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Show If A Pillar of ml SaIt W Dr WILL T. AMES W lilt b' UcC'IUM Nwppr Hyndlc,u. 8 it thlrvj-uno Anno Huntington's W Ast friends wcro culling her ''The Slar if Salt." Tlint wns bfcpouse, ns irau little Ilhoda Fellows had Jj n, sliu had "ddvcn all the U tnixs out of her life by standing Lk tlH "n(l Iool,"B nck, ,ilc 'a ,'Tlic looking buck .was ut a Jong-fl Jong-fl Actci chaptcr-a romance, now niuny ,Mri In H'c Pfl8l H Tbere was n0 venom In Mrs. Eel- ri'i description of Anne, only regret H iBd a Uttlu Impatience that a girl B y attractive as Anne, "with brnlns In. I lit bead mid no much better looking H ihtfi mtt," should shut uwuy tho full-H full-H of lif from herself been use of u H uMjory. "even," to quote Illioiiu uguln, i ibe did innke a mistake In not B oittjlng Lloyd l'cnnliff." H ",S'o roan on earth Is worth It 1" ex-H ex-H talmcd Myru Hawley, whose udoru-H udoru-H Kn of her husbund was notorious hi S tie Mt. "Unless, of course, you're ao fl tnalty tuarrletl to hhn," she hastened to fl ixeud. "And then you don't have to fl pope because ou didn't, do you?" she H iddcd e un uinblgdous afterthought. H xbus for almost eight jenrs had the H frictiljof Anno Huntington concerned H tfcauelve out of their affection und lojslty.'Vl"1 tlc 8tlltu of licr beurt und rr prospects of happiness. B At twenty-three Anne's life hud H fpeieif Its nrms to lovu. It wns some Itta; quite uslde from the girl's voll-I voll-I tfC -Slie wus carefree, lieurt whole, H ttrlmailn; with tho Joy of being, a nor-j'M nor-j'M tePW'. enthusiastic young eren-fl eren-fl ivf te whom the problems of life B'tttGwl to lie remotely uheud. Then B r,U0)d Penning. And In u day, us B if ty magic, the girl found the balance B a ifr existence overset Her life no B fcrr proceeded along t)ip strulght, )lne tt normality j It revolved dizzily about BgftfejKr imn. "" B The women of her set declared Lloyd B honing tremendously fascinating. It B m not surprising, they said, that B inae Huntington should fall deeply B In lore tflthMilm. The men protested B tat theru wns nothing so -wonderful B itarf the young fellow. "Except his B Mr." qualified Dcky Follows. "He's B f the loveliest halrl" and Dicky fl nllehls eyes In burlesque ecstasy. B The set hud never experienced a B mt dynamic love affair. It lasted B (tree mAnths. And then, with u crush, It cwjed. There was another girl. It l-wwd a girl who even 'then wore UojiT ring. He had fulled to tell Aom about her. und It was this failure, mt than tjje existence of the girl kKl'Mt)iut. caused Anne, .white faced (it Implacable, to send him nwuy. He hi jone back to the city whence he: time, and buck to the other girl. Anne Huntington took up the round of her life us It had been before. All bat Its kernel and core of Joyousuess. Look here, Billy," demn'nded Uhodu fellows, "why don't you Just make Anne Huntington marry you? It's a tin and a shame for you two to go on tM way, year after year neither of ;ou growing a bit younger whan jou're the most wonderful mutch that win. Gee I If It wasn't for Dicky and the lota I could wish I were a mun Bjielfl" "IUiody," replied" big. kindly Will Korbes, "you're a dear, und I love yo-j Wr, brother, but you don't know own-about your nearest girl chum. Juimply can'jt bo done. I Mutter my-fa my-fa Anne likes me she seems to be Me tn stand my hanging around her ind I'd give my well, I guess you "ow. Hut