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Show I (LOW and MARRIED LIFE! 1 :l the noted author I i Idah Glone Gibson j 1 PI RfING N TM JOHN I ft (otmed to mo that I had hardly got settled before I hoard Alice s voice at the door. IH, "Oh. you ('.ir. you dear," she cried as she huggrd mo with an enthusiasm and affection I had never before. seen 9mj: In her I got down to the train Just ft' too late Tom made me promise that I would bring you .ill homo with me. Bj frr of course we both I; now that you K could not go to mother's under the Impossible circumstances. 1 do not K think I have ever sen Tom ho nnsry In his life as ho was this morning wh'!i. after I hed been over to moth-or'a, moth-or'a, I came beck and told him that i" ISUitabeth S&oreland who was pleas- antiy domlcll d in yottr rooms, had s t up two temporary bods a"mong all your . niliceilaneoun furniture and expected p : ou : ou were ready I to ito into your horn''1.' HOST DISGH I l i l L lit BIN I s's I ! had the pleasure of telling her I that I thought ;t was the moat dls- I graceful business that 1 iiJ eer I known a decent woman to be feoifcern- I cd In Even mother washed her hand! I of it a! and fearfully explained to ine I when I wont In'o her room Inter, that I she was altpgethi r t-o old to bo mixed I u; .n such an affair." I "1 saw Elisabeth gcr'nj: !nto your I cur as I founded the corner t.- the I station. Charles evidently d:cln't hear I me when I railed to you; for ho drove mnl -iway. I followed, ar.d I saw Tom on ""-- , . told I I nought i, ike i fool of ir " 'Don't you worry. Alice dear.' " ho f-fic -Hi. : go hotel and yK : ou will find Katherlne s. : he beet IEJ Bullc of rooms in the house. I ,. you I Ma think she- do it. Tom." I asked, I , WF w i i i 1 1 1 H hotel and there yon ll find hr " And HHHR hero I am and here you are," she said; m, ' jL ' notherhug ( jjl "And not let s see that blessed yK bunch of a baby I 49 Proud) I t i:c her In when Mar was being mad re... hi nip 1 vl 1 think It is the 1 o i1 Jf ev r clalmd 'm "Bo do I." I answered ousl fl I heard a discreel chuckle and; turn- jfi Inp. found Miss Parker Looking out , VI of the window ' 4M K.VTIRE S : DXD FLOOIt (HH "Well. I dislike to disturb you," said jfljH Alice, "but of course you are coming . .A home with mc I'll pul the whole sec-' H ond floor at your disposal." I "My dear Alice. ' I said with a smile, "I wouldn't think of discommoding 'yon for th world " Alice understood, for when We went back into my rooms she satd. "Good j for you Katherlne. Thcro Is one way you can open John's ey-s to KllzabMh Koreland's solflshnea3 and thai Is by I making him rf that his pocltetbook lis getting noilroably flatter ovor day 1 Imagine from the looks of thoso rooms that ho won't hive to sit up land take not'ee. for he can see the 'sides of his pocket book coming to-:gcther to-:gcther even in his dreams. Have you '6een him yet? What has ho said? 1 wouldn't have thought that he would have let ou come here" ' I don't suppose he would had he been in town, but ho seemed to !h:nk in the case of battle between Elizabeth Eliza-beth and myself, discretion was the betir part of alor and urgent business busi-ness hrss called him out of town " ! "Where has ho gone'.' Hoy long 'j he going to stay? Who told you about it?" Allee rushod the words "I don't know a word about it ex- , cept that Charles sild he had left word that urgt business had culled him, out of town." Well, where did Elizabeth More-; land butt In?" I think she hecame afraid at the last moment and did not dar' allow, me to come up to the house ar.d n-?c-1 what sir had let met in for. And . once mo; cfepondlng upon my horror! of a scandal, .v.iicii my coming to a hotel wh.lc ;he Is at John's mother's house will sureiy make, she Imagined she could put U over." "Oh, I'm so glad I'm so gbed. Katherlne Kath-erlne but I noer thought vou would do It " JUST V. ITCH MI." "Yes, I would an.l could and can.' dear." I said. "You Just watch me from now on." "Wlist nre you going to do. Katherlne? Kather-lne? You are not going to leave John, are you?" "Not Unless I have to. dear, and I don t think I will have to." "What are yeu going to do then J ' "Well, my clear. 1 am going to f how vour brother John fhaj while I am, ery fond of hrm and v. ill do everything every-thing I ran to make him happy, thai he is only an incident In my life, as 1 1 am in his. 'I am goinr: to flirt with him. Alice j flirt with him outragoousH when I am with him, and when I am away from him I am going to forget him." (T iv Continued.) |