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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH The Mystery Road ! Copyright by Littlo. Brown and Co "I LOVE GERALD" Fleeing from ft brutal stepfather, an unhappy home, and a proposed husband she detests, young MyrtUe, French girl, stands In a country road on the verge of desperation. Halted by an exploded tire, two young Englishmen, Lord Gerald Dombey and Christopher Bent, are attracted by the girls dls She begs tracted appearance. them to take her away from her misery. In a spirit of adventureto they do so, conveying her Monte Carlo and leaving her with friends. Myrtlle speaks English, her mother having been an edu cated woman. Gerald sees a beautiful young woman In the gambling rooms, and Is fascinated, but can only learn that she Is called Pauline de Ponlere and is with her aunt He Is unable to secure an Introduction. Christopher and Gerald decide Myrtlle shall not go back to her home. Lady Mary, Gerald's sister. secretly in love with Christopher, disapproves of the young mens guardianship of Myrtlle. Lord Dombey makes the acquaintance of Pauline. He la puzzled by the air of mystery and condescension surrounding her. SYNOPSIS. I I protege? We lunched with her, Chris and I," Gerald replied. Goodness grnclous! Where? At Clros. We bought her some clothes at Lenores, this morning. Lady Mary lit a cigarette and threw down her book. I am not the guardian of your morals, Gerald," she observed dryly; a girl, nowadays, has all she can do to look after her own but I honestly think you ought to send that child back to her people. Too brutal," he replied. They wnnted to marry her to some horrible old man. Whatever the position was, your Interference was most uncalled for, "As for Chrishis sister declared. 1 am really surprised at him. topher, I think you two young men ought to be thoroughly ashnmed of yourselves for you are doing, and I Shall Just look forward to an opportunity of telling Christopher so. Gerald glanced at his sisters profile and chuckled. he murmured. Good old Chris Ill Just let him know whats coming to him vat 1 I CHAPTER V Continued I dont know that I am very differTell ent from the others, he said. Is what me, your nationality?" Why should I tell you anything about myself? she asked, a little coldly. It appeared to me that It might er help our acquaintance. Have I acknowledged the acquaintance? Well, yon are talking to me, anyhe pointed out, with a slight how, twinkle In his eyes. I scarcely see how I could help It, she replied. If you are really curious about my nationality, I will tell you that I have some French blood In my veins. France, however, Is not my native country." And you live where? Nowhere," she answered a little sadly. At present we are wanderers what you call In England adventurers." Gerald raised his eyebrows. That Is scarcely the word, he murmured. My aunt has a curious objection to meeting people upon our travels, I myself find her Pauline continued. aloofness sometimes a little tedious. That Is why I am misbehaving to the extent of letting you talk to me. As a matter of propriety, you certainly ought to leave me at once. As a matter or fact, I was about to propose something else. "Let me hear It, at any rate, he Insisted. I watched you drive up to your fathers villa In your car. Will you take me a little way In It?" Rather I" he assented eagerly. Where shall I pick you up? "Outside the villa gates," she reMy aunt Is absolutely certain plied. to sleep for two hours. It Is the only liberty I have during the day. Please go at once and fetch the car." She dismissed him with an Imperative wave of the hand. As soon as he was out of sight she jumped down from the rock, crossed the little strip of sand, and commenced her leisurely ascent to the villa. Once or twice she laughed softly to herself. It was an excursion which Gerald pondered on many times afterward. Pauline had settled down In the low bucket seat by his side and leaned back with an air of absolute content. She had. In fact, the appearance of one enjoying a rare pleasure. As soon as Gerald slackened speed, however, with the Idea of entering Into conversation, she became curt and almost rude, and his proposition that they might take the higher oad and have tea at Nice she promptly negatived. When, after an absence of about an hour and a half, they drew up at the gates of the villa, she left him with the merest nod of farewell. You will come for another ride soon perhaps tomorrow?" he asked anxiously. She shook her head. I can make no plans," she replied. I should think It very Improbable. I thank you so much for your kindness. Your car Is quite wonderful" She walked away with the air of one who has conferred a great favor. Ger- -- Cut Your Shoe Bills with USKIDE always wanted a sole that YOUVE wear like this, and now here it is. good-looki- By E. Phillips Oppenheim aid drove slowly back to the Villa Impossible, however, he is sufficiently dAcacla and Joined bis sister on tbe reckless not to count the cost where terrace. the other person Is concerned." Do you know anything about the She drew a little away. two women at the next villa Mary? That does not sound like ths he asked. speech of a friend, she reminded him "One never knows ones neighbors reproachfully. I saw them But I can assure that I am his here, she answered. driving, the other day a strange-lookin- g friend, although a candid one," Chrisold lady and a very topher declared. All that I have said girl. Isnt there something queer to you, I have said to him, and a great about them, or Is It my fancy 7 deal more. You will let me finish?" There Is something unusual," GerShe made no reply. Her eyes were ald replied. They seem curiously In- fixed upon the exact spot where the sea seemed to melt into the clouds. disposed to forming acquaintances, which Is odd in a place like this. I The grace of her slim body lent happened to be talking to the younger beauty even to the hunch of her woman for a few minutes. She gave shoulders. me the Impression, somehow, that they You