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Show At Her Daughter and His Son A Grat Married Life Story by j I IDAH McGLONE GIBSON j GRACE Ivrpi CE: I shook lynils m llh i ct-. n t h I nuwl r. BOt l.iil r i - ' ' Bbe was t f. I n il . , s rllil -,t Kji'.'e (In- 'i.irl.l. !li;it nlua. rMxtlncilsli- Kitl thtm But he tried to i- hla old carc-Hrr carc-Hrr MiMicsoni. self, remnrklng. R"You are liViklnp aplendldi Ann an 'll ' VI r ' A P Now, Ki n. why iiii you say that to . BAnn." pou toil 1 l 1 1. Into ilBjant .i.i, ult'n tli:il 4 ftSw1 at lli.t Kie "the Im autlful M la Ann la MfooMnK pretty WCll, 0 COUI I bUl Ann' . - I nl,r i . ! n t 1 1 m Ktgvtf ii o n Miii. i r n'- not bo be- .Eoniinc aa more flesh w to you Still in f ILniirt tight aklrta better than if you iniarlly I lookiyl at Grace'a feet tdr ankje Her aklrt wi tnl four Bncbi r.irlnfr stockings of the sl"?cront silk' J, J K (ih I ... I .-.I Mr Mai-. Bjfri.w m ! noticed Kill r..; i. ut i mu i i i i . Bfii.i u'.ji i looki i tvonder- Bullv well .'nil I have ncVer been one What as it i heard i-i -a ; . u ray-1 DHr about a wi man suffering a K"S'jre1.v Ann. you dr.n't believe in that :i toiii - ' .'-.in m w . .'..r made to BUfl. I 'jtff. tiiry let tb men !" II foi them J miov. ' -ml Ki-ntii-th w iiii a smile ABn u-i.i. hi' i iii u i in! in I K wMtrlneos and disgust mT".j i was talking about her mothei t-l ": LCen "Am. - Eth lo an i ' imluK I le'.'c iiin1 0 - -y, C. "YV; ii i ili.li ral , !'v '.i I Iraco Ol m-, with H F I up'-v. . r. I fflr.1.". !f ' .i i . . ' I 'Wft''r T h.v never .j'n. I hive sjwaya tnr a fnthor. r.ir ! npede me rathei V'oti'-lv Ui 'v i ii..- . a way." f L "Bu. j1 i;p, ill. vim ii I .u JjJ Ko ti-'knnwletp-you aa hla daughter?" A .-I.o'l ilrii... r 1. 1.. I Irritating I 11 H B.plilstli-Jitii munnrr. " "Graco," intoriosccl Mr Halsey. "there ,JJ'"' mi' i ' 'i. ii we havi ."-'- ie- I ci i I .-i I- ' ' i : n ' l i .' r- Viiin ltV inF stiiiilahed tlie fi I nroui;h hji j .! 1m. that the woman HrAnn ' farT va- umlir t.-.o i--s.,i, the time Tlierpforrt no marrlapr" ex-isti-il between Hubert Carleton and thla v.imian. Hence the su'Kinjent m.rrlas of Hubert Carleton to Margaret Wnltaoiy . Ann's mother, was a lej,-al niarrlaK-. The j remark you heard as you entered reaard-in(f reaard-in(f a Woman and sufferlnn was Ann's lami-nlln lb. mlsdids i.f the woman wiio bud stooii between Ann 'a fath-r and I mothi-r all these years, anil who had al-I al-I ,v i d a Btlgma to rest on Ann's blrtn. " ' Isn t It great Ann.'' txelnlmed Kenneth, Ken-neth, "tliat you've learned this even at I this late date. Isn't It sulendld. (iraee? ' ' Yes. answered Mrace Indifferently, now. Ann, you will not have lo die an old maid." Gra i ; remark whs so cruelly intended tb:it It missed Its mark, for I laughed. fPft taps my laugn was a bit hysterical but It did amuse me to see how soulless -ly indifferent nil'' woman could he to the iliNtriss of another. "W'. ll. coini "n. Ken. We won t in-trude in-trude any longer on bualneaa hours. Have you been u) to our new house yet, father" asked Grace, as she turned to-war.lv to-war.lv the door. "Yes." answered Mr Halaey, abruptly. "Im it lovelv?" drawled Grace. "Will 1 be thrill. IV "I do not know." rejoined Mr. Halscy. :-(. ..u'" nuraued '.race. ' r... ::..'.in..' H'lsey. 'JOn come on. ..o. r-is"d Xen. "Why djo von ant to squeeze .;'v-ilroi .;'v-ilroi of enthusiasm a person has over your own affairs? Father is mori Interested Inter-ested In Ann's strange story than he could posalblj tie over a hundred houses." "Well, t ahould think that the home-comlng home-comlng of his only child would interest your father. Why. how do you do. Jlm-rw Jlm-rw CallahTJl. Are you part of dad' Staff, toil " "Yea." nawered Mntmy, who h-tu just ent.-red ane; vt-s ahaMlft "'nnda warmly with Can, "Mr nnisi b:. made mi ni latent manager of this iu.s:r..i " "Oh, I suppose Kn Is manager. "N'i. GraceJ' said Mr HalBey, "i ann r:titl manager?' 'Tiat are you going to o. Kea?" '.emrniird Grace. "Oh, I don't know yet." "But I think. Ken. yorr should be assistant as-sistant to VOW father. It Seems SM there have been . some iueer chair: - i mane since you've t n away.1 "Not at all. Not a: all my dear.'" put! In Mr. Halscy quietly enoing the situa- I tion. "Ken was away ho lone on your I honeymoon that It was i.ecessary to put someone in his place." I j Tomorrow . |