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Show ,fOEEM ACME'S LA1 I 5 f By FRANCES PARKINSON KEVEl -J v WNU Wurvlc I I CHAPTER IV Continued 1 wii etl'.v' llil'iVltii ... I J..,, ticro. III uittlil I'm ilance .. lUi's;''-u'- 10 1u' s,u'" (lowers ;J ctr to ttie I'-trl.v. Mummer had ilea I- sv,vt pe.n 1 Mollis i".! I '""'' 011 Aunt Sarah's .-rave. fW I ''! " -Y."J vr ohlM 1" v "S.' l''.:;'rer siis.scsto.l ll-.o rose-N rose-N k 'O. 1 tu't nl'1' ilu-tv, hur- then I pricked my ''f.TJ . l;'-re ercli'l en.Hisli s,sOs a-.1.) vv ."tv". (ltvr.;e ro'U'WtsI mo !-a t.cr,k rtsacl tiu' vv Ii v 1 : ! t E'.V t !:.'.( lth .! of thoSO ! j..r ...; l: l:M,!ow." -1 ivt.oed tl.oiu at tl.e dance, of s. you knew !..it il-.ov're -.r'.a.".'.v I u-0:v:i Ami' '',-:" i;.w cc. Icily ho !.:iJ sensed the ivi'S-'.':'-' 'Mc!i hJ eluded Civrse et: tv'.v ' !' v'-ius-H her hrvath. "I: roJ warre lie so:! Is very -cc.-. The farmer thif.k If Just I aetd 'i ful pft." -y.vs'.:e they imu'I sv how 1 Vi-.-..ful It I. Anne Anne lev 1 i.-:r- 1 H.s i:- --J t:V.c:.cd atvut her ' lif rJ-- of u-iL Ho tvut and Xi ti.- a;a'rit her f:.i.r. then Kiltz'. .:a l:t:!o cry. h:s v-sifJ across tor cheek. ooV.i-.i i- - ro.'-iX and found i! already u;-turtle-! to tie b.ir.l. t:ot k.so i-r-so-J i! - n on !:. T!.oy c!c :o o-ioh o:;.iT. tAo c'.o.i:i. i.is-i..: i.is-i..: t'.o .'u: i oroaturo. faoJ In --. :o :'.-io of tl.o r :ir-: groat ir. ro. . . . ! Nri! -ts f:e t':rt :o rtvfr I!e rx'-.v a.iy fr::i Ar.r.e o.ir-- a: !.o ::.:!:t ii- .e ; -on to i o:..L Thon I.o tovk i ijr fof tv:-ooa hi :.- h.ir..!. U--' : c:o. A:::.o.'" "1 4J l.-k:r.;.- I i!.int ro.o.tn .x sl.o'.i! "l. iirr? r. f-r a !..r.; time ji L S.: t-xa jfe I ..!. !:f t love yn" " I -1 k::o t.-.-j ,.ve :::e " T: i-eue I il. in't war.! to hurt ;r een sr.ir'.lo yoj " - "You ta.en':. I loe y u. I: oulJ lase k.::oJ c-.o. not tolr.; j-:re. S:.e f.:. u;ht ho r'.r; to take 1 i-r -a his a:r:.i a.-ain. aai kiss her u-I it h-jr.. as he haj before. In-r?ii. In-r?ii. te knol: tlown la the lo::g pi.vs. ar;J Njari his heaJ. "Anne." he s-i f.'ftly ti.at she " rc-'.J harily hear him. "Ar.r.e, you r? t q ?ea a rj-:en in (!.;i::-e. a 1' fiT chir.or.j perhar?. Just the sane. Will you hep j e ra the lace for yon to wear?" A over a mor.th !a:er. Anr.e i N-al ren? n.arri.-!. Ee d: j r."t a'.ioi their su-l lea he- :'"al to Interfere with his plans. fo::'.:r,; m-rr.ir.e he started -f la f:r--jl: of his wealthy client. :-r da;. s later he retnrr.eJ. with re;---n of corr.p'.ete suocess In 5 ver.t.re. "hat Tcear.j five h'ir..:r-.-J dollars ' 'y cs ,- he Vi'. i Anne, "and i- ceud It. Tou mustn't think cf c as 'txe kind of a fairy prince, ." ma if you are a q'j.-en." "1 (Jc-a'f said Anr.e. fi'jshinj. "Toti do. tool Tou know you do. ' E:"3 joa: Rut I'm not. I'd he will-tz will-tz to bet that Geor-.-e Hlldreth's V- twice as much salted away as I have, t-:3 Tery minute .Siire you JoLt want to charge your mind?"' Neal I wish you wouldn't." :, He Ki nat ner jove wa3 s0 j. to her still, so sacred, that t not Je-t ahout it. S A'I rljht, dear. I won't. But e m-i-t talk over the practical ? ' - of thlnzs. Because I want to " J"l rl;-I.t away." r5- That's what I want, too." Ar.r.e. I wih you wouldn't." he . .' E'xkel ll-htiy. "Vou have no idea "w hard It is for me to behave hn .J,, ak to me like that But e oi:z:,t to straighten out a fe-.v . jorMnt details first, as I said. . . . r. ? ' a good practice, for a fel- .. " ray ai-e, and