The Detroit times., 1916-07-19

& they became really engaged aut
p!annes Cor the time when they
sae -saak 0: which Hiram Gordon
JRn.,'s father, was president aud
chief .s;ocisaolder. He tecitly agreed
Il me s ,, Tcm ss!w re op h,
Z, one Who objected was Toms sister
\ Mr.a9. xhe did not like Janet. Mr.
Gordon speeuiated WIRE hts owr
money and money he rad In trust
street wero wiped OCT he fPced rain
and prison Marc isandei come e
the ys and e 2STe'a . snin in senk
(. closed, goes To another town 20 make
enough 10 marry on; In h.s absence
Lander works on Janet. until, al
she should marry Lander for his aid
10 her father when Tom hears the
news he decides 10 forget b. devot-
ing all his time and thought 10 work.
tendent or it's Hartford factory by
the Arm for which he works
Tom Mercer left the general
Offices OF his company after the di-
rectors' meeting ard started toward
the Grand Central station on his re-
turn journey TO Hartford. CHANGING
at the station clock he saw he had
missed the train he had hoped to
take and must wait nearly two
4 hours before the next would start.
With time on his bands and moth
ing 10 occupy 1t. his mind flashed
yearning back to Janet. Janet was
living somewhere In New York.
What harm could it do either of
them IL he should call upon her for
Il half hour While he waited for
train time?
For an eternity of months he had
sought to forget her, to crowd her
sweet image out of his memory by
n pressure OF work. but at his first
leisure moment her vision came
hack 10 him with resistless force.
Tom felt that one glimpse OF her
would be to him like cup OF water
1 To a man dying of thirst. II he
could know she was happy and well
cared for in her welded life he
could 60 back to his own dreary
labors content and reconciled.
lie entered a drug store ard open
4 cd telephone directory. Presently
ne found in its pages what he
sought:
Lander, M.-Broker-r 999 Cen
trail Park South"
Fifteen minutes later Tom was
confronting stolidly stodgy butler
It the door OF the Lander apart
ynent. This ftinctionary cast super
cflious glance at the callers ready
made clothes, his work-splayed
hands and his soft het Of cheap
! make.
''rs Mrs. Lander at homer" asked
Tom.
4 Before the butler could reply
Janet hurried forward Crossing the
apartments hallway, from one room
70 another. she had beard and rec
ognixed Tom MERGERS voice.
with an exclamation Of delighted
establishment she ran to welcome
: the guest. Almost incoherently Tom
4 replied TO her impulsive greetings.
Presently the two emerged from
I. the half-light Of the hallway into the
Sunlit living room. There Tom halt
ed and stared in frank and distress
cd amaxement al the woman he
loved.
For the past year or two had
wrought startling changes In her
She was dressed In a style that
seemed to Toms unaccustomed
! senses nothing short of queenly. But
she was thinner and much paler
than Of old and she had wholly lost
her air Of youth and gay vigor. She
looked pallid, hstless, Ill. Her eyes
were carkringed. And they were
Infinitely SAD almoet frightened,
and were fraught with a mute ap-
peal that went straight 10 Toms
heart.
"Your surroundings here are gor-
xe0us." he said oluntly. "But you're
unhappy. Wretchedly unhappy.
What &c the mattor7 Tell me.
Janet"
She made as though 10 laugh and
TO deny bis assertion that she "
y not happy. But the laugh and ia.
Z lie, mike, stuck in her throat. Her
self control. undermined by sorrow
land sorely strained by The GLAD
shock OF seeing him again suddenly
went TO picccs.
"Oh, TOM" she walled tee
gushinH 20 the big. sad eyes. Il ALI
$50 unhappy SO miserable! I'm
such q failurel'
"Youy" he cried, in denial, "a fail
3ure? Never in this wide world! Yea
h twould be a success anywhere. T."
''rm not a success" che wcpt,
y TIN a failure. A CHASTITY. stupid
Nature Marc says so. He told u,c
iso only this morning"
"Marc9" he repeated. You mean
fSour husband7 He said you we're q
Z Mature? The curt Why?"
"tie was right she scbbtd. "Hc
was right. am failure. cans
earn 10 lead he sort of life h.
+. wants his wife to lead"
& Thank the Lord for that mup
(. tered Tom, under his breath
FL can't be Ike tho women nc ad
Inores.r she went on, paihetically
SHxlnd 70 have this olA loved frient
-. hNE 10 whom sha could Doul