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THE OMINECA HERALD, NEW HAZELTON, B.C, WEDNESDAY, FRUARY rs 1938

“ilar would make a nice couple
with anyone. And we've settled about
her, su dontt go back over that again,
Tubby. Only there's a seggeston I'd
like to make. If I were you I wouldn't
rush over to Pilar’s tonight right after
the eeremony, because if you were to
evtdown on your knees in my pants
there would certainly be: a catastrophe,

He stopped in front. of the grand:
fither clock and gazed earnestly into

ing his spluttering noises, There Wis
amother long silence. Seven ininutes
tonine. .

“What about this suilor, this Gra-

him fellow?” Tubby demanded snud-|.

i fuss?
iis dingy face until Tubby stopped mak!

“Well,” Bryn said at last, “nots nec-
ifieally, I've read quite a few legal
documents—this was - a feroviousty
; legal docnment, Tub, with a Jot ‘of
whereases and in-somuches and party
of. the secoud-parts, andt hat kind of
thing. If Deborah's grandfather bed
nut told me what it was be intended,
T wonidn’t have been too sure.”

‘But is it ambiguous, after all the
Why make.a will like that and
lenve it ambiguous? Can the girl get
around it? Marry anybody at all ‘and
still get the money?’ - :
"No? No? But—”

“But we told her she could. I told

dently. ““Do you think he is going to
lot any oan crack him in the jaw and:
then marry his girl-without doing any-
thing about it? What about bin?

“Oh, he's alright,” Bryn said lazily. ;
“His enlisted time doesn't. expire for}
two months. And he isn’t mueh to
worry over anyway,” Se

“Oh, Lord,” Tubby said prayerfully,
wud put bis head in his hands, Bryn
went over and sat down beside ‘him.
Ile tweaked the yellow lock. “The
whole trouble with you, Tubby, is that
you're one ‘of those ' sermons-in-stones
people. F mean, you cun’'t help look-
ing for trouble, Why can't you take a
(liiag at its face value and atop worry-
ing? All that’s happening is that I'm
tending my name aud my ebarming
hersonlity—because I have to win ov-
cr the grandmother, too, perhaps 1
torgot to mention it—for @ year And
what's a year? The last pair of ele-
phant tusks I brought home cost me a
Year, and I've been sick of the darn
things for a long time After ali, an
clephunt tusk is not exactly a thing a

nun wants to look at more than twol--

or three times a day, ud it isn’t a thing
vou get really fond of and like to cher-
ish, you know” oo,

Tnbhy raised his head “Oh,” he sald
ominously “So your planning to cher-
ish the Deborah: woman nnd get fond

v? her, are you? Now that I under-|:

staid why you are marrying her, do
you ning, telling me why she is marry-
ing you? .Tt,doesn’t work both- ways

‘You Know’ It couldn’t ‘be, even if its|-

“what Po beginning
be.”

“But I told why you she's marryiny
ney’ Bryn said: kindly, . “1 “really ex-
bltined it yery.nicely. . She's marrying:
me to get a million dollars, one year
from today when: the eonditions of- thy:
will are fulfilled and when h
mother ig convinced that, I a.
tune hunter -aid. that, 1.am_
#olng young’ gentleman’ w
habits and the abitity;to 1
wh happy.” y Rye

“Ob no, she isn’t
dicted, re Cee ee ee

“Isn't she,” . ’

Tubby’ strajehteneds He put ‘his
hand on Bryn's arm, “Look herve,
Tiryn," he said,,“What's the use of, you
trying:to hold out on: me?: Why ‘don't
“OU. Come, gross with: the Whole. atory.?.
J know what. it is, anyway, Its anoth-
ex. of those quixotic notions “of ~yauts
What gre you trying to Awt-over. now?

“Nothing.” EL Tet

“You He, ., The girl can't be ¢marry-
Jugyou “to get'her grandfather's money.
because -your--not' Sttiart Graham, ‘aid
“pu sold: yoursdlf that 'theS will “stated,
‘specifically. that unless she.’ married
Graham, and Graham only,’ on: or be-
fore her birthday, today,-she ‘wouldn't
wet the money.. Didw’t you?) And you
fare not Grahai’ °° 7

to think it might

er grand. |
Jo no for- |
2B: Btendy?
{th no bad’

Tubby. coatra-

her. [f, when yor ineet her you'll mn |
derstand a little, better, Tub,”

Plcece: yet here he was, calm and un

Hake Dehor. ’

ithe, words, ‘but he cay

). She.sway: ver

her. Flolworthy told her, Of course
if she's gone off and tried marrying
anyone else, he'd have been forced to
explain to her that on second reading

“Well,” Bryn admitted slowly,“no.” | at bor old Ite and everything that bad

—tlad sp on.”
“So” Tubby said with the mi
of 2 talile’ villain.
“Well,” Bryn said for the third |
time, “what of it? It gets her out of;
it jum doesn’t it?” |
"And you pay over a million of}

nner |

vour own dollars at the end of a year, i
aud she gives you fifty thousand for!
yor ‘services. Is that the way it will!
work, noble Sir Galahaay?

