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Show JUAB COUNTY TIMES, NEPHI. UTAH But I could as bow hsppr K would mak htm. Ho I hava promlsad to marry Mr. Lander. Wi ara to ba married very quietly this afternoon. And this evening we go to New Tork to live. more. If you Pear, I can't write ara heartbroken over any this you have at least the comfort.)f knowing that I U1I lova you and that shall love you forever and ever. I can nttver tell you that again, I shall be another maa a wife. But for It is true. Konrlve me, dear, dear Tom, for the irrlef I am causing you. Hut my rirat duty was to father. Help ma to be brave. JANET. at all. WHO'S G to MB.WS0N AUTHOR OF "THE SILVER BUTTERFLY." "SALLY SALT," "THE BLACK PEARL," ETC THE NOVELIZED FROM THE SAME NAME OF PHOTOPLAYS SERIES BY PATHE RELEASED OF EXCHANGE. (COPYRIGHT. 10,16. IV MKV VIliGN WOODPiOVi ELEVENTH i STOR? consented, at Gordon's request, to Journey out to Samoset and look over the ground. He went thither; found the bank's condition too hopeless for any Idea of recovery, and Gordon's own ussets too 's henvlly Involved te offer even a chance for further profits. But he also saw Junet Gordon. And, because the lovely girl strangely stirred the Jaded New Yorker's funcy, he stayed for a time at Samoset. Marc Lunder wus too well versed In the urt of courtship to make direct love to the girl who, at their very first meeting, told him she was engaged to unother num. Hut he resolved, all the more strenuously, to win her. Janet wns wholly different from the flashy and sophisticated women who hud hitherto mude up Lander's social world. Her gentleness, her Innocence, her fragile beauty, began to weave subtle chuins about his heart and bruin. He swore, at lust, a mighty and blasphemous outh that she should one lay be his wife, at whntevcr cost. He surprised and delighted old Gordon by paying off the latter'a debts of honor and by accepting Gordon's unindorsed notes for the sum. The bunk, of course, was hopelessly wrecked. And while Gordon now hud enough money to Irve on, Tom Mercer hud not. If the younger man were ever to earn a marrying Income he must waste no time In looking for a new Job. In a village there are few positions that promise a career or even enough Income for an ambitious young man to marry on. Which explains why a million country lads flock yearly to the big cities. Through Illram Gordon's Influence Tom received an offer from a powerful manufacturing concern whose headquarters were In New York and which hud fuctorles In a dozen lesser cities. Tom was set to work In the company's Hartford. Conn., factory. His Job there wus petty and ill paid, at first; but It offered fine opportunities for promotion. And Tom Mercer mude up his mind to avail himself, to the full, of every ono of those opportunities. To please Tom Mr. Gordon at the same time secured for Miriam a position In a Hartford school, so that the brother and sister might still live together. Miriam welcomed the change, less because It brought her more money than because It took Tom away from Janet Gordon, whom she bated more aud more bitterly as the years went on, Janet and Tom tries to be very brave indeed over the tragiily of their separation. To deaden the anguish of absence they used to build air castles around the swift promotion Tom was certain to receive, and around the gloriously happy life thut would he theirs when. In a year or so at most, Tom should come back to Samoset to claim her as his wife. Then with a mist of tears In their eyes they kissed and suld goodby. And Torn set orT to his new labors. Almost every day for the nest all months or so he wrote to Janet, telling of his work and his prospects of advancement. And she loyally answered his every letter, telling hlru. over and over again, of her d athless lovt and loyalty. a whole month not one letThen ter reached Torn from the girl he loved, although he learned, through friends In JSamosct, thst she wss not Thelcst Paradise. Tho first rmrff 'he strange real-lifromance of Toil' and Janet Gor don was more'" ' like that of an HugHsT1 "H'odraiua. Hut the latter nnd 1110' fentdy exciting part of It was like ft" other story ever told since the birth tfTHisfo.1 They