Cape May County Times, 24 August 1917 IIIF issue link — Page 3

OAPB MAY OOTOTT

ISLE CITY, N. J.

The Real Adventure A novel h . Hcaiy Kltchdl Wtktter

tr-** _ •omebodj. And*tk«o. ant alood. bat t«7 dutlnctiy: "Roddy," the Mid. Et tried to apeak her name, bat Ma dry tbraet denied it ottermoee. He bersn nddenly to tremble. Became forward oct of Che abadow and abe ■w him and came to meet him. and •poke hi* name acaln. T mw yea when yoa went ont“ At ■aid. "X t-ox afraid yon mlxhtn't walk I banted ei foot ai I coaid.

Be manafad at last to apeak, and. u be did eo. reached oat and took her by the ah caldera. “Come home," he mid. "Ton moat come borne." At that the atef her bead. Bat

The stage door opened again to emit a (Toop ot throe of the "ponies." They stored corionaly at Dane and the b!j man who stood there with her. then •carried away down (be alley. "We cant talk here," be said. "We

nrest go somewhere."

She nodded oeeeot, and they moved off ride by ride after the three little (Iris, bat slower. In an accumulation of shadows, half way down the alley, be gripped her arm tight and the/ both

tbt« beastly piece now-tcrlght Wete going borne. We can lease an eddreM for the trank. If it mach the better." Again ell she could do was to »»*• him. with a bewildered stammer, what •Because," she added. -I cant go berim yet. !*ee—only started." “S*****" be echoed. "Do think Fm going to let this beastly farce go any fnrtherr And with that be told had happened in hie office that after■ooo. told her of the attitude of his Mends, how they'd all known about It—cndoobtedly bad come to see for themaeirea, end,' ont of pity or contempt, hadn’t told him. Be told bar bow he’d felt, ritting there to the theater. Be eceased her as his wrath burned brighter, of haring aeleeted the thing to do that would hart him worst, of haring borne a grudge against him and avenged it It woe the ignoblest moment of his life, and be knew It The tions be was making against her were nothing to those that were storing op in his mind against himself. Be didn’t look at her cs be talked, end she didn’t Interrupt; said no word of deals! or defense. The big out- * * Itself. Be lapsed Into an ace. got himself together again, and went op trying to picveDce—this time more , retracting a little. But under continued rilrace be grew weak-

■mated agali hen at lest mw a aoct of

froeen look In her dull white ft re/hat he had never seen in It before. Her

scarcely audible.

mid.

dent know whether I wish I were deed If I'd idled when the babies m. . . . Bat Fm glad 1 came away when I did. And Fm glad," she gave e taint shudder there at the alternative. T® glad I’ve got a Job end that I can pay back that hundred dollars I owe yon. Fee bad. ti quite a while. Bat Fee kept It hoping yon might And ont where I was and come to me. m yon did. end that we might have a chance to tal*. I thought Fd teU yon bow Fd earned It end that you’d be a little—proud about :t proud that I could pay It back « soon." She smiled a Bttie ore* thu he had to unra away from. Fll be glad, some day, that

stood atilt The nest moment and | It all happened; that I met you and without a word, they moved on again, t loved you and had the baoles.

Finally—“.Ait yon all right Roddy 1 Aod the babiesT" aha managed to Boy. '"It’s a good many day* since Fve beard from Portia.' dmly: "Was It because anything bad goo. wrong tint you earner “I didn’t know you wree here until 1 mw you on the stage." b. sail. This was alt In worvi*. that passed until he looked about him to * sort of dsu-d bewilderment when she stopped, at last ut the stoop before her door. “Here’s where 1 lire." she solo. * ‘""'here you live 1" he echoed

blankly.

“Ever rince I went away—to CaMfomla. Fve been right here- -vhere 1 couM almost see the smoke of your chimney*. I’ve a queer little room— - only p*y three dollars a week for It —bui—It's big enough to'be alone In." “Rose ..." be sold, hoarsely. A drunken man came lurching pitiably down the street She shrank Into th- sngie of the sten*. and Rodney followed her f„und her with his hands, sod hoard her voice speaking br-eth-l*’«aly. in gaspa Be hardly knew what *be was raying. "It * been wonderful ... I know «> haven’t talked; well do that

though |t * all had to md." she shud-

dered again, like thla."

It wmoat till be tried to speak that her apparent calm was broken. Then, with a rudder, frantic terror In her

«*U:er time, somewhere where we c But tonight, walking along like that. Just as . . . Tomorrow. 1 shall think It was all a dream."

