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''<%l 7 am Where One Dream Ends Bf a. w. peach »-«<eae«HQHMaoc^^ (© by McClur* N*wspap«r Syndlcat*.) Itnh.Tt Winston laid his brushes and ' I'Puin and knocked on her door, imletle aside and listened. The old studio building .had once been sound* .zied, dio- called- her nsm6* softly proof, but Untg iiad worked a inysteri- WM s certain he heard a faint i ous change—at least between Win ston's studio and hers. She was mak ing her piano speak of haunted things, even thfough^the old walls. The music was softened,\6ut it came to him with Momethlng Of the charm of music that drifts across moonlit waters. Finally, lie shook himself from the *»' spell, dfrew out a small electric heater, and swiftly prepared an. attractive lunch. Then he calmly marched up stairs and knocked on her studio door. H©. was a bit afraid of her, for she had seemed to him a very haughty lit i' 1 His day had ben a busy'oat, but for I some mysterious reason his thought of her had been on his mind. Think* Ing he heard a alight atir above him, be went up, but there waa no answer to his knock; yet, going dowu the stairs he met Tim, the janitor, and In response to a casual question Tim re plied that Miss Konald had gone to her studio, he thought. lie tried to compose himself to work, but he was restless. He went upstairs Si lence answered him. Profoundly puz- nnd sound within. Then he took the situation by the horns. - r , “Avis, open this door or I will get Tim. Please, l have something Impor tant to tell you!" The door opened slowly, and sha was facing him. His quick, trained eyes saw In her girlish face fear, fright, and some terrible detennina- tlon. He clon>d the door quickly. “Avis, what Is it? Tell me!" Hn caught her to him. “I have been wor ried for some strange reason all day. Tell me—I want to know—and—” tie person, but any girl who had played With his arm around her slight " right through the afternoon into the evening merited some Interruption, If . only long enough to eat. The music ceased, the door opened, and the small oval face, in which un usually Hark eyes were set. looked out ; with cold query. ‘‘Robert Winston, Impressionist, pre sents Ms compliments to Avis Ronald, „ oepresslonlst, and Invites ber to a re past with him. for the day la far done and the darkness—" he b«qtiin. “But I—" She looked ao weary, and a bit troubled with aome inner doubt that made her healtate, that he did what he hardly thought he |s»»aetaed the \ courage to do—he aerenely reached out and took her hand “Come, child, you have practiced long enough. I.ook upon my gray hair* and be obedient." he announced. waist, he held her to him in spite of the effort she made to release her self. Then she held out one small, finely formed little hand. “The ffouble?" she said In a dead, wistful voice. “It is enough. I have felt my hand growing numb, I thought. I practiced all yesterday afternoon to drive it away. This morning I could not move It, and this afternoon a spe cialist told me I would never use It again—paralysis. You see"—she spoke with dangerous quiet—“I hare over done my practicing./ Tried i«m> hard to make a dream come true, and now It‘a gone!" She did n«H -weep. There la a stage beyond weeping, beyond despair. He knew something of Its meaning Ho looked down at the dark head. Ho noted that her left band was hidden. He pullet! It Into view. In It was a small bottle, and his cry of fear went Into hla words: "ATts. what Is that- t-HaonY* hn rrlcd In n choked voice. She nodded almply. He caught the bottle, threw It aside, then gathered her U Ida si»— aad sol down *f.onk here, little girl. this. I ihl^L la tb« torklewt thing that ever hat»|ie«M>d I have hem In Ime with you from tho nr»t time I saw |>*0 Whew ■•Or dream ends, another always begins. If rnm he*t* oor eyes and Henna open Y»or I view and desolation nf spirit al career la over. ‘ Morh thought, —cur te mo THE PASSING OF DUNGANNON. (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) big purposes and high resolves would be realized. Leaving the little lake I parted with John and went alone to the old Molony place where I stood on the ground before the Souse ami looked Upon the changes that had taken place since the long-ago days of my childhood. All the heavy woods that sheltered the old home were g'-ne, and hare fields took their place, while I wondered if, indeed, the new order of things is really genuine progress over the old times, ami whether the products of the cleared lju-d» romprn«atei! for the beauty and comfort of the old for- e*ta. In the old days a dense woods stretched between the Molony home and Lhinrann<|n. whereas now the landscape Is hare and harsh Purely prosperity la bought at a high price it is paid for la ugliness •m nf a lei's •iresa> of nilur ears logetheel W hat yen aa» little head ms Os H for him •• aay what he sfhee- aiae never meM have said to her Ha aaftly. gaMly. awiftly emw- t w and the heart hersmaa with etfert Pha | for the fneraAs that are as Ifort She hegaa te rwle«. weeptag anflty a bra her whispered te him "I waaied yea ta lave ! fhevtght It ana lost wnatd hare given up my raw for I—I laveg yna. from the •rat hat I dtdnt think yea re rag P*w pie la like rirraautaares. I fancy, KspermHy if they are old. for when sea war spirit and the tafe of the world hhew cold ap*a jHi Ihe -f the I trees, jesthr height and v« hot i . I i dignity. Spaa ^ language c He settled that—vrlt weds; and the other FISH EAST PREY FOR TERNS “Vsu Res I Prsd Mu»wjs Haarta—" She gl.1 )|til< fcty at his lemples. w her.