Show A BARS CAN CHOOSE I by Margi Margaret ref Weymouth h Jackson i by Co CHAPTER VIII VIII VIII-Continued Continued 8 Ernestine had bod asked John to como come down tor for the two they were at the lake take She had come to 10 love the man as much as Will did and had hall grown grol n Into the Hie way of lit Ignoring i I ing log tins lias bad Imd habits lie tic was I sober Bober the llio first Sunday he clime came down downto to them and Will VIII and Poole spent the day In the wood path and ou on the water nuking ridiculous sketches sketch In n the sand carrying currying Peter Ieter about with them But lut the second Sunday was I a II i of misfortunes Ernestine wu was ill III could scarcely rise that morning nail and It II seemed to her that Will was tiet and unsympathetic Loring telephoned that he tie had Stripped Ws his gears and put the car In lu Inthe Inthe luthe the garage lie He would have hare to come on 00 the train and I Ernestine realized with dismay that John Poole would be bl with him Lillian 00 brou brought bt the two from the station statton In tn her cur ar John Poole was WOI already fuddled with drink and elaborately polite and It tt was easily seen scon that Loring was In u It state of nervous exasperation Ills face tace was flushed his hla brow furrowed Ive got to go rl right ht over o to Pas Pas- to see a man moo that's coming out there today ho he said suld to LillIan as soon loon as RS they had hild had hod Sunday dinner If It you ore are going to see Ruby Ill I'll go 10 with said Bald Mr Poole I 1 have havea a most roost Important matter to discuss with Mr Mos Dins Important He Ho has a nephew yrs yes yes I know know os as Will lunched he laughed lie has seven forty nephews but nephews but this Is a most particular one This boy Is to study modeling model He Is to be the exception an exception an artist In Ina Ina ina a family of ot clever criminals Im I'm to I see seo Mrs about him Ill I'll go with you n He Ile rose and took a familiar hold on Lorin Lorings Loring's arm v 1 Will m Ill can CUR lane you yon over oer In 10 the boat after atter while Loring said I must hurry and cant can't talk to both bothof bothof of ot us at once No I 1 want to go with you Insisted In- In listed Mr Ir Poole Loring no longer made the faintest effort to conceal his has disgust Your desire Is unrequited he sold said anI and Wilt Will laughed nod and ramp came around the table to his frIend and boss and took bold of ot him Youre coming with me you old war horse he be said sall Youre Your drunk Ill I'll wager you haven't done doue a 0 lick lIk of ot work all week Well Hell go over to sue see titter litter while Loring doesn't you OU John Juhn so come cOllie along with me mt John Jolln Poole turned and LorIng who was wall trying to escape You 1011 dont don't want ate No said LorIn Loring nervously Ive had llad enough of If you too you too much I 1 dont don't ever want to see you OU again It us as long us I live Come outside and fight ht with me me and I will beat beut you jou OU und theu well we'll go to to together together LorIng was furious I 1 wont won't fight with jou you you-you jou old fool III Will for 0 ds d's d's ds sake take lain him off ott me why did you ou bring him down here any ony how bow 7 Dont 1 oot be so hard with him said suld Will smiling wanly anly lies Hes got a little tittle money tie money he might come Orne In handy some day Youve You've changed your jour our mind about friends of mine before before and Wiston for tor Instance Loring turned to Lillian who stood silent and Iran grave by her table If It this lids Is what I 1 am to expect here heie Its It's the last Sunday I come don down n Fill vill flushed So o I Ernestine Is In In- now ho hll said slowly Per Ier lr imps haps you OU tUl have all lody consummated your our Intention of r cheating her out o of ot her lier privileges In this house as elsewhere elsewhere else else- where Anybody could cheat lIt I Ernestine exclaimed Loran She he was cheated once and und or grog eu she married you jou ou She r rw Ui i ee br f life lire then anti ami antinow DOW now she site wax endure ure anything because alas ahe lie lacks protection and Is ts hand handi handicapped capped to boot Will Wilt took n I step forward hIs Ms bl bU hand band raised une and though he still smiled smile his face was et l e C lie He spoke low am ant 1 rapidly and with nn an Indescribable e effect of vituperation You great 11 big tM stuffed I you shirt you Imitation op II OM safe safe player anal 11 bribe taker jon yowl t ou nu roster coveter i I yul think I d d. d du iu c snow wl 1111 ath Hit alit 10 M 0 with ou ouY There was 18 a wt 1 I definitely Luring hail hod swollen to rage and then he had collapsed until he stood looking at ut Will with a dreadful haunted face It was strange Ernestine thought afterward that none of them felt relt even een then that lint Loring was afraid of Will There was some other element which gave Will tremendous tre advantage before He- He fore rore- the blaze In Wills Hills eyes before his cursing breathless M phrases fell rell Into Into n a strange dejection The two men Dlen look looked Id I'd nt ot each other In the stillness stillness still still- ness that w aroun around them all Will turned at lust last to Ernestine ar 0 get your things M. M kitten and get the