Putnam patriot., 1910-05-06

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 You would have paid as much to sisy os,r eises
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 '*Then ! aex-era baf'i rroposals" She aanee1l. then e,gsse eaftiy. Good aft, sraeeu. Air peeine
 As he haf fetaA her so she stood wken be t4rfsed fa iesvp the library. Abcwi her egsz4 Ggnre fhere was d. rost Tho Suzs-r~r'cr os hlghiy strung 5ow vhieh iis ia.s ig neau that she MS imnfnst ss d4f5leslsea aith himL What ne~s he had made af every fBlae. to lse @s8e
 Alss9FbeI YB fhese uncomfortable FaiteellaHz. fhY GbsrjfD narrowly ss- eapai d coslsssou wi.h fhe soiemniy alert E9pings. wb4 bad staiked for ward i0 epen the d1ar
 The cBeFub hfsitaied. Was il his characteristic rsauctaBee 10 acknowl- edge .lefeat CT ssHse If not having hresf up to his eHH estisf He might at least have told 4ef he was sorry.
 Wait lninafe Epplngs. Guess Pve forgotten something
 4 few rezaisle strides took him back into The reom where he had left her. Perhaps she had not gone. No: there she wns. but Why. what was ID now? II Was 4alte obvious that the Countess seeehi had buried her face fin the window draperies and was leaning against be wall of the room. Moreover. from the eonvulsive rise and fall of her shoulders if looked as If she were sobbine
 .OhF As she heeled quickly To- ward hiu. saw Whp II was. realized that he was standing there looking af her. she hablled f8fiiveig at her brim. ming eyes with wholly inadequate handkerchief Il thought" she vent on. ''fhat yoH Ind had
 Yes. but 1 talae back. Yours not crying. are you
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 sIAafs riahi Y1u see. countess. I'm going ta feai had euoneh abont thls Gaae If mae to de for both of as f1at's sAai ] ea4ae bark to say 1 dunt knew 1asl HaW ie nui II. bat II there's apythlaa ] r8n d9l fo iu,iRe you f6reet fhai theres sueh I person as Cher0b Deyine f4l do il. even If il comes fo jumping a1 the dock"
 There there isal anything
 Well. mnyhe i'll be some satisfae. ton lo you to know that l feel like we'll like nve-eighths off and nothing bId Honest. 1 never meant to tell Nick WIS just going to- The Cherub faltered
 You were going to do whatr' sug- gesfrd ths, countess.
 Why fo spring it on you. Oh. can guess what you would say to H. but-but- See here. countess, could nor hslp it You're the best l ever knew. Just seeing ynn these few days uIade things seeln worth while Why, didn't know whaf was living for before And then before | knew how far I'd gone was seeing nothing but you wish l could tell you all about that countess
 No. no. you mustp't." Again she turned 10 the draperies. hiding her flushed face Tn her bands.
 "Mn,be If you hadn't read so many of these newspaper yarns abeut me
 "lt isa't that. truly it Is not" came in nnfieti touvs from tue countess.
 "of course i can see where l don't measure un with tue kind Of men you've known. and tried to keep that tn mind all the time. but-weli. couldn't d. IL. that's all ion see. haven't had much ase fur women. theegbi they werr all alike Hut YOU
 you're diiiereut. cnuntess. wish l was diaereHt too wish | was mora like Nics If WIS perhaps e"ald make you see how much l need you how Oh. s,ly, counIs'ss. couldn't you lust let nle Say"-
 sNp no: doll't say it. please" This came fantly. for her face was stili hidden.