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- THEY MADE 1T REAL =

For a moment Hadley hesitated.
but Marjorie raised her full red Inns
to his and his arms went about her
at their touch. One arm remained
around her as he raised his head.
and the clergyman regarded them
approvingly.
THAT is BETTER" he announced
1T makes my 1550th marriage. We
were just in time,'s he added. as the
train began to slow down for a sta
ton.
Men In uniform appeared at eth
er door Of the carriage and one Of
them sprang inside to grapple with
the mailman There was a sharn
tussle, and he was borne struggling
from the compartment.
A man with an air of authority
fingered for a moment.
Broke down from overwork." he
explained. "Balmy about marrying
He's married the cook at the asylum
to more than 100 men. It's all right.
A marriage without license or wit
nesses don't go, so don't be'worried."
I'm not worried-any more" ex-
planned Tom, as his hand closed over
Marjorie's, and the smile she gave
him assured him that all was well.
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So matters stood when Miss Tyson
was moved to take an interest in
1.-THE Diving Girl" Her mother had
already chaperoned her to lunch
in the tiny cabin as the boat lay at
the dock, and after lunch there had
been a little spin about the harbor
on the surface, but Mrs. Tyson firm
~ declined to make the underwater
venture and CARING regretfully re-
turned to the dock.
But Belle had caught the fever and
in the end she carried her point.
Mrs. Tyson gave grudging assent
to the trip and CARING, filled with
citation, helped her down the narrow
hatchway and gave her place in the
coming tower.
Belle gave one little cry of fright
as the hatch was made water tight,
but the placid movements of the crew
as they went about their work reas-
sured her and she gave herself over
to the novelty of the situation.
For a while they SKINNED the sur
face, then, at a command the diving
fins were brought into play and they
began to sink.
Il thought that we were to stay on
the surface of the water" she said.
Carvings face grew grave.
We are going DEEPER" he said.
"The pilot must have misunderstood
the order"
He turned to the man at the wheel
and it needed only the sight of his
face, growing white about the tight
ly closed lips, to realize that some
thing was very wrong indeed.
Let's get down into the cabin"
CARING suggested. "If we are going
to dip the captain will need the place
to himself. We can come up again
when it gets interesting"
He led the way to the tiny saloon
and sat quietly chatting with the
girl, while from his point of vantage
he watched the captain vainly work
ing at his levers.
The boat was provided with wheels
to run. upon the bottom when neces-
sary. Presently CARING felt the i'm
pact as the bottom was reached and
slipped into the tower again.
What is the matter?" he asked
in low voice. Cant you raise herr"
Something is wrong with the de-
flecting blades" was the answer.
THE port blade appear to have be-
come damned by some floating stick.
I can't get it up. If raise the othor
1t will simply make us turn turtle"
'Is the rudder clear?" Carling's
voice was as even as though he were
asking about the weather.
81 think it isl was the answer,
though we have been going straight
ahead. l think that now we are on
the bottom it would we'll to run
in a circle back to land"
CARING nodded his approval and
called Belle to come into the tower.
"'If you want to make a submarine
SKETCH he said, with little laugh,
"I'll step outside and ask the fishes
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pered. at would make such scene.
We must humor him until we come
to station"
I'm willing to humor him to the
point of getting married." he said,
cheerfully. tits your fault that we
were not married long ago."
Thine passes" reminded the mad
man, mildly. You delay the serv-
ice, my children"
1--WE have decided to wait until
we reach the next station" began
Tom, pleasantly. eff you will wait
until we arrive there you may mar
ry us in the waiting room"
The mild blue eyes blazed and the
placid features were contorted by
anger. With snarl the clergyman
precipitated himself upon Tom.
The attack was SO sudden that
Hadley was taken unaware and his
arms were kept by his side while
the long, slender fingers closed about
his throat.
Marjarie could not pass the two
men to reach the bell cord and for
moment she covered in her seat,
then she shook the clergyman by the
shoulder.
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1--WE do want to get married now, :"
she said. PLEASE let him go so that
the cermony may be performed at
once. Please, please stop"
The light of madness faded from
the watery eyes and the suave, pre-
fessional manner returned as he sank
into the seat opposite and drew out
a well-worn prayer book and opened
1t at the marriage service.
