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Show THE OGDEN 8 i STANDARD-EXAMINE- SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1921. R ..n rr rr o IL- - i, r t ILVal; ,1! F "Trask found her still there when he came In at two In th morning. Her hand was clenched up over her heart. She looked like a tired child, and her lip were still curved in a smile. But her lashes were wetf and there were stains of tears s r- - ' 4 ' . k " k. l -- 'JL upon her cheeks," . v Continued from Preceding Page; I tionless." Speech was still beyond her. ' Clear thought 'would not corie to her yet. She felt a little But . she dizzy almost faint. down as looked he smiled at him ; a new, unsteady, at wonderful smile that caught him ty the throat and et him trcm- - ."';' v,y.- '.."A .X,7 - ! J ; , her-smil-ed "' ibling. ;.' ;',hh: i',"K'rir. Wal-dron- V-- upon her; dreamd held her .she was content ane with the present, blind alike to that which lay behind an(i that which was beyond. x t -- ;v , 1 : . ', hers. "Sweetheart," he whispered, andagain, scarcely steadily "sweetheart sweetheart!" And the girl was still again. Again the sense of drifting was - Do-- , Happiness, sat with mother in their living room, when the maid brought her a card.; "I took him' In yo office," said the maid. "Percivai Dennison," read Kitty "Mercy, mother, I know a Perci-va- l Dennison, a very clever rich young chap; .this cannot, be the same one." Kitty had already stepped over to herlittle mirror arrangement which enabled her to see all that was going on in the front room, - her . "office." v do what "Well, you know about the 'same one I It's mother?. that, know Well, of all the nerve!" "Nerve?" queried her mother. "Sure; "nerve to come calling on me during business hours." "Oh, not that, Kitty; he probably Is here professionally." "How absurd; why. I don't even remember-whhis wife was and he couldn't, have been married long. Ohr- well, here goes," and Kitty stepped into her office.' "Why, Mr. Dennison, this is a surprise." - claimed Kitty", holding cut her hand to'greet young Dennison as though he were a social "- '- ; v . , . . . - : .'.- - ; . ; . - - "Happy surprise," replied Perci-val- . "that is, if I'm the surprise, because I'am happy to be fcere." ' - : l . ;.' 2 - : - ';:'! J:, ) j. ' .v. j i,if--- . - holding them fast. sam-Efirciva- " IlerToIce caught, Waldron looked at her with a sudden let her go. He swung himself down on the curb andjootced up at the windows. Two were open, giving onto a short, 'wide balcony; the Ucht streamed fully down upon him and Marcia gasped again. He smiled at her, whimsically, a shade guiltily. "I am afraid it is awfully late. They will be wondering where on A sudden half She was was her. wild panic upon afraid of the lights the questionShe was afraid, suding glances. denly, of Waldron of the white pas3lon of his face the hunger the D awne Cured must get hardened to these thlng3 if I'm to settle domestic troubles all I my lire." work "Why do this all your lite?" asked .ercliral ' eagerly. "Why not?" asked Kitty, b way of reply, looking at him Innocently. "Because er well, too bad for one so charming as you to mix up with side of life and er by the way, is this really your advertisement?" and Percivai ' took from his cardcase a copy of, the little classified advertisement Kitty kept running In the big morning papers. It read: IS YOUR HOME LIFE UNHAPPY? I can . restore har- -' mony troubled ' domestic affairs and bring back your honeymoon days. Why suffer, tho notoriety and pain of di- vorce? NOT a detective agency. Strictly private. K. D., D. D. H 77 St. "Oh, yes, it's mine. Everyone marvels at it so odd, you know," and Kitty looked at young Dennfson in a rather troubled manner. ' "Well, well, you are a clever - " the-sorr- was-maiTie- d-, - j - , g y : in-you- r . . girl"- r -- ....,.- - - 'Please, Mr." Dennison, no compll-.mentYou came here for bus!-- " ness, let us get to it. and as for cleverness, you also have a great reputation for that." , 'Flatterer, or. -Is, It just, plain American., joshf- and Percivai' a. (C) 1111. LuUrt)Ujcal reve-alef- to l Her hrart had begun to throb, heavily, ratnfully. The elusive, alluring mystery of the dram which had c nfolded her was slipping Away from her. The pwiden plunce back Into ordinary existence the rsound of lau;hter from behind the open window the faint whiff of cigars left her breathlessly bewildered, unsure of herself. "Let me go!" she whispered Caldron camo suddenly again. rloso to the door and leaned In. His hands sought and found hers. couldn't come." Her eyes pleaded. earth we are!" He reached up h?3 hand to her, but .with a sudden, startled move heart-rendin- glaring slrenm of lUht her ir. his eyes. ment she drew back. Her eyc3 were wldo, a nickering glenni of unccrtHinty almost of drecrt '.vas in them. She caught her cloak up about her. "I oh, I can't come in!" she said, breathlessly, appeal!n?!y. "Let your She added, quickly: man drive me, hpme sa- y- say i roughened hair, and, reluctantly, with a long drawn breath, Waldrun - . great tenderness In his eyes, then ho lifted her bands acdi held them against his mouth. Ills own bands were trembling a "little. The desire was upon him to keep her with mm sua to naum iu his hsppiness before all the world. It died at sight of bcr closed eyes. He realised suddenly that she was spent exhausted. He felt very much the same himself, except that a wild elation was surging through him. He smiled at her again. "All right.