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THIRD INSTALLMENT | g It was still in the room. The h yellow light flared low in the lamp u on the table. There lay the news-! v paper as it had dropped the night v before, and her mother’s work-!g basket was overturned by the t] hearth. Roddy had knocked it n down when he sprang at his. father.!it Roddy was going to jail! Nancy gasped. On the chair e, were her furs, her hat and her 1< gloves, just as she had tossed them.'f She drew a long breath, averting her g eyes from her father’s gray face and 0 went to the chair. Swiftly and b stealthily she put on her hat, her Jj furs, and her gloves. Then she1 w stole out into the hall, dropped the j\ chain-bolt, opened the front door, s) and slipped silently out of the still f house. 1 v It was broad daylight outside 1< now; the morning air touched her|v hot face gratefully like cold clear b water. It was February and the ii pussy-willows ssvung over herj head. At her feet some yellow 0 crocusses shot up, just opening lit- a tie yellow eyes in the grass like the'r yellow eyes of Roddy’s siren.; j, Nancy stamped her foot on the 0 round, it was that woman who ad done it. She knew it with the nerring jealous second sight of a oman. It wasn’t Wall Street, it ■asn't curb-brokers, it wasn’t ambling, it was that woman with le fascinating eyes; she wanted loney and she had made a boy steal for her! Nancy opened the gate and walk 1 rapidly down the street never ioking back. Sunrise made the agstones white between the new reen of the grass; keen little blades f it thrust up through the new rown earth and gleamed in the sun ke metal. The red maple buds ere like a scarlet haze. There was lajor Lomax’s house, the little one anding back. Nancy walked aster; if she did not hurry she ould never do it. There was the >w, black iron gate—it was ajar, raiting for her! She drew her reath, opened it wider and went 1. She went up the steps, lifted the Id brass knocker, let it fall with clang and starting, trembling, to an away again. But she was only ist doovn the steps when the door peiied wide and Richard Morgan :ood there, looking at her. Be was not very tall but so iosely built and lean that he looked iller. There was a white band n his forehead, above the tan of is lean face, and his eyes held you. [range eyes, brown with green ghts glistening in still brown ools. Nancy put her hand out and laid on the tall stem of one of his oung trees. "I—I came to see you Richard.’ He came down the steps, holding it his hand. Won’t you come in then, ancy?” She breathed hard, her kneed ere shaking under her. She could) :ver do i,t—never! jgjjff "I’ve g<it to come in, Richard,7^ Build Up Health i and Pains Go Away jj WOMEN who suffer from weak ness often have many aches and | ^ pains which a stronger state of health would prevent j, Women in this condition should take Cardui, a purely vegetable tonic ' that has been in use for over 50 years. Take Cardui to improve the general tons of the system in cases of run- 0 'dO»ir- health and “tired nerves." Women have found, in such' casSSf-» that Cardui helps them to overcome N pains and make the monthly periods easier. w CARDUI is safe and wholesome for women of all ages. Try It! ni Sola at the drug store. ' . she said weakly. He had her hand now and he led her up the steps. Three times al ready ' he had asked her to marry him, and the last time she had tried to be rude ta him, tried purposely, to stop him. They both remem bered; she'saw' it in his face, but he was nice about it; he did not look into her eyes just then. He took her into the library. It was big and square and friendly, and the books lined it richly. A log had just been kindled on the brass andirons; in a bowl on the table were some snowdrops and pussy willows. A tight pain clutched at Nancy’s heart, like the closing of a vise. She saw Page Roemer’s face as plainly as if he stood there, speaking to her. Then she heard Richard’s voice. "Sit down, Nancy. Here’s mother’s favorite chair. I’ll let you have it.” His mother had been one of the rich Kentucky Weatherills; she had brought her fortune to the little old town and made it wonder over her resources