it's crowing. I'm ;.' rn.r.j a ;a;r rir.rnP Arif j-ve , i soniethir,?. Not an awful lot. !e rarj '"-L'in clear, with something' ... a and somethin-,- h-hinr lis. But p'e ?ot to begin sr,Mil. i thou-ht , J'7 ar''! r"''' a l1;":e we ''1 live In this winter, and we 1 co-i I 'J aroiUK tf p'f-t Kr-r. after we I l7" .mirr!r"1' for sometli!s bet'er. V .l Ke to '"y or build a little r'J-r for our very own. right nway. -s poor w,,nf,rriy, n ,;,e ins nln pay rem." , 1 tliat. Ami I'll get ready, r''J- tlothes and linen, or course ' rri t ,,ave miicli. But I'd rather 'y .;,frr'rl 11 "n my tn.ii-.s.-au than anv-' anv-' I can think of." that's settled then. Now - .- ''-re W0U,, yoJ nkp (f) () for ()Ur ... '"'fieyrnoonV Ar,yn.r0i wHh y()11 j- W hat would you sjiy to Wushlng-ton Wushlng-ton r" . ,. fjtl- -Val. how dlil you (,'iiess 1 "l'.-ed and ge, -" wl'' ,r' t':'ve ' s" tli:it'H stt' -' " u And we won't Htlnt on trip, eithcr. We'll have a good SYNO tM.Aiiiiolntp-pl l'f.-us of Iyot tun family, lo put niilaluini totu'lira n bur Uln 19 InUnl.t t.y tlio atolullly hy I the ootn nui ntt y. N,-dl v'oiutt.t. yoi of ttipi cvcMlnij, ntut HilUirMh, AuMf' I in ll fssc.l .y Anne'i flcalt yollUK t oti.tla'lfr. lid luvttc tier to tto.-eml'ti on iu-ulo llio follow ini Suu.trtv. Ai i Inn "utu'i'iivc iilKMinl." Slio itlpa Into 'l!iitfi'-" for the tni' fivon uit tl.t frlp. Ttifl t a re.t-letlor ity for t time. I don't believe I've told Jon I'm trt'iiu'iulouly lntorotod In politics. pol-itics. I.'wn tiu're than In law. I'm a member of the oily council In ll:ut'oro now. Perhaps some day I can to further." "Oh, Neil I I'm sure you can." "Auoi'.e cm be President. oti know," he said loasinly. "You could." "Well, perhaps I can bo mayor. But we'll bae a look ut the White llouvo nnhov. Mabo It won't uiv-peal uiv-peal to ou, and that would ettlo It." he l.iUhhoiL Then, ctiannliii the subject abruptly, 'Another (h!n we tiui"tti't tvonomlre on Is your rln." "Honestly. I don't need an en-1,-aemont rin,:. I shouldn't mind a bit-" "Nonsense. Let me bold your ban J a wh;le, so I can measure your tl..T." . Neil's second vSlt was even brief-j brief-j er f.an bis flr-t. But In the course I of it he bad a Ion,- talk with bis ' pro;vctiv e parents In law. whom he found stunned but .topics, -en: at'.J then !r.N:od In anp.ounc'.!; the i eiirt.U'en'oM In the Wallaootow n IV.Ule. Havin; thus b-.irr.evl all his brl ; behind hi:n. lie departed to t. 11 his father and mother of his !:'.:. :. !.:. plur.e Into matrif.-.onv. I i He had .i lro.tly contr.ved to avoid . much i1.h".nn.-'1i of the Conr.oS w.th ; Ant.e. He krnov. ail 1-hi well, how j t'.tterly they were ho'.::',l to e p o I the n:.rl' b :t he hoped, as far as ' po-.Mo, to keep th.s kl.o.v !e !k-e from her. Mr. Ct'.ra 1 came from ' o::e of the o'.d-: famlll.-s In the co.::.try..ir. 1 she never fr;.'t It or aHo-AoJ at.vot.e el-e to for.-.-t It. All h.an.at.ity. to her. was ilivil.s h.tn two clashes those who were "re-Mr. "re-Mr. cl" and those who were r.ot. Her hul an i s star, lards were reach i.ke I her own, and Ills sene of self 1m-' 1m-' portar.ee tpilte e.paal to hers, th'HU'h. I l.ke her-elf. he ilepet. b d largely on the past to establ.-h his claim to distinction. lie ha! never male much headway in his prof,-w...n as an architect. They hail very little money, but they contrlv.