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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-01-14
ara 0rpgla, Wiur.

ga set er en- lang Stunc, iiScn ico
ifrep / "0eccrabz Yoiten" bill ieo MI
iaa lige fer Srl itripe noele 2inier %
pilife ale mine fjenote babe Der % i
Nor9e ct glGoelig Nptaar. "a Suleu pil
tlipc lrSe, inben bette nit @rep toms
mer inb. ga jeg baonc @rep fra mine
Uolf / Norse rL og &c bcber mig inn
inoerlig ON at ifripe list / "Secoro5s
Nolten", "a DC boiler BET @lab % LITER
al l9Ic @repe % anbet npt / gldoet.
"a, pt Ear faaet IiNt Sne iii Der /
Minneiota, init iaa lneaet at hi fan
hrltge SlGoe, Inu at bore Nutpmobiler
maa M faa bpile iii ct nnoet Slar font
mer. vi Spgbom CT ber riatio nle9et
! Winter. 81 bar M pnn Ell llge bdnt
. @e9rapeIier, % Den 4be bill tomn,e
Ill rG tie ltge, ba en- meeet fipt @nt
lit 6iemlop iod9, Sen 1Sbe Sec, eitcr
3 lleer baarbc 2ipeIIcr. eiter en- meact
ltpr Srnnb ban mnatte arbeioe mco
aIene bcn 2She N~opem6er. 6ans GUS
meo Snobo % alt, ban bapoe brrnbte
III @runben. San tonl ii9 M al 81
Sen meb baarbc Smcrter % bIcn ta0et
III 6oIpitalet Den 29be for at give
ham oen beoite Pleie. men ban iton
life til at reboe paa @rlnb al al Sen
Ne9 og 6Iommcrrc, ban hapoe lat
ino, iaa 2ungebetrhbelie inotranptc cgz
Iad pna famine Sib.
Ole 6anipn Shpct bar ieSt / Norac
pan @aarpeu Solia unber Berg for 40
Nar iioen. Sele SamiIien beitop al
3ans SoIia % 6uitru 6riitine liant
@Srnene Sans po Iartin, ariitire %
@ercrit o9 8ulb6raub % ariitoiicr og
%i:birrnpnte Ole, iom hcoe ibag. Nf
rerne 6amiIie er Der iaier Ell Sente
Der / 2onoet % en- Out / Norge. Be
item ere Nebe neo ilerc Nars Iellcms
rim. Gle bapoc lin nib Soriiano,
bnpbc |aitoren Der ire @anee. @reos
itriperen. Mrs. Ole GnutIon, par hos
ham. 6rn bar Neu iibitc al hans
Slrgt ps bcie9te ham. Seq taIte meo
ham, % ban bar oeo iulo 9epiSitbeo
belle Chen iaa ieg tror, at ban bar
bel %fornsiet neo at ina gaa bieIr.
ia tattet pGre ale, lonl beieate bonr
unoer bans 9ioelier. 9an citerlaocs
life rcgcn iergenoe SanliIie. iom rar
gobt. Nreh uGre nleo hans Step! %elz
iiguet pGre hans Miroel
@irS. Gle anutiou.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-01-14
Suffering for Siorns til @n!hriSaauer

30te 2eceribcr 1915.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-01-14

Gle &c prroifuIoe o. upttigc @rGmicr,
iee / Iarenes 9eb bar moota9et. "a,
lea buffer MI life ieIo, hpcrIrree ic9
bar boIot "Secorabs Soften. Set maa
SO rel pGre mere eno 90 gdr. SiNtil
bar hi hart CT INT @interpeir; not Sue
iii aoot SlGhefere.
Sililut iii iea euiie "Secorah 30
iteu" pg @erionaIc CT 9oot % Ipticli9t
Nptoar. Seq oil o9iaa ienoe min Npts
ocrshiIleu iii mine S~IG9tniugcr, %ens
ncr % Naboer. @IGSeligt Nrtonr ale
io,rmcnl Set enlfcS al
Nphanncs SnrpoIN.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-01-14
Jra SuugIaS, u. Saf.

