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SATURDAY,

THE SHINING TALENT.

By Eleanor Early."

CHAPTER XLIII The policeman was Big Tim Duggan, the night patrolman. Molly and he were old friends, but now he greeted her differently,

"Why, Tim!" she exclaimed. "What under the sun Is the mat..| ter?"

He designated Rob with p jerk of his huge, grizzled head.

"The gentleman says you're keeping his daughter against his will, Miss Barnkam."

say a bit of a prayer this night for you and the little one.”

"Oh, thank you, Tim." "If you'd use your nightstick now on Newton," suggested Red, it would be more to the point, Tim."

But Molly closed the door on his blasphemy.

com-

"You go too, Red," she manded. "It would be just like Bob to skulk around here all night. I'll order the flowers in the morning, and you can reach "Bob. Newton, are you crazy!"me by phone, if there's anything

on him can do.". She wheeled furiously "You ought to be ashamed of your-į self. What's the multer with you anyhow?"

But Rols preserved a frozen

silence

Red was scowling menacingly, and Molly saw that his fists were clenched. She faid her hand on his arm.

"You keep out of this. "Red." she ordered.

Then she spoke again to Officer

Buggio.

"It's quite true, Tim, that I have Mr. Newton's little girl nere. You know Rita. Mr. Newton is her tather. When Mix.Newton me to take her died, she asked baby. Mr. Newton surrendered her of his own volition. I've had ter ever since. I've

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possibly keep Rita without my consent."

She shrugged wearily.

"Are you trying to make me hate. you, Bob?"

I wish I could make you love me."

"You act like an eager lover." "But I would," he cried, "If you'd let me. I'm crazy about you!"

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Fund where quarrelling though, Listen, Bob would you care to try out n trial engagement? For a little while, I mean. It's so absolutely BRANCHES Bandjarmasin, awful to talk about getting mar- ried right away quick, when we haven't done anything but quarrel for weeks. Maybe, if you should be engaged to me for a little while, you wouldn't want to marry me at all."

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"Oh, no. 13 be just as nice as "Will you go to the funeral?"nything. It would be a real en- he asked.

gugement. You know I'd play the rame, if we agreed to try it out! You could come here whenever you wanted. I would go out with you.. wherever you choose. My only stipulation would be that the en- gugement should be an absolute secret, until we had given it a fajr trial

want me to," she promised. "Poor dear Red! You came here for sympathy, and bumped into one of the usual fracases. I'm awfully sorry."

"Oh, that's all right."

He lit a cigarette casually, "ReIT we can get along peaceably member, if there's anything I can for three months, say, then we can

"

ido, old dear"

be married. I love Rita so much "You mean if I want to get that I'll do anything in reason to married" She laughed.

keep her. If marriage between us "Exactly."

seems to be reasonable, then I am "All right. I let you know.quite willing to be married. But

Bob's Please go now, dear,

you know yourself that, there probably 'round the corner, some would be no garthly sense in lead- in his ing a cat and dog life, for the where, with his watch hand, checking up on your exit."

Rita. Thut "Damn Bob!" he exclaimed. wouldn't be any good for her, and you suppose he'd really, take it wouldn't bring any of us any Rita away? Or was he just try. happiness." ing to throw a scare into you?"

"I think he was trying to frighten me," she said...

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"Well, you get hold of me, if he tries to start anything, honey, 1 can beat him up, if I can't do "It's none of my doings, Miss anything else. The funeral's day after to-morrow. You won't for- The gentleman says you've his get. Molly?" child, and he comes to the station

"How could I forget! I'll have house looking for a warrant. See-seen Bob before then, and every- ing as I knew you, I comes, friend- thing will be settled. I'll have ly-like, to see what the trouble good news for you."

