Show Cheat F crio 92 B 4 j JE N OF RIot Tt TillS THIS JUH n J IteI Helen 13 Pie Faco fe feel fecU J. J h i lel u II I Io love with her Leonard A meeting a B 0 ln beggar N Brent to change chane Ills Ills- i Inns to fot Helens Helen's future oon Ii lir he tells tell tho the that tha t iho ho Is Ia the tio only ot oC J- J 1 Cyril K Cunningham Hr nt takes her tier to Cunningham li m and anti offer lt proof which th the tha lonely old in man mall Hoping to make fiske up for the Injustice done don her hor mother Cunningham bowers howers the Ule girl with with- affliction and sifts Helens Helen's new friends are arc are Eve EVa her brother tto Robert ert who falls In lo e with her hr R Prent nt find knottier locket like Uke the tho one ono the hc he hat taken from froni to u establish J Helen u us the U. U IJ alto also become Jul jealous us of at Hob anti and plot to tb girl Irl for himself quickly Hearing the doctor My sa that a II cudden udden shock would It kill the 01 old 1 tl Brent gets the lh out of oC lh th thi wa way And niI ruh rushes B BInto Into hun the sickroom houtIn wIMly that list Helen has haM bc been n killed Ills Ilia plan Works and the lie r returns Cunningham Cun Culi i In 10 dead iU Then Brent appear as is friend nt and former guardian of or helenI Helen I und talita talIs charge of arrangements Brent Drent had Amu amused ed d 11 by making ml love ove to 1 K Uva Kand anti and now he lie trl trieR tre to break of oft off the affair affaIr- without making Helen suspicious Meanwhile f Bob Dob Is too proud to o speak of oC his hI o lo until a. a l. l chance br aki t r reserve and the they both oth acknowledge IiO their love Jon nut Helen n ells telli h him If It Is 15 Is' Is hopeless aa as she lic he l Is pro n serf to tn another I- I I cow OW GO O TIU TItE STORY CHAPTER H VII PTER I I 1 cant can't t break brcak my eng engagement S' S Idea Helen said stiffly I 1 can only asIc to be released Bob drew back from her white to fO o the Ups lips Her attitude e was to him except from one angle she angle she he did not truly love him Argument his nat naturally logical al brain told him would be useless What could o ld it mean to a girl who either r was not very ery deeply In loVe loVer or r who was waa caught ht up in Iii fallacies t to o bo ho- told told that only a n fool JoM would keep p to to a l mere re engagement when disaster threatened disaster threatened tho the outcome Bob wondered d that Helen could think of or it jt Wondered that she could not see sec as h lie he did that the course she w was ws s taking was sordid rather than idealistic A moment of anger ansel flared Jared up in his lis heart against her her tho resent resent- nent of clean youth for lor or evil e compromise com com- promise It wil wiped OO from his mind the ho question he lie wanted to ask aek her The name of the man she sho was going to marry marr going oln to marry marr Tho words TIm words echoed In Bobs Bob's mind as asa asa a i sentence to lifelong unhappiness No man mun would let Jet her go Hot flot A decent decent- man but not while he ic thought she might love Jove him Bob felt himself slipping sUpping into a amaze anaze t. t maze naze of ot doubt and ft But he lie could not argue could riot not plead his own case catle further What appeared to be uncertainty on her part Lul drove hUn Mm to cruelty He Ho would not recognize as is her prompter he lie was too modem mod mod- em for fol that and he Knew nothing of or her of or obligation To him him she was unsure of or her heart and he lie had lad no tolerance for tOl herThen herThen herThen her Then lie said quietly coldly J youre a bit of a I All AU that lIe he knew of or needless I even criminal self sacrifice all ll that hat he Jle knew of or lives wasted for fOl false also precepts of ot honor all that ho he 10 realized realized realized-of of ot right and wrong wrong- was behind his words What seemed her that den denied fed her brain her lack of or courage to change her course when to anyone anyon but hut a fool the dan danger el signals all were set set- ag against it these It-these these too laid had helped to call forth his scathing remark a. a a alic He lic had hind thought of or her as brave bravo and fearless never fearless never a Juggler with