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CHAPTER IV
SYNOPSIS
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Released from prison after
serving fifteen years for a crime
he didn’t commit, Mark Grant
goes to the ofiice of a lawyer
named Fosdick to collect a legacy
left him while he was in prison.
When Fodick tells him he will
have to wait, Mark accepts an in
Mitation to a party to help Teddy
Banks win a $1,000 bet with
Archie Landon. Mark is to get
$500 and new clothes. Although
Mark has told him his real name,
Archie introduces him to his
hostess. Mrs. Lynn, as “Stewart
Bryam.’’ Mark meets and falls
in love with Pamela Rodney.
Jealous of Mark’s attentions to
Pamelia, Archie calls him an im
poster and Mark returns the
money but remains at the party.
He learns that Burleson, the
man who sent him to prison, is at
me ^.auy, but Burleson does not
reicognie him, and all jjs well
i ntil Mrs. Lynn suddenly asks
him if, by any chance, he was at
Stella Byram’s wedding.
Mark lifted his head. “No, I
wasn’t there by any chance. I
nun t know her, Mrs. Lynn.”
His hostess looked perplexed.
“But she should be your cousin;
there are so few Bryams. You
must come in on the Tom Byram
side?”
Mark caught the gleeful malice
in Landon’s eyes.
“No,” he repled flatly, “not on
any side. You’re mistaken, Mrs.
Lynn. I'm not related to the
Utica Byrams.”
She was a little taken aback.
But a woman of the world passes
such things over lightly; she turn
ed the conversation swiftly,
though her eyes flashed one keen
question at Landon. He red
dened and moved uneasily in his
chair. It was Pam who spoke
softly to Mark.
“I’m so glad! Those Utica
Byrams are so todgy, I can’s see
how you could belong.”
“I might be a hop out of kin,
you know,” he answered quickly,
and then, in an undertone: “Sup
pose I’m not a Byram at all:
Wi at then”?
“Oh, but it’s your name!” she
laughed, as if at a huge joke.
She lifted her shining eyes, mis
chi f in them. “What was it
Juliet said? ‘,A rose by any other
name?’ ”
“Do you remember about
that?” he asked her daringly.
“The play?” she laughed out
right; “of course I do!”
“With Romeo it was love at
first sight,” said Mark.
- Again the flame that played in
■ : eyes held hers. She drew a
" .. . breath, smiling, clinging
^esf:#rately to the conventions.
She did not know that prison had
made a pagan out of him, like
a pagan he was wooing her and
’ e knew he had fto right to do it.
The dinner ended too soon for
him. He outstayed the other
guests. There was music and a
little dancing again. Burleson
ook off a few to the opera. Pam
taught Mark some dancing steps
c erted ballroom. Lan
.. ,uten carried off against
his will, by Burleson. Mrs. Lynn
was in the drawing room.
“I can’t see where you could
have been!” Pam laughed.
“Why, you know steps I never
eard ui—and not one I know!”
“Nomansland has only one—
the lockstep” — Mark replied
.ve stayed too late
| ... Lynn’s entrance
im away, still graciously.
,..s n i a Utica Bryam he
w..s something of a man. She
man enough under her
, bs to be a little thrilled
. . Lefme she knew what
u.ing she had told him
s at home.
of course, Archie will
oiing you," she ended, suddenly
cooling.
Pam said nothing. She had
u him all these things already,
and another—she was in the habit
of riding her pet horse in the
park, mornings. This was some
thing Archie Landon did not
know; she did not want Landon
and Banks there! It was after
he left the house that Mark had
his bad quarter of an hour. He
had gone there as an imposter,
on the wager of two worthless
boys, under an assumed name. It
would be black enough for a mere
joke, but he was an ex-convict.
Given that, and they found him
out, he would deserve something
worse than expulsion.
“A man does mad things when
he’s in love!” he thought.
But it troubled him. He
* tramped the streets, thinking of
it, wretched at heart. It was past
midnight when he went in search
of Teddy Banks. He wanted his
own clothes. Besides, it was part
of the bargain to report to the
young scapegrace. He found
Banks alone and sulky—his
rooms, & bachelor’s suite, thick
with cigarette smoke.
