Show HARRIET cand a IF the th e ay kathleen agri V i us riU oitt b ti kath cen N rr SYNOPSIS j CHAPTER I 1 harriet arriet 11 held twenty 1 eight yearb old and beautiful Is the so ebal secretary of the ura ufa ibelle carter at cro n lands richard carter carters home and governess ot of 17 year old nina carter ward twenty four years old and fancier fancies himself in love with his hi mot mother hezs attractive decro ury tary mrs carter latest affair to with young anthony pope and the youth Is taking it very CHAPTER CHAMER II 11 Pre eldin over the tea cup cups this aemmer afternoon harriet ie in profoundly alj dlA by br the arrival of a royal blandin next day at a tea party in the city blondin makee makes him pelf elf airree able to nina and lenvee leaves a deep on the abed girl CHAPTER CHAMER III harriet agitation over yer the appearance of at crownland Crown lande land is explained by the fact that thal he be had been bean a disturbing element in her bar life ten ton year years before and she he fears are himi the man Is an avowed adv adventurer baurer living on the gullibility of the idle idle rich lie frankly announces a to harriet his hl intention of marrying nina who ne as the of the wealthy richard carter to 1 ft a highly desirable deel rable catch and urged her hor to aid ald him win blie bile ie in in a I 1 in n his hi power and after pleading men with him to abandon hie his scheme agrees to follow a policy ot neutrality CHAPTER CHAMER IV tv harriet let visits her married sister lirria davenport with whom she he had had her home during ier her unfortunate acquaintance with and tella tells her of hie his reappearance tile 1 two to women the unscrupulous nature of the tha man view the future with ampre hanston he nelon V knowing the tender feeling he ha has inspired in ward carter harriet to tempted to marry him min for the position and wealth he lie can give her though re allpin she he doea does not love him Il londin has ingratiated himself with madams carter It Illch Ichards arda mother and she he to wholeheartedly whole heartedly in faor of his hi marriage with nina ward argee farrie riall to marry hiro him bl at once she procrastinates ti tin atea VL angered at hia his Wit willid lid too open flirtation with young anthony pope richard carter markedly howa shows hi his resent meriL isabelle abelle la ardently her youthful lover lovers attachment elopes with him on ble his yacht and pursuit Is 14 useless atie new news of the sensational nf rt fair 1 rated of 0 coure by gonald 1 la is kept as a much aa as from being public property CHAPTER VU ward carter agala 1 urge urges harriet to merry him but ahe she cannot brine bring an alliance with will him merely for the eake sake ot of aalf it advancement aad and refuses ref uaea the fact of mm mrs carter carters alo elopement becomes public harriot ca ea pable managing hand band in I 1 more than ever needed at crownland Crown land and despite the complication complications she he force foresees as inevitable ithe he decider to remain vill blondin put on an harriet to forward hie his marriage with nina but she he hakea up her mind to defy him richard carter questions lone her tier concertin con cernin her knowledge 6 at I 1 Illon dins intention intentions and she ho counsels cou neela opposition to the mantch the family famil with harriet mole mote to 0 a amner r rh ent on long rank leland island chy why do you any so Ill clinn asked now ill toll tell you uly fly I 1 id till he hc added ws av harriet nut not rally groping 1 for definite tilte 4 ive been thid tills inua man allind hia his tetford t looked into 11 teres nothing extremely had hi in it lie he skeins to ho he A it gentleman uthen I 1 dont want him mixed up with ath iny illy im to tweak to ward phout it nm urn him film that his tits sisters happiness is ings tnt be risked tho tile ellow fellow about nt at all youre tired sold said lUc luchard hurd abruptly indell lin im not I 1 the gari protested with white lips you dont imagine the ir man la Is serf pus richard asked by her manner I 1 1 I dont knowell know harriet L ut lf thye theve known ench each other three beekel ali amt antl ho he 11 1 bevett town teen her tier father said distract her amuse her ber if shen hied to mope a bit get ruhn horse sill no alino to 0 o think no tune to gritu her kourse aurec Qu rec harriet muse must js blindly ahead iw no air bir carter bould aou if ou oil think etise rhe give rh e ar ur mother a hint blat of this madame anwer Is romah tle you know kuo 11 oh cert atal t Vertain fir he said ill tor her we must keep nilla it little kirt girl this tills summer aud and miss it was said ith only a slight change in loice voice but it brought n buddy shange ln in their n tightening of th the bonds that were berei all Il harriet world now misa field I 1 may eay here and v now that it Is an till nixed privilege 1 in my carnation richard Ill chani carter said simply that my illy daughter anti and my eon son too for the tile matter of that should aae have the of oi your influence and your ex amplo at this I 1 time I 1 hae ne neer neter ter