Show KENNETHS KENNETH'S RETURN J I IBY BY M HET HETi Kenneth almost t maim lun down the gang plank so 80 eager w was ivas s he he- heto to be beback beback back buck in lit New York He looked around fo to fOJ a moment dazed b by the many changes that had confronted him all the way up the river Iver and selecting a cab jumped In giving iving the cabman orders to drive him to lO thu tho best hotel in the cit city As the rickety old cab rattled rallied off otT up UJ Broadway Kenneth looked out of the window in a a vain effort to locate locale a familiar face or object but bUl very little remained t of ot his old New C York Yok The tall tail tie the r roar oar al- al alof of the underground and the whirr whirl and ond buzz buzzI nf ut I countless motor cars car were crt all nil new in 1 New ew York since Inco Jenn Kenneth's Kenneths time He Re leaned back in cab and i lost midst this ever changing until suddenly the they drove in Lu inight ight I ht of Trinity I Yes It was wats the same old Trinity ri Time lime me alone had spared soared Trinity rhene Then rhen hen henle he le e looked down Wall VaU street and a n nI am his hiM heart art into m I t at ut bitterness 8 came There was the treasury sub building but mt els else remained i of the old I j jV V Wall Vall all street he be hud had known 1 Kenneth tt lelh th had l I Ift I U hi was ten tOn years since I-ft I H ft Wall street et n 1 and 1 man many changes change ad marked his going I IfIe i He lie had been beenu a u pool poor struggling tr clerk k I In j ju u n t fio tio 10 offices of M Mortimer Co Ce I Hankers ankers wh where r he had m mot t and fallenn fallen l in n ii love with Miss l Grace GlaC hose hOle father w was as h head ad of the firm and anU ono JU of the l strongest m men n In the street She had l reciprocated his love Jove but butH butier H ier ci father had disapproved and sent and dismissed d Kenneth Kennth lie her rH to h Europe without l even a 8 VIM I Kenneth had gone ore ofT to Alaska laska ln 1 ka and after prospecting a while with Ith no great success had come com upon dm An abandoned d claim that had made him hll n Vt millionaire He had bad ned learned that Gra Grce e Mortimer l Iad married n a man maim of of her ber fathers father's choice and after tit fiat he had bad written no mOle moie letters to New York ork I Hr nr had become a a. traveler roaming about boll with no Jio purpose e In life Ufe keeping out OUI of ur the way of the t tourist thus tutting himself ofT off from any guy that thai fierce news mews WM of or her hei Then Jhen came camB lon hg for fOI home hume and he had come cone back Now that tha he be was here b he lie was not altogether sure that he hc was not sorry sory he had come Everything was wasch ch changed and he seemed to hL have hae no place among the people of the great U He Uc followed the liveried livened boy bell to the sumptuous apartments and aft after 01 h he had gone walked over O to the window window win win- dow and stood looking up an and down Fifth FIrth avenue at th the thousands s of or happy faces facos that Il passed sS d. d some walking some oine riding but all in pursuit of that clu elusive he little god 01 of or pl pleasure For years cars he lie had railed against the theates fates ates that had hall brought him him fortune fortune too toolate toolate toolate late to give him the lie only thing worth whilo-thO whilo companionship of the tho woman wo wo- nina man lie lio loved but loved but never nc before befaro had hadS hadj S C j 0 i. 1 t I I. I I they seemed Deemed d so cruel I II 1 He ll if IC she were among till the I passing a hig throng I I H Ke He found round the stillness o of oC his hits room roomI I intolerable and after vainly trying to toI I road read threw aside asid m the papers and made his way downstairs to the smoking S SAs room loom As As' As lie lC ic entered he noticed a taU tall I bc b.c. bearded gentleman who looked el at him I j i strangely sti b but Kenneth thought nota- nota ing big of It and pas passed on to 10 a seat At l fU the f lIo sp approached loach d him himIn himin In u II half halt doubting way and asked this Kenneth th Ulrich Why 11 hanged If If it IL isn't Harry 1 I Wade Heavens man how you yon have I changed I II j I I Well Wel youve you've changed hL lr a bit your you r J I s' s self l K Konneth but i I-a I aj 1 am mighty gladI glad glad- 1 I to see you ou But Bet tell tellie tn when did you OU get back r I After Aftel Kenneth had told Luki him of his I wanderings hl his luck luckY and mid his longing i I to to come com back ha lie asked aked But sut old J I Mortime Is he stU in tn the street 1 Harry ry Wade ade look looked d at him in inI I I amazement h Kenneth lh haven't ha I i you ou heard head I Heard Heald what Harry WI Why od d Mortimer 11 dead He t 1 forced his daughter to marr marry Ing ling the fellow was as a Q rich man and anil when whon he discovered his hi deception he tried to cover el up ur hl his mistake b by takIng taking tak tak- th the lie firm firm- II ing hug his hit son law into to But he was a worthless s fellow rello and I II worse than tItan fiat a criminal Ho lItI I I foi tOl thousands thousands thou thou- forged old uld Moi timers timer's name I sands of dollars and und was ai rested 1 and anti I sent to pilson pm I The old man was watS forced to the