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Show A Saintly Sinner, 11Y ni.izAiiinii '.i mi.Mr.rt. (Cofyrlslil, IM, ly Dally Story Pub Co) Wliqn hindaome Jack Orton announced an-nounced hla vngagenunt to .Marian llardlirn tu hla altter. sho being a dla-crmt dla-crmt woman, only lifted an r)cbrow, and 11 skill him If he waa quite sure hla choice waa a wlto one, Tho girl belonged to a very different world from thu gay, fashionable, pleasure-seeking one In which they were such conspicuous con-spicuous figures. Still, Jack waa o,d enough to know hla own tastes nnd mind, and when all Is aald. it man marries for himself and nut his slater sla-ter So sho lorlioro to say any of tho nasty thlnga a man'a people, usually do when bn marries out of his act, and merely hid a U'ry tender hand upon hla ahoutdvi aa alio aeked over again If ho was sure It wits for tho beat. ' She la an angel," ho had cried enthusiastically, en-thusiastically, and hla alater hud lnado a mock gesture of despair "My poor boy," aha exclaimed, "la aha so bad as nil that! Don t. Only fancy having to llo In tho houto with an ougel. You could never possibly do It In peace You aro not keyed up tu the situation." Hut Orton laughed with tho fatuous aelf complacency ot tho newly engaged, and went off to hla demuro llttlo Puritan sweetheart. In truth the glrl'a unllkenesa to all tho other women he knew had been tho first thing that attracted him to her. He bad met at a big crush at a fashionable fash-ionable house, whero sho had been present by vlrtuo ot being a tar away cousin ot tbo hostess, and In her simple sim-ple white frock, among all tho glitter, and apanglea, and flaah ot Jtwelt, and bold dlaplay of white, baro shoulders and arms, abo had made him think ol a wild flower auddenly transplanted amidst tho overblown roses Jn a con-'aarvator',wriaii'oaiatoyiia(l,aakd con-'aarvator',wriaii'oaiatoyiia(l,aakd her to alng, and sho bad startled even that blato assemblage with a voice ao pure, ao aweet, and true, and with auch a paaalon ot exproaalon In Its tones that It had made tho sltnplo ballad she sung seem like a cry from heart to heart There was a minute's illenco when ahs waa done, and thon a woman atsudlng near Orton ox-clalmed. ox-clalmed. "Fancy any one with a volco like that backing It out teaching miserable llttlo cnlldrcn. They aay she bad fabulous otters from opera managers to go on the stage, but that .horrible old Purltau of a father ot hers baa brought her up to bcllevo that the theatrs la tbo lory door to perdition." "do on the stage," repeated Orton, still with hla eica on tbo uuro llttlo face, "Ood forbid" The woman ralaed her lorgnette and gave blm an amused atare Jack Orton, and after alt that atory about htm and tho llttlo comic opora prima "She la an on tell" aonnat Really men wero too absurd! After that evening the aiqnalntanco between tho demure llttlo music teacher, and the fashionable man of the world, bad flown smoothly enough, and soon ripened Into love. To Marian, Mar-ian, Jack with hla gay wayt, hla elegancies, ele-gancies, and extravagancies, was Ilka a being from a different sphere, and ono ot whoso moral standard the waa not a little doubtful She bad boen brought up In a hard, and narrow school, and It seemed to her almoat pagan for ono to enjoy thlnga frankly and openly, while to love IITo and laughter, tbo delights ot a good dinner, and n glasa of aparkllng wine, and tho amlle of a woman'a fair face, aocmed to her nothing noth-ing leaa than a alnfui pandering to the luata of the flesh, aa her atom old father called It. It la, however, the province of earthly earth-ly nugela to always Judge their fellow creatures hardly, and Marian delivered deliv-ered many a aermon to Jack on hla worldlnoss and wickedness, which the big hearted, loving, generoua fellow received with outword meeknesa, nnd Inward mirth Sho really looked very 1 ,, T, J delicious vtlh that little enrneet frowa B on her face, and It pleased him to H think she waa considering hta antit In- H stead of the diamonds he would Rive jH her After all, though, one does not Bh tarn lo.be always spoken to from the lHV helghtsi or superior spirituality, and hsaBi there begun to lie jarring notes. H HBJI dlsiorcred that Marian waa provincial- aMES ly