were brought up together, Tom and Janet, In the historic Utile village of Sumoset, on the very edge of the creek that formed the borderline between New York und Connecticut. Tho vIIIuko itself wns on the New York side of the creek. Hut In two good strides and without getting wet uhovo the kiici a tnun could euslly btop Into Connecticut. I Urn in Gordon Janet's father was the "big man" of Kuuioxct. Ills house was the most pretentious, bin lauds were the broadest lu the little com- muiilty. lie and Tom Mercer's father had been chimin from their college days. Aud Tom and bin sister Miriam were ever welcome guests In the big Cordon bouse. Since the death of their parents the two Mercer chlldreu hud been all but adopted by 1 11 rum Gordon. Miriam Mercer wan a prim, uuiittrac-tiv- e girl, with a sharp tongue aud an oddly soured nature. Gordon's Inllu-eue- e bad secured for her the position of principal of the Snmosct grammar school. And she spent most of her time at her duties there, growing more und more aloof from her old friends. From the first, she hud disliked Juuet Gordon anil had vainly tried to Influence Tom against her. As for Tom, himself from childhood bo mid Juuet bud loved each other. Their fathers bud smiled on the pretty romance. And when, In young manhood, Tom asked liirnm !ordon's permission to inarry Juuet the request wus heurtlly granted. The course of true love gave every promise of running wiih a most uneventful KiiKMithticss, flawed only by Miriam Mercer's sour and futile opposition. 1 lira in Gordon was the president and chief stockholder of the Sulnosct bank. Tom hud a position of trust under lilm ii ml on the tirst of the year wa to succeed the retiring old cashier. This would tneun for him 1111 Income on which he and Juuet could very comfortably marry. Then, nil at once, the placidly uneventful happiness of the lovers received a sharp setback. A fever of stock speculation bad swept the country, as reaction after an cm of hard times. Hiram Gordon was Infected by It. lie saw or thought he saw n chance to turn his comfortable fortune Into enormous wealth. Fie speculated heavily, not only with his personal funds, but with those of 'he bank as Well. And firescntiv came collapse of the bubble of false pros-ty that had lured so ninny thou sand jwople Into crazy Investments. 1'snlc reigned In Wall street Downs of banks were wrecked. And. with an army of other unfortunates, Hiram Gordon lost his all. Gordon could have faced the loss of Ms own fortune. But the fart that dozen of pTle hud been Impoverished through his folly wns more than be could bear. He made a hurried tnp to New York, trying there to raise funds to cover his Investors' losses, He foun. the New e er guiu-bler- old-tim- e III-rn- m to fr 111. He wrote agnln and again, begging her to tell biia the reason for her silence. Indeed, he was on the point of 9 dropping his work and hurrying back to her whe.i, one morning, the longed-f's- r letter arrived. Tnia tore It own and, with fare, alight, began to read It. ISut. as he rend, the )..ous smile fsded from his o be replured by blsnk lips and horror. Janet Vd written: r), rvrx f 1r-o tclr wrl T l f r. t'lltnc wt4 I l harm lijvrn I k w us Wffii n hi l,th rout to f ,a to ear lo ymr nmn wtui liritf-thri- Ami I wmil'1 nv tt iffM. t vtf rrom Ilns Pot I rsnnet. f'rfil It me til)ranIt I trw fjii.f Toil ' ) J m fil t.;m In ulrull rni.pr tils In llf l tNr "Divorce Ms co-ai- but 111 Get Even With You!" f Mri r''ii mrr-tv'- y tr1rr fnt by knl. to m- t tir lri'r-renough sriil hf Martin 1,1m - nr n ti..t.t. Mr avW,l, urn. Hp n'rt ,. li,,.rMr. lndr t v niut his tisf yr r or two. (rnwn m S'.'iM dill bim 1 ).- Huch a dis-t- jn.lr ref Unlr ,ortnl'l 'nt acKin tn lla be'iitM MrMr I him mof t rn Mm tlm. but t rtr.lr In rt -n Kbii'.n nots a irrlbl r'.rliiin. Ti.m. It tight closed and not wring from It a single 11, Ihmslvs A tirr rvfiif bsr1' 'ei o,rii'.n fu rnu t to Hut He sm'I taiwr yno 1 But throng Broad street broker he il.occd to ti)et there, a young tismed Msre Iindr, who r,nsaH had fattened an the panic thst hud ruined so n.sny better n, lender ha I a reputation that was otte too clean. He had made Ms wealth ty cleverly (rambling on 'long aMrtS la the finatn.Ul world. AnJ be brie ft r and , tr iarel "I II rcsrTT-- n- 1 I b bn t up all bs bs-- hiiis bird tbse nt-t- he day t In tova with rn And b a'lmittd .at slif fon t's f srin-!'