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Show 2 V Sundays January The Dauntless Lysander After Aunt Jane .died, Lysander had pretty Lied of Iowa. Which seemed, for there had been ery like invitation in hla omething Cousin Asa's voice aa he knocked out his in pe on the porch .rail. 'Well, Las, I guess the car 11 Just a'out figure out "whats cornin' to )ou nit of mas suff , If he hadn't been, feeling sad about Aunt Jane, who had been good to him a wavs, L' sender would hate uttered a whoop of d rtoton. The. car" was good From where he stood he could see Its ucaried carcass In the shed, a flivver of -- at out the v.ntace of 111, driver's s'de sagged from Asa s two hundred pounds, making It look as if It were tired and 'was resting one foot while It leaned It- - was Ur UP against Uia weather. there was no douht about that, and onlv Ly Sander's continuous tinkering (a thing seeming positively inspired at timesi persuaded it occasionally to saunter along the road to town. Lvsander understood Asa, who had never liked him much, and meant now that Lysander would not be passionately Lysander regretted W he tnoved onno means In- had Indeed wondered, bv frequently, why he stayed.' Now the only eager tie was broken, and to evea the lopsided Henrietta appeared a champing steed prancing to be off, the westering sun an altar fire of 'a long beckoning goal. This does not happen to be a tale of eny adventure of the long trail west.a These paragraphs serve merely as sketchv background to that fateful afternoon when Henrietta, after many vicissitudes, limped into a garage In a suburb of Los Angeles and seemed to declare a tittle bleat bertnffentlon to expire' rlght there.., Many times had Henrietta threatens to give up for good, but that dauntless tlnkerer, Lysander, had alwavs received and passed on to her some .timely Inspiration from the god of which enabled her to proceed. If not with swiftness and elan, at least enabled her to proceed. Lysander alighted from his ailing chariot and administered with a practiced hand to Its decrepitude, turning a grin and a deaf ear to the ribald comments of the garage-meJt was then as he emerged dirty but triumphant that it A big car, all windshields happened. and disk wheel and nickel and seventeen kinds of dewdade. whisked so lightly Into the garage that )t arrived with the very sound of its .warning signal, missing Lysander bv half an Inch and Henrietta her poor by less than' half that, so old bones fairly jingled, though she was untouched. The two ladles In the ear eqliealed a little, and the Important looking gentleman growled something, and the dapper chauffeur gave Lveander a basilisk glare. Our hero, seeing that he had been missed, The party scorned to ae-ti-ce merely smiled him further, and devoted Us attention to some slight Irritation In the disposition of the magnificent one. The ladies descended. The elder, evidently the mother, resembled the car considerable, being large and expensive looking. The younger ah! the inadequacy of 'anguage! Never had Lysander Pratt be held so ravishing a creature. She was not verv big, nor very little, but Just exactly right. She had hair like California aunfehine and eves like the California sky; and a mouth like the sweetest ot, California roses. She hid the air of a little prince's who rules by divine right, and she was dressed entirely up to the lashlon w hints fm after tomorrow, no, for week after next at least. "Who ever loved, who loved not at first s,ght! Our poor Lysander felt a weakening In the knees, a tightening of the chest, a 1ft and plunge of the heart before It fluttered out of htm Into the keeping of ills oearl of all girls! said her mother, "do be 'Phyllis, careful, th s place la Just full of grease" "Pinllls' Delicious name of Phvllla Could she possibly have been called anything else Positively not. O Phyllis, JhLUs. Thev did not appear to notice Lysander Thev did not even deign to smile at Henrietta, though once mother stood so hear that poor Henrietta was almogt obscured, If you happened to be looking at her head-oTo the enchanted Lyeander It seemed not more than two fleeting minutes untU the chauffeur had closed the door on the royal family and was taking his place at the wheel of the magnificent one. It could not be that she was going out 'or Ills sight forever fate could not be so cruel. This was the love of his life one knows that surely In a moment as well s In ten years. And here he stood Idly while the miles multiplied between them! He flung himself Into Henrietta, who stirred with a squeak of protest. He pursued the dream