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LOVE or MONEY? JOHNNIE
CHAPTER XXVIII
BY H. W. CORLEY
Mona fouled across the table at
But you've bought Mona aroused herself from the reverie to hear these words. In- jatantly she made up her mind.
jnewspapera. it for me?" her companion Bad reflected, They rode ju a taxicab to With- Anything was better than that ington's. At once they were The car shot cross the bridal they should talk of themselves, ushered into a private room and path and she could see a figure on With the feeling that they were Alona, not unaware or displeased horseback, reminding her somehow
PYORRHEA'S PRICE approaching dangerous Kround by attention bestowed upon her of that pleture she had imagined
NEEDLESSLY
ARELESS, thoughtless neglect! That is to binme. Once he was healthy, energetic nad ambitious. He had many friends who admired him, particularly his pleasant, trady smile.
Now he is ashamed to smile, but even that badly matters, for he sits at home alone, broken down, sick and forlorn.
He saw the danger signals years ago, But did nodring! At first his guns bled when he brushed his teeth. Finally, one by one his teeth dropped out of had to be pulled out,
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She laid an impulsive hand on the man's arm. "You can do
is but the logical result
she had carefully led the con-husband, saw that he was re of little Barry astride his pony at Iversation away from their affairs, cognized as a man of affairs and Twilands. Even then his uncle's
She felt that if they aninosity toward Barry and bo importance. Surprisingly enough, she was had come to purchase shirt studs gan. anding the experience of lunching their reception would have been with her husband not disagree-no less gracious. able. He was entertaining, she admitted. Handsome
The busy tile managor wel- even. It did not seem possible, or if pos- comes them and, smiling, rose this," she exclaimed. "Nothing sible at least not at all likely, that without words to swing open the for me because I have everything. should have stooped to huge safe belled him and bring Every luxury and comfort I could punish his nephew by thwarting forth a red velvet box. Two men wish or even dream of wishing for. him to a marriage. Yet he had too on guard in the doorway. For the first time in my life I've utimated at Twilands that when The Empress was not a bauble to been able to do things, give things to others." There was a break in their marriage had been arranged be tossed about carelessly. young Barry's Inclinations were
her voice. Her eyes were shining. not unknown to him.
"But what are
you doing to
this man
The little man opened the case and displayed the necklace.!
"Every-
" explain If may," Mr.Mona, seeing him, wondered idly Barry 7 Mona went on. Townsend said as though he read if anything in this world-save thing that can hinder him in his her thoughts. "After I returned Barry who was denied her could work, Those two boys have made from White Sulphur Barry told me mean as much to her us this jewel success of that old worked-out he was in love with n girl be had meant to Mr. Withington.
¡mino. But that success has been met recently. 1 vetoed it Im-
Steve's, not Barry's! Everything can be traced to Steve! He found medintely because I wanted him
(she was going to say the Empress but checked herself) the larger
Steve controls the
He laid the necklace gently in to marry Miss Dower, Her father her hands. It seemed at once and pathetic. Her and I have looked forward to auch marvellous
realized
a marriage for years. I suppose husband had given her the largest diamonds fley Rold to buy the day for such arrangements by diamond available. He was deal machinery. parents is over but we indu'ting in auperlatives just as a small men more easily than Barry could. that. Barry refused boy alects the rosiest apple for He has had more experience, 1 even to listen. As a matter of his sweetheart, the most delicate suppose, and understands them." fact, though I did not realize it at rose for his mother."
"I've never met Steve," Mr. the time, Genevieve-a fine girl
"It's beautiful," she agreed, Townsend commented idly. He tou-positively declined to marry handing the diamond back to the ent very still. Barry. She is in love, it seems.jeweller who was hovering alwut with a young man in my ollice, a much as a devoted nurse hovers "Whatever way you look at it penniless nobody—"
when her charge is for the ma.this is Steve's enterprise, Barry doesn't count because of you. Ile meat in incapable hands,
came north to get money Lo dredging mas
"Like nie," Menu offered.
