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SYNOPSIS.
Fran arrives at Hamilton Gregorys
home in Littleburg-. but Ands him absent
conducting the choir at a camp meeting.
She repairs thither In search of him.
laughs during the service and Is asked to
leave. Abbott Ashton, superintendent of
schools, escorts Fran from the tent. He
tells her Gregory Is a wealthy man.
deeply interested In charity work, and a
pillar of the church. Ashton becomes
greatly Interested in Fran and while tak
tngleave of her. holds her hand and is
seen by Sapphira Clinton, sister of Rob
ert Clinton, chairman of the school board.
Fran tells Gregory she wants a home
with him. Grace Noir. Gregory's private
secretary, takes a violent dislike, to Fran
and advises her to go away at once.
Fran hints at a twenty-year-old secret,
and Gregory in agitation asks Grace to
leave the room. Fran- relates the stry
of how Gregory married a young girVat
Springfield while attending college and
then deserted her. Fran 'is the child of
that marriage. , .,' ,
CHAPTER Vv Continued.
Fran regarded him with somber in
tensity. 'Tve, asked for a home with
you on the grounds that your wife
-was my best friend in all the world,
and because I am homeless, fou re
fuse. I suppose that's uaturaL I have
to guess at your feelings because I
haven't been raised among 'respects
able people. I'm Borry you don't like
it, but you're going to provide for ae
right here. For a girl, I'm pretty in
dependent; folks that don't like me
are welcome to all the enjoyment they
get out of their dislike. I'm here to
stay. Suppose you look on me as a
sort of summer crop. I enjoyed heai
tng you sing, tonight
' We reap what we sow,
We, reap what we sow. '
I see you remember." s
He shuddered at her mocking holy
things. "Hush! What are you say
ing? The past is cut off from my Hfe
I have been pardoned, and I will not
have anybody forcing that past upon
me." ;.
Her words came bitingly: "You
can't help it,. You sowed. -You can't
. pardon a seed from growing." ' i '
'T can help It, and I will. The past
is no more mine than hers our mar
riage was s legal, but it bound me mo
more than it bound tier.: She chose
her. own companions. I have been
building up a respectable life, here in
Littleburg. You shall not overturn
the labor of the last ten years. You
can go. My will Is unalterable. Go
and do what you can!"
Instead of anger, Fran showed sor-
tT X 8 i y en "f"
rled to the second Mrs. Gregory-the
present one?'
He turned his back upon her as if
to go to the door, but he v whe4d
about: "Ten years. You understand?
Ten years of the best work of my We
that you want to destroy." ; . r-.
"Poor lady;" murmured Fran. "Hie
'first Mrs. Gregory my friend' has
been dead only three years. You and
she were never divorced.: The lady
that you call Mrs. Gregory now she
isnt your wife, is she?"
"I thought" he was suddenly
ashen pale "but I thought that she
I believed her dead long ago I was
sure of It positive. What you say is
Impossible-"
"But no one can sow without reap-
- "I Am Mrs. Gregory.
Ing," Fran said, still pityingly. "When
you sang those words, it was only a
song to you, but music Is Just a bit
of life's embroidery, while you think
it life itself. You don't sow, or rean
In a choir, loft You can't sow deeds
and reap words,"
"I understand you, now," he fal
tered. "You !; have - come to disgrace
: n uai kuuu wiu iuat ao yOU, or
or my first wife? Ypu are no abstrac
tion, to represent sowing and reanine
but a flesh-and-blood girl who can go
away ir sbe chooses " : ,
"She chooses to stay," Fran assured
- him; y-.;v;
TThen you "have resolved to ruin me
ni break my wife's heartr
"No, I'm Just here to have a home."
'Tton't they say that the Kingdom
of God may .be taken by force? But
you know more about the Kingdom
than I. Let them believe me the
daughter of some old boyhood friend
that'll make it easy. As the daugh
ter of that friend, youH give me a
home. Ill keep out of your way, and
be pleasant a nice little girl, of any
age you please." She Bmiled remotely.
He "spoke dully : "But they'll want
to know all about that old college
friend."
"Will you enjoy a home that you
seize by force?"
"Naturally. Well, Just invent some
story -I'll stand by you."
