The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-20

Rnt h M nfr nead noa satisfied with the @ ts to me Tt will do or it won't do Just for clear, living again" She broke suddenly into smile which when it's plain like that, think"
 It is estheticisrn said Graham, obstinate1y. "f!t what you want"
 te5sn she ssid story nay Rzr sagFsstsa only my way of living, and liked it, so couldn't about t'' She looked suddenly at the vestry door. The three minutes had trip1ed themselves She be- don't see why came" she said. frankly a1t all seems S absurd and inexcusab1e to me now hope T shant forget it." said Graham He did not lool denly. and turned himself haifround on his heel and back again, boyishly. Then he put his hand s & he ss a EoBs yo on o pc o The girl was looking into his face with restrained m trouble i in her own ~oh t isn't for that it mat in her tone. She turned to go without pre- you 101fe hsf sa see and sit by the a e aw red a gs se making too much of his queston1sxel, we shall meet She hestated, smiled again wayeringly, and was ane the in fh reod f oofea a him peculiarly triumphant With vague sense of Graham a found m M himself. on the way to Mrs Van ASfrf5 ir b SofMsy dinner in an aneipatGry mood the dark moments which he had struggled through
 
 Van Astren liked to confess. in deprecation of the for each other, and brought them together prined f4h oe4 @ as he fer ok h 9sse anes s his Miss Pembertone said the hostess, presenting Mra GFesRam RssH eber 1fs nieee @sF know .L .I know Miss Miss Pemberton,. said Graham You needn't know me- said the girl, softly ande youthfuy when d her F eyes were of m theW T have told me you were to be at one side, that might th!nk 1l1k1k wnat 10 say.
 wondered for flash why his amusement should be so grim The girl did not seem to wonder-she "Nothing" she said, and seemed, simply to mean She had come with a good-Iooking, broad shoulde[ed young man. evidently full of the pessinis naB But if y9q esat have anything like good of livngf If fellow can't have terrapin nor cheese, nor even eggs--"
 from the sound beyond him, and replying to an ap- psai of his is for & glimpse of things lis like the ill your steps yet there is no joy in taking them Give always behind screen, and since it hidden marble may serve as well as life to embody it. Dare you But if you can't have what you like,' said the g voGf at GaaI ham M left full tt,o of Pity pty and gentle One must find some thing"
 denly. His eyes were upon the wine-gass in front of him. His neighbor. looked at him with a little those ofe days as to the trend of her mind snile?' she asked-"I had almost said a sr1irk.' Tt is sometimes the with least hope who is felt, with shallow reasoning.
 Meanwhile, with gentle nonotony, the conversa- cheerfu1ly, with certain gentle audacity She might Wen do not cook great deal but sheyId bar gain easiy with some Of these things that you hate If not, should take. the blame"
 The boy dubious-the matter was serious to him. But something beyond the subject seemed to prompt 5 his aaswef halfaqghing aoas %h % make sia S fello~ 1A believe TeFsD5s you somehow"
 help hearing, Williams" he said easily, past the girls slightly startled face. And I think I ought Pemberton for settlernent She plays with the She has a witch's glass, you know, that shows her logged nortals consider worth struggling with Well don't know said Williams in his boyish he Iord of @ Gahas 10 not has just promised to make me dish from things gentle, galantry he seemed to feel necessity to defend the girl from Graham's wit. He exchanged Graham felt himself old and u tvpan1eal Had he grown aged and grabbed in evening? He gazed at Williams; Williams, unfatterngy forgetful of him. preoccupied, kind1ing with spark of something more than admiration
 Graham spoke again. very smoothly. "so. I you would get" He turned half away, as if he had finished with them Then. irresistib1y, he flashed a smile at the girl The smile barbed. "Confess and recant,' he said, lightly ~It is your witcn two gifts, that of having no problems of your Own trouble and the other, much a1luring of draw ing out those of others, to the humiliation of the weak of them
 The girls face had grown slightly pale and the T of her nteny a 5 Plae1 After n nstan nf s seemed not unready to reply to his speech unsnl- And in return for these gifts," she said. slowly