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Show I H "STHANDKD." 1 JB "Jxnt ma? Oh. r.o, Jackl If yea 11.1 IBnH 70 woaMat oppoa whit tor mr ,' i PVl Llsbmt inumb Voa wouldn't want J- ttaVJM bibIowbjU lb boat JtAra of tnjr Ufa) ' BBVnlBB ilraJBifijr anions luch commoa iola I - bbHuHi Tbcn 1 ban talmt which can lift ma to tl inByB amnblDfl; Utlor. No, Jack, you loDt kBB BWBBBW I 'tif '"T ' U1141 lkD4 70Q 'k QbHI think only of yoarNlf. C HbHi 'c'e Uartrlor a itrong llmll. i MBli ' Baion Lalml yonnjf fellow tarocO to H Sal tho window, an J for Ulllo wlilla Rami 1 ' Hnl In tilrnc ojen Ibo loumtr vratl uat- Is 3BC1 -(l nM"H llot b mw ittlUiBr tho blao iky nor lt ', flfvUlr. tlKRrtn oarlb. Ha dlil not Imrtha 1 HIlK noota wind whlnntinx among; I ha tml- 1 llBiVBi dlnifUlaca, northaroblna alnctagla tho B&. EW affU Irrra I'lnk wlUi tlootn. ji ) In IjHj llioaa honaat )lo otca wtra UUul ' ni fffl "'"' '"" wrD( 'rora "' UlKrnrM of i4 f 1 1H Hk '' trHcU and cbtatod young mantiooL ill Bf Vi TUworJt of hta hiwlltai, amtltloni ' Or t'BI 7raB w" 1" tAhboJ him to tba 1 Rt vlll "" f llu rnrl "Vou think only of youiwUr ! luS In! fiha hla adoril Kata conM eay thit i gm ai '"tn ko would lu laU down lit Ufa I II Hu 'iV forbarukal J i S flj IllorotJri-ntly. 1- 1 I rJT W 1Irro " '"' wu '" "'' conceals fj'3. C El fr arory aljn of what waa warrlnu wlllilu r 1 11 My ' if' Um- W' it qll li lit, "' ""' no cI,r Tou, Kata, If you ''' 1 I I ffll !,j. arorrallyln rarnrat about thonattfr. i H 4lfll Hut It will tnako ktoaI chanjo In our (' 1! 'P 2HT u'Ml "yoa ILousbt of thatr La a- t ; ii! "lhaa tboucbt of crrrylhlnc, iha lili i l! anawcrwl rafrily. Of conrta wa rami . if- 'ill ' I aolltMaodloua llltlahoiwt and lot, and ,1 H ' you can traniftr yourbuBlneaa to tha 'II 'Ei ii r")r "''" ' "" ,UiiybX- And aflrr- II J i . ' fl ward,whiItballboitablUlwdonth II jjf , J atc, you will ga wllh ina vitamer 1 i II P iA I eo.' J l lit, !' I "Tha Ufa wouldn't ault n," ha MIX X I 1& "" irv ctrrlulQC,l upon A carocr aa ' ,). ' Jif ;f I anactiraa yomnnit git alongwllhout , fl 11 iH ' "" klfillwr. Von will go tho way I ?l ill HI youhaiacbucu.iayKato.iuidlwUlgo ' 3 It 9 I lur ,nonlct' ha looked griarcj and In ' II ) mi I llat "" "'"' 'uhltlon waa ilrongtr V Hi I' I than tba older lora, and inch n arira. li - 1'' tlon did not wcmaotcrrlbla after alL mJW ' jj bin went to him and ul her attna ,i, ' I around Ma ntck. h, I 'Kl "Hut tba pining will ba without n :" t ,, ! gtr.and Itwlllnol Ufor alwayafaba i ! t Li j aakulhlin. I 1 P 1 "Wa part without anger, certainly," ikf', wai Ida reply. - , I I V I M Mi w " M "-Hied. i '. , I And In a law weka ICbIb ha.1 begnn h ! J "' n Ufa In tha city and Jack nu I i U urnylngWfttward.whlUrliaKarc J j Lj 'j j ly knew and hardly corvd. f "'lik. ! k vM , Tha curtain had rolll down for tha a V 11-J'bI' luttlma. Tha play waaorer. JJBaaVl V Vmt Th"ha,lbcennoapplauB.,norcll. IKboS iA til Tho company had plaj4lttt night to a TlSff. I i' lift4 neatly ouiptyhouM "fB! . rf i ftS, ." b4 lNB a o night after ' wJffiJ 'SI, Hi, 'ht. la town afur town, and dlr nfur )OT I V i t.'jfj . Mi Ji. )' U Inroaa aatln and filmy laco, a glitter AJ" I J ' S tfjcwela, tlio worth of which wonll not J&S ' ji ifi"; baapurchaed her A nljht'a lodging, tho fl"Sa . 