-J to k'-ep up api-e.iranees In a way that was almost uncanny. Their eldest son. Arthur, an unmarried clergyman, and their widowed daughter. Harriet, Har-riet, lived with them, as well as Neal. By p''lln their resources. In this way. their income went much further than It otherwise would have done. Harriet had very pronounced pro-nounced views, all .Veal's decision of character without bis charm. Her husband had committed suicide by Jump'.ri; from a sixth story window I while they were on their Loneymoon. Neal burst In upon his family, kissed bis mother and sister dutifully, duti-fully, but without enthusiasm, and told them. Immediately, of the fnt fee which he bad captured In the cmir-e of his vacation. Then he told the rest of his story. "I knew you'd think that was good news. But I've Rot some that's better yet. I'm going to be married." mar-ried." There was a moment of ominous, 'iorrilled silence. Then a simultaneous simul-taneous e-T-clamatiou. "Married! To whom?" "A girl named Anne Chamberlain, j She lives In a little place called We-t Hamslead." "My son are you really telling us this in earnest?" "I certainly am." The Conrads exchanged terrified glances. "Then I must ask you to explain yourself." Neal's worst enemy could hardly accu.se him of a lack of eloquence, on any theme or on any occasion. And this time he outdid himself. The results, however, were even worse than he feared. "And you expect us your father and I, your brother and sister to go to the wedding ... to receive this this person." '.My fiancee. Very soon my wife. Of course." 'perhaps you were thinking of bringing her here to live." I wouldn't be so cruel to her." He had scored. His mother nt tempted to draw blood In her turn. "Have you thought what the withdrawal of your contribution to the family expenses Is going to mean to us In our old age?" "Harriet and Arthur aren't so l very nged. It wouldn't hurt either of them to get out and bustle a lit-. lit-. tie, as I've bad to do." 'Neal 1 do not degrade us and yourself wllh vulgarity! I suppose j your language and your conduct . are the result of your political associations. as-sociations. You should never have I allowed yourself a gentleman, by I'SIS blllty, Jill lo 11,0 utilrtalllK'ss i,f hnr ' cesiums for a .Ium. k, Anns ( liDintior-lr liDintior-lr o.'orl, lirarna 1 1 1 1,1 1 e. I li. A vlnllur nm lu)r, Is lo lis lbs ".cnaullon" suitor, la VHKU.-Iy J-aUun. I'nuraM 1" nuty, Saul romtlly peroclvca her nils oiy him aiul his tioMfsa, Mis. lirlrtln, ins a,',Kla. tlu.uKh inn alio Is Ls-:ior Ls-:ior a.-nuly anvlima uiut liuya aultuhls m,l and w oll-w lohor. Mr. .ielilcnl'uri;. illlie. birth at IcaM - to be drawn Into them." llo got mi suddenly, and stood with his bands on the back of bis chair, facing iheni. "Look here." he said abruptly, almost al-most violently. "I've bad a long drive, und I'm tiled. I'm going to bed. Bui I'll toll you this much, and then we won't discuss tho uh-Ject uh-Ject again. I'll continue my usual subscription to tills household Just as long as jou're decent to Anne. Not a second longer. It may not be very aristocratic to bargain, but I notice that none of the rest of you aconi to want to work, and I don't believe ou want to go hungry. i You bettor think It over." j There was no bint of this battle, , however, or of his own victory, when he w rote Anne. "I 'euros t darling sw cot heart " , It began. , "I can't I: n J any name lovely enough and loving enough to toll yon bow I feel about you. "I iiiNs vou so terribly that I'm doing everv thing I can to horton our separation. I've found a little home for us. It's v.