Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-27
EOVE WILL NEVER DIE
-. ,uuo m THE STORY
By JOHN HUNTER

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Bp. days passed swiftly, and grad
ually Constance began to regain her
mar spirits and beauty. Years
ned stripped from her in those
II days in the garden with Audrey
Aunt Ella, with no haunting secret
uard, no straining Of ears for the
t,tsps Of every chance passer.by.
!. No word came from Lord Coming
rnen one day Audrey posted letter,
after 1t had gone she seemed very
.ktent.
Ia seemed to Harkness that an eter-
& had passed since he had driven
hdrey away from his door with all
, hopes shattered.
Time and again he looked back on
|, Interview, and wondered DULY how
had compassed 1t. He knew that II
b agnin she came to him he would
N her. But he also knew she would
r. come. Even IL she discovered the
his, she would not come again.
fois had left the Arcadian. and was
p in the rehearsals for her new
IN. Already its preparation was well
" way, and preliminary announce.
: hb were appearing in the papers.
{ vas being doomed, and Lois was
!. ins doomed with 1t. Hardness real
that the girl might do greater
/ hgs than she guessed If success at
ded the venture.
!. LIE occupation of Lois. her evident
: plete absorption in her new work,
phasized TO him the emptiness of his
n life. Even Lois, the butterfly,
m folded her wings and ceased tC
Ace In the sunshine.
yhs planned many things--Africa and
1: game, the Himalayas, China, the
bslon-but he rejected them all. He
ew that at the ultimate moment he
hid not leave England whatever his
lns.
Sometimes he thought of his father,
Il only with resentment. One day
telegram came from Sheffield. 1t was
hs-almost like a letter.
"your father collapsed. Unable tc
derstand anything, and confined tC
bed. Serious trouble at the Tray
nth Foundr:es. Men almost out o.
nd. A strike threatened, which
{ h extend to the whole of the steel ant
Hled trades in the country. Govern
VII Intervention refused by mems
ders, who insist on dealing direct
y your father. Failing him, ask fol-
Isted representative. Are you willing
accept responsibility?-Hilary."
Harkness laughed when he read the
gram, and then used it as pipe
i. What did 1t matter to him II
the engineering workers in England
rck work! What did it matter to
u his fathers giant business was
pIng? His father had no interest
bim; so It was natural that he should
no interest in his father.
He did not know what made him
ak OF Lois at that moment. He re-
3mbered something she had said to
I when he had discussed his father
D her-somethlng about his father
n famished. She had asked him
e bis father had ever had in his life
~ business; and when he had retorted
his father had asked for nothing
. Lois had pointed out that some
never ask for what they most
SE. Suppose his father-Harkncss
himself surmising incredible
ie ys. Once more he thought of his
0:4ner, just as he had thought Of her
leaving his fathers house. His
,at4er must have loved his mother.
rbsa ,abaa had come into the old mans life
And Audrey had told him on the
be had renounced her that love
IA hot die.
stl{iikness puffcd at his pipe i'm
u -cay. He was torn by a tremen-
'omS indecision.
s.s3 next day brought him a letter
msSHg tho Sevenoaks postmark.
etfRknsss stared at 1t. The hand
1fI on the envelope was Audrey 8.
emed impossible. Surely she was
ID coming to see him again!
IN trembling fingers he ripped It
81 DIS sang froid gone, his eyes eager
=, .tsness smoothed the letter out
nc aLy. His actions were deliberate
. mechanical. He could hardly
oI what the letter might contain
% only that Audrey had written it..
-.ue was no address, no date, no
!, sMre' only few lines written
,,,aly across Il blank sheet. Hark-
sead them with some bewilderment.
-4fo hihg gave a title as guerdon
Ns,hhe might who the tourney won;
WI VII man pass PERSONAL valor
name to his eldest son7
~. W go back to our manhood,
"ao forget what the king has done!
h:.,d dod gave, tho first great title
aen no called me simply man"
se more Hardness read 1t. and as
20 50 glimmer of realization lit