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Show ' Her Daughter and His Son A Great Married Life Story by IDAH McGLONE GIBSON U AN ACT OF PROVIDENCE w' Mr. Flalney lojleeel briefly it tha letter, then liantleel it lo im Mylnff: "Wlrat i ilie-un .'" Hi read the letter carefully and then re-I re-I piled. "If look to inc like- tl . Ii iter (Mat came too late " 'Head Ir to mu, Ann. ' askivl Mr. Hal-t Hal-t cy 'Tlio letter la from a firm -f ,-'t. houin II lawyers." I explained. 'and it saMS. tM "Mr l'..rnir.l Hal i "Dear Sir Wc have been trinp f--r " Willie: llni.- to I. .(.Tit.- '.f- lle-tel. I.'.'l I ton Yi.ur r..,nu- (111. u Kr. r. in V as one who ailfht know ooniethlnu uhout him I t y ''.Some yoars ago we axeoutod for him i a iniN-. tir-. (i iii.it , made to provide for the earn of hla alleged wife, who juU I Kbir n adjudged insane " I I "What that! ' liitvrrup.ed Mr Halaw i "K. .i I '1 i . .. ... h I compiled, and Uien weut on: I" "About bIx months ao the miJ woman I ailed In tin- axlum wWvro alii uud boeu fOC'nfinod for many years I t 'The woman le:t ::o relatives whom we McouM iind. Ki.-eenlly one llnrrlson Kl-l Kl-l di'l''- .. , -iit-d. i l.'il-i' i,- (.. trif .), i i 1 BjVroman s legal husband, und therefore i Shr-lr lo )art of her etu.e. under the I t till- l rl. - ri c- "Said Kldrldero submitted court records establishing tht- truth of his contention tli -if lo- v. :is tlit l.-gnl lu.sUtn.1 r the had woman The- documents also show -1 On that oi:r rllent. Ilol.ert ( ai l, run wa-' hertfore never the IckuI husband of (ho dead woman On the );:l.s or U.-jjvncc U.-jjvncc submitted we have pro; and pu-hers pu-hers ready to turn over to our client s Heetaic to Eldrldge, the real huahaad, but BjjV'lor lo making the transfer, under dl-Bjjvctlon dl-Bjjvctlon of the court, wc should like to I in i mi i:..i.. 1 1 ' ri. , , : . : .(. is and BUn' law. so that he may take mj. h steps BjjWK he desires to rolecl his In u-rrits. t."if you could furni-.h us Information as to his whereabout we Fliould I grateful Rcopect fu!l' joitr?. Hm ' lninril lo 1 -TT-k Staring a .1. Ale -X I 11" I n 1 1 . r . , r a: , i . I gr:." I that she was not alive- so t ! n t th.- -.iul .Which had i-hadowed her Inter years m i V Present! Mr llaKej came ovct tHt " i I., .r ' ',.v.' a paternal l and o-i i.iv , . it . brokenly. "My dear child I have never I been a religious man, but now I know, 1 If I ever doubted a that Cod Is poori. : You cannot r. alto how happy I am for ' yoU, You have round your father and i v you have recovered the right to J bear l is name the- name your mother ' de. lined to Lear It looks like an act 1 ef Providence." I cannot hardly cull It that. Mr Hal-i Hal-i Bey, ' I answered as (hough Is at my dead 1 mother filled nn brain. "Think what I It would have meant to mv parents i. thev had known all this years ago ' think what it would have meant to pi . Think how that Kldrldge woman ami her husband ruined the lives of my father and mother and then remember that, as a reward, that man F.ldvldge. Inherits my own father's property Can all this be justice?" I asked hysterically. Ann." said Mr. Halsey, consolingly, "you must not give way so" But mv mother! I do n t ran- for rnyaelf, bus why should my mother have suffered for the misdeeds of that wo man "" . "What woman, and what suffering said n gay voice, and Mr. llalsi ind I turned If. BOO Crace standing In the; doorway, radiantly beautiful, while Kn peered "over her shoulder. When did you oomei boy? asked Mr. liaise)- in surprised tone. "Just now. dsd answer-d KOTI "Grace wanted to come direct to your Of- , f"'A'e I wan led to seo you first of alt dear father-In-law." raid Grace, ateppinx . .... i nr,i -.rr faee fori i JBUnuiy inrmmi '"'u a Mr" Ilalsev Ignored the Invitation by turning quickly to txtdnd hia hand to Ken while Grace, by a 1)11 of clever Ot-ing Ot-ing saved the situation for heruell h lading bv Ken's fathoi nnJ c mmg over p. me with ouUtrctched Hands of gie'.t- ",?Whv. Ann." she babbled. did not know you were in father n office. iid von know It. Ken?'" . ,., " y, s. dear, I told you. but ou hae probably lorgott.on " . -V. '-I '-I knew that (iraee had ,n! fnr;rott. n and thai probably her real rtaaoi Doming to the office was that r.hc felt sure v ., would Iind in t'.-.-e. s,r... . tl.- thought flashed througii ray briji What does tlrace Cameron wa'U of me. Grace Cameron, with all her weakness, was undenia -ly a clever mai.ipulator foi her own ends. Tomorrow Cracc Intrude. (CopjTlght flaUonal Newspaper Service.) |