-ry small Ju-t a living room, b.-droom. hathnun and k.'. l.en. but wo could manage In that for th.s winter, rnubln't We? The fur:. .fire's rather awful mission mis-sion oak In the l.v.ng ro.-ui nnd a bras, hod. and vi on, but I don't m.nd If juii don't. "I've 1-een to a stationer's, and asked hiui to s,rol you s.ur.e samples sam-ples of wedding Invitations. I thought perhaps it would be easier for n:e to attend to that than you. Wr.te me which veil l.ke l-st. and a ISt of your fr.eiuls whom y.ui want to Invite, and I'll havu ihe car ls addre. s a:.d sor.t out from here. "lo yoU think y,.ii can manage a church w.-d ling? And ls there a church parlor or something of the sort In which we could have a reception re-ception aferwards? of course my family and some of my friends will want to come up. nnd I reali.-e how little rooni there Is In your house But do J:i-t as you think best. I've aked Boy to be my best man. I think that's only fair, considering that he introduced us. My brother Arthur would like to as-. si In the marriage ceremony, and I should like to have him, If that would be agreeable to your own minister and to you. And of course I want George Hlhlreth to be one of the ushers. "I want you to have your ring to wear right away, so I'm going to forego the Joy of putting it on my- .. Tr-frvs'"ti'i,ii i ' I" i "I'll Continue My Usual Subscrip-tion Subscrip-tion to This Household Just as Long as You Are Decent to Anne." self. It started to you by express this morning. I know my mother ra sending' you something, too, with a letter welcoming you Into the family. fam-ily. "I wish I could kiss you tonight, over and over ngaln, as I did Hint time down by the rosebush, nnd feel you In my arms. But I will before long. And meanwhile you know that I love you with all my heart and soul, and that I am counting the days that must go by before you are my wife. "NEAL." Anne wrote back: "Dearest Neal : The ring came this morning, and (its perfectly. I put It on right away, and have it on now. Of course It's the most beautiful ' thing I ever saw In my life. "Your mother's letter enme, too, and n lovely brooch which she said j bad belonged to your great gnind-1 gnind-1 mother, and which she had kept for your wife ever since you were a llt- I tie boy. I put that on, too, though It looks strange wdlh my percale dress. I suppose you'va seen It. It's beautiful, too, but of courso I 11 Is o the ring best. I was very much surprised that your mother should give me a present. It was awfully kind of her. "I've chosen the sample for a wedding Invitation I lilio best, and I'm sending you it list of my friends' names. I shouldn't have known I ought to do this If you hadn't told me about It. There never has been a wedding In the Ill-tie Ill-tie church here, but we can have, ours there, If you wish. Mr. Hiilns, our minister, would be pleased to have your brother Arthur take part In the ceremony. "I think tho Utile Hat will be wonderful. won-derful. I love mission furniture and brass beds. "What do you think? Mr. and Mm. (loldeiiburg have Invited me to I New York with them I Mr. (loldeiiburg (loldeii-burg takes a trip every year at this tliuu to buy his fall stock, and he'a j going to help me make my money go a long way In getting my trousseau. We're leav ing Monday, ao send your next letter to me at the Waldorf Astoria As-toria hotel. New York city. I think we'll be gone a whole week. I simply can't believe It's true. Next to Retting engaged to you. It's the most wonderful thing that ever happened hap-pened to me. "f.eorgp feels terribly. He hardly looks al me wheu I moot him, and be won't speak to me at all. But Boy nnd his mother have been awfully aw-fully kind. "I wish I could write letters lil.o yours, (if cour-e I can't. But Ju-t the same, you know how much I love you. nnd that I'm wishing nil the same thirgs that you are vvi-h-llig. nnd counting the dr. v s, too. I "With a h. -artful of love. ' "ANN I.." After the Invitation to go to New York was extended by Mrs. (odder. (odd-er. burg Anr.e lay awake all night, trombl.rig with excitement; and 'when they were actually on their way. they ail thn-o put their heads together and made a list of her household needs. "oh, Mr. (loldeiiburg, Ml never to able to buy nil that with three hun-i hun-i dr-d dollars you know that's all I , have left." . . . "Yes, you Till, my tear, you'll see. An' I'm goln' to speak to some of my l7.nes frents ' apoiit you. One In de caterin pljt-; pljt-; no-s. he'll Rend you up a nice little 1 lunch by express, one florist, ve'll ' talk to him npout de decorations for j de church." j The visit to New York was one . of rapture from the beginning to tho I end of the five days that It lasted. I Anne had never been In a hotel be- fore had never seen nn elevator, a j menu card, a bell boy or twin beds; she bad never ridden In a subway, or attended a play In a theater. She made mental notes of everything, gleaning fresh bits of knowledge from each new experience. How much this trip was doing to prepnre her for the still more wonderful one to Washington with Neal! He was not going to find her Ignorant, after all. of all the niceties of life which he knew, as she had feared. The (loldenburgs had lost a daughter, daugh-ter, Bnchel, who would have been Just Anne's age If she had lived. Mrs. Goldenburg finally confided this to Anne, her beady eyes brimming, her plump hands twitching; nnd I Anne In turn confided it to Neal when after a three weeks' absence he returned to West Hamstead, and stood amazed at all that had been accomplished while he was gone. "So they're doing all this for me In her memory! Just think of It." "I believe they're doing It partly in her memory, but largely because they love and adore you. The Jewish Jew-ish race appreciates qualities like yours. But anyway, I shan't forget. Perhaps I can do them a good turn some day." "Neal would you mind very much do you suppose It would be possible pos-sible for me to keep on teaching after we are married? I don't see how my family Is going to get along without what I'm earning," she faltered. fal-tered. Neal did some swift calculating. Ills contribution to the expenses of his own family had been seventy-five dollars a month, nine hundred dollars dol-lars a year. If he added this burden bur-den of Anne's to his own, they were going to be a good deal straitened In consequence; but thnt, as he saw It, was what he ought to do. They wre In the same boat, as far as their dependents were concerned ; and he Intended to do the rowing. "You've been earning ten dollars a week?" "Y'es." ( "How many weeks are there in the school year?" 'Thirty-eight." "Three hundred and eighty dol-I dol-I lars well, we'll manage to find thnt much some way. Don't worry." "You mean you'll send It?" ''Of course why. Anne, darling, don't take it that way " (TO BE CONTINUED.) |