Show 1 ROMANCE AND A CAR CARBy B By Walter Valter E. E Grogan Sinclair SinClaIr hp was known hi In tile tiie be ice l' ns as Grubs from a a. fondue fondness s for Cor iId hi clothes sit Ul In his motor car waiting waltIn wait walt In lug ing for at the tho p u-ner u where hl tin time public conveyances stop Behind him him the tho Ash ford roa road ran post Past th tim School of Musketry In front lay straggled tra lcd and amid exten extensIve and di divided dl- dl vided Med in iii Interest t between eJ die tUe sea eva and the timo school was s In no hurry and Sinclair ut at peace with the tho whole wo ld hummed lazily to Q o him self In front of oC him wore two shabby motor ears car which r ran to Folkestone at atthe atthe atthe the service of or the public loused Bloused duel skirted girls ls looking pleasantly fresh fi-eshi five five years In India 1111 will give c a man maim maima a n fine appreciation of oC time the comm commonplace common I place I of or J England IJ Jan debat 1 d shrilly as asto asto asto to the thc advantage I. I an cud and dl disadvantages d of or front an aim and l back scat coats and aud eyed 1 the drivers considerably con Toward him from flythe camo caine A Aman man and a woman The woman was slight well dressed well shod he held a pink sunshade between the sun feun and her face act The nan nian well groomed d dand and anil In flannels was a little flamboyant While walking ho leaned toward lh the woman In lit his attitude r were ero c com coin combined JQ- JQ bluster and It ansi It was subtly tug tug- u- u only ovel over familiarity l The woman appeared to he ime distressed eel anti and sue she hc moved mo ever every now no end and then lien awn away avay from Crom his tilde side Sinclair became Inter ested sted The 0 man was p undoubtedly piqued d his manner J became more marked ked his actions exasperated exaggerated Pr Pres Pres- 1 tho tue man iian touched the time womans woman's arm and she Rhe drew lew back bi with an uncontrollable uncontrollable un un- un- un controllable gesture of QC repugnance Sinclair was 8 a u clean man mami who was vas a a. soldier from love e and amid a a. gentleman gentle gentle- man of or necessity And with hi his keen soldiering was vas united l a fresh flesh sentiment senti meat ment untainted untainted untainted-hy hy by anti and by scandal Therefore oro the time mans man's attitude attitude atti atti- tude tule toward the time woman ro routed sed in him hima a n healthy health longing to 1 kick lck When tho time t tW two Q were nearly abreast I of or if Sinclair SI It was evident that mattes matters had Imad reached cached a a. climax The Tho man moed moved mo ed 01 toward his lila companion suddenly and amid caught hex her arm A moment later Mh sue she had spell sped across the roa road Do you OU go JO back to Folkestone lio now she sime I spoke pol calmly Sinclair looked down clown at a flushed flushes faceS face o oval oai with a straight ht nose J a mouth and ii 8 resolute little chin In Iii her agitation she alme had bad mistaken his car COIa fora for COI- a public conveyance con and amI him Co tot for I a ah h hired Jel d driver When hen he lie sa saw lW her no longer longcr stills stills- ed etl 1 b by the sunshade Sinclair started Y Yes s at once he be s1 said ll promptly In answer lo to her imet In inquiry and then under his lila hr breath ath At last oh at long JonS' long Ions last JasU She climbed up beside him and ho started the ear car There was a shout behind him which Sinclair with a a. gilm chuckle as coming coining from Crom the Ing but hut the woman woman wo wo- man mail was sas alarm alarmed cd It was evident c that sh sue she thought ht her late companion was hailing them Dont stol mop she Implored I wont won't he I grimly lie He was bus busy with the till cai l' l for a few fow ow ml minutes and lime They swept Cl up tiP street at exhilarating d. d Clear Cleat o of Hythe he lie toie n a glance at nt athis his companion Her lien brow was r cd ed