The Eldorado Courier (Eldorado, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 53, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1916 Page: 2 of 8
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AUTHOR Of -VHOKRINO SMITH." "THE MOUNTAIN
DIVIDE." "STRATEGY OF GREAT RAILROAD/." ETC
NOVELIZED FROM THE MOVING PICTURE PLAY
OF THE SAME NAME PRODUCED BY THE SIGNAL
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pu>t*r gs»* mmrnm. tot ito kra*r «*'•
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••Ito tiara*if Thai man *b* rm-
marhto to Hkin*tai»4*f. k«"k* *»a«t-
ly I ito father * ol4 k**per '
' Mr ftuihi low"" witrtMil HhitjrUnd-
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*"fi<-.aua* be la tb« Mm* man '
Tba ear drew up tofor* lb* hou*«
an4 ato|>j«-4 "Wtat are you going lo
do?" aiM Helen in an u#4«no#».
' maka a rait her®*"
"Vaa," ana««r«4 flhln«*taii4«r pra
paring to fet out while a footman, run
nine down the atopa. opened the ton-
neau door tor htm "And.'* he added.
•"I a anl you lo come In alth ma"
Helen s brow furrowed • little In
perpleslix. "Hut I don I know theae
people," ib« murmured under her I
breath.
Uhlnelander »tandlnf on the ground
toM Ito ito mi mi I toa to*
PH "4M tl'toh to «a«t ai toUl,
I B | 'lg I» taaaa a H |»l il (ft »«4
•Mi ito* mm* tow**' <»•
Imm, aa •«« aa 14» tow »« 4*•
M baa u«m«4 tol i«t
IM to II* to* wti atoto to M
aa • MM* rwaiM to «• apM* *4 eti af
tota to imm bua law im ito laM I.
any a«4 •• to*« •*>•. II li at mil
Malar • <b>*4 to* 4M| *to* to «*a
• mare toy |M a*b«4 m. to tor
4a*i» tod. i<* tol after Rvl aa4 to •«
bim wtoi aa* w«»l4 bar* to* b*4
•be Il«a4 V«« Ipn • tol tor hf Iiw4
to mttt m tor taraanlMi ymifc»»«
• tol M bae" ««*• ae la mora wa«*
iton mm t»« to* aa welt aa «><*•
ibal t tot* w.a paltoM wtib bim *
II'I'a »eg*»4«4 tor frt*w4 lalewill
1toa«rto M |«M| lo plecea. " Hblne
Iaa4*r w~ai m I nwat ietl »«•
all I ba«» tol I km* e*o«gb l« 4ia
Ueaa me «ery pwk I waul la help
bim for m» ewer a eabe i«» mabe a
man of bimaeif again if b- will to
ate An4 tor ibia reaaoa ant lo
•tow bta «
data ibal bia own retail*** are pal go-
ing t« i«m bim down I «aat y»a.
• ben four friende wbom I ba«a In
«it*d are her* today, lo invito bim to
come, alao "
He aa« Ito grara look oo Helen*
face | know ibal po« don't like lo do
it It • a!u«..at an Im-Hieatbllltr to aak
you lo do II; but tor my aaka. Helen.
I wub you would '" lla Mid no mora,
but left her alone It certainly wu
rather a hitler thing fi.r her Hut »he
kn»w ah* owed mors than that to her
benefador.
Hhlnelander waa qutta right. 8ea-
grua had bwn rapidly coins to piece*
He waa conferring that day with Ward
and aith Adama. hi* acr*ant. com turn-
ing their unaucceaaful attempt to ob-
tain poaaeaalon of tha Suparatltlon
mine. The •llghtoal rnlahap to Sea-
HELEN'S RACE AGAINST TIME wh'IT.'Iha"f^iman w.UeT.iThe «her I jrua-a plana a-rred now to Infuriate
I.Ida of tha open tonne.a door for | him to a degree of anger aurh aa
A fortnight apent at the Hotel Holly- Helen, held out hla hand: "You'll And I *• DMrrr Pr**lou«ly given way to.
a'ood went very rapidly for Helen ' you're miataken." he aatd to Helen
Holmea. The princely munlflcnce of | convincingly. "You know almoat every-
her foater uncle, Arnoa Hhlnelander, j one here. And even from thoae you
don't know. I can promlae jrou a genu-
ine welcome."