“I won,” said Mark, beginning
— »n take off his coat.
"w Banks stared at him, biting his
-^cigarette.
*'I know!( Archie’s been here,
ripping mad. What the duce did
you do there, anyway?”
"Got asked to dinner. Did he
cay his wager?”.
Teddy nodded. He did, and
■wore he’d like to murder me!
Come, what happened? Tel] me
|t*s beastly to be shut out of
With Romi-o it 'n<- slight."
the fun and only get a ragging
from a chucklehead.”
•'“Nothing happened. I was well
received and asked to dinner.”
‘‘By the great lady herself?
Teddy slapped his knee, laughing
uproariously. ‘‘What did I say?
Any fellow with a clean shirt!
I got my money out of Archie.”
He went over this again and
again, giggling at it. Mark, sick
with disgust of him, soiled by the
thought that this boy had opened
the door of love for him, changed
back into his own rough suit,
flinging the borrowed raiment
down. The violence of his action
drew Teddy’s eyes.
“Archie says you threw back
five hundred dollars. Why?”
“You'd better ask me why I
took it in the first place,” Mark
retorted bitterly. “I think I was
mad."
come remnant ot conscience
I stirred in young Banks.
| “It was only for tonight!" he
i called after him thickly. “Only
for tonight; that’s flat, remember
I —you can’t go back there, you
know!”
Mark thought the boy had been
drinking again. He did not ans
wer. He shut the door on him
and went out to walk the streets
all night. There was even an ex
hilarating freedom in doing it.
Presently a glow showed in the
eastern sky; against it the sky
scrappers were blocked out in
strange pyramidal shapes. The
■ city lights went out; the day
1 dawned.
It was nine o’clock when Mark
I Grant, sleepless and Ibreakfast
! less, went back to Fosdick’s office.
I Today he would receive his
' aunt’s legacy. It would give him
| the means to go away. He re
1 membered his relief at that thou
ght yesterday; today it meant
exile!
Fosdick, coming in to find him
there, waiting, was no more cor
dial than on the previous day.
But he took the matter up; it was
I apparent that his idea was to get
done with Mark.
“You’ll have some papers to
sign,” he said bluntly. “Come
j over to the courthouse; there are
formalities.”
I Fosdick showed scant courtesy,
but the money was intact—thanks
| to the little lawfyer’s scrupuluus
care.
"I wouldn’t have let her leave
I it to you if I’d had my way,” he
said bluntly, as they closed the
business up.
Mark reddened in spite of him
self. “Mr. Fosdick, do you re
member Herbert Burleson?”
The lawyer shot another look at
him. “Sure, I do! He’s the great
Burleson, now. Why d’you ask?”
j “I saw him yesterday. ’
Fosdick started, and then he re
I membered that it might have been
the merest chance. He nodueo.
“Very likely. He's got a kind of
palace here.”
Mark, folding some papers in I
his pocket, assented thoughtfully.
“He was with my uncle that last
day; he knew there w&s no quar
rel between us. He could have
testified for me.”
Fosdick drummed on his desk.
“It’s late to think of that,” he said
coldly.
“I tried to bring it out; no one
believed me.”
Fosdick shrugged. “Are you I
trying to imagine Burleson will;
clear you now?”
| Mark rose. He had money in
| his pocket; he looked grimly down
at the sneering little man.
“A man has a right to fight for
his life, Mr. Fosdick. I’m young
still. I’ve got red blood in me—
I’m going to fight for my life.” i
Fosdick looked him over
thoughtfully. For the first time
he seemed to realize the man who
had come back. There was pow
er in the figure and the face;
Mark stood upi^Jit, unashamed.
In spite of himself the little law
yer was impressed. But he fin
gered the papers on his desk im
patiently; he was not one to ad
mit he had been touched by any
thing.
Better go west and live it
down," he advised dryly; “no
easy thing to dig up evidence af
ter fifteen years. It would take
your twenty thousand all right.
