Marble Hill press., 1914-05-14

/ only pride. You see the corporation
was my fathers great idea thing
b. created and put his soul into and
It Was laundering know that would
! have hurt him. One thing I've wanted
to SAY to you. ever since the day We
talked together-about the duel l
WauJ 10 say that whatever lay behind
it, my tather's whole life was larkened
by that event Now that I gaa put
tNo AMI TWO together, know hat Il
MAS the cause Of bis sadness.
All can believe that" she re
p,cd
, think he had only two Interests
myself aud the corporation. So you
,ee why ia rather save hat AMI be
5rSEar The rest OF nay natural life.
SuJ .m uot 4 oeSgar pamory Court
alone IS worth know 1t nova hun
I~yd lines " nat left
You are So utterly different from
what imagined YOU
% could never have imagined you"
he said. never
Z must be terribly. outre."
You are SO many women in one
When | listened 10 your harp playing
could hardly believe It was the same
you saw galloping across the fields
that morning. Now you are different
woman from both OF those"
AS she looked al him. her lips curled
corner'wise, her foot slipped on the
sheer edge OF the turf She swayed
toward him and he caught her. feel
ing for a sharp instant the adorable
nearness Of her body, Ii ridged all hts
skin with a creeping delight She re-
covered her footing with an exclama-
ton. and turned back somewhat alb
ruptly TO the porch where she seated
herself on the step. drawing her 1lmy
skirt aside to make place for him.
There was a moment Of silence y hich
he broke.
playing You know the words, Of
course"
They are more lovely, II possible
than the score, 10 YOU care for
poetry
I've always loved ii, be said I've
been reading some lately--a little old
fashioned book Z found at pamory
Court. It's Lucille DO you know It -
Yes It's my mothers tavorite,
He drew 1t from his pocket See.
!'ve got IL here, It's marked. toe.
He opened it. TO close it instantly
not, however. before she had put cut
her hand and laid it. palm down. on
the page. That rose, on. let me-
have IT."
Never" he protested Look here
When | put It between the leaves. !
did so at random. | didn't see TIL
nov that | had opened IL at 3 mar sed
passage
Let us read IT,, she said.
He leaned and held the leaG TO the
light from the doorway and the Two
heads bent together over the text
A sound fell behind them and both
turned slight figure, in a soft gray
gown with old lace at the throat. stoou
in the doorway behind them. John
Valiant sprang TO MS feet.
All. Shirley. | thought beard
voices, Is that YOU, Chilly :"
It's not Mr.. Lusk. mother" said
shirley IT'S our new nsighbor, MIR
valiant"
AS he bent over me trail hand, mur-
muring the conventional words that
presentations are believed to require,
Mrs. Daudridge sank into deep
cushioned chair Won't you sit
down ." she said He noticed that she
ana not look directly at him. ami that
her face eas as pallid as her hair
Thank you. said John Valiant. AMI
resumed his place on tha lower step.
Shirley. who had again seated her.
self. suddenly laughed. AMI pointed TO
the book which lay between them.
Imagine what We are doing. dearest,
We were reading Lucille together"
She saw the other vince. and the
deep dark ayes lifted. as II under con-
pulsion. from the book-cover to Vail.
ants face. He Was startled by Shir-
leys cry and the sudden limp uncon-
sclous settling, back into the cushions
of the fragile form.