Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 17, 1919, Page 10

: % } all 1 do lsmsx cricg T swi . ! 3 s e el tan- o eatrag | Rulss_for Young : Writsra. | just) < ¥ : e fiunvmhlnd on ‘ner arm meamu.qcuu f"“'“’"“"‘“" sights: ““V : ke . s 2 . |The announe nen - calls forth an-out- | : i ) —~ § : [ 3 w’é’;’;‘wm R ,:?dmd mesm' articl n urst of sig i e T . X ind the tide strong. Sco D6 nbs mes aver | Bat ":‘é“v’i‘:{;:"fi o sango: 2. ; 7 > o A g‘m‘nd “Bruno 15 at the baby A ] great dn had been age and ad- 0 L 2 /| bourding down the hill.after the ball, m bottom of the| * % ) = S R cuutne:n; at first the young mxtseul 5 : ; - b ,swimming bravely be- 5. v S S, g 2 nhge_ “he caught the front POETRY. etti Sake 4 : z ; s ‘teeth, but the .carriage was A Promising . Youth. L v e i Sk - <7 [heay, .so. with -wonderful insfinct he . — changed -hiis, course. and swam to the I atan’t think much of that . kid Marforle . N 3 ; other énd. “then pushing aganst the mins 3 Antonia - L-flnh ¢ Prainfiela— . %) § & 7 3 Y ; brought it slowly and safely | Until Fourth of July came Hon‘. Lonely Hills. = * e 4 > 3 v % Lo ;hg“inm., which was:swarmed |, I loved the lad with a love divine, 4—Eli “L. Cramer of - \or!flch—!‘oux A 4 = » nbw with excited peopl A bqat had Ana he filled all our hearts with [ Slade—Boy Scout., . P o i gbge:(x ;!Lauix;ghe&s lgx‘}rflen n'e:’ré; 5—Geral Gnn Jot’ Nor'lfl-— i ~ s But I dldnt beiieve he'd unrm.nt 0 | wit's E:.d.d' " o Second: Prize, ’ the 'shore,. willing hands rélieved him, much, He seemed s5 slow and ‘sedate— - N ; ¢ He ' appeared to me to be lacking the g:;;f‘ B ERaar - Eije N G el ; “ touch - % C N 2 Yo dnu 17" sobbed Bess, “as-she 6—Dora - Main, of Ledy:td 3‘“‘%’ AMT TI‘_& DAISIES, t.sy Eloise C. Smlt?: n:t Norwich. , o ) otk u = n‘by Habt elth Fae e and. patted ‘Bruno with the other. “To .. think -that I almost drowned you—and ) ; i ligh But Fourth of July with its boom and m‘,‘;‘;‘?“P" oy “If 1t hadn'tsbeen for several things timo taking the dog nearer’ the wa. w%"g:,‘:n",,lm‘“e‘}ulh{;b'f’;ufeb,,‘m‘?,’,’,; % ter. - First changed . all that oytlook | ! The. winners: of prize thils” stofy. e TR, Doy e wan ranbinktad with: e zame | i his g g i Sl bleak, . The Bulletin business ;' office, « for | Wrl RETRup: So-that for a moment she forgot ail "‘" o i by’ o) And 1 sort of felt there ‘was mius them, if living in, the city, ot any”hour | ws ‘then, you' know, about her charge; and the carriage, Y W T fiacled peak: | 2fter 10-a. m.iThursday: bies jare. always ‘important, - espec- | freed Irom the restraining. hand, and |STORIES _WRITTEN & B IDE- o h’;‘ K i mi&*‘wh«fi’ }oy “hg véry “much tofits - motion helped: by the . baby’s : AWAKES. Straight out of its confines dire, ¥ T Wi Milly, ind bgby < o be taken care M :;‘;f‘ef_e:;‘;:gb‘fl‘:;,v" ;’:{’m‘x’]‘g“ ol Harry. Smith lived in’the country. And seemed in a flash to give: prom baol maint Fodnes v o s o Calis Ciasty, vepciables - N 106 o ise of—well, me and wasery mmgh pleased with it | Tais - afternioon. “the, siin: - shone|SPeed: however, with every “e""’“‘,““ gar@ens< when it- was time ‘for 'them, tting the world ‘on fire!