Show EVERYBODY thought that Jack Jacl Blair had hadr r 1 iho Inside track Inck with the Storys from gruff glUre I I I old William Story SOI to lo Billy Story Z to say nothing of or Mrs Story and Bell Herself fI 1 nod and It wart the In i track t with Bell that Jack ought sought k c Fred passed paRed him close cIoe for advantage but was the more moro popular with the tho as ns ht hO h watt wail Independently rich and Fred was dependent upon u salary sa lie received as a manager I for or 01 the Auto Automatic A Ito matte matic machine company It woe was not noL a very largo Ir an on yet jet for tor the Was rl Il new ile ono on and though it s lo to iov IY I certain n lines of industry with the application of Its it new meth methods the industries as ns yet had ic Ie fused to he Ill revolutionized and tho fight promised to he a long hard otic oti Blair counting upon parental sup eui support port regarded with mild disdain Bells preference for Widmer I and was sas graciously patronizing to his I Irl rival rl I Blair was offensive In his patron patronage age as ns he lie was offensive In lii his Ills love loe lovemaking lovemaking making Ho lie had been accustomed from childhood to regard money mono as tho magical wand that can enn up UI tho the hearts Ho hUll hail sought to impress the elder eldor Storys with his wealth Instead of o mi sit log ing in for fOI Bolls favor faor and so ro Widmer with his boyish good humor and ten lon tender londel tier del reverence for fat Ute tile woman ho loved had Itati gained at least one ono point against his Ills rival Doll Boll favored his hiM suit stilt I though it seemed a n hopeless case with both parents in favor faor of Blair Thou Then canto camo tho vacation season and sad Boll announced that no ono one I J BELL should know Imo of the tho place pineo selected SItu Silo had had a hard winter Into between lighting fightIng for Cor Fred Fret and against Blair anti and she wanted to rest rost and be alone Blair mali stalled his acquiescence and sought Mrs Story for advice Mrs Story Stor hemmed and hawed until Blair grew gLew angry You tell t Jt mo ate If Ir you on don dont t ti too ho exclaimed With icy Ie IC po 10 1 I thought I might Just happen to ho lie there nuil J I could coull show Miss Deli Boll U II a n good lime Of DC couise if you yell OU dont d nt wan I nid me 0 I I I do cried crier Mrs rs Story I but yoU see Bce I dont know myself Bell wants wante to lo go 10 to the springs I 1 want to lo go to tho the shore and William Insists on the tho them mountains m or Of course we shall shii end cud cadby by h going to tho si ore ole Then 1 t think Ill go to lo the shore decided tl Blair If lt you jou dont donl happen to then lieu Ill go on to the and follow ollow to the mountains MIH Story nodded hot hOI approval of ot otI I his Ihs Idea anti and so 50 It happened that thill Blair spent two r weeks eek at It Atlantic City before ho be he began gnU gall to worry Then Ilien ho spent two uncomfortable Weeks up and down Il n the coast and as neither hotel nor boarding house dc do a sign of the Storys he lie made mach for Saratoga Another two weeks In Iii Inthe the tho mountains and Blair headed for foi home The Storys StOl house was boarded hoarded Up tip and there was no sign of or life lire Blair went past the place three times limes and nut then mounted the tho steps and rang rans the bell There Thero ns no answer anti and at last he ho beat a retreat Ho lie was In no pleasant framo of o omIne mind mIne I and alit he lie made for or the park to sit In tho shade and think It over oel He lie had hud Written Mrs Story half hal a dozen litton and his bill for tor t was CO 60 Neither to letter nor wire sIre hUll hud he h clell a f und then was ns no niall at nt tho the apartments Mrs ln Story stol had him hihi false falt t tHa He Ha thought of or till the he ho lied had lav Ith lavished on tho anti and ground hit his teeth Hi Ht hunted Up tip is Ince of s In iu the I HI hope that Hint he lie might something but bill the tho office haY boy reported lint I hind had gone on oil a n vacation ho did lid not Know ChoW what lint his address Ra was nor when lie llo Would return Blocked B 10 at itt every J r nt halt Blair h could only give till Up lie tho for t r the tho mo tao and seek seck In Ih other diversions ns lie He took In Iii h a U roof garden I I and anit wits Was bored by h the As Js ho Ito lOft l l the place c When the last act waH ts huh Half over oer he lie strolled down the lie street to lo see an electric Cal cab whisk