Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-08
CHAPTER LXXX.

(Copyrlght, 1919, Star Company
For moment it seemed to David
as If the doors of heaven were
opening before him. This girl trust
ed him and acknowledged as much.
Surely, if this were true, he might
yet win her love.
And then the doors swung shut
again as he remembered that he
had much more to confess.
It was one thing to forgive u
| casual stranger, who, for private or
family reasons, went under an as
sumed name. 1t was quite another
thing to forgive the man one wished
to shun and whom one despised
when, under a false name, he made
his way into ones employ.
You trusted me-" he sa d hoarse-
lily. II wish 1 were worthy of your
confidence. But, you see. you know
nothing about me-"
She smiled family. "No, 1 know
nothing about you except what my
intuition tells me. Being a woman,
have faith in my intuition. This
says that you are man of honor
who would not have taken another
name than his own without excel
lent cause for doing so. And, as
I have already said, that cause con-
Germs you and you only"
His eyes softened as he gazed
into hers. II did not suppose that
anyone would take another's honor
for granted when all appearances
were against him."
But appearances were not against
you-at least if they were ! saw
through them," she insisted earnest
ly. Il knew you were trustworthy"
: And he must disabuse her of this
belief 1t hurt horribly. but he
could not draw back now. More
over he would be in an agony until
he had tol d her the worst.
MAY. explain to. you why I
he asked humbly.
"If you wish to-" she said. "but
not from any sense of duty, please"
1T is because 7 will be wretched
until l have made my confession"
he insisted. AFTER hearing it you
may order me from your house.
But, even SO, I must tell you why I
came here as did"
"ery WELL" she nodded. 'go on.
But first'-again trying to smile
please sit down.,
A Wonderful Confidence
Her manner smote hint was
oO oCSdiCr 81 IIct ITOIn rear. oHly
thoroughly honorable nature could
feel the confidence that this girl
showed. Any other woman in the
world would have been startled by
what he had just said, would have
betrayed some treptdation as to the
| nature of the revelation he was
about to make-would, perhaps,
have shrunk from learning more
about him and his past. Verify to
the pure all things are pure! But
few persons were as pure as this
wonderful creature.
That she was under a strain he
| and her eyes very dark. But It
was not the strain of fear of him.
He took the chair to which she
had motioned him. "I will try to
make the story short" he said. I'm
the first place, once lived in Bal
timore."
'I supposed as much" she re-
Joined, since you knew young Mr..
DeLaine. And, by the way. did you
know Miss Jeanne?"
"Yes, I was so fortunate as to
know her." he replied.
II visited her twice." Desiree re-
marked.
She was speaking commonplace
in order to give her pulses a chance
to beat more calmly. She longed
to assure this man that, no matter
what he had done, it made no diff
ference to her.
"Ah?" David rejoined. Then. with
a sudden wish to set his aunt right
II understand from dear friend
| of hers that her mind was slightly
unbalanced towards the last"
Il hope So mean I think so,"
Desiree muttered.
WELL" he went on, 'to return
to myself, I entered the service. I
went to France and was wounded"
Yes. know" softly.
And I was invalided back here, I
had to get outdoor work-for I had
an injury of a sort in one lung.
found myself poor. The job Z had
had before enlisting had not been of
the kind that enables one to lay
aside anything against a rainy day.
MY rainy day had come with my
return to the United States. I
needed money at once. MY health
would not stand indoor work. The
doctors forbade 1t. I had driven an
ambulance in France. I saw an
advertisement for a chauffeur. I an
swered it."
"It was my fathers advertise
ment?"