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( , to live as man and wife wlfo Twcnthree T't\ T't Tt Twcn- Twcn T'ten TwcnIhree ' \ en- en - 'three three en'three dt ' Ihree three ycirs yeu years ! previous . , Anne Larhad Larhad Lar- Lar Larhad - had eloped with an adventurer adventurerthe adventurer\vtb adventurer vtb \the the \ \ he day set for tor her wedding wedl1lng to toijrtney toSirtney togurtncy ijrtney Sirtney : Graham Two days after afterbirth afterpiblrth blrth birth of ot her ber daughter . , Anno Anne dlel1 died dlel1rtly diedrtly diedgjrtly rtly after atter , the tho father tather died The Theads ThehTiedo edA ads , , grandparents , took toolc tools tho the child childthem childthem childr/t childr t . / them to Oregon where , without withoutd withoutyd d compinlons comp'lnlons complnlons companions ' Deborah grow grew up upllaaffguard J.a.Cpguard Ja.Cpguard JaCpguard 1nfeguard upJ.a.Cpguard 1 . nfeguard . her from trom some tor- tor for- for torhunter forhunter tor-Be tor Be - hunter , her grandfather had hadnged hadraged hadneed | | [ nged raged tor for her to marry Stuart Stuartof Stuartof Stuartl Stuartlof of Courtney Graham , when wben ofCHAPTER of ot CHAPTER I-Continued I Continued IContinuedEPi I - Continuedt Continuedt2 IContinued2 EPi EPi2 -2- 2 - 2was 2was 2was - was here that Mr . Larneildyed Lamed Larne,1 Larne1 Larneil Lameded , dyed ed that his unhappy experl experle experi3e e had not gone for nothing He Hedetermined He.3 He3 . determined to leave nothing to toJ toce tonee totrice J nee ce He " was "as as determined that thatpything tythlng thattythlng ; ' ything should contribute to toJd tojd toLrd Jd making the young people will willto ' \ - m mto -RillQjto RillQjto peopleRillQjto madel madelvlll to nnrrv m'1rn m1rn m'trrs mtrrs ' ' each other He made madeIII vlll 111 III . , and It \ was as a model of InIty Insty In Inty Ity sty ty . . In It he slid s'1ld s1ld sold ' that his Ms hisddaughter Msddaughter hisdaughter ddaughter ( Deborah should tn fn tn"the fnthe Inthe ! "the the " the large part of his Ills fortune fortune.httng fortunehttng . , nUng rating to something over a mil miloHars miloilers milalojiars oHars oilers In gO\ gO government gOernment golernment \ ernment bonds . , Ifnly Ifmy If IfJly nly my If It she mirrled m1rrled married Stuirt Stu'ut Stuut Stuart ' Gr.1 Gr1 Gra Gr.1n Gran Gran . Jly n or before her twcntv tcnt twenty t\\ t \ \ cnt\ cnt cntfirst ' \ " first firstny firstay firstly ny ay . On her t twenty " cnt ; } first birth birthber birthher birthllior ber her grandfather , If he werewould \ were \ ere erewould would b bp eighty eight ; } five fi\"e fi "e e ' \ " yeais yeals years of oft oft oft t was not likely Hhely that he wouldong " would wouldng ould ong > ng after that dite d1te date , so the old oldlaced oldfaced oldaccd laced faced the situitfon sltu'1tfon sltu1tfon situation ' squarely squarelyshould squarelyshould squarelyshould should die before her twcn twen twcntblrthday twent'birthday twcntibirthday tblrthday t'birthday tbirthday ! ' , she and her grandr grand r were to tv 11\ 11 lit live 11e \ e a on the Income Incomea a selected list of more profit profitecurltles profitecuritles profitFecuritles ecurltles ecuritles chosen by him with withcare withcare withcare care ; and It If anything h'1p h1p hip h'1pto hipto hipto ' to pre\ pre prevent preent present \ ent Deborah from fromIng froming fromIng Ing ; } ioung young oung Grn Graham am , then the thee theewas thee e ewas , i.was iwas was . to go to charities cbarlUes , but but8S butas butras , 8S as to have the Income fromeuritles from | 'curitles curitles curltles euritles ' for life 1ICe The latter latterufficlent latteruflelent latterlufllclent ufficlent uflelent to make mahe her comfort comfortand comfortand comfortand and keep her from " want "ant ant or orty orty orty ty ; but It was not sutllclent sufficient sutllclentract sufficientTact sufliclentract ract Tact the attention aUennon of a scounfortune scounfortune scoun ; fortune hunter such as her herr r bad been"m beenwill been beenp p " will "m m was carefully planned plannedexecuted plannedexecuted plannedi executed , and Grandfatherand Grandfatheri Grandfatherand Grandfather . and nodded nodl1ed to himself himselt when whenhe \ whenie hen henJ18 i J18 he , thought of or It . An absolute absoluteroot absoluteroof absoluteroof root roof and rogue-proof rogue proof rogue-proot proot - - plan , he heo heo o his bls \ wife Ife 0\ 0 of over 0er \ er and 0\ 0 of 0cr over.ndfather overndfather \ cr er . ndfather had died when wben Debo DeboWas DeboI Debowas Debowas I Was : just past fifteen ; lInd and lIndt1 andhad andbad t1 had gone quite smoothly forr for t- t r tthree - three years longer , withmanaging withr with r managing ever everything thing , , ther the thethe r the business letters , the mon montters monalters . tters But ut then flomethlng something flomethlngo somethingr somethinge somethingfe r o e and unexpected had bapout hapout hap bap hapout r outr outin out In the " world "orld orld , and Garyto Gary Garyto Garyjto to go about with aorried a worriedr \ worried \\orried orried "t t -r r " - "trJnallyand rfinallyand rJnally-and rJnally and finally-and finally Finally - and Deborah wa wacn was wac wasan an n then-sho then sho fTlftn-c fTlftn c - - - _ lft had T fT made riin/Ta riin Ta / blm him blmr himr Vily ir r the truth truth.re truthre . , I + o a " was "as as something somethli about a an aI I n a New York-soml'thing York soml'thing somlthing York-somr'thing somr'thing somrthing - ' ' had hadand hadand 1 and fallen tallen , , and qpd ayd their care- care caret caret care-t care t - - t of securities bad had collapsedc'lreless collapsedcareless collapsed . cireless c'lreless clreless careless ' heap which was wasg wasig JY wasJY ' g them scarcely enough to toGrandmother toY toGrandmother toi Y . Grandmother didn't didnt ' l.now lnow know . knowirse , rse Grandmot Grandmother er couldn'td couldn't couldnt ' GaryI d anything nnvthlnfr like Hli-o Hli o - that thfli _ . Gary Garyn Cirjg I en n a most relieved relle\ed relle ed relleed \ % to tell Debo Debod DeboQ Deboid Q d It had been good fun at ato ato atto o think of ot themselves as asOf asOf + Of courfee courf course e > It ' \ would ould be only onlyeborah onlyeborah onlyeborah ) eborah eborahHIS \ was \HIS HIS twenty 1.nty t.nty tnty 1\\ 1 \ .nty nty \ < . . one , and andey andey andiey ! ey \ would \ ould be wealthier than thanUntil thanYTntll thanUntil ( Until YTntll Deborah was twentyhad twentybad twenty ; had bad run like a thread of ofrough ofrough ofhrough rough e\ e everything eerythlng \ erythlng they dId dIdnil didall didh all nil the tbe little sUbterfuges sUbterfugesGrandmother subterfugesGrandmother subterfugesp Grandmother from know- know knowrough knowrough know-rough know rough - - | rough thehard the tIle ha hard r " work "ork ork , the theng therag theIng J theJ ng rag , . , the bulldln building of the thehouse thechouse , . house to cure \ venison enlson and andthe andthe andr the