Once he began the words of the
ritual, his entire manner changed.
His face gained q new dignity and
he read the beautiful lords of the
ceremony as Marjorie had never be-
fore heard it read.
The hand that lay passive in Had
ley's trembled with emotion and as
he slipped upon her finger the signet
ring he had always worn upon his
own she shuddered convulsively.
She loved Tom. Only a foolish
pride was keeping her from confess
ing her fault and granting forgive
ness. This ceremony seemed SO real
that it affected her strangely.
The madman closed the book and
beamed upon them.
You will kiss the BRIDE" he said,
mildly.
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v APT. TURNER had leave of alb
sence for three months, but
y he had enough private bust
ness down on Long Island AID

IA m ARJOIRE regarded her COM
M panion with frank curiosity.
1t was her first ride alone
in an English railway train
and she had heard many stories of
gentlemanly looking persons who
murdered men and women for their
valuables.
But this clerical looking man in
the seat across from her did not APP
pear to be dangerous, and she set
tied herself to the book. 1t was less
than two hours to Graham Towers.
Surely nothing much could happen.
There was cord running through
the compartment that was to be pull
ed in case of an emergency. This
afforded a certain sense of security,
though she did not like the English
plan of shutting off each half-dozen
persons in a separate cross section
of a car.
She was sorry that she had not
gone second class. There were more
passengers travelling in that way.
Then there came the noise of doors
being shut and porter in leather
waistcoat held the door Of her com
partment inyitingly oren. Another
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union of two loving hearts?"
Toms paper was flung into the
opposite seat and he moved over be-
side Marporie.
"You are annoying this young
lady," he said, savagely. "Sit back
in your seat and be quiet"
The clerical person regarded him
with sorrowful air. my dear young
friend" he said, shaking his head
sadly. mot for the world would /
cause this fair daughter annoyance,
but l cannot see her sit sorrowing
when 1t is in my power to bring her
great joy. For it is written that it
is not good for man to be alone. You
are married?"
II don't see what that has to do
with it," said Tom.
you are destined to be the spouse
of this BRIDE" explained the other.
Behold, she sits weeping. saw the
tears in her eyes. They are for her
sorrowing single state. Here and now
we may make her happy. My chill
dren take each others hands,"
Tom looked up in search of the
emergency call, but Marjorie caught
him by the arm. Don't" she whis-
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fifty previous occasions, and all was
going we'll when a wheel dropped in
to a hole, and the two were thrown
out. =
The passengers had just picked
themselves up and ascertained that
they had suffered only a bruise or
two, when the soldier came whizzing
up. OF course he stopped and offered
his aid.
The aunt looked to Edith, ont
Edith turned her shoulder end NUT
/ tered something about walking hons
and sending the chauffeur after the
| machine.
Then aunt Susan had to say: "If
you would only be so kind, sirl" and
| the captain with the help. of two
| farmers who came along, righted the
auto and found that it could be run
home under its own power. Aunt
Susan was profuse in her thanks, but
Miss Edith only slightly bowed her
acknowledgements.
81 thought you had some manners
about you'll" exclaimed the chaperon
as they were homeward bound. after
all his trouble, the gentleman de-
served something more than the Icy
bow you gave him."
"Aunti, when you have seen as
much of the world as have" sage
ly replied the 19-year-old girl, you
will know how to read men better.
That gentleman simply wants to fiirt
with me, and l shall not encourage
him in the slightest"
The red spots on the auat's cheeks
enlarged and became more vivid, and
her teeth made grating noise, but
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:. UNDER THE SEA

rise, tilt the fms so that they point
up and we are forced up, just as an
aeroplane or kite rises in the air."
And the trouble is that we can
not rise, because the fms are damned
DOWN."
"Only one, but If we raised the
other 1t would simply make up roll
over and over"
And the fin is like this?" She
held the card at the angle he had In
dicated. CARING nodded his head.
Suppose that we should back up?"
| she asked. CARING sprang to his feet
and rushed to the hatchway.
