The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26

 marked that he Ought to be well or-his prices were hi3h e2oucyh, Heaven knows! -<
 Ger he required s3er-i2s. fer tine. Then he GsSl2iSe for5Gae '0 '' ''-A' ''''i H 'O-i-eO nave
 re woman laughed in a low. voice at his side.
 tDe Long get up ard came over beside my chair. Ee fumbling ct the buttons the front of his
 Feel here-herc,' he said. He'd. u-buttoned his waistcoat and guided my hand along the lining I felt
 Gold :. he said. Feel here
 I touched a leather pocket sewed into his vest. Diamonds" :" he whispered. I couldn't believe Ei2ute 'Diamords" exclaimed
 'T-eavens! I marveled. I should think you'd die n this hot weather I1sging that around Why don't
 "IZe shot glance at me out of bis cunning secret i've eyes Too many ha-s have I seen break he said, waving his hands with gesture expressing solution No! I will my own bank be-
 'Tae woman the Eoor Iou-hed arcin a childish it! she said.
 "Caite number cf years passed before the opoor- tu3iy Of seeing tae5 again o-;e my w@y; but wher cs if the world hadn't moved while I'd been gene. De Long met st the landing and ushered me didn't seem any older; the sbaaycn always been tremendous that if it had grown impossible woman stood on the vcranda, young G-d pretty remembered her. sShe greeted il a disi3teresed mancer-tEe coolness If it struck once.
 The woman I s2id, was indifferent. Not that wanted it otherwise tat ia my heart suppose that lille piqCcd Gt her attitude I Imagined thHt once before No dorst s,e tione,t n,a faoI.~l CT hurts to be passed ever b5- a yemen
 After supper VIC sat on the scne little veranda and blew s2lcke ito the silent night. The woncn didn't out she had do-a the time before. the Tersaca railing win h:s cieAed fs al s+v6re How do I know? he cried. She vent toyvcrd t,,e shore' lis words brought back the past; it seemed fnconceivSble that the cd suffering of had been going on ia that solitude.
 other toic. Is S.iu-a still the business there" I asked, nodding head to t:ie store across the
 1t was the very thing shouldn't have said. De Long leaped r7 lie rladn,.i, and Ia'l:eheCl 2ri-g chaEdlery The youae; devil! My wife he cried apparently speechcss 'S2ute h2s sold the business he explained after while 'Shu.e q good man, tainy, but honorable trouble shuse was good Also good pilot We fought for business not fer wives. Now comes his successcr, this dog of hell He choked. and sat down il heap.
 "'Why don't you let him have herr asked, He does not want her. He does not love her. He would be bad. I felt his fingers drumming on my loves him. He has stirred her love. For month have seen it. That, ard more. Am I a fool, Cap young, fiery, unmarried-perhaps he loves her little: Not much. That is not love! An, know men! I read the eye when he looks at me. It is ".YouH exclaimed, not catching the point cantIy. My fortune! My fife! They shall have it! will live many years" he cried with other men and let it pass; but he'd fight all right if something threatened his fortune Some how, understood him through and through. de spicable man-but very interesting. l wonder if make him plain? Do you really care for her happinessT asked.
 "I have done all pcssible,' he said. I have kept siIc-t. I have been gocd-
 Why don't ycu give him of your money to take away? I went Then they'd both be sat No no P he cried Not a dollar! They shall not have it! I will live"
 "'TheyH probably kill you the first chance they get 1 answered.
 a'Doubtless' he said phlegmaticay For two weeks ha I feared to ect am prepared.' He aTsed silence. ard the argument closed.
 "I had q natural curiosity to the in the snse. ard tce ret dGy it gratifed. While I WIS ashore forenoon. De Long called down to the landing business ard Ee was out of sight Shutes successor out of the op- posite and crossed the yard He'd probably been watching, and knew that I alone with the
 
 "FIe was a fine, upstanding, haI.-breed Malay a splendid figure of man, most of them are. and just the sort that she'd love. He held her in his while they spoke in low tones; it wasn't hard to how much she cared for him. know there are women who show their love without speaking. It enanates from them, touch, q the unmstakabIy if they'd shouted aloud the words fill their hearts Her clung about his her eyes devoured him. I'd what I wanted. and 70 went "wav. That was the last time 1 looked her in Old Anier
 ''I remembered last time I saw De Long, too the last t~'e ever saw him.
 TEro vv-rr1,,ered sA1roost r wish fo die, The world is ~n~d rlaoe for~et See. even the hoa~e~s foil - Cod hos cursed nonted pronheticalIv tn trP where the of clouds isI~,H miles due S+-~i+s aI-v +Hreatened more less T.I notive
 CT no orr oe ho vas being rou-ed toward the shore after we'd narted at the rail. He sat