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Heart of Liane

by MABEL MCELLIOTT

BEGIN HEKE TO-DAY.

ling, you mustn't. It'll be all right.

When lane Barrett, 18 and concernt bred. Honestly, you're torturing youself

Cass molded, like a spent child. "You'll promise to stop worry-

I try."

went to dinner in New York peakery needlessly." with catini Reunistusers who was t out of a wwkward Kerat by Rhy McDermid, you zeilice - ofrer. There had been having, Later whep Idase werk Ing?" to Wow Birenni. .. .. where her mother was paying the theatre, Melbermid ce to tell her the man was reeneering. At the home of Muriel (ædd, a efetuste, Llane meeta bandome stranker whom she hat encountered before. Hile name is Van Robard, Cum Barrett, Llano's mother, asks her THI to have anything more to iku with aard Clive Cherapuh, s lesking out of the

But Liane knew the promise was She thought half-hearted one.

suddenly, “If i were a prospective daughter of the house mother would accept. Mrs. Cleespaugh's hospital-

wealthy patroneum of the theatre. hity without question."

affentform to Elate Minter, the ingenue,

In the autumn fine areepte Mr. Clees

paugh's invitation to slay with her, the herduzzlingly clear. There was discover Eller sad its mother do not w song. She hear gossip about Hobart

Mr. Ladd we crushed, Muriel

te iw in lown with a young rewirier, Chuck

Desmond, last surpelten everyone by

It was as if a way had opened to nothing else for Her to do but ne- Cept Clive's preposterous proposal, That would justify her mother's

Touring her agegrabent to Robert lane presence in the house indefinitely,

In thruscht, realising she loves Then she receiver worl

aland.

that her nuther

Ee In Philnelolphin, kad sms

to her.

She stood looking down at the Apude face, the hollows and shadows

in

the hosulin wise brace Casa inny mot dve,

the thin checks. Hadn't she in her delirium Cans bonishalve nimuat hep dend wister, Latin, whoot the Em idways retuned! muid she would do anything in the

to talk about What win any went to have world for her mother? This was moto reference to Llane,

After terrifle atengule Pass wine ber her chance, Now she could prove

her devotion.

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CHAPTER XVI

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When she went into Mrs, Cres-

“Sit down,““ began Clive Cleenpaugh's room later she found the pouch in

w commanding volde," want to talk to you."

Blanc obeyed abruptly, ašounded

at the change in his manner.

My mother's one for a drive," Clive said in prefer. "I unde suce

dowager magifernt in grey matin and real lave

of that didn't want to be inter-at the Hat Club. And Mr. Wil rupted. Look here. The situation is fans is arriving on the 6:15 so I this. You probably don't know it shall get Come cribbage, Delight- but I am fiert to mother's apron | tui creature he is You've not met strings, Haven't m cent in my neen | him. Wz m-1 in Paris in 200 right benuse of a fool will my

when my basnnd was alive." father made, Be left everything to mother, stipulating that I was to vate luto my own a few mdliong only in the event of my early mar ringe. He was nuts" said this ir

Lboy agreed that

agreeable.

the prospect She dressed ter old white with unusual care. Tracks fresh from the cleaner's reverent young man, slangily "ons, seemed to live taken on a the subject of youthful marriages, TROW lease of life. She spilled n Now I'm almost 25 mini I don't see few drops of jasmine on her hand- to have found a wife. Oh, yes, 1

When she went „kerchief.

tu

forgat to tell you that another im-sit with Good over her alluring portant fact is that mother met

As if approve the girt 1 chase. Well, or upper tray her mother said, fund- course, it's practically out of the. "You look sweet, Inal,

sprong had given you a million

question to find such a paragon. Bolly." That is, I had thought it was, th-

til

"You're my million." Liane told

her

The nurse bustled about. "-

The girl did not' answer. After a moment he went on,

"That's why I wanted to talk for says she'll be up in a week if you."

Clive embne keeps up this progress," she „.” Burted out rassedly. "I have

a plan which said. voneeris vini. Pʻyou want to hear

about it ***

tu

In her heart Llue thought, "She shall keep it up. I shall sec that." Liane molded. Her thoughtful And yet she went hownstairs eyes on his lowering face,

with strangely leaden feet. Clive,

"Look, you'll probably think I'm looking sausually big and formid- alt ports of a fool but it's no baimable in his black and white. held to talk it over. The thought is out his arm formully and they fal- this, how would it be if you and 1 lowed Mrs. Cleespaugh and the fixed up some sort of agreement?

apple-cheeked Mr. Williams in to

Never let my mother know about it, inner. Llano experienced an un- of course. If she knew the affair wonted Bwill as she curled her Ba- was cut and dried she'd the down

on us from the start. But she likes Kurs around that broadclothed arm.

you so much. She wouldn't BUR-

What a stern and gloomy young

pect Anything if I went through thean he seemed tonight! He searc

«poke. Liane glanced at him

mations of falling in love with you timidly now and again aeross the gradually, Little by little. Then we could baye what-d-ye-call-ft bowl with the late roses, the waxen randles in their silver hold-

it?

marriage in rame only. You! could go your way, I mine.

I'd be free."

