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Show . 1 : - ' ; . . . . ... "" " QOSSIP feeds on itself and fattens on its own . imaginings, and the person who fives ear to its whisperings is folly's child. In theory Linff-ham Linff-ham knew all this, but it took actual experience to make him fully realize it. - ; ' "Oh. dai!dy. Jon didn't kin BiS (nod eight - . ' "Sht't wicked little imp. but alir Wvea her daddy mo much." observed Kiwi Ayres. - f .rnghsm wa unable to apeak, lie aat tlow snide ber and took hr banda I bis . and held tbeu eo tightly tbet ber eje raised situlbt pain f it, but sb did But auke say complaint, "I ban just discovered bow much I lor you." Jm aakl, , VI lore yon more tbaa ' anything In the world, and I want yeu le marry mr. I bad te coens and tell yea," 8 he did not draw ber Uamle awe 1 aba. held tneis el I II. but without aa anewerlng preeeun, and the ' cadecx-re of ber role broufht' agouin of tenderness ts Unghaa aa aba replied. "Ru yeu do aot knew aay. thing abaut int.' "I know more tbaa yoa think," b blurted out then he added, "Hut I want only te know what you wish ta tell a. It la enough foe ae that yoa art ber and that I knr torn." ' 8b managed to disengage her band with ' out actually nulling them away from him; It waa her way with everything to be cob pletely mletrea of keraelf without seeming ta strln for It. She waa Ingerlng her cra ehetlng wbea ah apok again : -Theee toswt essefe Iew-eetl-ewej-Tuevi,-ehe aaid, "and I think, perhapa. It would be better for you ta wait antil you And oat for you rat If much better." , Llngham retraced Ma tlepe ts th laa nuning tb bitter-tweet Image of her. lie ' blamed bimeelf at th 8 ret because b bad not roughly takes her In-hie anna, looted bla amotion, held her antil lb gat here If to him. Ht felt that aba would bar dona to. But ht milled later that they both would hart regretted it ha moat of all. It would bare been taking ruthleaa advantage advan-tage of her. violating' that delicate something which guarded ber even againat what jnlfbt ' -'A-' r&J: - . Vh 'y.': ' W tftrrnooa between aet f tenait that tt ' Will v i ' y . a add th rrederickaea were aarer able to " M' ' " 'luce Mint Area ta come out ta tbt alub. 'ifVxwX.!. W "Odd !' .aiclalmed Wltbeta, with a pe- ' JV Vw v"V V . cnliarunll. "Oh. Idoa'tbnow. Hillaetaa . . ' VffS. ! awfully eiclutiee and well, careful weak" ' . - ' i e be a better word, peruana." rirka: fiftb). Rexford, a lawyer, and at tbt end of the line. With r. "Tb elementary claaa la thought trana , ference," chuckled Hallock. . "rrofeaaar ; Hallock la tb chair.' "I here typed o thla abeet af paper a tentenee." aaid Hallock, producing tb abort from Ma pocket," aimpla atatemcnt of fact or, at any rata, I ahall aek you to ' accept It aa fart. I want you, gentlemen, te matter It from ana te another, to thtt' tbt thought ot it ahall be reported area rately. I do net Intitt aa preeerrlng th aiact worde, but I want th thought ae -curate eonreyed through yoar mlndt, lipa and tar. , It la a ilmpl teat, gentlemen gentle-men , but I'm tar yon won't reaent It, If 1 tell you I'm practically certain yoa can't . do ft. Bom af yon bar had experitnea ' with the ah Intelligence teett ' . . "The J! ret man In th tin,' air. IJng- -bam, it to ate the printed atnteaee," Hallock Hal-lock went ea. "H may memoriae It, if Ke withe. He will repeat It to yoa, Dr. Braddock, to that Dane but yen ahall hear. Ton will repeat It to Mr. Frederick and. to on down tbt Una. air. Wither, when . th meaeege' reaebta you, yeu will pleat writ It dowa.Jutt aa you get It and pat th remit to me." - Frederick grunted. "Th eld fam af foaalp,". be aaid. . ' . aha bfoojet Kramar'a wif