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much more SONY Cousin Maude, for
example,
Hip, hip, hurrah for the mosquito!'
he murmured. They laughed softly to-
Eetfler. Then she grew earnest. and
looked so grave. that he became serious,
TOO
There is always purpose" she said
with touch OF some feeling which he
had never guessed at. IF you and l
have met, it is because we are to have
some influence over one another can t
Just see how: I can't form any idea
81 can" he said. eagerly.
She looked up so suddenly and stead
lily that be was silent.
EDO not let us play any longer" she
said. Let US be in earnest"
.sBnt am IN earnest" he asseverat-
You don't knew what I mean" she
went on very gently You're in col
1ege. Let's fight it out on those lines
IL It takes all summer
He looked up into her face. and loved
her better than ever for the frank kindn-
nees that shone in her eyes.
The day passed bliIhely after that,
and even the good-nights, which were
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hopelessness as he had dreaded.
For he was to call on her In town as
often as he wished, and he felt that that
would be pretty often.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE RESOLUTION HE TOOK.
That first meeting was in February,
yoa know. and by the last of April it
had been followed by so many others
that Burnett remarked one day to his
ehum:
{ Say. aren't you going little faster
than auntie'll stand for?''
Jack turned in surprise.
IT never went so straight in my life
before" he. exclaimed, not in indigna-
zion but in establishment.
II didn't mean that" said Burnett
sPerhaps instead of .auntie' I should
have said Betty
Jack hoisted the colors of Harvard,
and was silent.
t.T warned you at first that that was
Tangle-town,' > his friend Went on.
ssDonf suppose I'm saying anything
against her-or against you; but she's
just as much to ten other men as she is
10 you, and they all are old enough 10
carry lots Of weight"
.sAnd I suppose I'm not" Jack an
sHered, going over by the fireplace. I
know that as we'll as anyone Of
course
sNaturlich.'' said Burnett, with con-
clusiveness that was not meant to be-
cruel yet cut like a two-edged knife
There was silence in the room. Jack
stood by the chimney piece, his hands
appraised to rest upon its lofty shelf, his
head dropped forward, and his eyes
fixed on the empty blackness below.
II wonder he said at last, 81 wonder
what will become OF me fit"
He stopped.
Burnett didn't speak.
81 suppose she thinks of me as a
hey" the young man continued. II
suppose she's so good to me because I'm
her youngest brothers friend
Burnett did not comment on this
speech
II don't know what to DO the other
said when 1 first met her I wanted
To cut college and get out in the world
and go to work like a man. I told her
so. But she wanted me to stay In coll
1ege, and as it was the first thing she'd
ever wanted of me, did it. I'd do any,
thing she asked me. I've quit drinking, |
Tn going at everything as hard as it's
in me to go; butt don't Know feel
II feel as If it isn't me-it's just be-
cause she wants me to, and I'm afraid
If she gees out of my life Pd-Td-"I
After This very broken chain of
phrasing. with it's specially broken end
ing, he stopped, and another long sill
ence ensued.
It was finally terminated by the
brothers saying: