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difference, and this difference appealed | to Nan in a way that astonished her. l She sat in the carriage perfectly happy, and yet she felt that a good cry would | help her wonderfully.
 T had something l wanted to say to you, Man." he remarked after while. I've wanted to say 1t for a long time. But honestly, I'm afraid" Don't say you are afraid, Gabriel. You used to be afraid; but now I'm the one to be afraid I mean I should be l afraid, but I'm not"
 'I was feeling very bold when I was mouthing to these people: and every time I looked into your eyes, said to myself, You are mine; you are mine, and you
 know itP And I thought all the time that you could hear me. It was very queer impression. Please don't make fun of me today; wait till tomorrow" T couldn't hear you" said Nan, "but could feel what you said" '"That was why you were looking so uneasy" remarked Gabriel. Perhaps you were angry, too."
 "No. was very happy. I didn't hear your speech. but knew from the actions of the people around me that 1t was a good one. But. somehow, couldn't hear 1t. I was thinking of other things. Did you think I was bold to send for your" "Why, I was coming to you anyway" said Gabriel.
 "WeIl. If you hadn't I should have come to you,' said Nan with a sigh. Since I received your letter, I haven't been myself any more"
 Did I send you a letter." asked Ga- briel.
 No, you wrote part of one." answered Nan, But that was enough. I found 1t among your papers. And then when l heard you had been arrested-well. 1t Is all a dream to me. I didn't know before that one could be perfectly happy and completely miserable at the same time." Then, for the first time since he had entered the carriage she looked at him. Her eyes met his. and-well. nothing more was said for some time. Nan had as much as she could do to straighten her hat, and get her hair smoothed out as 1t should be, so that people wouldn't
 know that she and Gabriel were engaged.
 When they arrived at Shady Dale, Ga
 briel insisted that Nan go home with
 him. You know, Nan, my grandmother
 has been Bethuning me every time I
 mentioned your name, and have. heard
 her Bethuning you. Wen just go in
 hand in hand and tell her the facts in
 the case.
 They didn't go in to the dear old lady
 hand in hand, for when they reached the
 Lumdsen Place, they found Miss Polly
 Gather there, and they interrupted her right in the midst of some very interest
 Ing gossip. Miss Polly, after greeting Gabriel as cordially as her lonely nature would permit, looked at Nan very crit ically. There was a question in her eyes. and Nan answered if with a hlush
 "I thought as much" said Miss PoIIv oracularly. q declare I believe there.s = an epidemic in the town. There's P,,Is G. ki Tomlin, Silas Tomlln, Paul Tomlin and now Gabriel Tolliver. We'll, I wish them
 well, especially you. Gabriel. Nan is a
 little frivolous now, but sheu settle
 down."
 She isn't frivolous" said Gabrial
 speaking in the ear trumpet. "she IS
 simply young"
 ''Is that the trouble?" inquired Miss
 Polly, with smile. well, she'll soon rA- cover from that" And then she turred to Gabriers grandmother, and took mn the thread of her gossip where it had
 been broken.
 T declare, Lucy, if anybody had told
 me, and couldn't see for myself. I never would have believed it. Why. silas Tom
 lin Is a changed man. He looks better than he did twenty-five years ago. He goes about smiling. and while he isn't handsome-he never could be handsome. you know-he Is very pleasant-looking. Yes. he Is a changed man. Honestly, I don't know what to make of 1t; I'm clean put out. Why, the man had two or three quarrels with Rita Claiborne when she first came here, and now he is going to