News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1904-07-27
TANGLED
THREADS
By F. B. WRIGHT
Copyright, 1904, by T. c. Mcclure

wasn't it," Miss Trayers said. Il
doesn't seem like it,"
NO" he replied; at seems-thfrty.'
Thanks! Have l really aged 81
much since then"
81 mean .ntI | saw you it seemed
thirty," he explained.
Three years-it goes very quickly
You haven't changed much"
~? l haven't changed at ALL"
She regarded him critically. "No
you haven't-in looks"
Il haven't in any way" he replied
earnestly and with an undertone OF
intention in his voice. And you
you are all | imagined"
Il imagined? Then l was not a
tgmcnt of your brain. What do you
mean"
Il mean-why-that in all these
years l have been imagining youth
all sorts of ways, you know"
ooh. Sometimes as fair haired, I
suppose, and sometimes as dark hair
ed, sometimes with a hump and some,
times cross eyed"
"Nonsensew p
"Well, it's what you said all sorts
of ways and yet-do you remember
the silly speech you made me when
you went away"
"Of course-only it wasn't silly. 1t
was the frozen truth"
1T didn't seem very frozen then,
but perhaps it does now, however, at
this distance. You haven't answered
my question yet, though. What was
1t you said?"
hy-that--what's the use of my
telling you over again if your memory
is so good?"
ITS your memory that's in ques-
hon, not mine. Confess you don't re-
member"
But | do, of course 1t was that !
wouldn't forget" he said triumphantly.
Miss TraverS dropped her eyes, raised
them again for brief futtering mo-
nent and again dropped them with a
pensive little smile.
And You remember what it was |
said to you them" he asked impressive
~, leaning nearer and looking down at
the bent head.
"you .ofd- Of co,rso Won voro met
sovfno. II hnt Won soid Won would ro-
member every word | had said to you,
every look of my eyes, every tone Of
INV voice yon wore o,,ito sentimental
4ba+ MONT"
or 1ros n,oon+ ovor,, 1vord of II No
man cou1d forrot know if now"
..%o,r9 DiIn,+ Won Lnor, Il thor?
What do Won meon9 Won tan, 40
4houoh Won wore NOT the same man Won
wore ,ror,+ vo,q.,
well avcrv man cbonmes vo, know
every snyen vn,,.s Scipntiffc fact
believe"
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three
ooh of course NOT reo,1v chonoo
was Joking. What 7 meant was that
Knowing Won having vour image he
fore me those wears. has made q chano-
nj man, ,f ',n o,,,n,,od t,o ,,.I,aI,
course Of nv life" he said earnestly.
"Ab ana Won have that nhotopranb
Of ma ynt -
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has never been ont of NV keeping since
s+olo If from"-
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voice "Trovo vo,, fornotton how yo,
bpggpd if from mo that nipbt9"
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ron1iod haorttlv ~ know Won ooro n
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aprvatorv
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snctr,
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