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Show Hf I Ker Daughter and His Son " ' A Great Married Li fm Story by I IDAH McGLONE GIBSON I LOOKING FORWARD. "O, but Mr Halscy. Ann could not llv here with yon and Kenneth." said Mrs. Cameron. In a voice which surprise sur-prise nnd annoynnrc seemed blended. "Why not" s:ced Kenneth quickly. n'l he lookod ai h r with open dislike. dis-like. "My dear boy. It speaks well for' your chivalrous manhood that you doi not understand. ' Kenneth la not very chivalrous ' Mrs Cameron, and he probably fully Understand! what you mean, but I still am colng to ask Anna to come and live with us." said Mr llalsey. "Don't wuti) mis. Cameron, in Interrupted, In-terrupted, I Shall not hock trie wh-l town knowinglv. bj my mother did. unknowingly. un-knowingly. " Than I turned to Mr Hnlsey and holding out both hands tO him. I said: "Oh. dear, dear Ken-1 , neth's dad. 1 know you will not mis- understand me and that you will for-j give me when 1 tell you that 7 am not B" " li ' v. i : h n , ne. I am strong. 1 healthy and have snme in'i!ifni- IBurely there S a place In the world foi nie." "I knew, my dear, you would see how impossible the whole lda Is." nal.l Mrs. Cameron, and now I'm ko-I:g ko-I:g to bid you goodbye, as 1 have Friends coming In to dinner." She he'd out her hand to me. but I f ont nved to be busy puttlnc down my cup on the tea table. Kenneth courteously accompanied ru?r to the door There was nn awkward silence when he came back and then Mr. IIa1se said: "Ann, I hope you will not let Mrs. Cameron's tall; keep you from coming to live with U& At least allow mc to stand in the position of ii nihf - Boh Carlton, never knew he had a daughter and I don't believe thai he would have stayed away had he Known that you had been born. Some way I was uncxprssslbly com- forted by knowledge that m father1 had not known of my existence, it had always hurt me a little that h-had h-had not in some whv acknowledged me. although 1 never asked my moth-ii moth-ii about it. and she had never told me that he did not know it. a "I must go home." I said. Both men. I started to accompany me. I "No, no. I must go alone Tonight' my mother and Ikeep tryst " "Ann. you are too young to grieve , so," said Mr. Haliay, as he put his. , hand upon my shoulder. I am not grieving. I am trying ' to make up my mind as to the future. I andf) I have never made a decision 'jcxi-cpt at my mother's knee, this one I must Be made beside her it is the! greatest decision of my life.' Mr. Ilalsey bent down and kissed my forehead, and Kenneth pressed 1 both of my hands to his lips, one afici the other I hegged them not to come' to th- door with me. for I still had a feeling tat cold, gray eyesfwerc watching watch-ing front the Cameron house across the way. 1 hurried down tro path and as I did so. I remembered how, as a child. 1 used to rush to my mother to tell , her of all the beautiful thing that J were helnc done at the his hous" from i ' time tr limn TVV,r, T i-.no oV, mvl home, my mother's' nurse met me at I i the door. I "Dinner is ready, my child," she i r said, and led me to the dining room., ' I could rot cat and finally I asked ! - to be excused .--.nd went up to my room, i ! I wished the tears Would ( ome. for it (seemed to me that a band wa being , L bound about my throat. Already I 1 1 had found that there were w omen in i the world quick to see the worst side of things, already had the splendid I kindness of Mr. Halcy and Kenneth I . heeji misunderstood. And I had re-1 iftlized bi tter than I ever realised be- I fore that if Kenneth married Grace' Cameron he would he very unhappy, And yet when I thought of that look1 he gave me whep he mentioned the golden curl behind Grace's car. I Wat xlmost sure he would many he - And jthen. Nature, having done her worst. , would leave them together to pay for .their mistaio and possibly work out their own salvation. Already I was bginnins to .see that ther1 were other things besides Being f, popular that made for a successful life, Tomorrow lo Copyright National Newspaper Servii '" Is |