along the tunny highways that lead to the City of the Angels, and the country's charm seemed . a part of that dream. The pepper trees, gorgeous In their clusters of red heads, the orange groves hung with gold and white, bungalows nestling In bright blossoming vines, skyline of mountains, all the vivid colorings of poppy and hibiscus and bignonia, made It the land of enchantment where he was to pluck 0 soon and surely the flower of life. And as , Henrietta Jolted and rattled and anorted along. Ilk a complaining but Industrious old ladv, Lysander was rehearsing a aeries of highly Tomantln ways in which he would make Phyllis acquaintance. He had rescued her from every peril of a movie serial and received pledges of lifelong fealtv from her grateful parents, when he sighted a gas station from which was Just departing the car. to feel 'legm wus well. It -- mech-antcia- n. (ht the-fla- . - he was from Brlnvllie! Yes, she had a room he could have would he like to look at it? Lysander guessed be d take It without Inspection, and could he put his car In the garage Traid It Isn't much of a garage," she was beginning when she caught sight of Henrietta. Not much of a car, either, Lysander grinned. "But well. I'll just put her In and get my grip." , Henrietta had given up again, hut the driveway sloped a little and Lvsander rolled her easily into the ehed, then, wicker suit case in hand, he hesitated tn the hall. From what he judged to be kitchen wards a fresh young voice was caroling; "Love me and the wuruld Is mine!" ed the door, and the singl" ing stopped "O here you are Amv A slim girl appeared and stood looking at Lvsander My daughter, Mr. Pratt. Just show Mr. Prait his room. Amv, will you?" the Introduction; Amy! acknowledged said "this way, and preceded him The room proved to be small, but there were two windows, from each of which, as Mjse Sills adjusted the blind. Lysander glanced, From one a glimpse of far brown hills across red and green roofs; from the other a yellow street car clanging past a corner where no less than three little box buildings displayed geat signs announcing they were offices. in real estate?" he "Everybody here "Must -- have passed about s laughed. hundred of thoee places on my way out here. "Well, the city's growing so fast, you and that know," returned Mis Amv, makes a big demand for all kinds of real estate. Some- people have made a' lot of money in It," "Have they?" said Lysander thought fullv. "The lucky ones have." She moved to the door. "I hope you'll find everything all right And dlnner'e at " Lysander thanked her and for full five minutes remained at the window. Surely this Perhaps It was destinv. had been a fateful day. for In It h had met her, and it was not Impossible had been given this tip by fortune herself. His fellow boarders were a Mice Bind. a school teacher, and a facetious plumber named Tlllbury. Lysander was preoccupied with his two problems how to meet Phvllls and how to make a fortune this week or next He cursed his silly lack of purpose and ambition hitherto. He was thrilled when the plumber began to talk rents and real estate, unaware that the subject ts never neglected long Mr. TUlburv In any California company. had noticed that the bungalow court down the atreet was for sale again. It had. been sold four times since he. just for fun, had been keeping an eyeron It And every man tack had- picked up a few thousand on his deal. It's a great game, all right. If youre lucky. Talking about luck, he knew a fellow who started in on a shoestring and cleaned up twenty thousand dollars in iess'n a year. Yes, sir! Just on a shoestring. "How how did he do It?" breathed the fascinated Lysander. T hustled around and made a couple of good sales, got a few hundred dollars, ou know, and then got options and maneuvered around. Smart fellow, all ight." Very encouraging, although Lvsander could not but regret that the recipe waa so Indefinite. - Made him think of Aunt Jane's telling how to make her famous cookies well, you take a little oatmeal, 'bout a much as you think youll need, and a little flour, and If you got cream Still, Lvsander you can use that or felt that undoubtedly opportunity was 1 knocking. The next day Lysander, all spruced up, opened his campaign by presenting him self In turn at --each of the three boxes with blackboards announcing bargains In residences, lots and property. Nobody needed a salesman. And the last man declining services observed that 'the real estate game ts awfully overdone In this town lot of loafers after easy money. That a what you wan t, too, I suppose. "Sure," Lysander