Sommeren par regniuIS pe Soften
bar life bet Spor bebre; @interen
bar bog enonu bit JIG fra lin sohe Si@
Re. ct bar remlig bart BET IpGrt milbt
% pent op til M, loen 1oeen &rlbe
at tale ON enbitient bi er III en- Sci
alerebe rb / bet npe 9lar. Yaa @rrulo
al ben re9nfulhe Seit besrnote Serifs
,in9en life ian tioli9 iom ~icbpanlig %
efter ben begpnbte blep Den aibrubt ct
Gar @anee, buffet giorbe at Ginieren
fmn fortiblig, iua en- Sci aorn bIcp
itaaenSe ieien, iom fsrit Tan bli t9ritet
rlGlte Iar, bet er BOG fpr BET meite
itaffet iaa oct tar life rogen Stabe.
Nblingen blep iear uicbpdrIig itor, ian
pmenb life Eriierne M bar bolpt Jig
pppe iom snifeli9t funbe bore. ian til
9%iettouobpttet aIisepel inar BIZ iterre.
Seq logger @erte til at Sarmernc ier
%icrneiet no og feler Jig tiIfrcbs meo
aarets llbbptte.
Sc iioite Iars uomertebe IpIiu9er
bar pgiaa bapt tin Snbilpoelie paa
2anbprilerne, ipnl III Far begpnbt at
ipinse Jig ppoper; buiIfet tomn,er al
at Den Iotale S%eiolfnina bar beepnot
ar ilad unocr Jig mere 9nnb. peb Siz
Den at ben itiscIlbc g~iteripersIcI efter
2uno fra BEN emisrerenoe @%efoltning.
Silllut Ell Nbtadrsbilien til ale
9ienpte, Nor % fern.
Shore Wrlionaro.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-01-14
Tpmn Of Molis, Maribaa Co., Iinn

Ieb Seres SiaaoeIic bill jes ienhe
"SecorabsY Soften" nogle Srb. Icn
en- 69sIaring burbc life pRre beipRrct
al Sfripefls, 90 Set or ieg on life bel
Ter, men for oct ierite iaa tit ie9 "a
enoeIig Zinc pan Den guile 2oppcn, Sc
neb, og Den minber mig ON, at eli Nr@
beiner er lin Gen uGrb. Serfor maa
ieg MI lc iii at lnnfe iamnen en- Sols
lar og f~emogtppe Gerts for nj betalc
"S.sY", for at ocn fnu fortiGtte lin
%anbring ira Secorab % Iige Biz iii
0at5tc =. O., ia ipgar lise til min
Ser, (pi bar nemIi8 faact "6ree Scs
Iiperp"). 90 bette beb VI at Den life
fan eisrc ubeu Detailing.
Sor Oct Gnpet. laa CT Oct mango,
Iom 6olpcr "Secprabs Soften" Ter %
TOM or Iangt bcSrc fpnlifierct til at
ienbe "Eoiten" npgle Orb enN icg or,
men trnfte ieg, es ia itir / Seq lie
rel, for fonmer life petten in / $50
item, iaa peb jeg Ell onNen Tlabs, og
Oct er / Rem &erja, for Den tr9nger
DC bel liht 6pIb ogida paa Oct npe
@dret.
ga her bar fleet 9anife itor Sorans
bring | oct iiSitc. @ bar M lion1eriet
gooe %eie, % SeIcfon bar ri / Il
ten bpcrt 9us % "Srcc Selioerp", %
III iuier "IutoS" / ale Hetninger.
bpor man Tor nogle Nlar iioen ttn9t
fnnhe fiere CT Ear Setter meb Ell tom
@ogn efter Jig.
&pah Garets Splina nngnar Ina bIco
ben life AZ ben bebite. 6pebcn CAB
hce noaenlunoc o9 IiscIcSes 6apre. men
Slar bIep Der pNcrit baarIi9 % IiscIe4
bes Spg; Der blep beler ingen itor
Sipling Toteter.
Seq pil MI ian Sob al ienoe Sc
ecrabs Soften" min bicrtelige Sat for
Gilpin observer., 1916-10-05

