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Show .'afxbtktSi Hal hi Bllenmore yoK4 nuise, xs blamed for the blindness ad Haxely the ifm hies, as his treeitmeut --failed because of her absence at a crucial moment JilH against her u lit ui another room (iran-noc- bit her drunkei i fiance, heater iii'oon. ft Amt and Grannock me Grannock has w,ei-seen her and dors not Know she ts the nurse v ho imtullmglg betrayed his sight or that she t$ the Br(Ml better vnnts to marry. e Halites presence is a ian to Gmnnock the delusion is help allowed to coTfJinno tor a time llal-h- e has broken (t ith f, ester, but he srhemes to fence her to inarm him, When he mniries, Lester util inherit most of thi Hioon fortune. Halite, uho never his known the ulentitn of her patents fails to find Mr Perle, a ew York lawyer u he 1 notes thh secret hat Jea tes a message with his iraid ftnti ('Onaldine f'etlc ahrays has refused to tell floss of her own parentage Bark on Long Island, Hal-h- e teams from Mrs Bartholomew, t frxend of her dead aunt, that her name is 00 Host ConnUhne amt that her fatht - sons a tnou no ited far murder but utter found Chapter A STRANGE tf ALI.lt tie 13 Was arent dlone, el, a lugger income before I went out' on my last African trip. Like a fool, I Inyeitsd Some cap I til id horf and lolt It all. Twice, thuider hid rilled and crashed abont the. She followed him lifto the irior and placed lieiself beside ' Tour brother may. not marry for some years, she ventured. She Was not too certain Yhefiir' shd was Before. supposed to haie rtlft Lester i plana drdit aeflnft 'et," be said at length, i WfntiJ lnrti to be herd thus afterlootr. When you rathe, But hi had to go in town 1 dsked hi ib to till what yon were Rosi. I iild yott wouldn t rhind. "Of eoursl ! doaf mlad. fear stirred la hfr. Woull Lesjlr etand close contact With Bif ihlli she playid this roli? Oiusldi thi raihiform Eroki. "My deirelt Bfhid iet fin pipe going after tnudfi filth Midi my deareit. . . Blit It isn't- - pea M. Ltr ... MESSAGE met at the door of Bro6n mansion by Nurse Casey. Grinnock heard them talk-faIs the hallway, and felt his way eluinsny to tha door of th study I thing ou Sr thete, Rose, he sailed. "Walt I'm coming foj'ou. YSure ti Well, if youve some reason not wanting to be chaperoned by Nurse Caiey, fie Wint on, I can produce iomioni it I pinch. The dilficnlty Is that,, ai Yell m being blind, Im. .really homeless This place fa my brothers and the money that keeps it going l his. Whin hi marries, all 1 shall htTe is about three thousand a year. I had yoH? i lit, v Tea, alone." W cant mirry, ffoae. , "I want you to take me out Ifito Do yon believe Id ilfae dad the garden. They tell me theiee tokens? ski demanded. going to b a stortn.knd f want to Mi. NO. I dthr Si f he out In ft. toif aieht afraid, ar4 li het i Aiay fee?. tt . Jfon? Theie fg an arbor whera w something had happinid thdt rndked nan ktep out of the rain. me very sure that f bdlfml th oil They moTed slowly Into th You remember that I tord tardea. yd "I can smell the roses. said Gran didnt kno4 mi real identity? "vee." Aid I ca'n hock. tell, now I'm out "Will, tidky f toedi Inquiries of doors, that there Is no sunsbini. and 1 ai t6ld srhOf I dm. Perhaps Im a cowaidly fool who father was edited Cohdldfni doesnt dais face thi facti, hut I Grannock drad it hid plpi. believe that one day my sight will "COnaldihe hi repeated. come fiack. AhfiatjgtljtJbiBaa it oni time I belli' j It, too, said Hall te. suspected of niurdir. "That makes ft harder for m "Oh, yi. 1 rimedliiir. ilut hi Crannhek stumbled against the edge wasnt fotmd. . . - Yii aot of the path and waited for 4 mt ment "That makes It harder for obliged to accept hid hanit, t tali it? not Why contithi-me to say what I? got to say! i havent coma to thd Imptrrfait Say It, all the same. That you musnt let a blind man pirf, broki in Hallie. She did aot want, if hi cogltj help It, tohiWd have any kind of claim on you, to invent inothef ixplanltloi bit' "Ient that for me tfi decide? fy No. ton told me, 1 think, that herdeif ind Adnd Harrldtti. know Whit fcy grit ndml ns-- It yog were Only twenty-three- . Youre yod. will alwayd bi ROsI, to mi. too young to come to such i deef "It fa Roae. slon. . You must go your wa wfth Grinnock-'iaadi found gri. your wonderful voice and your tool '"Qser!" hi mutte'ied. bands and If I do get back my sight You dont really thlni it is HI ask you to marry me. And If yotree foie your happiness with (niier, Baiii told hfnL oh think some other mao, well, then I shall ai I do, tlfdt it IS Itrdnfj ind Wok dertul, it id la, odtiA. be happy, too." hi your hind, aaeiy, She toot ffii 1 shall always be happiest bewhen 1 am itu you, ihe said ah idory rose