la th nrlaid vcrtloif." . , '"" "Why. It ionka almoat aa If oat of them 1iad deliberately , twiejed It !" . exclaimed Llngham. - ( ."No," amiled Hallock, "that would (up- ' " note aulldeueneaa, and I purpoeely eboa aamea af peraona aad atreeu that 4 net tiet." . ' Hallock aauntcrcd out. learlag Llngbaai to gather ap hla tketchea, fumblingly, aad to depart aloae, thlnklpg hard. . It waa sot lata, a trill after a'dock, whea Lingham reached - hla rtiaiit. . Ht dropped into a ehalr which had, of lata, become be-come hi faroriU aeat, mar th window thai .-Overlooked ta elna.clad nitrgtla. There were light la th Frederick hods, taftly ahaded and la tbefr glow were limned . th dark outline of tbt leafy arbor, te that it eeemed to bt dttacked from the bout it-tetf. it-tetf. Llngham aat la a tort of date, ha did aot know how long, until then crept lata hi coaacionaatat tbt thla thread af aaftly eung melody l ' - "No aa will' knew what row .learta 'eonaeal, Nt a will fata what they eeoJd r. ; " Thtra waa a ; croeolag, half'-aobblng quality to th Tote. . uer To ice aana te a tulrarlag alga In her throat aa h turpriaed her thtra, alon la th half-gloom of th arbor. "I came back," a aaid, ta a tow ton. , "I cam hack to toll yoa that I cannot gir yoa ap, that way. Yoa do car for ma. Toa let an ae It, yet I undent nd that yoa coald aot bear to hie a Iseiec. Aat I moat Ineiat. Ther la nothing that I know, , nothing that I could erer learn ee hear that would Bteea more to m thaa thla that I lor yoa. Would it be too great a aaerUc tot yea to many m any way r" "No." th breathed, "not for me." ' - He want do to her aad th looked ap kt him with eyea that war lik dark pool. "Oh, bat I em I waa afraid It weald be, ' for yeu." "Now, Mr. Llngham." aaid Henoch, and handed the typed Blip to Linihem. H road It, alowly and carefully, and w(tb eoaaid-erabl eoaaid-erabl relief repeated th word to hlmeejf and, to make aaauraae doubly turt, a read It agaia. , "lea hare attmorind Itr atkd Hallock. Hal-lock. - ' ' . . "Tea," waa Llngbam'a reply, la a ton that rang aharp, for ha waa eonrlnced, : now, of what lay behind thla "telepathy tet." It held a deep eignincaae for him. "Thea repeat it, carefully. In th ear f Dr. Braddock." prompted Hallock. Braddock leaned toward Ungbam and ' lietened aa tb Utter repeated th tea fence la hi ear. - "J-,,, your time to atalmllet th meaa-ing.", meaa-ing.", obeerred Hallooh. "then to Mr. Fredtrtcka." . . "I cams back," ha aaid in a low tone, "I cams back to tell you that ' ' ,1 cannot gives you up that way" be her own attire. Ling hem would km re bee more tbaa happy to take ber, aameleee, a womaa with-. with-. out parentage, knowing nothing af her ear that ah waa hla womaa of women. Bui Hlllaatoa had already -lmpoeed apoa Ling-' Ling-' ham aomttbing of itt add teal. la hi misery Llngham waa reluctant to keep th appointment at the City Club with Hallock that (rening. But after a time be decided that Hallock would do him good. Hallock waa aot of Hillaaton. Bo ka took hi newly completed aketch of tb eleratioa of tb facade of tb Memorial- Temple, a he had promlted, and wtnt to th club. . Hallock appeared to notice Lingham'a preoccupation a th architect unfolded hi drawing ta tb card room ot th club. Draw-. Ing Ma echolarly brow lata a thoughtful . frewa, Hallock kraahed to tkttck aaid without looking at tt and remarked with ' blunt kladnea : "There ta attMfhing troubling 70a, my friend, aad yoa ar not In tenet ed ta your owa work. It tktr anything I can do Inaacial ar otherwise?" - Llngham (book kit and. tried to'tmilt, but waa unable to repreaa a burnt of nlf- eondemaatioa which, a thought, would b 1 amMguoua to Hallock, for bt did not