I suppose—-when you find the
evidence—”he grinned — “you'll
set. up your claim to the Barton
fortune.”
“Yes,' said Mark slowly—
“then I might—but not until
then. Goodday, Mr. Fosdick.”
The lawyer nodded curtly, but
he turned in his chair and foll
owed the young man with his eyes.
For the first time a doubt had
stirred ip him. Plenty of inno
cent people suffered — but,
pshaw! This boy had been fairly
tried. It was a plain murder for
money. He was hard up at the
time, and he was his uncle's heir.
Fosdick pursed his lips. He had
not tried to claim the fortune
yet; it was rolling up; but he
would—of course he would! He
nodded to himself and went back
to his work. He had always be
lieved Mark guilty.
Mark had set his face west
ward. It seemed the natural des
tiny of men such as he. Perhaps
that vague country which used
to be termed “out West,” by
easterners, was not longer vague
and no longer offered as gTeat
opportunities for rehabilitation;
a man could scarcely expect in
these days, to get out of touch
with the things he left behind
him, and there were no more
great fortunes within easy reach
of pick and shovel, but there
would be a great space to breathe,
to look around, to live down the
past.
He went steadily about it; he
had long ago half shaped his prob
able course. Now he looked up
localities, recalled the advice that
bis friend, the warden, had given
him, and even went so far as to
inquire the price of railway fares.
Yet he did not go. Days had pass
ed and he had held to his resolu
tion. He had never returned to
the Burleson house. Better that
Pam should think him uncouth,
uncivilized, than that he should
transgress again. The thought of
his reckless entrance there, his
violation of all the amenities of
social life, made his checks burn.
He loved the girl; it was no ro
mance of a day; and because it
was real, because it was a thing
above and apart from the rest of
his life, he would see her no more.
The surprise and annoyance
might be hers, but she would soon
forget! He would not go there,
but he could not go away. Each
day he said to himself, “tomor
row!” Tomorrow he stayed.
Night after night he walked
around the square on which the
Burleson house stood; day after
day he put off his journey. It
was folly—it was idleness—but
the spell held him. Pam’s eyes,
her vcoice, the touch of her
small hand, haunted him. To go
away from the city where she
dwelt would be evile. There was
always a chance here of a £lin*pse
of her, himself unseen. Once he
did see her. She was going out
with Mrs. Lynn, in the Burleson
car. He glimpsed her face, a lit
tle pale, framed in a great hat,
the furs muffling her; he saw her
pass and the day was changed for
him. .After that, he did not plan
to go for three days. Once he
saw Landon going to the house,
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How to make their meat go fur
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signed to extend the meat purchase
as far as possible.
Here re a f v of many practical
ideas along us line.
BEEF BRISKET
First meal. Brisket cooked with
beans is a delicious dish for the!
first serving. The beans are soaked I
over night and brown sugar, onion |
and seasonings added, then placed j
in a covered kettle with brisket on |
top. Brisket and beans should be
Covered with water and cooked in ,
a moderate oven for about three
hours.
Second meal. Broiled toastwiches
suggested for the second meal, are
prepared by slicing left-over brisket
and making into sandwiches. The
sandwiches are dipped in beaten
egg and milk and broiled until
brown.
Third meal. The left-over meat
from the brisket may be ground
and combined with boiled rice and
seasonings to make a stufling for
green pepp -is. These are baked in
a hot oven until done—about 4o
minutes.
BLADE END OF PORE LOIN
First meal. Blade end of the pork
loin is excellent for a roast. The
end cut is lower in price than the
center cut. Roasting is easy when
a few simple rules are followed. The
roast should not be covered and no
water added. A low temperature
saves both meat and fuel. A bread
dressing, shaped in balls and placed
around the roast half an hour be
fore it is done, will extend the serv
ings. This roast requires 33 min
utes per pound.
Second meal. The cold slices of
toast pork are delicious heated in
barbecue sauce.