“Roes .- . .*

The only sound that came In an r *" r was a long, tremulously Indrawn b'-ath. Bat presently her hand look one of bis that had been clutching her shoulder and led him up the steps, ob" o|M-ued the door with e latchkey, “•d tuun. behlud her. he made his up two flights of narrow stairs, •hose faint creak made all the sound there wo*. In the black little corridor « the t.,p ahe unlocked another door. “Wait oil 1 light the gas," she

breathed.

She turned and looked Into hU fsee. ““ r r F«a searching It as hi* were ‘•arching hers, luminously and with s •wlftiy kindling Are. Her Bps parted • bttie. trembling. There was a sort b .v.m on ber skin that became a ” > tirible as the blood, wave on <wu»e flushing In behind tt. A» for Rodney, be we* the same »3ii who. on boor ago. la the theater, raged and writhed under what he lo b" an luvealon of his prupri-

’ -r rights to her.

" uouldn't have deflued It that

re. to a talk with Barry

then ; “How did you find ent about X Boddyl Who told your “No ooeP he Aid. In It ‘voice unnsturaliy level and dry. "I went to mu Aha shew on the recommendation of a country client, nod there she was on the stage." “Oh!" cried Frederics—a muffled, baruiy audible cry of passionate sympathy. Then: "Touts seen ber off the ntoge—talked with herr *T didn’t ask her to explain," said — -I asked her to come home

“Oh. It’s wicked!" she cried. It’s the most abominably selftafi thing I ever heard oft” "Pun up. Freddy r he Mid. Rather gently, though, for him. ‘Tbere’s no good going on like that. And besides . . . Ton were saying Harriet would dc anything to the world for me. Well, there’s something you can do. Too’re the only person I know who can." Her answer was to come around bend Ms chair, put ber cheek down beside his, and reach for his bands. "Let’s get away from this miserable breakfast table." she Mid. "Come up to where I lire, where we con be ly by ourselves; then tell me ■ It" In front of ber bondotr Are. looking down on her os she sat In ber flowend wing chair, an enormously 'distended rug-covered pillow boride heknees waiting for him to drop down on when be felt IT ; .4. »e :• mth.-r cautiously to tell ber whs

bnt Frodertcn snthraed It up while the others exenarged their cooily friendly greetings, with the state-

ment:

“Rod’s been trying to get me to go to Bose end scy tnat It was all fault and I wont." “Why notr sold Harriet. "Whst ••arthly thing does It matter whose, fault tt let Be can have It his fault if he like*." •Ton know It lent," Fredwlca c

TU tell yon the reason why Fve «ne to yon," be began, “nnd then Hill sec. Do you remember nearly two years ago. the night I got wet coming hero to dinner—the night you were to marry me mlooe Woodruff? Ws bad a tong talk afterward, and yon sold, speaking of the chances people took getting ried. that It woent me you worried •bout but the girl, whoever she might be. who married me." The little gesture she made admitted the recollection, brt denied its She'd have said something to that effect bnt he prevented her. "No." he Insisted. “It Just talk. There was something in it Afterward. when we were engaged, two or throe times, yon gave me tips about And since we’ve been married Well, somehow. Fve haa the that you were 00 her ride; that rou.eew things ber way—things (hat I didn’t aee." "Little things." she protested; "little tiny things that couldn't possibly matter—things that any be on another woman’s ■ay. about." Bnt Ohe contradicted thla statement at once "Oh. I did love ner!" she said fiercely. "Not Joct boesi you. bet because I thought she woe altogether adorable. I couldn't help It And of coarse that's what makes me perfectly furious nowshould have done a Iritog like tide to

—a"

'All right" I* m'd. “Never mind about that This Is what I went yon to went yon to go to see her. and I went yon to ask her. to the Ant {dace.

• try to forgive me."

"Whet for?" Frederica demanded. “I went yon to toll her." he went on, "that It's Impossible that she should be more horrified st the thing I did. than I am myself. I want yon to ask her, wbal-