"You don't know me," he returned,
drawing himself up. -"What! do you
Imagine I would lie to them?"
"I think," Fran remarked Imperson
ally, "that to a person in your posi
tion a person beginning to reap what
he has sown, lying is always the Dext
course. But you must ' act as your
conscience dictates. vYou may be
sure that If you decide to tell the
truth, I'll certainly stand by you In
that" ;
Helplessly driven to bay, he flashed
out violently, "Unnatural girl or
woman or whatever you are there
is no spirit of girlhood or womannood
in you."
Fran returned in a low, concentrat
ed voice, "If I'm unnatural, what were
you in the Springfield days? Was it
natural for you to be married secretly
when the marriage might have been
public? When you went away to
break the news to your father, wasn't
it rather unnatural' for you to hide
three - years before coming back?
When you came back and heard that
your wife had gone away to be sup
ported by people who were not re
spectable, was it natural for you to
be satisfied with the first .rumors you
heard, and disappear for good and all?
As for me. yes, I have neither the
spirit of girlhood nor womanhood, for
I'm neither a girl, nor a woman, I'm
nothing." Her voice trembled. "Don't
rouse my anger when I lose, grip on
myself, I'm 'pretty hard to stop. If I
let everything rush on my mind how
he my 'friend my sweet darling
'friend how she searched for you all
the years till she died-and how even
.n her death-bed h thht n,,vL
n her death-bed she thought maybe
you'd come you " .
Fran choked back the words.
Don't!" she gasped. "Don't reproach
me, or I'll reproach you, and I mustn't
do that I want to ide my real heart
from you from all the world. I want
to smile, and be like respectable
people."
For God's Sake," whispered the
other frantically, "hush! I hear my
wife coming. s Yes, yes, I'll do every
thing you say, but, oh, dont ruin me.
You shall have a home with . us, you
shall have everything, everything."
Except a welcome," Fran faltered.
frightened at the emotion she had be
trayed. "Can you show me to a room
quick before your wife comes? I
don't want to meet her, now, I'm ter
ribly, tired. I've come all the .way
from New York to find you; I reached
Littleburg only at dusk and I've been
pretty busy ever since!"
Come, then," he said hastily. "This
way I'll show you a room.
.It's
too late," he broke off, striving desper
ately to regain composure.
The door opened, and a woman en
tered the room hastily. '
CHAPTER VI.
'v
Mrs. Gregory,
The wind had ; suddenly increased
in, violence, and a few raindrops had
already fallen. Apprehen'stdns of a
storm caused hurried movements
throughout the house. Blinding flashes
of lightning suggested a gathering of
the family in the reception hall, where,
according to tradition, there was "less
danger;" and as the unknown lady
opened the door of the. front room,
Fran heard footsteps upon the stairs.
and caught a glimpse of Grace Noir
descending.
The lady closed the door behind her
before she perceived Fran, so intent
was she upon securing from threaten
ing rain some unfinished silk-work
lying on , the window-sill.- She paused
abruptly, her honest brown eyes
opened wide.-, "v
. The perspiration shone on Hamilton
Gregory's forehead. ,"Just a moment,"
he uttered Incoherently "wait I'll be
back when I " make sure ; my library;
window's closed. -. . ." He left the
room," his brain In an - agony of inde
cision. . How much must be told? And
how would they regard hlni; after the
telling? 4 - '.' . - , '
"Who are you?" asked the lady of
thirty-five, mildly, but with gathering
wonder.
The answer came, . with miw broken
laugh, "I am Fran." It was snoken a
little defiantly, a kittle menacingly, as
in l x 'WMn v
if the tired spirit was bracing itself
for. battle. , ; ::f ?;; f - -r
The lady wore her wavy hair part-"
ed In the middle after; that fashion
which perhaps was never new; and no"
impudent ribbon or arrogant flounce
stole .one's attention from the mouth
that was Just sincere and sweet. It
was a face one wanted to look at be
cause well, Fran didn't know why.
"She's no prettier than I," was Fran's
decision, measuring from 'the natural
standard the standard every woman
hides in her own breast. "
"And ..who is Fran V asked the mild
voice. ' The lady smiled so tenderly,
it was like a mellow light stealing
from a fairy rose-garden of thornless
SQUlS. - . " r";
Fran caught her , breath while her
face showed hardness but not against
the other. She felt something like
holy wrath as her presentment sound
ed forth protestingly "But wno are
you?" - - ; -"
"I am Mrs. Gregory."