- - he said, gently. "Ill let you go." He turned to giTe an order to the chauffeur. Then he came back , ? v a . Kitty's face clouded..; She had met young Dennison several timesv the last occasion, being at Mrs. Van Arlane's, where she so cleverly, un- tangled the Van Arlane matrimonial snarl, and she liked the young(chap immensely. She had not even suspected that he "Dear me, Mr. Dennison, you do not know, how pained I am o hear this. Do you know, I do not mind the matrimonial troubles of strangers very much, but now it is differ- - ' ent. This Is the first instance where an acquaintance has come to me with that is, come to me' professionally." "To tell you the truth, when Perry Van Arlane told me about-- , you. the other day I was surprised. I had never heard of such an occupation pardon me profession, I should say."- And for a person calling to have his matrimonial troubles' straightened out Percivai Dennison . certainly looked far too jhappy. "I'm sorry,". said Kitty, and-shsorry, "but I suppose really looked " e Mar-cla'- Hop. She closed her eyes. "Please. ' ' burned heart leaped then seemed to : l.. eyes while before. Do ,you know, for just a fleeting moment I thought" you. might have had trouble with your wife and called, on me profes- . eionally, you know."-- . Percivai Dennison .drew a long face, cast down his eyes and sighed. "It wa3 about matrimony I called, lobe .perfectly,, frank : with you," to the door again, thrastlnc his hesd snd shoulders inside. "Marcia!" he whispered, so low she scarcely caught the words. "Marcia sweetheart! I want to hear you say It that you lora me!" There was- something at onca humble and oddly boyish about hlra as he said it. His eyes were eager, his hands 'hot upon her bare shoulders. The restrained quiet ot the man was gone. Ha was stsm mering. esger as the veriest youth. "Say lt!M be berged again. "Let me tako it with me for goodnight that you 1ot6 me that you're mine!" "Miae!" ' The word 'seemed to Marcia to fill the car, to echo, trumpet like, over the stillness of the night. It crashed upon her senses, waking her completely from her dreaming. The Tell of gossamer was drawn into hers as they bad burned a little . -- . , . v fl His l! "Oh, I'm so glad. . , : -- How DAWNE, Doctor of - . . at-al- . cal'er. v. ,.L:-'v vv-'n- anything And so it was with Marcia. Her soul had been half starved, as her mind and often her body had been. Her heart had been empty even as her days had been empty. And now now a greater wealth was hers than any fortune could bring. At the sudden stopping of the car she stirred anew. They were in a wide, quiet street, before tho substantial and brilliantly lighted house in which Waldrorc had his luxurious suite of rooms, With .a sudden, startled gasp Marcia' sat" up, smoothing her A " -- kv.-'- 'i Just .that; tho happened. all. It is like of miracle greatest that when Love first lays his hand3 over our eyes. No one but the loved one matters, counts means had . ! 5. Reality at that moment was sin gularly unreal! It was the dream that was real; the dream that counted nothing else. She yielded herself to it to the man who 4 had woven it for her. There was no thought of wrong in her heart. All the world was blotted out just then a miracle 's - , - ' - KITTY -- ." "Oh you!" he. said against her Hair, huskily; and "suddenly she laughed. It was a caught laugh hesitating but golden with a' thrill of magical sweetness. She was still as one in a dream. 'A dream so wonderful that it was Iridescent as a bubble yet warmed "with a joy so keen that it wag like physical pain; She did not want to wake from it. She was content to lie there, the strength of arm about her, the beating iiis heart near to her cheek of drifting drifting yielding herself to the1 glory that had suddenly filled her world. Under her lashes" her eyes were chining like stars. A little pulse throbbed rhythmically at the base of her throat. It had come so suddenly, so fiercely, yet, withal,: so tenderly this love, of whfch sire had been Ignorant for so long. It beat up within her suffocatingly, as with the wings of an imprisoned bird. She was conscious of an almost overwhelming desire to give it to voice eonie"sort of expression ' Involun- soul. in her tumult the tarily she made a little movement.; For the second time Waldron's grasp of her tightened. ' He bent his face and laid his cheek against : . . -.f -- , . a FakerBy LewisAllen "Good judgment! repeated Kitty. laughed in his uproarious, infec"I am afraid you ' flatter yourself. tious manner. Here you are, a young man with a "For a man in serious domestic I'm fortune and uccess. but you cannot trouble you are far too happy. get alons with" your wife" afraid it's all your trouble: your manner indicates great careless"nardly that. Miss Dawne," inter- -' rupted Percivai. ness!" Kitty frowned at him as "Now, haven't you come here ex- - . she said thi3. , pressly to se rne": "Pardon me again, nearly forgot atPercivai, "That's grinned what," my troubles," said Percivai, eyes.