Full speed astern, captain" he
called. 'I think Miss Tyson has dis
covered what we should have known
ourselves"
The bell in the engine room clang-
ed four times and CARING pressed his
face against the glass.
Were making it, he called ex-
citedly. I'VE are leaving the bottom
rapidly. It's funny that none of us
thought of that scheme before. We
shall reach the surface in ten min
utes."
His prediction was verified Ten
minutes more and The Diving Girl
shot to the top of the sea and lay
sparkling in the summer sun. CARING
forced open the hatch and helped
Miss Tyson to the deck. Curiously
they peered over the side and saw
the crooked stick that had been
wedged in between the side of the
boat and the fin.
A man was sent into the water to
release it, and after a half hour OF
diving he succeeded. Then, on an
even keel once more, they started to-
ward the shore, two miles away.
! As they reached the dock, CARING
turned to Belle. II have learned two
things this afternoon" he said, as
he caught her hand. 1.-THE first was
how to get out of a scrape on the
bottom of the sea and the other
WAS to always carry two CONF
| passes when you have a wom..l
| aboard?" she asked, with laugh.
Something far more important
than that" he said, tensely. 81 have
learned what love u.s."
THAT is not love-" sho said. "It is
| only admiration for common sense"
mot at ALL" he denied. Before
that l realized that l loved you. 1t
was when you met danger face to
| face and were not afraid"
Because l was with YOU" she said
softly, as she turned her head to look
out over the sea.
"Will you always be with me.
BELIEF" he asked. II have found the
woman l love and l want her."
LET. us go and tell mother that
we are home" she said, simply.
THAT we are home and that--we
have found each other"
cat the bottom of the sea-" he
added, with a laugh.
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be no sudden falling in love. If you
plan any elopment I shall surely
Illustrate 1t. l shall look for you to
assume a naughty demeanor and give
all men to understand that you are
the daughter of Judge Eldridge."
Edith Eldridge was indignant at
this threatened espionage, but she
was rather noted for her wisdom, and
instead of getting red in the face
and declaring she would never sub
nit, she assumed such docile and
obedient attitude that aunt Susan
was surprised at her easy victory.
Right away after luncheon they
took the train for the city to look at
some bargains in shirt waists. The
station agent was a rather good
looking young man, and on several
occasions he had had something to
say to the judge and his daughter
something not exactly connected with
selling tickets or checking trunks.
But as for anything approaching a
Irritation in the slightest degree that
was all nonsense.
The aunt was given the money to
buy the tickets, and when she looked
her surprise Miss Edith quietly said:
"He might try to fiirt with me,
and l should have to snub him."
Capt. Turner was there among the
passengers. When aunt Susan drop
ped the money on the floor, he sprang
to pick it up. When she dropped
one of the tickets on the floor, he
restored it. When they had boarded
the train and Miss Edith tried in
vain to raise window, it was the
captain who raised the obstinate
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pulling through the yards. Tom went
over to the other side of the COM
partment leaving a wide seat be-
tween them, and became immersed
in the morning paper.
Marjorie read on with flushing
face, but when the train at last left
the metropolitan district and reach
ed the country OF green meadows
and hedges dotted with odd looking
cottages, she laid down her book and
glanced out of the window at the
rapidly changing scene.
England was still new to her; new
and wonderfully beautiful. Even the
fact that she had not taken the trip
as she had intended in the role of
Mrs. Hadley had not spoiled the
charm, though she wondered what
Tom might be doing here.
my young friend, did you ever
contemplate matrimony?"
Marjorie's book fell to the floor
with a crash. The clerical gentle
man was staring at her from across
the narrow passage with cleaning
eyes.
What is more beautiful to con-
template" he went on. "taan the
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was bounding up the steps, and
f1inging open the front door,
In the sitting room, to the left of
the hall, sat two women, tied to
their chairs, and in the dining room
beyond three men were packing up
the household silver and pausing now
and then to sip of the judges best.
There was just moment of hesita-
tion and then the soldier appeared
before the trio.
He had a revolver in his hand, but
he used 1t only as a club. The. fell
lows went topping over before they
could understand what had broken
loose.