my deserts are. to

Harriet seated herself delicately and deliberately to one of the curving ends of s Utile Victorian eofs. and stretched her slim legs out to front of ber. “Certainly I don't care whose fault It Is," she said. "Ton never get anywhere by trying to decide s question like that. Whet Fm Interested to la what can be done about IL It's not a very nice situation. Nobody tikes It— at least I should think Rom would be pretty rick of It by now. She may have been cruxy fo^a stage career, bnt she's probably seen that the chorus of a third-rats musical comedy won't take her anywhere. The thing's simply a mesa, end the only thing to do U to clear It up m quickly and as decently as we can-end Jt cat M cleared up If we go at It right. Of course the thing to do U to get her out of that horrible place os soon es we can. And I suppose the best way of doing It will be to get her Into something rise—take her down to New York and work her into a small part la some good company. Almost anything. If It come to that, so lung os It wasn't music Oh. and bare her use her own name, and let ns make as much of it as we c Face It out. Protend we like It. don't any it's Ideal, bat It's better than da" "Her own name?" be echoed bli - "Do you mean she made one op?" Harriet nodded. "Constance me--tlooed It." abe mold, “bnt that was before I knew what abe was talking about. And ot course I couldn't go back and ask. Daphne something, I think. It sounded exactly like e chorus name, anyhow." And then; “Well, UT Will yon play the

“Oh. yes," be sold, with a docility that surprised Frederica. “Fll play lb ictiy the same thing, what we both want done, and oflr reasons for doing It are important to nobody but oarselvee." Frederica. “Ton, too. Freddy?" she asked. “Will yon give your moral principle* c vacation and take Rod'* message to Rose, even think It's Quixotic nonsense?” “Fll see Rom myself,'' sold Rodney

quietly.

• st-ndlng near ? foot of the

stairs ~hea she came down, with a raincoat 00 end a newspaper twisted up to hi* hand, end at sight ot ber. be took off his soft, wet bah and 1 rushed It np along with the newspaper. Hr moved over toward her. but stopped tiro or three feet away, “it's very

good of you to come,” be said.

erd—I welted for you to come. 1 w*MX as.yon thought trying to hurt you. But I can eee bow it must have looked like that" He said quickly: "To**re not to blame at sli. I remember bow you offered to tell me what you intended to do before yon went away, and that I wouldn't let you." Silence froze down upon

again.

“I can’t forgive myeelf," be sold at lest "I want to take back the thinga 1 arid thee night—eboct being disgraced and all. I was angry over not having known when the other people did. It wasn’t your being on the stage. We're not as bigoted es that •Tv* come to oak a favor of yon. though, and that to that you 11 let me —let us all—help yon. I can't—bear baring you live like h»i«. imfwving about like this, vhere all sorts of things can happen to you. And going under on assumed uame. Fve no right to ask a favor, I know, but I do. Z ask you to take your own name again —Rose Aldrich. And I want you to help yon to get a better position than this, that to. If yon haven't changed your mind about being on the stage; • position that will have more hope sod promise to ih I want yon to feel that we’re—with you.' 'Who are ‘we?’" She accompanied that question with a straight look Into his eyes. Why," be said, "the only two people Fve talked with about It—Frederica and Harriet. I thought you'd be glad to know that they felt as I did." The flrst flash of real feeling she had shown, was the one that broke through on her repetition of the name "Harriet!" “Tes." he said, end he had. for about ten second*, the misguided sense of dialectical triumph. -I know a little bow yon feel toward her. and maybe she's J ns tilled It. But not In this esse. Because it was Harriet who made me see that there wasn’t anything—disgraceful about your going on the stage. It was her own Idea that yon ought to nse your own name and give us a chance to help you. She'll be only too glad to help." During the short while the let <4apse before she spoke, his conviction-car-rying power of this statement ebbed somewhat, though he hadn't seen yet what was wrong with IL “Tee." che sold ut last. “I think I can see Harriet’s view of IL ‘As long es Rose had run away end joined a fifth-rate mnslcsl comedy In order to be on the stage, end os long os everybody knew IL the only thing to do was »o get ht- Into something respectable ■o that yon coaid all pretend you liked IL It was all pretty shabby, of course, for the Aldrlcbes. and. in a way. what yon deserved for marrying a person like that. BtUl, that was no reason ter not putting the best face on It you could.' And that's why you came to find me!" 'No, It Isn't." he sold furiously. His elaborately assumed manner had brok-

fci _ iu _ i _ ^ «, .... en down anyway. “I wanted yon to voice todting shuttle of the ridlculors ! know ,h,t rd »•*«“ 10 anything, any stiffness of his words, not much. "Is • crt of tern “ r<w wonted to make that

place where we can talk a

little more—privately than here? 1

shan’t keep yon long."

"There's a room here somewhere.'

The room she led him to was an appropriately preposterous setting for

..... ,h * altogether preposterous talk that

one thing for me and that to to between them. It had • mosaic ne take her ont of that perfectly floor ^th a red plush carpet on IL two

hideous piece. I don’t ask anything nalned-glass windows to yellow and vise bat tbaL hhe esn make ai.y term: , fl anMnf . D a.* which

can lire where or how aQ tooemoux expense of mot-

she likes. Only—not like thnL May-, tled p UrpU U i«, with a diminutive gas-

be U’a a deserved punishment, but 1 )oc | n ^ middle. A

ennt stand It I" oak table occupied moat of the room.