larder larller . , df ( then hen , , suddenly sUlldenly , , Deborah was wasand wasand wasand , and a half haIr . . d ity ty and nnl ] a half halt , and marriage marriageethlng marriageI marriageething marriagenething I frightWhat frightWlmt ethlng ething unhno unknown " n and nnd fright frightif if ifWhat [ Whylrl WhyIrl WhyIn Wlmt What was "as as " marriage ? Why ; Irl In have to marry a man , , a aan aI aman I an she had ne\ ne never neer \ er seen , , anden andell and en ell , wben when she did marry blm him , happened happcned ? Grandmother1 Grandmotherill Grandmother Grandmotherexllaln ill illexplain Stuartlk explain exllaln } . . She Sbe " slid said 'lld lld ' Stuart Stuartgentleman Stuartgentleman gentleman anythingli unythingdidn't anythingdidn't , and unything anything didn't didnt ' quite understand , he hexplaln heaplaln 1 _ xplaln splatn to ojier her Dut But BuLlt It wasnt wasn't ' L \ And , , for the first time inDeborah In : Gary.ilkcd Garyilkcd ; Deborah couldn't couldnt ' as ask ) " Gary . , lkcd lked about 10\ 10 love 10e tore \ e Well Wen , that thaty that7y thatjsy Grnnlif y . D Deborah .borah borah < . loved Grnnl- Grnnl Grand- Grand ! - if 7y ? Grand-'dcarly Grand 'dcarly dcarly Granddearly ' dearly , her sweet , fragUe fragile fragilef fragileT T > p , her tender hands , her soft softmile fcottmlle oft oftmile donete donefor | mile She " would ou1 < 1 h hive we done tor for Grandmother Granl1mother . But nut ItA It A wasn't wasnt ' like lI1.e lI1e , . tint th1t that * . ' Grindmother Gr'1ndmother Gr1ndmother Grandmother ' b'ld bld hid b'ldsaid hidsaid hidsaid ' said BO 80 so herself hcrselt , blushing furIously furIouslyShe furiouslyShe furiouslyShe She said the 10\ 10 love 10e iole \ e a womin wom'ln womln woman ' had tor for torher forher forher her husband was something quite quitedlll'ercnt quitedifferent quitedifferent dlll'ercnt dlllercnt different ' , more wonderfulStuart wonderfulStuart wonderful wonderfulStuart Stuart Gnham Gr'lham Grlham Graham ' wis W'lS WlS was ' writing to her hernow hernow hernow now . He lIe had begun when she "llS llS was "llSt wastwenty " wastwenty t\\ t tent twenty \ ent\ ent entnd ' \ " , and nd 0\ 0 over 0er otter \ er the first etter letter letterGary ! letterGary etterGary Gary had shaken his held Ile1d head and said saidIt saidit saidIt It "ounded"cry " mounded "ounded ounded sounded ' \ " very \"cry "cry cry sudden , somehow ; and over o\"er o "er er ' \ " the second secQnd he said the thefcllow fel fellow fellow low seemed to want to know an ana anawful anawful a\\ a aful awful \ ful lot about what kind of ot In inlestments Investments estments lestments \ Grandfather Grandfllther had lefthb left hlR hlRmone hismono ; mone money ; In lie and Deborah talkedit talkeclIt talkecl talked It 0\ 0 ol over 0r \ r . , and nnd Deborah had said , with withthose withthose withthose those cold fingers at her heart and anda a smile on her lips , that It didn dldn t tm'1tter tm'ttter tnutter m'1tter m1tter m'ttter mttter ' ' whether Stuart had any anymoney anymoney anymoney money or not , that surely she had hadenough hadenough hadenough enough for two , and the situation situationwns situationwas situationwas wns was that If It she didn't didnt ' marry him himpoor , poor or not poor , there wouldn't wouldnt ' be bean3 beanything beanything an3 anything thing for any of ot them The time timewas timewas timewas was de desperate < ; perate Giry G'1ry G1ry Gary ' said ml miserably miserablythat miserablythat < ; erablv erablvthat that