The Detroit times., 1913-01-10

CHAPTER XIV.
(CoafinuedD

30 to the past Fran. have only
THIS to say: whatever hardships It con
tanned. whatever wrongs OF wretched
nsss-it evolved you. you. the Fran
Of today-the Fran or this living hour
And It's the Fran OF this living hour
that I want 70 marry"
Fran covered her face with heI
hands. For while thers was silence
thsn she said:
Father was there. tonight"
AT the non-show7 Impossiblei Mr.
Gregory 60 TO a-a-to-a-"
Yes, It n possible for him even to
% TO q show. But TO do him justice
h was forced under the tent, he had
no intention OF doing anything Sc
wicked as that, he only meant to dc
some little thing like running away
But no, can't speak Of him with bit
tsrness, now. Abbott he seems al
changed"
Abbott murmured, as II stupefed.
Mr.. Gregory at a showl"
Yes and a hon-show. When II was
over he came to me-he was 30 sx
80 was T. spoke up the other
-ratheri"
You didn't show It. thought may.
be you wouldn't care II had been
oAten UP. No, no, listen. He
wanted to claim me-he called me
daughter right there before the peo-
pie, but they thought It was Just a
sort of--of church name. But he was
wonderfully moved. left the tent
with him. and we had long talk
came from him to you / never saw
anybody 30 changed.
but whyf-
you see, he thought l was going
TO be killed right there before his
Dyes, and seeing IL with his very own
eyes made him feel responsible. He
told me. afterwards, that when he
found out who II was In the cage, he
thought of mother In a different way
he saw how his desertion had driven
her TO earning her living with show
men, 80 I could be supported. ALI In
all, he is a changed man."
Then win he acknowledge youf-
but no, no, 90
You seer He can't. on account OF
Mrs. Gregory. There's no future Ior
him, or for her, except to go on living
as man and wife-without the score
tary. He imagines II would be q sort
Of PREPARATION to present me to the
world az his daughter-he thinks It
would give him happiness-but II
can't be. Grace Noir has found II all
OUT
Then she will teIli- Abbott ex-
claimed. In dismay.
"She would have told but for
one thing. She doesn't dare, and
ifs on her own account-of
course. She has been terribly
we'll indiscreet. you can't think
to what lengths she was willing
TO go-not from coldly making up her
mind. but because she lost grip on her
self, from always thinking she
couldn't So she went away with Bob
Clinton-she'n marry him, and they'll
60 to Chicago. out OF Litteburg his
tory-poor Bobi Remember the night
he was trying to get religionf I'm
afraid he'll conclude that religion
isn't what he thought Il was. living 30
close TO II from now on"
All this interests me greatly, dear,
because II interests you. Still, 1t
doesn't bear upon the main question"
Abbott, you don't know why ! went
to that show TO act You thought
was caring for q sick friend. What
do you think Of such deceptions!"
think understand simon JEFF
ferson told me Of . girl falling from
q trapeze: II was possibly La Con
izetti's daughter. Mrs. Jefferson told
me that Mrs. Gregory Is nursing some
ono The same one, l imagine. And
La 0onizetti was friend of yours,
and you took her place. 30 the mother
could stay with the injured daughter"
You're q wonder, yourself!" Fran
declared, dropping her hands to stare
at him. Yes, that's It. All these
show-people are friends OF mine. When
the mayor was trying to decide what
carnival company they'd have for the
street fair, told him about this show,
and that's why it's here. Poor La
Gonixetu needs the money dreadfully
tor they spend II as fast as It's paid
In. The little darling will have to go
to q hospital, and there's nothing laid
by. The boys all threw in, but they
didn't have much, themselves. No
body has. Everybody's poor In this
old world-except you and me. I've
taken La Gonixettfs place In the cage
al day to keep her from losing out;
and II this wasn't the last day, don't
know whether I'd have promised you
or not .. Samson was pretty
good, but that mask annoyed him. SO
you see-but honestly, Abbott, doesn't