New Britain herald., 1930-10-30

She sat silent, her eyes lifted to his.
 What was it? His face? His manner? His mcney?" He stood over her, his hands gripping the keys and coins in his pockets What is there about man like Broom that can make d girl like you do what you did that night? I know we'll enough that there are poor fools who'd leave their dying moth- CTS if he whistled them out! But ycu-you?"
 Why do you ask me? It's over. Us done. It's too late. Oh, it's too latc-lat2-'
 Lytton, rigid, looking down on the abandon of her weeping.
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 Dr. I.ytton visited Grarnock the next afternoon, and found him learning to feel his way about the rose guarden, under Hallie's guid- ance.
 Miss Conaldine has been teach ing me all day" explained Gran neck. Lytton, tonguetied, could only draw fiercely at his cigarette.
 He listened 10 the talk of these two lovers. Between instructions and directions, always casually given, Hallie was leading Grannock to speak of Africa. Time slipped 1,o
 'I'll go back to the house. she said. suddenly rising. You'd lik" to have a professional look at your patient doctor, no doubt; and ! have my unpacking to finish.'
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 myself to stay. l angled hard for the invitation yesterday but SaXely is so dense: or so very, very proper. I can't quite make out which it is. Perhaps you'll smooth him down for me, will you?"
 Both she and Grannock laughed, the caressing and intimate laughte- of acknowledged lovers. