Show tua cr AN ET ROLFF VS dark eyes blazed with sudden anger A deep flush overspread her check sana harley worthington realized at once that tic he had made a blunder they had known each other less than a month W but the few weeks that had passed since their first meeting had not been wasted by them dally daily they had either ridden their horses side sida by side or raced up and down the hills tit in Worthing worthingtons tons roadster and by clever management upon the part pait of somebody they found thenis themselves elves together every evening harley friends looked on with much concern lie he had neglected his work and anahed to get himself so deep deeply lyAn in lovo love that to him nothing sv emed worth bile if janet happened to be where he could not see or hear lier her but she had a reputation no not no she was not a woman with a past not that she was merely a flirt at least that was a common comman HuP supposition Position mong those who knew her there were i certain heartbroken heart broken men wandering upon the face of the earth and ogla vowing that they could never forgive tier her she may not have been to blame for their sorrowful plight it they had insisted on falling in love with her that certainly did not place her under an obligation to return their love at least that was the opinion she held and she may ha have ve bee been n right and now harley worthington wajo waa well started upon the way that must lead to madness ills hla sister in law had warned him early dont do it harley elizabeth Z worthington had begged 1 I know she to Is the prettiest girl in the world and I 1 know she has no intention of breaking your heart she Is just anxious to have hava a good time she probably likes to be with you and she may admire you but harley stop im talking to you as you ought to where you are im talking to you as aa be talked to you ought to be talked to not because I 1 enjoy it but because its my duty like you too well to stand aside without protesting while you are getting eady to have your heartbroken 11 but when did a man ever listen to lats abts sister in law if a beautiful girl appended to be beckoning to him one day when they had ridden out beyond the limits of the city and to ito the pleasant countryside they halted their horses beneath a wild crab aple tree at the edge of a cemetery while harley was breaking off od a loss oming bough janet gazed curiously at a number of gravestones ere set in even rows and which all seemed to be exactly alike tomorrow Is decoration day it she asked yes tomorrow all ail those graves will be coverer covered with flowers 1 I ought to be at home tomorrow she said with a little ittle sigh there i a grave in fit the south that I 1 have always decorated my ly grandfather was i the civil war and my grandfathers grave Is there lie he answered it Is the third thir d in ie e second row faour the right I 1 suppose your our grandfather was in the conderato army yes well there wera were good men on that side too the best men that ever lived gereon were on that sid side e 1 I 1 cant agree wit hyou you there some same of the best men that ever lived ere on both sides the war would never have ended as it did it if the south could have put a many men in the field A as s the north did you know that very well let us not get into an argument over that question now the war Is 11 I 1 over we can both be proud of our ancestors who took part in it I 1 am ady to admit that your grandfather was brave and high minded ile he fought or r what he thought was right if he 1 I V as mistaken it was unfortunate but t does docs not lessen his heroism in the bast at I 1 honor him tor for doing what he arr his duty oh please dont say any more bout dou t t that b at you northern people are laysys patronizing us by telling us ow brave and how noble you con ider our soldiers to have been it la Is arely another way of telling us that ou are ready to forgive us tor for being rushed I 1 have heard it so hat bat I 1 hate it they rode on for ft A mile or two a silence suddenly janet turned tier her orse saying lot us goback I 1 dont want to 0 V me e any more today im sorry we came out this Q ay V 11 harley replied there are jos C orne ome blossoms slay alay I 1 got get some of JU hem eni for you ou never want to see you leave them where they are he be answered 1 I shall never liko crabapple cra happle blossoms again lie ile experienced a fueling that lie he had never been conscious of before seemed to him that the glory of the day had suddenly vanished ile he knew a that moment that he could never be happy again without her it I 1 have said anything I 1 ought not to have hare said please forgive me le 8 begged promise me ine that you will not go away janet I 1 love yon acm nt lt you ou see that I 1 dor dolt and I 1 hate you sou site she answered 1 I naver never want to see you again W will III u please ride on I 1 prefer to return alone hurley arley worthing passed a sleepless night and memorial Ble morial day found fal in the depths of hopelessness he had no desire to participate in any f the usual ceremonies shutting himself in his room ho he refused to see yone vone or to seek forgetfulness in diversion he could think of nothing but net let rolfe and ho he conjured up a thousand fancies concerning her all of eni leading to the conclusion that she had merely availed herself of the it excuse that presented itself to get rid of him at lar last A his hopelessness turned to anger and late in the afternoon ho ft F t his horse ile he had no lie idea as he galloped along where he be was going 19 did riot not care the sun was waa low in the west when he drew up beneath the crab pie tree beside the cemetery where he be and janet had bad paused the day be rea horse was tethered there suddenly he be realized that it was the arse janet had been in the habit of nf riding ile he looked into the cemetery at eo 0 freshly decorated graves and there he saw her standi standing fig beside the third the second row from the right she sh a was in ia the act 0 of f placing a wreath pon it in n a moment hd was at her side janet he said taking her in his arms you are not going away no dear she replied not until you and I 1 go away ti together gether tb they ey a starred ta r led back toward the city when they reached the place the e read roa branched harley asked shall we part here again 1 I think she ehe answer answered ea the north and the south ean can trust them themselves selvEn 0 travel together ou on one road abter taba |