“Oh, I don’t know. I think we cau
break the will, Holworthy’s going to
do his damnedest. And, if he ean't—-
well, he money means quite a bit to

‘Tmuph,” Tubby. said. .

Vhey both steod up. Bryn looked
at his watel. Ten minutes : past nine,’
The grandfather clack choked, mutter- |
cl, Gleured its throat and gnsped out!
that it was nine o'clock,

“Just. the same,” Tubby said explo-
sively ‘shaking down his trouser leg,
“just the same, a year is too long. An
ignorant, unsophisticated, dowdy back
Wweods country giv, who's never been,
inywhoere, seen ” anything—milie “and
water, 9s tnintevesting—after Pilar!”

“Shl"' Bryn ‘said quickly. He. took
three steps foward the door at. the
tnd of ‘the long room. ‘Tubby  stuod
up ‘too, The door was opening, |
A (ui gentleman: in black pushed
the door open and held it, Bebind
him came Mr, Holworthy, hig sinile
ustonishingly serene and content. For
Fears, Mr." Holworthy -. had guarded
Bryn’s interests with, the stern, fidelity
of Wo dingon who guarded the Golden

dismayed, lending his arm and moral
support to the menace to Bryn's peace
of mind, this girl Who could wreak the
most, ire have in Bryn'’s affairs,
iTubby Jeoked:-at the girls'-He chok-
ede, ry: stood withoutsinoving,
_ She was finlshing oremark to Mr,
Holworthy .ag . she -erane through: ‘the
gor on-bis:- arm: Pobby dia ‘hot henr
ght'the melody: of
her voice. Tt was: like’ that of 'a very
young child, with an appealing break
n,.i€ one ; thoughtcof ‘young birds -just
learningito.sing,; of hy: dnths'in! spring
tof silver thella.atrtwilents srt hors
i y°-Srhall “gr 1 as: ‘she
Atood hesitatingly: there... A Very small
airi, ond. she was: dressed’ in: wutta:
‘Her ekirt-was so: full: that it: stdod’

2 citele;- and only the
slipper ‘could

‘lind once be

‘ther was wearing her grey satin dress

bdeop: breiuth” an

/was. goin,

pyri

‘ere: the neck ‘of the dress was low, ne. the appenrance of a real-mertlage
jad above it her throat was creamy Jie tween-two young people who bad—|

white and soft.: She had piuned rose
buds aganst it in-front, after a hasty,
flushed {ook .in the mirror, and they
Iny pink and frugrant against her deli-
cate flesh. Around her neck’ was a
‘Tshort strand of tiny pearls, and from
her ears hung littie round pearl drops,
She ‘looked Uke a minature - of one’s
evandmother, painted on her wedding
day. ,
And her face? — ;
A small white oval face, without, a
hint of ‘color n the ¢heeks, “bit with a
pair of the softest, reddest Hps in the
wotld. They were the kind: of” lips
which look like the bud of a red rose
when they suy “no”. ..Eyeslike purple
pansies, soft. and .velvyety and: dark;
and as if eyes, and lips and tiny hands
in white lace inittens were not enough,
her-har. was of a red gold, curling: and
breaking into a million misty tendril
around her face, ..° :
Tubby looked .at Bryn, -He drew: a
deep breath, “Noble Sir Galahad,” ‘he
stid under his breath, ‘and: moved for-

ward to be presented, . :
Ss VR Le

Deboralt. was married and at home
iiguin. It was less than a week: since
she had gone away from. the: mountain
Imt t seemed a ‘thousand years. - She.
wus so much older now. She knew ao
nuth more than.she bad: known a
week ago-that her thoughts were like
the thoughts of a stranger: shé looked

heen iit with a strapger’s eyes,c lear,
woudering, critical...

