Putnam patriot., 1909-10-22

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 u A.1s i'ytz Amy he said sets ssawse. sfst raising his eyes from she fire -s~Aa wants divorce, Of a.eurse ! a4sAf blame her. can L See lsea dog. Tom.
 f sslI1ns ssf anything. The silence szDiplt ftie uncomfortable. Presently he spoke &gsat
 T thought l had got used to living esttlea 4tp aud Chat wouldn't mind za;ai suse saas8.f always ieil After all 2t'e Ysstta 4,ss5 ehen If caines to the zslhasp3gsf rai wlsh shed had the a1anere served yesterday er had Waitfd elHta feaAefras lie teaned forward fress irie fss s.ls.aws ou lis knees. ..'l Ills as eaf sqa1dtHF anniversary. Tom
 4 uplieapIo0d Jack MaIrYaft well san6neh fe know he'd Kick ms out of z be Fesns II expressed any sympathy .1ie.diaHs seapt pity He wanted some rpne te fissen while he cursed himself for strong headed. stubborn brute. He was tlarfly right. but 1 didn't be sieve De WIS altogether at fault sii,ln't tell him so. he would have skpocked me down
 x Sn ] dressed, and we 1t our pipes. and hsiened Nhile he talked of her No seear ever spoke more reYetcutly of | seoman fhan he did af Amy listenea q ~ns hls heart l heard his 1Ig. haHest. throhbing bruised heart. And ns he spoke I saW where stbe lIale thread had erept In-the lit- s.l thneaa ef aiseard that haa grown so c4als ana palle1 them apart. Jack was proud. and ae ~aa Amy. poer girl foo proud fo see and to understand ahat. after all. il was only rope of sand
 When at lasi lge ceased eazed ont the window at the moonlight failing apm ah. spires and dames and roofs eaf Snn asaneiaeo Here and theee lights nlkeFed in the uiudaus Ise lov ID trs street occasionally footsteps fsllsess'a 4 touring eat swept hy. nr q hack from which came voices and lnuehter
 sss.eesnsis there drifted to us fram an fn naeiat restauaE. i confusion of ssonasta mliieb gradually blended, bear ing 1o6aS the meledy of Home, Sweet Home iaof moment JHek listened then h. giospd the window and re enme,l lis sent wifh Il sieh From ufar oa. on the siiA air came the deep tane fl beli striking the hour uae. tAgo.=sNese. lear. aee started and locked af Jack it WIS morning and it had not seemed au hour He walked to window and stood with hi~ hands behind him. he waning naoaaliebf ringing his hair with paie sfigar
 seI do not know hae lens he stoed there Ny piNe Lad gene eut The shes h the ~rafe were antl aHa life l..ss. ! wicked silence seemed te las on everything
 saaaeuiy heard 2 saaHd as of rust Eng saina and liseHst then saf te mH feet. sssssS te reel and FliHs ta Hz ehase The wans tremblesl sad ereakei. tic 7issr rose and fell satrsius seq. The shniidsns sbieerss and eHoaaea Ike aoanlesi animal cd man Fear ykts.-kca at the aa,T Something caught m. up and tossed me la fhe air. and ! fsal down. down down. AEain uvzs taeked up and whiriei around. .sancv, swiee. then dashed against the wal was dix1y My head aehtd . my veins seemed bursting. grabbed ny breath with both hands and held Sn
 Tue earth was roaring IL rattled fhe 1snes in my body. The sky sung fo 1t could feel the humming In my ss.s-x. Every hair of my head. every s.ssr.ae, every flher of De was sihrai. lux a milton times second. was nanb tortu.ed. deslriass with fever. shaking with a chill
 sna Jack II intervals In that swful first Instant he had eStingalshed th. gas. hut the nleoe and the dawn shone dlnlly. ln which his face half aboWed Here and there the shadows shifis.i rsSe and feli wave shadows gsrsns above. from below. from every aide eassle grinding. shatsersas. saar- Ing, Ike q hundred iFains crossing a hundred hritgts Then followed the sll- very rattle Of breaking glass. tue thnn. aerons crash of walls. wild screams that yrew feeble. ceased. theu stlence
 ran to a window. hut could see sofhing but dust. dust II shut out the day and the u10on. grupet hack into ekS tsoth. JACK Wus saa4u1hE ih NoS ess-n door twisting and ungwisting his safr f~af haf.
 -Narthaaake, My Godr' he cried in . huarse whisper.
 triea to speak, bur my tongue was taaxea 1 reached out my hand and sasiehsxi his coSt felt the warmth of kts body and laughed like child that eress the pressure of its mothers kiss on the dark
 He ciufched my arm. "comeF he c-.xxd. .sCome," IL WAS savage cry,