Show r ISABEL SADEL nE a HERE nEIm TODAY K Pay Fay Tudor wealthy orphan returns from reconstruction work In France rance to recover from a nervous breakdown caused by overwork over over- work kwork and the news of the death In tn battle batte of ot her brother VII Wilbur bur At her summer summerhome summerhome summerhome home in 10 Sandy Cove she ehe Is ts met b by her aunt an attractive widow Mrs Clara Tudor and the latter's tatters daughter Laurel who has fallen fatten In love with Pays Pay's rejected suitor laITY Harry Cadmus The summer colony olony has been made uneasy by the supposed prelle presence presence pres pres- ence c of a a. wild man who Is t thought t guilty of petty e ya robberies from hOt the Tudor e estate Fay Pay is frightened d by the sudden appearance appearance appear appear- ance Soc at the window of a a. ghastly face tace with starIng eyes Sheriff and hla imie vIsitor tor Sergeant John Darr Barry a New York de df- de- de Investigate Among the arrIvals at the summer colony are I Kenneth enneth enn th Clayton Clayton Clay Clay- ton wealthy philanthropist who has be been n attentive to Mrs Irs Tudor and Captain Warren War War- Ten ren who o saw Wilbur r fall fail I l In battle t Captain P i w Warren rr e explains apai to Fay this h his hip was i shattered haltered during the Argonne drive e. I GO ON OX WITh TIlE THE STORY STOnY L There is a certain operation which I will 11 either leave pave me utterly helpless or restore mo me to health again and I am going to the hospital tomorrow He lIe spoke with forCed forred cheerfulness Oh I shall be thinking of you and wishing for the success of the operation operation operation opera opera- tion with all my might the girl cried softly I think If I were able abie to get about as you von do now I would not have havethe havethe havethe the courage to 10 risk such a hazard to to again f I I did not mean come you until until unless s I 1 could come as I was be before before be- be fore he went on But nut being near I could not resist the temptation of a a a.-a a little chat with you ou I was determined not to tell you of my chance to get got really well but you OU see how your kindness kindness kindness kind kind- ness has disarmed me Please dont don't come to the hospital but If all goes well may I may I-may may I look you ou up once more fr In the darkness Fay could feel her cheeks suddenly flush and tingle and a little warmth and glow settled about her heart f I shall be hero waiting to see Bee you Captain Warren whenever you come i When hen they reached the driveway Captain Warren paused beside a a. car that was parked at a little distance from the others and held out his hand I If If if things shouldn't go Just right you OU must promise to let me know she begged but I am sure I feel that they will So I wont won't say goodbye captain captain cap cap- tam tain but Just good night until you OU ct come S me again He held her hand very tightly for a It moment then stepped t Into the car ansi ami wl PJ was whirled na away down the drive She E stood where e he had d left her watching a sho ho hod rh cl cleared h rg t the lights s of his car had iad disappeared eared around a turn In the road Then he went slow slowly Iv toward the house her hert t rain awhirl and a strange fluttering sensation within her breast I I beg your jardon did I frighten you you Kenneth Clayton stood before herI her I IT could scarcely believe my ey s at first when I saw you coming comIn toward me Just now Have you been for a little stroll Yes I the I-the the house seemed to stifle stine me she stammered her one thought being being- to get away She liked the grave q quiet Juiet let man and admired his forcefulness but Just now she wanted to be by herself herself her- her self to try to analyze this new emo- emo lon ion PI nI I have something that I am very to say to to you There was lore ore of command than pleading in his one I looked for you everywhere oth yesterday esterday and today Wont Won't you spare pare me mo Just a few minutes Miss l udor Fa Fay capitulated The They stole into the house and out upon a HUe porch Kenneth Clayton rought brought chairs from within the room and nd they seated themselves well In shadow shado I have never neer married as you vou know ne he began bean This Is the only house which It has been for years ly n habit to visit When I found myself my- my self Bel still anxious to avail myself of its hospitality after your departure for prance trance rance I fancied that it was only be because because because be- be cause I admire your aunt for her beauty nd charm and more than all her congeniality congeniality con- con geniality as a splendid pal but now I Inow know now the truth It was because a liv liv- Ing ng memory of ot you ou lingered here I knew It the other day when I stood In Inthe the he hall ball and you ou came down the stairs f Mr Clayton Claton Fay rose precipitately from fr rom her chair Realy r. r I I- I It Please l a e heat hear e l m me out he pleaded I should not have spoken now but se serious se- se rious rous disorders at one of ot my factories demand my immediate presence there and I should like to feel before I go thai you vou have at least listened to meI me I I have no d delusions that you love me menow now flow Fay lay but I have never failed In anything anything- that I have undertaken and I cannot fail now no In the thc one thing thins which more P Ph than h all else S in the world t i I hg beg