Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-30

most annoying to reflect that the
subject of these praises had been
the cause of at least two snubs from
an attractive girl.
Walter Jefferson had admired
! Desiree Leighton for many months.
lie mad met her year ago and had
then learned that she was the only
child of a rich widower. That she
was also beautiful and charming
made her very desirable in his eyes.
He had tried in vain to win her
good graces.
She had always been polite to
him and had invited him to her
house to various functions. But he
! had never had the satisfaction of
/ feeling that she liked him any bet
ter than she did a dozen other men.
| Therefore it had piqued e. him the
more to have her administer a
reproof to him when he had dared
| criticize her goodlooking chauf-
| feur.
He wanted to believe that Smith
was an imposter. He told himself
that he had always suspected him.
| These thoughts followed each
other rapidly through his mind.
What is the matter?" Helen re-
peated when he did not answer her
!
that?"
II was amused to think how cas-
| lily you have all been fooled by this
fellow" he replied. From the very
first I have had my eye on him.
Something warned me that he was
sailing under false colors."
Helen attempted to champion
Smith. Il do not care if his col
| ors - as you call them-do seem
| false-I do not believe he wears
them to hide anything shameful"
"One does not wear the colors
one sails under, my dear" Jeffer-
son corrected. In your enthus-
iasm you Getting your meta
p""vS We'll. Il = v, :; y what 7 mean"
Helen retortcu, stung to anger by
his sarcasm. Even if Smith has
anything in his past that he does
not care to have known l do not
believe it is anything disgraceful.
! And if it is" she added valiantly,
lit makes no difference to mel"
He certainly has made an i'm
| preston upon all the fair seX," JEFF
! ferson teased. But 1 hope that
you will say nothing about all this
| subject until l have made some in
| vestigations."
: surely IL you hnO" dnytnlnS
! harmful of him you would not tell
it, would you?" Helen asked,
! Jefferson laughed derisively. "I
! thought you said just now Miss
| Helen, that you were sure there
was nothing shameful in this chaps
! life" he accused.
And I do not believe there isl"
| Helen asserted. "Of course it is
possible that he may have made
| some mistake - may have been a
! drinking man, or something of that
! sort-but he has a right to make a
! fresh start now"
| The man with whom she was
arguing shrugged his shoulders, un-
moved by her earnestness.
"All l know is," he said, that
| this so-called chauffeur is a big,
strong fellow who was in the SER
| vice and then got out in some
way best known to himself"
I'm the service!" Helen gasped.
"I did not know that"
But l did" Jefferson declared.
Another Evil Hint
That is surely to his credit"
Helen reasoned.
Not unless he got out honor
ably" the man reminded her. There
are such things as deserters, YOU
know. I saw this man in Baltimore
several years ago - and under an
other name"
1T is not a crime to use a differ
ent name from your own" the girl
pleaded.
"One does not drop ones own
name unless one has done some
thing to disgrace it," Jefferson de-
clared sententiously. But all this
talk gets us nowhere. For myself
1 can think of more agreeable topics
of conversation than nv host s
chauffeur. If you will excuse me
will go over and chat with our fair
hostess for a little while"
Helen Goddard was a couuette
and a sentimentalist, but she had a
kind heart. She had begun discuss
ing Smith with Jefferson because the
chauffeur was uppermost in her
mind. That she had perhaps started
an investigation that might get
Smith into trouble startled her.
! She decided to take Mrs. Duffield
into her confidence. To this end
she drew that lady aside later in
the evening.
DO you know" she said, "I am
(, worried about something. Walter
Jefferson thinks that Smiths name
is not Smith. He is determined to
rake up his past. am afraid he
will speak to Mr.. Leighton about II,
Won't you warn your brother NOT
! to believe any rumor against his
| chauffeur"
The widow turned pale. Smith
is going under an assumed name"
she whispered. "Oh, my dear. how
awful"
"Awful?" the girl echoed, 'T don't
see why"
! Because - don't you think It
looks strange that we should learn
this just now mean it is a coin
cidence that he should be here un-
der an assumed name, and that the
pendant should disappear - and
| everything! There may be some
connection between the two, YOU
know. 1t seems very significant to
me, my dear"
Ito be Continued.)