The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-19

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MAI ncW l,lllIl
Brnse ,s began prompously: Anne
Mafs interrupted him with s. her
IaSdast 1arxh. Never Thin King
for the comple111oe n-1 a.l1sa
II hnren.t5 TOO much compleIi on
unless II 20 sbpVt -
Anne Mariai For shame =.
Amt IN assy interiected, brtstllns
Vffh horrffied propriety. Again
i.Anna Marie laughed this time
You're forgettfne
8fhfngs, Tanty. shouldn,t-not 50
Young as you are. But i rem ein7
,ber3 tor both OF u.s.
~ .syVfth reason. You shut me up
s4nstheI closet a whole half hour Io y
h spniIfnE your pink sauces., W ant,
4 ca "a bath for my redb1rd-ana No
( didn't dream 1t would make any
B difference even though MT.
:s5ecEs WAS coming to court you.
And he didn't do it-said4 The was
n't out for NO pale sick1y woman
-and you hadn't any health certi-
s ffcate. j; .conld have told him you
we're as hardy as pine Knot, ,
she retorted.l Miss Massey stoou :,
;sups aim ost weeping. Please so!s.
ss$shA safd to Bruce, I don't know
what ais this wicked gfrl----z3s'55
u she is Just being naughty
ssi5..-as spotled children always are
hafore company,',B Bruce broke In
calamity. Anne Maria turned up
ION him eyes Of grave reproacn-
sCompanyi You're no company.
mot enough to deserve fried chick-
ZEN ~ she said But you're aiWays
held up, as the pattern OF truth
telling to the rest OF us. HOW care
you%discredit your reputation t ION !; 4 Z
s|ss3Wheres you are concern 60 \
dare&anything." Bruce SAID VIII
his most impressive bow u SET
Anne Maria TO sigglins Wildly
she darted through the side
doorfand half minute later was
safe II, her treehouse, her refuge
since she was five. Bruce looked
Z 40 Miss Massey, doubtfu1ly. How
{ AyerEcan Il sfame herr" he asked
shaking his head. Her head also
shook. II don't: know" she said
gstonily. ..But-you have got 10
t. It nj cans sa lvation Is
zboth5of us.
know. Bruce sighed.
sS:.Hayen't drawn an easy breath
8 since she came home SO changed.
IAN sha'n't until we are married
sitsiss the one way out
..You love ner?" Miss Massey
ouestioped: Bruce sighed again
SsayinS Yes And hate her ike
poison. She-she seems somehow
to see through me as though -
were made of glass-and Us
only things to laugh at. Can YOU
Understand how that gals ana
Miss Massy nodded same
here. She has surely changed. So
sweet. and biddable and confid-
ing she was. Why did ever let
her go to Westrand? 1 ought TO
have kpown It would wake up her
wiId blood. TO hear about hcr
sfather, see his Picture
sss.Te i ii 4 me-was he a great adj
Bruce asked slowly.
sSSSsS$sNI fss Iassys was silent min
siIta tn en- went on, nodding:
@tJndse sfor yourself-he made
seven fortunes-and lost SIX OF
then. It he had not died when
ezdid there would have been no
sInoney to tempt us to the depths.
IIe married my sisters daughter,
Z hardly younger than myself.
The shock of his death in. that
sburning buiIding--he was trying
TO save an old cripple they say
killed her though she ling
ssered syearsE in a sanitarium. That s
cam 6 by Anne Maria. She
was still I'm arms-r have tried
mon est1y, 4 o-to do right by her.
sButitswa soTeaSy to do otherwise
I'll her money in my hands
land Sthe firsts1 borrowed came
SsbackTtreble. Then I thong ht when
she married or came of age L
sshouldz shave nothing but her char
ssitysto sayesme from the old grind
SingSpoYerty on know the rest
49, 1--WE have arisked. and won,
and lost, ntil we must keep on.
Tor loseseyerything,s for her as Well
IfgIscould tell her what had
done and that it was all for my
SELF. She Twould forgive me- But
sIcan, t-she would know it was
mainly for you.
IL The last word was a groan so
low and hollow it startled Bruce.
ne tried to speak some soothing
as thought he had
mot Aund erstood would not
4hayesit SC. sFor you! she repeat
Ted almost bitterly. OF course I
ana foolbut not so much as I
seem. Seven years older-but at
seemed not to mind And
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