The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-23

sct s:de o.tsn snsugr 70 rin srss,ide,,ce.'' =. :-hec, will ao. eeme. shall no. permit EirA tc do SO
 nat fe lau. set esne so -<ssil Her father dss nct vsss kim s de SO z :his she wss not prexsIi- ,'.s SO sesrio~s.iy lr5 sosssly grand
 ssransesy nusreh she did nor ecE6ed tais Ases; referred less and less often to the crean-tin.ed velopes talking more about settlement work in place aa and Ie of s wh walking with dear brother in the moonlight on %hss ths ersp nights $ fan came on @ to n the p50 1 i % % s 0a o aaf ns. to g esd ana ps thetc sister night after night It was pleasant an arm and take her radiant in her beauty o recep- tions and dinners and theatres.
 so had Sssa as sister, but nevertheless in the fall just before Aee vas to saas sSd the square envelopes came she seemed to hesitate for full halfsdsy before she read them. and her answers to them were alrays dflaysS and always The result of this at the other end of the eorIe- turn pale and pink by turns This thrilling letter ro@ae vsTS dsmsnd it sd her was call to hsrosn The .hT GI great deeds and even inclination, aside. They were going s9 Hals last U isscgn that that her brother was her efcSr % About n nine S oeoss clock chatting together, noticed Miss. Alice put her wraps and slip out of the front door Five minutes Weatheriy vent to the door with Hal and his grand mother. Grandfafher C. man looked at MT. 7Blan- Hsf an s9a sSap stes Sse had Grandfather Gilman and MT, Blanchard were still
 S By csorgely said MT Blanchard. T wonder sPossibiy to the depot with Hal" replied Grand father Gilman with curious hesitation He has @ @o NT e S ss ss sE E soa n @ dss
 sss M: sas: ssshaEa ss and Adam ss dfsssd s t se train due to leave within five minutes Suppose we hurry down to the depot I-l scarcely like to have A in the the meantime Mr Hsifred Joyce Gilman had 'o hurried over home to get his suis,ease He threw it in the cab and was just about to follow t, when called out to him to wait It was Alice He griPPed her hand tensely when she came running up to hiIl aeainS ia he s'ss asked. ''G S' " ]. h.obs.d s am ESss s ,sss yos S tss sss saH
 He noticed for the first time that she tI carried nss Now s .ne ss i. me about he said 5wds.e she had changed her mind She Ssuld eot tell hi 2, the audacity of what she was doing, At the depot hs tried persuade her to go back q home knowisss ssssns sss sss ss is1 's young as girl
 You only friend and you nus, do 2 ss ssy IS me creis or my iitc 1 etSa -A~-s<~t' W lie shook his head. but she had already picked up ssso Ali could do S take her case from her and carry both
 Tns s aa fi SsdsSssd sd ss ss ssa at sas sp They had no difficulty in finding out that Hal wno had and as tsHes 'ns Ss~ Grandfather Gilman and MT Blanchard turned as watered Nothing could have pleased them better
 Let's go telegraph them. said Grandiathsr :. Gil
 In the meantime Mir Haifred Joyce Gilman was compelling his sister to tell him things, insisting on oceapss car m the 'ss SgRt her, and forced by these necessities to keep he, her features straight and her voice clear she could tell him much better.
 She was eloping She did not throw any heroies of her years and her inexperence would ordinarily have called forth. Instead she seemed bit scared
 Mir Halfred Joyce Gilman moistened his lips. He had peculiar grip at his throat and ne fsls yeIy ternent work even. settled upon him The prospect of inmuring himself in the siuns for lifetime of a had usually done Nevertheless, he stiffened himself If his sister Alice was so deeply and irreveeabiy tainde happiness, and he would do it Ike man. He told her
 cussed the deep and solemn sacrifice that a woman must make when she, gave up her girihood home @ to quite agreed upon every point of this subject. it seemed Sometimes it even struck her that he was sarey hs tod SeT of his his plans for settle Sment work, in solemn. woe begone tones as if he were going to the grave, and often she found her. self eiutchng his sleeve while he talked His near ness was such support to her She would never been coming on this train. Neveri She snuggled closer to him and wanted to cry. She didn't know why.
 IL was only about three hours ride to the city. and she grew more and nervous as they ap- preached it When they had alighted from the train young man, though considerably older than Hal, mo rd hem He wa preDOSSeS- sing young man There were pouches beneath his eyes and his lips thick and wide. He wore . loud tic, and a suit and overcoat of wondrousy checked patterns. Alice him first and she