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Heart

Hungry

LAURA LOU BROČINAM

CHAPTER LX.

The girl raised frightened eyer first to Jardan and then to Mar-

A man, in tali hat and dianeraret. She started to speak hal clothes jostled against Barney Mrs. Rogers was quicker.

Shields

pardon. and begged his

mediately."

"Come!" she said. "The young Shields muttered a reply and strode on. He looked neither to left or right. We must go in- Fight but shouldered through the crowd, Someone knocked his hut. Shields caught it just his time to Eeep it from falling.

The sickening realization

num.

Jordan caught Celia's You're not going?" he said angrily. juYou're going to stay here!”

"No, Tod." that

Celia was lost to him-lost atterly

Many

you are.

If you think

blinded the young man. He did you enn back out at the last minute not know where he was going. He

did not core.

Then he teame aware that-some- It wna his name ane was shouting.

they were calling:

Oh, Mr. Shields?"

"Mr. Shields!

Barney turned,

running lixiking very excited, was toward him calling his name. The man dodged about a group and re-

It was appeared. butler.

Margaret

fool you!"

Rogers' eyes flashed

fire.. "Young man, my daughter is coming with me?""

"But she's not! Suddenly Cella

WELT!

Edward, the toward the stairs,

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fung her hend A'smail nun,up. will not stay!" she cried. "And you can't talk to me that

Let me go---!" She pulled her arm free and ran In the doorway she met Mitchell and Shields, "Oh, Celin mabbed. "Let's xo

Margaret Rogers followed im mediately after the girl. "We'd she made **I think better hurry." It's nearly sailing time."

They descended quickly. As they the ery deck below reached the

"All ashore BY THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE} Fan out ante more:

BRIGADE.

Too disturbed to find this per- | father?” forinser strange, Shields walked. home "What do you want?" he demand- o when the butler reached him.

Edward was out of breath. "She's she's over there!" he gasped. "She wants to are yua,"

Who do you mean?" She? The electric spark of hope klud- Edward led and died instantly. was gesticulating toward a figure Sunds half way down the deck. was not sure that he saw the PUT: son Edward was pointing out but

not Lelia

Cella certainly it was was nowhere in sight.

What does she want "Who is it?

for

who's going ashore

frightened and pathet. Edward, a

Geure, waited on the pier. He brightened as he saw the four com Line toward bin. "Will you want the car now, sir." he asked Milch- just as though there were in the Gramercy Park drawing rumai.

31ite

still noted, Celta The butler was struggling tax pain

The gan his best breath sad med in-flong to her mother's arm and the

Extens toliowed down

found! capable of replying but he rated re

of the pier. They from enth Shields

an in Mitchell's limousine and got inside hesitate.A heavy embarrassment hung over

the group. None of them under whetstond all that had happened.

in the direction

For which he had come. stant the Young 171 Then he followell.

They had on 19 yarda Shields uttered a sharp exclama- them.

Re brushed past an inter- vening group, broke into a run utud Inked before a woman in black,

"Mrs. Rogers?" he cried. How did you get here?" He caught the

"What

*

Jike

to know,"

Michell said after they had ridden a time in silence, is how you here. Margaret

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What has happened? 1 could.

muse Oh. ! Cella? Where's know!

Barnes's arms fell. "You came for Celia?" he asked,

A

the sasitorium. Didn't it?

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What letter "** "Sanitorium?

[Cela.

her birthday.

"I sent you a note in a letter to I remember--it was before Where is she? All

Yin ser. I thought I know is that servant said some- thing dreadful hat happened and ought to know how to reach

HỘf course.

you at her father had come to. this boat. Where is she?"

The young man's lies were sex "I'm afraid it's too late even for you to do anything wow."

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[On Dec. 31, in his first public Margaret gathered her daughter speech since his return from Lon- into her arms and held her tight. don, in dealing with the grain mar never, neverketing problem, Mr. Bennett sald "Then you must think of marrying him!" she de that negotiations had been open-

Paled, under the Federal Credit Guar "Oh. Celia, suppose been too late! Listen, darling, and antees Act, for enlarging the mar products in China and elsewhere in remember what I'm going to tell ket for Canadian grain and other

the East.

tared.

that letter you Mitchell nur dia

re-

called the evening Evelyn Parsons had been left alone in the drawing room with Margaret's message) "What did you Pay about a sani. "I've been theer. The doctor told

Margaret paused and then in tense voice she began: "I married your father because I loved him.

was a school girl, an orphan, and three weeks after the day we first met we were married. His mother disapproved and John quarrelled

You were "Oh, she's here ait right. She's me I had to go and I feeling with her. The first two years of

known. 1 have ever up on the next deck with the good-nch better! Really, it's wonder-pur married life were the happiest

married, Merful

born, and we got out of the habil "I knew some- for-nothing she's

Velia looked up. father tried to, stop her but he

thing was the matter!" she said. of going about together. Join couldn't do anything."

time at the office. There "Married! Celin's mar-1 knew you wouldn't go away un- worked hard, spending more and

She caught mure

I don't less you were sick!"

were-trivial things, oh, take you up if you want to her mother's hand and held it!