There was the crystallisation of and lbe cbalrt th,, were crowded In what little thinking be had managed to around it were upholstered In highly

do to the two purgatorial days be d polubrd coffee-colored bonu-hlde. with

spent in a down-state hotel—to Che In xrry urnat e nail*,

ter/ala of fighting off the memory of if, dreadfully hot to here." Rose the dull, freseo agray he'd seen In udd ’Too’d better take off your ca*L" Ruse's face a* he left ber. she squeezed in between the table and Frederica, naturally, was mystified, one of the chairs and seated herself. “That * absurd. #f coarse. Roddy." oh. Rodney throw down his wet hat. his said gently. "Ton haven’t done any- newspaper, and then his r*to«»*L on thing to Ro-e to be forgiven for." the table, and slid Into a chair «-ppo-

“ You'll Just have to take my word site ber.

foe IL" he seid Shortly. T® «*•' "I wont to tall you first" Rodney iggerating." said, and Us manner was that of • •B«.L Roddy!" she persisted. Tou schoolboy reciting to hi* teacher so most be sensible. Oh, It'* no v iwler! apology whleb has been rehearsed at Tou're all worn ou'_ Ton look as if j home under the sanction of paternal yon hadn't slept for nights. What If ( authority—“l want to tell you bow you were angry and lust your temper 1 deeply torrv I am for . . and hurt her feelings? Heavens' | He had his newspaper In his hands Weren't y»u entitled to, after what I again and was twisting it up. ills eyes she'd door? And when she'd '«ft you didn't once seek her face. But they to find It ont like thatT" | might here done eo to perfect safety. “1 tell you. you don't know the first because her own were dx-sd on his thing abort IL" hand* and the newspaper they crum-

T don’t suppose yon—bent her. did pled,

yon?" He didn't presume to ask ber forIt was too Infuriating, haring him glveaesi. ha told her. Be couldn't exthto' pect that; st least not at present. He Ills reply wss barely audible: "I! went on lamely. In broken eenteoces. might better have dune IL" repeating what he'd said already to Frederics sprang to her feet. "Weil, dill more Inadequate words. He was -hen. IH tell yon!" she said. “I won t unable to stop talking until she shoo'd

would have dsnlnL with the | "oar ego end I had a try st the sto- go to her. I'll go If you'll give me a cay something. U hardly mattered that a huvhaiju had any tkm restaurant" free band. If yon'll let me toil her what. And rhe was unable It say any-

rights la his wife. Bet “Weir, sh dowa. anyway." said what I think of what she's done snd hlng.

•ruble sense of having be- Frederica. She reached oat s cool. 1 the way she’s done It—not letting you The formality of hia phrase* got object of orrialou or .-on- soft hand sod laid It on one of Rod- know -not giving you a chance. But -titter and finally congealed Into a

pity, of being disgraced ney’s which rest 'd limply on the table. | go cod beg ter to forgive yon. I idenk silence.

«- being degraded, .-.•didn’t i There was rather s long silence—ten ' won’t." | Finally she said, with a gnsp: ”1 -n anything .1- but Jusc woods, perhaps. Then : "All righL" he mid dully. "Ymi're | have something to sak you to—forgive

1 — ~ ‘ ‘ ' about HT* ] within your rights, of cocrwe." ne tor. That's for leaving you to “ ‘

him lo go sway. If he had any mercy for her at alt quickly sad without a L In a sort of daae he obeyed

The tardy winter 1

through ber grimy window, found her ; sitting there. Just ss she’d been when

be closed the door. CHAFTER XXL

Two days later Rodney walked to ; 00 Frederica at breskfwst. alone.

Hello!" Frederica said, bolding out j nirak like thla'

a hand to him. but not rising,

in tlznr."

"Don’t ring.” he said quickly. “Fve had all I want. My train got to an

he sskvd Rodney coked,

will go In: Tbrv

1 to U--*r telepathic short-cuts to take

1 his tone. ay note of this one. She’d seen that themselves, be knew. Just with ber flrst glance st

bin. there In the doorway; and aome•Of thing n Itttic t.-nderer aed ^fntier

The miserable 1

t dragged on 1

little longer. Frederica cried pleaded and stormed without

him at all. He seemed dlstroared a; her grief, urged her to treat his re-

quest as If he hadn't made it; b

.ut—where 1 wan.