™ " <" T have read it "“‘n’?; and: ;gxnk it [brightly and bf dourse, jiist when Bess ,“farl‘;eo:t“ifi’s‘ou}:‘xfihefl'}e‘;‘f“‘:rm:g‘ 4 He had plenty of work to do.uround : - jls very iqc&hs;uk #tank yoil very (was . about itp- ask-if’ she might . run|n207 OBF to touch the carriuge there O \nd later on.’ when,;the, Ghristmes|much fopitha bol el A m{:r = :ff umy for.a/teeny Mttle|ment she saw it and its precious small P-4 ;o‘f;""hfl*;fl,d,n, a,m"mso “for chime A 5 N de : < ! Was making the world elats -» | yNGUE JED'S | TA ‘0" £ | “Bestie, d aom want to Socupant far aheadof Wer falrly.Fac- [z “Jemb, ; pigeons and: rabbite:’ . ~OFf 3 med to me if we gave him time H take the it arriage . i He'd rank with the wondrous great, : ; 8. Lo I Hanndh is {1l “this ol e nos Jaughing and Sumb- wiys so there wis ulways work to'be For I tried to sleep Yor an hour or twe eard’ téll: 6f ‘sonie pétsgn SR 3 eling without any ome tasging on by |doH6: by Harry. He fod Jhis'pits well = n a nice little divap curled, “losing u!elr emhperi” - 477 B thi wered Bess | and the carriage .apparently | that he’d keep them from-dying. P And then in another flash I knew dtdsar go0d ‘thing to'loss, ‘and 1£ you itly, *swallowihg o sigh. and thenlgancing -in delight at having ~9f“all "his pets he loved:his bei? He'd make a big nsise in tlie 'world! S s ‘dear: bunch: of ‘sweétness, Baby away. i - They would eat out of his pomh Pflu{ coursé’he-had to be-feeding -them’ dl- , lose yours ‘do-not-160k A fak He hand. : % e —Harpér's ‘Weekly. Bénny, “was ‘fastefied. in tHe carriage " THE - WORLD CHAMPION by Angus Macdonald of Norwich, i 4 Aperson ls mot seod, for much|and Bss walied, glowly down the them; heroant Bess was fying atter| 4" got man ‘Dounds of Wesl’ frém . P Rh. without temper, and he is worthless| streef, a litfle’ ‘more sober than|gng 5 Irightened feeling - about her VHarry ‘shedred " His *lanmib i cee Rock-a-bye Rhymes. 1t he.Bad’ toummohe o€ At usual: heart, There 'was the river straight 5 > : “Five o'clock came and Mary had to|tecam for him, so.Polly, who -was Dze little, two little,sshree. little darl- | Wish-—T Wik began Bess, “that| neiq is pigeons were s gay - as e\ér. g0 home, because it wus beginning to 31 The carriage going fatser and ings. TO Have things go right we must|iouwd grow.up, aby. and take care of, faster, and no one within sight -to Walting for mother to tuck them in|have just enough of mery good q'\xal- me; instead 'of my ‘taking care of Y¥OU. 1 call upon. What should she do? bed, ity. Do sgecy PORORINE 10 . wheel . You ¥ G5 e L Shings” would happen— illikens, be a d-.child and. sto . |around - when Milly asked me special-| B ;r"g BN goo h P| ‘Do you know just enough of any 1v to come -over and make doll's Sither the carriage would strike some ‘Lizabeth Anne is it You who are"gig- | tNiN& s 003, and teo much of It is|ciothes—the girls will all be there un- | UReven place in the pavement and her|tihey could eat | braye -girl, said: “Do not worry, father, about the milk route. I shall go my- ! © At last “morning ‘came. '~ Mary and ! self with the milk.” So she sat up late |\ He planted corn and. sunflowers for Betty both' went ‘to school. Wi hen‘umt night studying the route she must them. The corn he cracked up so that 'school was lét gut Mary went over to Betty's house. Happy'was Harry when' he had ‘some young pigeons.. Of old ones he had three pairs. grow dark,’’'and sho - loft, saving . dear baby brother be thrown forcibly lanted cabbag l next morning when #he Zlin bad; Ger the trees—and me off here on me{fl_o Tor his rabbits he planted cabbage!| As they both looked out of the win- P 2 e s . P H m the car: e against the hard ~ Wwas on her with the milk, he Ellen, is r“u} the only zood pigling,| It is queer how We must Keep life|Street Wheeling this tiresome car- S e e ri‘gr + beéts and an acre: of oats. dow Mary. happened to see the squir topped at her father's customers’ 1t sHn i 2 i I don't wish vou would His lamb ate whatever Ho gave her.