1 jl ' i' ! lUnwepl her ihlnlng court train fccroea 'WbC li U Rvl' "" oa '", v"r w "' dr"JllI HbC b! ill iiSl W"f her companion! met her la tha && lip ' MS all 8W "M C",L ll'',t"1' 4 ; w I M 'BlS l Mb K,,!" ,h ''l,1 "ht wrelch 'i n 'i -Iifil c''t "' b" lliaed of erery 3 ' ri tl btSflR tUDJ b nn''1 " hu gone and left I k it-'itBrW utoiUrkforourKlret. it" M IIIVbBwJ "Voudon't mean tha inaaagarr laid BllrHfliellJ Klta,acluut. K H' FwiJ t "' ,l0' uo m"n '' manager, tho rSiT.lC'l b','Jl'Knrllliba1lrrowlinoney 'R'.JF M ""J '". 1 iuri-nd ho wont J if It ' L?,?., n:Uo5 tnM get tho re- ', P 1 tauchB-ian ''0rrU 1 '"'"""" Si. 1 wuenaa a dollar among na all" V -fi A !J S?ft,."J,,"'.lTlngthan0fort- IbBwH - TJk bUt'1)wA.en,tUaklngaomouftheui would ovtrtako her. And preentlyah iKipptd on a bridge ipannlng a narrow trram which flowe.1 In a ilngirUh current cur-rent through tho rambling lllllo city. Bh had itol thero a long tlmo waiting, wait-ing, guing dorni Into tho dirk rolling water and abwbed wllh her deanondent thoughu, before It occurre.1 to her that the othera mnt hra (lecodcJ her from tha theater building. And Ihcro waa lltlte probablllly that any of them would cotno back to march f. r her. Uutvhatdldltmitterf It wai n rnUralty In which each one rami htlp lwraelf or hlmvlf And ihwbtleM they luwl all by now 'settled theumclYee aomewhero for tha night, at IUL They had all of them, eeeu tho little Buubtettewho hal Abbcd aoilltoonio. lately, been membara of tho prufeMlcn longer than ibo. They were rtfcl to Ha tpa and down. Ill ihlfli nn 1 eipedlenu And molt of them had erperleneed cuclly tho 111m predlcamtnt before. Now, In her ilistrcM and perpleilllea, Kata conclnde'l that they hid forgotten all atout her. "There Un't ona of them who carea enough for me to mtime, to wonder what 1 will do, or whit will liecomo of lae," ahe thought, ai iho itood there on the bridge alone la tho night gloom. And thla ii tl career I once Uncled ao f nil of 1 leaiurtl ThU Uthe end of my liaullng Iwjrt, my lofty Ambltlonr Welt, tonight la but the emblem of It nlll In lore. In crcrylhlng which makca one'a life meet Ami bleaaed, 1 aiu lu. deel itrandeL" lVrhatu It wai only natnnil In lachn tlmo that ah should recall her olden hone. How pretty It waa, how dear, that llmple llttla rotUjfa In the inlet tillage! The old apple treee where tho robina n-ed to ilng ao riotoualy muit no;e bo link wllh bloom. And tha peach treel how beautlfnl It waa In bloaaoin when tho peUU UBetl to fall In ihowcn agalnit her liny bay window! win-dow! Iladthonewowneradrlren the aval-Iowa aval-Iowa away from the earee? ttio wren from lier nrtt In tho molderlng item of the dead and hranchlea locuit? IVrhape they lial polled down tho dear little houe Altogether and erected eotno grander ilructnre In IU iteaill Hnddenly ibe itreteheil cut her arms yearningly. HheJIftid herud face to the cold, unanawerlng itara. "llot, ohf ihe mnrmure.1, "If I could only ml my tired brad beneath that dear old roof tonight 1 think 1 could die content Allilleu, uncertain tread upon tho I Unka of tho bridge at that moment ille-tracted ille-tracted tier thought! an 1 around