grinned. He walked thoughtfully down the street. Well he would look about a bit and believe in " his luck. He walked miles, going Into an the houses open for Inspection, tried to outline a selling talk, talked to several owners and agents, learning prices, saying he was Just looking around. His spirits rose. Looked easy. Once you got In the game, Now a bungalow like this sold that la for twelve thousand dollars; at five per cent commission would be eix hundred. Pretty good day 'a work, what? Of course, unless you were on your own, you would not get all of that and, of course. If you were on year own you might find It a llttler difficult to get listings. Anyway, after youd told a few houses you'd have a tidy sum for ah options, and that. Yes, It looked good.- Her was another attractive place of Spanish type, for saJe by builder. He went In Very nice. Everything In good taste, and brlde-- y looking. He had an ecstatic vtslon of Phyllis! Ha found only on of th owners cards B. W. Anderson, address and phone and ha put It In hie pocket, for no particular reason. Just then an automobile stopped In front and an elderly lady and gentleman alighted, followed by a trim and sprightly figure daughter, no doubt. She paused in the doorway to exclaim: "What a darling house! May we look -- dropped off already a millionaire, the affianced husband of Phyllis! Phyllis, Phi . Fhvll. . Th dedl actually went through without a hitch and Lj sander, clothed in the confidence of achievement' turned aside to make a play toward th other goal And, humanly having tumpd one good trick, he was Inclined to save Invention c. bv trvlng it g second time. Bv th simple expedient of telephoning a question he discovered that the F. J. Willards were domiciled at the Hotel Ambassador, thus adding Sherlock Holmes Than to his role of Monte Crlsto through the Wllshire district like a location man spotting the home of the queen of society. Why? He was looking Henrietta Was His "Onl' Heritage; Then Along Came Phyllis, "and Trouble, and. Amy "Well. Mr. Anderson has a couple of other houses ha said 1 could try selling, on another but just now 1 m " He broke working Idea off with an em barrassed little laugh "rt " said Amy. Thera was a pause Perhaps she was waiting for him to go on, and he felt suddenlv as If he would like to tell her all about It But, ot course, he couldn't do that" It - was dark now, and someway wonder, fullv- sweet and peaceful 'The air was.s - t r- v 0001 ce.ptvl-11and delicately nerfnmed with -the., .. in s 77Ti. i.trrTjtr; t iru-si few Afys appeared, those wonderfully-r'psseeming stars of California skies were here with htm that Phyllis Suppose 1 to -i him. How wonderfully things were going, of course, he could- hardly expect Papa Willard to present him at once, unless But no, as the gret man turned baek to Lysander. mother and daughter walked a wav le'sureiv In the other direction. "Now said Mr. Willard, "111 look at house. And we'll go In mv car" an emphasis on the "my." T"' I.vsander's elation "Thank you, sir. suitveied tn spite of himself, for sud,.o,, In was somethin there the great mans ihm it d not tone, in his falling in with a strange voung man's rerjwest. There was no amiable sympathy- with voung ambition on his grim face, no inteaest In the errand rather a sort of watchfulness, a now Just By WINONA GODFREY bv a sign which said, "Alfred Tilbury, Plumber " Mr Tilbury, wearing a gzin on his dirty face, was just entering the shop and greeted Lvsander with a cheerv. "Hello, prait Come in and look sis over." acLysander preferred his dreams, but cepted the Invitation by following th plumber into the dusty little shop, where he listened to a monologue on Mr. Tilbury a future plans. Little he guessed with whom Lysander had hobnobbed that garage had a chance to buy tn good. Once Lvsander would have been Interested tn a garage, but, sav, from now on he d probably be associated with J. F. lllard! - vr - 15, 1922 - here, my young friend, you put up a great front, but we've got you dead to rights. Why not Just hand it oyer and save a lot of commotion?" Lysander grinned, "Is 'this a Joke? Hand what over?" But hla throat waa dry. "Mrs Willard chain, replied McKay In a steely vole. amll went Lysander out like a light switched off. .He met McKay's eyes squarely, but no words came ill Just give It to you straight' that gentleman went on easily. "Mis Willard recognized you today as th fellow tn the garage the dav the chain waa stolen, I suppose you snipped it off in the cute they thought you had it and we've .been looking out for you. You had your rierv