They were at luncheon, she, Grand-
mother and the man, seated at a long
tuble in the middle of the big shadowy
dining room. The. ceiling was high and
supported: by heavy oak beams; at oie
cud wag a great fite place wth a cary-
ed aak mantlepiece and ‘a: stone hearth.
The western’ wall’ was ‘pierced by a
tow uf six square casement windows
shut with ivy, On the table stood the

{ benutiful’ dulled ‘Old’ ‘cdndelabra “which |.
en altér pieces in a cathed- |

tal: now they held the’ cheapest. and
most ordinary thick “-white  enndles
Whose flare , wavered and burued
conrsely and tmevenly,: and gave off a
strong oiler of imptire wax. °
‘Deborah sat, up-and hioyed ‘the st-
ver spdon beside lier plate, “She look-
ed across at Grandmother. Grandmo-

tiv the first time since Grandfather's
denth. Her white hair was ‘pinned
Inore loosely’ than usual and fluffed
out softly around her face. Her eyes
Were sparkling, alight, . happy. There
was pink in her cheeks, and a thread
of it inher lips, It was'as {£ she had
come to life again, tuo, .An hour ago,
When they. had: come up the weed-
grown drive, Grandmother bad. bebn:
standing at the side. door dressed: from
head to foot in the blaek she ‘had worn
for so long, with one. hand pressed ty
her heart -in the old. ‘familiar’ gesture,
4nd a look of fearful -quéstioning in
her eyes. ‘The man- had.-stopped: the
big, buttered-luoking motor-car; and
helped © Deborah out, Grandmother
had not loked, at Deborah at all,‘ ex-
cept fer ane quek encompassing #lance
as if ta make sure that ‘she was still.
iutact, Her eyes: had‘ gone to ‘the man
wud be had stood tall ind straight and
siniling that faint, steady smile of big:
own, The sun.. had--glinted on his
brown hair, wud bad imade his brown
skin look Yery: clear ‘and wholesome.
Grandmober had, looked into his eyes
for a"Tong thie,“a ‘tetise, stent, search-
ing look? and then she had, druwn, 4

d'-put. éut ‘het: Hand, :n-
fiutterlug,* rélievéd,, happy smile, ,and
he had takeii ‘both “Her “itttle. ; white.
‘hands ‘in his owas | Oh he yas living
‘up’ ti his bargain, ope ae we
_, He seemed to’ understand’ the sitna-.
tion at a glinie and decide What it was
he’ mist do: “It..\vas’ perfec acting,
#ind“Deborih ‘kiiew that she eh
arnteful: and “appreciative, but
‘she was-angry -because,—wel
\Watehtiig “Hin! with |g:
‘had ‘realized diddenly that ‘all. the way
up froiii“San’Franciacd ‘he. had "been,
dieting with! her, thikifig “hee” laugh,
telling ‘lier interesting things, thinking.
of thet “timfort,: because it. was par
‘the balgaii.* On the te |

gotta’ the * ba

instead.
well, .becruae.
randmother,, she

1

ug to be: paid, and.:paid ‘well,

| Slightest resemblance between you and

FOU would - scarcely . remember her, ~1

_ Grandmother

j wears. that | In a: miserably. unhappy:

ould be |.

At. was part, of |W.
On the trip'she had for, Be:
Fgain, ‘the fact ‘that’ he i

co

had fallen in love with ¢
first, sight, So Ne, oo

Well, no matter, even if, it, was. just
A little disconcerting to keep remember
ing what the true situation was, No

ach éther ‘at

reserved through it all, and had not,
she assured herself, allowed herself to
be anything but impersonal with. him.
That was the note one ‘miiat remember
to strike: impersonality. Deborah
straightened her’ shoulders and leaned
back in her chair, calm, cool, intull
contvol of herself,

Grandiother was gazing at him
eyes away. It was unfortunate that
ther approved of him tov highly. It
might make it, difficult, at the end of
the year, to explain why Deborah
would be happier without him. And
Grandmother in the meantime might
think—she might © expect— Deborah
moved uneasily.

“My dear boy” Grandmother was
saying, “I canuot see that. there is the

your father, You are so much taller
than be was, se much more—perhaps
L menn athletic looking. But perhaps
IT shunidn’t haye expected you to look
like the Grabums.- My husband told
‘be yeats ago, after he had been Enst
to see you, that you looked very much
like your mother’s people,”
“Did be?’ the man mormured, “A
umnber of peuple have mentioned it,
F never could see it myself,”

“And I vunnot see it,” Grandmother
said decidedly, “Your mother’s peo-
ple were very dark, Why, cher. two
brothers . were quite swarthy, and IT
hever thought of her as being in the
least clear-skinned or fair. I never
could. understand...” . Grandmother
sald aud stopped, But, -of course,”
she weut on hastily, appalled at what
whe Jaw almost said; “she was a very
tine woinan, my dear Stuart.)