from where It tween thi foldl of her paid most absently. rid drill nd It W hfl piirf. -- it aasit But, fhy darling, 1 cant ask you left m(did lined jfPtr gifl If fo ad 4 to wait till till And It may th iei,- - i Kiri nefer hapfien." brotgPt it back to you and jfou moifnt lit it 1. ; . : -Perhaps you cant agreed Bill"I cant possibly mirrf ydu. h'l ie. She let bias bear laughter in . her voice. "Perhaps It wertild be iusiited. j . Yourl aeadlni me iwayr .better for us te be married almost It ii obvioui that 1 must." iiaedlatily. Tor oni thing, If will Hd Wdd stlidih odir hir. Ihe give peeple less to Ulk about." iad dtefT film CraAnock raised his head ind Pit ui bit kaddd ' ' lifted bis face to thl clouds U dowi t hie. -no dkd on. hi tt ii tlontb he, too, could see them. useless. Yon turi mi Wy. Pephaps, he said, a trQublid tint between his brews, 1 could gel Ifi Yop ftrss ,yar iertinta to lock aome elderly woman to come and thi doora agaiast- me, 1 dbitl dome 14 chaperon us. Then you could stay I by Windi. .fy,llfi ll yours caSt ixplafa y. yu tiki R. herd for 4 fetf week and See tor Ask iethini yourself the hopeless propoiiflo It Shd pdt her lip agalnsi hli. Ad is. Lytton suggested that, thii she leased against his thouiddr, Bis morning" airts came round her ind dhdf lilt Thoughtful of him! his kldsSd, . . ,' "toh doni like Lytton? "1 c ih hsir iomiboif oa tfie Shi bit her Up. Already every tone aad Inflection of speech were drive, aald Grlniock; tidnff &li-utslitir. , . , seen mini ilgniflcant to him. Shi , , 4 teiegrapi . iSof.",. i(g must b careful. Shi remembered that the doctor was supposed to Hallid, , Staidfag it tfig irBtfy Do you think It might he hare called oa her and to hate Thi.rdla had atoppid. asked hir to go away and to forget. for . 1 i. , havent had a real chance of ill sdl. Tfii for wail tllefriA ferinnocl. to know him jet, she temgetting So far, ha has been too with ft i Him aikd porized. , busi explaining that the out thing bad to the irbor. c ' 1 think Tt a from my bretfier. you went ii to be rid of me. No. I waat you to want t bi Gianneck said, "l told yen Liater had to go' la tow. Hes on 4 gort rid of wti. I i dash of lightning Just of fidrd Irriinrf at least,. I thlsk now. dear," said Hallie. We shall Iti bird. But I ilso thlnfi it hat got to bi doni." heir thl thunder la a moment." Whit drrinrf ii It, diir? Yah mustnt get wet, said Grin "He it ippdiii thit tfili ftuFs buf- - Im glad nock, you're not afraid of lightning and thunder. . . . Ellesinore hag eliim ei hial. Bi Will you If you wont leave me this admitted it himsdlf. Slid teila fie afternoon consider the Idea of ought to odip hir marriage ind hd staylni with me for a while? Youll had goni to Nw Vert to (Ind her." "I fail auri hi ii tnKtakei. Shid reilizi then what life with a blind maa would really be like. I could wont mdrry hi4l." Would you mtnd opsulng tfie very likily irrangi for Burse Casey wiri and tellbg What hd aayd? te be chiperon. With Gjannockd .heart1 beating Nurse Cssey! She could not manage to sound Impersonal. Oh, against hers, shd opened it, ridd It and read It agaia. 1 don't " thiBk Adtl ikiii Hiti Bllttmort IT Shej not the one who let me down, you know. Shes the one shall hi married almost inmidtate-IfLisli- r ." who has been Splendid. Whats ICotirtoht list, hi Kof giekSrl; troubling you? Halite had sighed and winced unThi flrit Sotd Ctnsldlni f HU der the fineonsclona stab. druttiq (tehi t ,, hdr - Soot 4 'Awf id iri .- i pt 1 if trt. pnf - i t a It!' Mr , iw -- i lrn ri. Wife! ed Grini Liked Waves June been measured in various parts of the ocean rcacli-loheights of from 30 to SO feet In the South Atlantic and South Pacific it is thought that Storm waves in their fullest development have Teethed So feet. Lake Superior has the largest waves and Ii i thought probable.that during atd verb storms Waves may be encountered in deep water of a height of Jrom 2d to 25 feet. g ?' Uacto ESea "&Ar i A great temptation," said tJaeli 8bea, to take it foh grant-a- d that thipgd ii all goto wrong aifitoly Bhcause dey doesnt happen to an omln yoh way. Washlng-t- i SHI . tUctiawd U GSr44 Article 22 it th condtitotlAl tf thi German republic ttitei that all national ildctlOBd must ha hald on Sundays or puhllc holiday. Tftid provision entbled tb largest ndmber 6t Htiri td tikd part kfi th eldctiend dnd clnsd tha lees of business. This interruption practicl I hot nw. , Nationfil erd field in GemndPi i Suadgjl and holiday under th elec-tio- Imperial regime. . WVaaTi YM 4 Jsdt iiyftttoi Yfidr tuidr And! sitting aa Xenr Or two ihovif toeateri shrrogided hy rlptftit tfia 14 k it nice people wbd generons enongh to lit the streep characters do tw t4lttot. YoiddO Arid. t 4 by Bruce Barr |