they wouldn't wouldnt ' be able to pay paythe paythe paythe the ta taxes tales es on the only home they theyi theylad theylad i 1 lad ad , If It they didn't didnt ' get some money moneysoon moneysoon moneysoon soon . . . So of ot course there was noth nothIng nothIng nothIng Ing to do but go through " with "lth lth ItAnd itAnd It ItAnd And then the"ery the ' \ " very \"ery "ery ery worst thing of ofall ofall ofall all happened Imppened For some reason renson that thatGrandmother thatGrandmother thatGrandmother Grandmother couldn't couldnt ' understand understandexcept understandexcept understandexcept except thit th'1t th1t that ' since a Grahim Grah'lm Grahlm Grah'tm Grahtm ' ' had haddone haddone , done It there must be a reason nnd and andi nnd'l and't 'l l 't t ' ' good one , Stuart had joined thE thenavy themvy ' n'1\"Y n'1 n1 "Y Y navy ' ' \ " two or three years ago And Andnow Andnow Andnow now something hid h1d occurred , some some- something something something - - thing he didn dldn t quite expliln exphln explain .A A As . Asa Asa a result , he was not going to be beable beable beable able to leave his ship by Deborah s stenty stwenty stwenty t\\enty t enty twenty \ first birthdayror birthdayfor birthday birthdayFor For ror a few days , Gary and Grand Grandmother Grandmother Grandmother mother and Deborah Deborab were thrown thrownInto throwninto thrownInto Into consternation ; and although althoughfor althoughfor althoughfor for a moment ' \ when hen his hlS letter first firstC'lme firstcame firstcime C'lme Clme came ' Deborah Dcborah hid h'1d h1d h'td htd ' ' run out and andhugged andhugged andhugged hugged a tree for sheer joy , she sheI shehad shehad shehad I had seen In no time that somethlDJ sometlun somethinghid ; h1d hid to be done Stuart had a plan planlie planlie planHe lie had gone on to e explain plaln that , for fortun1tely fortunately fortunitely tun1tely tunately enough , his ship would be bewith bewith with \ ith the rest of the Pacific fleet fleetanchored , anchored In Golden Gate harbor In InSan InSan InSan San I Iianclsco lancJsco lancisco bay hi b'l bl ' } ; and tint th'1t th1t that ' H it Hould itwould Itwould \ould ould would \ ' , be quite simple Imple after all allDehonh allDeborth allDelionh Dehonh Deborth could come do\\ do down don \ n and meet meethim meethim meethim him ! In n San rnncisco rr'1ncisco rr1ncisco Francisco ' , , and they theycould theycould theycould could be married thereQuite thereQuite there thereQuite I Ibut Quite simple for Stuart , perh'lps perhlps perhaps perhipsbut ' , but a most upsetting Idea for Debo DeboI Deborah Deborah Deborah I rah and Grandmother and Gary GaryObviously Gar ; } Obviously , If Deborah went , she shemust shemust shemust must go alone ; since Grandmoth Grandmother er could not possibly go , and Gary Garycould Garycould Garycould could not possibly leave her . Anrt And AnrtDeborah AndDeborah AndDeborah Deborah had been so little 1Ittle In the theworld theworld world ' \ orId ; she slle had ne\ ne never neer neler \ er traveled any anywhere anywhere anywhere where alone The world was a huge hugenoisy hugenoisy hugenoisy noisy whirling place , and she had hadlI"ed hadlived hadlived lI\"ed lI "ed ed lived \ " always In the quiet and peace peaceot peaceof peaceof ot of the mountains Still , Itas It was \\as as ' \ only onlya a matter of ot a trip to San Fran Francisco FranCisco FranCisco cisco ; because , onco once there , she shecould shecould shecould could go directly to the botel hotel botelGrandmother |