he speak again and then he said with
a CLINT in his eye that was almost
smile. Il guess them's the first orchids
diamond hitch"
Here was an opening but it came
too late. Gerry did not try to follow
it up. Once more in the saddle Kemp
seemed to acquire sudden new ease
of body and mind. He hung by one
knee and stirrup and leaned over
toward Gerry. stranger" he said,
I'm much obliged to ye. It's long
way I'm the Alamo to Moo Yawk, but
the hull country's under one fence"
He waved his hand and was gone af-
ter his pack-train, lifting his mule with
his goose-necked spurs into protest
ing canter. Two weeks after his pass
Ing. as evening was settling on Fa-
zenda Flores, the echo of mules
mincing steps on the bridge made Ger
ry look up from his work.
"Howdy," said Kemp and paused on
that to measure his welcome. He was
satisfied and urged his tired mule on
towards the house. Gerry walked be-
side him and learned that the ship
ment Of orchids had just caught the
steamer at the coast. Kemp unsaddled
his mule and tossed the harness and
slicker upon the veranda. AS Gerry
was closing the gap into the pasture
Kemp came up and stood beside him.
He cast knowing eye over the fat
stock. You done good job for Lie
ber." he remarked
Gerry nodded little sadly. Yes"
he said, "the contracts filed. Lieber's
sending for the stock day after tomor-
row."
As they sat on the veranda that
| night smoking endless cigarettes,
Kemp turned to his host "D'ye mind
If stay over day with you? Truth
is, I want to hep drive that stock up
to Lieber's. want to hep whistle q
bunch o steers along once more and
smell the dust an the leakin' udders,
an shouldn't wonder II l let out
yell or so, corralin' 'em at the other
end"
Gerry nodded understantYtnply.
"Why did you leave it?" he ventured
and then regretted anc mu,7nured,
"Nsver mind"
Gilpin observer., 1916-10-05
What the Doctor Knows
KIDNEYS MUST BIB RIGHT TO
Y INSURE HEALTH.

Few people realize to what extent their
health depends upon the condition of the
kidneys.
The physician in nearly all cases of
serious illness, makes a chemical analy-
sis of the patients urine. He knows that
unless the kidneys are doing their work
properly, the other organs cannot readily
be brought back to health and strength.
When the kidneys are neglected or
abused in any way, serious results are
sure to follow. According to health sta
tistics, Bright's Disease, which is really
an advanced form of kidney trouble,
saused nearly ten thousand deaths in one
year, in the State of New York alone
Therefore, it is particularly necessary to
pay more attention to the health of these
important organs.
An ideal herbal compound that has had
remarkable success as kidney remedy
is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great
kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The mild and healing influence of this
preparation, in most cases, is soon real.
ized, according to sworn statements and
verified testimony of those who have used
the remedy.
When your kidneys require attention,
get swamp Root at once from any phsr-
macy. It is sold by every druggist In
bottles of two sizes-5oc and 800.
However, If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1916-10-05

At last the rains came to the valley
and Fazenda Flores Gerry spent long
hours beside his sluicegate watching
| for a rise in the river but it did not
come. The torrent OF rain was local
and he remembered that Lieber had
told him that the fioods-the great
floods-came from hundreds Of miles
up the river and generally under a
brazen sky. Night black night had
fallen with the rain and he was just
turning to seek shelter from the un-
broken downpour when a voice raised
in song reached his ears. He waited.
The voice drew nearer In nasal
tone, which somehow sounded familiar
though 1t was unknown to him, it was
chanting a long string Of doggerel end
ing In an unvarylng refrain. Finally
Gerry could make out the long-drawn
tail-end of the song: "comin' down the
drawn" O.. "'ia'' !" g o.
English! American!' Cowboy mu-
sic! The impressions came in rapid
succession. Gerry strove to pierce
the darkness. He could hear the near
by splash OF careful mules. picking
their way through puddles with finick
Ing little steps. He felt shadow in
the darkness and could just see above
it blur of yellow Behind 1t, more
shadows. On an impulse he did not
stop to measure he shouted In English,
Halo, therew '.' "id ' a"'
The doggerel was choked of in mid
flight. The yellow blur came to sud
den stop and the nasal voice rang out
in quick staccato, "Speak again,
stranger, and speak quick!' ''.
Its all right" Gerry laughed back.
"Where are you bound for?'
I'm headed down the drawr lookin'
for chalk line where 1 en- dry my
feet. What do you know?"
"Can ycu see the water In the ditch
at your rlghtT'' i'"
"Yasser. can. I en- see you. too"
"Well." shouted back Gerry. "your
eyes beat mine. Follow the ditch un-
til you come to Il bridge. I'll meet you
there" ~
Gerry found the little cavalcade
waiting for him, six pnckmules, n ma
tive driver and, towering above them.
great lanky figure IN n yellow oil
skin slicker topped by broad
brlmmed Stetson. Gerry looked over
the outfit as carefully as the darkness
would allow and then said tentatively,
"There's a house down there in the
valley" "'"r'
lis the'r drawlod the stranger spit
ting deliberately into the ditch. "Well,"
~ VOLUNTEERED aftef surthar pause.
Gilpin observer., 1916-10-05
By GEORGE AcNEW CHAMBERLAIN

