, 1922-01-21

gave him to understand hat the no
alter could not be
Henry and Herbert had bon
stopped> speaking to Patty Fair
child. for each believed her treach-
erous to himself; but Florence now
informed Herbert that far from de-
pending on mere hesrsay. she has In
her possession the confession Of sis
knowledge that he had ocular beauty
the ruinous bit Of writing 10 his own
nknd aad signed with hi. complete
naus-fhnt she had discovered the
paper where Patty had lont II ano that
Il was now IN a secure place. aud In an
envelope upon the outside Of which
was already written. .wallie Torbin,
Kindness Of Florence A."
Herbert collapsed. SO did Henry
Rooter. a little later that evening. az
ter a telcphoned conversaIen with
the sinve-driver.
The two miserable printers were
back IN their places the next after
noon
And On Saturday the new orfoie,
now In every jot and item the IN
spired organ Of feminism. made Its
u~ndeniabiy sensational appearance.
A copy. neatly folded. wal placed
In the hand Of Noble DIN. as he set
firth for his place Of business. after
lunching at home with his mother.
Florence was the person who placed
II there-without charge. She came
hurriedly from somewhere In the
neighborhood. out OF what yard or
alley he did not notice. and slipped the
little obiong sheet into his lax fingers.
"Theref" sho said. breathlessiy.
There's a good deal about you In II,
this week, Mr.. DIN, and I guess-I
guess"
what FlorenceT
II guess maybe you'll She looked
u at him shyIy; then, with no more
20 say. turned and mn back in the d.
fecuon whence she Ind comc-anu
was gone. Noble walked on, not Mt
once examining her little gift. but car
rying II absently In fingers still Lax at
the end Of a dangling arm There was
no life In him for anything; Julia wns
away.
Awny-and yet the dazzling crea-
ture looked ut him from sky. from
earth. from air; looked at him with
the most poignant kindness. yet al
ways shook her headi She had an
swered his frst letter by a kind little
note, his second by n kinder and HITLER
one. and his third, fourth. NTH. and
sixth by no note Mt all; but by the
kindest message Through one of her
aunts) that she was thinking about
him a great deal. And even this was
three weeks ago. Since then. from
Juiia-nothing at ALL
But yesterday something q little
stimulating had happened. On tho
stree- downtown. he had como face to
face, momentarily with Mr.. H. L At
water. Senior. Julia's peculiar old
father; and for the FIRST time In No
bie's life this AIR. Atwater nodded TO
him pleasantly. Noble went on his
way. elated: wes there not something
almost fatherly in this strange greet,
ing1 There had been an easement OF
the pain Of absence; and he glowed
with thoughts of Mr.. Atwater.
The glow faded somewhat from
Noble when he reached q telephone
he called up his mother. and she said
there was no recent news of Julia
current in the Atwater family connec-
ton that she could heal Of; none OF
them had word that she WINS coming
home. However. Noble did not de-
scend all the way into the cellar OF
his soul; some of his glow remained
and kept him a little mora cheerful
thnn he had been for several weeks.
Tho kind greeting Of Julia's father
had stirred his imagination. An event
so singular might be interpreted In
the happiest way: What had Julia
written her father. to chahge him so
toward Noble7 And Noble was stiii
dreamily interpreting as he walked
down the street with the North End
Daily oriole idle In ar idle hand.
he found q use for that hand pres
entity. and. having sighed. lifted It to
press It upon his brow, but did not
complete the gesture. As his hand
came within the scope Of his gaze. lev
eled or h unfathomabie distance. he
observed that the fingers held a sheet
Of printed paper; and he remembered
Florence. Instead Of pressing his
brow he unfolded the journal she had
thrust upon him. AS he began to read.
HIS y was iusteriess. his gait slack
and dreary, but soon his whole de-
neanor changed; It cannot be said
for the better.