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Show BBV J - B ) ' Wi i MM I A LOVERS FOLLY m Allows Simple Trick of Sweet- H heart's Brother to Turn Him B Against Her. H By HAROLD CARTER. B II Is not only tlio murdorer who B cornea back, drawn Irresistibly to tho BHB scene of his offnnso against tho human HHC lav. Kvcryono who has dono wrong, HHc everyone who has boon unfortuiiatn, BHM everjono who has suffered, even, re- Hm turns somo day to tho placo whore HHj' tho oTont occurred which marked a HH Mack bar in tho spectroscopo of his B Ufa. It was ho with Arthur Knno. HBf Kiro years before ho had stood In BH tho same spot, ( tho satno time of B my, on Just such nn evening, outsldo BBa Kvolyn'B houso, at tho foot of hor Bb,' garden. Then ho had been poor; now K ha was wealthier than ho had ever HBm cxpectod to bo; but then ho had been HBgt hnppy, and now, of all men, ho was ' the most miserable. And on the very HBj dny of his return to tho placo of his , birth ho had come back, drawn thlth- er Irresistibly as he had always known HBs that ho would bo. BBHi n wub Buiiiiuur itiuu niiu u ww utu- mor now; tho same roso bushes were I blooming, tho samo moon was rising , over the houso-tops; nothing bad ' changed except his heart. The yean, BBB which had meant so much to him, HBV' seemed to hare left orerything but H' himself muoh as It had been. BBB Flvo years before Kane had been an B underpaid dork In the Fourth Na- HBV tlonal bank, soren blocks away, In tho BBM heart of the business section. And BBl Evelyn had been a stenographer In the BH r.ime town. Sho lived with her HH widowed mothor and hor llttlo broth- '1 er Danny. Arthur had always known BBB Kvelyn, but tholr ongagomont had BBpl como about qulto suddonly nnd slm- J ply. lie had discovered unsuspected BBB- depths of tondornoss In her naturo BBM when his mothor died. Sho had BBB rared for hor all through hor lingering BH Illness. Tho night boforo Bho breath- BBJM rd hor last shu said to Arthur: BBhE "I want you to marry Kvolyn." BH Tho thought had not occurred to BH him Ho had not known that Kvclyn BBB tared til in Tho dying woman's dls- BBJB They Drew Near to Cr.ch Other. BBT closuro placed hur In nu ultogothur BBV now light. Ills mother told him then BBh that she had nlwayB loved him: froed B by tho approach of death from the BBJB conventional sllencu that U laid upon BBJB women, sho ruvcaled tho little secret BBJB that tho youngor woman had confided BBJB to hor. Kano was dooply touched. BBM Tho day after tho funeral ho asked HHl Evolyn to marry him. And when sho BBJB laid her hoad upon his shoulder and HHT began to cry softly, from shoer happl- BBJB ness, Kane suddenly dlscoverod tho BBJB morld of lovo In his own hoart, BBpB "I thought you loved Marston," ho BBl BBJB "I navor cared for Marston," she BBJB answered, looking at him with a won- BBB dcrful light In hor eyos, H So the gossips had wronged her, BBJBj then, when thoy had announced her BBH approaching ongagomont to his follow BBJB clerk, tho man who now camo for- BBB ward so smoothly to congratulato him BBJB upon his forthcoming marrlago to tho BBB woman whom ho himself had courted BBVB unsuccessfully for three years, BBVB She had been all but In lovo with BHkJ Marston, though: so much Kano BHKC li annul from llttlo (Jenny, tho Hiuall BBVV hi other whom Kvelyn udored and pot- BBVB ted and scolded and played with and BBVJl Instructed during her evenings Yes, BBVB i nd Marston had loved hur despurato- BBVB ly. Kane felt an Insensato Jealousy l BBVB cf this fellow, whose character hu BBVft Inow, and who had tliu effrontory to H ti ntlnue his visits under the plea o( BBVB t'.i acquaintance. BBVBL Then camo tho fatal evening whon BBVBf. Fane, approaching llvtilyn's house BHkV fator than ubuuI, after the shades PPBJ" were drawn, stopped suddenly as lit), BhbB taw Marston's face upon th