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Show I THE BINGHAM NEWS 1 " " ..... The GIRL in the healthy pink of hti yoothful cheeki had deepened to an unbecoming flush. Ilia wide, engaging grin, the grin of a friendly bulldog, was lacking, and hla Hps were act tight Sitting on a low chair tn the dress-ing room of the bachelor apartment he and Lawrence Devon occupied to-gether, Itodney drew on shoe and ataniped hla foot down Into It with an emphasis that shook the floor. Devon, fastening hla tie before the mirror set In the door leading to their common bathroom, started a the sound, like a high-strun- g prima onna. This was one of Laurie'a toinpwnien-tu- l mornings. "What the devil's the matter with you. Bongs?" he demanded, but with-out 111 humor. "Can't yon get on a shoe without Imitating the recoil of a seventy-fiv- centimeter gun?" Hang grunted, drew on the othe shoe, mid drove his foot Into It wltK Increased energy. Laurie looked at him, and this time there was a spark In his black eyes. Very quietly he turned, crossed the small room,' and, planting himself In front of his chum, resentfully stared down at the dy-namic youth. "Whut's the Idea?" he demanded. "Are you deliberately trying to be an-noying?" Rodney did not raise his head. Ills fingers were busy with a complicated knot. "Oh, shut up!" he muttered. Laurie, his hands In his pockets, re-mained where he was. Under his con-tinued Inspection the fingers of Bangs grew clumsy. He fumbled with the knot, and, .having unfastened It, pro-longed to the utmost the process of lacing his shoes. He knew what must come as soon as he settled back In hla chair. It had been coming for days. He was In for an unpleasant ten min-utes. But the altuotlon was one he had deliberately created as the only possible way of bringing about a seri-ous talk with his friend. Now that It was here he was anx'ous to make the most of It. With head bent and thoughts busy he played for time. At Inst, the shoes laced and hla cam-paign manned out, he sat np and met TORY FROM THE START Laurie Devon, aucceeeful play-wright, but somewhat Inclined to wlldness, attends the wedding of his slater, Barbara, to whom has been left the great Devon fortune. Laurie had been a gay young chap, but for the last year ' he baa been toeing the mark, through the efforts of Barbara. CHAPTER I Continued 2 Bangs nodded, vaguely. His brown t" eyea were alternately on the bride and on his chum nnd partner, her brother. He was conscious of an odd depression, of an emotion, new and poignant, thut mude him understand the tears of Karbura's women friends. Under the Influence of this, he spoke oracularly : "Weddings are beastly depressing things. What the public wants to see - la something cheerful !" Epstein nodded In hla turn. Ills thoughts, too, were busy. Like muny of those around him, he was mentally reducing the spectacle lie was watch-- ' Ing to terms that he could under-stand. A wedding conducted on this scale, he estimated, probably repre- - - sented a total cost of about ten thou- - sand dollars. But what was that to a bride of thirty or forty millions? It j" was strange her family had left them I . all to her and none to the boy, even tf the boy had been a little wild. But the boy was all right now. He'd make his own fortune tf life and woman and the devil would let him alone.. He had made a good start already. A few more successes like "The Mnn Above" would make Epstein forget several fnllnres he had already and unwisely produced this season. If he could got Bangs and Devon to stnrt work at once, on another good play A little Inter, In the automobile By ELIZABETH JORDAN S by The Century Company.) WNU Service tlon. He liked and approved of his new brother-ln-ln- The memory of his own New York triumph was still fresh enough to give him a thrill. He was devoted to his partners, and proud of his association with them and their work. But most of all, and this he himself would loyally have de-nied, deep In his heart he was exult-ing fiercely over his coming freedom. Laurie loved his sister, but he was weary of the leading strings. Hence-forth he could live his own life. It shouldtie a life worth while, on that he had decided, and t should continue free from the vices of gambling and drinking, of which he was sure he had cured himself In the past year. He had come Into a full realization of the folly of these and of the glory of the work 'one loves. He hadn't the least notion whnt he was going to do with his Independence, but a boundless de-light filled him In the prospect of It. Whatever life held he was convinced would be good. Looking down from his slender height on the plump Ep-stein and the stocky Bungs, he smiled Into the sober fuce of each, and under the Influence of that smile their mo-mentary solemnity fell from them like dropped veils. "Come and see Barbara," Laurie buoyantly suggested. "She wants to aay good-b- to you, and to tell you how to tuck me Into my crib every night. She's going to slip away pretty soon, you know. Bob and I have got her off In an alcove to get a few min-utes' rest." He led them to this haven, of which only fifty or sixty other guests seemed aware, for the room wns but comfort-ably filled. They found Barbara sit-ting In a high-backe- Spanish chair, against which, In her bridal array and w can't get him out of," ha earnestly as-sured Laurie's sister. Barbara laughed. A circle of new-comers was forming around them. "We'll let It go at that," she said, and extended a hand to each man. "Good-by- . I won't try to thank you. But God bless you both 1" Under the Influence of this final benediction, Epstein waddled