Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19

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 .4ou d9Ht believe really
 "3at uawf HHh ai my bcart' I'm 70 nlJ af romantic nonsense l can hardly thIEs
 Aein tHe er mughed quietly 10 his HHar
 -4Hd 4mo eaaare true believer ur sWat3r eH me what a~e toa would make 8f fHr daF of days
 4t 6H t' smuGHe WistfaIy. he opened deHrW@fy palms Hard ta saQ rugMaHI ~hpud Rrete i fai- a8ds fo9t ID Geoaze.- esteem e4nallt Wtb old H#H fm eare that like HHa tte su6@et If my day would see mp prescribed. T price uPoH my bead
 "But why
 "l.m afraid I'd try 10 ase my power 10 right old wrongs
 After Il pause she asked difiden;iy, Your own
 "PerhBps Yes. my own. certainly. And possibly unother's, not so old. but poNHiblt URtte af EtleNpu9.
 Somebody you cnre for grent deal2'
 Thus tnrdily made to realize into what perils his fancy was lending him. he checked and weighed her question with his answer. gravely Judgmutical.
 Perhaps I'd better not say that. he announced. grin tempering hls temerity "But l'd 20 far for friend somebody Who had been kind to me and ah tolerant if she were In trou hle and could use my services"
 He faucied her glance WIS quick and sharp and searching, but her voice when she spoke WIS even and lightly attuHed to his whimsica mood.
 Then you're not even sure she yonr friend Is in truHblef.
 I've an intuition. She wouldn't be where she is if she wasn't
 Her laughter at thls absurdlty was delightful Whether with or at him. ft was infections He echoed il with out missiviugs
 But. seriously, you're not sure, are you Mir Slbaritc;'
 "Ouly. Miss Lessing he suid sober ly. of my futile. my painfully futile, good Will"
 She seemed to start to speak, to think of il. ,o fall silent in a sudden shy coustuint Computations smote him. With his crude and clumsy ban ter he had contrived to turn her thoughts to sadness He would have given worlds to undo that blunder, to show her that he had meant neither rudcness nor wish to desecrate her reticence, hut only an indirect assur- ance Of gratitude to her for suffering hIm and willingness to serve her.
 He respected her silence and held his own in humility and modification of spirit untl they were near the door yard of their boarding house And even then it was the girl who loosed his tongue
 Why. where nre they?" she asked In surprise.
 startled out of the decps If self con tempt. r Syharite realized that she meaut Violet aud George, who were nowhere visible
 Violet said something about little supper in her roams explained the girl
 Fl know" he replied "Crekers and cheese, beer and badinage onr humble pleasures Yeu'll be bored to eNtinc- tien But youll come, won't youT'
 "Why. of course counted on lt But
 They must have hurried on to make things rendy Violet to set her room to rights. George to fetch the wash pitch. or to the corner for beer And very