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Show safety. I am tempted a hundred times h day n break my parolo and fly to you. Then I talc up a difficult piece ! f uric f'r either violin or piano, and 1 lose- myself In it Intricate ptMHKfi. j lt tli aame . dear, when yon lonely I and unhappy, an you cften will, un- avoidably. Write me Innx. long letter : telling me every little thing about yourself. Th sHghietit thing la of I lutramount Interest to me. I love you always, Ieonard." ! EDITH WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT ! HER DAODY. j I atill hare that letter after the lapae ; of many yeara. and 1 atill remember the varied emotlona with which I read , and reread It. At the time It saved me j from a lonelinena which was creeping so Inaidlously upon me that I had f scarcely reallted Its presence as the . can e for my restlesiiness until I received re-ceived Leonard's letter. Clifford occaHionallv nt a little1 typewritten note to FMtth. which she and Mandy would laboriously spell out. ! and then bring- to me In irrat glee. I found It rather embarrassing at times j to sniwer Kdith's questions about her : daddy. j "When Is he comlnjc. mamma? Don't , j you feel sorry for him home all alone?" ; : and a hundred such questions. And! j Kdith was like every other child, per- i ifltent until her questions tvera an-' j swered. i MRS. FAIRCHILO MAKES EDITH'S ACQUAINTANCE. "I have brnuirfrt you a new friend. Kdith." I said when. In response to my request Mundy brought her to us. "one who likes little girls' I Kdith walked over to Mrs Falrrhlld find made little curtsy, then in her frank, childish way sh natd: ! "I like you. too'' They at once left ma out of the conversation. con-versation. Ho. while they were getting get-ting acquainted. I rang for tea. and Mrs. Kalrchlld did not lenve until nearly near-ly dinner time. "I really am afraid I have overstayed my welcome," she said as she bade me goodbye. "Indeed not I assured her, while Kdith begged her to come again right away. "Vnu must let me borrow your little lit-tle girl occasionally." she remarked. "My husband Is aa fond of children I as I am." "Mamma'Il lend me, nuq't fou, mamma?" Kdith said. Tertainly, dear. If you are a very pood girl." 'lit f-ho'ly nm a nice lad v." Mandy declared after our guest had taken ii. r to p'Uiurt'. Tse glad yo all know her." "Unt sh nice?" I enthused. "I am r'nl too V-indv" I "Is she coming again soon. mmm ! Kdith asked. "'Cause, if she isn't, I'll , go and get her my own seJf." "I think that won t be neeassarj : I ,' believe we have found a friend." ( "Ko do tjorrt. I hopes yo', has," Mand i Interrupted. W sho' do need one." In my next letter to Leonard, and . also to Muriel. I told them of the charming woman 1 had met. and who seemed to he Interested In Kdith and me. They both replied congratulating ! me. but Leonard said something which puzzled me for days. He said; I "linnt let anything people say to you i Influence your Judgment. Outsider I never can arrange our lives fof us j that we must do ourselves. Advice I" often better disregarded, even though It comes from a source which we know Is honest In having our well belli c at heart." At first I did not In the least under- stand what he was driving at. Then it came to me thst ierhaps he feared I might be Influenced by what an older woman like Mrrt. Kslrchlld would say anent my divorce. I smiled to myself to think how he loved me. and how afraid he was of losing me. It flattered flat-tered me and comforted me. Although when I answered his letter. I made oe" reference to his advice that 1 allow ro one to Interfere In my fflr.: "I .rnorruw - A Period f'f wj'"''"'on - j I MY HUSBARD AlilD 1 1 Tby jane .ph.el.psJ CHAPTER CLXXIII. Leonsrd's First Letter. A evk after we were settled in Hero j Muriel wrole me a Ion chatty letter. 1 "I know I can't hurt you by retailing 'the gfissio. " I U1 no flitin-' flitin-' nioml is Insistently devoted to Mabl ) llorton. They ar seen everywhere to-j to-j get her. Leonard goes around looking ' diKConsotate. 1'oor boy. he is hard hit. Kate Is a wonder; I can almost forgive j you fnr going away because of her. I iila Car.lner hss sent out cards for j her wedding. She seems superlatively ! happy. I hop tt will lt. It protwtMy f will . she is old enough to know ber town mind. I do so miss you sn Kdith. (Tell Mandy that Kale's waffles and chicken are almost as gmd hers. hut not quite, lie sure you write me (all aKut that queer place you sre llv- I IHig In. mhere every woman 1 trying j to get free from some man. ni ever . man from some women. Well, everv J Jack muet have his Jill. I suppose, and , If he gets sm one else's Jane, why ; there'a trouHk. Write me oftn. Mil- dred. ljovingly. Muriel "rsnklvn " I had a good iMMirh over her letter, so like herself. Tr.en 1 shed a few tears because I missed her companionship. companion-ship. ihe had been nearer and dearer to me than any other woman 1 had ever known. 1 miaaed her every day. And Kdith, Mandy and I often talked of Auntie alurivL ' ' - LEONARD'S FIRST LETTER. ! I hsd mritten !,e.inr.J a short note (giving him my address and telling Dim j of oiy plans. His answer was Just I what I to-eded to (ueU the little home. PM-knetot th.it I had commenced to feel, although 1 had not acknowledged it t even t myself. j 1 "Iea.r : ' he had commenced. MI , j think of you every hour, yes, every . j minute of the day. f wonder how you I are. what you are doing, and all about i ; you. Your determination to go on 1 jwith yur music dHights m beyond I I expreion, U will givr yiu such pre- j ent, pleasure, auch forfretrulnesa of ait j unhiippv. unpitBaiit thing. besides1 I he(ng f laxtmg kntfil 1 hav made ; inquiries autre mir letter came, and j j I find thst Kjr t-e her t .-II mat can , be desired In f t. t. he ht tn Interna- f I tional reputi;ii.s aa ins rurtr. Tou ; sHid. dnr. thst I mut r..t visit you ' ! f'r lhr-e mn()4 a sin ale week only j hs paed sinee yu mi, and I am I i hungry for a siithf of you. How am I j ; to Ifve through the other eleven weeks? ' I Answer me tht If you ran I i "I am dHanpit it.at ym hsve fund , such a comf..rtntle an pretty borne. I can visualiz you In It from ur de- -I script I'm . Would that 1 wrs there wltH you. Was' time ever so bmg, ; hours ever composed of so mauy mln-! mln-! utea sa sine you hava bsn absent from me I think not. and yet, dear, I m-busy. e n work Ilea toy onlv ' CHAPTER CLXXIV. I had been In Reno hut a couple j l of weeks when, at a small musical af- i ' fair I attended, i met Mrs. Pnlrchtld. ' he was not one of Keno's floating J . population she had always livtd j tlu re. Hhe vat. 1 nhould judge, about , ' years old. and hud one of the sweet- ! : est f ce 1 had ever seen.- Not reg- t I uiarly beautiful. y any means, but i sweet and good. It developed that she J lived right next 'to me, and we walked home together. Hhe asked me no questions, but I ( ! told her about Kdith and that she, j Mandy snd mysslf composed our i botisehold. ' -How otd Is your little girl?"- she queried. "Just & " "I lout a little girl just that age many years ago. said f!?f. "Won't you come In a fi w minuteaT' I ssked tmpulalvelv "IxMn will be In at thla hour." "I should be delighted.' she returned, re-turned, and so commenced a friendship that was to mean much to me. ' " t . 1 ' . |