intend in-tend to teek eoneeletion. . "I'm dhuruated with mytelf, that't all," aid Lingbam. VI bad imagined that I waa aot a croatun of convention, and I hare Juet. diarorered that I am." ,. , "80 you're crumpled up under th toowbell ot acandal," remarked HaUock, graeping at another metaphor, 'idly, and appearing to Igaon Ungbam' laat tU-ment. tU-ment. "Scandal t eery much lib wet now. It (tick when tt fall aad dampen cnthualaam and , eitlnguiihet the Urea of friendship and dnwna lore. It gathera it-aelf it-aelf into tnermou. eruahlag aia it roll, lik a aaowball, dowa bliL let It melt! aad diieolm and trickle away aader th rare of th tun of truth." "It doean t kit ma." ndaimtd Llngham Llng-ham wretchedly. "It concern a worn. one tftrrnooa between et f teaal that U waa odd the Frederk-kan wen UTff abl to lotluc Mia Area ta come oat to tbt Iub. "Odd !" ,iclalmed M'itbela, with a pe- nlitr amil. "Ok. I don't know. Hillaetaa I' awfully exclutie and well, nreful waubl be a better word, peruana." :'. -v ' ' . L INGHAM Uughed. lit was beglaaing to undereti Hlllattua and it proela- , cUl aocial rul Ha could aot help thinhing of Mlw Ttarker and her tlbllem-ee a typical of Hlllaatoa aociety. He told Withen of Mlea Buaaa' remark about Suaie Ayraa. But Wltban did aot laugh. Hi fan attorn at-torn ttera and ht teld 1 ' "Well, I'm vary eorry It'a got to thoee women. They're going to beep am talking about It about har. And that't a.tham. ' Lord know, It' hard enough for a girl under tuch a handicap without" II ahruggrd ' tor tb flret tin einee Llnthtm had known him, looked helpleaa. "lUndkep?" eueried Ungbam, piiuled. "It atrikea vit Mia Aynt kaa n th adrantagea brains, voice, beauty and, wU, pereonality." ' Withera fumbled with tb tennit rtckrt he held end dropped It. "Llngham, I hat rooelp." he mid with aerioua Vfhemence. "It haa apolled the cbanrva of mane a god maa aad th life of many a good womaa. But you r aun to hnr thia eomewaere, berauM the women an goaalplng already. " It t better yoa ibould ban It airtight. Of course, I reellta'that four being hooked up with Frederick makea It awkward for you to know each thing. Yoa can't help thinking think-ing about tt, no matter how little yoa really cere. It' her pa rente re, Lingbam. Phe- " "I wouldn't nay a word," be declared. "I hate gnaaip, but I'm abaofutely un af tblt. It ren t goaalp." "Yea." aaid I4nham. "go a." ' Witben got ft out awkwardly, but plainly "And aewr "l am Ttry aun that yea lor ma," aha aaid aoftly, nd rose to awet hi eutotretched ' . "Tea e,".h mwrmared, a little later, tar ok trvmoJooa with th motiea that had tnaaftrmtd her Into a womaa of aotK w-armbif InUkk deep, "yoa tee, I did aot know how mock yoa knew of an. I , wa afraid tblt you did aot know enough. I feared yoa would regnt, afterward, wata 1 yen found that yoa had created a pauper wbek yoa married me." "Created I don't , enderetand at all," txclaimed Llaghaia. . 8h laughed aoftly. . "Thaa yoa Boat g ' ! . aa ever to th laa. Mr. Withen ha tome-thing tome-thing to tU yeu. He waa here, aad a Bud a etraag aort of apology t ma. Ha aid that h had beea guilty of of goaalplng. goaalp-lng. and bad told yoa eeeaethtng about me." ' "Withen I" exploded Ltaghaa. "What did ht toll yoa?" Kb laughed a delidou little trill af mirth. "Nothing, after all." aha aaid, "a, cept what I bar aaid, just now, aad he will be lying ta wait for yea at the laa. Ht teemed t bo tun that yoa might eoea ban T INGHAM waa shaving In th tiny bath-J-'reora which adjoined hla noma at th Beech Tree Inn, wbea tb cadences ot a ong earn floating up to him. It waa a ' plsintica melody, hut, tung by a eotco of tiiru'hf.ke enprano, it waa lifted from ptain-tlr"T'-'a