prejLi'lced against thlnga of which Mf-Tri sho knew nuthng, and that In many aBaW' wa)s the waa Intolerant and bigoted. KvHiai Her own llfo bad been 10 removed ImhhUI from all temptation alio had no aym- ImKAt Pthy, aa wiser peoplo have, wltb UKjU thoao who have been aoro prcaacd, and MNSf havo failed. Vu Finally they quarreled about some Bsfljf question about a woman whom Jack SBES defended, nnd tho girl had given him Wn back hit ring, quoting self righteously MMr something about being unequally K99 yoked with an unbeliever. IBHl It takes a aalnt to be unforgiving bsD Jack, who luted tho girl with nil hla IBjB groat soul, would have kissed, anil H made, up, but MirUm refuted to too HBl hi in tho next day, mid nfttr mnklng H tnrloua fruitiest effurta ho burled him- IH "Yea, a blooming angell" H aolt nnd his troubles In tho depths ol H n winter hunting camp. HI After he left evil days fell on the H llttlo household The old father be- H camo III, and nurses and doctors ate H up Marlon's llttlo bank account, and H her cheek grow wan nnd thin trying U H mako ono dollar do tho work of three. It had always been her custom to gf """asHI on Sunday aflcrnoona to the hospital H to alng to tht patients, and It chanced. H at this time, there was a llttlo lad H there In whom she took a great Inter- H est. He was n Jockey who had been H badly hurt In a hurdlo race and whe H waa alowly recovering from hla In- H Juries. To blm, Marian with bcr pret- 1 ty face and glorious volco was tho ont ,M bright apot In tho dreary days of con- A H vakacence, and ho literally lived upon 1 91 her visits. LSB their worat3n3 ner, vi Ten 1 Suhaaonlj H ten dollars left and the numberleaa Inv HJ portunltles of the homo and tick room HJ were calling for It aho went to ace him, HJ and he greeted her with ahlnlng eyes. 1 "Say miss," he said, "Den, he's mi M side partner, ho waa here yeaterday, an' M ho give me a dead r ralght tip, an I'D HJ put yer next. Anita's Just got a walk fl H "Anita, who's ahe? ' Inquired Marian H vaguely. HJ Tho boy gasped. "Youao uon't know H Anita? lly gett, aho's a race mare, an H any, de talent ain't on to her. Say, H It's goln' to bo a hundred to one ahot H Ooo, don't I wish I waa out of ilia," and H ho moved Impatiently, H "Hundred to ono ahot," repeated H Marian, "what's that?" H "Shucks," he cried, and then talklni H very alowly as If explaining thlnga to H a child: "Youao puts up one dollar, H an' de boo-les pays you one hundred if youse win out." "A bet," Marian exclaimed, "but doesn't somebody losot" "Do bookies dls time, sure," replied tbo boy with conviction, "but deya dead louay wld boodle, an' It's a charity to relievo 'em. Say, gimme a ten, an' let Hen put It up for you. Dla ain't no graft. It's a lead plpo cinch." In the end Marian did. On the way homo ahe told herself that It was because, be-cause, tho money was to uso for others, but In her soul aho knew aho bad been tempted, and had fallen, Just like overy other alnner, but all her miserable miser-able self-rlgbteouaneaa waa swept away, and aho understood, and pitied, and loved, as she bad never done bo-fore, bo-fore, all tho great sinning, struggling, suffering brotherhood of mankind. At the boy bad predicted Anita won, and tho next time ahe went to the hospital he put In her handa a . great roll ot bllla, but for anawer aha only gathered him In her arms. "Oh, Tom, Tom," ahe cried, "I am A nothing but a common, wicked gam- 'f blerl" ,'fij Naw yer ain't," tbo boy returned jj? dlgnttedly, "yer ain't got de ncrva - 'k Yer ain't nothing but a bloomln J aalnt." I That night a very humole letter wcnl , to Jack's club, and being forwarded brought that gentleman In a few days to Marlan'a isor. Bomehow, In the new light that had 1 , come to her, ahe knew that a fellow , I alnner would underatand and forgive, and that It la only the wrath of the . rlghteoua we havo to fear, so without ' one word aho fled to Jack'a arma and aohbed out hor atory on hla breaat hei v H temptation, her aln, and ber yielding. When aho waa done ho looked at hor 1 with a very grave smile tn hla eyea. t "Sweetheart," ho said, "you were v , very earthly as an angel, but you are 1 ( 1 tlmply heavenly as a alnner," and fur 1 l the first tlmo In hor life Marian under- ttood. , I V |