Then the women were united, the
cords used to bind the others, and
when all was finished the soldier in
quired If he could be of any help.
Aunt Susan coughed and gulped and
choked up and could not answer.
Edith looked her full ii the face and
asked:
"Auntie, may l fiirt enough with
this gentleman to answer his ques-
tion?"
you may fiirt-you may fall in
lOVe-yOu may elOpe-yOu may get
married." was the sobbing answer,
as the dear old Puritan laid her head
on the table.
The judge and his wife just now
are very friendly toward the captain.
who has had his leave extended, and
Edith has lost so much of her
haughtiness, and so seldom snubs
the man in blue, that she seems much
like her old self.
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sash first, and his hat next.
why didn't you thank him in
stead of bowling so coldly?" whisper
ed the aunt a moment later.
Because my role is to be one of
naughty indifference. That man
needs only the slightest encourage
men to try to f1irt with me-"
1t seemed as if Providence was
with the soldier that day, while fate
was against him. AS they left the
train Edith dropped her bag and he
picked it up. AS the two ladies en-
tered a cab, the horse took fright
and would have bolted If the captain
had not sprung for his head.
Aunt Susan tried to humble her
thanks, but the girl drew herself up
stiffly and gave the cold glare.
HE will certainly think you have
no breeding" protested the aunt as
they were driving downtown.
He will simply realize that l am
a girl who cannot be tempted into
an elopment," was the cutting re-
joinder.
Capt. Turner had not been seeking
an opportunity. He was no such man
as that. Events had come along ma
turally, and he hadn't expected any
ELUSIVE thanks, but he was nettled
a bit by the naughty Indifference
shown by the young lady.
Two days later while he was go
ing over to Jayville in an. auto he
had hired for the season and was
running himself, he came upon
scene by the roadside. Edith and
her aunt were out in the judges
auto, which the girl had managed on
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rent from the river will take u.s."
And my absurd fright may mean
that we shall run out to sea?"
It won't be as bad as that" he
assured her. I'VE shall find our way
IN somehow, only 1t will take longer
than you anticipated and It is as
well that you should know 1t now as
In the course of couple of hours. =
CARING watched her narrowly. II
she became historical, the men would
lose their nerve. At best, it Is not a
pleasant position at the bottom OF
the-sea. Should there be a panic, all
hope would be lost.
But Belle was made of sterner
stuff.
81 think will go back to the
cabin" she said. quietly. II suppose
that there will be air enough for the
trip"
"Airsin plenty" he assured.
"Then there is nothing to worry
about" she said, calmly. ''It merely
means that we shall be late to din
ner."
He offered his hand to help her
down the short ladder into the salon
and as the cool, slender fingers closed
over his, he bent forward and kissed
them.
Forgive me-" he said, as she
frowned slightly. ut was a tribute
to your gameness. It would take very
little to alarm the men. Your calm
ness is most reassuring."
Suppose we play cards?" she sug-
gested. at won't keep our minds of
our troubles, but 1t will be an out
ward indication of an inward calm -
It was a game that CARING will
never forget. The electric light
swinging overhead cast weird shad-
ows against the wall and he stared
at it in fascination as the game pro-
crossed.
Belle was apparently as cool as
though they were playing in the ho-
tel parlor, and now and then laugh
rippled out as CARING played the
wrong card.
ct is taking rather long, is II
not 2" asked Belle at last. 81 hope we
shall not be kept out after dark. You
can't see the bottom to judge then.
CARING shuddered at the sugges-
ton. If they should stay until the
sun set, the ocean floor would become
.obscured and they might get so far
out to sea that return would be I'M
possible.
Eve shall have to get in before
dark" he said. Eve must make land
before g."
"How do you sink the boat?" she
asked with sudden interest. CARING
held out the card he was about to
play.
''When the fins are level, like
this" he explained, "the boat keeps
on a level keel. If we want to sink,
we tilt the front end of the fin down
and that forces us under water. TIC
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~ APT. TURNER had leave of alb
sence for three months, but
~ he had enough private bust
ness down on Long Island AID
IN New York to keep him busy.
