The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-15


 Eof poor woman, he does not lead
 an envdabIe cxsstence; but citizen ship ana what it means awaiSes in
 his soul. Aloud, he vows that he
 will be great maa. A red-haired chIld hears hin, and
 muchsto B8b's embArrassment, speaks
 out and encourages the idea. He | loses her after boyish promise he
 will make good for her sake An
 automobile whisks her away before l he learns her name. Bob becomes fn architect and real
 estate man. He plans to build
 series of giant. electrical figures
 above the city which, will be mag
 nificent to look upon from the top of Red mountain. IyFinisfing lights. he feels, are tame. He hopes to see only castles. municipal buildings, houses ef God, vast auditoriums, | stRtues public and state buildings
 erected along Red mountains crest | all of fhem to he of stone and l marble. Their spires, turrets, towers | and artistic beauty, he feeIs. would forevcr be m inspiration when Bir- I mingham citizens and visitors lifted
 their eyes to look upon them. A broad and mnsnificent thoroughfnre
 should traverse the mountains top. l He thinks colonial types of houses belong rightly to southern climes--
 nor wcstern hnngniows--an builds
 his towns in this style. One day, on the street. he sees the | red-hsired girl agnin. but once more
 she escapes him. In seeking her he
 accidentally meets Annette Kingston, young society girl. Mary witnesses the meeting, without recognizing
 Dob. Mary is being pressed to marry Herbert MeAIlister.
 Itah fnent finnncier, to come to Birlufng- | ham and build home from his drn,y- | ing Of the ghost house. He firds n child model for his main electrical figure. He and Annette become | great friends. Having seized n dog on the street. which proves to be Mary Irevor's. the red-haired girl announces desire never to see Bob l again. Doh is welcomed into ths Eiberton home like n son. He .cci-
 dentaiiy encounters the red-haired girl again with Annette. Disregard ing her desire that he let her alone. BOD wordiessly, frnniSfy fdolizes her. she decides she will leave town rather than enc"unter him. She ooes not realize he loves her. Bob,s NICK mother mSSteriously disappears. He cannot find any trace of her.
 Meanwhile, Annette announces Mary's engagennent and approachins 1 marriage te McAniater.
 Then Bob hastens to send to Mary deed te the house he promised fo give her, and tn plead, anonymously. In the name of the little boy he was long ago, that she postpone her marriage untii he may speak to her. Chapter 14 Bob was soon very much con- vinced that Mary had said nothing
 to Annette concerning Che deed 10 the property.
 Why?
 Bob feared every known thing ex- cept the right one
 The real reason was that Marys father was out of town. and she was waiting to consult hlm concerning
 the bequest, He would return till the second day following.
 But that letter,
 ki, Alone in . her Feom, she drew fl ' from. a. little pearl and ivory jewel case where she had locked it in. She was aghast.
 Women Must Understand
 What should she do? She was ut terly convinced that she must not ! tell her father about it. He would
 not understand Man-lase he was so quick to blamel He probably would condemn the stranger, even In advance of seeipg him.
 Women-~it was their province to
 understand Mary knew that prac- tically every man bragged that he himself was a gentleman, thoroughly to be relied upon. but always warned young women that they probably couldn't trust the. other fellow, Here was really In this grown-up friend. Mary believed steadfast soul of a man above deceit--all 10 be trusted. Why did she feel that? Oh. had she not once looked into his
 eyes!. ~ And had. he not proved his mettle in really succeeding7
 Then. with little guilty look about the room as If she felt the funny old furniture might peep and tell. Mary i gave the letter. surreptitious, sor- rowful. but very forgiving and con fiding squeeze.
 She felt most terribly. the need of
 advice from Grandmother Trevor.
 Should she consult herr The man mig ght be coming at al- most any moment now. ~ Tow would she be able to explain his call to her family2
 Mary shivered. Sha had terrible feeling that while Bob might have a 1 good heart, he would be impossible l in social way-gawlSy and uncouth. 1 Of course his lovemaking could not be toleratedl And of course she 1 could not keep the property and 1 house he had deeded to her. Fighter And yet he had showed good taste, | and astute understanding. in bis com | municating. There was no denying | hot al toh+
 To be sure, he had gone bit far in f making love to her--but-was ever
 there a woman who did not forgive a 1 man for being in love with her and | admitting it9
 She argued on with herself-and | felt Mustered. She hedged--then | capitulated to her old time thought | which was quite captivating: ''He was wonderful little boy" She placed emphasis on the was" T wonder what be actually looks | like now?
 She felt as nervous as ever she had | at sixteen, when she feared she was ! not entertaining a boy companion ! with just the topics most cal culated to give him pleasure
 Mary began actually to try to think | up subjects she would tackle when | Bob was in her presence.
 Fancyl She did not even know his name!
 She couldn't refuse to see him Anyhow, she was anxious to.
 Like a stealthy eat. seeking com fort in its milk pan. Mary tlptoed out of the room, careful to make no noise. lest otherA members of the | family should follow her. to her | Grandmother's room. and she would t thus be compelled to postpone her [