facing .Mr. Willard again Ilk you did. today. Something up your sleeve, I suppose. You know you hsd no more connection with that real estate firm than 1 have. What was the big Idea? Im curious " McKav lighted a cigar and smiled complacently. Lysander merely continued to look at hirm Thera was a numbness about, til a boy's heart. They thev thourht he was rts thief. Perhaps nothing ever again-huIn quite the same way as the first blow life gtves to young faith In th dream. His thought of Phyllis and her thought of him. AH his fine plans This, was how she had remembered him. "Better make a clean breast of It," McKay advised not unkindly after a moment. "I m her to give you the chance. If you hand over the chain, the .Willard won't make a fuse. They don t want publicity. 'I haven't got th chain, Mr. McKay," said Lvsander quirtl v. "I've never seen It.Because the Willards happened to see me the day the chain was lost Is hardly proof that 1 hav it Well, there's something gunny about vour actions, young man. Of course, we haven't had time to check you up good since Mr. Willard phoned u this afternoon, hut you can't get away with 1. Why not get yourself off easv? Now see here, you're only a kid, and you don't look so tough. Suppose I give you till tomorrow to think It over?". - - -- won't make any difference." "O yes It will, McKav rose. "No us trytn' toMrbeam, you get me? Well, good- " Pratt. See you tomorrow night, He walked down the steps, rather jaun-tlldown the walk. Lvsander sat motionless. They had nothing really on which to hold him. Thev Just suspected and were trying to bluff him. But It wasn't that. 'Lvsander!" Th wistful vole of Amv at th door made him Jump. H rose qulcklv and went In to her as she swttched on lhe economical little lamp that made the 'darkness of the shabby hall vialbla H could see that his face frightened her without knowing how boyishly stricken It was. She kept rais'ng trembling hands to her throat and letting . them fall again, while her evea searched him and pleaded with him and caressed him. He Has he gone?" she breathed. nodded, wondering. Bhe moved quite close to him, so thst he could see a tiny pulse beating In her throat. "Couldn't you tell me about It, Lysanv, - der?" nothing to tell. "Why," Amy, there' It's a " mistake.- - I can't understand He stopped. how She .turned to close the front door carefully, and waited a moment, listening with her head on one aide. The house k of was quiet, save lor a faint Mias Burd s typewriter awav off upstalis. Outside a mocking bird trilled a few notes In the great pepper trea. Amv held Lysandnra eyea with hers; she breathed quickly and her lip trembled. She put her hand to th breast of her gingham dress and drew out something that ran iaqd glittered11k merrilyaim. through her shaking finger touched fountain spray a diamond and tap-clic- platinum chain, vaJua teg thousand dollars. How tong they stood staring at each other, with the thing like a marvelous serpent dangling between them, then Lysander wet his lips and a hoarse whisper Where d you get It?" Issued: "You know," her lip formed. "No, no. No, I don't!" Hysteria shook his cautious tones. "I don't know. I tell Not knowing why, he took her bv vou, the shoulders and held her so. .Tell . me. commanded. he A diamond and ' platinum chain, value $10,0001 8he did not try to release herself, proThey etood etaring at each ether,. Then Lyeander wet hie Upe and found frowning on her mytlstflcatioir You know," her lipt formed. whitperedi " Where d you" get it?" young forehead. In It was your ear. Didn't you put It there?" was so "Ot His gmazement What you going Into?" Tilbury finally course not! How could genuine. for a suitable residence for tbe Willards In th sweet dusk! Amy was sitting try something attitude that wa squelchIt bav got asked. Having at last found one with what he quietly In the low porch chair, her slen- ing, to eav the least. there? considered possibilities, and with a repre- der figure relaxed, clear profile youthLysander tried to think it was Just his "U real estate, I guess," returned LySh told him than. In eager, panting j sander lightly. sentative on the spot, fo whom I.yssnder fully grave, something of wistfulness way. Besides this first conquest how, after McKay had looked Real estate. eh? repeated Mr. Tilbury whispers, hinted that he was scouting for somebody about her. An awfully nice girl, von could nothing short of a miracle, and he must over and gone, she, moved by car the e that and friendly, too. He. cleared make the most of It. Why, it was the thought fullv. "A1J right tf vou're a