baby ready ho he said In n a gentle voice Iolet Well Wt it all eo go back to together Ill I'll go to the hotel hII and get et a taxi to take toke us liS to the depot We can get the afternoon train lather Gather your our things up again John With tears running down her face tace Ernestine obeyed him Loring went off lair cursing under his breath and Mr Ir followed fd him to tn shout unheeded threats and und maledictions Lillian helped Ernestine to get ready really both of them crying Its Us the end nd said sold Ernestine We e 1 ran Jan never see see Nce each fach other now Our liar lives are are lre- separated sl Indefinitely and ind was thinking What hat will mamma nay any III Ill call coil you jou OU up when I get Jet In town Write 1 to me Ernestine Dont Don't let them tent tear us apart apart apart- My ily Iy life lire Is III with Will yours yours with Luring Loring said Ernestine and und wept afresh trying to stem litem the tie t tears 10 rs tryIng trying try try- Ing lag not to can cire but feeling the nervous uncontrollable n necessity el for weeping In III the train going hack baik to Chicago she site still cried now no and then Why does Loring hate hote us so she asked d at least last In a low tone Especially me Why does he tae hate me lie He seems to want to wound me to strike at toe mI tics lies done dune It before nut Hut Ive I've never harmed him Wh Why does docs he hate bate me ml Wilt Will Hate you exclaimed Will WUI and looked at nt her strangely his dark bright eyes ejes rs searching her pale face for tor guile ulle lie He 11 doesn't hate you I Ernes Ernes- mes' mes tine But nut for forget et him hIm Im Im I'm glad something some some- thing has hall happened They've only made mado us unhappy anyhow e eIt It was nice to he home again Ernestine Ernes Ernestine Ernes- Ernes t r tine went about her little house house with witha u II feeling of nt comfort and JO Joy Wit Will was not dut due at the office until the end of ot the week hut but on Monday as Ernestine I was finishing up a washing wash wash- ing log for tor the baby he got dressed dresseLl to go downtown As she kissed him goodby good good- by and anal watched him go then theu turned hack back to the routine of ot home Ernestine felt a II sense of ot well being blot blut out yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yes yes- es turmoil She Site resolved not to think about It nor to worry L L 11 at at lu to HIT n I Ii III I luiu a Dare Dare- Vu It Itly ly Iy hand had time to go 10 to town and come cOllie comeback hack back again before be stood In to the kitchen doorway his eyes yes upon her with such a look in them then that she gave gate a n little cry and her hand flew lew to tier her for throat mt Will what's III what's happened HP Ill put his hat down slowly lie He hun hung bong Ills his head unable to tn speak to her but tit Lit lust III t lie ho got ot It out Ive Ie lo In lot t my nay Job Will III lie raid said no more Tell me me happened Cruas I Ernestine sat put down weakly In a II chair by hy till the kitchen table and gave ga gaea ale alen a n tool foolish IdI sound sounding log laugh lanh lion Unarm iros irus- irus rus- rus she slie exclaimed and grinned at lit him hin Im glad You Youl would visa t Sr Id i. i M t w y 4 r 4 1 r 7 Will and Poole Spent t tie the Day in th the e Wood Path and on the Ute Water Wilter never t hu have quit lull and now how get a II aJob ajob Job where wh-rc they'll appreciate you yet Ernestine he tae sad s and clinked Ill 1 guild gland 1 fur for JOH 1 you 1 IV will II I You'll w si- si IIa day i Mr SIr Im I'm if hul not been hIn ut lit th rifle thin ln ill III 1 w. w s v 4 III all ll tn tol cd ed h liy by Mr Ir tVis lull luu II it t v 4 Mart Ull 1111 s lii h hh he hI e h lilliett II H I. I i s iii 1 f 1 Ilae IJ il U to In toI I i w It I n It h 1 1 till rU stir n l i-l I 1 I 1 Ing on his arrival In the office unexpectedly They had at once planned to eat at supper In a crowd Somebody produced dice to determine Immediately Immedi who would have to pay lay They squatted on their heels in a n close ring between the sloping desks and Tommy Tucker cried a fierce schoolboy Jiggers Jig jh gers Kees Irs at nt them Will held held the dire dice and he straightened up and turned about boldly rattling the cubes In to his big hand and faced Mr Ir Mr Iston made quick work of ot him utmost almost It seemed to Will or so 10 he said as 88 though he were glad of lit the chance Within ten minutes after otter his hiM arrival Wilt Will walked out ont of ot the Sun offices his possessions done up Ull In a paper package under his II arm rill while halt half a dozen Indignant hut but futile youngsters mourned after him Hut But John Poole would not have It You fire my my help and you yuu fire Ire me he told and he left lett ba bag and e. e Nobody had thought of this Mr Ir remonstrated with him hut but nothing would satisfy John Poole except except ex u. Wills Will's reinstatement and that Wiston would not Dot concede Ho So Will had added to his own mule mule- ties a sere e of responsibility about lohn Poole of concern over 1 Ernestine's Ernes tines tine's break with that part of or her family which was In or near Chicago o. o Mr Poole let It hI be known In newspaper newspaper news news- paper pU circles that he and his hiM assistant were a