“TL always believed so’ _. oy
“Of course you; did. :, Although you
think?” .

“He doesn’t remember -her. at wil,”
Deborah said quickly, “She died: when
ke was only three, Grandmother. He
couldn’t possibly. remember ber.” ‘

_ The | man: looked across the tible.
Ilis eyes were twinkling, Amused, De-
borah looked back at him, cooly.”

it wasn't going to be exactly ensy
to carry off this situation, but uo mat-
ter how difficult it would be, it was
better than marrying Stuart Gralnin.
Anything was better’ that’: Inarying
Stuart Gratam. Deborrah shut her
eyes for a moment remembering that
other face, diirk-ond angry and sneer-
jug. Phere had been very: ‘little: dis-
seinbling on Stuart Grahanr’s part, ev-
en in Mr. Holworthy’s presence, ‘Ap-
parently it litdu’t seemed neeessary. to
him ¢o pretend gentleness ‘and courtesy
even for the few necessary hours.” 1t
hud been: perteetly ,obvious. ‘thut : be’
hidat “drcumed that) she could or
Would refuse. marriage + With. him,
refuse to go through with’ the horrible
bhrguin. -When she did summon ‘up her.
courage, utter twa hours of listening
to Wisitalk, with> ae, Holworthy, ‘when
the words sprang to her Lips and she
heard herself) saying in clear, cool,
liftie volde:thaé she would’ never marry
htm no matter what happened, he had
béen- terrible sHechad outed? heb pur-
dish, ignorant, ingsune. _ oe
other wouldn't. have  believ-
ed “Gt;"conian’t have velievéd if if she
‘hid: beon told It would have killed
Her to bring Stuayt Graham here’ and,
det her see’ bim“as! he’ Was,“ She~and.
(Grandfather had told themselves for

Avorld one star would abvays shiie-as
‘bright as the sun: nu matter what hap
‘Hened, the Grahams were ‘gentlemen, :
i Perhaps.they -were--by-birth: and'trn-
‘dition... but they didn't abwiys act. ag
wentlemen. in hooky acted. Gary had.
ghessed what:

not, been ag

_- iniixringe the appen rance of -a happy,

us hé-hid expressed it, for giving their

harm had been done. She had heen

again as if she could scarcely tnke her ;

he meant so much to her if Grandmo-{.

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troubled, wil he had said,’ “Ie you de
Taek ke hin, Miss Deborah, dot you

bave anything to do with shim, We'll

get along seme way. If you dou’t like
‘his looks, dom't you do it. -We'tl just
look around fur another wry.”

» This was the other way. Phe tall
young ‘man at the head of the table,
willing to sell his gentlemanly uppear-
ince, his good manhers, his smiles,’ for
i year-for fifty thousand, dollars:

OF course, since one must be fair.and

Just. he had-uot been considering his:
own ‘upportinities there in’ Mr. Hol:
worthy’s -office, not just at first. Af;
ler Deborah stood up and told Stnart
in-that strange Voice "that, she couldu’t.
possibly marry ‘Bim ‘after:‘she had re:
peated it: again and ‘again: und made:
him see-tiat she meant: it; he had been
in a wild .rage, ft was then that he
hnd said such“ terrible things to hor,
His words had.come out in.such a tor-.
rent that ‘Mr. Holworthy’ couldn't slop

them. > After a -moment:.Deborah hai,
rin way. into an. outer. office, any-
where to esenpe froin Stuart Graham, -
of cuurse, so loud-mdnthéd, 96 thick-lip
ped, so bold. But Stuart had followed:
cher. pushing. hiuselt.-direotly.- between
him. and the doar, between. her’ and

freedom, when. this ‘quiet young man,

with’ the stendy “grey: ‘yes’ had risen.
trom n chair and faced’ hin, He stop
ped his lowd tulklog. and hegan to miuit-
fers: But, Bryn ‘hadn't moved, except

that hig arm came straight up, and his
fist’ hit Stuart under: the chin with a

terrific ‘erush; sand Stuart. had erump|:
dito’ the tlbbr ce

“Debornh. any, darling; what’ ts ‘the
nutter?” Grandmother asked. sudden-
ly. “You are quite pale!” ag

~ “Nothing, | Grandmother, «Deborah

Answered. und managed. smile,
oy"It's rathor“wvlong. tet ‘yp from San
Franelseo when you're ‘not’ neéistomel,

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to. motoring,” the man said. “And ths
Very: hot. in ‘Sacriments ,
‘abel wv iN og am

walley in:

wuss Yuu tell the ‘p ple ‘what you

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