big bug, some big, he was assured that anybody he Inexplicable Impulse, had gone out chance of his life. A great big thing to out kind uncertain for the little pnes, Id brought would be treated with considera- his throat. looked at It. too. She had felt tertion which costs nothing This accom"Didn't 1 see a movie down here a few be thus piloting J. F. Willard, to be riding say. Thought maybe you might like and and had sat down on a bos upset ribly plished, Lysander went home, dead tired, blocks? Would you what do you say In the magnificent one within a week workm' In the garage." was there in the shedto to think I'm a pretty that in his wildest dreams he had not concalling It a day and inventing a tune to we stroll over?" "Why, thanks. I admit over. And sitting there, just at tt all Non but the brave deserve the fair." ceived more magic than this' Perhaps good mechanic, hut I tell you. Tilbury, "Why, yes. I'd Ilk to," said Amy. angle maybe, sha saw something There is the confidence of assured posi- tt was a dream. To assuage the doubt he I ve got something pretty big In view th right from After dinner, though, he wandered out underneath the car om hanging on the porch, hla spirits sagging Into an tion, that of the merely sophisticated, surreptitiously pinched himself. just now." way, and she had crawled under and unaccountable penslveness.. He felt, all of and that of the blissfully unaware of Just "Thst so? Well, ell right. Want to go pulled Having given their destination to the It out and and it waa this- - All a sudden, terribly forlorn. And why! He where thev are treading. Our dauntless chauffeur, he proceeded to Improve each over and look around anvway?" but she bad washed ij) and and submitted and accompanied dirty, had accomplished wonders well, anyway. Lysander, serenely trustful In hi luck and shining moment with, bright conversation .Lysander all. that's but Mr. Willard the friendly plumber to the new gtrage. good deal, in all the stories he'd read In romance and In the comfng right of Or attempted to How It cam there no on would evet It he couldnt remember a hero who had things, artlessly (though he himself began to ask questions, snappy questions which was Just around th corner. know, aince Henrietta was dumb. started out more propitiously on such a thought it most artful) entered the Am- about where he had lived and how long looked a pretty good proposition he was exactly around?" All Lysander could think of was O certainly." Lvsander wa smiling campaign. And come to think of it, that bassador hotel and Inquired lor Sir. J F. had he been in California, and how came Interested In spite of himself. But per- that that tJb.Chaia.bad.become unJaatsaed aa4 be. he in this busmens, and some others that haps the .lmpomLLUunawaa-4ba- J rather eagerly. No reason surely why he hero alwavs won with an original Idea Willard. one of on fallen wheels, and swiwkI well, eerrt-he turned some clever ,AM JPSt aa ha Lad. shouldn't give himself a little rehearsal. - like hla Invariably sty. 1 .v m rid e r , gulp-- ' and Tilbury did not get home until dinner been thrown up Henrietta's tn some way when It ftcvo'ftfhTyT and '.land Le began- trick that tntcodwed-hfrrr 'It YOU. Will allow me pocket he happened to glance up and lng occasionally, answered truthfully, al- time. some on little to lodge projection And Henrietta needed to open doors for them, to call attention then since "thev" were made for each there, crossing the lobby, were Mr. and though it really seemed that the more Lysander saw at once that something turned, frame,. II got this out Mrs. Willard and Miss Phyllis. Here was simple and straightforward his answers had hapened to Amy. Hh was pale, her of her ancient to this convenience and that view, how other.- - Still, Lysander felt blue. attention, so Lysander stopped. to Amy. feverishly s Mr. been smHed was less In some child has as was Burd and said it a were the stock Willard wide a man "That he wanted to see surelv put in took sun them' eves pleasant the car, that Just left.' pleasant It was to have the of ' You believe me. Amv, don't you? You he suggested hopefully to the lean gas In the breakfast room, and tnmorning short made evening as she tripped out to a lecture. his path bv Providence, and, ' sublimely Lvsander couldnt understand it, hut Mr. frightened, and she started from fits man Willard acted os tf he were trv mg to abstraction when spoken to. It was some- know f didnt know anything about It. of effrontery, himself agreeable In a sincere boyish Mr. Tilbury, all dolled up and wearing an unconscious Lysander , conceal that he didn't believe a woid Ly- thing plainly not pleaant and every once You believe me, don't you?" "You eatd It! Blonga to F. J. Willard, fashion. The Brownings were flatteringly incredible necktie, waved a salute as he started .toward them. I "I do believe you, Lysander." S got more mlllionit un stand. In a while she looked at him In a hurt, Then a strange thing happened. Phvllls sander said! than responsive. Really It was Just the sort set out. hla . acreen Is in door young The Solemnly thev a dollar, they tell me. of place they were looking for! nickels creaked, and Amy Sills saw him, spoke a quick. eager sentence quivering .lips They were met hy tji courteous ageit, questioning way him , so much that he al- touched , her forehead. Happv man. who to her father, and ' the three looked in- who That puzzled And did you design It yourself, Mr. came oat. Stopped here to use the phone $eems showed them over the property, doone left world of all the conture doubts "Ox" shp said. 'TdiiJn't know yW were stantly at Lvsander and half the vision has to like the told lady lost art awful costly Pratt?" Mias Browning (who- was about most jvbeif neglected as all. the to Lvsander' ing paused talking relief, ' out here, Mr. Pratt." If to await his approach chain, plat'num and diamonds, worth fortv-- demanded. The amazing ahd treating him, too, qulta tactfully. Mr Phvllls on the porch after dinner. -- Amy whoa faith Is untouched. But nowl This costlyUnkellnlchlef Oh ah ne. 'No," said th about a mint, spmewhrt-- along, or maybe startled Lysander smiled his smile. significance of this reached him even In Willard acted decently (Lvsander had a Joined him soon. Mi Piatt, mayrT speak" to you a mo- - must he relumed, and Its return could some giiv swiped It off'n her. Thev was Lvsander. !!IL Isnt klT1? to make a difference. the clouds 'where ha walked they re- - queer feeling thst he mlalil sac sonieT "It was built bvMr.Ande-r- TsTTT? be taken only by thos blind one as a callin up a garage back about Lanker-shl- son ment ombered terrible anv minute), and respondThing And she smiled, too. them, though his knees oulvered, his boy- ed confession ot guilt. to see if theyd sighted It, but they "I guess not Then you're his agent. Reallv, Mr. "Whv, surely." to the agent's efforts properly enough "J'll go with vou, Lysander," Amy demother man todav a her was "There thev spoke of the weather, and then ishly charming smile valiantly acknowl- to Interest him. But he ended the interhadn't. Pratt, the place does suit us. We will And said"Do you think you re going to edged the honor she The great man pre- view pret'y shortly by sav.ng lhat be had was out late this afternoon, asking about cided at last. "We'll Just tell them how Lysander was deeply Interested. A lost talk business with you'." us'" Sfie twisted her hands together It was, and they'll have to belie chain! If He had If he only could have sented a maskllke fsce In which hi decided to hare a country place If he vou. He like California?" Lysander swallowed hard. "Fine! I couldn t let you do that. I oouldn't found It! "O If nothing, Mrs. Willard,-don- 't plucked Andersons card from his pocket 'No future tense necessarv. I do right shrewd grav eyes coldly questioned the bought at all. The agent assured him In a curious fashion. b mixed in it." let mention It. So glad to be of ser- - with a not very steady hand and quoted now Look what Its done for me!" you dauntless one, 'VVhat Leave his that his firm had magnificent places on d he want? "Yes? vice. "Im sure they'd . believe me, nd It "I beg your pardon, Mr. Willard." Ly- Its lists, and Mr. Wiliq,rd said, well, he'd name? ' Wby, " ee. I'd be pleased to call the price! "What ha It done?" Inquired Amy' with better. sometime It seemed to be Miss Browning wbo had rather a disconcerting directness, which sander began pleasantlv, all unaware see. as he climbed ba-eve searched him almost pite- would help straighten it out into the car. Amy heart. "But He missed a bit of his Informant's mon- the money and the say-s"No, Lysander shook hi tt ws that he was not brushed atid tt was she seemed to recognize herself, for a litThe agent shook hands with Lysander-"Muc- ously. she 'whis a deteettve," sweet of youtt' Besides, your mighty ologue. The daughter of a millionaire. plain that she was most amicably inclined tle color rose in her cheeks, though she aside Ilk an Inquisitive fly, obliged, anv way. Mr for pered. wouldn't let you." You could see him, Lvsander, taking her toward Mr. Pratt. Papa Browning gave did not try to modify the "Im Lysander Pratt f I