| Show wasi ww si THE INE ARLOW km by J K WARD it was a amt disappointment to frank lloyd to be obliged to leave un lin vule vine with his tore love for aray arar baker undeclared de but the a home was imperatore tour father is I 1 seriously III come at once it said bald so on the gifter afternoon noon of departure from linville maa miss baker received roand round by mall mail a letter and und a registered package both were in the same handwriting and after considering for a moment she opened the letter first my dear little amy 0 it 11 dedam the ne cudden rudden nad and serious the 1138 ot of my father has called me away avay from linville for reasons which 1 am awe re you must guess I 1 hate to va g but the call cau ie urgent for my fatla r has been until recently nearest to aay w hea heart rt I 1 am sending by this mal MY ric a family heirloom it if the 1 which you roust must ihnow know I 1 feel for you ta I 1 returned at wal ayou you wear the ring until I 1 can replace it with another when I 1 return which will be as all speedily aa as possible I 1 r I 1 find ad the ring on your our blind I 1 shall mow now that my deest h hopes are to bf bc rallied tour your C lover 1 frrank Ir frank 1 shyly and reverently amy drew the arious and valuable atle ring from ita its box or scarcely a did ebe she consider before 0 ang it on her finger ever since ce frank had arrived at the home of her friends the deans to ap spend end the e summer with hie his college chum geoffry eoff ry he had occupied first place in her heart and she he bad hoped that mat her love 1 wae reciprocated into this perfect came tro troie title swift and unexpected the blow fell on a day when harold amys younger brother buria into hr tier room with a face on which horror and despair were jointly pictured it was the old story of a young man tempted to gamble borrowing the funds of the institution which employed and trusted him until the small peculations could be no longer concealed amy listened white fac fat to the piteous recital it it will kill father and mother if ir you are arrested for stealing she said so amys few qvod jewels were taken from their hiding place and harold chastened and subdued set out to raise money on them to make good bis his deficiency before it should be discovered but the most he could raise ralso fell far short abort of the urn sum total be 10 needed and with despair at hia his heart he wended his way back to where bis his sister tremblingly awaited him its lee no use little elsaw he be bald 1 I 1 shall have to pay the penalty I 1 cant get near enough on your little litti a trinkets rink ets amy bowed her bead oo 00 ber her hands bands nd ad na as ehe she did fio to her brow touched be he betrothal ring on her finger for I 1 aly a second ehe she then raving the ring from her finger anger ehe landed it to harold take it ehe she aid sald it Is worth a n teat eat deal of money then bunting bursting into tears she turned way from harolds grateful bhanu ad d ought sought refuge alone where ehe she uld weep out her heart at the loss if ber her treasure it frank returned unannounced to un ille and vent went straight to amys louse ouse lights shone from the winlow owa and aa an he be drew near tie h could ice ee amy at the amno startled he fazed zed at her one of his closest rivals vaa as bending heading over her in an attitude f demotion devotion and franks ring was not 0 her hanl haul seeing bu unseen be decided that fill Is baure caure was hopeless and went as 83 he had come six months later frank was called 1 to 0 a city a short distance from seeking shelter fron a sudden bower in a pawnbroker doorway he f lanced cart carelessly lessly at tho the window dis V lay to his hl unbounded astonishment 0 ie e saw his own ring ile rubbed into the shop and asked 0 o see the ring bis 1113 judicious ques aning brought out the fact that a man nad riad brought in the ring and ather ther jewelry from his description frank rank had no mo doubt that harold had pawned troed the ring although examination n of the pawnbrokers record records gave n entirely different name ua without toas loss of time prank bastea 1 to I linvelle ue would sev harold and rid demand the truth perhaps dij lt t tie lle thought Ms his an ee bc piere ere WM wa some reason beald indof rence for amy failure to heap hie his ing ne he ile reached the tha small town at noon nd ad almost the first person he ba met was larold arold battening hastening to lunch frank prank went straight to the point A aa a harold after being ao 10 that there was a vital reason treason for or the searching arching ee question broke down nod and admitted that amy had hud panned her jewels to raise mise money for bin him then in answer to franks eager question questions he eald bald sadly amy changed greatly cheth er it U was of 0 my wrongdoing or not I 1 dout know but from the day she kew kneve of it her health and spirits falter so it happened that whan frank eager nail ardent entered en terel the kaber raker rz uvia a it waa was a frail shadow of te tt cormer nier blooming blo bloo minx erl girl that turned R languid head to sec see v vas was coming A few se w minutes later the pale cheeks had taken on a d hue or I 1 the languidness had disappeared and a new and more beautiful amy my received Ir cranks ranks betrothal kiss so long delayed and so ardently desired Cotry tight ISM mi by the der ier |