> way T"

tod You see. I thought st first that n

> did.

didn't Involve—thla. If it's the stage, all righL Or If you'd come home—to the babies. I wouldn’t oak anything for myself. Tou could be ss independent of me as you are here. . . He'd have gone on elaborating this program further, but that the look of blank incredulity to ber face stopped

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Rye—Bag lot*, new. nearby, ss to

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Hay—No 1 timothy. $2l©21.50; No. 2 do. $2O©2O50: Nr 3 do. $16,500 18 50. light clover mixed. $19019.50: No. 1 do. do. $16 50©19: No 3 do. do.

"I say things wrong." be concluded $14 50©16: No. 1 clover. {16©17; No. with a sudden humility that quenched 2 do. $13 50©14.50: No. 3 do. $9011. the spark of anger In her eye*. "I Straw -No 1 straight rye. $17© was a fiol to quote Harriet, and I ■ 17.50; No. 2 do. do. $15©16: No 1 haven’t done much better In speaking tangled do. $12©13. No. 2 do. do, for myeelf. I can’t make yon aoe. $10 5081150, No 1 wheat. |9©9.50: . . I No ? do. $888.50; No 1 oat. $10 50 "Oh. I can see plainly enough. 91160: No. 2 do. $9©? 50. Roddy." she said with s tired little Eggs — Maryland. Pennsylvania snd grimace that was a sorry reminder of nearby. 36; Western. 36. West V!rher old smile. "I guess 1 see too well, cinla. 36: Southern. 35. Fm sorry to have hart you snd made Live Poultry- -Chickens—Old hens. 4 yon miserable. I knew I was going to lbs snd over. He. sms'l to medium. 21: do that, of course, when I went sway, white Leghorn*. 33: old rooster*. 12© but 1 hoped that, after a while, you'd • 13: spring, over 2 lbs. 29: m©2 lbs. com* to see my side of IL Tou cant I 27©28: smaller, as to rise. 25028; at aU. Too couldn't believe that 1 was i white Leghorns. 25028- Ducks— happy, that 1 thought I was doing Young Peking*. 3 lbs and over. 21© -•niethlug worth doing; something! 22: puddle, do. $20021: muscovy. do. that vrav making me more nearly a ; ;.v smaller. 1S©I9: old. 18©U. person you could respect snd be Pigeons-Young, per pr. 20925: old. friends with. i jr., 20©25

"Ho I guess." she concluded after a

‘hat the only thing for yon is to go home snd forget about

tut ss wdl ss you can and be as little miserable about me os possible. I’ll teU yon this, that may make U a tittle easier; you're not to think of me me starving or mlseraole. or even an-

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<■» —a! ot m,n„ Im , l:e „ nosotfll earning plenty to live 00. and I’ve got Hn*.--Prime .

oy’f two hundred dollars to the bank." There was a long silence whllf he sat there twisting the newspaper In his hands, his eyes downcast, his face duU with the look of defeat that had

settled over IL

In the security of his averted gaae. ■e took a long look al him. Then, with a wrench, she lo deed away. "Yon will let me go now. won’t your she asked. “This i.»—hard Tor

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m both, -d It isn’t getting u. any- ind f ^„ r . „ where. And—end I re got to u*k you n 1:

wue back. Because :t's Impoe- . i ,

slide. I gueen. for yo” to rew the thing ^ u

my way You’ve done your beat to.

$70126

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i-vplalncd nothing, answered none of yon knew.

• OU.J know me. made up and all. And | moment, crumpling his soft hat In his • ben 1 found out I would be recog- I hands, looking down nt her. She Stable. It wna too late to «t.H>-or at hadn't rlNen. She'd gone Ump all at It seemed **x Beside*. I thought once, and was leaning over the taole.

T.—Hog*—Be $17<'»01S.JO $17.60018.31 $12016-25 fed steer*.

r Jim

-Goo.

immy Wal

night, and naw he ! and—1 thought he'd J •

tell you. And then 1 kept M-vtng ottn t |

iW j ter. when, after s premonitory knock people out In front after that, people it to both baud*. Jus at the door. Harriet walked to upon «« knew, wbo'd come to aee for them- then, with au effort, got up and mount* j

nlra to ber r-

-by." be said at Inst.

-by. Roddy." She watched him : ^ out into the rain. Hc'<t left ! - *pal*er. She took it. gripped I *

sr*. $7012. *. $701: 5 Lambs. $

loughL of war*

i ax-. knew. And—1 suppose 1 v

(to «u» dnxnMTKaj