Just won bringing Mr Willard around." Pratt, question. Lysander started ' "A detective! Why, mother for a spin in Henrietta, now couldn't some advice, but obvlouslv when daughter "That's a good idea," said Miss Amy. He dered tf 1 might speak to you about welcome, I m aure," said LvsanSome color rose., too. In Lvsander did he want? what "Quite " Ws'll Just tell her all about It and take you! There was the whole thing In a made up her mind something permanent could not very well confess that Cal- about der. The magnificent one rolled away and "He wanted to know all about you. How nutshell. About what" demanded Mr. Willard he again esiaved to b entertaining. And, yet what- were all the had occurred. ifornia had already brought him the vou (1 been here and what you'd her with us! ' Mr. long ' And they did. vole stories about If not the winning of prin Lvsander' had a Strang thin of Yellow and he had not, oddlv bruskly. those eves boring in unco n.ndfbeirc'dnlnx cesses, the attainment of the great wish, aimd tn his own ear ha pnntl. In enough; love, "Welt," said Mr. Willard after It all, xnry. hH and "I that so. ronsrtcrtTnt 5 on seemeil tp be" "Hum," youtnru'ncse. the coming true of the dream! Certainly see Mr. Anderson at one, arrange for crowed over his initial triumphs at the ! Why. I haven't and hi Lvsander was trying so hard not to be Titev reached the hotel, alighted but '"Me? Whv, what 5s had softened a good deal he had not taken Greeley' when they met Amv's spirited yet pleadadvice to him to meet the Brownings, and so forth. abashed. "I wanted to trv to Interest you Mr. Willard (lid not ask the dauntless done anything. table. Whv, thats funnv!" a queer thing, but I guess seek failure and disappointment, rather Miss Brownlngl having talked herself Sill' a "It's in ones, to a sort of aw meet ing one up his daughter. He looked "Well ah I'v been proposition." Ills obvlouslv sincere astonishment fuilylucky." Amv. And was ha In this land of golden promise for Into enthusiasm, waa determined to clinch "What sort of proposition? "Yea?" seemed to relieve Amy, and a little color I'll have to believe you. Miss to snapped Lysander steadily in th eve. ask this It to the very purpose of plucking success to the bargain right now. No one must get make Mr. Wtllard right. I'm going came back to her cheeks. . "Hayen't you "Yea. you know I was anxious to eet "Ah. thank you for vour interest, Mr wear like a rose tn his buttonhole. In ahead of her get her house! All Into something here qulcklv, Apd that Gosh. harder than hed thought. er Pratt Will von give me vour ad- any idea?" young msn'a pardon, and urge him alwavs I - With auch high thoughts came the vivacity, she Insisted on giving L sander first I came we spoke about real Lysander gulped. 1 to Juetify your fin faith In him." So 'Not the remotest." thought perhaps you dress? In case I wish to communicate dauntless Lvsander into the city,. of whose a check for a hundred dollars to show estatenight even went out and looked at your after all h wasn't euch a bad old king. might be interested In a a residence In with you" you remember?" ""He And then. Just to finish It off. while Los Angeles." Mr. wniard beautv, bustle and Intricacies of traffic her good faith. Yes " Khe seemed Interested. Lvsander car we will omit descriptions. The prnspset When he had bowed and smiled and the three of them waited for an elevator, For a second the great man stared at fvimbled for his carefully prepared cards "He did!" "Well, it struck me as Just what .1 and him he so and a the rtd of th so I thanked lit I that him. Immensely, regretted and the wanted. got if pleased motherly woman and the pretty, saver gaze much. I can be Brownings, searching "And went up and looked poor "Thank you Something quick your " He room. And asked if any-m-n that It was too late tn this particular dav Lvsander mopped his brow, not at all cerlaundrv marks on his of any use to you, I hope you cam to e young girl, and the wolemn, boyish felWhats your hurry?" asked Amy with bov felt the very In tn begin putting his magic salt on the tall tain whether he had mad a good start a hint of archness. embarrassment.