her to the Imprudence of her imatllon. Kho unit not remain th?ro. Ehe Inuitga Hut where? How itntngo, hoir plllfnl It teemed that In all Ihe wide world the had no place to lay her lieadl The footelepe canio cloaer. With a half frightened glance iho aaw a tall man, broad ihonldered, roughly drreaed, with A great ahaggy yellow beird, and wllh a pilrof tlerdngeyeawhlth icenied to look her through and through. He had twatcd and repataed a nnmber of tlinea, bnt iho had been too engnwacd with beraorrowful tedectloa to notice Ltm before He walked directly to her. He graiped tho rail cf the bridgo with loth handa, and alio marrelcd vaguely to are that ho waa trembling, "Yon are one of the unfortunate theatrical the-atrical oompanyl Can I be of any aerr-Ice aerr-Ice to youT he Mkrd her, abruptly. " Who are ) ouT iho cried In alarm, aj he ihrunk back from him. HU reply waa uttered In A itrange, rajild an 1 vehement whlaper. "I Am like younelf," ho uld. -Somo yeara ago 1 had a tuiipy home An 1 a wife 1 Adored. Kho went nwar from me. And tiMuim. nw vu, nwaj nwu ia,( ann alnce then In hope and ha; plntaa 1 bare Uwn itrandeil." IVr an lutant the ilonl aa If inddenly turne.1 to atone. All the life wlthlu her eoemed conoenlrated lu her great, dark, burning eyee. "You, Jeckr Oh, Uc.ll la It your ahe exclaimed, at length. "Yon, who nted to be ao pron 1 about younelf, ao brave ofrtlrlt, llkethUr "Ikj you carer he Aikod her. "Do I carer iho repeated paaalonately. "I care io much llat 1 would give my vcryeoul If leoutl undowluit 1 have done, 1 lute tailed lu my career, but 1 might lute lucceeded, Jack, conld I have bad your love, 1 could do nothing without your love. Jack. Mho waa crying now, act lly, hopeleaaly, not daring to Ullevo that iho km Hill dear to him. He put hi! roughly clad ami abont her and drew her unretlitlog Lead to hla luaom againit that ihaggy, tangtod lfsml which wllh hla rareleu Attire ihe had fancied a ilgn of, Heaven ktiowi how much, tleetitutton and vagabond-age! vagabond-age! "You have alwayiliad my leve, tweet-heart. tweet-heart. lo)oti think I could ever have ceaied loving radian adorable woman aa you are, Kate? Our troublo waa all 1 my fault, tou all myconUiuptiblo ob-itlnacy, ob-itlnacy, aald be, "Oh, Jack, how good yon an to lay 1 that, when you know It lin't true," the 1 murmured, with her arim around LU neck and her llpi upon hit. "Well, darling, we will begin over again. I have never told the Utile rot-I rot-I tage 1 couldn't, because we liad once i been ao happy therel And I liav inado a Llg fortune In the mlneai luck hers. Ho you iball live where )ou likonndwear diamond! and cloth of 'gold. If you ichooM, Or, If you would rather Hay on the itage, you enn havo A coinjuiny of your own and A theater of your own. If yondcalm, And jonneednotfearevtr again btlug ilranded." ".So, Jack, Neither of ni nrl fear ever again belnj itranJe.1," ahe an-iwered an-iwered lolrmnly, and with n meaning he could not luUuko, Hut Kale left tho itage altogether. She had Went, And In time ihe would no doubt have luictvded more than tolerably, "llot," ihe eajn,"lt l't that I love the profrulon leu. It li that 1 love my home and my luuband luoro." lljUiJo Nuvta, |