| rel fall and ene called. 1o Botty: rs usie down ~under the|paianced in-all things. This is. what |T28e - No, the Dottles of milk and took the enipty P 3 grow up, either, Baby.” declared Bess| Why was not rome one near her'to! Harry wa: an industrious : fellow.|ing: “Oh? Betty, look! The squirrel | o |15 meant when we are told to be tém-|a moment after, shaking her curls and | help Yescue the baby? The only per-|No one could ever see. hith idling | fen to tho ground,” and they both went | "Gl i L e ong One little. two, littles<¥ites” littid!pérate in all ‘things. ° leaning over the side of the carriage|Son she had seen had been the owner|about when there was anything to do.!down, stairs to pick him up, and they | g udendl 1 sk el v <leepers, | Anger is sald fo Kill the ‘foolisii man |t0 kisc Befiny’s red lips, and then his|{Of the dog. and he wasinow out of | If it ralned he'd stay In the shed | beonsht him tntn o dlim up. |3 ‘swan, a_gicl onythe - milk . route eli i x zt Lright blue cevese which laughed so|sight over the brgw of the hill. Sheland play with his rabbits. When he'd| They bandaged up his wound, and E;el‘;d:n c;:;edd tight and wexe,atedl_he does ‘not. ]\eep sine and safe. m’EnX) at her. ‘“But I do wish yow'd|did not darc to wait for him to hear | get tired he’d lay down in the hay|when he was better they let him free. Dropped by the sandman, who follow- YOU know Yod cannot be safe when [go to sleep in the afternoon once in a|her screams. but sprinted her best af- | for' a rest. He then went up a tree and into a ed their maotkers, you are insane! . And people who lose! while. 'Sif.’ What did_vou say? Bow- | ter the fast fiving carriage. But Ben-| Then he'd be ready to do any kind, large hole where no one could sce him | fo see that in tucking thém ‘in they wow? WeIL'T declare, there is a love- and the carriage had quite a start|of work. and that was the end of the squirrel! { What does this mean?" Polly told him the story. : “You arc a brave girl, Miss = on’t smother, {their temper Lave become mad! Iy bow-wow,.isn't it? See him run for and the inclinc increased their speed | Do you not ti#k Harry was. in- Znd the two girls. Al G G Dy Kol 4 g g He's always on deck, though he thinks| Mad is an awfiFword! No one who - ball, Baby!” and Bess stopned to'cvery minute. | dustrious? GOLDIE BRUCKNER. ERENSd 10, heatl § o it a bether, is mad is himself. It means one has|turn argund watch a beautiful St thoughts worked . like light- STELLA GAS!\A, Age 110.% 8 T house, ' It-was now To pilot the children to rock-a-bye [1io: control® and may . do come-| Bernard - dog Fplaying ball .-with fning. but her feet failed her, though Jewett: City, & s e Ap.,n,, Dyer. Iand. Bellaaitie bt The,ball ‘would be rolied she was a fast runper. -The. 'carriage| ; i 24X fagn pkiting o~ you | abott s zir For Polly 3 1 o g d1~and the big dog, caper- | Kept on ia a straight course, the baby | 'r_mo Girls and a Sqmrrel. - | nameé” Poliy’ Dfer and how she saved alway: One little, two little, threo little| - Long before' the Christian .era Solo-|inz after. would .