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way: "Of course, things like that
happen! Did you want them to
walk seventy miles, Margaret, and
reach here next week instead o.
this morning."
Nora Lee threw him blessed
look. She stood proudly on the
pure, unstained threshold Of her
youth. And it shamed the high
sweet beauty-oh, it hurt to the
heart that even for a moment
Margaret would doubt her.
She said in a broken way:
"You can go, Dane. Don't feel
sorry about a single thing, be-
cause you couldn't help it. and
you were, lovely to me and I'll
write to you"
She fled up the stairs. An
drew's voice rose with arresting
gentleness: why did you make
me unhappy, Margaret? And the
poor lad sent away like that:'
Andrew, the awful fears"
He seemed to be laughing sadly.
"'Ah, Margaret can't you reuem-
Der back? Youth like theirs--like
Nora Lee's-there's nothing on
earth more pure"
Nora Lee ran into the room
and flung herself on the bed, a
storm OF tears shaking her.
She came afterward to Andrew
and spoke with trembling lips:
You're a darling. Andrew-you
just saved everything"
He laughed at her.
She reached her arms about his
neck. well, you are, Andrew /
heard what you said. Oh, I love
you for that. And I want to tell
you something-you have the
noblest soul on earth.''
His face turned deadly white,
but he said: Nov, I thank you
for that, Nora Lee. That's quite
the finest thing ever was said to
me-"
Andrew was exalted in her
opinion. He could understand.
Days later she wrote to Dane,
fervid tribute, reiterating love and
immortal faith. She said at the
close: mo one IL drawer than
you, Dane. I thought 1t glorious
the way you came with me. But
I suppose you will want things
ended now and won't wish to come
to this house any more. Even If
this IL so and I am never to see
you again, you are the love Of my
life and always will be" Y
A sense OF sublime tragedy filled
her thoughts with the sending Of
this letter. When she looked at
Margaret flashing tears blurred
her eyes.
Margaret said with whimsical
pathos: What a hard, unforgiv.
ing child I have! Are you never
to smile at your mother again."
ut was cruel in you to treat
US 80. You never said a word
to Dane. I had to send him
Off"
"Now see here, Nora Lee--sup.
pose left you alone all night
and didn't phone ana you fancied
me hurled to death. Then I came
walking in fresh and smiling as
the early morning, wouldn't you
be speechless and glad and terri
fled all at once?"
''You made Dane think he could
never come here again"
"Oh, no! Did I do THAR" Mar
garet's eyes grew sad because they
saw too much. She would have
kept Nora Lee from love a few
years yet.
But she wrote to Dane a brief,
humorous letter and begged their
pardons-both Of them for grieving
as foolish mothers do
He came that very night--hold.
ing no grudge. He said to Nora
Lee: They're all alike. MY
mother'd do the same-I was COM
ing anyway"
SO she went about IN q state
Of extraordinary happiness, time
reckoned by the letters she wrote
and the letters she received. They
were not flaming letters, but now
and then ardent phrases crept in
between paragraphs ana these che
treasured.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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