The herald., 1917-07-26

wouldn't put my foot down "-niast
her going. I've wished low. "a good
many times. Lad.
"WeN s.T. She met q Young fellow
there. como down from tn, ely 10 stay
over sunday and me mirU'r -"
trouChr him To- the house. ! could s,-'
q taken q shine 10 her. and like
. wis" that She thought pretty much u
/ him. He was just the sort girl mi -ht
! get her head turned with. neat - a
/ pin, clothes right W 10 date, good,
straight form, good-looling and talk
/ ally falls for all that stuff. and She did.
~ liked the young MAJ pretty we'll,
but ! wasn't going 10 let things go
too far without finding out something
/ about him and his business. Well. sir,
what 90 YOU suppose that wolf in
shcep'S clothing wasf"
a confidence MANI Ncnrured the
lawyer.
NO. sir: an actor Well. you'd be-
ter h,li"v" put down ny foot pretty
hard and fas;. l tnla him 10 never en-
ter my door nor speak {" my girl
again. ! never would have h,lirN Cd
il. hu, 81" Went dead against my
. wishes; She just drtl-I me and said
She meant To- marry him whether
gave my coL~rn, or not. told her
the day she Went of with thar man
would he The last time She looked on
me. and She could think il over and
take her choice She tried once after
that 10 sort of win me oy.r. But my
foot was down good and hard She
went with him"
"MarriedE qucricd BacT.
81 don't Know. Those actors aren't
particular about that
"Oh, yes. they Gr"-juat a. particu-
lar as anybody hats decent"
"Do you think so:" asked Wells, in
rather a surprised way.
II know So" was he emphatic an
swrr. Has Your daughter lever WIZ
ten or tried IT, see YOU"
~ Nl'l' tN' l'li'i>. iltT Sh-
dress Wa, Oh the OUTSIDE" and sen;
I'm h@-i. uu"p,urd Thu, was mnrc'n
4. year ago. and l haven't seen her tvl
most three"
WHAT was his mau.":"
"HayarI Leslie. d"n't suppose il
WAS his own-iuSt tool. il because II
sounded fine"
"Ea}a-3 Leslie, repeated the law
Yer why he played here. lie was a
z, or too. The play wasn't sue
e., Was taken off, he was out Of
an ,a-a-cment for while. then he
was Ill for long time. and the Actors
Fund had 10 bury him. ] remember
reading oil about il at the time. be-
cause il was thought TO be an unusu-
ally sad and pathetit case, ne being SO
young and promising"
The other man bowed his head and
looked down.
80 he's dead" lie said in an nwed
tone. "DId It say anything about his
wife?"
81 don't remember"
IF he had one II might not have
been my girl"
Did you keep her address,"
mo. don't know where she is"
Miss Storey. my stenographer,
might know if Leslie left a wife. she
knows some stage people. III call
her"
He touched a button on his desk.
and a pretty. buSincSSjke young W0m-
an appeared notebook IN hand. Sud-
denly she stopped, turned very white,
and stared AZ the man before her His
eyes were like one seeing Il spectre.
He gasped out THAT man"
She broke in quickly: Don't speak
word agains, him, Don't you dare!
He was the dearest. finest soul that
ever lived Don't come here 70 set
Mr.. Bagg against me I'm earning my
living honestly
Were you married To him:" asked
the father
For answer she held up her hand
with the plain gold band on the third
finger II will give You the name and
address Of the minister. ! suppose
that IS sufficient" She turned 10 90.
Then the old man cried out broke nly:
Jessie, don't 90, Don't"
At the appeal in his voice she turn
ed. do you want me fnther:" she
asked.
Yes" he said. And she went into
his OutStretched arms. I'll want 10
make some changes in that will" he
called back to the attorney, as the two
left the room together.