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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. Also, I
hope they will feel the same pleas
ing sense of hospitality that the
City of Brotherly Love has always
given me.
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1 can be of use!”
“Very kind of you, and 1 thank you.
air.” she replied in the same puzzling
tone.
They chatted of this and that—"the
nothings that make up life”—and then
she rose from the chair. She held
eut ber hand. “You have been very
good to me—in spile of the noise I
make over yoa# bead—and 1 am grata
ful to you." i
Ha waa downright puzzled. His
first Impulse was to wrap bis arms
about her. draw her dart head otosa
r ta Mb, ■maY# he> tall what waa on her
mlad. He suddenly realized how she
had stolen into tMt_.hfirT Tint bBa
tai manat ta him; bat her dark alooA
checked him, tad tba good night
Be gave her was merely the pi as a
•at bantering r>ad night of
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Petting is one of the greatest amuse
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-in few countries is*there such free
dom of speech and action as hore. v
Mi t’ltlns, f«Fr instance, not only ia
lovemaking taboo among young peo
ple, but It is forbidden even to speak
ef love. An engaged couple may not
mention their coming nuptials. All la
attended to by the parents.
Le rui esl moil; ~vfv t e~Te
roj.
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sow era. that aay a there edit h*
la hew ve* “
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