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Show IHer Daughter and His Son A Great Married Life Story by IDAH McGLONE GIBSON I m:VFTII T.U.K OF GRACE 'rVell," I Mid bitterly, "it's all over v.r.v:. And ili love that my mother had for the m.-in who w.ift not her husband, hus-band, but who irai my father. i fcolil and dead .-is her hart - -the Ik m that was broken by that love " Kennrth leaner! toward me and rut his hand over mine "Never Corset uVar Ann, thai both your father RJld onr mother ihougrhl they v ISCSllyj rmirrled. Uoth thought Hie woman. I who was JfOUr lather s first wife, waa dead." j "After she did die. why dliln t my father fa-ther rome hark to me, "I asked. if he loved my mother?" My dear child, since th first win. ileath no one has heard from ouj- u-ther." u-ther." "liul what had my mother done that Pate should har punished her :o ser crel 5ho was the kindest, most 51 deoted soul on earth. Don't talk to me of th pood in f-s of Cjod'" - H..ol. ki,i,l.l ... f ,,n knnai what you arc saying. There is soma ifason for It ull if we can only find it " - "Vos. ah. es. if wo tould onlv find It' I said wearily By tli's time the porter hnd broujfh' the coffee, Jfruit and toast and set the table between us In the drawing room Kenneth looked at nie curiously from across the table. Finally be said with one of his little Irresponsible chuckles "Do you know, Ann even with your reddened eyes and with youry fad ami (rethbUtiK mouth yoy re pood to look at across the breakfast table?" "Kenneth dear, will nothing interfere inter-fere with our lose of a flirtation "' 'I'm no: tryiiiK lo flirt, Ann I'm Jus! giving voice lo a fact. And I'm further going to tell you thai you're Mi - only woman I have ever known that semed to me the least hit fas-cihfcting fas-cihfcting in tii" early morning." "Grace," I interrui ted before 1 thoiiKht. "I atn sure looks as Wei In early morning, Her h.ur i url so prct-; tily, and her complexion is real, you ' know." "Ves." ho answered, "but,! have breakfasted wun Qcape very often. I find she is quite like her mother, ne.v- r very happy of disposition until after she bni bid her coffee I have told : her m:in 'imes M.at'after we are married mar-ried that 1 would consider it a. favor for her to ttave her breakfast served to her in her room "irace considers that tbe hours before noon should be devoted to fault-finding. I sometime' wondered why Mrs Cameron Invited me to breakfast. Mie and GfaCC qua' reled incessantly and they both picked o:i me more or less, ' Kenneth, you're incorrigible- Probably Prob-ably you teased Grace Until 6he had to retaliate Weil anywaV he answered, "she's si beautiful anil so sweet 1 nthe aftcr-noon, aftcr-noon, she mpkes up for it. lie leaned back in the c.ir seat and his m e n.-r-rowed a little. 'T3y tlv way. Ann, dlJ ou ever notice that tiny little curl behind be-hind Grace's ear'' Isn'i it beautiful .' I never see her but what I want to put my lips to it. Oh, I guess has' al right, Ann, even If she doen nag a i;illu In il. ,. mnrnlnir ' I fell my he. in ...Mr..,i , though he had giv n rue a blow, but I said nothing, and soon Kenneth wus deep In roVerlea of golden curls, caressing the white throat of his sweetheart. ! My though- roturnod to m'j own pressing prbbloma 1 don t know why . but suddenly m loneliness seemed greater tiHn i could beat ami dropping drop-ping my hear on my arms I burst into sobs which I could not suppress YVh'. nn, Ann, you must buck Up." said Kenneth rising and hnstcn-Ing hnstcn-Ing to my sld- of the table. 'Don't, erf dear It hurls mc to sec you like! ibis" "I know. I know, but I cannot help! lit' I cant be braVe I don't know what I'm going to dp." "Of course you don't you lonely lit.-; I tie girl But Did Will fix it all l ight when WO get back. Don't cry unlil I We K'''t home.'" I dnl not te'.l Kenneth I could not tell him Unit -it would be impossible for met to live In his fathers house and hear him talk of the other girls he lor ed I Tomorrow krrlVlnc Horn |