- - "Whet etvtck there. You low, there emerged from th elevator th collar writhe vou or If you staved out nights. all dolled In the first pises he for heaven or Jail. Of course, be had no of the bluebird well reasons." "WM discon- are you up to. anywav" said the cold draw'ed Wtllard, and for don't know you're sure you don't princess herself! Mis Phyllfs, fts "Thanks," There was pleading In her low up Hk a million dollar and leaving beBack In Iowa, old right to do what he had done, and he certed for a moment, then finished with grav eve In contemptuous speculation the first time his shrewd eyes showed a know must have lodgings of much an Lafe Burdage had insisted on giving him couldn't understand yet how he'd don It! no mV excitement. her hind erf "Th next day If 1 Then with a suddenlv amusement and of perplexltv. half hint O there he Is! atmosphere cunning voice. Then suddenly: snd the fragrance of aq exa the name of his niece's sister-in-labut just the same he had sold Ander didn't sell a house'" smllei "I might be at that. Whats your He had done He's come back! Lysander walked away "widow woman, who he thought kept son's house for him. man was pensive perfume. She was plainly Incredulous. "But how proposition" And he exchanged a glance It. He. had made the acquaintance of th thickset ltttl a Sura enough, some roomers. A Mrs. Josephine Bills, To put It briefly, h found Andersort, could you!" with hla wife and Phyllis, who had with- klpg. and beheld the princess once more. coming up the walk, and Lysander, as he Lysander felt a light touch Amy had brown little hand It was, at 954 Balboa street. who naturallv was glad to sell his house, He told her gayly. not having before drawn a little And she remembered him. He had won turned to fao blm- - looked Into steady, slipped her strong Tt was a rambling old house needing and who hsd, of Course, no objection to' realized how In a Is few a rontldant, and through hla arm. Darling, stanch little eager to her side. The next time he would be shrewd eye, a good deal like Mr. Lysander explained pleasant If dream didnt com What Amv. th to her. Hsd not the old man In no face a rather hard but paint, et back from the street In a some detllhg with the Brownings agent (as it she listened with a little frown at first, words that ha merely had a. house In lard's pal by wbet tangled garden, brooded by a gt seemed to html, nor to seeing th light but soon seemed most gratlfytngly to mind that he would like to get Mr. Wil- that Is, the king asked for his address. mean disagreeable. true? Perhaps life is holding for you A tree. corner driveand th tweeter the around of little slice to to commission look at. as he would a when Into his house pepper gorgeous lard just Intimated that communicate gantic gift shore th triumph, saving: Amy had slipped "Wa-sJust a minute," said the latter. Me with him? Would he hav don that, way ran back to a shed which stood In the deal should b consummated. t that fiinnvl" and What do "Mr. Pratt the - caller In a that" hr for yoif. began -"You know,' swallowed and bard. of of the lace of the snug garage usually to the wife Lvsander after his you think And and "YouVe certainly turned to hla and said that. If he had soL been favorably tmtns1ttt manner. greatest day that'" daughter, he seen In every Los 'Angeles backyard life, Lveander went to bed, not knowing made a fmo start." he said In a vole he tried to make very fff' course, he wouldn'.t. Phyl-i'"Yes " spoke In a low voice something towMcb tmpreMed Alfred I come, I come. Gosh, she was lovelv, Henrietta wheezed Into the sldevard with certainly whether, as -Aunt Jan would He adjjjitLed. ..modestly-tha- twasn't theYTTsrened with a VeaJIy extraordinary tf "My natnp's McKay. See th voung casual, I believe I'll go Ina with wasafootnice fellow, were La or e said,, he O There so aalmmiaeatthe at two d interest. Lav least symptom of reels lady's tipped you off. Let sit down." Tilbury after all. Seems relapse horseback; lovely11k A tired looking but kindly woman anI than I'd real world was his! Success' It was an apple Lvsander ventured now to steal a rlance of this, and while his teeming hratn better "And whst are you doing now" she think and it was "Certainly. surprised "Have you gone In with this at his goddess, and he saw her with en- dreamed them his feet reeled off several and curious, butLysander swered Lysander ring, her eve soften-tn- g In hi hand from which the size of his inquired. not Why etate. xiittrelr'SiiMunaT. He was too Mr, Anderson.? Or will one of the big chanted eves In a cloudy radiance." aimless miles around and about, until should he he frightened?frightened. as, with his unconscious Ingratiating jbltes a smile,-bAdorable Phyllis! She hail remembered he was brought suddenly back to earth explained hi errand it ell! so excited tb seep for awhile, but at last he firms lake you on" McKay coolly Inspected him. 'Now, see (Copyright, , 1322, by 3Vlnon Godfrey.) 1 ,.w w-- do-so- pf -- I s 6 ' m e k o, ' - mvi-terv.- it - - . s, r f " t r I f |