"Uncle Amoa." demanded Helen.
hurrying with him up the flight of
atepa that led to the familiar veatl-
bule, and toward which Hhlnelander
aeemed hastening with unuaual en-
ergy. "what do you mean?"
"I'll tell you what. Helen, the mo-
ment you cross the threshold."
In making her again through hla gift
of a aubatantlal Intereat in the Super-
•tition mine, a young woman of large
means, had reatored her to aocial re-
aponaibllitiea. These wero hers by
right of birth and Inheritance but ahe
had been deprived of them by the un-
timely death of her father.
Nor waa her benefactor a man to do
thlnga by halves. During the time
that Helen was hla guest In the city,
ho seemed an unusually busy man. Al-
ways fully occupied, his time now was
hardly his own, so frequent were his
dashes in and out of town, and so
Her maid was at^her elbow and In
the excitement of tha little French-
woman. In her sparkling eyes and com-
pressed lips—Helen read more of the
great secret. She drew a deep breath
many his engagements. And during ; an<j standing In the big hall, looked
this time something of an air of mys-
tery surrounded his movements despite
all be could do to make them appear
as of ordinary routine Imposed on him
by hla railroad interests. To Helen's
frequent queries as to what he was do-
ing day after day. Hhlnelander re-
turned answers which no doubt seemed
to him to satisfy her. But Helen per-
ceived these were mere evasions cal-
culated to put her off and kept her in
ignorance of what he really was doing.
What ostensibly was most on his
mind was that Helen should make all
preparations for resuming a social
state of life to which she had been
for some strenuous time a stranger.
He had already restored to her serv-
ice, after diligent Inquiry, the faithful
maid with whom Helen had parted
when she left her father's house.
On the morning that Helen walked
with her maid out of the hotel and
stepped Into Rhinelander's car, the sun
was shining in a clear sky. Helen was
driven from the city rapidly north
along the Santa Barbara boulevard
until the party entered the country
familiar to her for many years—the
"Can You Forgive MeT**
canyons and foothills of the San Pablo
valley.
"Why, Uncle Amos,' she said sud-
denly, "where are you taking me?
We are getting close to Signal?"
"We are going to Signal," He re-
plied quietly.
"What, pray, are yon going to do at
Signal?" demanded Helen.
"I't« a number of things to do
there," returned Rhinelander unper-
turbed. "But I can't do them until we
get there, so why worry about It?
Rhinelander only looked straight
ahead and preserved an unruffled si-
lence: a silence that Helen, herself,
waa not unwilling to break as the car right
sped on townro the iron gates tbat • meaaenger boy appeared with
guarded the entrance to her father s » telegram for Helen. She opened it
former estate. Would It turn in there. aBd
•he asked herself, or coo tic ue on op ! Helen Holme*.
around: "Why," sho faltered, "every-
thing seems just as I left It. Am I
dreaming?" She drew her hand faint-
ly across her eyes. "What does this
mean? These furnishings — every-
thlpg! Uncle Amos," she cried under
her breath, "who lives here? What Is
It? What haa happened?"
"Helen," he took her two hands into
bis own, "this is now your home Just
as it used to be. And your old friends
are nearly all here to greet you."
A group of servants, men and wom-
en, stood at the entrance to the dining
room. They were familiar faces to the
agitated girl.
Tears welled into her burning eyes
as she looked into the faces smiling
around her.
"Annette,* said Rhinelander briskly
to the maid, "Miss Holmes wishes to
go to her room."
Like one dazed, Helen turned to-
ward the foot of the stairs but she did
not go up. Instead, she ran impulsive-
ly to Rhinelander, threw her arms
about his neck and kissed him. The
two stood for a moment In silence,
neither of them equal to speaking,
then Helen turned to Annette who
waited and Rhinelander, blowing his
nose vigorously, walked out into the
garden.
Some hours later he and Helen were
on the lawn when Spike came hurry-
ing up the drive carrying in his arms
j two little dogs. "They're for you,"
he muttered gruffly to Helen when she
asked about them. "I knew what Mr.
Rhinelander was doing all this time,"
he said, relaxing into a grin, "and I
couldn't keep up with his pace in mak-
ing presents, but I wanted to bring
you something."
"Why, these little dears are a royal
gift," insisted Helen. "Spike, you
ought never to have done such a thing.
They're beauties!"
"Oh, no," demurred Spike.