cooling pools. He did not wish ever
to speak again-ever to think again.
And then Glen laughed. Her eyes
wrinkled up. There was a gleam of
even teeth. The wind blew her furs
about her and lit the color in her
cheeks. "How solemn we are after
three yearsp she cried. "Three years,
Alan. Aren't you ashamedT
Alan felt a sense of sudden insula-
tion as though she had deliberately
cut the current that had flowed so
strongly between them. "I am going
away" he stammered weakly and
waved at an approaching four-wheeler,
piled high with travelling kit and con-
voyed by his hurried but never f1urried
servant.
But Glenn stuck to her guns. Real
ly?" she said with a glance at the
loaded cab and with arching eyebrows.
Then her smile burst again. "You
can't expect me to be surprised, can
your We seem to have a habit of
meeting when you are ON the point of
going away. There. You must be in
hurry. Good-by," and she held out
q gloved hand.
Alan's spirit was ever ready for war
and this. he suddenly perceived, was
war. He braced himself and smiled
too. "Twice hardly amounts to hab-
it." he drawled. He had never drawled
to Clem before but then Glen had nev-
er before taken up the social rapier
with him. Besides" he went on,
there's a difference. Last time you
ran after me-"
Clem's smile trembled, steadied it.
self and then fought bravely back.
YES" she said. yes" And then her
eyes wavered and wandered. She
dropped his hand. "Good-by." she
said, the faintest catch in her voice,
and hurried away to seek ]. Y.
Alan stood and watched her. He
felt sinking within him. "For a
mess of pottage," he muttered and
then his servant touched his arm anx-
iously and held out his watch, face up,
you'll never make 1t, Mr.. Wayne"
Alan turned on him but not angrily.
perhaps not. Swithson, and perhaps
yes. You may go back to the fat. I'll
get along all right" And with that he
hurled himself at the cab. Double
fare IL you make the Battery in ten
minutes" he shouted to the driver and
then settled back in the seat to pom
der. .
Gilpin observer., 1916-10-05

his cigarette end and stood leaning
with crooked elbow and knee against
veranda pillar. His keen aquiline
features and deep-set eyes We're lit up
by the moonlight and seemed scarcely
to belong to his great, loose-jointed
frame. He was ose-jointed but like
fiail-strong and tough. "There's
one thing about the purple cities" he
added. "the daylight always beats you
to 'em jest like in the POM" He
turned and went Off to bed.
Gerry sat on In the moonlight seized
by strange sadness-the sadness the
spirit feels under the troubled hover
Ing of the unattainable and the mi
rage. Life had queer turns. Why
should cowboy start out to look for
purple cities? 1t was grotesque on the
face of it but, beneath the face of 1t.
1t was not grotesque.
Margarita stole out to seat herself
beside him. She slipped her hand into
his. She was worried. She was al
ways worried when Gerry's thoughts
were far away. "The Man." she said,
for thus she had christened her baby
boy from the day Of his birth. "the
Man sleeps. He cried for thee and
thou didst not come. So he slept, for
he r. man.
GerTv's thoughts came back to his
little Kingdom. He sighed and then
he smiled a smile of content. "It Is
late then, my nowerT He put his
arm around her. LET % 70 to bed,
for tomorrow there II work."
Tomorrow there v always work"
Gilpin observer., 1916-10-05