He had purchased country home
for his widowed mother, and that
had to be fixed up. There were many
things to be bought in the city and
a dozen friends he had to look up at
their various clubs. Thus it hap
pened that he took the train into
town almost every day, and at night
took the train out again.
Judge Eldridge lived at the next
station below, and the judge had a
lovely daughter named Edith. She
and her father or mother often took
the train into town and back again,
but the reason that the captain did
not catch sight of her during the first
week was because Judge Eldridge and
his wife took trip to Europe and
left her behind in the care of aunt
Susan, the judges sister, who had
come on from Pennsylvania to act as
guardian and chaperon.
Aunt Susan was an old-fashioned
woman, with old-fashioned notions.
The day that the Judge and his wife
departed and Edith was all dressed
to go out automobiling she called
her into the library and said:
"My dear, you must realize that
things have changed. Until your
parents return you will be in my
charge. There is to be no more f1irt-
ing with the young man at the rail-
road station. There IS to be no more
flirting on the train. There is to
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TT was characteristic of CARING,
that when others of the smart
set turned their attention to the
ballooning fad, he should pur-
chase a submarine boat.
When automobiles became the
craze, CARING took to pedestrianism,
just to be different; and when his
friends sought to soar through the
air, he at once went to the other ex-
IRENE. Ballooning was fad ex-
pensive enough in all reason, but in
submarine boating he was not likely
to have many imitators, even among
the very rich.
His boat, The Diving Girl, was
feature of Newport life until the
Sunday papers began to send photo
graphers to follow its cruises, then
CARING slipped away down the sound
and presently found himself in more
southern waters.
He selected as his new port an
unimportant resort on the lower Jer-
sey coast, and here he found not only
privacy but Belle Tyson. After the
first week the discovery of Miss Ty
son was a matter of far greater mo-
ment than the location of good sub
marine station.
She was little like most of the
girls he knew. There was a dash and
nerve about her that delighted Car
ling, and when she had defeated him
at golf, in a swimming race, and at
billiards, he conceived a vast respect
for her.
There was nothing of the tomboy
about Belle Tyson. She was essential
ly feminine, with more than her share
of good looks, but she found a joy
in living and she loved outdoor
sports.
The target of scheming mothers
ever since he had left college, Car
ling had grown to hate the very sug
gestion of matrimony and the more
the mothers delicately urged upon
him the necessity for : mistress for
the CARING town house and his half
dozen country places, the more de-
termined was he that he should not
be landed upon any line baited with
a pretty girl.
In Belle Tyson's matter-of-fact ac-
ceptance of his devotion she uncon-
sciously made her strongest appeal.
She was an artist with a fair reputa-
ton that was constantly growing.
Her pictures brought her in more
than she needed to supply her modest
wants and to her Christopher Car
ling was no more matrimonial pros
pect than Teddy Hitesman down for
his two weeks vacation from his
bookkeeper's desk.
So unusual was Carvings feeling
that he could not positively identify
it as love, and so he paid his court in
competition with Hitesman, and the
clerk had rather the advantage of
the multimillionaire, since CARING
had never before found it necessary
to exert himself to be entertaining.
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assuringly. I'VE have another COM
pass. It will only take moment to
get 1t in place."
He looked at the captain as he
spoke and the man shook his head.
I'VE shipped 1t back to town to be
fixed" he reminded. "You were not
using the boat for couple of weeks.
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to remain quiet willis you work.
They are not used to posing. though,
and you may find them bad models"
Look at that fish," she cried, as
a huge, dark bulk doomed in front of
the glass Apparently the finny in
truder regarded the window of the
tower as an aperture. for 1t swan d.
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tween them. The man was told to
come on, but he continued his way.
The captain and the auto turned
in at the lodge and made for the
front door, and the machine had not
yet come to halt when the soldier
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rectly at the glass, humping his nose
against the front.
Belle started back with little cry,
and as she did so her foot slipped
upon the iron grating and she fell
against the compass post. The glass
broke and fell to the box, a frag-
ment bending the needle pin beyond
usefulness.
''It's all right" said CARING, re-