Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-21
CHAPTER LIV.
Happiness at Last.

Have really found you at last Min
ettej" cried Peter Nothard, clinging to
the girls hands as II he would never
let her 90.
oh, Peter she murmured, her great
eyes swimming with tears Don't ever
let me go again, Will youf'
Not ever again he assured her
But what are you doing herr"
She told him trying to soften the pa
thetic little tale as much as possible so
that he should not fecl too sorry for her
But Peter studying her wan little face,
and supplying details which he knew
she was trying to hide, could not I've de
ceivcd.
mot for all the world would l have
had YOU endure such suffering" he cried
when she had finished. al have been
searching frantlcally for you ever since
you left my aunt's home. but ! could hnd
no trace Of your whereabouts. l tried to
locate the house where you and John
Wheeler had lived. but wasn't able to
place it, and ! have walked the streets
at night and driven through them days.
looking for you always
1T Was pure luck that / happened to
loo passing by here when you stopped
had the driver To- turn at the last corner,
but lie misur d.rstood me. and came on
otherwise ! would have missed YOU. But
come-you are going with me now" and
he led her to the hanson that waited at
the curb. and gave the man the address
Of his home.
wv here were You going when you saw
me- asked Ninette. smuggling down at
his side and slipping her hand into his.
To meet my sister, Margaret" he an
swered. Delay has written her. beg
cling that she give him another chance.
aud she has decided TO do so. She really
loves him, You know. And he said that
he had changed greatly since she last
saw him. and that he knew she would
tnd him worth forgiving II she would
only try"
Ninette. her face shaded by the brim
Of her hat, smiled little TO herself
If Margaret would forgive him. surely
Arthur Delay would have his reward for
the trouble he had gone to on her ne
count.
As they drove through the streets
Ninette could not help thinking Of the
many times she had walked along these
very payements, her heart like lead
mourning the fact that she would prob-
ably never see Peter again And now
mere ne sat beside her, her hands held
close in his firm grasp. his smiling ewes
meeting hers adorngly every time she
looked Mt him
This isn't much like that first night
J came here. is IT." She laughed as thew
left the cab and entered Peters house
together.
Not much" he agreed establishing
her in big chair and kneeling down
beside her. his arms about her waist
Il came here to steal that night" she
reflected sadly. And I would have sto-
len. too, If you hadn't stopped me-"
81 didn't stop you,' Peter declared
you stole my heart that night. and
you've never given it back again. But
you've given me yours in return, haven't
you, little Ninette?"
She smiled at that and turned from
him to look around the beautiful room
her home TO be. She would never he
a frlendless outcast again.
As they sat there in the twilight, with
the ire casting its warm glow over
them. she told him something of the
weary days she had spent looking for
work. and the Illness that followed. She
told him of Arthur Delays kindness too.
hut not Of bis urging her to go away
with him.
That's the biggest thing TO his credit