The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-08
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By-ANN LESLIE.

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 My -Phoebe,~ fzfnterrupted
 with what I meant for graciousnesS. eWhy should Val Cosby invite me to
 every lunch. she, gives? Run-a along.
 dear you'll be hte-''
 But I couldn't keep a cold, sus-
 p1c1ous note out of my voice
 Why should Val invite Phoebe and on1ftne?
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 EoE-A time after, Phoebe departed for the luncheon to which Val had Enegfected to invite me l. wandered iahout TestIesly trying, to find some lining. with which to occupy. myself FBut the day stretched ahead blank E.andssernpty7 T. was delighted. when msso@ethIng 'nss Rn9ad @ so da, ns~s eSen saus gos Ehere only no be told .tNo one, on the lime. now. Thatz4dfdn'tz happen, how ever Instead Pats voice camesover iF 'Anne,. winryous drop every thing fyDuEe doinEand meet Inesfor lunch ?'' sHe- asked so an1iouslY that ordinarily Ira. have Facqufesced at once. but now kn1y Eawzfeelings- made me barley with ehtm
 l Can't. you get anyone etseg Is that whysyou sask me to lunch at the eleventh hour2"
 Come now. AIanna, what's ruffIed sti,e. line pinnzge of y0u? coaxed @ nfb ms ,o1 mosT bnt drIfh fi1s lunch h3n f,our @ 
 k5ust one-z I've been waiting for young tNea1stnsfget-out of the office so. could fcaH you. Knowing how the lad sadores yot1- I was sure he'd insist on sbefay invited. too, and I wanted to isee you alone Will you be blaming tnne=for that2"
 kPat.' I replied. smiling in spite of fmysst u,+,, teHyerness that was beyond pretenee-
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 found Pat. striding up and down sthe .restanrants corridor iooKing st1rt. - sHngH haggard, almost 1it Ills eyes .seesned deeper1set than ever and the Hines about his mouth were rugged yI made no comment, sst7fferinstmh lo sreet me in commonplace fzSffon anu Head me fs, the table he had Setecteo- : Tffst things were sadly aInisS with fPat | gathered from the faet thdL @ HI stead of ordering with the~eaSy grace 1n cha arasteristfc of him, he asked me *cTreasiJv what wanted and didn't e<,<.f.rn able to make up his mind about his food. At last we got the neeoeu kpreHminarfes out of the way and as < we settled back to wait TOT our or- der. Pat burst out -doggedly- ! s<Anne, something's got to De done | about that Harrison place cant have it lEfze this much oIlsef. Lne fae' sfransfer's all made-only waiting TOT I,er signature Some ones got to i bring her to her senses" j ~Yes,'s I inquired, politely, And ,rho2"
 : Pats eyes twinkled. I liked him ttseur the understanding grin in the midst, of his own personal .sofe1nnity ! sMeanins you don't fancy the
 sMeaning I'm. not up to it," be hgan, and then my blood frozes III my my veins and my yo1ce stuSh HI my stbroat for marching into the ~restan-' 6s>ant with the ever-present Sheldon Sfn her wake came no less than Vir- gi1ifa-
 Perhaps if she'd seen us as she t.cau1e in she wouldn't have carried the thing through so scornf1ily- But stfle natirer dhoteI was escort1ns her ; to a place and he seated her diason- ! ally across from LIS. so that directly she was seated Virginia must see us- One, quick. scornful glance and them fussfug audibIy about the draft, Nlf-i tnia&changed places Watn 1t SheAtoh 10 So That she should turn away like this tand yet remain in the restauranC smust- have seemed a deadly insult to Pat. He changed color, but made no comment
 : AS If tby mutual consent. we raced through our lunch and got out or Ethe place. And then. also as M we gstad and rolled off toward the park. E After a moment or two, Pat spoke gin a grim tone to match the ines
 sT'm. going to clear out of here for [ a while, Anne. Young Neal is well fable to run. the- whole works. And II fhe strikes any snags, charlotta wlii tSteer him out of shoaI water. neeu la vacation.
 .'Where~ are you going7'' I asked, | as if that were the main point at sissz1e.
 "One- of my clubs has lodge up s;North- If I get company, I may go ' for a. fishing trip," he replied, evading | what was in his mind. I've started Syyyork on the Old Place. Anne. l e1vonder if you'll run out now and again and see that everything's ship : shape. I'll withdraw that deal made | out to Virginia. It's never been re- i corded-couIdn't be without her sig nature. When come back I'll talk it over with Jimmie. l know he once wanted the place, and if he still cares
 to buy, I'll let him have 1t for what l , paid
 ..Of course we want it, but we won't talk about buying 1t now. And re member this, you nice. generous boy; if we take it off your hands, we'll in }clude the Improvements in the price, poor Pats head down on my shoulder and tell him to cry it out
 You'll get it for what paid or .-not at all. I had a lot of fun plan ming the Improvements" replied Pat, turning his face away from me so Sthat remarked the tense line of his sjaw. Say my good-byes to Jimmie. It may be a long time till we see each other again. I'm grateful to you both for the way you stood by-darn i grateful. I'll send you the miniature i-of her. I'd rather you had it than : anyone else
 Pat Dalton I cried with sudden , conviction. Pat Dalton-where are i you gotng2 Not North to fish, know t-that. You're too final about things. ssWhere are you going?''
 Then, almost as I had known he would, Pat turned to me with the shopeiess expression T had seen Vir- zyfnta wear few weeks before and spoke almost the very words she had sused. Only now it was hopeless and I had no answer, no argument. For sff1fs is what Pat said:
 There's one thing can give her There's one gift she can't refuse. and ! that's her freedom. I'm going to Reno, Anne"