lnta cheerful allegn la the -a peel June !ree a that carried It te Llngbam'a een, through the window when be stood : T)ir Ulllm roe erflA year heart mf fid. Jemr Unit rose, meg yoar eefdlt fold Jy secret treef, ertil fraet ye 's keep, Zrr in my heart 'ttetU reaost " He located th soorc of th tong, hut cotild not aea the ainger. Ha did manage to gouge bimeelf on the cbin aa be endeavored endeav-ored to look ia and around th mirror, la the window, at the seme time. Lingham had heard the lyrl sung by Mct'ormark, and kad believed that none but the Irish tenor could really ting It. Thia morning, at the eipenee of a hacked cbia and bated breath, Llngham discovered big mistake. , Then waa girl, omewhen la th llttl garden of the place adjoining the inn grounds, at the rear, who waa doing much better than McCorwiack. McCormark. after all, ia only a maa wltk a voice, tnd thia girl wat, possibly, young and pretty. She bad a golden soprano, tnd aht waa tinging, with Llngham had yat to learn that la nillaa-ton nillaa-ton comment Invariably mesne gossip. H Ills Il-ls ston waa etrange to Lingbam, new to him, , though It had been, a civilised settlement for three time aa long aa any towa or city la which be had aver lived. LinthAia waa anxious to penetrate t "th con ot tb town. He resolved to lik Hilt-aston, Hilt-aston, not only auperiiclally, but Intimately. He bad made th acquaintance ot a few delightful de-lightful persons, among them tbe Fred-ericksee. Fred-ericksee. They wenocw to Uiilaetoe, however how-ever ; they had lived then but ten or twelve year. Another waa Hallock, aa elderly bachelor, one ot the three judgn who had awarded Llngham the prlr for hi deeiga. Hallock waa aa old-timert but, somehow, he waa not of Hillaaton. although he wat la It. Lingbam felt thia distinction. . Withera, another young architect, waa on of the judge, too. Withen htd beea twty at tbt time of the contest, but had returned re-turned just In time to take the place of the late General Hswee, original chairman ot the trio. It waa Withen who took Ling-ham Ling-ham In tow, put him up at the City Club and took him to tbt Country Club, showed him around and Introduced bim to Hallock, Lingham had decided a would get acquainted ac-quainted aa faet as be could. Ha Intended to follow op hit lead la Uillattoa by establishing es-tablishing ta offin then. - BRADDOCK beaiuted, juet aa Instant, nodded, thea gave tt to Frederick. Aad to ft paaaad on As It cam te Withen he wrote ea a pad, acaaaed It, nodded la apparent ap-parent tstlsfactloa aad handed th pad to HaUock. . Hallock glanced at th written tales age. "Th original exactly reversed," he aaid with a wall. " Then wa a chorus of demands to know the original and the final versions, bat Hallock Hal-lock ehook bia head vigorously. "No, ae, please d aot insist," h tried. "That would be In the natun of aa oa-' oa-' kind exposure ot one or aeon of yea, tea-' tea-' tlemen. , Tbia teat waa, a I aaid, for my personsl benefit. I nnnot agn to auk any n feel embarrassed. Aad, per-sonatly, per-sonatly, I prefer- aot to knew th weskest link ia tb chela. It would complicate my conclusion." . "Now that I think It eeer," declared Dr. Braddock, frankly, "I don't believe I even bothered with th thought of tbe eentennt I tried to transmit tt, word for word." Frederick seconded the confession and be added. "A maa could abed It, lik a duck . sheds wtter to anticipate your metspkorical melting but . a womaa " He came oat with the whole story, the. . Hallock, quit abruptly, ta a peculiar maaass he bad of lifting a eeareraetloa away from en aubject to another, ra-marked ra-marked t ' . "I have been much interested In telepathy, telep-athy, lately. I