- n bad faihr In ll b'.tIt ts bad wnrrmn a m. aro'ind taibr, from hl'ii Ihera wa ro to marry unless 1 cimild I do f ! V"ht rytbtr-in rather, i' waa rn rnanra t jar Aa s AuLa 4WM. aoara a.lhr t aaf ft t nt Pt fitrv on-n- td failure !" "You?" he cried. In denial, "a ure? Never In this wide world! fail- You I" tngly at htm for an instant, snarled : then terior of the house and brought Tom Mercer running out to his wife's aid. "Clear out of here !' He caught up a riding crop that bad been left lying on a nearby table, and slashed viciously at Tom's face. Tom with his tight hand caught the larger man's wrist and wrenched the crop from his grasp. At the same time he struck fiercely and scientifically with hla left. The blow caught Mure Lander squarely on the point of the Jaw. The blackguard collapsed with a grunt. Tom leaned over him saying in the same ominously cool voice: "If you want any more you know where to get it And if ever I hear of your maltreating Janet agula you'll get it good and plenty, whether you want it or not Remember that" Without so much as another glance at the scrambling and swearing man on the floor he left the apartment. Slowly and raglngly Marc Lander got to his feet "Are are you very badly hurt. Marc?" asked Janet faintly. The solicitous question awoke biro to a fresh accesa of fury. "Hurt?" he bellowed. "I'm not anywhere near as badly hurt as Mr. Thomas Mercer will bo before I'm done with him ! I'll get him, if It takes my lust cent or sends me to the chair! I'll get him!" "Marc!" she exclaimed, shocked by his wild-beaferocity. "He struck you In You attacked him." "Shut up!" he roared. "And now that I've kicked him out, you can go, too. I'm sick of you. Get out." "I can't divorce you in New York," she made answer. "But lu Connecticut cruelty Is a ground for divorce. And " "Divorce me if you want to!" he snarled. "But I'll get him yet And you, too. I'll make you both wish you'd neither of you ever been bora!" Janet followed Tom Mercer's advice In every particular. She went to Hartford. Tom arranged with a business acquaintance to take Janet Into his employ while she was learning stenography. Then, with new test, he threw himself into his own work. And for a year ho and Janet suw little of each would be a success anywhere. "I'm not a success," she wept, "I'm a failure. A ghastly, stupid failure. Mure says so. He told me so only this morning." "Marc?" he repeated. "You mean your husband? lie said you were a fuilure? The cur! Why?" "We he gave a dinner here to number of boon companions of his. Some of them were people I didn't like. And I asked leave to stay away from the table. That made him angry, lie said I must be present. So I hud to he. There was a grnat deal of drinking. And and I didn't like the way the people talked even the women." "I know. I know. Go on." "One of them made fun of me for not drinking. And Marc heard it. And he got angry again. And he shouted to me not to be a little puritan fool. And after dinner that odious old Colonel Hunting tried to make love to me. Oh, It was horrible! This morning I told Marc about it." "Good for you !" approved Tom. "And he's gone out to thVush him?" "No," she replied, "lie told me I was an idiot to be shocked at such trtfluH and " "He did! The beast!" "And then he said I wns 'skeleton after the feast' and a 'kill-Joand a 'little country prude,' and I began to cry. I couldu't help It, though he always gets angry when I cry. I tried ever ao hurd not to, but It was no use. Aud when I cried he flew into a rage and caught me by the arm and shook me and " "He did thnt?" shouted Torn, white "I've with righteous Indignation. heard there were men who were so beastly as to show cruelty to women, but I never " "Oh, It doesn't hurt so very badly ' now," she tried to soothe him. "And. other. At last Tom received word that he had been promoted to a post at the firm's general offices in New York. And the same week Janet's divorce was granted. The Joyous lovers hastened to Samoset and there. In Hiram Gordon's