&top it&. fight wiia jacllahtediy clavping. his “hidids [l ool wie Lol ke 5 wan looking “out ‘Mrs. Bird's life. Polly’s father drove but no one an dreamers, ~__|mon: told his peonle ‘that’ the .hasty, of | bring it batk in His mouth. It was:an|enjoving of ; mp'ba.d\ window of her Bouse she the milk. routé along the west side of at the door. ) Gazing on visions of wondrous de-|spirit exalt foll§+.or «if.other . words, | f Ae, and” Bess had to; No one in s except_al. windoWe. Iittle zray. squirrel running ‘the yillage. ONé mornifg an autorno- as_turned on. Then she under- light, o deag anls delightedly as the doz and fhese who saw the flying carriage | and down, a'trce, Just in back of bile “wifh bree drunken men ih it an. empty mtlk Castles and fairies and koft clouds, | themselves, Dbecome foolish.’ SRARPA rafter s the Ball. The street|and the Httle girl in chase san S‘V’"-'lhfsr hér" home! fa . |came’ speeding’ ‘down - the. high nd ke the glass in the door rose tinted Ill-temper is the' vice' of people who ! sloped-dewm quite abruptly to the wa- | 1 out: to help, but too late. | Pay #ffer aay Betty saw:this sqgir- | Pyt Gl net ‘sse tho ioille. cart and rushed out through the Rainbows that <hxmmered, and sun-lhave no_other bad habits, -and they ttefd-edze; and th-s - the ball made With a soB Bess saw ! rel™and-watched its mbveménts wigh | bumped: rightinte "it. /It broke the cpace that s broken. She reached beams that glinted joften t= to malke out it is sood: dng LANits 2 headway #.its fight, each|thc carria precious habv,mm Taterent: | wagon-and threw Mr. Dyer on the hard jn° turned key which was in the A new thape and color each way that|° ten t7 to make out it is good: ani 3 brother oml: v rards-in front ot “few days later Rettr brought an- payement.. The.fall broke. his: log and Jork. and open (he dgor. She they squinted, they call it righteous wrath; but Da- B % 4 from the walk into the wa~ ‘on gmr -£irl " in: her Hduse to See: fractured. a few bones. $50, of Course, : ruy<hed un ctair pened the windo The whele of the wonderful night. |vid tells us in'the -Psalms that ill-|apd wicked ymnge She was at the ;rnl: r=';“dg: injthis ~sqwin-e1 This gifl's' name’ was he ]a{d‘ on lh:x rrour.!d umnl ,,J x;n:ln and then “nmwn .\:w ;,m.‘nm,, e - e T i stant to see the baby still clap- | Ma along and.saw him, picked him | ctood on a ftable beside Mre little, _thres - little | (°TPer tendeth: oniy fo wickedness. Those wha.ate mad have lost their | his hands and crowing with de-| - Mare said ‘to Betty: It looks broughit; Him home. |bed. She caled up the doctor, People who' Tose ‘théir temper “s0oh | g00d. senxe, their .goad will and every is what mother |lose their gocd nafe for they do mean !ofl ight. high and dry and unhurt! The|the souirrel is rathering nuts § 2Mr. Dyer . was: Jaid up for avite a ide was strong and the wooden car-| - - “T’ think so0,” replied Betty. - whifle. . 714 had.ne’one to:drive hia (Continued _on Pasza: Eleven) sopa tmng % laugh,” she said; - “bat 21 FINE rain bezan teber that for héere tbat is -u'filngly be banlnhga. Iur-. Yen’!l despise me, | right,” he said, “here, Vincent” - - | R ‘care a'bit. I was -just thinking | was. all. different. 'And when Mrs. | tea things were on the table; the cuse but ¢ th.n—nflar I knew Pat—it| she got back. The remains of the fall, and the lonely .up to date. - We live in the day befors | I m»on for minding so much, but “Oh, hang it, man, you don’t mnn‘ don’t 4 girl turned up the | yesterday.” it ‘you'd spent_a_whoele year here—" | that?” ;hov déli¢ious .a real pavement - will Drimmond went‘back to England I|tains had not been drawn, or the fire eollar of her coat. ‘Sie was poyring otit tea. “Very lit- | She pade a aup;mn‘ gesture. “Im afraid ! do. Iu not nh or | feel to’ one’s feet. Do you knoW, in | give:nétice 50 as to _stay Here near | made up. “O, ‘how I hate| tle sugar and no ‘milk,” she sxid re-| & “rathef !; enflnus expression | you to go back yet.” ¥ one of my trunks thers are boots and him.’ We 'was to. xec ,married . at “I've come home, Ken,” she sallf 4 ... R she’ thought uin!mnuy, and fiu‘d him the cup, | cressed his ‘fice. | "How long?” ° | sbbds. that I've’ never~been able to C]:rtltmu Bot my wages was soon simply. e _phssionately, An- | “vhiless yoy've ¢hanged.”: 2 ' “Why nét &0 uuy for a holliday ™ | “Another year.” g Wear. Have you.never been thrilled |’ . ah fi? always- one for Jik- He . rushed at her with s, great o cluding .the entire| He let his eyes : te .uuoqt.d. Vingent's expression showed disap-| by an absolutely pertect |)xoe'"‘ . "'.tq,_ uk qu. SBo'I'told Pat I el "Yo-u little brick!” ‘he sai prospect-in a. com-{ I've nof changed, “A bolidpy _But Ken- can’t get| pointment not unmixed with perplex- course; .yours.” - ‘should go to service in Galwiay till unnfidlly' St Fahe uuihud weid & b pmshensive glance. | lgughed > light-heartedy. away at this time of year.” | ity F , you knmow I, wasn't :munz. ! Christm: He didn’t want 'me to go, atint - y =3 " ' On-ber left wes |‘was in merry progress. - ‘No?”"-he said with a faint smile. i “It's so rummy,” he nrotum. meant -of -your. own.” But T wonld: And now he’s dead, and - o > "o the wide, gray sea, | But suddenly s thought struek Wer. She mm-ea He ‘was ° amused at| “that I should feel all right. You'ré| 'A.puff of wind blew a corner o! a|I+do't know what I evér -seed in| It Was an hour later that the mald Benind Iar_rmo tiny Irish village, on | She leaned forward in her chair., - | her for’ implying that husbands and | quite sure?” 2 long- scarf she'wore across his'Tace; | thém" thiligs. 1f'I'd been in t'me to | CAme in with letter. It was fro 1he ‘right &"few scaitered cabins, and | “You've not.<come: have you,” shé | wives were as Anseparable as semi-| Mallory's voice grew | cold: “You|and yes softened as he touched ].mk to him—*" Mallory; he had written it at in front her home. | 8sked, “about Ken?' Because . he's| detached houwes | distrust my judgment?. By all Weans | it. ‘But she.was not looking. Hér' yoice. trembled for’ the frst|JuBCtion, and sgent it ¥z one af Koy t was ‘A good-sized house, just quite well, he says. . Have:.you seen “Abd .I.couldn’t face that awful ' consult someome else.” s “Surely it's /too good to be true, "“.hng ‘but she went on. - “And ' I've | T passabls when the sun shonme on its | him?” . ] g 5anm.y nJl dune," she nfldod hur-| “O, I say"—Vincent was -takeni she: sald.-~“Surely . I shall;wake up | .”m- all' m¥-money on-these clothes, Peggy opened it, and motioned to ~whitewashed walls, but pow, seen in He made a reproachful gesture. | risdly. 1 2back—"you know I didn’t mean that.| and find’ that the groceries from. Dub- | go' 1 't even buy a bit of black.” to read over her shoulder. ~-ibe dusk and through ta rain, | “Am- I always to be a doctor to. vou "1\.04 bn I- wond-r— | Everyone knows these confounded haven’f come, and that ‘we've got Stie miad 've lost,” they read, “and. Vime éreary enough. fow? Can’t you forgive me because | ‘‘What?" | lungs are your specialty.” It was only butter tasting of peat.” - : b o |° cent's,won, for the second time. He 3o CBaTia tremer to soften its hard | I once Had.to.pass seritence of deats | “‘Well, I.was .pin; to ask if you'd | that I feit a bit sick about It because | They turned a-corner, and. num‘ly - TR frontsturnos 4. and ba | —and you—shall taste the swests of oztline was impossible. Even in the | on you?" . put me up. till Thursday, and—" | of Peggy.” escaped drfving over a girl who % m"‘" on h"“'m" h’"“; o & victory. . I've mothing to gain now by ®2rdén, gurrounded as it was by high | “Sentence ‘of death?