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man" Billy said boldly. But 1t this
shift of topic tha light faded from
Annals infantile blue eyes. and a wary

Shlft or topic the Nght faded from
Annals infantile blue eyes. and a wary
look replaced it.
"she got more as one Teller" she
remarked discouraEingly. Billy, out.
faced, departed. feeling rather con.
'temptible as she walked down the
street. Joe was at home; she had left
him in bed when she left the house
at ten o'clock. and little Breck had
been rather listlessly chatting with
the colored boy in h elevator, and
had begsed his mother to, take him
downtown. Billy was really sorry for
the little boy, but she did not know
/. what other women did with little
lonely boys Of six. If she went home,
it would not materially better the
situation: the cook was cross today
anyway. and would be crosser If Joe
shouted for his breakfast in his usual
,~unEracious manner She could not go
to Jacqueline and talk dresses unless
she was willing to pay something on
the last bill.
{; Billy thought Of the bank. as she
always LID think Of the bank, when
her reflections reached this point
There were the bonds. not as many
as they had been. But still fine. sal
able bonds. She could pay the cook.
. pay the dressmaker take Brock home
a game. look at hats. spend the day in
lexactly the that pleased her
best. She had promised Joe that
they would discuss the sale of the
next one together when they had sold
the last bond. a month ago. and avoid
did one make?-a paltry fifty dollars
a year! Perhaps it would be possible
not to tell joe !.
Billy looked in her purse, She had
a dollar bill and fifty cents. more
than enough to take her to the bank
in appropriate style. She sisnalled a
taxicab.
Magsie did not see Warren the next
day, hut they had tea and q. talk on
the day following. She told him gay
fly that he needed cheering. n pres
entity took him into Tifany's. wnere
Warren found himself buying her a
coveted emerald. Somehow during
the afternoon he found himself talk
ing and planning as II they really
loved each other, and really were to
he married. But it was an unsatis-
factory hcur. Magsie- was excited
and nervous, and was rather relieved
than otherwise hat her interviews
with her adn1irer were necessarily
ciplined little creature was overtired
and unreasonable. She would have
given her whole future for a quiet
week in bed, with frivolous novels to
read. and Anna to spoil her. no
captious manager TO please. no eX-
haustins performances to madden her
with a sense of her own n other
peoples imperfections. and no War
rem 10 worry her with his long face.
Added 10 Magsie's trials. in this
dreadful week, was an interview with
i<in ~SNo53aI pAr<H@Ar ~ S,kSSva0 ptc1,iA
Gardiner. a handsome. ford lady.
who had inherited a large fortune
from the miner husband whose for
tunes she had CALAMITY shared
through ON extraordinary adren-
lures in Nome. Mrs. Gardiner idol
lied her SON: she vas not inclined to
be- generous Is tire little dippant Ae.
tress who had broken his heart
Richie would not go to the healing
desert. he would not 60 to any place
out Of sound Of Miss clay's voice, out
Gardiner had no objection to Mag.
s:e's person, nor to her profession, the
fact being that her own origin had
been even more humble than, that OF
Miss Clay, but she wanted the treas
ure 81 her boys love TO be 4ppfeci-
ated; she had bsAn enyying. sficA the
hour Of his birth. the woman who
should win Rithie's Love.
stout. o~verdfeSsed. dA~bp.voieed, She
cams TO see the actress. and they both
cried; Magsje hlid that she wa sorry
she was 10 bitterly sorry-but yea.
there was someone else. Mrs. Gardi-
ner shrugged philosophically, wiped
hcr eyes. drew a deep breath. No
help for it! Presently ahe heavily de-
parted: her solid weight, her tinklinH
spans1es. and her rainbow plumes
vanished into the Nmpueine, and she
was whitfield away. s
Maggie sighed: these complications
were romantic. What could one>do?
CHAPTER III.
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