The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-08

OF DOtn sexes. hang Saluted them Win
a triumphant hail i've brought him.
Now, you broker man. I'll bet you so
he can beat you. best two out of three
sets
Katherine rose and came forward to
meet them. Gregg accompanied her,
almost with the air of a host, it seem
ed to John They greeted the new
Corners cordially. Katherine with such
Il notable absence of constraint that
John. who had nerved himself for an
ordeal, was rather heavily let down
He could almost have believed that she
had forgotten the ride home under the
October moon.
1t was undeniably pleasant to loli
Iuxuriously in the comfortable wicker
chair. watching the play of animated
young faces, from whose freshness
neither work nor worry had subtract
ed against the background of green
sward and towering shrubbery Occa-
siOnaIly he tossed a light word on the
eddy of conversation. He noticed that
when he spoke all, especially the men,
showed interest. That too, was pleas
ant
Later Gregg reminded him of the
promised match, and when they had
donned flannels it was played John
lost although after the first set he
gave his opponent Il hard game. Gregg
proved a generous cOnquerOr, finding
more excuses for his lucky victory
than John could have devised. The
latter enjoyed every point. especially
when Haig. grumbling something about
a thrown match" paid his bet. Aft
| erward, in the physical contentment
consequent upon hard exercise and a
good Tubing, he stayed to dinner. a
very gay. informal affair served on the
| terrace by candlelight John was al
most regretfuI when the time came to
| leave
| Late that night, going over the day,
! he found that he had talked great
| deal with Katherine, but never alone.
| He was leaving.
II am very glad you came" she said
brightly You will come again?'
And | am glad. certainly SHALL
! Then it was he thought he caught a
| question Pickering momentarily in her
| eyes. But the question, if there at all
save in his imagination, was gone be-
fore he could make sure.
He.was silent during the drive home
ward. and Haig. busily humming the
| pilgrims chorus motif, did not try to
| interrupt his thoughts.
Haig's parting shot as they separated
was, Now I've shown you the way,
| go up there often. You'll be a brighter
and nobler man for it."
John went, not often and always in
Haig's company, it is true, but often
enough to keep burning brightly the
| fires within him.
If Johns love affairs remained in
statu quo those of another advanced
at least to climax Amid the cares
of banking and trusteeships War
rem Blake found time to contribute to
the gayety of the ridge-that is to say,
he was frequently to be found on the
| Hampden terrace, an inconspicuous.
often half forgotten listener to the
| nimble gossip and badinage Had he
been more obtrusive it is probable that
| he would have been snubbed into stay
| ing away But one does not greatly
resent the attentions of a shadow, and
one day he proposed to Katherine and
was rejected.
why don't you marry John Dun
| meade?' he asked abruptly
/ She turned on him angriIy. War
rem, That is an
| San impertinence," he interrupted
again evenly. You will allow me this
1 time. I'm not likely to bother you
| much again. You were in love with
| him last summer And. you aren't the
sort that forgets. Nor is he. l think
He will go further than any of us
he'll go better. He is what you need
| With me-with Gregg-you would be
merely pleasant incident. You know
| that yourself. | think you're fighting
| against that knowledge. Don't do it,
1t was the longest speech she had ever
| heard from his lips.
When they were nearing home she
| turned to him again. II didn't know
| you and he were friends
I'VE are not he replied simply.
"He doesn't care for me-
You are mistaken about him and
me- she said steadily. But that you
could plead for him when you Oh.
l call that fine WARREN she ended
| impulsively.
I'm thinking of you." he said.
"Since l can't have what / want |
want you to have what you need
| When he left for more than an hour
she sat, chin cupped in one hand. gaz-
| ing out over the green hills Once
ITS just a tumble" she sighed
what l want I wish 1 weren't So
l wish he She did not indicate
| what she wished, and she was not re-
ferring to Warren Blake.
Senator Murchel. after several weeks
absence, had returned to his legal
residence" On his roundabout Journey
homeward he had been interviewed BY
many reporters concerning a rumored
| revolt in the organization.
A few days after the senator's re
1 turn New Chelsea was visited by a
monarch. But he came ineognito. with
notable absence OF regal splendor. To
Sfias Hicks, at the station, appeared a
| short. square whiskered. alert man who
asked TO be taken to Senator MurchelFs
! home
Senator's out to the farm SiIas re
sponded in the omniscience of hack
/ man