The Ordway new era., 1914-09-25
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
John Valiant. . rich society .favortts.
ao ssassion %sisS fSs's &. s.slrer ' founded and
wa tss ssss ssneR q ~:
for tho corporation. Hls eutire remaining
posses.ions consist Of an Old motor car. =
sd eua sut.ts S0f 4 Srsns os shs ..s &
6emory court he meets Shirley Dand-
sidge, an auburn-haired beauty. and de-
Ridge. and Major Bristow exchange rem:
.ss ne Issl SSns Hse .s.r X .sa
snan named ss:soon we're rivals for the
band q Mr.; R.nd,idxs :. , e her hs. y youth; u.
sccount In which ths former was killed.
Valiant finds Damory court overErown
with weeds and ereepers and decide. to to
shirIey h'ns from % he bite or = make. which
hltes him. Knowing the deadliness Of the
sssud s sns .aSes Il. liz. Valiant %
fsr the hrst time that his father A. & left vi VT
Ais fathers seconds. Valiant and Shirley
eecome good friends Mrs DendridEe
S.i .s %'" v.sus :ns est dseoy:l. That +. has
tournament. survival OF ths joustinG Of
ss a.t !. sSs va,snt s sass: S. % p.e
Of one q the knights. Who u sick. ,aIaa and
=: st .S .e: esd o pesafS e
che dismay OF Katherine Fargo. 8 former
sweetheart. who Is visiting n virEinia;
lrsws RAJ itst the eiits of tho ceuntrysids. shir:
s: ;t.v s; sTsy ksis.sIs: as
TsS q, si.sea &c. g S q ssa
an who caused the duel TO meet Valiant.
who looks no much like his father. bhir-
t.y uncertain: but feeling in,, thss her MOTH Wsi,
sristow Is fatally wounded by Greet
% prison. but SefSse diving Bristow con--
sspt letter yageot. had s EE:tte. =, e 2. her
Will love her always. Mrs. DandrtdGe
v.s". s ns sf o snsv.E s
note II she wsHted him to return. For It
was Valiant she loved.
CHAPTER xxxIv.-continusA.
Shirieys breath stopped. She felt
der face tingiing and curious weak
aess came on her limba, Why. indeed.
0nless-and the thought was like
Wild prayer In her mind-she had
been mistaken IN her surmise?
Thoughts came thnonging In panic
&aste: the fourteeath OF May and tho
cape jessamines-thess might point
40 less to Valiant than to 6assoon.
But her mothefis fafntlng at the sight
Of the son-the eager interest she had
displayed In Shiriey's accounts OF him,
from the episode Of the rose and the
bulldog to, the tournament ball.
seemed now 70 stand out in . new
eight. throbbins and roseate. Could
It be? Had she been stumbling along
\ blind trail. mIsled by the cunning
dovetailing OF circumstance? Her
heart was beating stiilngly. II she
should be mistaken now! She dashed
ter hand across her eyes as though to
compel their olearness. and looked
asain.
1t was Beauty valIant's face that
lay In the lockeG, and, that could mean
but one thing: II was he. not sassoon.
whom her mother loved!
The lampiight seemed to grow and
Npread to an unbearable radiance.
Shirley thought she cried out with
sudden sweet wildness. but she had
not moved or uttered sound. The
illumination was all about her. like
a splendid cloud. The impossible had
happened. The miracle for which she
hystericaily prayed had been wrought
When she blew out the light. the
shining still remained. That glowing
knowledge. like . vitalising and phys
fcal presence, passed with her through
the hall TO her room. As she stood In
the elfish light OF her one candle, the
poignancy Of her Joy was a. sharp a.
her past pain. Later was to come the
wonder how that tragedy had bent
Beauty VaHant's life to exile and her
mothers 10 unfulnliment, and in time
she was to know these things. too.
but now the one great knowledge blot
ted out all else. She need starve her
fancy no longer! The hours with her
lover might again sweep across her
memory unde9ied. She felt his arms.
MS kisses. heafd his whispers against
her cheek and sheiied the perfume OF
lilies. III, {s
She drew the curtain and opened
the window noiBelessly to the light.
Only few hours ago she had been
ainging to her harp In what wretched-
ness! She laughed softly to herself
The quiet night was full OF his voice:
Il love yoai want nothing but you'll"
Flow her ptttful error had tortured
and wrung them both! But tomorrow
ne. too. would know that all was we'll.
A clear sound chimed across the
aistance-the bell of the courthouse
clock. striking midnight. Onei
Two! -. How often lately It had
sun discordantly across her mood:
now It seemed a claimant watcher.
ioiiinE Joy. Three! -Four!
Five! .l.. Perhaps he was
einepsess. listening. too. Was he In
,ie old library. thinking of herr
Six! Seven! :, Eight
Ninei II she could only