home, they were married. Thence they went to New York. Tom found a beautiful house In the suburbs, where he Installed his bride. And so the happy yeurs went on. Two children were born to the couple. Their home life w ns perfect. Tom w us rising faster and fuster in the business self-defens- high-salarie- d worliL ml' -- vS In fact he had ever been a tireless worker, so tireless that at lust nature claimed her due from his yours of overwork. And Torn was confined to his house for several weeks by a serious nervous breakdown. Janet nursed him tenderly back toward health. Hut she was still fur from sntijifwd with his condition. was she troubled when the doctor one day drew her to one Bide V v w Mu and said: "He Is on the highroad to recovery 7 : now. F.ut there Is one thing you must look out for. That Is his heart The heart has been under a terrific strain throughout all these years of overwork and overworry. This Illness has left It weak. Any sudden shock or excitement or physical exertion might pe- rhaps" LIU dLhLllA The doctor did not finish his sentence. Rut Janet understood. And she was afraid. That same afternoon as she and Tom Janet Repulses Unwelcome Attentions. were sitting In the library the two chilcer's exsmple wss one which his em- anyway. It wasn't as painful as when dren came In from a walk with their nurse and becan to play on the vehe struck me. He" ployer pointed out to lazy tollers. Word of his prowess reaehed the "He struck you?" psnted Tom, al- randa. The youngster had heard their home office In New York, and he was most Inaudlbly. "Ftruck you? Janet. elders tell of the war. So now, while sent for to confer with the directors Ill kill him for thst!" nurse went Indoors on some their -there on a scheme he had outlined. He No!" ahe Implored. "No I You errand "The they undertook to convinced the directors of the scheme's mustn't. You must Dot to. I I'attle of the lliroe" on play the front value and, to his amazement, was ap- couldn't bear that. promise steps. pointed susrlntendent of the entire "Listen to me, Janet. This maa This alluring game proved somewhat Hartford factory. cruhas treated abominable with you noisy. And Janet feared lest It might The man was a dynamo of energy and of executive genius and the direc- elty. Cruelty Is not a legal cause disturb Tom. lo she slipped out npon divorce In New York state; the porch to ask the baby warriors to tors hastened to recognize his abili- for conduct their "battle" more quietly. ties before some rival firm should do more's the pity. Hut It Is, In Connectme take you back to Hsrt-foricut As she was about to so. the You csn stsy with Miriam there house, she ssw a man turn In from the Tom Mercer left the general offices a "Connecticut residence. street and come up the walk toward of his company afler the directors' snd establish soon as you have established It. her. Thinking It waft some neighbor meeting and started toward the Grand As IVtitral station on his return Journey bring suit for divorce against Mure come to Inquire after Torn she moved on grounds of cruelty. Afler forward to welcome him. Then ahe C Hartford. Glsnclng at the ststlon clock he saw he had missed the train that unless you've stepped loving laused. With a thrill of terror she recog-nlre- d he had hoped to tske and must wslt me- -" Mnre lender. "I've never stopped loving you. nearly two hours bef ore the neit would Tom." she told him. mounted the steps, raising start. With time on bis hsn? and nothing "I have many good friends among Ms hat with sn Insolently Jaunty air. "Mow is my dear little wife?" he I csn men. lo oc tipy It his mind flshed yearning- the Hartford huln" ly hack to Janet. Janet wss living easily get one f them to give you asked. In mork tenderness. "I am not your wife," she retorted. somewhere vn New York. What harm Job. A Job thst will support you "NoT he queried In apparent surcould It do either of them If he should while you are wailing for your diMil her for a half hour while be vorce dvrce. You ran find a good prise. "That's news to me. I was told waited for train time? thst you were." boarding place and " With sn ri'iamstion of delighted "Ilesse go swsy, she said Icily. In his eagerness he caught