- f.ttnt s! rrsks of gr*» w ere Is- gjining to show, and auiilcl **| will go. but. please. |>r)>uitse > ou Wont be as *|.t to in* as you usually Rtv’’ - Me I—tki-H at her with aatouieii ment . In-r *o|«-e was half aertous. half ■•ran. Master* a# the Aie, Are by Na Means Afra>d e# t*e Laaptng Waters Th* follewlng •IrarTtpthm ef the te- tlvltlca of the cotamoa tern ta taken from the maawsriipt of a work ou the birds of Massachusetts by the 1 *e- |>aniuctit of Agiiculturv Wh*|i the niackecH or the blueftsh, coming in great hordes, find a school of -halt,- the larger fish • h|iae_Al>c»a wluius,cal. 'Voo shaM cvuifmaiitt me' »oIHTT Try TitiUI tl»e latter. In their h* answered with finality I efforts to escape, break water In all .She sank into ;lie big lounging chair 1 direction* and skip over the wave* Is Me studio With M faint <dgh of re- like flying Osh. er mill .around In n lief nod he drew up the little table dense mass Th# water all around «»n which he spread the lun< h She wav In a souther'tnood. though whe made tome effort to match hla fairly, holla under the savagf offset of the purauem Then It la that the sharpeyed tenia, spying the enimno cheerfulnca*: and with his knowledge tlc*n. Ihwk from afnr to feast an th* * f the wa.w «>f human heart*, he knew luckleaa bahllngs she had come to one of those dark ; High they hover In the aunlight. days when the game do*** not seem above the surging sea 1‘lte whirl- worth the rnnrtle. , big. screaming white breasted bird* When (he lunch w«h out of th* way ! "^ongly contrasted against the murky he leaned forward. “Now look, Avia. ! alternately climb the air and there is something very ranch wrong. P'«inge like plummets straight down You aee, I read human hearts—“ The look in her dark eyes as tbey dqmn the waves or even below them—risihg again, fluttering, pois ing, arrenmlng. striking. It fairly ruins terns—hundreds of them to gether shooting downward into th# maddened waves. Masters of the air, they play with the gusty blast him! gambol with the leaping waters. nothing. 1 am just, a-wondering R:si, “ r fn>m M “* * e « th *- v sfu,k( * fh ® whMtlier—hut you wouldn't under j ,,r,T ‘- fr,nu th »* ,r plumage and. tower- W}4n(1 |., | Ing higher, hover a moment breasting th* gale, then set their wings and, like long, barbed' speartiui»ds,_ drop voted upon him was perplexing “I wonder.” was all she said. “Yours 1 can read. Something is going wrong. Now we are neighbors and friends. Can't I help you?” She shook her head. "Oh, it is He saw it was useless to try to ■ draw her out. “I think I could, and ! ^ , . ,i downward ti> nlimae.—a gain and—y*f yon know yon onn count upon me if-t- — 1 J mtn •traaartk and Im w* m thrir u«n fortHig w«wd* rf ev sM k»pe, an«f aw aka la aur Ha tile faith at um* rhiMhoud. j which the w**fid ai*4 the year* had •k* *M ag a|mu«t battered ta death A ad aa 1 ft waa with am on tha* last *mtl U* I Kin* a i rx-n. tha hriuved It aa» a **d mcavtutv. and, vt*aaJtilrtg the happy day* ••( Jure. I fan*.ml m\•a'f •landing ta the saved crater **f a cycl«| r deviroyrd theater; lights ••tit, mu-xc dea*l and lau^htrr dr- part-d. dc*-4ation triumphant Hut hop*, ever eternal in the hataan heart, sprang t*» my aid and pietarrd a future for the near order full of proud ard happy time*, evrn though for me thuer day* Were no more. Philadelphia u^ung,- iif the mg citie* in which I have always fr't perfectly comfortahle in mind* and hndy; the only big city in which I have felt myself tVfolthd in the warmth of »u <«we«>t a hospitality that it gave the feel of a little child's arms about my neck, though f am. and al ways have been, a stranger in thrt historic old town. The new owners being from, that city makes me feel that the lares and perate- th.it ruled ' thi* kingdom in tenderness and love in tha old days will not be de throned, but that the same loyalty that characterized the days of Dun- cannon will he manifest in the de votion and reverence of the denizens of "Quail Lodge,” and that their beneficent rule will continue to give to the new people the joy and pleasure and protection of the^ days of auld lang syne. 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