available II able able- hut but to his astonishment astonish astonish- meat ment he had no offers Jle ale was old he had been heen Identified with the Sun for many years The Suns Sun's rivals were Iere busy bUllY developing their own artists and establishing them It was only a year t r or two longer It was said for John Poole and anyhow he lie would probably be back at the Sun within a month It was dull In tn Chicago that lint summer Momma Mamma was still In l Europe and I- I Irn Ernestine Ernestine Ernes Ernes- rn l- l tine felt that she could not confide In tn Lillian about Wilt wm There were times when she was frightened about her heron own o health She felt relt faint In the heat She could coule not eat at all She had not felt this way before Peter Ilter was born horn but hut then she had bad been stron strong and well She couldn't understand this her ber her feet fe-et were swollen until she could not wear her shoes shots Mrs and Mrs Irs Pryor expressed their anxiety Only Will Wail engrossed In his own troubles was unaware of her frailty She presented pre pre- presented to Mr AIr Poole end to Will a superb calm and a s that for her than tragedy Will found some lome work tor for on nn advertising advertising ad nd agency which he brought home borne to do He lie might have taken talen one of the Jobs papa had offered him from time to time but hut papa was In Europe and Loring In tn charge c of his affairs Ernestine could not forgive Will for playing baseball l In the streets with John Pry orand a half halt a 0 l Cozen len other half grown boys bos when he came larne back buck from frum his fruitless Jaunts after work lie He doesn't care she thought and ond longed to wound him to strike through his carelessness She grew almost t morbid 1 Perhaps hell he'll have hae reason to woken to waken to understand that lifes life's a Job for n a man Will took five file dollars almost the thelast thelast thelast last of or their helm cash one olle early In August and went out looking very NY clean and spruce nod and with frith th the light of or adventure In his hili eye Ill 11 find work today or lr stay out till tili I do duo du he told Ernestine and kissed her hr on Oil both bath hels Peter Ilter clung to him ecstatically lo es owes Will the till better she thought pressing imy any thorn then at lit hand against her heart After he Ie was 1101 gone Iut she went ent to her trunk and got gut out ont the bankbook she hn had obtained that day liy two years u o when she tad had coma U nutt out nut here and t found Wills ills father rather d dead I lore here re was wits n secret source source- of supply of lit her on 0 own n. n She hl locked rd at nt her hunk hank balance It was al enough to 10 pay IllY for herself and the HIP new baby If she went Into a n two bed bed ward lIard us liS Doctor Ore trey drey had planned for her This Ills was her money Will would have hat to manage e eror for himself mid and Peter Itter She he decided to 10 togo togo go u and get the mone money and anal have O c clan clanIn an In the house If It anything thing happened tut she would not Mt let Will 11 know she land hud It She put the small bankbook on the dining room table tuble and went about the clean and tidy house hous washing dishes s setting the rooms roum in order There Chere w s 's a n Ion tong long letter from roan mamma mam mum n ma mu t n In n t the he nu morning mall I 1 Ernestine st e edid did 1111 not finish reading It fur for lu hl hail had to n gal 0 and lilt lie down dawn on her bed seined seised with such pain pale that she scarcely forbear ar crying out alit She he felt relt wit within herself no light lIht nt at till ell 1111 no 1111 u J buoyancy no nu spark of ot life She SIe was dull drill leaden lenden submerged She Shu he r felt lt she aught to tomake make ninke some slime effort to rt resist reUt this spiritual Inertia but hut she Rhe sus too ho ail HI She wondered won dered If It her child would uld be torn horn tOt too silo soon This thought her Into action She ruse rose and gathered from her trunk Peters Peter's little baby haby garments long lung since washed and und mended mantled and imd laid She he made mode the things she he might need for tor the baby luby Into a bundle bun die dle and ancl put It In her dresser lr drawer Slip he h would get Iet tier her motley She arrange e her own 11 affairs with com curn When the nil call come clime she he would be lIe ready Rut nut I stir slip h. h must rest first She hl made mode herself a pot of or fresh tea asked ked Mr Mrs Schloss to look after otter Peter reter and at length In the the- early afternoon she started off on the long walk to the street car cur She rode Interminably withdrawing her spirit from the concussion of the heat waves wares that came caDle up from the stone pavement pa Into the street car Walking In a mist she reached the bank bonk and went Inside She opened her tier purse but found among Its contents con contents tents no bankbook Like a R picture In a dream she could see the leather square of ot It on the dining room table In the little house She had left It at lit home If It she had hod been In normal condition she would have realized that It was quite po possible for her to establish her Identity tt at the bank hank She had land made mode many small deposits The teller would |