The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-21

tion-but you finally cast 1t from you.'
 I drew away into the farthest cor
 ner of the motor seat. I felt that it
 was sacrilege to listen to the inti-
 mate communion of there two groping l souls-for they both were reaching out to each other-Kitty to find strength and comfort in the sympathy
 and understanding of John Storm and
 John to find something to say to
 Kitty that would tell her that there
 Is more rejoicing over one that was lost and was found again than in the
 ninety and nine that is within the fold"
 I need not have worried however, for I found that for them I did not exist.
 I tried not to listen. but in spite of myself here and there heard snatches of broken speeches on the part of Kitty and reassurances from John Storm.
 But, Jotn," I heard Kitty say, q do not think you understand what kind of a = an Julian Thorndyke Is. | Once he must have had some honor some sense of morality, but at pres- ent his crippled soul Is filled with
 only one idea-that I have made him suffer and he will make me suffer in return.
 You must not believe that this is true. John, for of all the men that I
 have known, John, Julian is perhaps the only one to whom I always tried to be kind"
 T do believe you. Kitty-poor grill You have been more sinned against
 than shining. What a cruel world 1t is for woman after one false step" Yes" responded Kitty soberly. nnn l. ln e. every mistake"
 Kitty's voice made me glance at her dreary. fearless face. She had taken off her hat and 1t had dropped. unheeded, to the bottom of the car. First you suffer because men love you and then you suffer because women hate you. When one gets through the other begins. John, I had
 come to believe that no one In all the world wanted to give me a chance when you and Ria came to me. Hon. estly, John. I think you and Gloria
 are the most splendid human beings
 that God ever madei I have never
 seen any one like either of you"
 And Virginia?" interrogated John
 in a low voice.
 "Ah, Virginia is a dear because she
 cannot be anything else. She has
 never had any real hardship. She is
 still innocent as far as the world is
 concerned. She could not realize
 from what depths I must painfully crawl even to see over the slimy sides
 of the pit had dug for myself. That
 is where Gloria is different, John. Gloria knew. She had gone. clean through the same terrible cauldron
 of temptation. And by dogged per- sistence she had raised not only her self but Herb up to the sunlight of clean living.
 Must l try and do this for Julian
 John? That Is the problem I must have answered. It wracks my soul
 It will be fruitless endeavor. for
 did so try to help him. And would
 have given him all my savings at the time he wanted them, but I knew that 1t would do no good. And I wanted If possible, to give myself one more chance" Kitty's voice faltered and John quickly started speaking to cover her emotion.
 You poor. little Kitty! Why you must have been a mere baby. No won der you nursed bitter thoughts. And bitter thoughts not only warp the mind, but stultify the soul. How long ago was this. dear? Five years, John. I am o3-al- though have never told anyone. All
 the moving picture people think I am only twenty-'
 There was more than a hint of tragedy in both their voices. Unin- tentionally had entered a forbidden l spot--a place that Is only whispered
 about by good girls. Through the