The Washington times., 1920-11-14

soms slesp ana rsst--and think II
ovex II you still feel the same.
then shoot, my boy-shoot right
across on the frst bost and good
luck 90 with you"
Anthony gripped the hand over
his, but he was unable TO speak.
A they were walking homeward
Jim said, "fm mighty glad came
Tony"
what gave you the idea Of com
ing enf" asked Anthony. Jim hest.
tsted- No particular purpose woyld
be- served II he told him Of Charts
Hotchkiss. or asythins Of thst sort.
Nothing special" he replied Il
had . feeling thst you were getting
your teeth into NE, ssl wanted
to see how II was, agreeing win
you"
-Thousht Z was the pup swallow.
fns the stove backing. did your
muttefed Anthony.
wen, no pup 10 much good until
he learns not TO-" answered Jim.
but Il struck him that the younger
Anthony's words might have been
SPOKEN by the elder Anthony West.
"Onee he can sec himself with .
sense OF humor." Jim reflected,
hell be reasonably inoculated."
Thst day Jim and Anthony spent
almvst entirsly together. seeing
New Yoyh, talking Of home and OF
the Beacon. And n the old super
stitiOn relative 20 burning ears
holds true, AdeIa's ears should
have been flaming. for Jim had
much to tell concerning her charm
ana IoveliAess. But n Jim knew
anything of her plan to come to
New York he kept his own counsel.
for he said nothing to Anthony ON
that head.
II hung over Anthony that so far
40 LiGgett's was concerned he was
still absent ON sick leave. and that
he had been out only hve days
only ave days--was II credible?
And II he were going to England
he owed II to Liggett to see him
and, necessarily, to acQuaint him
with the facts. Liggett would prob
ably terminate their relations, but
Anthony viewed such contingency
with Indifference.
He returned to his room late that
evening, but It was considerably
later before sleep and rest overlook
him. His mind was hive OF
thoughts and words, and the words
were chiefly those that Jim had
spoken. Suppose :. you 20 over
there and don't find her? Suppose
she won't give It up? Would you
let a thing like that break up your
life? Ruin It? Waste Il? The
. pendant is a trinket-its value lies
in your soul, not IN itself" True
enough, in a way, but Jim, for all
his friendship, could never see the
matter quite from his own personal
point Of view. Every time he
thought Of that woman wearing the
Jewel his soul would be seared-it
would be an unhealed scar on his
integrity. He would never be
whole until he recovered It. Then
an alarming thought came to him,
old as the human race, but to the
young startlingly new: Perhaps
that Is q factor IN lies experience
Ito lose parts of ourselves, to 60
about with scars unhealed and
cicatri3ed and to make the best
journey possible, sore and wound
ed, to the end? But he thrust the
ignominious thought from him. He
would sleep over it-think It out
and make q decision.
The next morning he again spent
with Jim, and little was said by
either Of them touching the matter
nearest their hearts. In the after
noon, when Anthony came home to
see whether any messages or let
ters had arrived, he was consider
ably. surprised when his landlady
informed him that "a young lady"
in her parlor was waiting to see
him.
"A young lady" he repeated
dubiously. Then his heart leaped
forward like a thing in a leash.
Could 1t, by any possibility, be-she
Wilma? Come to beg his forgive
ness-to return the-he opened the
door of the parlor. The figure in
the shadows Of the stuffy, darkling
room was not vilma's. A girl rose
from the creaking chair and he
recognized the pale. troubled fea-
lures of Grace Thomas.
"You-" he said, and she could
not help noting the disappointment
in his voice. But he forced HIM
self into an assumed heartiness.
"why, hello, Grace! Glad to see
you. Sit down." But his un-
spoken words, no less clear to the
girl, said: "What brings you
bereT
He glanced at the open door:
Happily his landlady was not OF
the eavesdropping variety.
'T know you're surprised" she