Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-26

James Barton, purveyor
Aud | looked ny from the letter Oh
which my attention was focused and
found myself E%rinninp back. meeting
Tue 'hiniSh III Ji;nmy's smile
with a little mischief Of nay own.
on. you'd never understand. I we.
thinking about the fai;nfulneSs Of
men" said l.. And that's y subject
Ehere Your sympathy is bound to lie
on the wrong side. You shan't sec tint.
letter"
JiinuE fairly geizeJ il from my hand
ana read il ;iouu in Il burlcSuuc tone.
which brourh 2 tinEe OF sadness to
nay heart: ,
smith iiarbor. !.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
! aih a country girl aud in lo.e with
? young man from New York. who has
bceh staying here. Last r;Gh, he
KISSED me. Now he has gone without
- word. What shall I DO?
"DoROTHN DANE"
Pool: ! know Il much worse t,:,r-
IL than that. ! huvcn't got an, Story
ior fo-dny-and ii | lose my lob and
urn INTO Il ponnilesa Byrant Park lee.
turer you'n hu", to look :.rou:.d for
an uitra-i;entrice to tell YOU what 10
10 about the disappearance OF your
lightl-. ~
Il teii you this IS :: real trouble.
jimmy f~arion--tl"at poor girl is find
''I out thiAt after mon get what the.
"aht ,iIe!' don't want It any more: and
iis hurting her. and it's hurting mo
because can't change human nature.
an" the sol; OF man his poor Girl has
been unfortunate enough to c,ra
about"
hut Jimmy was looking al IN. with
an air of focusing his attention on
some one or something he couldn', quite
Smith ilaruor." ne sad smith
flarhor. SAY. I've got TO ,.ll John
Martin, OF tbs UNitcd states Eevcnur
,repar'".Sn'. on Your nhoi.e. I was
tr!inG 10 XII u story from him thii
mornine-thcre's 4 suspicion in the i,,-
'ier circles that there's II litil- snug.
:ilhs EoiE. OF down on Lone island.
went to Martin this morning after =
| dim, ge' it.
lie got one OF his bes, men down
az smith ilarbnr looking into the mat.
&c: ana hes promised me ;hn as soon
as the chap rcnorts he'll have "a story
for me. Now I'm Wondering il have
q St"r% for him. Mind IL | call him
up" ~
't course. didn't MIND a bit. And
presently Jimm? vas asking eagerly of
someone at tho other end if Smith Iiur-
DOR Was the place where his man WAS
staying. Jimmy smiled with the tense
excitement he always shows when his
detective and newspaper ins,lnr, Are
working happily together hand in
hand.
Theu he turned tn ne. Permit me
TO re-read your letter. Miss Fairfax.
II begins to seem to ne tina have Il
srea, deal OF sympathy for Your Usher
maiden tm-Hes. Suppos" you go
and see her. III come down later
but this isn't a very nrpapt ...
! cant accomplish much by going to
see her. Besides haven't gone all
through my mail. and there may he wo-
men VINO need me far more than
Dorothy Dane does" said /.
Beatrice Fairfax. how many city
men do YOU suppose are staying in
that t;odforsakcn spot known as Smith
ilarhor right about now. It's a bunch
of tumbledowu ~slanties and smelly
iiShinS shacks and yellow sand and
c!hfs eaten into by tlIc Tide. There's
nothing Summcv-rcsoriS or allurin.
about smith Iiarbor.
Your girl writes ;hut she's in love
with : city chap WHO disappeared after
he kissed h"r without coming back for
more. My man Martin says that this
man. Harding. is down at Smith Har-
Dor looking for ~smugGlcrs and hasn't
reported 70" tW"nty-four hours.
Now SmugglcrS are not "A partiruiar-
|! nolitc ana moderate crew. II Hard
in3 has Disappeared. II may bc that
his bruised aud battered BODY IS Ling
at tho foot ot Il cliff, or forty fathoms
dceo' with heavy leads To weigh him
down. II vote to 20 down and set.
How do YOU Vote"
! voted ius; as Jimmy wanted me TO.
That is. ! agreed to go down to smith
llarbor.
When Clinton Harding left Dorothy
Dane TO her maiden mcditationS on her
st.st Liz L. ..
OF mind almost as exalted as hers. II
wasn't his first kiss. b. amy means. but
il vas his frs; real one.
lie knew that Dorothy meant some
had thought he cared for in his city
life had ever r"motc!. suggested 10 his
heart or mind or senses. Hardime's life
had been a difficult ore. 1t had been
struggle from the day he found him.
self alone in the world with nothing
between him and starvation but his
own boyish VIII ard his NATURAL desire
20 survive.
He had worked AT odd joa.-sc:lins
papers. backing boots vcndi:!g pea
nuts. and at las, EooG !ortunc had
brought john Martin. OF I'll" revenue
service. across his path. Vt fifteen
Harding "ent TO work for Martin as
an GRAND boy. Now at twcni.-four he
was the chiefs first assistant.
-" tlt Ol Ills largest rae
tors III iltrdinS'S generous nature. Hi.
iir*t KISS must hc temporarily forgot
ten while he went TO pay the allegiance
due his first friend.
WITH the mcmor o. Dorothy'3 fcit-
tidn-bluc eyes and trembling. rcd lir.
tucked tcndcrly away in a corner o,
his heart. Harding hurried down TO
the hotel and set about writing q Lex
ter TO his chief. IL was brief. ana bore
MS message DlcurlN.
Dear notwithstanding Suspicious
acre. Wire Instructions VIII do what
ever YOU say. Tor don't want 80 fall
down ON the io!, ,hnt you've given
me Keeling Tine: hope YOU are. TOO.
Sincere.
"CI.INTUN HARDING"
II was MOI; in Earnings nature ,c
express himself in words. Martin must
Hh"W that he WAS u sincere and CRATE
iui iriehd-and Dorothy mus; ;ucss
'lal she was truly BELOVED.
Thc boy sealed his letter and snt
'CH' IN happy rcvcrics. Again he saw
:. "!rl waving 4 timlid yooG-by from
cue doorway Of Il white COTTAGE
SEFIlS civ like q nnt.c,,..