Connecticut western news., 1921-01-27

root unoer herself, ana waved Um@ other in the same fashion as had Mism Van Tellier earlier In the evening.
 'sNow talk" she said . .., ....4a
 "Do you like meT' asked Mr. Ran- dolph. .....s ..u- ......
 She nodded her head. .....
 You're not afraid to be herer+
 She shook denial.
 "Have you ever been in a mans room beforef"
 She looked him straight in the eyes and made no other sign.
 It was Mir. Randolph's turn to flush
 "Then," he said, 'if you like me and if you're not afraid, please begin at the start and tell me all about it."
 The girls eyes fell and sought the fire. Her face slowly paled to the shade of her somber thoughts. She was no longer pretty; she was beauti- ful, with revealing transparency that made her seem unfeshed, a disem- bodied spirit of sincerity and truth, inaubitably pura .a
 q had a nurse snce," she said, In a low voice, "and a wire-haired terrier. a show-dog and darling. His name was Sport" She raised solemn eyes t. Randolph's face as though measur- ing his powers sf understanding. 'My nurse died and then, one day, I had to sell Sport; wasn't old enough to sell myself" ls .f 4a eeg s..a-E gfsa .
 She stopped speaking with an un- mistakable flnality. Randolph was overwhelmed by the flood of informa- ton that this slip of gipl had packed into two-score words. A life-story fin four lines and 8 revelation of the heart thrown in for good measurei Over and above that, he had to reckon with the confirmation of a suspicion which had been slowly establishing It. self in his mind that he had met her before, that not for the first time this night had those soft lips, curved for merry words, cried, My, what a bumpW within his hearing.
 So many considerations pressed to his immediate attention that he awoke to the actual present too late to stem the tide of tears that sudden ly rose to the girls eyes.
 "Oh," she sobbed, ''what is to be- come of me7 was so happy here, if you hadn't made me thinkw
 If anything has been said in the course of these pages to give the rn- pression that Mir. Randolph was mod eled after Joseph or hewn out of Ice or packed with probity to the exciu- sion of red blood, forget it. At the sight of those tears, he slid the length of the couch to first base, flelded the girl In his arms, switched her round so that she lay acress his knees. drew her face against his shoulder. and rocked her gently.
 You poor kiddie" he said softly. what devil oc a time you've hadI But believe me when tell you it's aIi over. This is the night that starts your old happy sun into the blue sky again. Don't worry" at ar.s .4igl .a.t d
 She stopped crying and looked up into the honest fnee 60 close to her own. puxzling ss to how just those words could have come from 1t but the world had taught her hard ms- son In varying standards- She drcw a long duivering sigh
 ''k you cousA soly walt until @~e Nos, body and soul. Ahs h~eathed 5..A
 ~What on earth do you meanr' asked MT, Randolph ....~s E
 '1'Why, then k wouldn't be SO bso- go ugly" ... ..g
 T don't get you,- remarked Robert He<vey.
 "A man told mo just a little while ago that he was making a catalogue of reasons why women give them selves" she continued. He had eleven already, and yet he was one of the incest men I've met. He talked to me as though he were showing me a way that I must travel alone"
 "Really7" said MT. Randolph, stiff fening perceptibly.
 '"The lowest reason of all was for cold cash" she went on, as though he had not spoken. "Then came the gilt ter of precious stones, and, after that silk underwear"