and Dr. Henry Morgan’.s luck. Her death two years ago had left all the money to her only son. Dr. Henrv hadn’t anv to leave, but he had left a practice and a good name; Richard had those, too. It was called the Mor gan luck. Richard pushed his mother’s big winged arm-chair forward now for Nancy. As he did it, the clock on the mantle struck six. Nancy started. “What can you think of me? I know you haven’t breakfasted—I had to come!” She had not accepted the chair, she stood by the fire, pulling at her gloves. She was shaking from her head to foot with an ague of fear. "I had to come, Richard!” "Yes?” his voice was low, “wh.it is it, Nancy?” She did not answer; she averted her face and he saw her delicate chin trembling. A pang of bitter ness shot through him; he knew He came down the steps holding out his hand. well enough why his love for her had never reached her, she cared about that Roemer boy. But she ■was here, at his hearthstone now, and he could let his eyes rest on her. He saw her as no one else in the world could see her, he thought How little she was, and delicate; he could crush her body up against hi with one arm! Her little head too, was so defiant, and the round trembling chin and white throat. He could see it move and quiver as she breathed. The exquisite turn of the cheek, the little ear and the lovely glossy hair. How dear she was. He drew a deep breath and she looked up sharply, met the pas sion in his eyes and shrank. She shrank so visibly that it pained him again. He thrust the chair nearer. "Sit down, Nancy,” his voice sounded harsh and unnatural. This time she sank into the chair, a little huddled figure, her head down. "I don’t know1 how to begin, iMinaiu: He became aware suddenly of her anguish. He held himself in check with a strong hand. "Are you in trouble, Nancy?” "Yes.” He went over to the mantel and stretched out his arms along it steadying his fingers on the edge. He had the long thin fingers of the artist and the poet, but his hand had Strength and power, too. It was the hand of a surgeon. He was watching her with his strange eyes, but he was not helping her. "Richard, I tried to be rude to you—you know—last time—” "Last time I asked you to marry me,” he said quietly; "yes.” She caught her breath. He wasj not bitter, but there was something n him that was like granite. There svas power in his look, too, it fright ;ned her; he seemed to have himself ;o well in hand, and yet— She be wail to feel that his love must be a! aower; she had always been afraid, >f it, she knew it now! She cast a — -tt Anoth er Chapter j i ■ atiMffiii11 "" ~~*i RENO: . . , Mrs.. Thalia Massie, (above), here seeking divorce, will charge cruelty and incompatibility against her husband, Lieut. Thomas Massie, U. S. Navy. It was around Mrs. Massie that the famous Hawaii assault case of more than two years ago developed, Lieut. Massie stand ing trial as one of the principals for the slaying of a Hawaiian charged with the assault on Mrs. Massie. I -- frightened look toward the door. Could she get away? Then suddenly she saw her fath er’s bent gray head and his white face, his mouth hanging open—as if he had died as he slept in the chair by the hearth; he wou!d look that way when he was dead, she was sure of it! She tried to raise her eyes, but her lids seemed to weigh them down. They traveled along me uuii uiue luj; lu uie iiiepiace, they reached his feet, and then slowly—up, up tot his narrow prominent chin, his tight mouth, his nose—it wasn’t quite straight —his green-brown eyes! She start ed and the blood went up from throat to brow, her own eyes quiv ered and fell, she gasped. "I’ve come to take it back,” she whispered. She could not speak aloud. "What do you mean, Nancy Vir ginia?” She twisted her hands in her lap. Her gloves had failed on the floor at her feet. She couldn’t raise her eyes at all. "I mean my rudeness to you, then. I—I take it back. youican’t mean—?'