waat to know whether then la any each thing. I ban come to . the point when I am ae deeply interested that I want Jo be able te believe ar dia-beliere, dia-beliere, aad th eoly way I ma eee te convince con-vince myself one way or th other Is fey aa actual teat. Th Ant stop, to my aotioa, would be te try out the fallibility of th human mind la conveying a simple massage by word of mouth, from one to the other. Y-eor cos offen aa interesting experiment." HALLOCK arose, abruptly, aa a figure passed tb door of tb card roots. -"Than la eae of my prospective wlctiau, ' now," he aaid. "I ban arranged for a aort at eeance, witl) tn area te help an eat, and I waat yea te be the sixth, Lin r. haa." "Why, yea. ot coarse," muttered Lingham. Ling-ham. politely, but mock mystified by Hallock' Hal-lock' freakish shift. It waa either a eery transparent attempt to take hi mind eat hi troabjee or else aa extramely cold-blooded cold-blooded attempt to as him ta hi trouble as the auhect for aa experiment. Hallock west out into the lobby aad totalled, to-talled, shortly, with Ma ether "rid last." Ungbam beeam doubly useaey wbea he aaw'that Withen was ne of them and Fredericks another. He weald ban bolted thaa aad then bat for Hallock' hypnotic-' hypnotic-' manner f taking charge of his group. He eked tb eextet to take aeata la chain lined along the wall af tb card 'too. The chain wen aepantad by the length ad a ana' forearm from each other. Hallock guided Lint ham late the tnt chair and placed Braddock, a pkyaiciaa. next to hlak la the third chair he placed Ores-kaa. Ores-kaa. a newepaperxsaa ; ta the fourth, Fred- , enough. "Bueie Ayne net ae legal rtgat to her to that asm. It ass aot her father' name. - la fact, aha doeaa't know " "That't enough that't enough 1" broke la Linghaa. Withen gan Lingham a enrcbing look. "But, good Lord, aat!" he exploded, "I didn't rvea think yoa wen In terse ted." , (A I'm aot," lied Lingbam. . Tbt gossip tt tb laa at which be had laughed took ea a sinister eigniScane now. Llngham wat subbed te the quick to reallao . what th tabbiee mutt ban meant with the phraee "thtt tort of person, " aad he wa furiou wltk himself now for ha ring aa laughingly passed It en te Putlt Ayr. How bravely tb had met It I How It mast ban cut int her bwrtl Lingham went to Ma room after supper that evening end, sat by the window ever- ' looking the Frederick' absurd little garden. gar-den. Tkt Dutchman'! pip by thla rim had succeeded la smoking ap a cloud of brave which buried tb angle at the "J," aad It . was really beautiful ia th dusk. Llngham gated at it foy a long tim thoughtfully; thea ht rest, quiet and decided. He had the look ' of one who had teoad peace after strife with himself. Ht went over te the pergola and fouad Susie A 7 ret tatting 1 then en-carting. en-carting. v Llughtm't emotion a he left hit room . and wtnt across the yard of the laa te narrow gate ta the fence that opened into the gardea had beea of almost anbearsbls pity for the girL But whea be faced her aad the amiled ap tt him to the dim glow of aaooallght, lltered through th leavn of the arbor, hi pity wa dissolved inis yearning, tender patsiaa. She est In a gowa f green, a -lighter tint of th leave ot th Tin against ' - shirk ber bright head gleamed. The shrill soke of eae of the Frederick children, aa Impish litU girt, 60a ted eat from aa epea window of a second lose ehambexs "B might be!" ejaculated Llngham, but kt wa poaaled (till. "Why, I am, thought of yea aa a potential pauper r i a priaetas, either, except that yea an princess prin-cess of my heart. Wkat I tt yoa an trying te toll ma!" "I I promised aet te tell," the stammered stam-mered i "Mr. Withen waa ae aaxloua ts ban the prieilege of correcting hi aoetaj error of gossiping. Toa most let Mm." TTB FOUXD Withen, nearly aa boor later, waiting for Mm, anxiously, te-Jertly, te-Jertly, la th little parlor of the inn. "Ungbam I" ke buret out explosively, "I'r beea coning and kicking myself all erer towa tlnot I since that deadlth telepathy telep-athy test of Hallock' art -me th ink lag. Aad J west after th erlglaal rereio of thai Information." lie broke of. bitterly, ea the word. "I got It atnlght," be said. "Lik a fool," a went on, "I blundered ' . ' Into Fredericks' house aad fouad yea wen aot then, but th was, and I had to blunder blun-der out (gal, but - "Tea, Mite Ayne told me yea bad beea than and yea had a isasige for ate," aaid Ungbam, soothingly. "Lietea, maa I" commanded Withen. grasping Linghaa fey the arm with a an, retain hand aad peering late hit face anxiously, guiltily. "The original eeraioa of that damned gossip that I spread about Mia Aynt wta that I traced It. aad kt cam theough Just three panose, aot tUl It waa. that 'Mies Ayne never knew fee Parent, because they both, died feefara aha em eae year eld !" Witters' agsoieed expnaalea wa mm-seat mm-seat tnougi eat th twisted nraioa fee had gieea Linghaa at the Country auk. "Bat then' awn to It," Wither eea. tiased. "She era kt t a f octane, la trusts and thia la a fact, beet as I aaw It ia feUea and whit tonight th foeteae go ta charity If toe marries." "Oh, te that allr" mailed Uaghaa. latently. la-tently. Well, doa't be toe hard ea year-self, year-self, eld maa. It doeea'l auk aay djf-ftnaca djf-ftnaca ts me ar to Buaie Arret that, te ta gossip, ettaer.'' - j th net began Interjectiag remark. Hallock Hal-lock put hi hand over hi can aad thea ' wared them out of tb room, laughing, "lean my laboratory, moleculn. and (ght h out la tb billiard room." -. But Hallock nodded to Ungbam to remain. re-main. Ungbam bueled bimeelf wltk hie tketrk sheets. Ht looked up, eoce, and aaw Wither, pasting out the door, with a thoughtful expseaaioa ea hut face. "I waat yea te en the Baal eersioa," Mid Helloes, and ht spread out tb type writtea sheet ea the tabl aad, beneath it, tbt sheet ea which Withen kad writtea. ' - "Abaordly aim pie," be chuckled. "New, who would bellen that til Intelligent mea, would a dlatort th truth? Tea might think it possible if tbey wen unr " "Women," (uppUed L!nghm, with ' a catch la hit laugh. "Perhspe, Now, you eee, ben 1 tb original sentence that I gan you 1 " 'Mr. Jam X. Larchner, at 87 Haasel atreet, wss sees entering the home of Leonard Leo-nard J. Kramer, of 53 Leeaaa avenue, but alght, with th woman who ia Ma wife.' " "Yea, that ta exactly a I gam It to Dr. braddock," obeereed Llngham. "I am tun' af that." "Yet, I expected yea would. It aaoally ' work that way th I ret asaa fete- lie right " "Tou'vt tried tblt bef onf axcUrmed Lingham, barply. HaUock amiled.- "Tee, bat aerer wit auch a atriklat reversal tt the eyiglna!. , Yeu tee, I pat. Into the eentesee aa aa-feigulty, aa-feigulty, aad lb aamea mt the atreet wen Intended ta confuse the eanlae mind the aormal, intelligent mind ee that tba laa! eersioa read I " 'Mr. Jama K. Larrkner, et 62 Hamat rent, wat aeea entering the home ot Lee-sard Lee-sard 1. Kramer, at BT Leeaaa street, teat Bight, with jTremer' -!.. "The big reveraioa of thought, ot eearn. lie la tb libeling f th lady. It wat hit. Larchsr't ewa wife, la the original, aad - ' anconsclous abandon, under the window of a leuely young man on a Babbeth morning' In June. Tbt gtrden when aht aang belonged be-longed to the white house with greea blind which fared away from tb in oa another atreet. Th plan belonged to Fredericks, tbt contractor, Linghaa happened to know. Linihem, whoea deeixn for tb Uillaatoa Memorial Temple, fashioned oa pun Colonial Colo-nial line, bad beea accepted by the com-mitter, com-mitter, did aot think muck of Fredericks' glaringly sew. tnd "restored" Colonist kouee; tki despite the fact that Fredericks kad the contract to build the Tempi from Ungbam'a detign. At the breakfast table, Lragham overheard over-heard a diecussioa ot tba singer. Then wars eereral boarders at tba Inn whs were fixture. fix-ture. Lord know how long they had beea then. They would Barer have toed yoa, themselves; they wen of that age whea mention of any considerable stretch et yeen kt something of a persona affront- Ling-. Ling-. kam kad to kid hi smil ia the rose cup whea Mum Buaaa Barker remarked to fee la--via, Mia Harriet Gait, wltk a eibt-lancy eibt-lancy of sentence that wa emphasised by - Mm Susan's too even, toe white teeth 1 . "8h call herself Busts Ajreel It' juet like that aort of persoa to be staging each a song, outdoors, oa Sunday." The tenor, of kliss Bueaa' tputter appeared ap-peared te be Inspired by the fact that tie linger assd th dimiautin form of her ewa t reapectabl nam. Buaaa waa, aad la, emi nently respectable. Buster Well, then waa e awn behind Mum Buaaa'a remark thaa ap peared, but Unghaa did aot know It. He waa a newcomer te Hula. tea. Further-mom, Further-mom, La had ae idea who Buaie Ayne waa. But, happily, he had a conference scheduled with Frederick for that afternoon at tb lattcr'a house. Aa boob ss b wa Introduced to ber, Linxhasi felt tua( tbt wta Juet the aort of persoa to etimalata coauaent of the aibiitat rj'istn tort. Bbt tempted comment. Aside from 'bat, aha waa a cousia of Mrs. Frtd-snrkt Frtd-snrkt snd ehe had cum to Hillistoa U peod tht tummer. ai neat glance Langnam tnew utt it waa ' going t be nay for him te get acquainted with Butie Ajree. "Ye, l'n had the pleeaun ef hnrlng yoa ting," bt aaid whea they wen Introduced. Intro-duced. , Hhe threw hark her hnd and laughed aa muaictlly at aht htd tung. "Then yoa lirt tt Beech Tree Inn," tht replied, "and I'm going to make it a point te aing under your window every Bundsy." "Make it every day," sug'gssted Ungbam, "Only Bsmlaye, beeense it will make tb tabkiea eo cattish," aha went on. "I saw three ot them arching their back nd spitting spit-ting t ms from tb side piaxxa tbia mora-Ing." mora-Ing." Lingham chuckled tnd repeated to ker - MiM Buaaa Barker's nmsrk without gielng her name, of course, except te aay that It was "Buaaa, aot Buaie." AFTF.lt that, Lingham'a acquaintance with Bus! Ayn grew delightfully. He continued to bt much amused at the 'tabby-cat" 'tabby-cat" remarks kt beerd about bn at th lna. II rather liked to knr Mitt Buna Btrktr tpnk ot Busit Aynt a "that aort ef par- , eon," hers use it wa Bin to have eeerets witk "that aort of person. " Busi Ayr, with her ropper-nlored hair, milk-wklts ekia, freckled juet cnougk to ' suggest her ' Ion of ent-of-doors, her slim gnn and ' her To ice, begs a to become aomethlag a bit men thaa a costla of Mn. 1 rede ricks to Lingham. Bh had a certain abandonment ef ninr, certs in humorous glint ta ber ef ee, a certaia tremor In her laugh that thrilled him. At thia point cam th bolt from th feln. Wltken kuritd it Witben, tbt matter-of-fact, bo played tennis with Ungbam at th Country Club aa if it wan part ef the business of living, aot a recreation, ami eae made it hie buatueee, Iikewiae, ntber thaa a social grtct. to present Unghaa I the . Biea who counted In llillastoa. Unghtm htd corat to knew Withen weO enough to talk with him frankly about the litUe tbingt af daily Ufa; and he remarked ' Oesrritse, isja. ar t itsir cesussr y |