in perplexity Slit Sh looked Jonk eI u a uway from Ihm him hurriedly purveyed d the thC C etti 1 and nn looked l back again f. Tills IB it not a n. public conveyance cauce she sho F. F pd Ud d suddenly No ho lie 3 assented But but hut but you ou SUi sald- She Sho paused paused paus pans ed in its dismay Really I r did not miot he II said smiling smil lug ing at al h her r You Yett ask asked s Iwas J I was going to iO Fol lSne and I said Mid I was wa And Amid r I was You must put me l lice Her voice tIce was w-as ns ned determined limed and she h changed her position from a n lounging one ouo loon to lo toone one on of severe so uprightness Wh Wily Why he J. J J. J Y You u tt want wan to get back to I want 40 o go gothere 0 there and th there rc rc's Is s real really I no lie danger cr I am quite a n. 1 payable chauffeur I II I dont don't know you Oll It I lm Is an absurd mistake A delightful mistake he amend amend- ed cd A 1 mistake nc never mind the tue quail quail- I I must URt Insist t. t It Il i f Impose Impose- I Ible for fOl mo Inc to lo go oil on But I 1 know Jenow You surely surely that makes m It possible He lie shaved a char a ad adroitly tl You 1 know me inc She studied him him car carefully full I I 1 I don't dont think so I doubt whether you U know Jeno my ins' name name Dabs Babs he ho answered laconically She hushed flushed d painfully l I 1 am sorry he recommenced hur- hur r 1111 I I dont don't know Iwo more than that You are arc Babs to mc me because you OU aVe arc I y you u. u timid and I 1 This nil all sounds rot to you but it H isn't It means I io LQ Q much to 0 o me lime Look at me I inc I seem eem perfectly sane Salle dont don't I Appearance are arc proverbially pro de do- Sh She spoke demurely but her C eyes CS were commencing to dance danco and anel sparkle I Sinclair was i Interesting she sho determined med Ho Ito was wa brown and amid lean and amid honest looking antI and undoubtedly service although aItho his lila clothes old with usage Ill countenanced her lice early mis mis- take talce He lie laughed contentedly excellent he lie said fro Vc Ye shall be le in III atc in a a. i moment and amid theres there's s 's a hill afterward Not afterward for for imie mc 11 please ease I 1 must get got down n Why Thy His astonishment was as u un on- 1 Cel feigned ned I I cant can't let you go now I dont don't understand you she said sale lie He was tas pu puzzling He lie appeared so very much In lii earnest earliest And bho sho had never neverseen seen seeli him before No uNo I 1 know but hul I must mal make o you Oll understand I have walled waited five years ears You will Vill be he In Human Chi Hu man you were wel with Is probably l f dl nIng n lug Ing us For Forgive lve me imie I 1 saw that that that-I that you ou wanted to avoid him I Yes cs I 1 suppose I t did 11 Site She looked 4 Into space evidently pondering mat mat- Ices I 1 ought not to lIe He Is th the the- golden gold en tn calf the modern one ont l tie fio on v o wol worship you 01 Imo know v II He hI has four lour hundred hundred hun hun- well I t- t dred drell thousand virtues all ed d. d And nd he jingles all over u I Fin in poor pOOl She loo looked cd up suddenly hu half hail I You dont don't like hint Xo No You f saw him hint 7 II He lIe h Is unruly the lie man nan one likes But he lie goes with the investments in Then rhen we will iii go 10 on to Folk t ii announced triumphantly As Asa b a a. matter mallel of or fact act you owe o m nw HUM his his' chance of or explaining myself Yon tIl have been with mo me so o con constant m in th time lat five 11 years years amid a and d plagued mea nH me nHa a little and pl pleased n 1 me mc a great deal Ilc-a Yo You were ere all alt through the Sirah Punitive Puni Puni- tive tivo expedition JI NIl I was ra rather th J a afraid ta III you would get It hurt You won were in m more n than ono one hot corner coi And Amid after r rat at at the tho base when base when I 1 I had the fever II you OU know you know