The Washington herald., 1918-12-31


bought house and quite a const
enable piece of land and prexent6
IL TO 81 Agnes. for an orphan ~
lUm- Or. Manfred wanted one con
nected with the church-and fron
now on, Martin means 10 devon
himself TO IL and kindred projects~
old peoples homes. nurseries. sen
side summer resorts for worktn,
girls. you know. the whole list :
them. DR.. Manfred is almost out o
his head with delight over Il. d.
hurry Billy dear Here. let me a;
it,"
! Mrs. Billy applied herself TO he
husbands collar button.
wiIds of Nowhere.
There. that's all right N.Y.
am glad that brought this gowr
Imagine running into a dinner part,
out here in the wilds OF nowhere.
Il do wish that ] could fndue.
Martin TO propose. Poor MART n
ls living up to his code Of honor
don't you see? Pouf' I'm thef
good fairy godmotheT. only the,
don't know it, Who Is thstg-
She peered through the curtains
II was DT. Manfred and Ernessfu,
and Miss Blake. Mrs. Vanderp~u
had sent the big double carriage -
them, and they were arriving ver
much en- famille.
'Oh, isn't she perfectly sveetr-
My eye" exclaimed Mr. Ripx
How does she happen to be hidin,
away up here2 She Is a regular M
tIe peach blossom. On the whoI.
I'm glad that / came"
Ihsts her father. / presume
salo Mrs. Billy. and IN wager ths.
the other one is Miss Blake"
Oh-ee-Billy. come back, Here
ahother. Isn't she a beauty sh,
must be the little schooluistrex.
and that's the doctor with her X.
brought her in his buggy ,rs
sumo. What blond hair bc bss,s =
Say Maud. this is growin.
cltlng. Let us go down"
MI Billy started for the door.
moment later they Joined the iittl,
group in the library.
Although the guests were an a.
sembled, Rebeccs and Martin wer
not there and Mrs. VanderpooI sss
nothing as to their whereabout,
She supposed that they were in IN,
dining-room. awaiting the an.
preparations for dinner. bur-in tht
she was not entirely correct Pc
oecca was there, IL is true. hut sh,
was alone, and somewhat an.io,,,
as 10 what had become Of Martir
showed No Gayety.
II was just as well. however. tha
she could not see him at thar mo.
ment. He was in his room. clad a
the gorgeous trappings Of a lord a,
the SamuraL his smooth olive slsi,
oar kened TO deeper hue by Philipr
AID, his hair erect after the msnne,
OF the men Of Japan, but his coun.
tenance bore none OF the gayet,
which one would suppose a natura
Of the occssion
Heavy sadness broOded over him
1t was evident both in his expres.
sion, and in the relaxed lines ~ ~.
hgure, as he sat in the morris char
og ms window, waiting for PhiIu.
10 assist him to the dining-room
once or twice he had made his ws,.
about the house alone. but as a ruL
he did not attempt 1t. fearing to q.
injury to statuary or bric-a-brac o.
furniture.
As much as he had enjoyed pre-
pairing for, the festivity. he nov
dreaded to participate in IL Hb
mind was filled with dark forehead
ings. News had come TO Tom Far.
mum quite suddenly the evening he
fore. that he was 10 return 10 col
lege on Monday, and he had taket
the pains 10 telephone the news "a
Rebecca Immediately. Her voicr
had expressed such genuine regre
as she answered him that Martini
heart had suddenly contracted. "a,
though some rough hand had sud.
denly squeezed all the blood out o.
it.
1t would be quite natural for hen
TO love Tom. He had grown fons
Of him. himself, during their brie.
acquaintance. he was SO frank ant
kindly and so eXuberantly young
so like Rebeccs herself. She wouIs
never grow up. He sighed. the deem
uncontrolled sigh OF detection. ans
passed his hand over his eyes az
though TO brush away that which
lay between him and all the So,
and sunshine which other mer
knew.
TiptOed 10 Door.
Philip, in the next room. hesrc
lim and tiptoed softly TO the door
where he stood for few momentl
with little shake Of
his head and a mist dimming hf
'wn eyes. he returned TO the mirror
o complete his makeup.
When this was accomplished. he
inferred the adjoining room. tread
ng heavily. in order TO warn hia
master OF his approach.
To he continued tomorrow.