the he tender passion Love he had hind believed would come to her as true and as it had come to him ilm How could It involve two men it fit the tame same time was an rable mystery to him For Bob had never known puppy hive Ive Helens Helen's passing from love lovo of love ove to love lovo Itself Use was beyond his understanding His youthful hardness steeled bytho by ho tim thought that she would go through with a Jov loveless less match wa waa was wag waga a a. phase of ot masculinity that Helen Holen had never encountered before Brent had been cruel on occasion true rue but his was the suave cruelty of a II hidden menace menace- menace tho tho ho sheathed claw that cut lightly on the sur- sur fact ace but bit deep into tile the heart The frankness pf Bobs Bob's generation gen gen- gen gen- oration Nation was unknown to her She did not flinch blow Perhaps she was w too shocked to show by so much aa s a 3 flicker rUckel of ot othel her hel eyelids that It ft had struck struck- her with wIlh terrific force Without another word Bob Bol turned and strode out of oC the room Mrs l ring uneasily waiting in n the library saw him fling fUng himself himself him him- self out of or the house leaving the front door open behind him as though hough he lie pursued by a den de de- de mono mon n on She Sho hurried to the kitchen but lichen Helen had fled up the rear stairs to her ier room Mrs Mis nb gathered up tIle the things that were t to have ha gone into the he preparation of their midnight supper and put them away Later ho went vent to Helens Helen's door antI and lis his toned Sho thought thought she she detected the sound of ot muffled sobs Robs but when she sho tried the door and antI found roUnd it locked locked she hesitated to demand ad The rhe sounds gradually grow fainter anti and finally the ho housekeeper decided that it would be better for Helen it fe she left IcU her alone Tho next neL morning tho the girl was vas le and worn with shadowed eyes oyen in iii which there was an unhealed Mrs rs was wan very cry gentle and remained with Helen while aho sho breakfasted or 01 rather lather l' l while she fihe went vent through the motions of or hint pai- taking of her fruit rut und and coffee She hoped lichen Helen Would confide in iii her herand herand herand and went so far as ag to lo mention having hay hav ing lag witnessed etl Mr Ennis Eunis' hasty de departure departure de- de the tho night ht e. Still SUB Helen n said nothing but there was ivan or on 01 her face u a set cold tl slon siba n that thal Warned Mrs Mis that the incident whatever it was liar hurl a a. L aspect Mrs Mis sighed over ovar her Inability to administer comfort and suggested that Helen lIchen ought to get et out the time open You haven't driven your car CRr very vely much munch latel lately she ahe said Why dont don't you ou let me fix you you-a oU picnic lunch and anti you ou can an telephone for someone to go for rOL or a n. along along long iong with you ou The Tue weather h Is lovely lovel going York Helen Im lm to New quietly Mi was yas greatly disturbed dis dig but ut hue bho did not dare daro alo offer Orrel any opposition heio qs about Helen an all air ah of or termination that thal plainly indicated rho Wilt wan set Met et upon a Ii course course- from which sue she could n not t bo mo swerved Are re you ou taking mg an m C eady I Mi Mis i asked hoping the t girl did not intend to dT drive drIo- e her ear car to the thc elt city She was much cd when Helen told her sh she was going on a a. morning train I In lii I lichens Helens I ml mind ld too was wa WaS WaS' fear of or driving driving- her car She knew that she was lk likely Iy t to become forgetful of or dnn danger er on the road toad ami anI she did not want ant to risk injury to peri son soil Mrs found an oX excuse Use to go to ti her l' l room with willi her wh when n He Helen en went Up tIp to gc get her h luit t and wrap rap rap Theres just a tang In fn the time air Wont Won't you OU wear ivar a a. fur the housekeeper urged Helen acc accepted accented a f silver fox and nd threw it carelessly about her ders der It made her perfect d dand and Mrs 1 h wondered onder d if she size had s Rejected leed the tho black and white tweed en ensemble en with its