"But they are," declared Rhineland-
er. "Where did you get them, Spike?"
Spike made light of the matter.
"They didn't cost much," he said mod-
estly. "I traded an old kit of burglar
tools for the pair o' them. I thought,''
he added simply. "I might never need
the tools again—they were mostly old
models—and you might need the dogs.
That's no Joke." he Insisted, when he
saw how Helen and Rhinelander were
laughing. "Theae dogs are better than
•11 kinds of burglar alarms. And," he
nodded slightly toward Rhinelander,
'aa I've been given the Job of watch-
man on these grounds, I'm thinking
about myself, too. They'd be a big
help to me as weU aa a guard for Mlas
Helen."
Everything that day seemed to come
While the three were to-
m VM «4 |tow4 «P« to
to imi|i pisi nag. Ito IMI ito
IM»i iineil »ll *4 toM » tlatofc,
tol Ito* f**4 to* toM mn«« tor lee
la*g Is# ft* ftoae «• l*w ••
to* "
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Ito town** to* **lkit«**ini tor I tow
1*1* • 1*1# Ito geato* rnmtm tniiMft
UkuwUsto, ftxtto Itoee aa e*u a*
to ivaU. ear >»• rtotol to 4>ar*l«fe
Hpito mm • miI'I Ito ll«to«
Pt k. «to t*4 km toto *4 bia apo
i*4e tor iiiMiMM in—I tor silk
pturm aa°*i Ito miba. «a4 Ml »H«*
of au>'*n a 41*4*1*1 *4 «»pr*aamn to 4*
it«*«*4 h>* irnp*r«me ——to An4.
r«marta«Mra>Mrtrtoft ai to*lag a*«l*ri
*4 tor 4«M to toai*wk H*l*ft ban 1*4
•ear
tourm tol an *wtou«* mt toppl
••a, eaietod tor go lint am*tor
ibaa Ppia* had •**• ito tom pair
fr«*m m 4t*«aar* and • airbed with ••
iie«i mfmm sum* *4 itotr »«»b*ag«»s ml
•fferiu.n ibM *u tow**
llm»king a ng»rnt* to walk*4 do-
tal** la hi* prd*p*n*ta titorai*ly u> etor* (Worm *tood gnJlag
•fter hi* 4»periiag hear** Th* yaong
railroad man. gear* at iba mm« on
toagrw'i far*. Ik* mom«at th* Uu
t*r gr**t*d him Yon appear lo to
becoming vary friendly nub Mlsa
Holme*, h* remarked with a touch of
Insolent-*
Hiorm nr*d instantly "Why abouldn't
ir* h* demanded «uh *qual a**uranc*
" luther ambllloua.' sneerad S*a
gru*. " for a discharged locomotive en-
gineer "
"Heagrue." exclaimed Storm, bis
neck swelling In anger. "If you knew
what I thought of you, you'd b* gtad
to be a discharged locomotive engi-
neer. Ho you're Jealous, ara you?
Well. Helen Holmes I* going lo he my
wife, and If you say another word
sbout b«r or about ma." averred Storm,
without casting about for fine words.
"I'll knock your Infernal block off."
S<>agrue strode toward him In fury.
"You impudent raacal! What do you
mean by threatening ma? Get bark
to your cab and keep your Imperti-
nence to yourself."
He upbraided both the nien roundly
and dismissed Ward with abuse. Hard-
ly a moment afterwsrd. a man ap-
peared at the apartmunt door with a
note. 8eagruo opened It Impatiently
My daar Mr. Saagrus:
I shall b* at home todsy to
my frlsnds. There will to ten-
nis snd tea.
HELEN HOLMES.
He studied the note in some sur-
prise. It certainly was not overcordlal.
yet. It miKht mean an opening in a di-
rection In which he would be glad to
Itsmm Ito< to-.