"my names take Kemp. 1ns rest Of
this outfit ts six mules packin' orchids
and the greaser packin' the mules"
THAT'S all right" said Gerry, II
guess we can put you up."
he led the way and the pack-train
splashed along after him. The mules
were soon relieved Of their burdens
and turned into the pasture. Boni-
facio took the native muleteer away
to his quarters and Gerry and the
stranger passed through the house to
the Kitchen.
A patriarchal hospitality came nat
urally to the inmates Of Fazenda
Flores. 1t was a tradition not only on
that plantation but throughout a vast
hinterland, where life was rude and
death sudden. to be gentle to the
stranger to feel him and his beast
and to speed him on in the early morn
Ing. There was but one rule to the
stranger: He must keep his eyes to
the front. Jake Kemp had evidently
learned the brief code. He ate raven
ously, poured down coffee with the
recklessness of man that draws on
a limitless power to sleep, and made
his few remarks to Gerry and to Ger
ry alone.
Gerry was feeling q strange elation
that he strove in vain to account for.
This was an American but beyond that
they had nothing in common. New
York and Texas are connected only by
fiction. Perhaps 1t was just curiosity.
Curiosity invaded him. What was
Texas cowboy doing on the road past
Fazenda Flores with a mule-train of
orchids? AS an opener be declared
himself. "My names Gerry Lansing"
he said. "I've settled down here"
"So?" said Kemp, as he drew from
his vest pockets the makings of a ciga-
rette. Gerry had seen the yellow pa
pers and the little bags Of faxed to-
bacco. They struck convincingly the
note of the West. Reckon you're I'm
the States" drawled Kemp as he ac-
complished the cigarette.
"Yes," said Gerry and added, with
an idea to establishing a link, like
you"
Reckon you're I'm Moo Yawk," was
Kemp's next deliberate contribution
to the conversation.
With that, talk Jagged. Gerry in
stinctively avoided the question direct
and Kemp vouchsafed nothing more.
Not till Gerry came upon him hitching
up his loads early next morning did
Gilpin observer., 1916-10-05
Tabloid Aeroplanes.

The British reason, quite logically,
that the smaller the aeroplane and the
iaster it can fly the less danger of Its
being hit by shots fired from earth.
So the British airmen favor an unosu-
lily small machine, which they call the
tabloid" A very light frame is fit-
Ted with an SO-hOrse power motor,
which will drive the frail machine
through the air at the rate of 100
niles an hour. The engine Is covered
with armor. The aviator seeking to
drop bomb on the enemy approaches
his target at height of 5000 feet.
When straight above it he turns the
aose of his machine straight down and
1rops mt terrific speed. When within
500 feet of the target he drops his
bombs as quickly as possible and then
shoots skyward at tremendous pace.
American Boy.
Gilpin observer., 1916-10-05

no B1 coNTINUTD.l
Gilpin observer., 1916-10-05

said Margarita. II am not afraid Of
work, Geree. The end Of work never
comes. It il the things tiat end that
make me afraid" She. too, had felt
the fiuttering wings Of the unattain-
able. Unknowingly she stood beneath
the shadow of the strangers purple
city's walls.
The next day Kemp tried honestly
to help Gerry with the tilling Of the
soil but the effort was still-born. Kemp
had almost forgotten how to walk and
his high-heeled boots fell foul of every
hummock. he wandered of to the
house with solemn face. When Gerry
came in to the midday meal, he found
him with a saddle propped on the
arm of bench giving the delighted
swaddled heir to Fazenda Flores his
first lesson in equitation.
That night they sat again on the
veranda steps but Kemp was not talk
ative. He whitfield stick until 1t dis
appeared in final curly shaving and
then Immediately started on a fresh
one.
"Known Lieber long?" asked Gerry
at last.
"Goin' on two years." replied Kemp.
Does he live of his stock?"
Kemp looked up. Haven't you ever
ben up to LiebersT'
"No." said Gerry, "it's two years
since came here and I've never been
OF the place. Lieber's been down here
couple of times"
Kemp grunted but asked no further
question. "Lieber," he said, Certainly
don't live often his stock-he plays
with it. Lieber is the goatskin king.
Ships 'em by the thousand bales. II
you or any other man in these parts
was to sell goatskin away I'm Lie
ber. you'd be boycotted. Lieber on
this range is God-you're fer him or
you're ag'in him an there amt ben
any one ag'in' him for some spell
now"
"Oh," said Gerry.
"As fer knowin' him." continued
Kemp, Everybody on this round up
knows Lieber but there amt anybody
knows why he is. Lieber holds ques-
tions and smallpox about alike. Hs
amt thar when they happen"
Gilpin observer., 1916-10-05
SYNOPSIS

