Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-22
CHAPTER XXI.
In Real Life Too.

iii-bES WIS Hp iohENi "hN phi''A'h
raised by Miss Sarah, and Barbara
spent every hour of her days with him. II
grew warmer with aging spring. and al
most immediately he was able TO Sit with
her and watch the stream of logs coming
IN over the line from Thirty Mile and be-
yond.
Miriam and Garry were married in that
week which followed directly Steve's first
| laws Of convalescence
Steve and Barbara were III the window
together. Steve outwardly still 4 little pale
| and haegard. but for the rest his Oh ser
enc self again. He managed not to smile
at her small and serious face.
at certainly has not strengthened my
vanity 4 little bit. either" said he, 'to
learn how smoothly things can move along
without me-
Day ~ day the girl was finding her way
| deeper into that innermo,t heart Of him
which She had never shared with other
woman or man. Hour by hour she was
learning to know him better. and yet his
| whimsical gravity still could deceive her
she was sometimes thoughts behind hi
thoughts. Hard upon his reply her eyes
flashed with Indignation.
"Poohrr she scoffed. "Pooh, Most any
| old clock will run after somebody's wound
ii upr'
Ii was = trick of speech that she had
| learned from him. but his employment Of
| parallcl. lazilv amiahle for the most part
| bad never been - holly partisan m was
| her~ M that moment. And suddenly self
| conscious. suddenly confused and warmly
disconnected nj the quality Of his gaze,
she bad to hide her head. But she hid If
| upon . shoulder most conveniently NJ hand.
Spring gave way 10 early summer. and
now Stcv. was able to be on his feet again.
50 ab>urdly uncertain of balance n first
however. tnlt she ridiculcd him unmerci-
fully one moment. only 10 rush 10 him in
Il ,Mnic q. solicitude the next. There
rara long weeks and longer trips in the
oaGdle: came laur> of silence that ve~c
the more wonderful for The want of words
-Luur. III which in a hu-hcd vance. he
gave him shyly If her plans But always,
| 80. the interruptions. grew more end more
fr,,unnt and lnsiStcr'. Fat Joe and Me
lean and even llardwick Elliott made more
| and mere pressing den ands upon hIs time,
| until finally he insisted that he could no
! longer rlay shnmelc~sly The invalid. He
must look in uncn the wors~ up river #
rrlv for the moral effect which N would.
have upon the men. She asented grndg-
inal,. VI would ~ Int u day or two. and
-hcr-.her he would come back 10 her.
The next ,aorr'ng. at the moment when
barbara and Steve were mounting theirs
|h.r.cs. for ~he wanted 90 ride with him a
lit.lc wav, n,A:tr aiiiso on chose 10 disclose
something winch had lr,n mi lately IN the
nrrnsS of preparation. lie joined them
at the edge of the lawn before the White
collnlncd lnase on he bib.
easing hack into harness, ] under
stand" nc began. not quite comfortably,
however, for he waS aware OF a CLEAN OF
-i~anproval in ki- daughters eyes AT this
interruption. well. there no great rush,
but it's wise ~ doubt to zee that things
Ion't lag II hcSitated and shifted hcav-
: to fhr othrr foot. "Well want to start
Trough 70 the border by fail, ] suppose
wen 'H ltttN- sieNc Wa" " mug"
4 hi~ hack Of ease.
Elliott resigned the presidency Of the
at Coast company last night" The
statement was brief to actual cri~pne--- y
merely tell Won this 70 that you can begin
20 lay tentative plans accordingly, because
n view al the immediate need Of filling
hat vacancy ! feel sure that there WI.
&c 100 many demands upon your time here
ut The Morrison Office for You 10 plan on