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Show M. Arreg I Sangater was cheered; he told him-; him-; self that she only needed understand-1 understand-1 Ing. He believed that If Jimmy those he could convince her that everything was going to be all right in the future; he believed that with a little tact and patience Jimmy could entirely regain her lost confidence. Hut patience and Jimmy seemed somehow Irreconcilable. Jimmy was too young too selfish. He women who are our guardian angels; remember that!" Me hated himself for having had to blame her. even inlldsy, when the fault was so utterly and entirely Jimmy's. It seemed a monstrous thing th;it Chris-tin Chris-tin should have to teach Jimmy unselfishness; un-selfishness; he hoped he had not said too much. Hut Christine was reslly much hsp-pier, hsp-pier, had he known it. She went up to her room and changed her frock for sighed Involuntarily as he looked al ' Christine. When they had left the restaurant again, and wera welkin toward tht park, he deliberately baji to talk about Jimmy. "I suppose Jimmy never told you how he and 1 first met, did her he asked. "No." Her sensitive little face flushed. Bhe looked up at him eagerly ""Jt fcsn't a bit of romantic reil." be said. "At least, not front my point of view; but I dare say you would be Interested, In-terested, because it shows what a fine chsp Jimmy really is." He fx. a for granted that she was listening. He went on: "It waa some ears ago now. of course five years. I think, and 1 was broke broke to tb w nle. If you know what that m-ane- lis -tanked down at her smilingly. I m iy the way of bong a stniKtfllna; journshai. you know," he explained. More of the struggling than the Journalist. I'm not a bit of good at the Jot, to be quite candid; but M s a life I like and lately I've managed to scrape along ijulte decently. Anyhow, at the time I met Jimmy I was down and out. KW-et street would hav none of me, ar.d I even had to pawn my watch." "Ohr". aaid Christine wiLh soft sympathy. sym-pathy. Sangster- laughed. "Tnat's nothing; It's been pawned fifty times since it first came Into my possession. I should think. lon t think 1 m asking for sympathy I'm not. It s the Hort of life that suits me. and I wouldn t change it for another even If I hsd the chance. Hut the night 1 ran across J lmmy I was fairly up aaainst It. 1 hsdn t had a square meal for a week, and I was ill. to add to the trouble. Jimmy wss coming along 1'all Mall In evening -dress. He wax smoking a cigar that ft m el led good, and I 1 wondered as he passed me If I dared go up and ask him for a shilling" "Oh, Mr. HangNtrr!" He looked down hearing the distress In her voice. "Iont look so sorry!" he said very ; one or the few simple ones she -had hsd new when she was married. She did her hair tn a way she thought Jlm- , my would like; she sent one of the servants out for flowers to brighten the little sitting room; she timidly ordered or-dered what she thought would bs an Ktra nice dinner to please him. The . waiter looked at her questloningly. "For for two, madam T' ha asked hesitatingly. "Yes, please. Mr. Challoner and 2 will dine up here this evening." As a rule. Jimmy dined downstairs alone, and Christine had something snt up to her. She wss vaguely beginning be-ginning to reside now how foolish she hsd been. The little time she had spent with fUngster had been like the opening of a door In her poor little heart, letting In fresh air and common sense. After all, how could she hope to win Jimmy by tears and recriminations? recrimina-tions? Hhe had heard the doctrine of i "forgive and forget" preached so frequently: fre-quently: surely this was the moment in which to apply It to herself and him. Her heart beat a little fast at the thought. Hhe spoke again to the waller wall-er as he turned to leave the room. "And and will you find out what wine Mr. rhalloner has with his dinner, din-ner, as a rule: and and serve the same this evening?" The nrin hesitated, then: "Mr. t'hai loner told me he should not be lining In this evening, madam." he siid reluctantly. "He came In about 3 o'clock and went out again; I think there was a mesange for him. He told me to tell you if you came In." He averted his eyes from Christine's blanching face as he spoke, "t am sure that Is whs Mr. Challoner said, madam.' he repeated awkwardly. 'li. very well." Christine stood quite still In the empty room when he had gone: It seemed sll the mora lonely nnd empty, now that once again she had been robbed or her esger hopes. Jimmy wss not coming home. Jimmy i on nil ii r ma uun ami uninteresting that he was or.ly too glad of an excuse to stay out Hhe wondered where he had gone; whom the message had been from. A sudden mm son stain dyed her ch-ek. Cynthia Karros : She tried hard to stamp the thought nut of existence tried hard to push it f-om her, hut It was useless. It grew and grew In ber agonized mind till sin-could sin-could think of nothing else. She walked about the room, wringing her hands. (To be contlriued. (Copyright. n:o. by Bell Kyndirate ) , I n i-i i ii u in s amy s msron ror me. I've had my good times, and I've I hid my bad: and when I come to write tr.e story- of my life when 1 m a bloated bloat-ed millionaire, that Is'' he added in lnughtng pnrcnthesls- "It will make fine reading to know thwt I as once so hard up that I rartsrrd a shilling off a swell In even ins; drest: lint t'hrieiins did not laugh: her eyes were almost t ragic as she looked up wonderingly at Sangster s honest face. "And and d:d uu ask him ." she quest ion.'d "Iid I not sa'd Sangster heartily. "I" went tip to him Jimmy stopped dead. I b):eve he thought 1 wss going to pinch his watch and I said. Will you be a sport and lend ne a bob? Not a bit romantic, you see'" j tTirrstlne caught her breath. "And did he did hfT' she S'Xed es-gerly. Sangster laughed rem in is- j c.ntiy. You 11 never guess what he said. H- asked no question. Ite took the clarar from his lips ard looked at me. snd he snl.l '1 haen't sjut a bolt in the world till my brother, the tlreat Ho- ' rat u. end mx- monthly allow ance , along: but If you'll come as far aa thel nest street. I know a chap I can tor-row tor-row a sover-igu from." Wain i that 'j'lst Jimmy ail over?" Itrtstin. Has laughing, too. now. "oh, I can just hear him saying 1t I can just see him'" she cried. "And i then what did you do?" I "Weil we went along to this pal of Jimmy's, and Jimmy borrowed a fiver. I e gv me three pounds, anil took me along to hav a dinner. And wii, wee been jal ever since. A tot of link for m-" wasn't if T I was thinking.' said little hr latins la-tins verv corneal ly. ' that it waa a bit of lurk for Jimmy." Gangster grew furiously red J-'nr a moment he could think of nothing to say: he had only told the story io ordr-r to soften her toward Jimmy, and in a measure he hrd succeeded. Christine wslked beside him without i sneaking for some time; her brown i eves were verv thoughtful. Sangster talked no more of Jimmy, be was too tactiul to overdo things. Jimmy was rot mentioned bet a een them again till he took e.er back to the hotel. Then I don t know how to thank you for being so kind to me.' she said earnest, lv Her brown eves were lifted confidently confi-dently to his fnce "Hut I've- ben happier hap-pier this afternoon than thn I've ever ben since mv nrother died. SangstT gripped Her hand hard for a moment. t "And von will be harpy always If you're just a little pal ient." h said fsther huskil v Jimmy's a spoiled bov. and snd It's the women who i have to show all of us eh? It the |