The Adair County news., 1922-01-31

mere was silence for little time;
=9HnEA silence as the Gathering and
Azz1rmering OF the carpenters and
szeeam-fftters permitted. Then 1 said:
And when you got here, the first
'zt4ng I,did was to call you Mrs. Bull
EEEe7n'. don't blame you for not be-
Fang able to forgive me- jeanne, girl;>
Xn1estly, don't"
Tt was worse than crime" she
saSerred sOlemnly; sit was a blunder.
What made you do ft?'
Partly because / was a Jealous
-7<sssl5 but mostly because I was sore
ssksEd sorry and disappointed. thought
As1Ilerten had beaten me to it."
No." she said quite soberyy; at
.zssas Miss Randle who beat you to it."
Z sgasped. There were tremendous
disabilities in that cool answer Of
EizE; prodigious possibilities.
But say!" / burst out; didn't 1
AZ you that Lisette had pushed me
<xzzrbOard long ago.?
q know She was sensible enough
aes see 1hat you and she couldn't live
~1A nothing a year. But now that you
Ine rich, or are going to be . Pm
-ssEe you are not going to be less gen.
serSus than she was What if she did
take your ring off in moment of dis
encouragement, and knowing that you
@s.sSaldn't buy her hats? You can be
SHeZy sure she put 1t on again as soon
=zssx your back was turned"
There We were; no sooner over one
ssyur-dla haforo onOfhor ond biuhor
sHNe must jump up. 1 grOaned and
= krust my hands into my pockets. A
Esxper rustled and I drew it out. 1t
~Ss=as the telegram Buddy Fuller had
H=Rded me, still unread. 1 opened it
xrdn absently, holding it down so that
7Slhe glow of the nearest flare fell upon
9sfaa writing. Then gave little yelp,
sssxzuewed hard two or three times
=aaE nearly chOked doing it, and read
9fhE thing again. After all of which 1
sid, as calmly as 1 could:
~But, in spite of all that 1 had told
yea about Lisette, you asked me once
SIS kiss you
Isis it quite nice of yoa to re-
Tsz1asd me of it?" she inquired reproach-
1rfaazg.
ait wouldn't be-in ordinary cir
scsnusfances; 1t would be beastly. But,
tlsssen, Jeanne; haven't you been mad
CIGAR through sometimes, in reading
N STORY, to have a coincidence rung in
an You when you knew perfectly well
f3tN the thing couldn't possibly have
HSrpened so pat in the nick Of timer
I
well, don't ever let II disturb you
szEzzG. Because the real thing is lot
zszspre wonderful and unbelievable, you
zzEssET. Listen to this: It's wire from
-uEF cousin, Percy; the one who sent
aBs o0af into the wide, wide world to
HfMLar for a girl, horse and a dog, and
~xElls is the only human being outside
eft Colorado who knows where / am
7zssassE to be reached by telegraph. He
z&aE Boston, and this is what he says:
@HEezIded home when we reached
KzAsAknlu. outbound. Lisette and 1
-ze married today. Congratulate
uzE~
ERr a minute there was a GREATNESS
aE 81 pause, and broke it.
-1eanie, dear, was 1t just common
z5ms>sfy and good faith that made you
zszaEs flI these chances, with the deed,
:sn.F with BullertonT
Yes, rm commonly honest" said
xftz small voice at my shoulder.
@HaJIertOn is shrewd, smart fell
IasE-" 4 went on. "Tll venture to say
zsIazF he never made such a bonehead
a8xezzk as l did the morning you came
azrG. Sou must think something OF
JaIsz ssr you wouldn't have asked me
anm 80 prosecute him for trying to
zMuyaier your father and me-"
ssSe looked down at her pretty feet,
ysKEzsH yWere crossed.
Il Ehink-=a little sOmething-of N.Y.
ssRSr" she said. with small breath
-Szochings between the words. Il owed
myself that much, don't you think? If
ei5dn,t deceive him outright, I'm
.as7zlad did let him deceive himself.
81 1hat made me responsible, in a way,
.az15 I couldn't let you send him TO Jail.
st1sRIid TT
But what about me? Are you go
ing TO send me to a worse place than
zanT iail?-for that is what the Whole
SEs3e Azarzd is going to be to me with
es1Jz5 you, Jeanie, dear"
Her answer was just like her: She
TUNED and put up her face to me and
zsazs5, kiss me again, Stannie." And
-Ef11sngh all the carpenters on the job
zStzre looking on, as l suppose they
csszzre, by this time, 1 took her in my
.5FxuS.
II was a short spasm; it sort of had
80 Zoe in the public circumstances
When 1t was over, folded Percy's
,fRIegram, took out my pencil, and with
;1zNe dear girl looking on, printed my
sEzsxiy on what was left of the message
blank This is what 1 said
1.-The same to you. Have found the
SsS- the H. and the D., and Miss Jeanne
EEombly and 1 are to be married as
r,SD0n as we can find q minister. Incl