blind, BftVB and nvelyn's Thoy drew near to each BkaH other and tholr lips met. Then the' Bj , thadows danced away and the lamp- PBB, light lllunihi.itrd the blind again n Kane turned round. Mo went homo PBHl'" and sat motionless In his room for a H long tlmu Tho marrlago was to Bt have taken place In ubout three BBBHi weeks, and since he had nearly four K hundred dollars and his prospects In B' ' the bank were small, It hud boon BBBB agreed that they Bhould go west In BBSS, tho hope or achieving success. At i that moment Kano had two tickets foi Bi Denver in his pocket. Ilo wrote n k brlof letter to Kvolyn, explaining that BBpBI: i bo had uiioxpoctedly discovnrcd tho HHhHhJf BBBBm BpJvJvJvJM BBBBBBIM JBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBlBt BBBBBVS aBIBBBiBBBBBBBBBBBBr- BBBBVsBBBBBBBBBBBKrriZrS .It... .". ."gK . proof of her faithlessness, and look I tho train west noxl morning. In flvo years ho had made a comfortable for-tuno. for-tuno. Now ho had come back. Ho meant to spend only a day In tho town, to learn 6f Evelyn and Marston, to rejoice In 'their happiness and then depart as quietly as he had como. Hut when he learned that Evelyn Eve-lyn was still unmarried, and that Marston had left the town, the old lovo surged up In his heart again and the old Impulse drew him against his will toward the little house whero Evelyn still lived. As ho stood by the gate a tall boy suddonly came In from the street, saw hltn, stopped short, and accosted him. "Mr. Kano!" he exclaimed. Kane turned. "Why, Benny!" he said, taken aback. "How you have grown!" he added lamely. "I would never have known you." "I heard you woro back," said Denny Den-ny shyly. "I've been looking for you all over the town. Won't you como Inr "No, thanks," said Kane, beginning to lose his self-control. "I have to be leaving again this orenlng." "Mothor and Evolyn won't bo home till lato," said Denny. "Say," he continued, con-tinued, "I want to show you something. some-thing. I'm awful sorry It was my fault Evolyn and you had that trou- v.u. , "Your fault!" exclaimed the other. ! "Yes, Mr. Kane. It was an awful blow to her when you went away. She Just cried and cried for days, but she wouldn't lot anyono write and tell you. But it was all my fault. Say," ho said confidentially, "como In Just a mlnuto. I want to clear myself. I won't tell hor If you don't want me to." Kane's feet almost dragged htm against his will Into tho little parlor. Nothing was changod only his heart. Benny put out tho gas and stood tho lamp In tho mlddlo of tho tablo. "You thought she was kissing Marston," Mar-ston," said Denny, awkwardly. "Look! It was this way Just fun. She was nmtialniv nm ' And, passing behind tho lamp, he twisted his hands until a shadow like Marston's head appeared upon the wall. "Thnt'B Marston," said Denny. "You can tell him by his big nose. Now this Is Evelyn seo? That's hor hair, dono llko thoy used to wear It flvo ' yonrs back. Now, when I bring my hands together thev kiss seo?" ' It was a very creditable kiss. It was Jt"t tho samo kUs that Kano had seen flvo years boforo upen tho shade. Knno staggered out of his scat. "Denny! I've been a fool!" ho mut-tored, mut-tored, and caught tho boy by tho arm. "Seo here, toll mo If thero's nny chnnco for me." ho shouted. "Where Is Bho? I've got to see her Sho's got to forgive mo nt once. Sho's got to, because I'm going to innko hor." I Denny hesltnted. "You won't bo an-i gry with mo, Mr, Kane?" ho asked. "Sho's In tho houso I had to bring jou In somehow." Ho pulled tho oth- er by the nrm nnd drow him Into tho hall. "Sho's sho's " ho stammered. Sho was standing under tho hall ' lamp. Sho was trembling. Sho was looking at Kano, but neither saw tho other because of tho sudden dimming cf vljior. 'hi ci.ly f ' ic'i other heart to heart nnd lips to lb". (Copyright. 1313. hy V. O Ch prnin ) |
