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Show J ail'swellthatendswell LDy HOLLIDAY CRAY. 3 Hjf Denny lliiiluiiigh clinic Into 111- Hr Bninilfiillicr'H Ulnars ikmI I1ii:k Iilni- Hh iH'lf Into u elmlr. "IIcllii, i;nui(lmll" "flood nun olii);!" quavered it high, H tliln old miIck from n window where HjB the morning miiii wim streaming in, "How tiro j mi this morning, xlrV" "Uoltcnl" answered Denny. HB "Wlnit lime vmis It two. three or Hi four o'cloel. -ulicii .vim unit to Iird'" allied tlu did Din 11 ullli line i-urcicin. "Five,' wild Denny. Tlml Is pictlscly (In! hour I inrncil Hi 'ut, ut your ngu. May I ask wlmt you were doing" Hi It pleased Denny to (ell I he tilltli, I Hi "Usual thing idioiv, ciilmrcl 11111I Hi ctuii." Hi "Why don't you not inn rril V" MH Denny mprcml IiIh IiiiihIx. "Wlmt ' HH on? I Imvi'ii't two cents." ' H "Why ilon't you go to work, then, j H, pick out 11 nice gill mill settle down" H "I Iiiivi ikl,cd out 11 girl," mhIiI Dun j Hi ay, springing lli mid paring Ho1 Moor, HH jkunds In pmkelH. "And tlmt N JiHt ! HH jnluit I ciiiiio to tulk to you iiIkhiI. I ' HH trant to worlt, lint the education nu, HH Tum given me docMi't Heeni in count I HH much." HH "I bollee you're right, Imj." Tint HH old mini cloyed Ills Imiil; mid hipped It HH thoughtfully, "or course yn Know , HH that koiiio day you'll huvo nil I've K"t. H jBttt I li(ixi to he hero fur wuiic Hum ' Hj to coine mid In the nieiinllin.- show, ' HM culmret, cluht I'll nco how iniiih you ' IB biciiii wlmt you hiiy. You hco Unit tel IM Of Shukcspcnrt! I liouulit liM jenrV W Xt'vU, I've derided thnt It's ol.l.r mid I v5 more viilmiblo limn I nt ilrot oiinofod. lfig tTIicru'H no rccoril of It thnt 1 enn "Inil, MJK kot If you enn tlml out the date and 1 HM IhlNtnry of the edition I'll gl?u you tho f4?H Mint In llfo you need." 'jj'j!! "It's u ko, ulrl" liitjjr Thnt nlfiht ho went to nee .Mnry 111 Tnw- BH "ilury, I've never heforo hecn In 11 fcj pnsltlon to teH you, hut I helleve I HH poe dn,ll;ht iiheml. I luvo you, dciir H fjtlle hl. If I Htieeeed will you miir- H B "Only wiillliiK to lio usUed, Denny," RjH he replied proinptly. After it M'Uhoii of rnpturous hlleueo Bf Denny ejplnliied. "(Irmulftitlier 1ms I inline run) IiooUh, you Uiinw. lle'H n HH ly ed-ln-lhe-wiiiil lillilloiuiinlue, I. list HJH jviw ho lioiiKht a rare old edition oC Bfl aimUeipeiire, hut there wiih no record HJ )( It to ho lmd. Ito-ieneninz, the iiiau VHB be cot It from, l.s dead, and 110 ono 'Hf tuou'K where Itosrucrau. pt It. I'm 'Kb to hunt up the history of tho thliu: and VjK 4fter that j. 1 hid will htart me In B iusltiess. That means ni, Mary. It's H9 Tviirlh woililiiu for, Isn't It, deurV B9 Then stalled 11 period of study mid HJH Investigation for Donuy which meant HHj mire application, hard work mid self HjH di'iilal than he had over hefore under- HA dilu'ii In his nuy young life, lie huuiit Sflf il hook fthnps ami collections, llhrnrles HH2 and puhllslicrs to (,vt some clew that HjHj would lead to the discovery of tho HJH history of the Imoks. He Htudled hlnd HBB inu and processes, modern lllustratlui; HMhJ ailll old Illuminations. Hut this sldo Hj$9 ot the Atlaiille yielded no Information Hk fii tin1 suhjecl, and Denny determined HH to cro's the water In spite of liernmn Hfl KUhuiarlnes, to pursue his Invesilun- HHB tlons In DiiKlaud. HGB Then Mary, who had taken a keen HBH Interest In Ills effort mid hud followed HRjl every move he had made, decided to HEjs do sninetliliik'. There was souiethltn; HBH she had known about tho hooks all HkB aloitK Unit she had not told Denny. HffiH And, koIuk to her trunk one day she HJyS took out u paper, yellow, creased and HwB brlttlo with skc. HH That nlKhl. knowing Denny was HH nway, she went to the groat hoii'-e lac- HEH Iuk llie pail;. Instead of rtuttliiK' tho Hn lull, tho tried the front door surtly. It HEH Qive to her lomti mid oju-iumI without C souiei r wil thnuigli tho Hort-c-nri- i-l. hl'h-ie!led hull Itilo Ihe library, k epitiK ( lose to the velvet curtains. cur-tains. TiptoeliiK to tho cnxo tlmt Iiehl the pro lolls old book sllO KOHlCllOil until 'lie toiind one volume with It murh-uorii buck. Under the dlvcol oreil eulfxkui slie dllpiHil the pBper she bad taken from her trunk and tleti, replacing the Instk on tho shelf, flie quietly closed the door. "When old Itiwi iirrnim would lvu me only two hundred dollars for thu set, 1 inn Kind now i didn't Hint thu paper until after ho sold them. Father aluays Mild tliej 'ie worth ten thousand thou-sand dollars us they were ill tho cot- I Ion of Queen Ulziihcili. Hut they have served their purpote ami I mil satisfied." The next uiornliiK Mary asked Innocently Inno-cently : "fiennj, why don't you winch thu book ' thorotiuhty ? Suinulluiod old hooks liae llilnxs stowed away In tliuni we never dream of." "I have looked!" declared Donuy, '"but before I o abroad I'll nuike sure. mi may be rlKht. .Mary." And then ciiuie the wonderful discovery. dis-covery. Denny called her on tho phone. ".Mary, I've found tho paper. You wore rlRht. It wan under the cover of 'AU'H WVlt Tlmt KniN Well." And think of till the time veo wasted, dear. It makes me wild to think of It, with tills paper under our ory III MM." "Listen Denny, dour. Don t you realize that you have learned 11 lot thin yent that now you can go Into tho very business in which your yrumlfti-tlier yrumlfti-tlier made his fortuifc that you know books?" "You're rljiht, I do. And t,inndiul Id so happy he In- Ists on our KottliiK mar-tied mar-tied right awiiy. (Copyright. 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