• MM itoi to tod tor. HWsWi
to »e* Mil too to*tog to
toto— to im ito tostiawito to Ito *a»
«tolll M'to»4 to p*to*«* m Ito*'to*
to tong><** toe *w tor tom tomi
the tototi* g**a«* rnmtm ■aubel *M
Ike g«Mi| Stoliag imlt to gw lUtoe
• a* stool to Mil ll*m Ik* i«aHI k*»'
tot e toe toto. rms*i«g *p ipto
•topili to to toll* *ea um p<«"*4
a*4 H*to • aa last 4k»4ftiai«l lie
«ooi4 mt Miag kintol i* *H*ak let*
*r atosto Ik* entMienaie u>*»4*to a*4
tor*ea*4 to ki* *nn<a4*. Il*bi. otoe
*b* **i*>4*4 k*r baa4 aa to MM
g«M4 to aiippMl km nag Iram tor to
g*r a*4 g*** It to k.m m sbabiag
rtoto4 wiik kemitiaiirm. to «a*a*4
•ear Thla eaa to •tell* ebai sk* j
k*4 »«to*l*4. kill II eaa iim lata to* '
lo rermi tor piertpiiai***** aad pre
leadlag bol l« r«. allbmtak ab* did ,
tturn a great 4*al eke Halted tor lb*
aiaiioe e|ik togw lo a** to« guest*
i*i*n e« tba tmla
At Niaaal stalkm Herbtn* Ike M*0t.
•aa labtag aa or4*r tram Ike 41*
pelrkar
Tram Na • will wall *1 f saly Jane-
ll*e tor f»ir* 1*03 until 1:10 p. m.
Helen'* gnesis eere Arriving lo tak*
Ike local Tbe agent t»***d ike maa
uga to one aide and resumed hi* work
A bevy of pratly girl* «| t»**red at bis
• Indow Una of them lapped om tba
pan* ai d asked *hal lime It waa Per-
kins. al«ay* gallant, lold them and
•alked out on iba platform to answer
further queafloaa.
Th* local that day carried half *,
dosea bos ear*, vltk two coaches
booked on the bind and for the Signal
passengera Wben tbe train putlad In.'
Storm, with Hplk* and th* tennis 1
guests, boarded It. Saagrue. having j
driven up by machine, remained,
greatly pteaaed with th* altuatlon
The train drew away from the station J
and the agent returned to th* office
Seaxrue and Helen walked down tb*
platform.
Th* moment Perkins reacbcd bis
desk bl* eye* rested on the flimsy;
be bad forgotten to give the meeting
order for No. 8. He dashed out of
- ,*•* Ito
.« *.« *tu*»< eto
Vm mm smtf g
'1*4 4- M-4* »»
•to* npftsil -| *«• to II m4
In totog to I ls>* itoi "to «**
to to*to gto m gtoM to *•*• Hr
H * eli ngu to l'» (toi«kmg »•*•
fe«s* ear Msm to *-**a*-4tot Ito.
M tee 4 *wif to gtoag to |to toto.
I tell k-ei' to
t awtlltog to seto m-re use Ikto
in*4 to npra ik* *er tor to gto «•*.
Itoagre* «aegkl a*r arm "Iwtoll
|s" k* 4*«i»i*4
"| mil ga' sk* rrto4
Mr* to ««*M itoisln tor to*
lamped eel mt Ik* re# tod I eram*
•••flly to Ito *44* mt Ito k»4#S
rerakt koi4 el It Th* •**! mom*to
Storm's srm shot out. Tbe next mo- door> ihoutlnf valnl). ^ter the dl8ap.
ment the two men were engaged In •
pit dud battln. Spike, at a distance,
saw the mix-up. ran to Helen to warn
ber of the disturbance and hastened
•way to separate the pair.
Helen. In her excitement, started af-
ter Spike. Rhinelander and others fol-
lowed. Storm and Seagrue were at
It hammer and tongs. The men tore
them apart. 9torm. furious at his en-
; V:
Seagrue Again Attempted to Interfere.
th* toy road?
The great gate
were wide open aad
Helen wa* net left long
•l«rai.
Win to en Lee*
GEORGE STORM.
Helen'* face reflected tbe
. Appnreatlr Hhlnelander* the new* gave ber. sk*
gain advantage and he c^cided at once
that he would accept. He gave or-
ders for the trip to Signal, resolving
to drive out, and told Adams he was
to accompany him. They left the room
together a little later and getting into
a new roadster, started for Signal.
Spike, in the meantime, had gone to
the station and was talking to the
agent when the local passenger pulled
In and Storm got off, saw Spike and
the two left for the house.
It was a delightful moment when
Storm greeted Helen and Rhinelander
under the old oaks. The young rail-
road man seemed bubbling over with
happiness and Rhinelander, perceiv-
ing his great anxiety to segregate
Helen for a little talk, summoned Spike
and left the couple to themselves.