"Oh, no." cried Fran, with vlolL,
Fran Suggested Honor.
"no!" She added rather wildly "It
can't be I -mean but say you are
not Mrs. Gregory."
"I. am Mrs. Gregory," the other re
peated, mystified.
Fran tried to hide her emotion with
a smile, but it would have been easier
for her to cry. Just because she of the
patient brown eyes was Mrs. Gregory.
At that moment Hamilton Gregory
re-entered the room, brought back by
the fear that Fran. might tell all dur
ing his . absence. How different life
would have been if he could have
found her flown! but tie read, in her
face no promise of departure. -
His wife was not surprised ; at his
haggard face, for he was always work
ing too hard, .worrying over his exten
sive charities, planning editorials for
his philanthropic Journal. 1 devising
means to better the condition of the
local church. . But the Vresence of this
stranger doubtless one of his count
less objects of charity-demanded ex
planation. . '. J-- v!.V-
"Come," he said bruskly, addressing
neither directly; "we needn't stop here.
I have some explanations to make, and
they might as well be made before
everybody, once and for all. . . . ."
He paused wretchedly, seeing no oat-
look,, no possible escape.- Something
must be told not a lie, but possibly
not all the truth; that would rest with
Fran. He was . as much in her power
as if she, herself, had been the' effect
Of his Sin. ' ':': '
He opened the door, and walked
with a heavy step' into the' hall. Mrs.
Gregory followed, wondering, j looking
rather at Fran; than at tier huscand.
Fran's keen eyes searched .the apart
ment for the actual source of Hamil
ton Gregory's acutest regrets. ,
vYe8, there stood the secretary.
CHAPTER VII.
r A Family : Conference.
f Of the group, It was the secretary
who first claimed Fran s attention.-; In
a way,; Grace - Noir . dominated . the
place. Perhaps it was because of her
splendidly developed body, Jier beauty,
her . attitude of unclaimed .yet unrec
ognized authority, that she stood dis
tinctly Jfirst , .'t',-::::,y- v, '..
As for Mrs. Gregory, her mild aloof
ness . suggested that she hardly : be
longed to the family. " Hamilton Greg
ory found himself instinctively turn
ing to Grace, rather than to his wife
Mrs. Gregory's face did. indeed, ask
- why, Fran was there ; ; but Grace, stand
ing at, the foot of the .stairs, and look
ing at Gregory with memory of her
recent dismissal, demanded explaria
Mrs. Gregory's mother, confined by
paralysis : to a wheel-chair, fastened
upon the , new-comer eyes ; whose
brightness seyenty years or. more had
not dimmed, j The group was complet
edhy Mrs. Gregory's bachelor brother.
1 older than his sister by fifteen yux.
ELLIS
(CQPYfclGHT 1912
B0BB5-WEPPILU CO.)
This brother,' Simon Jefferson, though
stocklly built and evidently well-fed,
wore an air of lassitude,, as If peren
nially tired. . As he leaned back in a
hall chair, he seemed the only ' one
present who did not. care why . Fran
was there, . ;-;-v - 'i"v:.
Gregory broke the silence by clear
ing his throat with evident embarrass
ment . A peal of thunder offered him
reprieve, and after its reverberations
had died away, he still hesitated.
"This," he said presently, "is a the
orphan an V orphan one who has
come to me from She says r her
name is Frances."
"Fran," came the abrupt correction;
"Just Fran." '
There was a general feeling that an
orphan should speak less positively,
even about her own name should be,
as it were, ; subdued from the mere
fact of orphanhood.
"An orphan I" Simon Jefferson ejac
ulated, moving restlessly in his effort
to find the easiest corner of his chair.
I hope nothing is going to excite me.
I hve heart-disease, little girl, and
I'm liable to topple off at any moment
I tell you, I must not be excited."
I don't ; think,", replied Fran, with
cheerful Interest in his malady, "that
orphans are very exciting."