| “Why, of course!” she imterrupted.| Mallory whs appeased. ' | walking in the middle of the ro-a. M' "'":;,ms‘h Picad d“".o the “lrl silence. You refused to marry me wills, only the hardiest ahrubs | “How can you ask? But I'm afrald | = “I gathered from Mrs. Vincent that| She seerfed not to see or hesr them. 'd h‘ 3 rt.i: ‘“’::d bl d‘ two years ago, and I couldn't forget. =ould grow. looked towafdthe windew. The |-youTl -be thankful when Thursdsy|it's dull here in winter. In faste “Why, it's: Lizsle . Waters,” criea |70 ner uncertdinty had vanished. | {gpen your husband came to me after SCALtReSEAts she heticed a bright | raln "was driven by sharp gusts of | comes.” - Ske smiled at him, remem- “Well?” Pegg ’tmin:‘ “Please stop. I must| - “Lizsle, I can't” stay.” she sald no phag preumonia I saw my-.chance 5t 4 tHe dinigg room. Was- -nfvmd ‘against the panes, and the sea | béring the game. i “0,-1 was only golng to say—but 1| spehk to:her. Theré’s something.the rapldly; “‘and you must hurry, too,|and took it. He needed just ordinaty or ‘had Ken , St Dack - earller | thundered angrily.against the rocks| “That depends,” he said, “on what|don't know if Mrs. Vincent would ke | mtm. s If you're"to catch the GalwWay ‘boAL.| care; he need mever have left Londos 5.% you gdecide to do. it anced =t Rbriin -surprise. . . | You must let:me do the only thing I|a¢ a1 ww"»ha asked softly. - |. She looked u) ‘quickly, but e bad | . “O, go on, men: Peggy and’1 ‘u‘t > ¢’s 16ts of time; don’t look se | 088 fOF you.: Get some black things |’ “But I wanted you, Peggy, and SXe turned’away, but not before ! leased bsck In his chair and his face | have secrets.” - .| astonished’ ‘She's only s[ Wi tals” didn’t care: what I did te get you. .1 her eyes had . thanked him for his{ was in shadow. Mallory smiled. " 2. W-u.-nv. sug, . e ‘Em, s 7 «'!'he lgrl\ looked in a dazed wuy at | thought I knew you so well, too. smnuy i ““What lec mean?’ she asked. only that if-you thlnx ~Mre: Vineent |. “dow ‘he’ the ! the: g61d” in ‘ber ‘Hand.® Theh her eves | just what you could stand and what ‘ahe zaid with an “We & mesdags ‘for you. needs a change I've brought anfnvi t ““TRatik:you, 'M,” she'sald; | you couldn’t; and it was T who got “is.in Dubdlin, and I tation from my" sister - for “her. m here. She asked | she _refused to mention it to' you.™" Vincent whistled dismally. “0, 1 say,. it. would be ‘the ™ . devil, you know.” iy “For . you? - So.~ Mrss.. V!lwea ¥ thought.” There was just.the faint- et sting of centempt in'his vofee. . Vincent bad no time to una:, | Peggy had comhe bacl. N “Please tell' me,” she -“‘.\» iy “I'm all right,” Vincent explgined: | quickly, “but I've xat to m-)m putawn ‘Wwith ! another year.” v “A year?” ghe erled amsmexy A nau when 1. dofi’t have to | Lord Traverton to offer him the Fish~ ‘Do) more,.it won’t | eries. I meant to do the thing thor 4., 1t W&s more & | oughly, you see, and Wear you. out tatement. , “And I waited a year. The.length Peggy’s . eves: “I|of that year! Bat last week it mas be .said; .and hurried to| up, and T came to you. You were at loyy, was, waiting. “the end. of your tetber, and.l.was .,to;-have besn. so long,” [ prefty sure of, yeu. But