The evening world., 1912-04-11

TO knOWT
Had l bstser?" with q wis
- dom beyond her years.
mo. you had better not. I'm not Y
good man. Fortune. as criterions 70.
w slipped hero N there; I've gam
bled and drunk and squandered ms
time. Why. In my youth I waA~M
model . boy a. ever was Percival.
Who're the divaricstlon took place I
can't a There's always two forks
In the road. Fortune. and many OF us
a k tho wrong one. It's easier going.
Fine excuse. eh? Some persons would
call me n scoundrei. a b~iackleg-in
some ways, yes. But In the days to
come I want you always to remember
the two untarnished spots upon my
shield OF honor. l have never cheated
n man at cards nor run away with his
wife. The devil must give me these
merits. however painful It may DO 70
him. Ten years ago only n decade:
god Lord! It's like u hundred years
ago. sometimes"
Fortune breathed with difficulty.
Never before had he taken her into his
confidence to such extent. She essaycyI
to speak: the old terror seemed fairly
, smother her. II was not what hs
had told her, but what she wished q
but dared not ask. She was like Blue.
boards wife. only she had not this
moral courage to open the door Of the
grisly closet. Her mother. her uncle
what OF them? An. what Of them
The crooked street vanished; the roai
lwindled away; she was alone-all. all
,ione.
Il suppose I ought not 90 have told
| .,at, - ba aatl trn,.hlal M sha x,,Ia.r, h1
saw gathered In her eyes and vaguely
conscious of what had written It there
your mother and uncle have been very
kind to me. They know less OF me thar
you do. ! hav been &c them a kind OF
errand boy IA h~appy-go-lucky fellow
who checred them when they had the
loldrums."
With forced cheerfuiness he agair
took her hand and %snuggied II under hi,
arm. giving II a friendly. r~eassurtns
pat.
but n hair OF our head II more pre-
cious to me than all Midas's gold. When
ever I've thought Of you I've tried to b,
good, Honestly"
And can't you 20 back to the BEGIN
ming and start anew" TREMENDOUSLY.
Can any one go back? The movinS
finger writes. An hour IL a terrtbi,
thing when You look 20 see what car
happen In II. but. come: sermons. II
far rather see you smile, Won't your
She tried to, but 10 HIN II was saddeI
than her tears would have been.
For an hour they walked through tn,
dim and musty streets. He exerted him
self to amuse her and fairly succeeded
But never did the un%accountable fear
that presage of misfortune. sleep In he,
heart. And at last. when he took ne
to her carriage and bade her goodby I'll
dinner. a half-formed idea began I,
grow In her brain: TO save MIR. Jonel
without betraying Ryanne.
The la'ter's carriage was at the otheI
end OF the hazaars. so he strobe sullen
~ through tho press. rudely elbowinJ
those who got In his way. An occa
sionli cuSse was hung after him. bu
his he.g6', his breadth OF shoulde-. hi
covering face. precluded anything m,r,
active. TIE Moslems hai a deal o
faith In the efficacy OF curses. so tn
lostled ones rested upon tho promise O
these, satisfied that directly, or In tn
near future, Allah would has Il the un
believing dog In his tracks.
What cleverness the mother and seal
lawag OF an uncle had shown to hav
Kept the child In ignorance all thes
years! That she saw darkly. a
through a fog. he was perfectly sure
sooner or later the storm would burs
upon her innocent head, and then Go
alone knew what would become OF he,
oh, damn the selfish. sordid world
~ that instant a great longing role
over him to cut loose from all thes
evil webs, TO begin anew some wher,
even n that somewhere were but
Wilderness a clearing In q forest.
This moment flashed and Was rom