you ou made me tue get well Sh Sue She sat up rigidly and amI stared at him What do you OU mean she demand demand- ed lib lit laughed and Tab raid cheerfully It Is such bitch a curious story tor It began 11 live 11 vo years ago aso In India I r r was wag novel novel- In India she nc e protested pro pro- tested I. I No 1 but your o r brother was your OUI brother Jack Jacl She swerved lOUDl round in hI her 8 seat at lull and to Sinclair's s dismay lice her eyes ic were full foil of tears Jack Jacl Did you OU know him him No o. o He lie Is still In India He lie will Ill mm vi m-vi-i come collie back He lie was Iwas killed four foul UIS M-UIS ago III In the 11 Hills Ills lIe He I l Is buried at ut At At Sinclair echoes echoed mi nn Timen oli Then oh Fate Falo has been busy husy with our lives weaving them loo to- to o gether ther Rut But you did 1111 not HOt know kno him bun No not until toda today lIe He wa was only a name m to lo JI mite me Jack Jacl the i o of Babs my lily Dabs Babs I called you that thai from the ilist IhL Of or course I l kno n hohe ho lo hohe lohe he was vas now I J lu ought might ht to hay havo kim n before There was j something familiar famIlial tom something that haunted m me inc It W as a atho US tho the likeness the mouth n and chin But Bitt you lOll must toll toil me inc She spoke pol c LI tO t ly There is so o much I was as shooting hutin five 11 years ago aHo in the plains jW just l IH Iw- fore Core the chota One Out diy day 1 I came upon a a. hun sink dak I It Ita t a was vas pure chance ol oe or something greater I had not meant to stay stay day my leave IC was as nearl nearly up UI and amid I J was as returning to tn the he here re regiment Something III In the place placeIt It was it-as a weird deserted desert d looking sum han ty ly with lith a garden g of tamarisks ras Is-ras- fas fascinated me moe In Iii one room I found Cound this He produced from nm an ass in inside ulc breast pocket locket a photograph ii 11 handed d to lice hoi She took look it Hh a 1 certain awed aed reluctance n she sue looked f she he uttered an exclamation To Jack Juck from hi his imis art affectionate sister Babs Balms she read ilo I slowly There Is a l mail a marl a piece ut cut out of or it she commented Anti And u it stain slain She Bhe thought ht of or her hll dead dearl brother II l i have ha can It Il ah a always s That was a c bullet It j just st mf missed d my lily left lung Xo No To not at ul af af afterwards In Imi time the Shah affair Tie Tho time limo I had the fever el you mow know Oil On I l' l have ha always known you you you-It It seems to lo be he fumbling alon along the earl early paths paths- rut oC con el conversation I have carried can that five years talked cd to It been l toe the 1 better for it It fl You are arc l Miss s s An- An How lIow mb do you know lenow She was confused con cat fused with the suddenness of tho 1 reve reve- lation Oh of or course you knew him You c can caim n only bo 10 Dabs Babs to me me ho he said And AmI I 1 saw siw you yon e 1 just I in n time I wanted to cry out when I first saw aw your our face tace by my car I have looked for Cor you ou p. p every VC 1 day every day every day for Ici live years year And at last when I 1 found you youIt youIt youit It was vas just in time as time as it was bound to b bo be Just In time That man ho lie answered looking Jool a away aay Dont she hie hc said sharply Its Its Its It's sacrilege now itow I t think I must It have forgotten Jack Jacl when I I lie he anti and I were were- chums imo chunis-imo ho ho would have hated the golden calf Sometimes I 1 called lack T ck Sir Galahad There was sas some truth in it I hi e a a. stepmother she continued abruptly It Is not nol easy casy at home It is all right now no he lie said simply and Joyously l lies hone done with and and your stepmother But But There Thero are arc no objections I t havo have I found you Lord how I have havo I on our meeting meeting omit there under i ithe the sun Iun