"Not at
ake you. You should ace hum!" The next in stunt Mr. Townsend paused with oncern, Mona had seen young Ashcroit. She had indeed been cabbed by him!
"At any rale, please believe me," ae foundered. "I did not know when asked-or bad Garretson uak-you to marry me that I was nwarting Barry. Please believe me!"
He begged to be allowed to finance the fasten the chain about Madame's chinery—”
Charming!" throat. "Beautifull
he echoed. "Only Mandame could' wear such a stone!"
sund box.
•
new
"New," remarked Mr. Townsend disinterestedly. "Those mines have been worked for years with- out machinery. South American I was arranged that the dia-mining is shallow. Nothing like mond should remain in the safe at the South African mines." Withington's until the opera sen-
"You light Twilands with clec- son when Mona should wear it on her first appearance in the Town-tricity, don't you?" naked Monn hotly. "You don't use candles simply, because people did a few "You knew you didn't want him
"Our first engagement of im-hundred years ago. Let Barry
her husband, to marry the girl of whom he'd portance, really, spoken," Mona said. "You know said, his eyes travelling along the have his inheritance or the money -well, that you threatened to thronged sidewalk as their cabou are keeping from him. Oh, I change your will to effect his in-threaded its way up Fifth Avenue, know what you've done is legal neritance. I don't know just how "I do hope, my dear, that you will though but legality and right but I've heard about it. You enjoy it. Forgive me if you can don't necessarily go hand in didn't want him." she went on for anything I may unwittingly
over. IN They rode for a moment in bravely, "to marry the girl he bave done. Think it wanted to marry. You do not there anything else, anything at silence. Mona's breast was heav wish him to make a success of the all that you would like to have me mine either. You don't want do?" Barry to do anything except follow your plans and schemes and ideas it isn't his fault----"
The waiter, hovering over them, tilled a glass with tinkling ice and poured in water.
"You mean," Mr. Townsend be- an coolly, his eyes glinting, that I am treating Barry badly his Father stole my because tiancee. Well, since he did, per- haps that's my view."
Mona's cameo profile was clear cut against the shadows of the cab. "Are you sure you would de anything I asked?" she said softly, without looking at him.
"I would try."
Maybe I'll ask you later."
hand!"
ing. Her face
was flushed und her breath came in quick, short asps. Suddenly she opened her purse and began repairing the damage of the tears that had come into her eyes.
.
"When a woman gets out a pow; der putt," observed Mr. Townsend coolly, "I realize she has had her say. So I'll have mine. Don't you suppose I know the Empress "Drive through the park," he came out of that mine? Don't ordered as they neared 59th street. you suppose I know precisely for some moments they drove In what you'll do with it the moment silence. Fall was more evident you have the chance?" here than in the streets. Children
He set down the glass after aon roller skates, warmly dressed, pause. "I did not invite you to waited at crosswalks with their funeh, however, to discuss Barry, purse. The trees were beginning The subject is painful to me. We to look bare. The shrubbery WA have an errand later; I've a gift bronzed with red berries. for you. 1 selected it some time ago. Maybe you've heard of it.
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ing amount, a king's ranuom!"
who was so strangely her husband, "You've bought The Empress' She did not-could not-hate him now. Yet through him Barry's for me?"
life seemed ruined. Her own life
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"You've heard of it then?" Ho Klanced at her sidewise.
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"What?" asked Mona.
"Sell it. No woman Wants to wear that lump of ice. Even though she knows it coat a million. Well, sell it and give the muney to Barry if you like. But it will not come from me! You see?"
Mona looked at him in amaze- ment. "Sell it? When 7"
The man waved a smoothly gloved hand and laid it over the was grasping his walking stick. other which
"Any time. Now-to-day-to- morrow. Or better still, when I
"Aak me now. Tell me what I am gone." "Of course I've heard of it. Who hasn't? It's been in the can do to make you happier?"-
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