been tive of the value of a it simple rood good unspoiled noman in illy household 7 hae haie seen the effect in ili a thousand maya hut but at the present moment I 1 hardly know where I 1 could turn without on t you I 1 can only hope that in some way the carter carters may be able to repay you I 1 the feud dropped dro plied and she rested her elbow on oil the tile table and pressed n white liand land tight across a her ber eyes for a of silence when the be faced him again her tier face ana 9 a little pale pate and her inn masnick guljit ii in eyes heo hea with kith tears alt t loic loc sill ill the cartera she said 0 11 I 1 I 1 tr m luila what a hit I 1 and without It hout another word mile 1 stood up lip folded into it tiny oblong the till pa fill ile per upon alfil Il fIl fihe 1 had bon beell Il milking laking a to few noth allt went to tin tile library door afore deeply tenil she 1 had nell since the lih das tit f her passionate site be turned on I 1 I 1 lie i e threshold for n look took of far carpell pell but flut richard curler carter find loft the ift dik k and am kneeling ki on one otle knee before libi in lie lind forgotten her tier hur ilar riet allro av the hall mounted the tile stairs and found tier own room sin she was ann hardly con ons clous melous of what slip sh ap ans doing or thinking oil what shall I 1 do slip whispered bla lie ile gnp to protect oh why llott I 1 th the moment I 1 knew that II 11 ill rap thinking of her why hv I 1 igo go to him thin und and make a clenn breist of or it till UP 0 huv nuu no now I 1 j 1 I I 1 and they trust tile mill itu bild ant elmal I 1 do dol oil 01 ool flir riet sinking on her tier knees bridde the hed you krum that I 1 uni am food good you knon that I 1 call bially help belp thep idl can really pro pra tet tin the girl I 1 you know ho how I 1 lime haxe chosen hut lint uns fahe and rood good nil till these ears I 1 li ime ne lonald for fur un tin opportunity to be useful and dold let him film come into my fit eife again find spoil it again dont let a caper 1 lose fulth faith in ill ine me ond unit tuel lodone know i lints the int ili me in soll Md hurlong tier bri mining ebes v lii ili tile tl 1 I lie nver bior cr I cried like this tills for ears and a 1 I 1 think im logins losing my illy P CHAPTER IX the move to as malle quickly and quietly anti laza luz eale ees tol follow loved eaf to cela of cloudless content ward early 1 in ili au after a serious talk with harriet joined florae some friends for a motor run 0 of f three thousand thou ennd miles and presently woe was them post cardi frota monterey and taboo they had beun la lu the tile new ner home only a few daa vohen harriet had hall reason to atop short in n u busy morning if unpacking etli with one annd upon ht hr r heart annd a krent great in her tier nina reading from a note film ilona Il lUond londin ln announced the sensational nea neis that he lie lind broken lile his ankle tinkle lie ile anns with friends ut at newport and must remain there no for perhaps U I 1 month Ino nina inn nav to ii write rite to him film and to gle gh ills tits regard to bilm yield field and ask her tier not to forget him rot 81 es aweeka they were nere wife afe nina did flot pot know kno the tile family 1 had been 1111 there was vas a long Int interino erint before bhe site could pos bl pee lie he write v rite to the girl of course and ll arriet know knew with absorbing emot emotion liall she would loba for hie his letter letters hut but nina was nas young ud nina wrote wretchedly and anything an thing might happen thought harriet con soling lier herself self with a ng ngue that wa ram in iest itself if youthful loo with september came ch cli fanies linges blondin wroth that lie was nas limping about with a stick and united to lump down doii to them us us would usk ask burd was home agillia iiii ln us its UIA it s a little aldr r and lid in ill oilie gitlic 1 ngue 5 a little coar courser er thought but still stilt 11 must en ell I element elen lent in ill inlet household carter had brought with ith her for berul weeks stu stil a friend of Isab isabellea ellk a pr tty thi chishing shing little agnis 4 widow bidou mr talor tabor tle the resolute resol tite brightness bright niss and with which ida lubor to amuse guve gave harriet some oine bailit of uie ule which aich ana ita shape in the back of ills lils bothi rs hend hut she elie could b mr 1 caiti on for tuble und ht her tier somehow into the tile mouthful plans of if the tile houst household hold ward and anti harriet fairly ih ched ed in the tile inter and ward had piously cious ly erad his its fa fathies cause by brinK brin HiB gitig home with him a tongue tied pleasant youth saunders ba archer chose amt eme elice lu in tle tile house to keep nina 11 and anitis ed she lind already alre aily imparted to the willable wilu ulu able information saunders bad ne er kno known n his tile it mot iother lier and anti had nener had a sister and of course I 1 ha hal aiwas been such buell an all oddity in ili the fu family rally laid raid nina ninn that I 1 rot got right at tits confidence