are like a child who has been were people of greater consequence let out of a dark room, Christopher than their manner of living here would went on. Everything seems beautiIndicate. ful, but you dont see clearly your "I expect I am uncharitable, Mary eyes arent strong enough yet. What An elderly lady with no you Imagine to be love Is a worse observed. friends, who tnkes a rather beautiful thing. Gerald does not love you. He young woman about with her to public can never marry you. He belongs to places, does certainly invite comment, that world at which you are looking doesnt she? Tell me about your little with blurred eyes. Myrtlle, dont yc Chapter VI want to be good? I want to be happy, Myrtlle reI shall always be good. plied. How do you know that? "Because I am all good Inside, she said. I couldnt do any of the things that wicked people do. Christopher sat for a moment In puzzled thought Look here," he went on, If you love Gerald, and Gerald doesnt love you, and you are content with the pretense of his love, and you go on loving him, and you know that you cannot be his wife, then you are not good any longer." She shook her head. There Is only once In my life, she said, that I have ever come near sin, and that is when I thought of stayihg at the farm and marrying Pierre I love Gerald. All that I need to be happy and good ls that he should love me." But Gerald does not love yon and never will, Christopher declared Gerald, at the present mobluntly. ment, at any rate, ls Incapable of a stable affection, and If he were capable of It, his people would not allow him to marry you. I do not wish him to marry ms, she declared, with a little choke in her Les-champ- s. voice. Myrtlle was suddenly tired. She seated herself upon the trunk of a tree and Christopher followed her example. Below them stretched the motley panorama of Monte Carlo, the wide bay and the glittering sea. Do you know," she said, that I have not seen Monsieur Gerald for three days? lie has been busy, Christopher answered shortly. He plays golf and tennis every day. Then his father and sister take up a good deal of his time. "You always find time to come and see me every morning, she said. Besides it was not his sister with whom I saw him motoring yesterday. Christopher braced nlmself for an effort. Myrtlle, he began, "you know that I am fond of you. You have been very kind, she answered listlessly. Because I want to be kind, 1 am going to say things that may sound harsh. he went on. "You are a very foolish girl to waste your time thinkYou ing and dreaming of Gerald. should only let your thoughts dwell upon one man continually when there Is some chance In the end that that man may become your husband. Her listlessness passed. She settled down to the subject seriously. But, Monsieur Christopher " Christopher leaned over and laid his hand upon hers. Myrtlle dear, will you listen to tfie? he begged. "Look at me for a moment. I am twenty-si- x years old. 1 have lived In cities as well as the country. In London I am what you 1 have to use call an avocat. my brains every day, I have to understand my fellow creatures. Will you get that Into your head? It Is not difficult, she assured him, I think you are with a little smile. very clever, and you know many, many things. And as for yon, Myrtlle," Christopher went on, when one tnmks of your upbringing, It Is amazing to realize how much you have read, how much you know. But listen to me. Nothing that one reads can teach one what life Is like. You 6pent many hours wondering what was at the end of the road. You think now, because you hae passed over the hill, that you are there. My dear, you are not even at the beginning of the way." some grasses and She plucked twlned them round her fingers. Go on," she whispered. What you see here Is not life. It Is not even a very wonderful reflection of 1L Mostly It Is a little company of pleasure seekers, come to cast aside for a time the serious side of life and gamble with their pleasures as they do with, their money. "But some must be In earnest," Myr-tll- e protested. "One of them who Is not In earnest Ls Gerald, and I tell you so, although Gerald Is my friend, Christopher said. He Is here to amuse himself, and lie would prefer to amuse himself without giving anyone else pain. If that Is In that Perhaps not," he replied. case you should listen to me more patiently. I want you to leave this place and go to some friends of mine In England. What, alone?" Alone." She shook her head. Christopher," she said, suddenly slipping her arm through his, I think you want to be kind to me. I believe that you are very good perhaps yoa are better than Gerald. But so long as Gerald wants me near, I shall stay. Even If he goes about with other people, he thinks of me. He has told rue so, and he has promised to take me to one of his supper parties this week. I am looking forward to it more than to anything else In the world. Christophers face hardened. You will not go to one of those supper parties, Myrtlle, he Insisted. "I would rather take you back to the farm. She turned her head and looked at him. There was something In her eys from which lie shrank something very much like hate. She saw the pain In his face and she was suddenly remorseful. She clung to his arm again. Her cheek almost touched his. dear Christopher, Christopher she pleaded, "1 .did not mean to hurt you. I know how good you are, but Just think how wonderful It would be for me to go with Gerald, to meet other girls, to laugh and talk, to sit by his side, his guest, to dance, perhaps oh, It would be paradise I Everybody else goes to parties, Christopher. I will take you to the opera, he promised. Her eyes glowed. (TO BE CONTINUED.) The Word Jovial Jovial conceals the name of Jupiter, or Jove. A Jovial person Is theoretically, at least, a person born under the Influence of the planet Jupiter, or Jove. This planet was supposed to be the most Joyful of all the planets to be bom under, just as Saturn ls the least The. word Joyful. 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