The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-09-08
Rain or Shine
BY DUFoRD JENNIE
e by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
CWNU Service)

UNIOW look here, youngster, do
4Nyou know anything about this
chap who seems to interest you so
muchf" Mr.. Lane asked, his heavy
brows settling.
His daughter smiled. II know /
like him. Isn't that enough?" she
Queried.
"a woman's intuition, Ruth, Is all
right as far as it goes, but it doesn't
90 far enough. You don't know what
he does for living by your own con-
fession, and I heard you say that you
can't get track Of him during the day
time"
"The point is, father" she said, II
like him. met him at the art school;
like his ways-and he seems to like
mine. He probably has some reason
for not telling me where he lives, and
for keeping under cover during the
day. I'll ask him, some time-al-
though trust him enough never to
ask him."
"Well prove it-brlng him here to
dinner tomorrow night, and I'll bet
you the string Of pearls you wanted
that he won't"
Ruth was not so sure Of the situa-
ton; and when she met him that night
at little hidden restaurant where he
seemed to prefer to meet her, he hesi-
tated at her request.
His eyes were troubled and a bit
weary Honestly, Ruth don't know.
am" He paused.
"You aren't afraid Of my dad, are
you?"
A little light flickered in his gray
eyes. mo, but 1t might be embar-
raising" Again he paused.
She put a small hand over his lean
finely modelled hand. "Dick, you know
I am learning to think heaps Of you.
and in the way Of things you must let
father meet you; and besides, I must
win that string Of pearls" She told
him about the wager
He laughed. "Come rain or shine!
I'm with your
So 1t came about the next evening
that Ruth greeted the tall young man
whose eyes were tender upon her as
he saw her. She led him into the
library where her father rose to meet
him.
Her fathers glance was searching.
II am glad to meet you, Mr.. Lam
son."
'Like fun" Ruth said to herself.
"But you're going to be-"
The two men talked easily together,
but Ruth could see that her father
was puzzled-the attitude Of man
who seems to be trying to place
face In his memory.
Ruth left the men talking and
slipped out to check the dinner ar
rangements. Finding them all right,
she called them into the dining room.
go IN, you young people, I'll be
right along" her father said.
AS she and Dick seated themselves,
she heard her father going to his
study, and she wondered what was up.
But he returned shortly, and the din
ner went along famously.
Then came the shock about fifteen
minutes later. Suddenly, three men
appeared at the three entrances to the
dining room.
Her father rose, his face grim. Mr..
Lamson alias Mr.. Van Reider, I be-
lieve we have you"
'Father, what do you mean?" Ruth
demanded, her heart pounding.
''Your friend" he said coldly, chad
reason to keep out of sight. He. is
Reider, the embezzler. I thought I
recognized his face"
ut isn't true! 1 know 1t isn'tw
Ruth cried, trembling.
mo- it isn't, Ruth" her lover said,
new, odd note Of authority in his
voice. II am a mere Woodworking
student in an architects Office. "I'm
trying to keep busy at 1t. AS luck
will have it, I resemble this con-
founded Reider. l have been nabbed
twice because l do; so I have been
keeping out of sight and praying that
give me a chance to go out without
being picked up. Call either Blaine
or Armstrong, the architects, and they
will tell you who am. It's no longer
a joke, believe me-"
The oldest Of the three men had
come to the table. He picked up one
Of Lamson's hands. "Pardon me, sir,
I know a mistake has been made be-
fore, but 1 am another precinct. May
I see your palma"
He looked at 1t and turned to her
father. "This Is not Mr.. Reider.
"You were evidently mistaken, sir"
| He beckoned to the other two men,
and they went out, trying to hide
their smiles.
dad, you are darned clever" Ruth
said, initiating her fathers grim tone.
"And you are going to pay more than
a string Of beads for it, too. You
are going to give US that house on
the avenue when we are married"
Her father lifted his hands. "I'm
licked-and I'm sorry" he said hastily.
'Ill make up for IT,"
"It's all right as far as am con-
cerned, sir" Dick said smiling. "You
were doing the right thing, and would
have had me If I had been Reider."
Her father gave him look of graft