"But I'm not sick any more, dar know that caused quarrels,

and mistreated. felt neglected see her."

well! As soon LS "Oh. Barney, it fast be! Not in. Fr

here Margaret's voice suddenly Take me to her. talked to Mrs. Schultz 1 tonk the Things grew worse until finally". Celia, my baby.

train. And when reached the Hurry, Barney!"

reckless thing a young wife could Gay farewell crowds were troop house the butler insisted I should broke--"I did the meat foolish ani

I left him ing back over the gangplank, Pass-to that boat.'

Celia was watching her mother ageways were less congested. Mr. Edward in the front seat beside Rogers and Shields emerged on the the chauffeur kept his second deck. The first person they cretely forward. There were few wide-eyed.

conversations in the Mitchell house met was John Mitchell,

on which he was not informed.

"Margaret the man choked out, He looked as though he could not believe his eyes.

"Where is she, John?

Celia ?"

eyes dis-

do.

"I went away." Margaret con- tinued, "and he let me divorce him. All of them wanted to ask ques- There was no cause--only my fool- can't be tions and yet all of them hesitated. ish misjudgment! Love

If you east it Where's Most of all Mitchell was afraid to toyed with, Celia.

n knife blade, quiz his daughter. Cella had re-aside it becomes

turning, in

your 1 was Mitchell made a jerking motion turned and it was Margaret who turning, ever

passed and Better heart. Time this miracle, And bad worked with his head.

lonely, 1 married Bob Rogers but that seatmirel's with her! For leave the rest to Margaret.

Tha curious suspended feeling the knife blade remained. Oh, my God's sake, Margaret, try to stop

She's throwing her life which is the aftermath of emotion darling. I'm telling you all this so her!

and excitement rested over the you won't make a hideous mistake! nway!

niust never Margaret Rogers did not wait to four as they stepped out of the car. You must never marry without

She hurried in the diree Edward held open the door and the love, Celia, and you listen.

Alothers entered the house.

marry for anything else!" tion Mitchell had indiested.

"Over there.

dozen steps and she saw the couple

at the railing.

Then Margaret took charge of the, situation.

"Celin and would like to be

"But, mother-if you still love father so--?"

"Hush! You are never to men-

Celia's pale face blurred in theļ mist which danced before her alone for a while," she said. "Willtion a word I have said," mother's eyes. With a low, Javol-you leave us, please? untary cry Margaret ran forward.

"Celia

I've found you!”

.

There was a footstep in the Mebelt and Shields departed in

Two pair of startled eyes "Darling the direction of the study, Marm. she called.

face, garet sat down on the davenport glanced up into doba, Mitchell's The girl whirled about, Disbelief, and drew the girl beside her.

One "What is it that has happened?"

then fear, crossed her fuge."

"Margaret," the may said uncer-

Margaret Rogers, arose. "You! heard?" she began.

"Everything. Ok, my dearest--!" closed about Mitchell's arms

wild, appealing glance and she she asked tenderly."Tell mother." taluly, "why didn't you let me It was some Lime before Celiu know? There was pleading and Hung herself forward into her

could speak coherently. Then she adoration in the volee. mother's arms.

"Oh!"

Allo cried, "Motherlanched into a recital of loneliness I thought you'd gone!" and desperation. Ilar mother had Mother! The girl clung to the older woman. gone. Her father she believed had Her shoulders ruse and fell with turned against her. Barney Shfelis grent soba. Both of them were no longer loved her. When Tod Margaret's shoulders. For an in- wholly unconscious of everything Jordan declared he would make her happy there seemed nothing else about them..

Tod Jordan interrupted the re-to do but marry him.

"It's time for everyone ex

"But" Margaret begun, gripped union. cept passengers to leave the ship," in frozen fear. ho said brusquely. "You'd better say goodbye now, Cella.

stant she clung there, then raised her head. Their lipe met and ni sight of the Joyous radiance on those two faces Cella crept from the room.

She went out into the darkened "We were going to be married in

Cella confided. "Tad hallway. A gleam of light beckoned They'll be HavaNU,” pulling up the gangplank in a min-wanted to go to a justice of peace from the library. Celin moved for- this afternoon but I wouldn't do ward on Lip-toe. A familiar pair ute or two,"

I said it had to be a real of shoulders came in view.

The girl paused in the doorway. Celfa turned. But, Tod-It's my that.

wedding in a church " mother?"

"But, my darling, you don't real-"Oh, Barney!" she called softly.

Barney came, Jordan hawed stiffly, "How do

THE END. you do! As I was saying there'sly love this man?"

"No." barely time to get on shore."

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