The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-20

W@z% %GW fragrance the comfortable elegance H@ HI$E of the congregaton-room. He had been SgA making the most, in the way of thought, 1T9 of his moment alone after the sermon DsznsslHzS Joined moment there interruption.
 With habit of patience, which he had been @ long in acquiring Graham turned toward the
 lc There was soft swish of Sf the. the vsstFy d9o1 the % turning Peun 1 fSt e s @ e o sce h ths girl who locked d at him with restfaned crahsrn took the hand with little wondeP He re- ebeFed bsd Der ths faes this yas the girl h9 of late "-~here-the remenbrance of that was vague. of those moments lucid survey beteen sentences
 & it s, yas so freshly young and yet was lack He had felt twinge of satisfaction the intensity glad to see this intensity at closer range; what kind of interest did it indicate?one might fudge of ones
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 ng which he held the gT; n snah s hal hand d. The hand firm and full of initiative f thoagh; st the 5 b5satng of with kind minutes. think she thinks I want to make a kind in her forehead small tangled thread of trouble ana embarrassment as Ii she doubted, noW that she denly. with little flash of bravery, she went on. Worry she s said Why do yoa What is ia there in & th od I s so % k f2 ae oe sl tod t as Ets9 ty hoy s talk Of sH T as 6f thlng5 d that 5et and sure-and as my uncle says, terribly convinc-. ing" There was. little ring of impotence in the Raf you yoaf may say s do doubt and p question - Graham, stood nnotion1ess throughout this long speech It of the tabs put upon him by talk he eo9id been iI in % the middle @ of things Here I f0 hS be I 9ee e fG5 m An pg t gaeh h the girl again forestalled him. For the first time she
 Please, if you like-dont say word she said, quickly q mean not word of yourself I didn't only wonde5sdZabeut the thing Aunt says an n written in my face. And when wanted to know. asked It is question-a something that underlies Understand them. until knew what it that makes ~"That beclouds them" said Graham faintiy srni1- ing.
 Evefybody--men and women, all get something, and are satisfied Not merely men and women, but men liant thosghtfg And yet a dare to feel isths this = Her intensity was infectious. Graham suddenly f lie had Introduced the subject. aIow he listened,
 The girl replied with sympathetic brightness eoh. a a yas 55sa it He leaned forward once and fairly smiled
 Grahan's eyes keen and bright back to the They don't see division in me. I'm not afraid of roads, can he choose, without being hypocrite, not travel only of them The figures absurd, of but you see And sooner or later, anyway, there not be etl-ics?" she asked.
 With apparently sudden idea he came at her per. ifs intensity ga gave words Kind of haFshnezs & s
 She it simply. "I don't miss anything. feel that it is all there all the good there in what you If you believe me, after what you have mixed, not blended into thing somehow. know 1t Is fancful- Am too presumptuOus?"
 Graham stared at her unsrnlingly. "Y ou a. wizard boast that sees the conflict in me, Or-perhaps you ssthetic. It be beauty-harmony-tha you want. You discover dscord in me"
 Her eyes flashed. She took up his illustration not because the chords wrong, but because they are played together"
 ~Of course" he said rather co1dy "I do not grant, as you to- without question: that the appeal of comp1ezty fits them to appeal to this and that? Society is complex full of this and that doctrine, 1t is ready to be reached at varying angles various exposed points
 steadied herself against pew She looked very clear-eyed and obstinate all at Society be complex she said "but life is simple"
 Graham looked than astonished; he looked gentle; the girls eyes, clear and wistfu were rot provoking. "Perhaps you have special vision" ne said. 'For who live in dim light there are questions You will grant it to to study them out"
 . The girls eyes were bright, suggesting of vexation. But she spoke steadily. Now you are laughing mel deserve itP' In support of her sincerity she went on. without anger. ''No one has seems to be straight and simple feel for the answer" She laboring along somewhat. Ora ham looked unconvnced. She tried to find illus fration4" "I bought gold candestck once, for my [ brought it in and she admired Then put it on fhe shelf and we looked at it, and suddenly mother laughed, and both together said Tt won't do'"