both her J s iirt ran to welcome the hands in his as he F.ut he did Dot stir. Instead he conto her urged In the same friendly fashion: guest. Ahiewt Incoherently Tom re- sent to his plan. And at that moment "Old Sofleld. my lawyer, told me so. plied to p r Impulsive greetings. the living CKitn portieres were Jrfced Presently the two emtrged from the snd Msrc lender slouched Into He told me so when I went to him for half litrht of the hnllwsy Into the sun- spart sdrlce In getting bnck at Tom Mercer the room. lit living room. There Torn hltd and for licking. Kofield said hn : 1et on tte the threshold short at her my stopped her divorce In Connecticut, stsred In frsnk and ditraed smsne-tnen- t get sight of Tom Mercer. He saw thst Ivn't oppose If.' Then, when you got at the woman he loved. For the past year or fwo had Mercer ws holding Janet's hands. the divorce there and crossed back 1 cam beck home for some mail I Into New York and married Mercer, wrought startling cbsngs In her. fhe was dressed In style thst forgot." said lender, striding forward. fofleld said to me seain: 'You csn Inseemed to Tom's Onaccnsmmed senses "And It's lucky I did. If 1 dropped In terfere any time yoi want to now, nothing short of qieenly. Hut she was here oftener In the dsytime I d prob-sid- y She's trot his Wife. She's yours.' " walk in on more little love scenes thinner and much paler than of old "In the eye of the New York law and she had wholly lost her air of Ilk this." you are still my wife. You can tie Im"Msrct" gssped Jsnet. youth end gsy vigor. She looked palprisoned for bigamy and your sup-poe-d husband can be " Tom, without a word, stepped belid, listless. III. Her eyes were And they were Infinitely asd. tween the threateningly Fhe hroke in on his words with a advancing almost frightened, and were franght maa and his trembling wife. His sharp cry of anmish a cry that with a mute appeal that went straight fists were clenched, and Ms face was startled the two children from their to Tom's heart. dangerously ratra. Marc looked sneer- - ilay a cry that peuetraUd to the In 1 I" re-ent- 1 ' irnr itbnVrnp' 11 rten riti t flnsnll Toil knflS how nlti nnt forl'l be York rnoney market he dollar. sl t,rt lif. if I n. my dar- - f tiow Mr i'rni"' fafir In P"'M Irm 1 I ,m tall Tom looked tip from the letter, his fuce white and hngurd. Across the breakfast table he met his sister Miriam's gaze, maliciously triumphant. Miriam, too, had Just received a letter from Samoset. And she cried in shrUl delight. nVhat do you think. Torn? Janet Gordon was married yestswday I Married rich mun from New York. Threw you over for a man with more cosh and better looks and city ways. I always knew she wns " Tom thrust back his chulr from the table and cut short hla sister's spiteful speech by stamping; out of the house. Straight t the factory he went, moving duzedly, like a man in a nightmare. On his arrival he was summoned into the superintendent's office and wus there notified thut his work hud been so satisfactory as to warrant his superiors in giving him a much higher position. This new position in the factory was one towurd which Tom had been fighting his way for months. It had been the goal of his hopes. For It entailed a salary on which he could afford to marry. The good news was now as dead sea fruit to the heurtbrokea man. Yet it roused him from his daze of numb misery and awakened in him once more the ambition to fight on. He had hitherto worked with love as his hoped-fo- r prize. Now, love wus dead. And he vowed that, henceforth, ambition should be his aim in life. He would throw himself, heart and soul, into his career. He would sacrifice everything to success. He would win wealth and power to atone for the love be hod lost. He would deaden utihup-plnes- s by an orgy of work. For the next yunr or so Tom Mer- - "Your surroundings here ara gorgeous," he said bluntly. "But you're unhappy. Wretchedly unhappy. What Is the matter? Tell me, Janet." "Oh, Tom 1" she walled, tears gushing to the big, sad eyes. "I am ao unI'm such a happy I So miserable) tii-o- con-tinn- ed dark-ringe- o Forgetful of his recent Illness and of the doctor's warning against overexertion, Tom responded to the cry