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Show plMY HUSBAND ANDIjll (Continued from yattrday. CHAPTKR LXXXIII. Clifford Aafuaaa to Raturn Horn. 'Clifford rod tha lattar, whlla I aquattad on tha 'floor wa.tchtn( htm. I aaw tha rompr. aaton of hta llpa. tha draadad arowt. I Ha mafia no anar, nnithar did ha I again refer In anything pt-raoiml UuntiK tii dinnar, whltrh wa vry' gy. Clifford Clif-ford lolii atorlea and wua at hla baat, whil Mr. Curtia nnij Iturna Mayiwn followed fol-lowed hi trad. Thtt informality of th whol aveninir; wna rtrliightful, and vhan finally auld good mht to our hoat and hoatffi, I hud one uiure reitret at laavliig t'httago Mr. May son rede back to the hotel with ua, and when we arrived 1 went directly tipMtHira while Chficnl romnined down with htm "to talk a hitla buatneaa." THE LAST OAV IN CHICAGO. It waa late nil en i1lffrd came Up "It'll all nettled, Mtldre(l! W go home tomonow," he n.ttd un hour l.ntr, Hiid I for -nca fortft t lo chide ma lor being uwxke. Tin- next d.iy waa a huny one. I h)eri ajt the nirrnlna. htiytnn (ifts for K.ltth, Rule and Mandy; Muriel, loo. I reniembend with htiniorr.e preaent Then niffofd hnd nuide hii eneriiRemant to lunch Kith Kuitih Mityaon, hih! in lht afternoon I hart to park. At luncheon Mr. Mxyaoii devoted hui-aelf hui-aelf eaclualvely lo me. Clifford noiued ft and In 1 ik hint. I y charred him with it. He owned up at oin-e. md f-aid: "V hy ahouidu't 1 It may be aoin time Ik fore I aee Mr a Hammond rkhIii." After luncheon I left them and went ! Immediately in the hotel to puck. A h.jt box lay on the tnhl. and when I oiened it I found Htirna Mayenti'a card, with a wiah for a pleaaant trip, on top of tha moat wonderful American leaut roaea 1 had ever aaji. All the aft-nioon tbelr fragrance filled tha room, and when we left for the train 1 carried the. box, and one pinned on my jacket. Mr. Mayaon wan at lha train tn hid ua boodhye, and aa ha ahook handa with me he aald: '! ahull aee you before long." I had no lime to aak What he meant, I aa the train atarled nnd he had to Jump I off before I could make any reply. Tomorrow The Journey Home Than ha threw tha letter on the table, and aald: "Oet op off the floor and put thead duda away.' "But. rilfrordSdlt iff ValckT" in uat go home" "Kdith haa a cold, ao Mr a. Franklyn aaya, and a littla fever with It. natural to children of her aga. Una alao aaya that If Kdlth doean't Improve aha will wire The letter waa aent yeaterday. Had Kdilh not been all right we would have had a telegram long before thla." "Oh, but, Clifford - "We won't d lav una tha matter further. I Take thoee duda off lha bed. I'm dead I tired and can't alt up a minute longer." I knew that Clifford waa right, thai; ; Muriel would have telegraphed had Kdlth 1 bean worae that la, I knew It after ha I had drawn my attention to It, but yet I felt that I could not atay away from Kdith "Can't t go, Clifford?" I begged, aa I did hla bidding. "No! you'll go when I do," h anawered. and 1 knew that It would do no good to aay anything mora. But It waa with a heavy heart that I put away our clothea, land then aat down to write to Muriel. CHAPTER LXXX'V 1 felt thoroughly reeled and refreshed' after my long aleep; and after a atmple luncheon In my room, I dreaeed and went for a walk. When I relumed. Clifford waa iit, a ud beginning lo fret for faar 1 waa going to ba late. "You muit have forgotten we are going out to dinner," ha greeted me. "Hurry up and get dreaeed." "Oh. I'll be ready In plenty of time," I anawered, and hurriedly laid off my thlnga. Clifford waa umieually gay. and whittled whit-tled and aang all the time he waa draea-Ing. draea-Ing. Once