his own home he wondered what they were sa of him all day long in imaginary conversations he caught them why say he s a regular i you got to admire the fellow for his nerve the way he turned liberal and by just absolutely runs his life to suit himself but say he s ous that s what he is and he s got to be shown up he was so that he rounded a comer and chanced on two acquaintances talking � whispering � his heart leaped and he stalked by like an embarrassed when he saw his neighbors and jones together he peered at them went indoors to escape their and was miserably certain that they had been whispering � � whispering through all his fear ran he felt stubborn sometimes he decided that he had been a very devil of a fellow as bold as sometimes he planned to call on and tell him what a he was and never got beyond the but just as often when he heard the soft � him he good lord what have i done just played with the bunch and called down drum about being such a high and ty never catch me people and trying to make them my ideas lid could not stand the strain before long he admitted he would like to flee back to the security of provided there was a decent and le way to return but he would not be back he would not he swore eat dirt only in q engagements with his wife did these turbulent fears rise to the surface she complained that he seemed nervous that she couldn t understand why he did not want to drop in at the for the evening he tried but he could not express to her the facts of his rebellion and punishment and with paul and ic t he had no one to whom he could talk lord is the only real i have these days he si ed and he clung to the child played floor games with her all evening he considered going to see paul in prison but though he had a pale note from him every week he thou t of paul as dead it was for he was longing i thought i was so smart and independent cutting out and i need her lord how i need he raged simply can t understand all she sees in life is getting al by being just like other folks but she d tell me i was all ri t then he broke and one evening late he did run to he had not dared to hope for it but she was in and alone only she wasn t she was a courteous brow lifting ice woman who looked like she said tes george what is it in even and tones and he crept away whipped his first comfort was from ted and they danced in one evening when ted was home from tiie university and ted chuckled what s this t hear from she sa rs her says you raised by old hot give em stir em i this is i down on s kissed him her hair against his chin and think you re lots than why is it that is such an old the man has a good heart and honestly he s awfully bright but he never will learn to step on the gas after all the training i ve given him don t you think we could do something with him dearest why that isn t a nice way to speak of your papa observed in the best heights manner but he was happy for the first time in weeks he pictured himself as the liberal strengthened by the loyalty of the young generation they went out to rifle the ice box if your mother caught us at this we d certainly get our come and became maternal scrambled a number of eggs for them kissed on the ear and in the voice of a brooding it beats the devil why like me still go on nursing these thus stimulated was reckless when he encountered of the y m ca and choir leader of the road church with one of his damp hands imprisoned s thick while he brother we haven t seen you at church very often lately i know you re busy with a multitude of details but you mustn t forget your dear friends at the old church home shook off the affectionate clasp � liked to hold hands for a long time � and well i guess you fellows can run the show without me sorry got to beat it g day but afterward he if that white worm had the nerve to try to drag me back to the old church home then the holy must have been doing a lot of talking about me too he heard them whispering � whispering � dr john o drew even william washington the independence out of him and he walked the streets alone afraid of men s cynical eyes and the incessant hiss of whispering chapter he tried to explain to his wife as they prepared for bed how objectionable was but all her answer was he has such a beautiful voice � so spiritual i don t think you ought to speak of him like that just because you can t appreciate music i he saw her then as a stranger he stared at this plump and woman with the broad bare arms and wondered how she had ever come here in his chilly cot turning from aching side to side he pondered of he d been a fool to lose her he had to have somebody he could really talk to he d � he d bust if he went on about things by himself and m useless to e q her to understand well rats no use the issue 