and in- stinctively rushed forth. For the moment excitement made him strong and vigorous again. Aa he flung open the front door and stepped out onto the vwrandit Tom, found himself face to face with the onei man in all the world whom he least1 expected to see the one maa on earth' whom he hated. " "What are you doing here?" he demanded harshly. Janet threw her arms arpuud Tom'a neck, weeping hysterically. But stirred by Uie sturk terror In her eyes Tow put heV gently aside and whirled fiercely upon Lander. "What have you been saying to her? he questioned, hla eyes ablaze. "I have been holding a personal and private talk with my own faithless mm I . k n f f rJt'.: I1 It 1 m i . 11 1 j Li LAU t 1 I. S IV .1 v V. I. T I Janet's Husband Attacks Tom. wife," sneered Lander, "In spite of the presence of those two brats. We don't want you to interrupt our loving chut So Tom's fist driven with the force of a sudden anger gust stopped the slurring words by landing "bcuvily aguiust the speaker's mouth. Lander, running in. grappled. I'p and down the verunda they swayed and reeled in their primordial I" battle. Tom, wrenching free from his opponent's grip, drove his left first oguln into Lander's face and followt-- it with d hU light Under the double Impact Lunder was knocked clear oflt his balance. His big body flew baokwurd. His feet sought tardily for the verouda floor und cluwed In futile effort ut Uie top step. Then he hurtled over the edge of the. verundit, down the entire (light of wooden steps, and his heud smoie sharply aguinst an Iron Jardiniere ou the lawn below. The uiotul vessel wa cracked by the for-- of the collision Lander lay unitiouless und unconscious on the lnwn. Tom Mercer made as If to descend the steps toward his fallen and senseless foe I'ut, at the same instant his features became distorted with ugouy. He clutched at his heart with both hands, a groan of mortal puiu bursting from his w bile lips. Janet cried aloud at bight of Tom's ashen face, und run to catch him as he staggered blindly backward. SShe was in time to seize the suddenly helpless and inert body lu her arms. I'.iit all her love and all her prayers could not nay for one brief minute tho flight of the soul from thut body. e It was on the day after the funeral that Calus LclTerts, Totn Mercer's lawyer, called at the once bright Mercer home to see Janet She came Into the library to receive him, looking very beautiful, but pitifully tragic In her deep mourning. "Well," ahe asked. In tense eagerness as he ruse to greet her. "Have you looked up the law in the matter? And and It Isn't true. Is It?" "I'm afraid, Mrs. Mercer," he replied sadly, "that I must answer "Yes" In both those questions. I have consulted Marc Lander was every authority. correct You were solemnly married to Thomas Mercer, In the sight of God and of the law In Connecticut. Hut In New York you were never Thomns Mercer's wife, lo fact " he hesitated, then forced himself to go on. "In fait, I learn today that Lander Is instituting suit for divorce sgainst you, nsmiug Thomas Mercer as corespondent" "I must tell you everything." wert on the lawyer, "although It is like torturing a helpless child. Thomas Mercer left no wlit, It was doubtless his Intent that yU should thus receive of his proiwrty and each of . F.ut none of bis children you three, by New Tork law, has any status as his wife or children. Therefore none of you can Inherit his esone-thir- d one-third- tate." "What? Surely his own children " "New York state," replied "does not recognize you ss Mercers widow. You and your cbiiUeu have no claim ou his estate." " sister," continued "called on me this morning. As Mer cer's next of kin, as he left no will, aim Is his sole heir. She came to notify me thnt she Intends to evict you and your children from this bouse and that she refuses to contribute one penny toward the support of any of you. She He broke o!T. Janet had fallen tack In her chair In a dead faint And only the principal actors la th event are the ones to blame, but lawmakers rnust share the odium and hear their part of the burden when the finger Is pointed at them and they are asked the cilesllou "Wbo'a Guilty?" (END OF ELEVENTH STUBTj "I'.nt "His |