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Show - . r A Liar and anda a Prophet ProphetBy By H 1HV1NG IRVING 1RVING KING RING | KINGC RINGC C McClure cateWNU rateWNU Me Ne spa < r S Sind Synd ) nd cate rate c te ' | WNU Sr Ser , iceJACK Ice fce IceTACK JACK TACK CLAREIsDON CLAREI\DON CLAREI DON CLAREADON \ seldom induIged indulged in " fiet fict 8ct dulged duIged in m facts F rst class fic 8c t on ot of an interesting mterestmg nature was wasgood wasgood wasgood good enough for him and th s little littlepeculKlnty littlepeculiarity littlepeculiarity peculKlnty peculiarity of h s be beSHORT beSHORT SHORTng SHORT ngell ng > \ 'Rel1 Rel1 \ell ell wen ' knov knoVrl knovn " itass 't t it ' ' - ' \ was ass as not rel11arkable regiarkable rel11arkableISH regiarkableSHR.pthat remarkableC ISH U f B . T tha't that ' ' People laughedand laughed SHR.pthat SHRpthat ORT ORTtha't , J ri W ( | and sa d Oh come5TO comeS come comeCT CT BV710 now " ' Jack give ussometh ussometh us 5TO S T I 0 RY RYnow I Ynow < \ / ti . I someth ng e easywhen easy easywhen a s y ywhcn when whcn he announced announcedthat announcedi . ' that 1'hat 1hat Grace Porter and Harry Crane Cranewera Cranewere Cranewere wera were engaged Jack could not cx ex explan cxphm expliin phm plan to h mselt msel mself ! just lust v , \ hy by he had hadmade hadmode hadmade made mode the ! announcement lnnouncement the Idea Ideahad ideahad ideahad had some oome to 10 him as an insp msp rat on onhen onwhen onwhen \hen hen when , \ he had chanced to see Harry Harryand Harryand Harryand and Grace bowing bo\\mg bo mg \ to each othe other asthey asthey as they passed on the street As a amatter amatter amatter matter ol of ' Tact 'fact fact the acquaa acquan tance Lance ofthe of the youth and maiden referred to towas towas was only a 11 u bowing bov.mg bovmg boxing . one They had hadmet hadmet hadmet met qu te to casually at some Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross affaIr-for affaIr for affair - for Grace v . was as inter interested interested interested ested In all tha that t sort of welfare welfareworkand welfareworkand welfarework work-and work and - and one ne of those busybod es eswhose eswhose eswhose whose del girtIS ght girt is to go about intro mtro- mtro intro- mtroducmg introducing introducing - - ducing ducmg e ev es ' erybody to everybody else elsehad elsehad elsehad had hadintroduced introduced mtroduced them They had hadchatted hadchatted hadchatted chatted for at crt least three mmutes minutes mmutesby minutesby minutesby by the clock about that most Impor Importan importart importaut tan tart ! matter the weather and afterthat afterthat after that had bowed bo\\ed bo ed \ when they chanced chancedto to meet upon the thejpubl th6.Pt1bl th6Pt1bl , . publ c hIghwayNow highwayNow highway highwayNow Now Harry Crane had it Is true truebeen truebeen truebeen been exceedingly exceedmgly exceedinglytaken -taken taken iaken - up WIth WIthGrace withGrace withGrace Grace , and 2nd she he had considered him a arather arather arather rather prepossessing prepossessmg young man- man manand manand man manand - - and that thai was all there was to it itThough itThough itThough Though H It cannot be denied tlemed thatGrace that thatGrace thatGrace Grace when wten " , 'hen hen ' she walkeddown walked - down -down the themam themam themain mam street of the aristocratic little littleold littleold littleold old town had got into mto the habit 01 of ofdomg 01domg oldoing domg EO so on a . certain certam side of the thestreet thestreet theitreet street and at a 3 certain certam hour bour and andthat andthat andthat that Harry had conceived a fond fondness fondness fondness ness tor for taking a II constitutIonal constitutIonalalong constitutionalalong constitutionalalong along the same side of the saId saIdstreet saidstreet saidstreet street at the same hour Furtber Further Furtbermore Furthermore Furthermore more if by any chance they fa led ledto ledto ledto to meet each other on these prom promenades promenades promenades enades they felt felt , , both of them as > It Itthmgs ifthings i ithmgs thmgs were not qu te to as they ought oughtto oughtto oughtto to be-that be that be - that something somethmg had gone gonewrong gonewrong gonewrong wrong with the day It was all allhabIt allhabit allhabit habIt of course They told them themselves themselves themselves selves so-and so and so - - and they should have haveknown haveknown haveknown known And the acquaintance acquamtance bad had badnot hadnot hadnot not progressed beyond thIs-Harry thIs Harry this - Harry I s * Ilifted srifted lifted rifted hat bow and Good GlJod morn morning morning mornIng ing Grace s little litHe smiling smllmg bow andGood andGood and andGood Good morn ng It If the steermg steering steermggear steeringgear steeringgear gear of an automobile had gone gonewrong gonewrong gonewrong wrong and a car had crashed up on onthe onthe onthe the sidewalk near them or a p1.sser p1sser p1.sserby p passer"by passerby ! . ssei sseiby " by had a fit or some little 