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fecting its mail and the delivery thereof. .
aaid a chief of division IN the Post Once
Department to a Star reporter. yet.
strange to say. though the mailing OF a
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II appears to be dificuit thing to do for
some people, as is testified to annually by
the millions of pieces of dead mall matter
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Ing opposite The Star Office
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OF business houses and retained In homes as
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omce. county and state. and the post office
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westerner once wrote letter TO the
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about to visit Boston. and asking the mayor
to tell him good place to stop at The
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my whole life, past or present, which
could not spread before her like an open
book, SO far as any fear lest 1t should turn
her against me-"
IT questioned her." Gordon said. and
she absolutely refused to give me any rea-
son for breaking her engagement. She
simply repeated over and over, have
changed my mind. Uncle Tom.' I asked
her If she had seen anybody else"
James flushed holly. What did she say
to that?"
She said, Whom could I have seen,
Uncle Toni You yourself know how many
men ! have seen here. and you know
never see men ct Annies.' There Is no one
else. You may be sure Of that. and also
sure that she still cares for you. I know
that from her whole manner. = She has
simply taken one Of those unaccountable
freaks which the best of girls will take.
Just let her alone, and the whole will
right itself. She may have got a sudden
scare at the idea of marriage itself, for
all know. I still cling to the idea that
Annie Upton has been putting ideas into
her head, in spite Of what you say Of her
GOODNESS before she went there She may
have started herself in the path. but Annie
helped her further on" 49,
"Of course, I must leave here" James
said gloomily.
Gordon started. Leave here?'
Eyes, of course. Clemency will naturally
not wish to have me a member of the
household in the existing state of things"
"Clemency will wish it. OF course you
arerg going to stay. Elliot"
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a moment the young man thought his rea-
son was unhinged. But what am I? Who Is
any man to take whip or spur to the de-
crees of the Almighty, to hasten them?"
r .She was suffering James began.
What of that? Who can say, though she
had led the life of a saint on earth, so far
as any one could see, what subtle sins OF
life itself her pains were counteracting?
Who can tell but 1 have deprived her OF
untold Joys which would have compensated
thousand times for those pains by short
ening them?'
said, looking at him uneasily.
How do you know l am morbid? Then
that other-Mendon Who is to say that I
was right even about that? It Is probable
saved your life, and possibly my own, as
well as Clemency from misery. But who can
say that death would not have been better
for both you and me than life, and even
misery for Clemency had that man lived?
God had allowed him life upon the earth.
1 may have shortened that life. He was a
monster of wickedness, but who can say
that he was not a weapon of God, and that
have not done incalculable mischief by
depriving him of. that weapon? There is
only one consolation which have with re-
gard to him; unless my diagnosis was en-
tirely at fault, he would have had that at
tack of eryspelas anyway. / hardly think l
deceive myself with regard to that, and
there is very probable chance that the at
tack would have been fatal. He had neary
lost his life twice before with the same dis
ease. That know, and do not think that
unless the poison was already in his blood,
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swollen almost to blossom ana the apple
trees had pale radiances In the glance Of
the sun. The grass was quite green, and
here and there were dandelions. Clemency
was out in the yard working in little
flower garden. as James drove in. She had
on black dress. and her fair head was
uncovered. She pretended not to see
James, but he had hardly entered the office
before she came in. Her face was all SUI.
fused with pink. She looked at him ten
derby and angrily.
Are you mr. she said. in an indignant
voice which had. In spite Of herself. soft
cadences.
mo, Clemency."
Then why do you look so?" she de-
James turned at that. 'Clemency, you
accuse me Of cruelty he said. but you
yourself are cruel You do not realize
that you cannot tell a man he is a MUIR
derer and throw him over when he loves
BY it, anu yet nave MN utterly 'hm0Se'
Suddenly Clemency was in his arms. 81
love you, love you," she sobbed. Don't
be unhappy. don't look so. II breaks my
can't marry you. but love your
II you love me, you can marry me-"
Clemency shrank away, then she chung to
over the thought Of it. can't help it, but I
do love you. We will go on just the same as
ever. only we will not get married. You
know we were not going to get married just
the same. Only don't look the way you did
this morning at breakfast"
How did look?'
AS II your heart were broken"
so 1t is, dear"
mo. it is not. love you, i tell you
What Is the need of bothering about mar
rage anyway? I am PERFECTLY happy being
engaged. Annie says she is never going to
you won't look SO any more, will you,
dearT
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CHAPTER XIV.

The confidence which. Gordon had reposed
in James seemed for time to have given
him a measure Of relief. While he never
for an instant appeared like his old self,
while the games of euchre at George ks
were not resumed, nor the boyish enjoy
ment of things, which James now recog-
nized to have been simply feverish at
tempts to live through the horrible ordeal
of his life and keep his sanity, while he
had now settled down into state Of aus
tere gloom, yet he began again to attend
to his practice and to take interest in It..
