Evening star., 1915-02-21

told Ron Of his fathers life on his North Yakima ranch
Roin and the older Crane had known each other WELL
and the young spoke frankly when he described
the hundreds of that his father had bought with
the remnants of his fortune when he told of how the
older had lost his city ambitions when he pictured
the new, peaceful life the Cranes had built up for them
selves. He spoke to Adela rather than any other
listener She felt his imagination flame to hers he
talked of acrewide droves of cattle, of miles of white
blossong apple trees the spring. and of the gorgeous
of the short winter days. He had figures and
crop statistics for Ron, but pictures for Adela. She
learned too that he had come to New York to please his
father rather than himself, and she guessed that what
his ambitions they did not lie along the road
where Ron and the elder Hale had succeeded and where
the elder Crane had failed
Afterward Adela walked with him in the moonlight:
for long, but long enough to realize that she had
never known man quite like him. That night she
dreamed of him, and woke suddenly to find her
silver with moonlight and the memory of his voice in
her When she went to sleep at last it with
determination fan her affection for Hale into strong
flame. Yet the next day when she Hale coming
she felt quick relief that for three months she still had
a measure of freedom.
IN those first days of her acquaintance with Crane.
Adela fought against her attraction for him. She
tried regard him critically dependent of Hales
In the difficult position of guest and employee she had
to admit that he conducted himself perfectly He
neither subservent too much at hone and he met
with perfect dignity the attitude OF certain OF HaleS
friends who did not to consider him the
footing as themselves. She could find flaw in his
conduct nothing tresome in his personality. He
not exactly witty, fluent talker; but he had
droll point of view, and un1agging good humor. At
first Adea avoided his society," and then she sought it.
Before July was we'll she admitted to herself
that she loved him. Now, for all her Leauty and power
for all the joyful confidence in herself that life had
taught her. she was as humble as uncertain, and
happy the poorest suppliant in the wide realm of
love. That Crane knew Hale loved her there could be
no doubt: their world understood that match be-
tween two such great fortunes would be suitable
Adela told herself that if she and Crane meant for
each other love would them and all obstacles
would be torn down. Yet this philosophy did
her heart: she would have employed almost any
device to insure the coming of love-
The weight of her secret oppressed her. 1t seemed to
her as those about her would surely have discovered
it, had it not been for the appalling and momentous
event that lifted them of their affairs and made
them share the desperate tragedyo all Europe,
Discussion over that so keen that Adelas
usual tensity was unnoticed, even by Penrhyn Hale
Like his father and Ron Hale concerned about the
effect of the upon their property, and upon
Wall Street operations Adela told herself that her life
nothing beside the of the world and yet she
felt that her suspense unendurable
TT was chance that brought it to an end. She was
riding with Crane and Hale, trying horse which
her father had just bought at eXorbltant rate from
Belgian who going back to fight for his fatherand
Hale had dismounted to tighten his girth, when his
horse took fright passing and ran away. Adelas
horse followed, and Crane, galloping after her,
that she was losing control of it. They raced on;
then Adela's horse turned up
lane, SHE'D at stone post, and threw her.
In minute Crane kneeling by her
side. Her eyes closed and she was
very white.