The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-09

my business" he added, with those Broad Street but Fl go"
 While s, were consulting time tables. Jim father, MT. Graydon, an educated and travelled and built home in the heart of the northern wild Thther he had taken his wife, and there they were still living an isolated but happy life.
 "If I have to do this outrageous thing at a11,' said he, I'm going to try to do it right.
 ply wSs Ietter saying that Jina's father was de come immediately and stop as long he wished wit5 .t5 them m,
 don, 'and my wife and daughter join in bidding yqg welcome to our woods" E
 1 sbe to hed eae5os o f 6ng 6 4 eogidn hotel veranda cluttered up with en"
 I a Went Tith @ Jim tG his his train and saw hi him off in the unpleasant thing with earnestness and de-
 Only one letter from Jim reached me during the 5 M He wros 5sf briefly A as 5;s usual ost and merely to pta1ity personifed, that he to -eturn about the middle of August.
 Jim wrote that he had returned. dropped in un- announced a day or so later and found him at,
 Ths fsw days in town had made imRrsssi9n collar looked when I found him at table just the was 1s 5y tEe wsy tI he M it. my he
 Jim, you rufian, said I, feelingiy, you're fit .Fit7" he laughed "I shoSld say amt never usee eddy Heart tesdS as Di eIoef Ions a were going to play tackle on the old team again n q believe you would" said with conviction se B gta aae a & d noy yo age to keep out of the young 1adys way?" see dsne but % the osg and eah Jim's expression His answer was impressive. but
 "The Graydons are the Lords own people, and nsESF He ietsd baf s9 5sa Suy h tie hs ear n my lfs
 bc ddy y y0uEe see aTayz I M been b [gh he fool long enough, and I'm going take life easier hereafter This town gan go hang for a while e' he Ee bst 0 a 5 hat the s2sd to . M do5 Tpsh when com
 This kind kind of talk from Jirn-practiea1 unitnag-
 ..rd like tO tell you all about it tonight Teddy, Eghty-ninth Street Odd, isn't itf Same block xs gas aPd asfa 3 m Hs said e been down town today day and the way those beggars have been 6tch D and % ho1 U Eve got them the curl up, though before get through with 'em
 Did you" inquired naliciousy, get these benevo- lent ideas in your talks with the little. Howersf"
 5"as IR s5 'f1s hS S ts f9 sx be smoother Just now, though I'm too strong be standing around loose, I need action"
 "something has happened to Jir," said I. "He is hs sou Ilsfas, lsf af vii wifi nss6 6G about .shadowed lake at evenfal1.'"
 MaFie looked at at me ns;ia in blank
 ~Ihoss TsFg his sasf words as;ured her and picture in his watch. It is the same a one on his n1antelpiece, and she's a beauty. too. Add to o kill @ PRPE rhif m o
 I'd Ehfs bseve @ 1 h eff sn n ko0E oow nd so Ee is, think Jim Chamberlain ought to be investi-
 Now, you must find out who she is" my wife con- tinued, "and if you can't, wil1.'
 She failed, however, just as I did
 summer, except the one thing we really wanted to know. Repealed hints and deft questioning were of the putchnlenp 9ingularIy etod di did win out until late in November. Then some thing went wrong in copper and he plunged into that
 saw little of Jim during this time, and whenever erence all the past summer.
 The business lust him again and deep, troubled look settled into his eyes--something that had never been there before
 There were strange moods on the man.
 Winter fell upon the land and roared up and down its streets and byways in rage of triumph.
 wildly recall the bitter day when Jim called
 Please come in this afternoon" said he, "pre-
 Night had to the city creaked through the crisp. snowy streets to Jin1s apartment Few lated dinners. In Jirn's room, Kamoto admitted me, there were lights and my friend was standing alone by the window looking out across the frozen square toward the fiery cross that blazed the sh~rf tt B5 d e 4 ta m M s e aHd Curious1y enough the of his return from the remembered the white contrast of his collar that night against his sun-tanned throat Now 1t was diff His face grave, his eyes troubled he greeted
 q glad you could come, Teddy" said he. 1T egar 9af and wsfey Make yolrse eomfortabe for want t tq talk t9 tG % yG sgey e yst and understandng It
 We sat down before the low wood fire. subdued