The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-03-13

body had reach ii much. It's called
The Amazing Marriage"
"Oh. pass on that! | had IT, once
and stuck III the third chapter. The
last time | went East somebody gave
| 1t to me to read on the train. ! read
three chapters and was more amazed
than anybody In sight. The porter
was fresh coon and | gave 1t 10 him
as my revenge. I'll bet 1t amazed
him"
| You don't seem to have anything
in the nature OF preference. so far.
wonder how this will suit YOU
"Notre Dame de Paris" by Victor
Hugo"
II don't understand French"
It's English and it's quite worn out.
as II IL had been read over and over.
Several OF the pages are falling out"
"Oh. I've read that just remem.
Der. It's rafting good story. too.
About tho hunchback and the gypsy
girl who tells fortunes and has a pet
goat. The priest, who's a villain. falls
of the steeple and clings to gutter
by his finger nails with his enemy
watching him. It's the finest kind OF
q story"
What pity that you've read it!
Oh. here's one that's evidently been
great favoritc. It's in paper and
it's all thumbed and torn. Some
body's written across the top, OF all
the damned fool people. Oh. l beg
your pardon, | read it before / real
lied. The name is Wife in Name
only 1t doesn't seem the kind OF
title that makes you want to read the
book does ito"
Wife in Name Only" he gave a
short laugh. 1T certainly isn't the
kind Of name that would make me
want to read a book"
Nor me-" said deep voice behind
them.
They both turned to see Buford, the
actor, standing back of the table. his
tall, angular figure silhouetted
against the pale oblong of the uncur-
tanned window. He was smiling
suavely, but at the same time with a
sort Of uneasy, assumed assurance.
which suggested that he YVES not UNI
used to rebuffs
THAT. certainly" he said, 'is not a
name to recommend a book to any
man--any man, that is who has or
ever had a wife"
He advanced into the circle Of the
freight, blandly beamiug at the young
man, who. leaning back In his chair.
was eying him with surprised inquiry.
never having seen him before. The
look did not chill the friendly effusion
OF the actor who, approaching pomi.
nick, said with the full, deep resonance
of his remarkable voice:
CONGRATULATIONS, my dear sir, con-
gratulations. Not alone on your re-
covery. but on the fact that you are
here with us at ALL" He held out his
large hand, the skin chapped and red
with the cold, and the long fingers
closed with wrenching grip on Dora
inick's. I'VE were not sure, when you
arrived among us few nights ago
that we would have the felicity OF
seeing you so soon up and around
in fact. we were doubtful whether we
would ever see you up and around"
Thanks. very kind of you. Oh. I'm
all right now" Dominick pressed the
hand in return and then, bending
little forward. sent 4 glance OF lmplor-
ing inquiry round the strangers shout
der at Rose.
She sauGht the eye. read its behest.
and presented the newcomer:
Mr.. Ryan. this 10 Mr.. Buford who
is showed in here with us. Mr. Blu
ford came here the same day as you.
only he came on the Murphysville
stage"
Buford sat down between them on
one of the horsehair chairs that were
socially arranged round the table. The
freight threw into prominence the
bony angles of his thin face and
glazed the backward sweep of his
hair, dark brown, and worn combed
away from his forehead. where pair
of heavy, flexible eyebrows moved up
and down like an animated common
tary on tho conversation. When any
thing surprising was said they went
up. anything puzzling or painful they
were drawn down He rested one
hand on his knee. the fingers turned
in, and, sitting bolt upright, buttoned
tight into his worn frock-coat, turned
glance of somewhat deprecating
amiability upon the invalid.
you had a pretty close call, a.
pretty.close-call," he said. IF the op-
orator at Rocky Bar hadp't had the
sense TO wire up here. that would
have been the end of your life story"
Domnick had heard this from every
member of the snowed-in party. Rep
itition was not making it any more
agreeable, and there was en- effect of
abrupt ungraciousness in his short an
swer which was merely a word OF
comment.
CTO BE CONTINUED