Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-10-05

co neip you ali L can any time I'm
ready-and glad. Just remember that,
won't you, because Well, therel
Goodby, goodbyl
He hurried away. She stood gazing
after him, astonished, a little fright
med and not a little disturbed and
touched. His emotion was so evident,
his attitude toward her engagement
was so different from that which she
had anticipated, and there was some
thing In his manner which she could
not understand. lie had acted as If
he pitied her. Why? 1t could not be
because she was to marry Malcolm
Dunn. II it were that she resented his
pity Of course But it could not be
that, because he had given her his
blessing. What was It? Vas there
something else-solaething hat she did
not know and he did? Why was he
SO kind and forbearing and patient?
All her old. doubts and q~uestionings
returned. She had resolutely kept
them from her thoughts, but they had
been there, In the background, always.
When, after the long siege, she had
at least yielded and said YES to Nal
colin she felt that that question at
least was settled. She would marry
him. Had not Mrs. Dunn told borrower
and oveY again what a good son he
was and what a kind heart he had
and how he worshiped her? Oh, she
ought to be a very happy grill OF
course she was happy. But why had
her uncle looked at her as he did?
And what did he mean by limiting that
when things looked right they some
times were all wrong? She wished
Malcolm was with her then; she needed
him.
She heard the clang Of the elevator
door; then the bell rang furiously. She
heard Evans hasten to answer. Then,
to her amazement, she heard her broth
er's voice.
Caroline r. demanded Stephen. Gar
olinel Where are your"
He burst into the room, still wearing
his coat and hat and carrying a travel
ing bag In his hand.
"Oh!" he exclaimed, you're all right
thenl You-are all right, aren't your"
"All right? Why shouldn't I be all
right? What do you meanf And why
are you here?"
"Why am I here?" he repeated.
Eyes. Why did you come from New
Haven"
why, because I got the telegram, Of
course! You expected me to come,
didn't you?"
81 expected you? Telegram? What
telegram"
"Why, the-Good Lord, Caro-, what
are you talking about? Didn't you
know they ~telegraphed me to come
home at oncef I've pretty near broke
my neck, and the taxicab mans, get
ting here from the station. I thought
you must be very i'll or something
worse"
"They telegraphed you to come here
Who Edwards, you may take Mr..
Warren's things to his room"
When they were alone she turned
again to her brother.
NOW, Steve, SIG Sdlu, blI uoWh
and tell me what you mean. Who tel
egrnphed your
"Why, old Sylvester, fathers lawyer
I've got the message here somewhere
No, never mind; I've lost it, I guess.
He wired me to come home as early as
possible this morning. Said 1t was
very important. And you didn't know
anything about it?"
mo, not a thing"
Steve fastened to call upon Sylvester
and from him learned sufficient to
grasp the fact that he and Caroline
we're practically penniless. This he
impaired to his sister, but unknown to
her he visited the captain and talked
over with him the probable effect the
situation would have upon the Dunns.
He was anxious that Malcolm should
be kept to his promise.
CHAPTER XVI.