The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-29

q respectable sum. Ten dollars hs kept for his own necessities. and the rest he divided among the members of the broken company.
 The profits from the three perform ances Of Lord Bob'' paid the hotel bills for a11 and left 8 few dollars over. Jumped together there was enough to take Lillie de Lisle. Ed Bin ney, Miss St. Clare and the Winters to Chicago. leaving something to tide each one through week Nr two of idIeness.
 LfHfe, Ed and Miss St. Clare could hardly express their gratitude to Love land, and the words they said to hirn warmed his heart as it had never been warmed before. There was a queer kind of happiness in sacrificing him self for others that came as an abso'- 1uteIy new sensation to Val
 LilIie was in touch with Bill again: therefore. in spite of tho uncertain fu- ture, she was not unhappy. She had written to Bill the day after LoveIand joined the company, had sent him 2 photograph of herself and a collar for Shakespeare. the best that could be bought for 50 cents in Modunk Bill had answered to Ashvilie, and. though neither had any prospects, both had unlimited hope now that they were sure of the love and loyalty which had outliyed dtscouragements absence and unprosperous years Lill1e was going to Chicago. and Chicago might have something to offer. By and by-who could stell7-she and Bill. ''the best man she ever knew." might come to- gether: Meanwhile they could go on loving each other.
 The girl went of buoyed up with hope. and Ed Binney had friends in Chicago. He would rest q little and be '.all right" he said to Val, shaking hands oyer and over again in the mo- . ment Of koodby.
 Hill Farm. as Mrs. Loveland's place was called. lay in charming country not far from Louisville, and at noon of the day after her surprise visit to the theater Miss Dearmer's newly ap- pointed chauffeur was waiting for his employer at the AshviiIe- station.
 In his hand was the battered bag which had called forth the contempt of Jack Jacobus, and in his heart were shame, rebellion, jealousy and joy, min gled with several other emotions. none of which he could have detined-least of all the joy.
 He reminded himself that there could now be no possible satisfaction in his nearness to Lesley. She did not like him enough to believe in him.
 He had to wait for some time on tEe platform before Miss Dcarrner ap- peared. and then she came toward him alone.
 "Auntie Is saying goodby to our Ash vile friends" she explained. 'I- they're not. going to stop with us til, She train goes. thought for severat reasons it would be better not, and they quite understand Before yor- meet my aunt want, a little talk witt you l haven't told her or the others that you-that there's any connection Between you and the newspaper story about the marquis and his adventures. I said I'd met you before and was sor- xy to find now that you'd had naisfor- tunes, losing yosEr money and other things. that had put yeu into an un- comfortable position. Auntfe. was in her statefoon1 oa board ship till the last morning. and then [ didn't point y0u out to her. If she saw you at all she didn't notice you particularly. and. besides, she's very nearsighted. She knows only that you're AIr. Gordon and that to help you little I've asked you tosz act as chauffeur for a short time till you can get sonathiag bet NASL"