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Dewey Groveg
his attorney, pays him a call now
Helen Fare frels snhappy when the air and then, and Dr. Ralston is in OPENING SALE
At the boarding school teass her shout giv fairly regular attendance. Aside
In up dancing and parties and being. Mina Bimplicity Just to
please her handsom from them lie sees practically no ruardian, Leonard Brent, with whom they onc."*" accuse her of being in love. And her roone
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"I see," Brent mused. “Mr.
mate calls her a fool after they are him t Greaves, an attorney, and his phy-
the Bits one day with another wom
Realising her schoolgirl Infatuation for gician. Is the old gentleman fail- help, Brent exacta ber promies to do any-
thing he asks her to, and asys. he willing?"
tell her about her parag after whe "Yes, quite rapidly."
graduates,
One day Brent wples gold, kanket an a in an alles. He bergur who has fallen bends over to take the locke and hast mumbled words about "Evangeline-dieln- herited" and decides to help the old man and learn ble story.
The beggar in tog, far gone
that his
եւ Charles much shergil OwNellin; that his wife h dead; and that there was a baby Evangeline whorn he
to reveal
"I see," Brent said again. "Per haps he is making a belated search for his daughter.”
"He'll die unrelenting, is my opinion," Bruito predicted.
•
•
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Brent closed his note-book with has hidden from her wealthy grandfather, a sudden finality. "Well," he said Cyril K. Cunningham. The old man dies brightly, "I'm much obliged to you before rent can verily any · daten ar facts. However, he finds that an eccentric indeed, Mr. Bruite, for the informa- millionaire of that, name Hr in Yonkers tion you've given me. It will make
a great story."
and endeavours to learn more about. from the burger store owalp
CHAPTER VIL
"Old man Cunningham is
| stubborn old fool!”·
hims
"Now you be careful what you write," Bruite cautioned him un- casily. "And perhaps, you'd best anot quote me directly," he added, his apprehension that he had sald too much growing upon him.
"If the story is accepted, and I'm certain it will be," Brent assured him, "I'll let you see a copy of it before it is published."
The statement was made with heat while the speaker glared at his listener as through he chal lenged him to contradict it. But Brent seemed in no way inclined to do so. He merely nodded with interest and Bruite went on.
"There wasn't a prettier girl in these parts than Evangeline Cun-1 "Soon," Brent promised, "unless ningham," he said. "Proud too, but it is turned down. In the event sweet and friendly. Not like the that you do not receive a copy you old man, who's always been a bit will know that happened. So long, betler'n anybody else. Sort of
"That's fine," Bruilo said with genuine relief. "When can I ex- pect 1174
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Then he went to look for Charles swollen up with ingrown pride. Ho and thanks very much."
Brent left, congratulating himself Nellin at the cheap little coffee couldn't conceive of Evangeline
tered the place with the conviction marrying anyone of less import-upon his success. So far Nellin's house on the side streef. He ca- ance than a Cunningham., Her story had been verified.
"A damned good thing I took that he would find his man. But he failing in love had nothing to de with it in Cyril's opinion. There care to make myself hard to re-looked around in vain. Finally the cognize if that babbling Bruite waiter who had served him the wasn't any room in his mind for should see me again," he told him night before saw him near the done understanding a thing like that.
"So she ran away. And whyself, thinking of his careless, rainy and came quickly over to him.
"Are you looking for the old fel-2 wouldn't she? Locked up in her day attire and the foresight that!
Brent nodded. "Has he beca room and forbidden to send word had prompted him to leave his car low, sir?" he asked. couldn't do out of sight from the drugstore. to her lover? You
It would be rather dificult, he about this evening?" he inquired. things like that to a high-spirited
the
"No sir, he hasn't. He didn't girl in those days any more than fancied, for anyone to see
slouchy newspaper man in the well-come back."
Brent frowned. " might have perra Funda you can do it now."
Bruite paused for breath and dressed Leonard Brent who looked Brent said quickly, sympathetic-for all the world a bone fide man- expected it," he said lightly. "Peo- about-town. After only one meet-ple who need. help have generally ally: That's tight; you can't."
made themselves so so by being In- "But she never left her husbanding, at any rate.