he atopped long enough to tell me a funny aiory ha had heard that day. 1 waa ao happy to eee him in auch good humor that 1 waa reeinatve, and we laughed and chatted In ,a way very uit-, uit-, uaual Id ua until time to go. . "You look very well, Mildred." he aald. aa ha helped ma with my cloak. "Thta may be our laat dinner In Chicago. I ! think I can ftnteh up tomorrow, and If I , do we'll take lha train tomorrow night." I knew at ence that hla bualnene muat j have been aatlafactorily completed, or na would not have been In euch good humor. MRS. CURTIS1 DINNER. All tha way out to Mra. Curtia' he waa in the aame gay mood, and. after we arrived, ar-rived, he waa ao unusually entertaining that I waa tarrlblv 'proud rtf him. Mr. May eon waa late. He a po log lied proftiaely, then turned to Clifford "All your fault. Hammond! that bual- nana of yonra took ma longer than I thought It would." Ho Hume Mayaon had finallv been par- uaded to help Clifford. Well. I waa glad. Theo realiad euddenlv that I waa to mlaa thta man'e at ten Hone, hla expreaaed delight In my aoclelv. "You pleaae lake Mra. Hammond out. Burna," Mra. Curtia' vole Interrupted my mualnga. and I turned In htm. I "t ahall mlaa you when you leave." ha eatd lo me, "Hammond telle ma he'e go-: go-: Ing aa eoon aa poaalble." Yea. tomorrow. think. I ahall mlaa youAfmuhiive!vadded A TELEGRAM, Clifford waa aalaap whan tha trtaa cam lo nta. At flrat I thought I would wakan him anil aak hla prrnilaalnn. Than I da-tarmlnad da-tarmlnad to art on my own Inltlatlva. I aakad tha taltphona nparalor to send mra meaaanyar; than whtla waltina wrota a talwam to Murlal. ajiklna how Kdlth waa. bBina har lo raitty Immediately. and talllnc hor I had written. ' I tava tha measure to tha boy; I had waited by tha open dnor ao that he would not rap and wake Clifford. Then I called down and told tha office that any tela sntni for ma muat ba delivered at onc, no matter what hutir It arrived. Having been aaaured on thla point 1 went to bad. but not to Bleep. I knew I rould not reasonably eipect anewer for perhapa several houra, yet avary notee I heard I aat up eipectanlly. About 4 o'clock I heard atapa In tha hall. They atopiwd at our door, and In a moment I waa out of bed, had allpped Into a ktmonb and opened tha door. algnad the Blip, then read tha meaaaga: 'Krtllh il all right again. Don't arorry. Muriel." I read through happy tears, then want to beit. CLIFFORD It AWAKK. Well, what waa It?" Clifford aakad. I had auppoaed him aaleep, nd atartad gulltllr at lha qtieatton. I "A telegram from Murlal aaylng Edith la all right." I anawered. "IMdn't I tell you aha wee all right? Par-hapa Par-hapa In time you will learn thai I know belter than you do about auch thin-. Now for good net aaka go to alaep ud let me." I didn't answar. Indeed I aearcely heard, ao happy waa I that my baby waa all right again, I waa tired and at could not alrep. 1 had become ao nar-voua nar-voua listening nearly all night that now my unlet y waa relieved I wag wlda awake. About o'ctovk I crept qulatly Into tha bathroom and took a hot bath, then dreaeed and aat down to wait for tllfford to waken. Jt waa o'clock before ha opened hla ayea, and a I moet tha flrat thing ha aald waa: "Nice looking object you will ba for that dinner tontrht, lying awake all nlaht for that foot telegram, then up at I hla time. After bre,kfaaf you had batter go to bad. I don't chooee that you go out looking tired and old." I made no reply, but after we had breakfasted and Clifford had left ma. 1 waa glad to undreaa and crawl rnto bed, aa ha had advlaed- I left word not to ba disturbed until IS o'otoo gilt mediately aaaitfP |