so different to the R B Grange She had only to shu shut il h heyes eyes to picture the big sunn sunny sunnye e room the dainty furniture and andl curtains the wide sweep ot la and garden outside the window Oh to be back there again against know that when she opened h her hertl r e she would find that this last nii nig but dream dream- had been nothing a bad dream from which she J i I wakened forever But there wa ugly little r roo oO with Its Venetian blind in will whIt i several laths were broken broken It jL cheap frames the painted chest drawers and rickety washstand This was her home now only been an interloper In the theOl o never really had any rig ther It was only what sh d n h there It was only what she d dE served served to served to to be turned out of oJ dl li bE J paradise She knew that she would base haye t look out for work again at had spent most of that qu quart quarte tt small Income on the few things J had had bad to buy before It had hadj bee e possible to go to the Red Gr Gr g Work Office work and drudged How she had grown to hatel very sound of it in the past W happ weeks l Continued in Our Next Issue |