in that dreadful aft adful way I ay of mine he lie said he lie know why he lie talked to me frankly had seen to it that a variety of delightful plans awaited the oung people at eer turn the m retirement tim allent natural utter after the rt recent cent doule domestic atle en caa was nus too dangerous dang irous to risk riol now and harriet hoped hokett li toped i boerl dily luchessa incessantly iti wearingly i ear angly that the danger was its dinst but aina a came down mild and sol 1 orles sas eer et still myre ure poised 11 more socially ally adept thun inn und wit atu aej dhert tig trivun deew ba attentions r turned to tM of royal lie ile coming town with carter and anti sire mrs in her tier car richard wa bringing bring inc two nun men down doti for golf gulf thie tills hii ark ek end und unit with saunders and amy ilind und madame carter and mr mrs tabor the house would he ile filled sh she luul lind plenty tu to do to with he file managing the details thiu anre ere lo rought lier hour after hour b ili und housekeeper and vet pt under hir alith 1 lunnis cs and her halip hours alth ith the young people then here lurked incessantly it fretted sanite of of danger approaching something of tide tills an in her tier mind as elic she und and nina hawked basked on the gently heaving lout flout in the nina talked net of blondin har far ctet fitti led cled bile eh saw nn till opening for a little talk she felt timely ate Il londin linein you ninn nina just you arent flirtatious and illy silly like the other cirlo 11 hut but be he lant the tile ewt of main to get very deeply inter pitted in tiny dear no I 1 know hee lies hotl not I 1 nina fluid suld quickly turning suddenly gud denly red and looking attentively nt at the print of tier et blind on oil tho the dry hot bourde boards an and I 1 would he ile if lie were t pursued not too seriously for I 1 want ant you to marry a man of your oa own n when you do marry and not a n man who has tins hudell hud ell other affairs who liau fins that Coli fiden tint flattering liitt ering manner with s ith all m omen 1 iou yott will ho be rith rich glnn 11 why dont you say that doai is 1 after ny illy money I 1 ninn nina burst out with ith symptoms of tears the ready name frightened harriet afresh sliu she gnei chilt they corresponded that grass wits rd to I 1 v why dont you say that royal ie Is after my Mon monell eyll not goeing under royals feet the alist man I 1 eer really liked nina t suld said ath alth a heaving breast the firs ann ho ever understood ane I 1 i ninn li harriet arriet said dont want to hae to write our husband a check on spur honeymoon 1 she fet felt it a cruel cut cuti but seven seena taen years of flattery and smoothness smooth nessi had armed nina in InI cora com place ace she gave a sneering laugh that trembled on the brink of tears and find tried to control a mouth that as gl inkIng alth anger one look of utter scorn scora she did manage then she shrugged not so much her shoulders as her tier whole holb body and nung flung herself furiously into the water harriet called collett ninal first and then coaxing pl but the younger girl wain swain steadily to the shore and harriet saw sa her tier a minute later shaking herself outside the shower before she site disappeared into the big bathhouse harriet had entirely forgotten ward until he lie slam under the blont and alth ath a yell rose streaming like a seal under her very feet genuinely startled she gratified him mith a scream and they both laughed lauR lied like children as ho he flung himself dripping anthe liot hot board and proceeded to bake luxuriously in the sun its the most gorgeous thing I 1 e oer ewer h w 1 do you know that he asked will ali one hand touching the river of t h ji lillig cold gold that blazed and tumbled on oil her tier shoulders listin harriet you le te member the little talk ve e lind had sonio ago agor per ertly she said a little un it 11 wall lw hou about ft the boy wid after a pause it le ile fair to you ward the girl said slowly after n baue 1 I love loe you but I 1 dont love you the way your ilfe alte 1 I nant ou I 1 he sold sald sullenly im craz about youl my sty god ward adeane dont touch me I 1 she bald said sharply getting to her feet w uh ith a s spring ing as us he lie put ids tits arm about ber dont t I 1 sl shall liall tell our father 1 it you dof 10 1 you talk that way at crown lands iiii bilile 1 I the man ninn said nid sulkily 1 I dont sec see what hn has made such a difference no 1 I think im different ward the summer 11 harriets voice oleo 1144 into clience her ifer ees were ere fixed upon the figure of a map who nho came down donn the little pier and dove doe into the sill shining nto water tw minutes later vv ith a great gasp of satisfaction richard carter drew himself up beside them ha ila that Is something diket my ily lord the water inter Is beautiful today I 1 how about the buoy flu 0 Y who kulms with ith me to the buo buoy y 1 come on Har harriet ward said poising harriet rose and bundled the glory of her hgr hair into adlue rubber cap that CONTINUED NEXT WE WEEK |