Alan Wayne I. sent away from RED Inn,
his home, BY his uncle, ]. T.. ~ . moral
failure. Glen drinks Aisn's health on his
S, birthday: JudES Heaiey defends Alan in in
Alix. Gerry's wife. meet at sea. homeward
bound. and start . Irritation. At home.
eloping.. drops everything. and goes to
Pernambuco. Alix leaves Alan on the
train and goes homo Gerry leaves Per-
nambuco and gos. to Pirsnhas, On q
Judge fails to trace Gerry. A baby IL born
e Ali1. The native girl takes Gerry to
Gerry marrfes her. At Maple house Col
hngeford tells how he met Alan-"Ten
Per. Cent Wayne"..building q bridge. in
Africa. Collingeford meets Alix and her
baby and gives her encouragement about
Gerry. Alan comes back to town but does
not go home. He makes several calls
esrita's plantation and builds an irrisat-
Ing ditch. In Africa. Alan reads Clem's
letters and dreams Of home. Gerry pas
tures Leber's cattle during the drought.
baby comes to Margarita. Collingeford
meets Alix in the city and hnds her
changed. Alan meets Alix.
Gilpin observer., 1916-10-05
CHAPTER xvIIi-centlnued.

why there's no Mr.. Wayne and
Mrs. Wayne-only ]. VS."
"And you don't know, AlanT asked
the Judge. "Well, I'll tell you. MT.
Wayne and Mrs. Wayne-they were
Alan's father and his young wife.
Their life was a hot fame that sud-
denly smothered itself in the clouds
of its own smoke. The memory of the
clouds passed with them but the flame
the fame burns on in the hearts of
all who knew them. 1t will burn on.
That's why j. Y. is ]. Y. and that's
why it will always be J. Y. and Mrs.
J. 7. to the Hill.'
Alan said good-by in hurried low
voice and started for the door but the
Judge called to him: "Just a moment,
Alan, I'm coming with you"
The Judge found Alan waiting for
him on the steps as he hurried out.
What are you doing for the rest Of
the afternoon" he asked.
"I'm sailing for South America II
there's q connection"
The judge looked up surprised. II
didn't know you had anything urgent
on" They walked on in silence for
some minutes, then the judge said,
hesitatingly, Allan, you're rushed, of
course, but II you could-if you can
do one thing and put 1t down to my
account. Just drop in and see ]. Y.
for a minute. Somehow l feel that
you can't see j. Y. the way he really
is. But IL you knew him. Alan, the
way l do, you'd know it's an honor
for any man to shake hands with ]. Y.
Wayne. He has a rare thing-an un-
tainted hand. There is tale on
change to the effect that a firm was
saved from smash because j. Y.
walked up to its head and shook
hands with him on the floor"
II don't know" said Alan, that j.
Y. wants to shake hands with me-" He
spoke almost questionlngly.
~ don't know that he wants to. Ell
ther, my boy. But l do know this.
He's q busy man, but there's never
a day that he's too rushed to think of
you"
Alan stopped and held out his hand.
u am much obliged to you" he said.
I'm sorry didn't think Of 1t myself.
I'm Off to his office now. as soon as
I've telephoned Swithson."
J. Y. received his nephew with out
stretched hand. His rugged face was
1T up with the rare smile that came
to It seldom, for 1t was the far-hung
ripple-the visible expression Of deep
commotion.
tuSuN ls, IT, .,,lI To-.
Ito say good-by. I'm of again to
South America. Africa seems to be
taking a year on"
They sat and looked at each other
for q moment and then ]. Y. arose
and held out his hand again. "If that's
the case" he said. 81 won't keep you.
0ood-by and good luck"
''Good-by. SIR" said Alan.
As he reached the door j. Y. spoke
again. "Alan," he said, I'm glad you
dropped In
81 am too, SIR said Alan.
he was just leaving the sedate old
office building, sandwiched In between
modern towers OF Babel, when cab
drew up at the curb. The door opened
and girl stepped out. She suddenly
stood still. Alan's eyes were drawn to
her and found hers fixed on him. He
drew a quivering breath. Glen stood
before him. She saw his hesitation
and cloud came over the light in her
face. Her moist lips trembled. Their
hands met
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