o of you vou ua that when v e ehi hi I i iou return ou you will K gh e me an opportunity to win winy y your yur ur love lov to make you care C Oh I not riot have listened l to you you Fa Pay Fay cried In distress I 1 admire you ou I honor n you vou o for o the splendid t things that hat t you have rv done o and I I-I I I am proud 1 of ot your our friendship but I could never eel el toward you as you wish Will you tell me one thing trulye truly- truly Me He e possessed himself of ot one of her I hands and held It firmly Is there any anyone one else Am I trespassing Have you ou found some one else for whom you care Fay There There shook t there e her rl Is head le no one one she said ta faintly towered Then I I am satisfied He above her and laid both hands gently on her shoulders I am willing to take my chance Oh my dear m my dear I Ishall Ishall Ishall shall make you ou love e me I must not let you go away with that thought Mr Clayton I can never care for you not in the way you mean He smiled r. r We will wait walt CU 1 IV lv The scene n with i Kenneth e r Clayton had a ta taken all the h glow o and wonder 1 nf from that earlier meeting with Captain Warren Warren War War- arren ar- ar ren and Fay felt dispirited and dimly dismayed as she lay awake She had come to look 1001 upon Clayton as a family friend now all at once he had shattered shattered shat shat- that point of ot view and she felt as though he were ere a stranger Soft boft footsteps nearing her door and anda andI a whispered good night aroused her from her troubled thoughts She turned her head as the door opened and Laurel tiptoed in m a shimmering vision in her pearl beaded gown Goodness Are you awake yet Fay Pay she sho whispered I dont don't feel sleepy sleep Fay Pay responded There was a curious hesitancy In Laurels Laurel's tor tone e. e the same nervously tense attitude altitude that Fay had observed on the day of her return Im glad you arent aren't sleepy for theres there's something that I want to tell you OU I wanted to ever since you came home but I dont don't know how you would feel about it Fa Pay Fay raised herself upon her pillows I Tell me she said Is it something something some some- thing about yourself Laurel nodded as she stepped out of ot the shimmering gown and slipped a kimono kimono ki- ki mono over her shoulders I wouldn't for the world have you think that I had been a deceitful little cat and deliberately deliberate set out to take away from you ou some tone you ou oared Cared for fOI while you jou OU were sacrificing yourself over In Bk J JI I 4 Laurel shivered shivered as she came to Fay for her goodnight kiss France Her voice yolee was very low but she Ehe raised her head a bit defiantly as she let down her rippling dark hair But people cant can't help changing sometimes they cant can't help the dictates of their own heart Whatever are you trying to tell me Laurel demanded Fay Someone 1 I Icare care for I cannot understand Its Harry Laurel out When hen you Ou misjudged his motives motives' so terribly you simply killed his affection for you and you may as well know it He lie says that you ou dont don't care either any anymore anymore anymore more that you told him so flatly at the beach yesterday esterday morning and I do hope fO for your sake a Pay Fay dear th that it Is true dt It I oy is is Pay Fay affirmed Id I f forgotten r he was alive until you mentioned him the theother theother theother other da day You dont don't mean to say that you you you-you- you Yes replied Laurel slowly After Arter you had gone Harry turned to me rae for forr sympathy I did l think k that you had ks r treated him very er badly a s Something d drew him to me and he saw at last that we had been meant for each other from the very cry beginning She uttered this highly original explanation explanation explanation nation in a dreamy dream ecstatic vole and Fay restrained a smile Im Tm very glad she said soberly Harry and I never really cared for each other Laurel dear we only thought that we wo did I hope with all my heart that you will be happy Does Aunt Clara know of this No You see nothing was settled until you came back and Harry and I 1 could find out how you felt toward him He wanted to tell mother tonight but we couldn't get her alone to ourselves a minute minute min mm- ute Laurel giggled Mother must have had a pleasant hour The Pattersons Pattersons Pattersons Patter Patter- sons brought their celebrity with them that Professor Somebody-or-Other Somebody who Is such a famous chemist and who did such I marvelous things during the war and ana he pinned mother down for ages In a corner of the library She sent distress i signals to me and I looked everywhere I for Mr 1 Clayton to go to her rescue but buthe buthe buthe he wasn't to be found and he ha left withOut without with with- out saying y g goodnight F Funny wasn't va It li Pay Fay did not reply l So this was the first result of ot that interview on the porch Trivial In Itself it was significant significant cant of the tho possible difficulties of her situation in the future unless she could immediately convince Clayton of the absolute absolute absolute ab ab- ab- ab solute hopelessness of ot his cause J Laurel aurel shivered as she came to Fay for fora a goodnight kiss It Is almost like autumn she ob observed ob- ob served I 1 believe a storm is coming Do you ou think we had better leave all th the windows open like lIle this Continued in our next Issue |