I SUCCESSFUL
I PARENTHOOD
By MRS. CATHERINE C. EDWARDS
Afltxdote Editor, Parent's Magazlno
One of the most serviceable
tools you can give your child is
a good vocabulary. A good
well known educator says that
there is a definite relation be
tween large vocabulary and high
intelligence is generally conceded,
but the belief that by building
up a person’s knowledge of words,
the chances for that individual’s
success are increased is a com
paratively recent contention and
one which cannot fail to interest
parents. And aside from this
practical value a feeling for
words can bring rare pleasure to
living.
Now we aren’t saying that par
ents must provide their children
with an adult vocabulary while
they are still young. But it is
in childhood that a love of words
is awakened. Walt Disney has
brought this out delightfully in
Bambi when each new word
Bambi learns enchants him.
Moreover, there is an immediate
reward, for it has been proved
that children having a wide
range vocabulary encounter few
er difficulties with their studies.
To illustrate this point, here are
few answers from a State Re
gents Examination in all of which
and he hated the boy for it. “He
has no right there—after what he
did!" Mark thought hotly, and
grew hotter when he realized the
part he himself had played. Once
he saw Pam on horseback in the
park. Screened by the trees he
watched her in the sunshine and
thought her the most beautiful
thing in the world! That day he
nearly broke his resolution. It
seemed as if he must speak to her.
That night he summoned himself
to the bar of his own judgment
and condemned himself. No hon
est man would have gone into an
other’s house under a false name
and made love to an innocent
girl. He would go West in the
morning.
(Continued Next Week)
the examinee, so far us reasoning'
went, was on the right track, but
he lacked the ability to express
'himself correctly.
“At the primal-ies, numerous
nominees are boiled down until
one is selected.”
“The cause of the 1929 panic
was that people were living be
yond their means. For instance,
some people would have a bath
for each person in the house.”
“Jefferson found a little verse
in the Constitution whereby he
could annex Louisiana ”
We don’t recommend that
children should be shielded front
colloquialisms or slang, or racy
speech—they’d find themselves
speaking a foreign tongue in their
own country if they were familiar
with acedemic language only.
What we do recommend is a large
vocabulary—words, words, and a
knowledge of their exact mean
ings. With the right word in
mind, a small child trying to find
out about the world will be able
to ask a pertinent question; later
as a school child, he will be able
being taught; and finally, as an
to convey his grasp of what he is
adult, living in a world of ideas,
he will be able to understand and
make himself understood.
As one means to building a
child’s vocabulary every family
should cultivate the dictionary
habit. Why do you so often find
the dictionary on the most inac
cessible shelf of the library, and
why is there such a “get-your-'
lessons” attitude about looking
up a word? If you once acquire j
the habit of reading the diction
ary for pleasure, instead of just
consulting it as a last resort,
you’ll discover that it contains
more possibilities for games and
family fun than any other house
hold possession. One of the
most fascinating is that in which
children hunt for words with un
usual origins. A prize is offer
ed each week to the child in the
family who discovers the most in
Third meal. The trimmings Ire r
the roast make a surprise suppe
dish when combined with cres::
sauce and served between layer
and over the top of biscuits as Pc r)
Short Cake.
LAMB SHOULDER
First meal. A stuffed lamb sli
der is a thrifty roast. The bo
may be used to season vegetal
or to make soup stock. A t_.
stuffing is made for it by combir
whole kernel corn, cracker crun
seasonings and minced green i
per. The roast is pieced on a r
in an open pan and about 40 m
u'.es per pound allowed in a si.
Second meal. For the next night
main dish, combine cubes of ci
roast with left-over vegetables a;
enough gravy to hold togetht
Place mound.s of the mixture (
squares of pastry and fold over \
make a triangle. Pinch the edg-.
together. Drawn in a hot oven
These are called Pasties.
Third meal. The remaining lnmi
“bits" may be ground and mixe
with cooked oatmeal, an egg an
seasonings to make Scotch Pai
cakes for supper or for breakfus
teresting word history. The radio
has brought back many of the
word games our grandparents en
joyed. Listen to them as a fam
ily and continue after the broad
cast is over vtith word lists of
your own chosen to fit your child's
school age.
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