The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-31

| walked Tor n short time In silence
their eyes upon the slender figure In
short skirt and woody sweater beside
the taller one In blue flannel before
them. And. as usual. Allison was the
frst to speak
"Now ! know what you meant when
you referred TO that trip up the west
branch. Cal" he said. "And you were
right II does take stun 10 make that
sort OF gentleman. Isn't there any
thing more to tell me? 7 am truly IN.
tercsted. cal"
SO Caleb told him then OF "Old
Toms" tin box And while he was ex.
planning the man and girl ahead. all IN
one breath. skipped back 10 that day
before yesterday. now many years
gone. There was n quality " cana
raderie In the girls half parted llps
and eager impulsiveness " tongue that
morning that was entirely boyish But
when Steve finally asked for Devereau
Garry Devereau. who had followed
him to the hedge gap that Day and
laid one hand upon his bowed, sbamed
shoulder - the light went from Bar
bara's eyes. And Stephen OMara. who
lid not understand at first the quick
hurt which entered them. stopped smll.
Ing too.
81 liked him." steve said simply.
I've always remembered and liked
him. Thinking OF him and-and--has
often kept me from being too lonely
nights. when | was lonely enough
DO you remember a little girl who
was at our place the summer you were
hereT" Barbara then asked "A pale,
red Tipped. very shy little thing named
Mary Gravesr'
stephen nodded.
And do you remember how even
then Garry seemed TO care for heri
lie was always supercilious with the
rest Of us; he tormented us or ignored
Us entirely. but never her"
Again the inclination OF the head.
well. he grew up Just that way"
Barbara went on. thoughtfully. "One
never could tell what was behind his
Indifference or-or fiippancies. He
Knocked at things. customs and courses
Of action. which we have come to &c.
cept and-and recognize. But he was
always gentle with her. and kind and
oh. I think reverend IL the right
word! Now. knowing Garry as I do
Ms you will when you see him again..
the phrase may sem a strange one to
apply TO him. And yet Il describes best
his bearing toward Mary Graves two
years ago
She was walking more slowly now.
without knowing Il.
He loved her with his whole soul.
Mr.. O'Mara. and she married another
man. almost without a word OF expla.
nation to him. Nobody ever cited Garry
as q shining example, but he--that man
whom Mary Graves married-had an
upspeakable record! Her family made
the match-the newspapers call 1t
union Of Americas fairest youth and
powerful millions, don't they? Well.
he had them-and she married him
And Carrot Devereau dropped out of
the world for long time.
1T was year before he came back.
People had already begun TO talk about
the way his father had gone before him
he shot himself. Mr.. O'Mara. when he
became tired OF waiting for Garry's
mother 10 return-and when Garry re-
appeared they talked more. ! never
knew before that n change SO terrible
could take place In any one so much
man as ! know Garry TO be. It's not
just his face and his rather dreadful
silence. It's not the fact alone that he
drinks too much and shows Il pitlfully
It's-oh. it's the pity that a brain so
keen could so deliberately commit sui
eide.
They've begun TO drop him, Mr.
O'Mara. and you know what that
means. But I'll always care for him
deeply. That's why have asked him
up this fall. Don't you think you could
come down again Friday II you have to
90 back into the woods before then?
lm going to have a party for some
week end guests, a masque dance.
Garry needs his friends now more than
he ever did. and-and when you meet
him will you-will you. please. not let
him see that you notice how much he
has changed?"
They found the conversation some
how less easy after that. Morrison
had grown Theoretically In those elaps
ed years. IL was no longer river vfl
lage. Morrison was a city now.
Once when a squatiy huge, red head
cd, red shirted riverman with weeks
red stubble upon his cheeks lurched
cEZ.