*’ She straightened herself, clutch ing at the arms of the big chair. Her dry lips moved but muttered nothing. Then with a frightened effort, she dragged it out, tumbling her words together. "I’ve come to you for help—I’m in awful trouble, I’ve got to borrow money—borrow it tbday, too! A great deal of money—I’ve come to ask you to lend me fifteen thousand dollars, Richard.” His eyes held hers now against her will. She did not know what he thought; she felt humiliation, it! beat down on her like rain. "It’s a great deal to borrow,’’ she faltered weakly, childishly, "but I’ve got to have it—today! Rich ard, can you lend it to me now?” He seemed her answer with an effort, but his voice had a strange thrill in it. ■ "I’d do anything for' you, Nancy—you know that, sure-] ,ly? I’d give you all I’ve got if 5 !could—if you’d let me!” | She raised her eyes slowly, reluct ' antly, and met his again. There [was a glow in his, as if some hidden fire had leaped up in there like a flame. The si jht of it set her heart beating wildly again. "I want to borrow it, Richard,” she said hoarsely. "I’ll—return it, I’ll—I’ll give you a pledge for its return.” nc started ana cnangea color. "What did you say, Nancy?” She rose, trembling, and stood, holding him off with he/ wide frightened eyes, her very lips, white. "I even pledge myself—I’ll marry you, Richard!” Silence followed, a silence so thick and tangible that it pressed down on Nancy’s shaken nerves until she wanted to scream. Her heart be gan to beat against her- side, the ’ throbs were like the heavy strokes of a hammer an an anvil. "Did you mean that, Nancy?” "Yes.’’ "You’ll marry me?” He drew nearer. She could feel his passion for her, it shook him so she recoil-| ed, sinking again into his mother’s! chair, hiding her face from him. j "Yes, I—I said so,” she faltered! in a broken voice. "I meant it, Richard.” He threw himself on one knee beside her chair; she felt his arms] around her. "When, Nancy,1 when?” His arms trefhbled. She lifted her head and looked at] him, her blue eyes still wide with fear. "On Monday—in Washing-] ton.” He held her, his strong arms like a thing of iron about her; she felt as if they pressed into her heart, and yet there was a quiver in them; the thrill of his own heart-beats shook them. But his eyes were searching her. She tried to turn them away but she could not, he had a power in his that seemed to hypnotize her. But she saw the flush on his face die out and leave him white. "God” he whispered. "I can’t lose her—my wife! Nancy—” he raised one hand to her shoulder, touching her white throat; "I’d give my immortal soul to know— that you meant you loved me!” She writhed, dragging herself away from his touch. The very act, hysterical as she was, betrayed her. She hated his touch. He caught his breath, releasing her and .ising slowly to his feet. He stood ooking down at her. "You don’t love me, Nancy,” he said bitterly, "and it’s madness, I know it—but I’ll make you—I’ll risk it; I’ll marry you on your own terms, 1—’’ he drew nearer again, looking down at her. "I’m taking you at your own word, Nancy; you’ll mirry me on Monday—any where on God’s earth—say the word and I’ll be there!” "I’ve come to ask you to lend me fifteen thousand dollars, Richard.” She was very glad that he had let her go; she could) breathe now and she remembered. She had to save Roddy—she had to save the Gor don family honor* "On Monday, Richard.” He caught her hands in his drawing her impetuously toward him again. His deep eyes kindled but she shrank, shivering. "It’s a gamble, Nancy, but I’ll do it—I’ll make you love me! I—” He lifted her hands and kissed them passionately, first one and then the other. “Don’t be afraid of me,” he felt them shaking, "I’ll do any thing for you—you want to bor row1 money? Listen, Nancy, I know you must have some great need of it, but I shall never ask you, never! You can tell when you’re ready, but I shall never ask l 1 •. _ yuu UI1C WUIU tlUUUl ntvu vjuw tion you. I’m going to take you at your word though, and marry yon on Monday—because I’ll make you love me, I swear I will! It’s Monday then in Washington?” His voice was low still, but it seemed to reach through space and touch some quivering, pulsating spot in her soul. She tried to rise, dashing tears from her blue eyes, and her lips shook, but she answer ed, dragging out one word, the word he wanted. 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