1lttle happy happyaccident happyaccident happyaccident accident accident like that happened just lust as asthey asthey asthey " they were v"ere vere Mre meet ng it might have haveafforded haveafforded haveafforded afforded an imperative reason for forthel forthej forthejrstppping thej thel thelOppmg -Oppmg Oppmg ppping ! : . - _ to I toexchange X exchangea "exchange exchange " h 'ii'g iig ' a few fewWords fewWords Words rds with each other for a ml minute minuteor ute uteI I O or so sowi --wi wi - - "I- "I I "IBUT " > ' - - - - " nni _ , , . _ i . . , C fW ' K.te Kte . ' " - t . - h . l 'Tiinjjiilri Tiinjjiilri ' jf1 J1 " " " BUT B T > UT nothing of the sort happenedAnd happenedAnd happened happenedJ J And what other way was thereto there thereto thereto to give Harry an opportunity to 1m um umprove 1mprove improve prove his bowing bowmg acquaintance with withthe withthe withthe the fa r I ' Grace into mto a more mtlmate intimate mtlmateone intimateone9 intimateone7 one9 one ? None in m the world He was astranger a astranger astranger stranger in m town a mechanical mechamcal en eng eng eng g neer neeI ' who wbo \ O had come there to seeabout see seeabout seeabout about setting settmg up some machinery In ina ina a mIllhlch mill \ which \\hlch hlch greatly to the horror horrorof horrorof horrorof of the better class of the inhabitants inhabi inhabitants inhabitants tants had been erected on the outsk out outsk outsk sk rts its and end knew nobody that wasanybody was wasanybody wasanybody anybody thereVh there \ wh \Vh Vh Ie le Grace be belonged belonged belonged longed to the most patrician patnclan setwas set setwas setwas was a Colonial Colomal Dame had AuntJudith Aunt AuntJudIth AuntJudith JudIth s sampler hang ng in m the par parlor parfor parlor lor for and an o 0 1 1 portrait by ; Stuart ctuart ofGreat of ofGreat ofGreat Great great grandfather Porter whowas who whowas whowas was aid de camp to General Greene Greeneat Greeneat Greensat at the battle of Eutaw Springs Sprmgs Nothey No Nothey Nothey they might never have come .0 0 'o o 'oknow * . ' .0know oknow know each other really had U it notbeen not notbeen notbeen been tor for Jack Clarendon and his devotion de devotion votlon votion to home made fli.uon fliuon fknon ficuon . Jack Jackas Jackwas Jackwas \\as as was \ a pnv priv leged character knew kneweverybody kneweverybody kneweverybody everybody in m all classes of societyeven society societyeven societyeven even people ot of no society at all and andwas andwas was " , as thus able to obtain obtam wide clrcu circu circulation clrculatJon circulation latJon lation tor for h s little works of Imagl imagi imaginat Imaglnat imaginat nat onTherefore onTherefore on onTherefore Therefore it , was ssas \ as that Jack Clar Clarendon Clarendon Clarendon endon s latest came to the ears of ofHarry ofHarry otHarry Harry s acqua ntances and Grace s sfnends sfriends gfriends fnends friends fnendsho \ who \\ho ho promptly repeated it toGrace to toGrace toGrace Grace and Harry Grace was vexedand vexed vexedand vexedand and resolved to give Jack Jac1 Jacka . -a a 11 - p eceof ece eceof eceof of her mind " , when hen she saw h mnext m mnext mne\t mne t next \ . . , Then Thcn she sat down do\Vr1 do Vr1 \ and musedI musedThe musedThe mused I IThe The subject ot of her musiogs musings d d notseem notseem not iseem seem to be unpleasant tor for she shesmiledand shesmiledand shesmiled , smiled-and smiled and - and blushed a little As sheI forHarry forHarry tor for I | Harry his first idea v n . was as to seek out outJack outJack outJack Jack and thrash him Then he hethought hethought hethought thought better of it and said to h m msel msel mseL heI I sel sel . . , . Engaged eh ' ' What a pity It ItIs itis Itis Is that nothing Clarendon says ever everhas everhas everbaa has any truth behind it In everI this thiscase thise thiscase I withcase case perhaps perhap s th thme the e fault lies wIth wIthme withme me Who kno\\ kno knows knos \ s but what wha t it If Ihadn I Ihadn Ihadn hadn t been so confoundedly slow slowhe slowhe slowhe he might now for o II a change be tellbig tell telling tellIne ing big the truth 1 ? ' The next t me Harry and Gracemet Grace Gracemet Gracemet met he did not pass by with his hisusual hisusual hisusual usual brief greeting greetmg but stopped her herright hisI , , . I right there on the street and madethe made madethe madethe the ttartlmg startlmg startling announcement that thatthey thatthey th tthey they were having havmg glorious glonous weather weatherI weatherjust weatherjust weatherjust I just now ' ' From which they yen yentured yentared venlured tured tared on a * . little httle chat found that thatI thatthey thatthey thatithey I they had mutual acquaintances inthe inthe In ithe the city-and city and city - and the she asked a ked him himo \o o to tp tpcall \ callThree calL I I IThree Three months later Harry metJack met metJack metJack Jack and ! laid said aid to him Clare Clarendon Clarendo Clarendonyou i iyou you are an awful liar hal bar ' , but you are - |