over to the corner where Warren, very pale, and Louise Ordway, very much bored, stood surrounded by a group that In-cluded Sonya Orlenefr. Firmly de-taching the bridegroom from this con-genial assemblage, Epstein led him to one side. "Varren," he said solemnly, "I got to congratulate you all over again. You got von vomnn tn a million No, you got vou voman In eighty mil-lion !" Warren laughed, rather shakily. Over the heads of the crowd his eyes caught his wife's and held them for an Instant. "Make It a million million," he sug-gested Joyously, and led Epstein to the supper room. Laurie wns there with Bangs and a group of friends, who, having patron-ized young Devon a year ago, were endeavoring to wipe out the memory of this Indiscretion by an excess of friendly attention. - "No,"' Warren and Epstein heard him say to Sirs. Lytton and Mrs. Ren-wa- y, "there's nothing I'd like better than to come, thank you. But I'm go-ing back to New York tomorrow. Yon see," he added, "this business of mar-rying off a sister, and attending to all the details and seeing that she con-ducts herself properly as long as she's In my care. Is a bit of a strain. I've got to get back to town and recu-perate." " "I suppose you will rest your mind by writing another play?" gushed Mrs. Itenway. T.aflHo ahrwilr tils Mnilr rtkat that whirled him and Epstein out to the wedding-receptio- at Devon house, Itodney Bungs briefly developed the wedding theme. "I suppose the reason why women cry at weddings and men feel glum Is that they know what the bride's tn for," he remarked gloomily. Epstein grunted. "You an' me la bachelors," he reminded the momen-tarily cynical youth. "Ve should vor-ry!- " "Whot I'm worrying about la Laurie," Bongs admitted. Epstein turned to him with awak-ened Interest. "Veil," he. demanded, "what. about Laurie? He's all right, ain't he?" "His sister has always kept a collar and leash on Laurie," Bangs remind-i'ed him, "and Lnurle has needed them both. Now she's off for Japan on a four-month- s' honeymooD. The leasli and collar are off, too. It's going tn be mighty Interesting and rather anxious business for us to see what a chap like Laurie does with his new I freedom. Ills r,ature' hasn't changed In a year, you see, though his cir-cumstances have," he added, slowly. "And all his promises to Barbara are off. His veai of probation Is over." "Not a bit of It I" be asserted. "Don't even suggest such a thing be-fore Epstein, there. It sounds abhor-rently like work." Mrs. Renway's curiosity had a brief and losing struggle with her good breeding. "Then what are you going to do?" she demanded coquettlshly. The young man pondered, as If con-sidering the question for the first time. "Well," he said at last, "between you and me, I'm going in for adven-ture. I Intend to devote the next four months to discovering how much ex-citement a worthy youth can crowd Into his life tf he makes a business of going after the gay bird of adventure, and finding It, and putting salt on Its tall I" The puzzled countenance of Mrs. Itenway cleared. "Oh, I see," she said brightly, "you're Joking."- - Laurie smiled and turned to greet a late guest who had come up behind him. In the little group that had over-heard him three pairs of eyea met In startled glances. "Humph I" said Warren. "Hear that?" "Nice prospect for nsl" muttered Itodney Bangs. Jacob Epstein looked harassed. A little later he joined the throng In the main ball, and watched the showers of rice fall harmlessly from the pol-ished sides of Barbara's limousine as the bride and groom were whirled away from the brilliant entrance of Devon bouse. "She's gone," he said to Bungs as the two men turned and the still crowded yet suddenly empty house. And he added solemnly, "Be-lieve me, Bangs, on that job she's left us you an' me ve got our bands full I" CHAPTER II Rodney Loses a Battle Rodney Bangs, author of "The Black Pearl" and of "The Man Above," was annoyed. When Mr. Bungs was annoyed he usually be-trayed the fact, for his was an open nature. He was betraying It now. His clear, eyes were clouded. The Laurie's eyes. Their expression of antagonism, temporary though he knew It to be. hurt him. Devon, when he had his own way, and he usually had It, was a singularly sweet-tempere- d chnp. Never before, throughout their year of close association, had he looked at Bangs like that. Rodney knew that he deserved the look. For days past he had deliberately subject-- ' ed his companion to a series of annoy, ances, small but Intensely Irritating. "Well?" demanded Laurie. "What's the answer?" "Whnt answer?" Rodney was In the position of a small boy challenged to combat In cold blood. He was ex-periencing some difficulty In working himself up to the necessary heat for an engagement. But Laurie's next words helped him out. "You've been making a d d nui-sance of yonrself for the last week," he said deliberately. "I want to know why." Bangs squared his stocky shoulders and rose to his feet. His brown eyes were below the level of his chum's black ones, but the two glances met sharply and a flash passed between them. Under the force of his rising excitement the voice of Rodney shook. "The reason I've been a dd nui-sance," he said curtly, "Is because you've been acting like an Infernal 'fool, and I'm sick of It." Laurie's Hps tightened, but the other rushed on without giving him a chance to reply. The moment wag his. lie must crowd Into It all he had not dared to say before and might not be given a chance to say again. "Oh. I know what you'll say!" he cried. "It's none of my business, and you're your own master, and all that sort of rot. And I know you're not drinking, and God knows I'm not ass enough to take on any high moral tone and try to preach to you, what-ever you do. What gets my goat, Devon, and the only thing I'm worry-ing about, Is this Infernal waste of your time and mine." The girl In the mirror makes her first appearance. Watch for her. I TO BE CONTINUED.) 