I cun't reuch her, lthody. J rtn't reach her, Somehow I 'don't be-we be-we there's anybody who could. She 'on't let herself cure.", ay llttlo Ilhodu Fellows, was vory tear to tears when Korbes',' luiHtilj tadlng nn excuse, took lilmFcIf off' to he tracking room. It was at a country coun-try club "afternoon." mis Sirs. Fellowa and Mrs. Haw-r, Haw-r, conspiring, who brought Lloyd Pranln-; to town after nn eight years' vnence. Through an out-of.town gtlest . Fellows ileanied thatUnnlng hud PWn tlcln In aU"tomohllea mid had 7 widowed utr two'ears Hawley wit automobiles,. Urged by Myro. he e to Penntiis about a uqten.tml JW then InvlteJ him to the fuctoryi TO i-atw a little dlniler. keeping , wn mg a secret, und summoned Anne 'Ijwitlntton to the feifst. .j,Anne, lovely, self-conbtlned. nrriveil ? unl at the lust" permissible mln- r(i!. "You kinw overvbody, Anne, K-oli, yea; Includjng Mr, Ten--.. said Mrs. Fellows, trembling ln-'kk ln-'kk y at hftr U'uxcrJty. for well si a lw how outrageous was this thing yevras doing. ll'Snow me? Anne Huntington? U'ell.v "aysul- exclaimed Penning. "Klght -Iff Isn't a lifetime fplks don't f' '""eh In eight years, do they,, nel" He had crossed the room and Sn hcr "". -Mldlng It while he i 'Vf,inl not." nrfilleil Anne cnlmlv, ' what effort none -there knew. ii"vps ,Mi' ,nn,, Just "I rtr8t we A,''1!' "'ns to work J" excitedly whls- ffJW Rlioda to her husband, fen i vlH,b,e cnnKe In Flovd Pen- Cii ,l0 vvent ,lwny tnU,nK w,th Vi tl,B J'ouwtWH of Annp's life, L R!i1e,u 't was tint that the years El? ?' ,0 h,s ,rtn ' not ' ih0 ton. "" at wMch D,CUJ' 0nCP VnB jst o gei)ff lm) tnlniJIM, on 10), t0 S "p chiseling of bin ftWinV Tnul ? hit blurred. It was rather ii..i nlr 'f MWy r,'-'i,w(,'. ,, "'tie tricks of manner thut "made nc d of time-ana of sucexs. DIckt 3:,llu:"Thefellow4 soul has taken olt It's .iress coat und ! In Its working clothes." nt 5ma ,""J",ncW tl'" side by side tnt i V" " low ,ouo' "yu l"ve v , ,! ,0st ,ny '-tlmt I am-" o 'CS t,,,U'd nt'th0 CWwci of what He had been about to saj. "Freo nBnTitr' lanTft'v."'!!1 !8 W'mt !t n,"ou,,ts ,0' vm. Blu'wed I'cnnlnR eagerly, lou seor Anne. Hollle was a m... girl. ;0;p;..G,r,:-we... Ineverr: "No," said Anne, abstractedly study- "l'ni going to be here some days." Penning Hah) hurriedly, for the meal wus at an end. "you'll let me come and seo you. won't you,-Anne? May I come tomorrow" "I think not," replied Anne. "There nru circumstances under which It Is merely desplcuble not to forget old sweethearts and others under which It Is nnpnrdonnhle folly." Mrs. Fellows' rising precluded any reply on J'ennlng's part. Two minutes later Anno waylaid her hostess nnd drew her Into tho tilche In the hall where lived the goldfishes nnd the bullfinch. "Itliodn Follows," demnnded Anne, breathlessly, 'Mid you realize wlmt you were doing wlien ym plned this aw-fill aw-fill trlek on me?" "I I hope so, Annf. Sully Wnlr told me a lot. And Pii terribly fond of .jou and of Hilly, dear." ''Then kiss me, ou duckling I I shall love you for this (ill the dnya of mv life! Isn't he awful?" "Who, Hilly Forbesr It wns the luugh of Anne Hunting, ton ut twenty-three Jhnt answered. "Now I'm going to run -nwny home, this minute. And Khody! Tell IJIIIy, like a dear, to come nnd sec me soon 1" She wns gone, nut It wns with -the happy smite of complete content that Ithndn Fellows. ImenHng-tirr excue for her as she'went, returmd to her guests. |