Storm led Helen to the shade of one
of the big trees. "I was coming up to-
day, anyway, Helen," he began, "even
if I had not got your note. You know
what I have been doing for two weeks
—about five men's work."
"I know," returned Helen happily,
"but the best of It is. you are equal
to IL"
"I'm not so sure of that. But I do
know it baa been the hardest two
weeka' work I have ever done in my
life to keep away from you." He looked
at ber evenly. Her eyes fell under his
gaze. "I think you realize, Helen." ke
went on, speaking rapidly and not nl-
ways connectedly, "how I've felt to-
ward you for n long, long time. The
trouble haa been. I've never feK In n
position to spenk until now. Yon
know I love you; I think yon under-
stand why I've held my peace I had
nothing. It seemed to me to offer yon.
Bat Mr. Rhinelander ha* pnt sse In •
position where I need no kmgar to
afraid or oMIged to keep mOtmem. I
it to nak yon. Helen, to to ay
emy but held back by Spike and Rhine,
lander, launched a terrific abuse at
Seagrue and did not choose nice words
in denouncing him and his conduct.
Indeed, his anger was so uncontrol-
lable, and to Helen's mind his lack of
restraint before her guests so inex-
cusable, that she upbraided Storm se-
verely for his Intemperate language.
Seagrue, dusting his hands with his
handkerchief, already had himself un-
der better control. It was his oppor-
tunity to take advantage of Storm's
natural but extreme indignation, and
he made the most of the moment by
professing to Helen to excuse Storm's
fury, but blaming his bad temper for
the disturbance Storm, himself,
cooled down by Spike, now tried to
make his apologies to Helen.
But Is was too late. Helen would
not listen to him, and, turning away
with her guests, left Storm with no-
body to sympathize with him but
Spike.
Reaching the tennis courts, some of
■the guests took up the play, while
others, looking back toward the scene
of excitement, saw Helen coming over
with Seagrue and Rhinelander. Reach-
ing the courts. Helen, Instead of stop-
ping, paased on with Seagrue. Two
men watched them walk away with
particular Interest: Spike, who seemed
deeply concerned with the awkward
situation, and George Storm, who now
began to feel the full force of Helen'*
disapprobation.
For an hour she moved among her
guests, accompanied a good part of the
time by Seagrue To tell the truth.
It was not wholly by her own desire.
An her Indignation cooled she began
to consider that her lover had some
grovnto for hi* ungovernable outbreak
an4 Ito explott* tn wklch Seagrue bad
flgored tn the endeavor to do tor aad
pearlng train. Seagrue stopped bim.
"Wbat's tbe matter?'
Perkins was bardly able to speak:
"I overlooked an order. Unless we
stop tbe local, she will crash Into
Number Eight at tbe Junction."
Helen, who understood the emer-
gency better than Seagrue, caught her
companion's arm: "Wo must catch
that train," she cried, "or there'll be a
terrible accident."
"What do you mean—catch It?" de-
manded Scajvvw. ."I'm no sprinter."
"In the machine—the machine,"
cried Helen. 'Don't lose an Instant.
We may be too late."
Seagrue, whose mind did not work
aa quickly, lost a precious moment In
asking questions. Then agreeing to
what she declared must be done, the
two hurried to the house, boarded
Seagrue's car and started rapidly down
the highway after the local.
After crossing the hill north of the
village of Signal, the highway parallels
the railroad for some distance. The
local englneman, Intent only on main-
taining his schedule, was lumbering
along at fairly good speed, when he
saw the fireman on the other side of
the cab leave his box and walk back
Into the gangway. A motor car oc-
cupied by a man and women and driv-
en rapidly along the road, was over-
taking the engine. The fireman sur-
mised they were giving the train
race—not an unusual thing along that
particular tangent. But these racers
waved frantically at him. Thinking
they were Jesting, the fireman waved
back In turn.
"We never can stop them!" cried
Helen. "That man thinks we're fool-
ing. You must run ahead of the train,
and get over on the other side where
we can reach the engineer."
With a terrific burst of speed, the
motor car pulled ahead of the fast
moving engine and taking the track
like a hurdle, crossed to the right side
of the engine. For one moment the
lives In the motor car hung narrowly
In the balance; the hind wheels
missed the pilot by only the fraction
of a second. Helen tried to cry out
her warning to the engineer. But he,
mistaking her intent as the fireman
had done, grew angry at what ap-
peared to him a crazy Joy ride. He
refused to listen or look any longer
toward the motorists, but waved them
contemptuously off, calling them round-
ly for their idiocy and sitting down
again to hi* throttle.