whish past containing the perfidious Storys StoOs Bell was not wilh ith them hem but bul there thelo thereas was as no mistaking the tat fat compla conc conco concy of o William Story nor the child childish childIsh ish of his spouse I There lucre was fiS no cab Cat handy and Blair jumped aboard a car anti and reached the tue house almost sl na of quickly it Il was still boarded h Up u tl and repeated pressures on tilt tM push botton elicited 1 no response For lor halt half hinl an nit Hour Blair patrolled thid In lu front of or the house then thena thenn a n watchman warned him away nut and as he did not care to of or offer ortel tel fer explanation ho had to lo go goThe goThe goThe The next net morning as ns ho hue was dross dress dressing ing ho lie glanced ed out of oC the window anti and on ott a n pas paE car Cal behind Mrs Story in an end seat on the tue open car carand and n net n t to her hol was Billy HIJI It was liMy enBy to Imagine that Wat Bell n and her herC father C were wel further furth l along on the seat and with a n faco Blair wont down to breakfast Now he was certain that the they were In town and hiding from Cram him nut and ho determined to find them if ho had to engage tho services of or detectives It was as a dirty trick he Id himself and anti tho tim more he lie thought about It the tho themore themore more angry ho grew gre Half hail a dozen times s that ho passed m sc the Story home ho llo and each lime time the temptation to press Dress the but button button button ton was too strong to bo be resisted There Thero was no answer and Blair went sullenly su lo tO dinner thinner and anti later in tn the evening he lie resumed his watch I This time Hmo ho lie had not bean beon on guard 10 minutes when whOn he beheld Billy hurrying hurl toward t him carrying i 1 I A k J Jj j J 6 e t STORY KIDS 11 DS DSa a hugo pitcher hr HP lie stalled smiled on ou Blair Blairs as s he ho approached and und shouted greet greeting greetIng ing Ii g Looking for fOI us Wi lie he cried I t 8 mall malI let you come In Iii InI fI Ij I scarcely sc rc ly think BO so responded Blair coldly I 1 rang tang for lor about five minutes nute Wo took Look the wires off ort Iho tho hell boll explained Billy Dilly with another r grin You have td to go down to tn Ule base basement mont ment and ancI knock times timeo Were on n a vacation n Youve been of fir fun Cu n You see ace pa wanted to lo go to 10 tho tito mountains and Wit mil wanted tinted to tu go so to lo lothe the Mit most moat m gl always gets her hint I but biti pa gave In In L your and olid ho said that hed het gd g 10 to the mountains or hod hed he 1 go So nowhere Ma Mu she said shed go o to Atlantic City or shed go Fo r Pa ho lie sUllIes snubs and says gas all tili right Vell play the second roll go o nowhere Then lhea we boarded tit tip tt tho tit house and an were tuft out o t In h backyard In tents half the time ant and the other othor half tho wo We live ive on the iho roof Wo WI have Ice Ic cream rl for dinner every day and anti wo vo W rush the Iho pitcher to the soda Foda toun foun fountain tain for tor or root beet beer when vc we westa stay homo home It II costs c a n lot of ot money mone lo to go gown gotway tway wn i ann and ah pas spending that on fun instead We Ve wrote you to come comeback hack back 5 I never got gal th letter said Blair acidly a ci d I y yI I Not even the tho invitation lo to t Bolls Boils wedding asked Billy Dilly In surprise I Ills Its one of or that sort of or invitations that you ou get after aCtor it happens Fred Freel i i took Bell out for tor a trolley ride and they the came caine bad married He ha said Id Bell wanted to go So to Saratoga I l land anti and that was as good a n place as any for a honeymoon honc a For a moment Blair was speech spec ch 1 less loss then he said under his breath What did dill you Oll say gay asked l Billy J 0 regarding him with mild curiosity He had never seen Blair look like that before i 1 iI I 1 said there was such a thing as ns being too diplomatic explained Blair editing milling out the dashes on tho the c Co boys account You tell your i mother I wont come como in ill I J dont fool mother moth or I wont come In I J dont fell felt i Billy BIlI suddenly remembering his soda hurried into Ute the house and I Blair headed for fOl his apartments i where he lie could comfortably curse tho the r strategy teg by which he hoped Ip to p steal a a I march on his rival and tho the stubborn stub orn i iness iness ness of or the tue Storys I j I II |