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Show III THE LOCKET If H i Dy MILDRED WHITt. Mg iivvvvv..,vvvvv.vvvvv.vvv bH KVfjrlibt. IBIS, Wnttra .S-wprr lelon.) JNB Molllc-r.llrn found the glinting thing WR In the rond which led from tho nnburb- mr 9 nn etntlon to her home. Moltln hnd m not yet tcnrucil to call home, tho hum- j bio liouso which Klicltcrcil her; but X jl It wn. the place where a'.io epent the JM hours when not engaged In Doctor Jgla Drlmson'g ofllcc. Ill Molllc-nilcn wished wistfully that Bjf Mto might know the Joy of giving com- HI fort and courngo to one brave Amcrl- Hfl can soldier. Her throat tightened nt BB llle thought of her own u.elesnc8i Bfl the only one who needed her, had gone HI And llm she enmc to the golden locket BJM glinting from the roadway. It was nn JMm ordinary round loikct, but when she opened It searching for a clew of own- HI crshlp, n soldier' faco confronted her H n fine face vlth steady honest eyes. H "To Jnne," she rend on the Inner H cover, "from her Hob." The locket's H long chain was unbroken, so It must H have slipped unclasped front "Jane's" M neck. It hnd ben "her IfobV gift, no BB doubt, before he had left fur France t Mollle-Kllen glanced up nnd down the H rond, no vehicle, no passerby was In BB sight. Slip clatpcd tho chnln nbout her BB own throat ns she hurried on; she ,SM would advertise the locket In the morn- jH Ing's paper. Kven the small amount H paid for ndrrrtlslng, would mean add- H cd economy to Molllc-Etlcn. H She found that she would only be B nblo tn Insert the advertisement occn- H slonally. Hut though she unselfishly BK persisted, no clalmnnt responded. Mol BJ Ilc-nilcn took to wearing the ornament, B hoping that It might bo recognized and H returned to its proper owner, but Bl "Hob's Jane" was evidently not In Mol Bl lle-Kllcn's proximity. The locket she fiH concluded must have dropped from H some touring cnr. So ench night ns B tho lonely girl placed It in her Jewel BM cote, sho smiled into the soldier MB eyes. B "(looil-nlght, Itob," rtie would wbls- BJ per. It wn really wonderful how com- jjH paulonnhlo a photograph could be HJ come. Molllc-nilrn rend sympathy la BJ the ryeit when sho was tired, and she jH could see humor hovering nbout the MB lines nf the soldier's mouth over Horn. BJ remembered Incident of her lny. Then "3 Mnille-I.lten made n discovery after BJ nil sho did own n soldier nnd she K must work In hi brlinlf nt tho lied H Cross rooms, muit send knltteil things M across the sen, for would not this In- M (Mir help tic nnntherl Tlmt ho was BJ "Jnnn's Iloo" mattereil not nt nil, M nrlthcr ho nor Jane should know of H her rival. 80 Mollle-I'tlen spent her H spare hours In the house devoted to Jv Itrd Cross work, nnd then overruling 'm SIollp-i:i!rii's nloofness, n fanhlon J nblo nnd beautiful worker sought her H out. She blushed with pleasure at BJ Miss Hluyvmnnt's praise. H "Vnu nrn so conscientious In yonr JB duly," Hint person remarked, "perhaps. jH like myself, you have n personal In Bj centlvet My brother is now In train H Inc." And Just ns Mollle-Ulen was Jl about to deny the implication, thr H golden locket flew open, nnd quick n gJ she wn In doling it, Mis Kluyvesanl BJ hnd glimpsed for nn Instant a soldier's H rap. H 'Ko I di rlgnt," sho lauchcd, "your H brother)" H "No " Molllc-r.llcn began coufuscil B ly, her compsulon' Interruption left Bi her sentenco unfinished. BJ "My brother Is near here In ramp. fl so wo nro fnrtuuato in seeing hi in Bl often. Why," sho broko off, "there he M l novr coming tounnl us. II 11 Is go- M Ing tn drlvo 1110 home." M As Molllo-KIIwi' slnrllnl gate fell B tiKn the advancing soldier, she longed H to hldu her nvvu burning fare, fur thn M limn wut nctunlly "llob," hlnuelf, H "Junu's Hob" of the golden locket. Ho JBJ looked down upon Mnllle-I.llcn, no SM bnoi.lKlng his Ms r4-liitroduttlon. flH as IhuuHii-J- vv'i, nwuru lit those 'iVB good-night confidence. rgi "You must let u take you home," J0J Miss rltuyvcsunt liuUtiil, and a the aH three Ilcvv along In the big automobile ' VJ Mollle I'llcn drriimnl of brlshlvr iLUr-f Bj Day pasmil nnd Miss Ht'Jyvesnnt I klndl) couilnucd the drlvtv n u mat ' ter of course nnd Mullle-Kllen knew BB that sho could return tho locket to Its f owner through Hob Htuj.ujimi'' I Hut there would be Hie hunitllutlng I fact of having worn nil this time Mm m plcluru of 11 man she had not even I known. I Hob Btuyvi"wnt, ns she met him I again, mum preoccupied, his Ktendy )J gray I'.vox were clouded, ri'llectlng trou MJ hied thought. fM "QooiMiy," hu suld, "you hnve fl been wry kind, Mr. Btuyvosnnt, but I PJ shall not be utile to keo you 11 ho In be M foro )hi mil." H "I suppoM," burst out Hob Ktuyvoa- H tint lu uinKvpocted Jietit, "Ihe fid low B you wear round In your loekot Is the H rtwMiti for thtitl Bin told me nbout H him, n I ought tu huvo kept uwuy in H the tlmt plwc but "ho laughed short H ly, "I couldn't" M snld. H "Wtiltl" erled Mulllivltllen breath litudy, idie nn Into tho house return- BJ lia with tlo UvkeU Oaspuretely sho U snapped It 0:115 before him. "I found H It," aha miir nurt'd, "and 'Jnne' did not Fg mmww my Ndvi'rtUmuHnt. You hnd III liMler tok- it tuck In her, you nre B 'her Hub,' " BJ The koi'iler kmvh nn unbelieving B whlsllo "So you'vo been uvnrlng me B nonr your hrt, Molllo-ItllNi," ho wjlfj Km nt last. "Hy Jove, If I urn ns near " . tlmt I'm gfllr.g to'sliiy." J 'Hut Jsnol" queried Mollle, Iior hands wnrdud him ofT. Hob capluml tho protesting hands, "Juno In the maiden uunt who brought 8!b an roe up," he Bald. |