-."This with Kitty devouring to Ferious. look tempting see ra about your matri"And no more compliments;x remonial You troubles," she finished ra'ter member I know all about you. were known, and are known now lamely, tryln ,to . hide ' her own, t!nshes. in a. joking manner, as 'Father's "Well, something like that." ad- Fool. You" . mitted PerciTal. ; "Who told you that rot?" and "Tell me. what is the trouble? Percivai blushed. Do you quarrel?" father how knows your "Everyone "No.'n-o-o- . I should eaynot, at Insisted you were too big a fool to not actuanswered Percivai. least yet, go into business, and how you me let see, what is your "Well, him drove and out cleaned him ally wife like? Is she tall?" to the wall financially, and made-fci"Oh, no; just about the right take you Into the firm as an that is well, about your been equal partner, and bow you've - height ever concern height." brains of the big the, "And her eyes and hair and dissince, and" then position?. Tell me, It will help mo "Enough, too much, and ' to street was help you," Insisted Kitty. some, please; that only flush"Will it? Then I'll tell you every- now Percivai. gossip," pleaded She has eyes like yours and thing. ing' rosy red and holding up bis a beautiful she's blonde, really; hair hand. . she" Here she like for I admire was you true and "It yoursand ' ended Percivai rather lamely. Insisted 'it, Kitty. "How long hare you been mar"Well, I do wish someone would but ried!" admire me for something else, "I er we who, me?' and PerI haven't good looks nor good sense civai was really confused. nor anything except good judgment" "Certainly." ..said Kitty severely. "Well, er let's .see now look I here, it doesn't seem as though had been married at all." and Percivai smiled. "Now. look here. Mr.. Dennison, it may Vf a bit embarrassing for 5 ou at first )ut how can you expect me to help ytu at all unless you tell me everything?" "Do they all do thatr asked Percivai. rather eagerly. "On, yes; people come to me with their family troubles and tell me happens in their homes. jut what I usa my Judgment, and. really, Then you know, I've been successful" "You're the doctor!" exclaimed . " o " . ? . rrat.irt BcrTtaa, Inc. . . -- Grut Briuia aisbta EaMrrrl. ; TerCivaL . - ' "Yes?" and Kitty smiled. "Well, then, tell me your matrimonialI troubles. Really, Mr. Dennison, am sorry. 'for I like you and will do my very best to belp,ycni." "Will ypu. really V "Indeed J will," declared Kitty. "Then I will tell you everything. I am not married!" and Percivai sat back and looked anxiously at Kitty. "Not married?" exclaimed Kitty, and gaxlng at him in astonishment with anger moT slowly flushing, ' ' than anything else. not married, "No. Miss Dawne, 1 be" to t was,-bu"hope never "But I thought you said you came out here-tget me to straighten ?" troubles yonr domestic . . "I paid I came to you about mat-FcrclT&L o 1 rlmony,"aaswered . away from her eyes. She gave a sodden little choking. frightened cry and shrank back, An 0TenrhelmInB terror of wtat she had done confessed revealed was upon Her. Reality roomed. Inexorable, stern. . before her. Remembrance mocked softly. - Blindly she thrust Waldron away from her. I . "No no! she cried. 'breathless ly, oddly brokenly. "Oh no! No no!" . . To Be Continued Next Sunday. "Oh, I see. Ton ara thinking of getting married and you want my advice?" and Kitty looked relieved. "That's it. Will you advise me honestly!" "I will try who Is the young lady?" asked Kitty. "You are!" exclaimed PercIraL t , "What!" , and Kitty rose indt. nanlly. ."Kitty, will you glre up this Doctor of Domestic Happiness rot and take my cape? Just attend to my case for all time?" and Percivai toot Kitty's hand in his own and raised it to his lips. You "You're you're a faker. came here to have your matrimonial troubles smoothed out faker," whispered Kitty. . "You can cure me," said Percivai simply. "How!" asked Kitty, blushing. "By marrying me. Will you?" "Percy, I've liked you right along. I I think perhaps 1 wilL" Percivai clasped Kitty In bis arms. The next moment there came a tsp on the door. Kitty disengaged herself from Pcrclvat's embrace and opened it- - Her mother stood lher with a most peculiar expression. "Mother Datrne. you'vs been peels lag In my mirror arrangement and saw you saw" jou-- Well,-child. Tes; what have you done?" -I've cured a faker, nam ma, dear!" |