Anal

He was dow at last. And still

the young girl sat, motionless, her great, soft eyes full on his

He stirred impatiently. don't need to "inster at Think it over," he urged.

איני

--- Louis XIV," Mr. Williams was finishing some orgument magister- 1 always sidd the piece was inly. definitely in that perion.”

In a daze Line listened, watched, "You crumbled bread. Dimly she knew once that this night marked a crisis in her life. She seemed to be moving. beting in a dream. She bad the sensation of having spoken these words, mude these sylfsame tures in a previous existenze,

When the

pompalis

Jiune stood ap. She was trem ing new. never was so instiled in my life,' she said, la a thr mty voice.

nical

Clive took a step in her diree- tion. "I didn't mean you've thor-was finally ended the four sat in oughly misunderstood." he began the small drawing room and Irs, Cleespaugh pare. amber rotter

hallingly.

"Oh, don't say any more! You only make it worse." cried Liane

angrily. She staniped her foot.

into cups of eggshell fineness

"You children ruu off and amuse each other," she said freely,

און

"Nuw-now you've spoiled overs- Sora carried away the tray and set just the able in place for the cribbage thing." she wailed. "Andi When I was so happy!

"Come along to the muste room

awkwardly. Liane rose. Now that the moment of decision had come the wanted to push it aside. But she followed him meekly.

Gel She ran upstairs to find her and I'll turn on the radio.

that what-dy'e call her?-that as mother

the dreary.) werping. pitiable weeping of the convalestrological person," Clive vitered cent.

"We can't go on like this, staying here,"

moaned to her in Синя quiries, "It worries me."

Clive twiddled the dial for a Linne tried to soothe her. "Mrs. Gleespaugh wants Us to stay moment, then turned to her with Please, please don't worry about it an abrupt movement.

"It's far too much. It doesn't

"Well, let's have it," Ite de-

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"But I can't gò on being n--well,! She said quietly, "It's I who must yours. 1 was stupid and a pensioner, moaned Cass, raising

school-girlish. I've been thinking herself on one thin, bare arm.

The young girl flushed and shrug it over"

"You've reconsidered?" ged. But her attempts to change the subject were fruitless.

She nodded. She could not quite C was determined to be up trust her voice.

her weakened "Good girl." Liune stifled the objected seriously. and about. Only condition prevented lier from strug-hysterical laugh which rose to her

The young girl, after an "This will be your show, run as voice suddenly cold and expres

You're nothing bat asianless he said. "Of course

01.stant's hesitation, slid into them. you want it.

I won't offend again." soom right to accept it." Cass pre-mundel "Tell me what you real kid. I'll play it according to the Sorry

Ah, but she ludn't known he would ly think of me. I know I was no

Linne, sensitive to the change in tested.

She was mystified. She said, his mood, caught him up abrupil, dance like that! She had danced "Darling, you're not to worry, end of a fool to have asked you The doctor said that expressly. Just wint I did to-day, I ask your par-Tell me what to do, and I'll do it." "Oh, but you misunderstood with Van Robard and had loved: It

She hail been joyous dancing with. "Why. It'll be nothing but the didn't renn-

"Going Clive said, "It's to be kept on Chuck Desmond but never before regular thing," he said. about together, sending Bowers; atrietly business basis. Isn't that had ake experienced this diuid pes and what-nal. Mean to say you've what you meant? Right. Sorry Ifection of motion accomplished by the born dancing man with wings never been benued before?" asked transgressed." this astonishing your mán.

Oh, well, she thought, if he's on his heels. Linne shook her head

ing to be mulish about it, let

The tune bent its insistent way "A girl who the mutinous profile.

"Let's nec, could we break it to and fleetingly followed his, wove looks like you"

four themselves into the pattern of the in about three-any erled Liane, struck by his tone. weekn?"

eously: Bort 1

of glimmering Inter.

"That will be all right," Llaue She put her hands to her hot agreed. to the subject. She is. And that

cheeks. There

something "Well, how's for starting right me more uncomfortable than show of being pals, at least, before about the young man's gaze that now with a bit of dancing," the

wo spring it on mother."

her to blushing.

"It Just. ln't reasonable," Clivel him! She stole a side glance at into her brain na her steps lightly

gling into her clothes and going lips. Was there ever so quaint at What what do 1 look tike 7+ Clive asked n' few moments music-A-singer broke in FIL

back to Join the company.

wooing?

"It's not that she isn't supremo-

Clive fumbled with his

impec-dryad

"We've got to make some sort of

ly kind," Cass pursued, warming cable tie.

makes

She began to weep again, the

weakness. Instantly Liane was on her knees beside the bed.

WOR

love you so. I be?"

Ho

young man wanted to know. Of course, I understand that."yer dh to any things turned the dials and presently the helpless, devastating tears of utter She was demure..

Ike that," aho told him.

throb and beat of a far off dance "Look here," the young man He turned moody arab, Strange, orchestra entered the room.. "Daranid, giving her a shrewd glance. incalculable

In. A He held out his arms,

young man!

"Moanin' low, my sweet man, 1 If you die, where'll

The irony of it, thought Linne Barrette-irony of dancing to this particular tune with this par ticular man! ·

(To be Continued).

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