Hamilton Gregory resumed, cau
tiously stepping over dangerous
ground, while the others looked at
Fran, and Grace never ceased to look
at him. "She came here tonight after
the services at the Big Tent She
came here and, or I should say, to re
quest, to ask Miss Grace saw her
when she came. Miss Grace knew of
her being here." He seized upon this
fact as if to lift himself over pitfalls.
Grace's eyes were gravely Judicial.
She would not condemn him unheard,
but at the same time she let-him see
that her knowledge of Fran would not
help his case. It did not surprise
Mrs. Gregory that' Grace had known
of the strange presence; the secretary
knew of events before the rest of the
family.
Gregory continued, delicately pick
ing his way: "But the child asked to
see. me alone, because she had a spe
cial message a yes, a message to
deliver to me. So I asked Miss Grace
to leave us for half an hour. Then I
heard the girl's -story, while Miss
Grace waited upstairs."
: "Well,"- Simon ' Jefferson interposed
irritably, "Miss Grace is accounted for.
Go on, brother-in-law, go on. if we
must have It"
"The tact Is, ,' Lucy" Gregory at
this point turned to his wife for at
certain odd momenta he found relief
in doing so "the fact is the fact is,
this girl Is the er daughter of of a
very old friend of mine a friend who
was was a friend years ago, long be
fore I moved to Littleburg, long before
I saw you, Lucy. Tbat was when my
home was in New York. I have told
yon all about that time of my youth,
when I lived with my father in New
York. Well, before my father died.
t was acquainted with this . friend. I
owed that person a' great debt, not of
money- a debt of what shall I say?"
Fran suggested, "Honor."
Gregory mopped his brow while all
looked from Fran to -. him. He. re
sumed desperately: "I owed a great
debt to that friend oh, not of money.
of course a debt which circumstances
COU&H DUE TO NERVOUSNESS
Not Dangerous, but Hard to , Distin
guish From That Where Bronchial --Tube
Are Affected..'
It frequently happens that persons
hitherto in good health are suddenly
seized with . fits - of . coughing, which
they - have considerable difficulty , in
overcoming. : - Due to a general neu
rasthenic or hysterical nervous condi
tion, this cough, owing to Its particu
lar characteristics, , is , termed "the.
nervous cough." " .. . -
The nervous cough often cannot be
distinguished ; In any way from ' the
cough due to an affection of the j-es-plratory
passages. ' It sometimes' oc
curs in the form of periodical," pro
longed and very painful fits of cough
ing and sometimes as -,'a;. continual
.short, dry cough. Its ; most: character
istic symptom is that it ceases during
sleep and begins again on waking.
The patients, while often a source of
anxiety - to those around them, are
generally , otherwise j in ' verjf good
health. . f . , . . .A
. Another peculiarity of this cough Is
the, absence of, any secretion,, for even
after very prolongedflts; of coughing
there is rarely anything noticeable
except a little saliva. , v Patients , may
sometimes soccA!d in checking tie
prevented me from ; paying from
meeting which ; I still owe to the
memory.' of that er of that dead
friend. The friend la dead, you under
stand, yes,; dead." : ; .
Mrs.' Gregory could not understand
her husband's unaccustomed .hesitan
cy. She Inquired; of -Fran, "And ' U
your mother dead, too, little girl H
That simple question, , innocently
preferred, directed the course of fu
ture events. Mr. Gregory had not In
tentionally spoken of his friend in
such a way as to throw doubt upon the
sex. Now that he realized how his
wife's misunderstanding might save
him, he had not the courage to' unde
ceive her. .'. .
Fran waited for him to speak. ; The
delay had lost him the power to re
veal the truth. Would Fran' betray
him? He wished that the thunder
might drown out the sound of her
words, but the storm seemed holding
its breath to listen. '
Fran said quietly. "My mother died
three "years ago." . ' . ' a
Mrs. Gregory asked her husband.
"Did you ever tell, me about this
friend? I'd remember from his name;
what was it?" ;-t '1,
It seemed impossible for him to u
ter the name which had sounded from
his lips so often in love. He opened
his lips, but he could not say "Jose
phine." Besides, the last name would
do. "Derry." he gasped. ( - V
"Come here, Fran Derry," said Mrs.
Gregory, reaching out her hand, with
that sweet smile that somehow made
Fran feel the dew of tears.