Clemency remained away for a week. Then
Gordon brought her home. She was at
the dinner table that night when James
returned rather late from a call on a far
off patient. She simply said, Good even
ing. DR., Elliot" as IL he had been the
merest acquaintance, and went on to serve
his soup. James gave her bewildered,
half-grieved, half-angered look, which she
seemed not to notice. Immediately after
dinner she went to her own room. James,
smoking with Gordon in the office, heard
her go upstairs Gordon nodded at James
through the cloud of smoke.
She has taken notion, my son." he
said. She told me on the way home that
she wished to break the engagement with
you. She would give no reason. She wish
ed me to tell you. l don't take her seri-
ously. She cares as much for you as ever.
Girls are queer cattle. She has some ut
terly unima ginable idea in her head, which
will run itself out. If were you 1 would
pay no attention to 1t. Simply take her at
her word and let her alone for little
while, and she herself will urge you for a
reconciliation. ] know the child. She sim
ply cannot remain at odds for any length
of time with any one whom she loves, and
she does love you; but she is freakish and
at times inclined to- strain at her bit. Per-
haps Annie Upton has been putting ideas
int he m N
She may have frightened her, and they
may have sworn celibacy together In the
watches of the night. Girls hatch more
mischief when they ought to be asleep.
They are queer cattle.
The trouble began before Clemency went
away" James said soberly. He was quite
pale.
II don't know. All / know is that the
very day Clemency went away she seemed
changed to me. You remember how she
called out goodbye and did not go out to
help her off as 1 should naturally have
done"
Yes, / do remember that, and I did
wonder at your not going"
II did not go because I was quite sure
that she did not wish it. She had been
mistakably that my attentions were not
welcome
And you don't know why? There had
been no quarrel?'
mot the slightest. I have not the faint
est idea what the trouble Is or was and
why she wishes to break the engagement
All ] know is that as suddenly as q
weather vane turns from west to north
she turned and seemed to have no more
use for me-"
Queer" Gordon said refiectively He
eyed James keenly. You absolutely know
of no reason?"
1T absolutely know of none. Clemency is
the very first girl about whom have ever
thought in this way. There is nothing In
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tonholes torn. It was skillfully done, so
skfilfully that no one could have declared
positively that 1t had not been done acci-
dentany In the laundry. James would not
appear at the dinner table in q soiled col
lar, and was forced to hurry out to the
village store and purchase new ones. THESE.
with the exception of the one ne put on,
he locked in his trunk. He was late for
dinner and the soup was quite cold. When
Doctor Gordon complained irritably, Emma
replied with one of her characteristic losses
Of the head that she couldn't help II. DOCTOR
Elliott was late. James said nothing. He
swallowed his lukewarm soup In silence. He
began to wonder what he could do. He did
not wish to complain to Doctor Gordon. es-
pecially as the result might De the olsmis,
sal Of Emma. and he felt that he could
say nothing to Clemency about It, Clemency
appeared at the dinner table, but she look
ed pale and forlorn.. and said good even
When her uncle asked il her head was
better, she said, "fes, thank you," In a
spiritless tone She ate almost nothing.
After dinner James had call to make,
door. He found Gordon fast asleep in his
chair, with the dog at his feet. The dog
started up at the sight OF James, put ne
motioned him down and went softly out
none in the parlor. James heard distinctly
q little sob from the parlor. He hesltateo
q moment. then entered the ROOM II was
suffused with moonlight. All the pale op-
$50
window. in little white wool house gown,
looked ghostly.
James went straight across to her, pulled
up a chair beside her, seated himself ana
pulled one of her little hands away from
her face almost roughly and held 1t firmly
in spite of her weak attempt to remove II.
Now. Clemency," he said In a determined
voice, ''this has gone quite far enough.
You told your uncle that you wished to
break your engagement to me. l have no
wish. to coerce you II you really do not
want to marry me- why. I must make the
best OF it. but have q right to know the
reason why, and will know 1t.
Clemency was silent, except for her sobs.
Tell me-" said James.
Don't" whispered Clemency.
I Tell me-"
Then Clemency let her other hand, which
contained a moist little ball OF handker-
chief. fall. She turned full upon him her
fearful. swollen face. IF you want to
know what you know already" said she In
hard voice. here 1t is. She wasn't my
mother, but loved her like one, and you
killed her."
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CHAPTER XIV.

James sat as If turned to stone. ALI IN
second he realized what 1t must be- he
let Clemency's hand go, and leaned back
in his chair What do you mean, Glenn
ency?" he asked finally. but he realized
how senseless the question was. He knew
perfectly well what she meant, and he
knew perfectly we'll that he was utterly
helpless before her accusation.
You know" said Clemency still in her
unnatural hard voice. You killed her.
Howl"
You know. You gave her more NOR
phine, and her heart was weak. Emma
overheard Uncle Tom say SO, and that more
morphine was dangerous. She might have
been alive today if it had not been for
you"
on pitilessly. You did not see Emma that
last time you came upstairs" she said,
"but she saw you. She was standing In
the door of her room, and she had no hgM
She saw you and Mrs. Blair going away
from her room, and she heard Mrs: Blair
tell you she was dead. You killed her.
want nothing whatever to do with muir
derer."
James remembered that draught Of cold
air. 1t must have come from the open door
of Emma's room at the end OF the hail.
