The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-23

vA6JNe conscious of this than when, after tie 1. K&Nl welcome home had Quieted down b 2 he strolled out and glanced at the Hlanchard porch A dazzlng young lady over there
 % a asn in e o % ss Gn roen ea e4s vas snppiissd, with pink book. the color of borhood satisfied inspection and so saw the young
 with the nez eyes of extremely serious manrsY E -Weleome to our beautiful eityr called thc girl
 ~as s Miss so BanehaTd neE after a He had been in <one doubt about it ~Pieklss he had used to>sai word VA year ago. too, be would have ranlfed over le plekstience that ssParaIed the two lawns and in b.anehard sts2s He re1nen,bered this also with M her; then he walked scdately down the Gilman path and out st the Giiaan gate he walked seately zcdafely UP the Blanchard path and upon the Blanchard porch where he deposited himself and his living shaken hands most poe e}y with the Brane5 7@d young lady How you have biossomedis he ;sspieion oi saiantly I should scarcely have ave
 We ali change she sqlennly replied through HPs that s were fsll and rtd and most delieiousiy fEFsed Me bud, we blossom, we ripen and decay
 Yes" he admitted pensiyely. I've are always
 He was twsnty-two and feeling for a mustacheG SO
 r ~fRfa, qr aq.ans5ng years lay heavily upon hiE upon the tabourette at her right hand and the book marx tell cut It was large. square, cream-tinted boid ehrSg5aphy and Ir Gilman frowned as ls- hs 4cfed t Ihis sort of thing part of the folly P fe letter. did not do il hastily. nor blush
 thing o treated H s fSoh 5s.Ss Ss Mss sss blanch.Td had met her Pate She was a woman f6 mature woman of nineteen '' s"A' come
 Silence easasd They looked out upon the pretty exertinE itself to tbe utmost to please pleasant 6<feze huttered the flashing green and white leaves fully kept beds upon both sides of the street were t;. r snsr orighf heads happily Oh we'll these 1or the young for those who had not yet arrived at # aEs where life and its tremendous problems bear ,s,1a s1sst, @ast be fine sS De an presently sighed Ahd light for fame and fortuncS .9~ ~ fl
 3sFs,1,1, a1s ,nrenq L LrepTosehtll eyes upon her
 2o m5ny s of the worlds greedy host after those
 Ms Blanchard vas startled but gave him. instant f2anPF s'ension sbs, too, was just back from col True she sighed -Hou rue"
 As for nlyself.p he went on "rny die is cast Lave already engaged to devote myself after short period ot repose with the good grandparents who raised me. to the uplifting of humanity. Settlement wofk N to occupy my time henceforth- shall live conc my father left me will suffice for my humble <eds and te shall devote to the regeneration Qt my less f9rtunate brothers
 [1is we was saitn but stern He did not glow with The Cause vas notope for mere boyish & zLp1v nohlcr' breathcd the girl. r<z<'iJ owes 10 humanity consider is debt of my s and # IS my solemn obligation to repay,it. ltr5'vAz agnod nzn7you knew. hiln--but he was 100 nHzy ln ms lifetime trying to place me above shrocdsd in moral darkness. Oh you do not know M 4.ss Planepard you cannot conceive of the misery
 Miss Blanchard turned upon him large wide eyes tna1 wsEs d1sP ana sonosr with sudden sorrow shs too then had suffefed An well .ss such is fsf .f dope where it's edge peeped oat from the book The envelope did not interest him much and M rrN pretty eyes very be Indeed anS @ ef eapression h soa then s white ng ana % ,e Ihs shade that Pad let fip stretch point to call tlhe tip of apink revealed. Her cheeks were rounded and creamy. Her neck was firm. white: head most sTaeslHiIy Pckiesi To think that he had ing oaf of the side & window at them were 'o0A
 ss E s ~sassd to padds that s Boy There he sits as stiff as poker. talking to the pret H she was sack of potatoes Did l. at his age. ever st like tailors dummy any girls front porch ?" recollection is that at twenty-two you was the big gest fool in the county:
 The msiIsn4n saEne up the street Miss Blanchard square, eFeamtinttd envelope Mir Gilman had fol- E HsTzsa HsRTzagE ayss 6SE Gan #f as asked the mail
 Thf MR a%sn hes G0sd pg g % f49.d sss,Iv and held out his hand -I didn't recognize you How you have gro7vnl You'll be a before you know itp' # Nr. HaIfred Joyce Gilman was too dignihed to wuce He kindly shook hands. with links Powell o aa 5oa alMs I. nd aes iss past
 +There's scarcely any change in you, MT. Powell, he said with lofty gracousness- "The years treat you very kindly indeed
 HNH ~CTctting gray-gray rat" And the nal-Tnan jerkcd off his hat moment ~Let You asked about letter. got one here. but hadn't any idea that Ha1fred Joyce Gilman could be you.
 @I'f take it., If you please sad the settlement woFkcr-and brother 10 all ranknd--Evsh grave {rrfditv IL time this undue familiarity The mzil-rnan feit the rebuff keeniy that he 1rinned The letter he hunted out in long, legal Arnrc1ope. IL bore printed in the