I .added ‘ok the: girl’s engaged | another vear just -to make cennip m Hod inan.accident at| And you gave way. v “What happened today, .I fwondsr? Al with ‘easy | You couldn't have = found out that eonnufion ahd drove on. He glanced | Nora wasn't waiting for us, but that back éarelessly. - “That gorgeous at-|my yacht was? No, I don't think it oo;mq blz incongruous, doesn’t | was that. -I shall never know, 1 sup~ “Kep will ‘bein. el!efl-. “Ina ‘fow .h‘ht I Io hayo ?"wm v S.Ee humt‘d. 5 ogbt ‘if 1 uve her'in my life. But I, 'ggued -;r town on| whoie year?” be 'said. pose, and it wasn't much matisr. bow T'd love to! Vincent nodded. “Poor Pe‘q « She did not Whatever it was, it was a near thing. said. “But I'm not going to.be -uph " she.sald goftly. | When the station came m iighl she | “You' nearly came, Peggy, <idn't »,vy sotnd in the hail s brute as to keep you here all the| . The: girl made a hopeless gesture. . furasd and faced him. . | you? ,But when you said 'Home te mmn&d. “Ob, o, Itime. Luckily, Mallory-has told me | “Hs didn’t die for two hours. And qf {Dr.” Mallory,” she. n.ld bravely, f Ken,' [ knew I'd lost. Ry M. 3 : l’h::.rmuy lone- of Lady Warrendeg's invitation. It's calléd out for me most nf the t&mm “!‘u’ golig home. They sat very still for an mnta.nt. oh, if !yjutotx;e :hin: :nc:wetr‘ yt;:x I: 2 w | aBd1 wasn't then; h g 3 ibn?hhh“" tightened on the reln-d. Then Ken took the letter from her : 1 = ut you can’t stay her one,’ “But ,m. ecouidn' lp that,” e )roteuad to ' miisunderstand | gently and put it on the fire. For & 4 AM"“ ot the room vh-n{na protested weakly. ‘He nflh‘!‘n tried to comfort her. ‘“You're in | her. second a spurt of flame lit up one the. first . were over. to have told.you. I—I don’t want b]m in Galway, aren’t you?” 4 m& zt eofin‘ ” he said lightly; |sentence—"You nearly came, Pegey. ? pe_ 16t me see how you're | go.” " Tha gir] gaye a hard little Jaogh.| “this is tRe way, ismn't it?" - didn't you?” suggested the Imr | They hot.h l,tngha( u her to‘a ‘ot “Yes'm, and I'm rightly punished: Bhn =hook ‘Her head. “Home to Ken's hand. tightened -around hars. man assented. Yonld-w-flm =t Couldn’t help it? Do vou see these|Ken,’ she explained: “By Jove!” he bréathed. ory,” lve_sald, “I feel tre- “Nonsense!” sald Vincent dc_c{dcd thin, She pointed te Ner -dress, M.ou hardened. “O, home to “We t. Lizzie Waters,” she exe Yok fit. . It seems suck a farce | ly. “Of course you're m ‘which was 2. vivid blue, amd.to her K& he - repeated slowly.” Ther he | plained, “and she told me about Pat, m’flub‘n that Mallory' had strolled ' o o ‘the | hat, heivy with feathers. . | Benit luer to her, and his volce was | And—and I know that it might jast bookshelf. Vincent bent over . the| :.“When 1 came out here from hg-z tnee. ou: don’t’ mean it—you can as well have been you. And then back of h.r_chlir “You're' just s |land/ as maid ‘te Mrs. Drummond, F| ¥ 3 0, 1 just wanted to'come homa.”. brick, Peggy.” he whispered. ~ | was St to Jill myself -with fretting “at -Sho.—q;mk from him, and sudden-| .Ken was unaccustomed %o clothing | They were nearly. hAlt_ Way to the | the outlandighness of the place. mn_v ly M huhod'i!tgefly hls thoughts in words. . He had re- station betore exe!m § | WaEn't notMing right for me, and & fool'l am! But' you took |sort .to the comprehansite remarik ir wila to get back home.” nrpfis) !M know. !'m ¢isap- | that satisfled a]l needs—even Pegzy's Wmc !cr kS mrt.ed t‘.slu. 2 : “You—little—bricki” be said with o3 e SR