wall walt walland I l and amid died of ofa 00 a broken ken heart i But hi his daughter asked kc Kenneth I What became of her 1 Her husband died tiled in falling Sing Sing and and flitter after that sh she opened a If studio giving lessons In drawing and water colors color hem Hei friends patronized lieu her and the thelast thelast last I heard heald of or her she was making quite a go gf of it H. Poor girl velY one felt sorry Horry for tor I her because she had been an nn innocent victim Oh Olt by the wa Va way you used to tobe tobe tobe be pr pretty tl swe sweet t on her yourself didn't you 1 Yes Ye but but- butI I was n-as dl discharged for my presumption eu answered I Kenneth Kennath theold theold the tho old bitterness bitterne again taking possession of ot him Veil Mortimer was a hardhearted hardhearted hard hard- hearted old uld t fellow no and got Just hard I what he deserved though I am sorry for tor the girl mU mused r Wade Vade but Kenneth did I Inot not hear him he was thinking lh of or a a. way to ti timid tind nd Grace I Early the next morning Kenneth I Irose I rose breakfasted In his lii room and I Ithen Ithen Ithen then went In search of ot a city directory I He lIe found the name Grace timer Mortimer I artist and writing the thead ad address down and placing it In his I f pocket carefully called a cab and was oft off I 1 Ono One Hundred and Ten Fifth Firth was rather out of or the th-e fashionable neighborhood now Vj though traces It- It t. t v past t splendor or were were noticeable ln in the theo J. J o V o r 1 t f t 1 T t. t o 1 I I broad windows and und spacious stairway and amid as Kennel i ascended it Il to 10 where e u a closed door doc bore the name Harne of the thc woman woman woman wo wo- man he lie loved lo his heart beat wildly and anti he p paused paused- used used- at the at-the the lending lauding to re regain rc- rc gain his composure before entering Finally summoning his remaining courage he opened the door and stopped inside She was seated near the window sorting over sonic some new br brushes whim when the door doul opened and as she looked Uland up Ul and saw NaW vv who ho it was was she arose half hal hesitatingly P as if aOl doubting bUnS herself and letting the contents of her bet lap Jap fall to tu the floor door In a. a t clattering chattering mass I It was t jome time before beCort either I could speak I Kenneth enneth stood holding tie the soft gott band hand sh she had given him himan an and looking tit at t th the vv woman whose very hn imago image ge geY Y ws 8 burned upon l his tB heart too enraptured to speak It was s she e W v-iio v lO broke the silence by bysa sa saying Kelln Kenneth th I really ought to toI I scold you to for keeping yourself our lf hidden away aU all th these ge years yean I. I But Grace after aftem- your our father fl disI dis- dis charged me inc I L knew I 1 could not nOl S see sc-i l' l lyou I I you again without risking our fall fall- name and I could not stay hei here e and amid andI j I see ace you OU the wife of another But nUl Kenneta 1 you knew it was not noL my mv fault and yet you did not write writ im me If you had written I 1 should neier n ha have d him liim even n h rather father urged ut it a as he lie did But Dut I 1 bad had noThing to offer but m self dear deal Well you OU should have left I sonic some word where I c could Uld have found yo you U. U To uro ro make make- me ate more inure miserable he asked f I. I But you you dont don't m to have found happiness where you were were She was j looking at Rt the face whose every i line lad has been touched by tho ho hand oi of SON sorrow W Ten years ears befort e he lie had bad been a 11 amere amere mere boy to whom the world scorned a bright place piece loce indeed now his hi hi face taco had grown serious Tio and the lie hair hall gray gry gryt at t the temples and it i became him l He Ie bad had not sought forgetfulness In dissipation and she was it glad I sup suppose pose poe I have changed he said ld Id noting I lieu her glances but for a at little sadness lurking in the eyes you are the seine same tamo Grace tbt has hUB come to lo me in ever every ever land to wake wake new longings and old I hatreds i Since I left let New Now York Yom I have hR c not seen een or oi spoken to any one ono I used to know I have kept out of the way bo- bo cause caust I wanted to forget but lat lately ly something seemed to b be culling me back baek backI I hI I have been ugh fighting ting it off oc for toJ years but hut finally grew finally grew so hungry for a sight of home to hear her the sound of or your voice or to look upon ybur our face that lint T J yielded to the Impulse I did not know of ot your our trouble uh- uh Iii tl I arrived an and Harry larI Wade told meL moi 10 mo me i L 1 never dreamed of or finding you rou th this way Does Docs finding this wa way make arh any difference Ih shia asked her voice oleo i Sa 1 f A. 1 t f J 45 d trembling with wih suppressed sed emotion to forever for for- Only that it Il gives gl jou OU me mime ever OnI and that will wf r lm repay me for tor all ull the he cn I have haY roamed and suffered and hungered for you ou he hc said taking her ler in his Ills arms arnie nn and holding her closer to o him Kenneth KenneLh I am so glad you ou came caine back ack bac she sho whispered |