He drove back to New York with possible to help," he generalized and came back home to repent in luxury like so many girls do when a feeling of immense satisfaction. loftily. "But you don't happen to they leave a wealthy family to His work pleused him well. A few know what's become of him?" he suber parts of the world.
Charles added more definitely. man. Evanveline, more questions put to
"I can't say, sir. But I don't marry a poor stuck to her choice but I guess Nellin, an interest in the old ruin she'd have been better off if she'd that would lead to finding a place think it would be far wrong to look had a little less of the old man's for him where he would be out of for Im at the nearest flop. house,
bed." stubborness herself, for I've heard the way-"and the rest will be seein' as how he had money for a that she had a hard time with casy," Brent glonted.
"Thank you," Brent returned At his hotel he found a message Nellin."
and he from Carmel and he telephoned her briefly and handed over a goodly Again Bruite paused, seemed to have lost some of his to say briefly that he could not lip. "Do you, by any chance, knowpecial facilities for Home Exchange fire. Brent prompted him with a crept her dinner invitation. Car-where the nearest flop house is lo
he me hung up in a rage. She knew eated ?" he asked. crafty question. "Perhaps,”
The waiter permitted himself a I said, "she didn't have any children the Brent was breaking off with
her, but she was not so desperately rin. "Sure I do, sir," he replied. to worry about."
Brufte rose to the bait. "She had in love with him that she let her-1"Down the street to the next carner one child," he responded and hur-self be driven to reckless measures cast and then to the right three doors. Hope you find 'om, sir. He ried on to explain how he knew to hold him.
looked like a guy who'd acen bet- that much was certain. "I saw the
ter days. Thank you sir."
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ktter she wrote her father, telling Brent smiled and called up him about the little girl and ask-Helen immediately. This he did.
reached the cheap lodging house. ing help for her. The letter threw but rarely. It delighted the girl, kiven him and in a few minutes old Cunningham into a rage and whose voice came to him throbbing His inquiries there were fruitless Datavi was sent for to bring something to with her stirred-up emotions while until he asked for the manager. quet his nerves. He never men she asked when he was coming up That philanthropic gentleman told Colomba tioned Evangeline's name or the to school again,
him in a few words what had be Brent replied that it would become of Nellin. Liter either, but the butler, who'd saved the torn up pieces. He told soon, and showed an eagerness on
"We had a guy here last night me about it-anid he recognized his own account to see her that that answers the description of the the handwriting and wanted to Helen found a trille puzzling but man you're lookin' for he said, know how the young lady was get-exceedingly thrilling.
"but the name was Owens." ting along.
Brent cautioned himself not to
"Does he come here often?" Ishow too sudden a change toward Brent inquired.
"He did," the other replied, "but agreed.her and cut short their conversa-] "And I suppose Cunningham never tion while Helen was still hoping he won't come again,"
"Naturally," Brent
answered the letter."
"I don't know about that, "Bruite did and admitted, "Maybe he
maybe Evangeline wrote again, but] one thing is sure; she never came back."
"She might have come secretly," Brent suggested but Bruite shock his head.
"The servants would have known and I'd have heard about it," he wald. "I was fond of her; they'd have let me know if she'd re- turned."
"What became of the child. Does! anyone know that?"
"I never heard," Brufte told him. "But I'd think," Brent began, taking a new tuet, "that if Nellin was the sort of man to make his. wife unhappy he'd have been after Cunningham for money."
Bruite
well, grunted. "I'm, maybe he was, but it's my guess that he had a kind of eccentric, pride of his own. I knew him slightly, Never thought much of him but I wouldn't have said any thing worse of him than that he was irresponsible."
Brent field out his cigarette case, Smoke?" he invited. Bruite, ac- cepted and Brent put the case back in his pocket, before saying any- thing more.
"Then the story ends there?" he inquired amoothly.
"So far as I know," Bruite Amended. "We haven't seen, hide nor hair of the Nellins since she went away with him. That's a long time ago, about 20 years, I should sty. The old man's had plenty of time to regret his harshness." "So he has regretted it?" Bruto shook his head. "If he has, no one around here rooms to know it. He keeps pretty much to himself, never going out, and hav ing little company. Mr. Greaves,.
that it had only begun.
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