The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01

conaAn' to see me-and Bos'n. I can't keep meefin, you every day. Facan1t' She looked up as if to speak, but l something, possibly the expression in his face, caused her to look quickly down again. She did net answer.
 "T can't do it,'' continued the cap ! tain desperately. Eainst for what folks might say They wouldn't say much when I was around, tell you It atn't that It's because fHoan'f bear to have you just a friend Either you must be n1ore'n that, or-or I'll have to go sOmewheres else. [ realized that when was in. Washin'ton and crutsin' to California and back. I've either got to take Bossn and go away for good, or-or"-
 She wouldsnot help him. She would not speak.
 +rYou sees'' he groaned--syou see, Phoebe, what an old fool I am. can't ask you to maxry meme, fifty five and ro1gh from knoektn' round the world, and you, young and edncat- ed and lady atnst~ fool enough to ask such thing as that And yet couldn't stay here and meet you every day and by and by see you mar ry somebody else. By the big dipper, I couldn't do itl So that's why can't shake hands with you todaynor any more. except vixen, say goodby for keeps"
 Then she looeed up. The color was still bright in her face, and her eyes were moist, but she was smiling.
 Can't shake hands with neP' she said Please, what have you been doing for tE1e last Ave- nndnutesf''
 Captain CEs dropped her hand as if his own had been struck with paFaly- sis.
 Good landr' he staznmered q didn't knoH had it-honest truth, I didnats''
 Rhoebeas sniIe was sta1a4 there, faint, but very sweet
 -fWhy did you stopF' she Queried. Fl didn't ask you tos'
 'fWhY did s+op2 Why, because k Fl deelaEe I'm ashanneds-
 She took his, hand and eIasped 1t with both her own.
 ~Fm not" she said braveIy, her eyes briehten1ng as the wonder and in credulous joy grew in his. ~Ism very prOud and very. very happy"
 There was Go be big supper at the Cy Whitaker place that night It was m tmprcmpta affair, arranged on the spur of the moment by Captain Cy, who. in spite of the lawyers protests and anxiety concerning his health, went seFaney up and down the main road. inviting everybody he met or. could think of. The captains face was as radiant as a spring sunrise His smile, as Asaph said, pretty nigh cut the upper half of his head off, Peo- pie who had other engagements and would under ordinary circumstances have refused the invitation couldn't say no to his hearty Cant come2 Course you'll comet Man alive, I want youF'
 4Iuva1td, is heq', observed Josiah Dimick after receiving and accepting his own invitation. 'fWeH, I wish to thunder could be took down with the same kind of disease. I'd be wflltn' to finger along with 1t quite a spell if 1t pumped me as full of joy as Whit seems to be. Don't give Eaughfn' gas to keep of pneumonia, do theyf No2 Well, I'd like to know the name of his medicine, that's aH.''
 Supper was to be ready at 6. Geor- gianna, assisted by KetHrah Bangs, Mrs. SyIvanus Cahoon and other vol unteers, was gIoEiousIY busy in the AELCAGA 1AA<1 C7ASEG Aa4 eA@O SAA142E ACO%1% reached from one end of the big apart ment to the other. Guests would be gin to arrive shortly. Willy MT. Rea- body, guessing that Captain Cy might prefer to be alone, had taken theeboard ofsstTategy out riding behind the span.
 In the sitting room around the base burner ssboge were three persons Gap tain CK, BOsan and Phoebe. Miss Dawes had 'AcaEne early" at the cap tadnss 4uxgent1 appeal Now she was sitting in the rocxara atsoRe, side ofsthe stoxe, gazing drean1ly at the ruddy light behind thes isingRass panes. She looken QusetEy, blassfully contented and happy. St her feet ca the braided mat sat Bossn=plaT4ng with Eonesome, who puEnedaaaz4Ey. Thes4ftt1e girl was happy. too, for was not her beloved Uncle Csrss at home agaant with all danger o9z theAr separation ended for exeranoEe9
 As for Captain Cy himself, the radf- anf- expression was; still ons his face, brighter than ever. He looked across at Phoebe, who smiled back at him Thena.he glanced down at Bosln. And all at once he realized Athat this was the fuKdnment of his dream Here was hfs "%pfctures' The sitting room was now xas he had always loved to think of <ft--as@atS tSased to be. He was in his fatheTss chair, Phoebe in the one his mother used to occupy and be- tween them-JI1s& where he had sat so often when boyNtne child. The Cy Wh1ttaker place had again and at last come. into it's. own
 He drew long breath and looked about thesEoom, at the stowe, the lamp, the cid, familiar furniture, at his grandfathe<s portrait over. the man. tel. Then in flash of memory his fathers words came back to him, and he said, laughing aloud from pure hap piness:
 -tBos'n, run down cellar and get me