Half mile beyond where Helen and
Seagrue were now speeding, the rail-
road and the highway part company
abruptly and all hope of making the
engineet stop came to an end. As tbe
train pulled away from the road, the
motor car waa halted and Seagrue and
Helen got out Helen felt keenly dis-
tressed. but of a sudden she remem-
bered Burnet Bridge. She whirled on
8eagnie: "We can beat them to Bur-
net bridge, this side of the Junction!"
"Come on," cried Seagrue. "If we're
to do that, there'* no time to waste.
Into the car!" He sprang in after her
and away tkey went on the new hope.
Aboard th* train, no on* had any
idea of the excitement outside. Storm,
upset by the outcome of the day. waa
talking wltk other* In the coach and
*o absorbed that h* caught no sight
of Helen on tha vanUhing highway
Bat by pressing their car to the utaKMt
•peed, she aad Seagrue reached Bur
net krtflg* ahead of th* train. Prom
wker* tkey stopped tkey could ara th*
■moto mt tto local.
I!
Helen Dropped to th* Top of thm
Local.
the local dashed through below and
Helen Jumped to the top of the bog
car underfoot.
Scrambling up from the deck she
ran to the end. hurried down the side
ladder and getting between the two
cars, she cut off the air and pulled the
pin.
The train, torn abruptly In two, sep-
arated, the head end jerking on toward
the Junction crossing, just ahead,
^bile the bind end slowed down. Num-
ber Eight had already whistled for the
Junction and as the front end of the
parted local dashed over tbe frogs, the
heavy passenger train swept swiftly
across almost at right angles to It.
Past as it went, its observation car
barely cleared the hind end of the
local as this followed over the cross-
ing In pursuit of Its severed head.
The local engineer, looking back,
saw what had happened and applied
the air. As he slowed down, the pas-
sengers now awoke to what had hap-
pened, turned out of the coaches and
ran forward. Helen fell fainting from
the side ladder; she lay unconscious
on the ground as the passengers
crowded up.
Seagrue, who had followed to the
Junction in his car, ran toward Helen,
but as he approached, an arm shot
out before him as a barrier. George
Storm whirled him half way around
and himself kneeling, lifted Helen
from the ground.
Dazed by her fall and opening her
eyes slowly on her surroundings,
Helen—while Storm anxiously asked
If she was hurt and reproached her for
leaving him—gradually pulled her
senses together.
"Take me away, George," she mur-
mured faintly. "Who are all these
people? What has happened?"
At Storm's elbow, while he tenderly
cared for and redoubled his efforts to
revlv^ Helen, stood Spike, like a
watchdog. He kept the circle of pas-
sengers from crowding in and when
Seagrue again attempted to interfere.
Spike escorted him over to his ma-
chine and invited him in such un-
mistakable terms to continue his Jour-
ney that Seagrue thought best not to
rouse Spike's anger further.
Returning hurriedly to the focus of
interest about Helen, Spike continued
to push the passengers back. When
Helen spoke to Storm again, an she
soon did, she was able to rise to ber
feet and those passengers who re-
fused to leave the young couple to
themselves were hustled away by
Spike to give privacy to the little
scene being enacted between Helen
and Storm In the foreground.
"I am desperately aorry, Helen, I
forgot myself this morning." George
waa saying to his offended sweetheart.
"I know I ought not to have given
way, but when that fellow apoke to
me as he did—after all bis meanncra
—I felt as if nothing but a good kent
Ing-up would do him Justice. 1 forgot
you in it. Helen—that's all. Can *wi
forgive m*?"
She looked up Into his eyes Weetk-
er he found forgiveness there or not.
he ooold detect nothing of aeger:
"Take me home, George." she **!d
•orrowfully. I'm awfully brul*e< ap.-
"You've nothing on me at tot"
laughed Stonu. He slipped hi* aa4
into the pocket of kla waist coal and
drew out her ring. "Before w* tot
Helen. 14 totter pot tht* tack «*«•
tt belongs- Taking her anrwt- lag
Bag«r into kla own. to slipped th ay
•■rat ring orar R again.
(TO M CONT'Nl KDj
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