Show the hour 0 of Ato atonement nemen g 8 g X by PERCIVAL DEANE 0 I 1 Q 1920 astern newspaper Nw paper union fate fat had dealt warren dale an unfriendly fri e adly b blow f 0 a and die effects acts of tile the v s saime t a lingered ing e r e t to 0 harrow and discourage just past his majority lie had lett his native village tor for a busy bustling county s eat with a thousand dollars he had carefully saved uis his thought had been to start in bu burines sines in a limited way but he soon found that amount ot of capital insufficient by mischance ho he ga go t acquainted with a genial friendly acting oung man who called himself martin bearce and who ho was a stock salesman tor for a concern promoting an oil Coul company fluDY bearce soon succeeded in persuading dale that he could get jilin him some or of the stock at a bargain price guaranteed its resale within sixty days at a profit ot of fully per cent and dale handed out the money and took a temporary job to in a fruit store awaiting the promised riches one morning the newspaper contained an all account of tile failure of the oil company and the disappearance of its exploiters the suave fascinating stock salesman was aas a hoodoo long remembered by dale with ith emotions of bitterness and resentment but as time went on he tried to take hib loss less severely although his bright ambitious tire dreams ams were ere dissipated lie e plodded ou on indifferently for a year and then returned to arden got his old position and settled down to a hum humdrum druin existence persuaded that tile the gifts of fortune were not for him then came compensation durl during ills absence ti a young lady named norma layton had come to arden and lad had become an employee in its one millinery establishment what attracted dale to her was her subdued almost sorrowful nature somewhat in accordance with ills his own it was apparent that she had bad known trouble at the home she found with on an old widow lady she acted reserva and serious as though seeking its loneliness to hide from the world at large dale got acquainted with miss bliss layton and their relations were friendly and pleasant she never alluded to tier her past and dale suppressed lillone lil his sone one business experiment lie he had saved quite a sum of money and was assured of permanency of employment 1 I 1 shall never find edd a woman diore more suited to me temperamentally he so and slie she seems to be glad when I 1 come to see tier her dare I 1 tell aher her that I 1 love tier her once under the influence of love and its every impulse was toward learning ills his fate it was a lovely summer x when I 1 en lie he reached the cottage howe of f mrs wil its to be informed that miss bliss layton was somewhere in the garden and dale went thither in quest of tier her ile he heard beard voices union among some dense denae shrubbery scrubber y the tones of norma were clearly recognizable and dale skirted aas as he caught the echoes of the voice of a man it too caused him to thrill thrift conjecture and utter a subdued exclamation mation martin bearce Be larce lie he breathed ana then lie uttered a groan the man imd had gathered norma in tits his arms and kissed tier her ile fie handed tier her some papers she clung to him for a moment in a frenzied way then as he fie leaped the fence and disappeared norma went ent toward the hou house v nod and dille dale could see tears in her eyes all and hear tier her low dobbings sob bings ills his heart was crushed a cruel destiny seemed to pursue him film relent relentlessly lesly sly the same saine person alo who had robbed him of his lift little ae means had now purloined ills his sweetheart for what could be the llie ni meaning caning of those kisses and va sies except that they were lovers for a few moments hatred and jealousy rankled in the soul of dale and spurred him on to pursue arid and apprehend file swindling bearce then comprehending aing that to injure him unworthy as lie he was might crush norma lie bowed boned his head an and tried to subdue tile sorrow and despair that had overwhelmed him the next morning dale learned that miss bliss layton had resigned tier lier tit at the millinery shop and an was about to leave arden lie ile himself could riot not confine himself to 1 his I s working dut duty Y that day distracted with tile the bents of the evening previous I 1 lie 1 e wandered ali dered blout the village aimlessly until butil afternoon gild and was seated in its little park gloomily meditating when tile the sent seat beside him was as suddenly filled and norma pale and trembling extended an envelope this Is yours mr dale slie she said simply it colit contains ains with intel interest e st the money martin bearce got from you two years ago spare me the humiliation and grief of going lulo into his remissness in detail ile he tins has repented ills his nets acts while a tool for clever swindlers lers rind and last evening brought me tile lie money lie he 1 tins has made by hard work to repay lepay ul ill those lie induced to invest in the oil company but why do you appear a as 8 ills intermediary med me diary lary questioned nile dale because lie Is my brother r chioe the low toned response 1 I hill am going away then I 1 will ill follow you if the he pall lends to the ends of the earth ill exclaimed dale spontaneously 1 I came last ind eve evening 1139 to tell you how gloved 1 loved you no no my brother la Is fortunate in ft n sister finter the memory of whose great brent goodness MY turned him from his valvard vay vard course my darling w wp will not forgot forget him for he tins lina atoned hut but for rest from ybur gorrow come to rn me to me who will give YOU yon fill all of a lifes alfe g devo tion |