Us smart I black and silk sUk blouse with any n par parI I cat care I What hut could be hc th the object t of oC ht her r visit Isit to the city It wo worried Jed the oI older el woman n almost to of or h her r to attempt t to break breakdown breakdown down Tel ens en's l' l reserve But BOt that reserve had a acted t d as a a. shield upon many maity occasions occasions' and it HI d effective now mow W Helen was p ed cd to to leavo leave without revealIng reveal reveal- fn hug Ing h h 11 destination On t t-Ie t c u-aln u sho consulted a card to lo mr inc e c certain that who Rho he hud hind tho the address s. s Two or r three times she 6 m- m ItI hi it over to memorize the sh street et and n number mbel then put it fl away The name that Was en engraved r L cd I upon it was a 4 silent r reproach I How often had she sho fancied It ft as asher asher I her own Mrs rs L Leonard Brent And now now now alto sho dared ri not t think be beyond beyond be- be yond the hour that was to come conic come wh when n she would beg to tobe be bc released d from front her mad maCI promise Surely Sureh surely ho lie would not hold her to it But the time voice of or fear deep In her heart answered that he ho would She realized that from froni the tIme keepIng keep keep- InS Ing of or his promise to her father fattier Leonard Brent had nothing outstandingly outstandingly out out- creditable to his Ills account On th contrary contral th there r were man many things thinS's against him TIts His past s so many women his strange strang undeniably undo unde selfish desire to shape a aoun ayoung ayoung young oun life Uc- Uc life her her er life to hife-to to please him him- self aa Helen lIchen could seo see now that her school friend had been right In much Ohio sho h had d said about Leonard 7 J should always alwa have been m myself my ny self seIt Helen 1 mourned Then rhen this could not have happened Leno Lena wouldn't have cared for me if I had hind I been more independent i Sh Sho was wrong of or course for or I youth will ill frequently have its hour I of ot aberration in regard tl to lb love love love- when hon it It- turns to worship of bf r an Unnatural unnatural un Un- nna n- n na natural object But Helen felt that sho she was the only foolish girl in th the world world the the only one who had been fascinated b by an older ulan milan man and she was drink drinking In deep deep- ot bf I IThe The distance t to ANew York from Yo Yonkers seemed Interminable interminable and and yet she arrived there thero too soon for tho time interview ahead of or her promIsed promised prom prom- I to be extremely painful She had not telephoned to say that she was as coming t feeling certain certain tam tain to rind find Brent in iii The rhe thought of talking talkIng- with Ith him hll by hy y wire h had d been impossible Sho SImo want wanted cd to see him now tell him and have an end to her suspense At Brents Brent's apartment house she gave her name at the desk and was told to como come up The rho girl who announced an au- her turned a curious look upon I her If r put hut Helen lelen missed it She Sho stepped hurriedly hurried into inlo the thc elevator ele and und gave g-avo her floor to Jie he opera operator lor Mr r. r Brents Brent's apartment 1 she in inquired inquired In- In when h he again opened the thedoor thedoor thedoor door for her ire re too flash flashed d her a queer glance glanco when she named Brent But his voice olce was correctly modulated when lIe he gave the time dIrections directions she sho asked forTo forTo forTo for To your our right miss the third door doOl be beyond the turn tU Thank you OU Helen replied and arid walked rapidly down the time hall ball quite unaware that her pale face and feverish feverish cv- cv erish eyes her compressed lips tips and arid the hint of ot tragedy that hung about her was like a a. stan standard ard that she might have carried and that the building attaches had rc read d it to mean mean trouble Particularly as thc they knew that a visitor had arrived ahead of ot her a tall slim sUm elegant visitor in fashionable attire and the tho unmistakable atmosphere of r being at home in fn her ber surroundings Idea Helen hurried on expecting to find rind only Brent To bo continued |