Show proved brov e d his afis honesty jut just the swum same by CHARLETE CHARLEs baxted 40 1924 steu IT T WAS VAS one of ahse 1 thick f an fn seldom E even in the hear IN tor ter desce descend nd upon tile tho ova city twenty one e jobless 1 V and had beet been stary lat two days without bt E t lie jad grown food 1001 desperate tl to long fruitless search fora for A country boy used ol to SS employ uki mt find and tending horses 11 to s and doh about tile the farl faim dora chance M had tie he in a cilyo city of desperate thO thoughts lIghts had bad coms his head and now la in the corae ha thick tog fog lie he wits was wandering wan derine la ill he bhoj of ta district wile when 11 suddenly cilly lie ile 14 saw the of the girl it A girl in silks und allot sables b beyond imagination carrying cy cyla lg tn i tike like a 11 queen batons 1101 tons heart lifted ue he drew in a atu deep b breath reathil 1 n ns LIS ahe vanished Some somehow somebody boly there inspiration in the i mero sight of her then lie be saw the purs e lying on od h sidewalk at ills his feet lie he an nichea up and ran the act had been go den that no one noticed notice dit it lot inna merit ment he was lost in tile the fog when belton got to a safe elsm opened it it contained a single two arean dollar bill rind ii piece of role papy r 01 which was written elizabeth derk with an address following all that day belton wrestled arfa temptation at last lie he broke the bm and had a good meal tie ho went tent toba to next morning he received a lefair lett asking ashing him to call in response to 0 advertisement that afternoon a m him established in a comfortable pa tion and now his conscience lespa into a fury of activity I 1 I 1 ile he had robbed the girl la in the th t 4 and tie he knew lie he would have no pal until lie lind returned the money to lol 1 and confessed on his first h set off for the address given i a two kwea dollar note in the purse he was surprised to find that hen he WV not going got ng in the direction of the fu atonable quarter qu arten in fact after a rift he found himself in a distinctly baft sl rable almost impossible region tot in such a girl na as elizabeth dering to allt in negroes aw armed ined belton come came to the conclusion tilt miss darlng must be engaged in e ettli ment work but there was no edtl ment anywhere in tight sight arld and belsons Bel tons chase ended at the door dobrott of A negros ramshackle frame house bethla time tits his spirits bad buntt below the zero mark and on lythi tit strength of hla his original impulse w ried him on he rang the bell til ad presently a stout slatternly bep woman appeared appen red does miss elizabeth derigi dering UT un here belton inquired shore she do mister and if boull jest step into the parlor ill cu all iff ber replied tile woman belton stepped into the parlor atso lent of plush and shiny with golda oak the setting betting was sordid beyore compare in a few minutes he teri the sound round of skirts then a raft comely young came into 0 room at the sight of belton a guild came over tier her black countenance 1 I 1 I 1 think it must be a aisuke belton iton faltered 1 I wanted to speak 0 miss elizabeth dering 11 sho im miss elizabeth daw answered the gri girl i then belton realized what be ald it fused all aang to admit no ag it a ity it was this and not 6 beautiful girl he had glimpsed had dropped the purse lie ile drew it out and showed he was a little surprised that ww gress did not pounce upon it aitu wa explained 1 I was a thief he told her iral was waa hungry sho all right wed rolled B girl with a broad smile 1 I guess 04 of us ua would have done the sit same mIll they was hungry and its mighty lia t est eat of you to have brought It bock she smirked more broadly as belts took his departure he went out H dream the vision of I 1 the be girl vw K never become a reality for lital him when he was gone elizabeth ran into her mother in great eldot d ment she tol told Lher her tho the story miss burroughs shore most had our address in tier her purse she IN and wily why she aint done abw for or the laundry since we move ta cause she lost it gee twenty do 1001 I 1 guess she wont miss juts a that the lucky ones I 1 |