The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-08


 across the back of his hand,
 while brought away brown circle around my wrist that the respon- sive grasp of his fingers left. Do you want me single handed to get the bluff line chosen ?''
 Not quite. but almost he answer ed with another laugh. You would if you tried, I haven't a doubt. Do you remember the talk we had the other night about its seeming inhospftable of you not to invite the other gentlemen in the commission over to see you when you invite Hall and his father? And you know how you had partly planned some sort of entertainment for the whole bunch. You had the right idea at the right place, as you always do. As you said, we don't want Bolivar to see us with what looks like grouch on us at their good fortune, and, I think that as the commission are all to be here as the guests of private citi- zen, Glendale ought to entertain them publicly There is no hope to get the line for us, but would like those men at least to see what the beauty of that bluff road would be. The line. across the river runs through the only ugly part of the valley, and while I know In the balance between dollars and scenery, scenery will go down and out still ie would be good for them to see 1t and at least get vision of what might have been to haunt1fhem when they take their first trip through the swamps across the country there Now. as you are to have them anyway, I E want to have the whole town enter tain the whole commission and Bolivar with what is classicaIIy called among as barbecue rally, the countryside to be Invited Bolivar Is going to give them banquet to be as near like what the Bolivarians imagine they have in New York as possible, and Mrs Dr. Henderson is to give them a pink tea reception to which carefully chosen personalities, like you and me, are to Dc invited. You remember that cir GUS day in July A rally will be like that or more so. What do you think ?''
 ~On, think you are a genius to think about it,'' Sasped as I sat down on a very cruel Killarney branch and 5tlst as quickly sat up again. receiving comforting expressions of sympathy from across the bush, to which | paid no heed. Those blase city men will go crazy about it. We can have the barbecue up on the bluff, where we have always had it for the political rallies, and a fish fry and the country people in their wagons, with children tumblng all over everything, and4and you will make great speech, with all of us looking on ard being proud of you, because nobody in New York or beyond can do as well. We can invite a. lot or people up from the city and over from Bolivar and HiiisDoro and 1 Proyi6euce to hear you tel them all
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 ''Tnis rally is to show off Glendale. not the Graz" he interrupted me, with a csiZzical laugh.
 Now, how did he know I called him the Graz in my hearth suppose did 1 it to his face and never knew. seem l to think right out loud when am with him and feel out loud too. I ignored hzs ievity, that was out of place when 5e aaw how my brain was beginning l to work well and rapidly.
 oa mean, don't you, Jamie, that l you want to get Glendale past this place that Is hunailiating, swimming 2 ~ith her ksad up?'' I asked softly past rose that dropped against my cheek.
 Perfacrly justifabIe tears came to my 4Rsncs as I thought what a htlmil- 1 fation it all was to him and the rest of l them to be passed by an opportunity Ike that and left to die in their gray naoldiness off the main line of life sheIyed.
 That is one of my prayers, to get past humiliations, swimming with my head up." l added softly, though I blushed from ray toes to my top cari at tae necessity that had called out the prayeS the last lime. It's awful on a woman to feel herself growing up stiff