Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-25

cannot do this thing II isn't as though
hcT people and ours were of the fro;h
oi the nation. You and she started life
WIN nothing but Puritan to build on.
iou may nave built just playhouses OF
s,amu, nut deep down the old rock fuur-
stand on that"
Her eyes had been fixed in the fire mn.
now she turned them to his face. Alan
sat with head hanging forward his
Ea|o ana thoughts far beyond the CON
hnes of the room. Then he shook him
sen ana got up to 20. ~ wish we could,
Nance he said srnvelv, and thcn added
half to himself. half TO her. "i,i trv," -
For some days Alan had been prepared
TO go away and take Alix with him.
should she consent. Upon his arrival
nc mad had an interview with McDale
e McDale In the course OF which TINT
ilrm opened its eyes and its pocket wider
than It ever had before.
You are out for money. MIR WAYNE, "
had beeh the feeble rcmonstrancc of tho
senior member.
Just money" replied Alan. "1f Won
owed as much ms I do YOU would be out
Tor 1t too or course, you're not. What
DO you want? You've got my guarantee.
Ten per cent. under offices estimates for
work and time"
When Alan left McDalc e McDale's Of
hces he had contracted more or less on
his own terms and McDalc. Jr., said to
the senior Hes only ca boy. How
did he beat us?'
by beating wnltons record first"
replied McDale, Sir, "and how he did that
time will show"
As he walked slowly back from Nance s.
Alan was thinking that after all there
was no reason why he should not cut
and run-no reason except AliX.
He reached his rooms. As he crossed
the threshold n prcmonltion seized him
He felt as IL some ono were there He
glanced hurriedly about Tho rooms were
stu In the disorder IN which he had
left them and they were empty. Then
he saw that hc had stepped on note
that had been dropped through tho let
tcr-slip. He picked 1t up. 4 thrill went
through him as he recognized Alix's
handwriting. There was no stamp. 1t
must have been delivered by hand. He
tore II open and read you said that
n moments notice was all you asked.
will take the Montreal express with you
today"
Alan's blood turned to liquid fire. The
note Conjurcd before him vision Of
AliX. He crushed It and held It to his
lips and lauEhcd-not jcerngly but in
pure, uncontrolled excitement.
It was not n coincidence that Gerry
had sought out Alix at the very hour
that Nance was summoning Alan Gerry
and Nance were driven by the same
forewarninE of catastrophe. Gerry had
felt it first but he had been slow to he
lieve, slower to act. He had no pre-
cedcnt for this sort of thing.
His whole being was i'm revolt against
the situation in which he found himself.
1t was after "A sleepless night-a most
unhcard of thing with him-that he de-
cded he could let things go no longer. He
went to AlIX's room, knocked and en-
tered
Alix was up, though the hour was early
for her. Fresh from her bath she sat
in sheen of blue dressing-gown before
the mirror doing her own hair Gerry
glanced around him and into the bath
room looking for the maid
Good morning." said Alix. "She's not
here. Did you want to see her?"
Gerry WINGED at the levty He Won
dcred how AlX could play the game she
was playing and be gay. AliX finished
doing her hair. There" she said with
a final pat and turned to face Gerry.
He was standing beside an open win
dow. He could feel the cold air on his
hands. He felt like putting his head out
into it, His head was hot. "Alix," he