"I hope so," he told her. "Newton's crazy." interjected Molly spent the rest of the Red. "That's all the trouble, Tim.ight in the nursery. Once Rita "I told you to keep out of this," woke. And, murmuring, "Hanny," repeated Molly sternly.

stretched out her little hand, for She ignored Bob, who stund in Moly to held. Molly put on the the doorway, twisting his hat awk, might light, and Feasted her eyes the child's loveliness. Her cheeks were pink and her mouth

Pis."

wardly.

"What if I'refuse to give her up Tim?"

"You'd have to show god rea- son. There'd be a hearing before ...a judge, and you'd both have a

chance to tell your Stories,"

on

was like a crimson rose,·

There was a poem in the Fifth Grade Reader, when Molly went to shoot. It was about a baby who said an angel kissed her as she came by.

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"Why not announce our engage. ment. if you really mean to go through ?"

"No." She shook her head firm-

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"But I mean to-night.. You're not asking me to wake the poor Molly tried to think how it went. child at this time of night, and but recollection eluded her to- give her to Mr. Newton, to take night. She was very tired, and God-knows-where. It's the most put her head against the side if you and 1.should break our idiotic thing I ever heard!"

"Twould be much more sensi-Rita's bed. She slept fitfully and public engagement, the

story

le now if you two could get to reamed harrible dreams about would be 10 times as good! A wether," suggested Duggan peace-losing Rita. She was wanderingenance is always good copy. Rut ably, and argue it out between the through a great forest, filled with a broken romance is better."" wo of you. There's nothing to a wild animals, looking everywhere gained by running to the judge for the child. Calling and crying. And stumbling as she ran, praying with your tale. Sure, and the

that nothing had befallen her be child is his."

"She's mine," contradicte loved.

Molly. "He gave her to me."

"To be having for a little while," soothed Duggan. "And are you want to keep the little angel. which is only nature, God knows. For she's as pretty a ope as eve I saw."

"Hello, mama"

She woke with a fearful start, Breaming that she had found Rita by an open grave, searching for

emeone who had died.

The child laughed at her alarm, and threw her little arma about Molly's neck, and kissed her.

"Tell me, dear, who had you or me? Molly turned her back squarely rather Eve with-daddy A Bob.

Had you rather stay in your beau- Ask him," she directed the po-ul big nursery, with all your liceman. "if I may keep her tonight, pretty playthings, and have all and if he will come to-morrow to your lovely little dresses, and talk things over."

"You heard her, Mr. Newton. De a good lad now, and let's have no more talk this night. For Miss Burnham is a fine little lady, and you shouldn't be breaking her poor little heart."

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The child laache delghtedly.

It was a new game they were play- ing.

in a I'd rather live with you 'n Oficerddy bofe," she cried.

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They waited, like actors drama, for Bob's answer. Duggan drew his shaggy brows together, frowning. bent to a bowl of flowers on the table, twisting their blossoms this

"But if you couldn't have us Molly both, darling?

"I'd athe live with you!" de-

way and that. Red's fists were still clared Rita, pointing her little fin clenched, and he glared at Bob like ger. "And I'd rather

"You talk as if this trial engage. ment were already broken," he ob- jeeted,,

"Honestly, Bob," she promised, "I'd try to make it successful.' I'm only pointing out the very good reasons for being discreet, until we are sure."

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"If I have Miss Burnham's promise to ace me to-morrow, and conclude the matter at that time," he said.

Molly raised her head, and re- turned his gaze steadily.

"At three o'clock," she said.

She spent the morning in the ark with Rita, and they had luncheon together in the nursery. Every moment to-day was a pre- cious jewel.

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He was calm and courteous to- Then she spoke to Officer day, with a sort of detached polite. Duggan again, explaining Red'a ness. First he apologized for the unpleasantness of the night be-

¡resence.

"Mr. Flynn's mother died to fore. night, Tim. He came to tell me about it."

"And was she ailing long, the poor woman?" inquired the big policeman sympathetically, "May God have marey on her soul."

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"It was the only way I could con- vince you that I was in earnest, he declared, "I had to show you how much it would mean to you to lose Rita."

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