He understood that Emma could not have
seen him coming upstairs, but that she had
seen him with Mrs. Blair at the door of the
sick room and had jumped at her conclu-
sion.
Emma knew when you went upstairs
little ajar. Emma saw you giving her a
hypodermic. And then when that did not
xiii her you gave her another. Uncle Tom
did not know. He must never know, for 1t
would kill him, but you did kill her."
James was silent for a moment. He
realized the impossibility of clearing him.
self from the accusation unless he told the
whole truth and implicated Doctor Gordon.
Finally he said, miserable enough You
don't know how horribly she was suffering,
dear. You don't know what torments she
would have had to suffer"
He knew when he said that that he in
eliminated himself. Clemency retorted i'm
mediately. "You don't know. I have heard
Uncle Tom say that nobody can ever
way, you killed her" With that Clemency
spraug I'D and ran out Of the room, and
James heard her sob. i-- y
AS for himself, he remained where he
was for long time. He never knew how
to be in a gulf of misunderstanding. from
which he could not be extricated. even for
the sake Of Clemehcy. 1t seemed to him
again that he must go away, but he re-
membered Gordons pitiful plea to him to
remain. Finally he went into his room, to
left only the coverlid on the bed. She had
stripped 1t of the sheets and blankets. He
lay down with his clothes on and passed a
sleepless night.
he looked haggard and pale. He could eat
nothing. Doctor Gordon looked at him
keenly.
what is the matter. Elliott" he asked.
Clemency gave a quick glance at him,
and her face worked.
Nothing" replied James.
you look downright H.
Il am not ILL.,
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The next morning Emma did not bring
hot water for his shaving. She usually
set a pitcher outside his door, but this
morning there was none He was obliged to
go out to the kitchen and prefer q re-
quest for some. 1T have Jest filed up the
coffee pot and the tea kettle, and guess
a malicious tone as she filed o pitcher for
him.
The water was not very hot. James had
a severe experience shaving. and HIS an
napkin beside his plate at breakfast He
did not like to apply to Clemency, whose
cold good morning had served to establish
a higher barrier between them, and who
sat behind the coffee urn with forlorn but
none the less severe look. He also did not
like to apply to Gordon for fear OF Of
tending her. It was about as bad to ask
Emma. but he finally did. in q low tone.
Emma apparently did not hear. He was
forced to repeat his request for q napkin
loudly Gordon looked up. Emma, why do
you not set the table properly?' he asked.
In q severe tone.
brought q napkin and laid 1t beside James
plate with an impetus AZ Il IL had been q
lump of lead. Presently James discovered
that he had only one spoon. but he made
and said nothing. He was aware OF
Enma's eyes Of covert, malicious enjoy
ment upon him. as he surreptitiously licked
or the oatmeal and put the spoon in his
do IL this state OF things was to continue.
It all seemed so absurd, the grievances
were 80 exceedingly petty. He could not
imagine what had so turned Emma against
him. He was even more at q loss where
she was concerned than in Clemency's
case. A girl engaged might find some fool
ish reason, which seemed enormous to her.
to turn the cold shoulder to him, but 1t was
fnconcefvable that Emma should. He had
always treated her politely, even with a
certain difference. knowing, as he did, that
she was an old and faithful servant, and as
the daughter Of farmer being, in her own
estimation at least, OF a highly superior
station to that of servants in general: He
could not imagine why Emma was subject
ing him to these ridiculous prosecutions,
had heretofore treated him ioftily, as was
her wont with everybody, except Gordon
and Clemency. but certainly she had neg
lected none Of her duties with regard to
him. Miserable as James was concerning
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Clemency. he could not but feel that II he
were to be subjected to these Incompetent
sible annoyances from Emma, life in the
house would be almost impossible. He
could bear sorrow like q man, but to bear
pfnpricks besides was almost too much to
ask. That noon. when he returned from
his rounds. he realized that there was to be
no cessation. Clemency was not at the
lunch table. Gordon said she had a head
ache and was lying down. Emma, in pass
ing James his cup Of tea. contrived to spill
1t over him. He was not scalded, but his
shirt front and collar were stained, thereby
necessitating a change, and he was in q
hurry to be gone directly after lunch.
Gordon reused himself, however. "Be
more careful another time, Emma" he said
sharply.
Emma tossed her head. Doctor Elliot
moved jest as I was coming with the cup"
she said in thin. waspish voice.
HE did no such thing" Gordon said
harshly, land If he had, it was your bust
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It would have developed so rapidly from
that slight bruse. So far as the simple
wound from the dog went, he was in no
danger whatever have that consolation in
his case in not being absolutely certain
that I caused his death; l am not even alb
solutely sure that FASTENED it by any ap-
probable time. He might have been attack
ed that very night with the disease. Still
there Is, and always will be, the sight
doubt
II don't think you ought to brood over
that, Dr. Gordon James said soothingly.
He went close to the older man and laid
hand upon his shoulder Gordon looked up
at him, and his face was convulsed. He
spoke with solemn and tragic emphasis. ut
is not for mortal man to interfere with the
ways of God, and he does SO at his own
peril" he said.