Hamilton : Gregory, plucked up spir
its. "I couldn't turn away the daugh
ter of my old friend. You wouldn't
want me to do. that None of you
would. Now that I've explained ev
erything, I hope there'll be no objec
tion to her staying'here in the house
that is, if she wants to. stay. She has
come to do It, she says all the way
fromNew York." .t : J'
Mrs. Gregory slipped her arm e bout
the independent shoulders, and drew
the girl down beside her upon a divan.
"Do you know," she said gently, "you
are the very first of all his New York
friends who has come into my life?
Indeed, I am willing, and indeed you
shall stay with us, just as long as you
Will." ':....V;;K - -
Fran asked Impulsively, as r; she
clasped her hands, "Do ryou think yoii
could' like me? " Could you?" -
"Dear child" the answer was ac
companied .by, a gentler pressure, "you
are the daughter of my husband's
friend. Thafs enough 'for me. You
need a home, and you shall have one
with us. I like you already, dear."
Tears dimmed Fran's eyes. ' -"And 1
Just love you," she cried. ' "My! What
a womah you are!" )l
" Grace Noir was silent . She liked
Fran less than ever, ' but her look was
that of a hired -secretary, saying,
"With all this. I have Nothing to do."
Doubtless, when alone with Hamilton
Gregory, she would express tier sin
cere conviction that the girl's presence
would Interfere with his work but
these others would not understand.
Fran's unconventfonality had given
to Mrs. , Gregory's laugh a girlish note,
but almost at once her face resumed
Its 4 wonted gravity. Perhaps ' the
slight hollows in the cheeks had been
pressed by the fingers of care, but it
was rather lack of light than presence
of shadow, that told Fran something
was missing from the woman-heart
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
cough, but 'not for; long, ,and as a
rule In such cases the next fit of
coughing is all the more severe.- -,
The ; nervous cough" Is particularly
frequent between the ages of twelve
and seventeen: . It then ; of ten f: as
sumes the character of a barking
cough. It is unattended by. any seri
ous danger, and does not induce any
emphysema. - Change of climate ap
pears to have most effect upon it -
Engtrsh Averse to Change!
.- There is nothing ,more amusing in
ail the, quaint and curious customs of
the English l house of - commons than
the strange ceremony which marks the
termination of each session. : '
The moment the hduse is adjourned,
loud-voiced messengers and policemen
cry out In the lobbies and corridors:
"Who. goes home?" ; . ' ir - r
- These mysterious words have Sound
ed night after, night - for: centuries
through .the hall - of. parliament .
The custom dates from a time whee
It was necessary . for members to g
home in parties, acoxnpanied ; by I men
carrying links or torched f&f. common
protection against the foodpads who
infested the i streets of London But
though that danger . has long sines,
passed away, the question "Who goer
homer: Is still asked, night after night
during the ' session of parliament
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: - , Talking Machines.
"Papa, did Edison make the first
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GRANDMA USED SAGE TEA n
TO DARKEN HER GRAY HAIR
She Made Up a Mixture of Sage Tea
' and Sulphur to Bring Back Color,
Gloss, Thickness.
Almost everyone knows that Sag
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed brings back the natural color ana
lustre to thi hair when faded, streawj
or gray;- also ends dandruff, itcbiw
scalp and stops ' falling hair. Year
vtit this mixw
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,was to make it at home, wmcu
mussy. and troublesome. Nowauaj
by asking at any store for "Wyetii
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy," y
will : get a large bottle of this famow.
old recipe for about 50 cents.
Don't stay gray! Try it! No oD
can possibly tell that you darkenej
your hair, v as it does it bo natural
and evenly. You dampen a sponge
soft- brush ; with It
and draw u-
strand at a time; by morning the grJ
hair disappears, and after another ap
plication or two, your hair become
beautifully dark, thick and glossy. AO
' . . , Mean. .
."I have a very, thick head of bair
"I guess it's the result of environ
ment"
Constipation canses many serious
eases. It is thoroughly cured by
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One a laxatiw
three for cathartic. Adv.
' " ' : ..... 1 1
But the average man would have
to
use for mirrors . if he sould see
self in them as others see him.
him-
00&
Standing ' on one's merits is &
but moving on them is better.
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