1 Epstein grunted again. He was fond of saying that he loved Bangs and Laurie as If they were the sous he had never had; but he was not given to analysis of himself or others, and ht had little patience with It. His reply showed a tolerance unusual In. hlra. "Veil, ve keep an eye on him, don't ve?" he predicted. Bangs frowned. "We'll have to do It mighty careful-ly," he muttered. "If Devon catches us at It, he won't leave us an eye to keep on anything 1" Epstein grunted, again. "Ve keep him busy," be suggested, eagerly. "Start him right avay on play. Eh? That's the Idea !" Bungs shook hU head. "That's It," he conceded. "But Lau-rie has decided that he won't work again, Just yet. He says he's tired ond wants a few months' rest. Besides, he thinks America will declare war be-fore the winter's over. He's going to volunteer as soon as It does, and he doesn't wont any loose ends drugging here, any half-finish- nlnys. for ex- - "Laurle Can't Get Into No Scrape We Can't Get Him Out Of," Ha Earnestly Assured Laurie's Sister. her extraordinary beauty, she made a picture that unaccountably deepened the new depression In Rodney's soul. On her train by the side of the chair, the Infant Samuel slumbered tn peace, like an exhausted puppy. Warren, hovering nenr his wife, shook hands with the newcomers and responded to their congratulations. Then, slipping his arm through Lau-rie's, he drew him across the room to where his sister, Mrs. Ordway, was longuidly talking to several of the bride's old friends. He knew that Barbara wanted a HdbI and serious word with her brother's partners. Lau-rie knew it, too, and winked at the pair like an Impish child as he per-mitted himself to be led away. Toung Mrs. Warren, whose title was still .so new that she looked startled when they addressed her by It, greeted them warmly and Indicated the sleep-ing Samuel with an apologetic smile. "His mother la lost somewhere In ample." .' Epstein looked worried. This was terious news. Without allowing him time to recover from it. Bangs admin-istered a second Jolt. "And of course, In that case." he added simply, "I'd volunteer, too." Under the double blow Epstein's head and shoulders went down. He knew in that moment what even he himself had sometimes doubted, that his boasted love for the boys was deep and sincere. ' ' "Oh, veil," he aald vaguely, "I guess ve meet all that If It comes, eh?. Ve needn't go to It today." At Devon house they found the congestion characteristic of wedding-- ' receptions. A certain line hud been drawn at the church. Seemingly no line at all had been drawn In the mat-ter of guests at the reception. All Barbara Devon's proteges were there, and they were many; all the young folks In her clubs; all the old and new friends of her crowded life. Each of the great and beautiful rooms on the i ' main floor of Devon house held a hu- - Mnn frieze as a background for the throng of s tht grew rather than lessened as the hours passed. As Bangs and Epstein entered the main hnll Laurie Devon saw them over Et neads of the crowd and hurried to meet them, throwing an arm across m shoulder of each. He was In a avuuid both metv loved lad feareS, a a&ooil of high nd reckless exhilara- - the crowd, she explained. "He has hud two glasses of milk, four fat cakes and three (dates of Ice cream; and he's either asleep or unconscioutt, I'm not sure which." Her manner so-bered. "I'm so glad to have a moment with you two," she said gently. , "You know what I want to talk about" "We can guess It" Bangs smiled at her with the odd wilfulness hla smile always took on when he spoke to Bar-bara. To Bangs, Barbara had become a temple at whose portal he removed his earth-staine- d shoes. "You want us tojonk after Laurie," he added qui-etly. "Well, you bet. we're going to do It." - ' She smiled again, this time the rare smile that warned her face like a light from within. - "Then I shall go away happy," she told them. "And there's nothing inore to be said; for of course you both un-derstand that I don't distrust Laurie, How could I, after be has been 'so won-derful all this year. It's only" she hesitated "I suppose It's life I'm afraid of," she confessed. "I never used to be. But well, I learned In New York bow helpless we are, some-times." Rodney's nod was understanding. "I know," he robustly agreed. "But It's going to be absolutely all right. 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And It sig-nifies so narrow a vision, so limited an Interest, for any man to say that In all the wide world nothing Is left for him. ' . ' Consider the words Jasper Petulen-gro- , the Norfolk gypsy, spoke to George Borrow;. ' '. "Life Is sweet, brother." , "Do you think so?" i "Think sol There's night and day, brother, both sweet things; sun, moon and stars, brother, all sweet things; there's likewise the wind on the heath. Life Is very sweet, brother ; who would wish to die?" - . . - ; "I would wish to-- die" "Ton talk like a glorglo which Is the same as talking like a fool were you a gypsy chal you would talk wiser. Wish to die. Indeed! A Romany chal would wish to live forever!" "In sickness, Jasper?" "There's the sun and snr. hrother." Eat and Crow Fat "What makes Alice so heavy, do yon suppoh-e?"-"He-r husband Is a chef," V .. 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