under tho thin stars going rounds I I in barracks In camp I know knew I should meet you ou At tho ito base baso time the they despaired of oC me time the surgeon broke the news mies I prepared mo for Cor thai tho worst you OU know Inow i how thc they timey do 10 It It so o that lint you tJ may go 10 ou out decorously with your our little things pu nut right rig I laughed In III his face ace I knew I 1 I knew r I had to meet et you ou I had to lo And An 11 you ou kept Imi my photograph five years ars Of Or course And AntI now you rou are here herc Isn't It strange strang And Ama yet et Its It's all perfectly per pcr- cell natural Shall ShaH I 1 have to go o through h preliminaries I 1 calit cht Im I'm afraid You arc are not a stranger to ci me mt You have been heen m my Dabs Babs so 80 long She lau laughed a n. little nervous laugh She felt Celt like a a. woman carried oft off nor her I feet and struggling in the time swirl of or deep waters aters She W was I not sure that she wanted to struggle I am afraid you OU are going Joins too quickly for fOI me You must remember that I havo have not known you a aM lon long longan longas an nil you have hav known n ret me Mr 11 1 She Paused for tor his lila name My I name h he wild aid quite luite slowly Is J Sinclair Gerald Sinclair She gazed at hint him In a n startles startled mannor man man- U nor ner or orMi Mr Mi fl Sinclair of tho thio Backs to thick Backs Captain Sinclair he ho said said still looking KWH away avay from rum her tier I r gut got m my mn company a a. year eal R ago O Im I'm at the school now mow n doing tho the course You wore were at al Purt h 1 It I Yes Yen Y etC And Amid you Ou brought In Jack 7 Too late haLe poor chap And I I-I I I wrote roto to you I I did lid not know you were hubs That Thal seems e m wonderful to me inc I ought to o have havo known And yet yet yet- H- H You Yuu W were like hike a dr dream am woman 10 to mo all that time I knew you ou existed and that I should meet inset you you hut but it was wac hard hanl to toto toto toto to to quite understand that you were material Oh my 01 God Oh Oh m my God Coth site she led cried 14 and burst out nut crying Dont dont lont Bab Babs he e said I II 1 I have been en a ft blundering fool Hr Hrit Itt its it's it all como right ht I ought nut nol to have pok sn of or your brother I 1 am glad you slid did Her brief outburst was over and she he smiled a little You You you are arc no longer a stranger to me me- meI I have prayed for Cor you Ar er day since pint In l f T I know knew Th y rea go yon flip h Cr i Cn for or It ItT ItTY T. T Y 1 Awl Ami you h hav hv J ou ht orme of or me I C i f Always untIl Always until lately I j tried hotto not hot notto notto to think then You were bound up with Jacks Jack's memory melTIon When I I l 1 thought of or that man seriously seriously lie he was so HO o rich and anti Its It's horrid to lJ be poor noor and when a stepmother is always dinning din ning Into your OUI oars that you OU ought to murr marry and amid that your father 1 J. J hampered hamp ered tred with your out expenses expense things get muddled tso so that you believe it In is the right course I course I tried tr not to think of ot Jack Juck I dared not Poor Dabs Bubs al But ut that's all il fataL PRilL Skull Shall I 1 get t on now Im I'm dining at the tho tonight ht with a man Ive I've left lert him behind That wa waa he hp shouting behind ur us Ho Ire slid tactfully into liuto a gayer manner and laughed l amu amusedly Dear old chap hell he'll think I I 0 gon mad suddenly waltzIng waltz waltz- tg Ing off with I a Jady- Jady Hy By the U he way An fin you HurTs Dutra know him of or the thew thet I w Oh y N my lU Imo know knott him well 11 Gad thInks are oln gK g- g I Hell He'll t l e u Ute us How that K l being Ie-being b introduced to your sour our p neo neo- ohe o- o pip pie lie Ut will l hi J m men n. n J I suppose 60 she ahe he exclaimed sluing sitting bolt holt Upright and staring ft l him with slut J yet 1 |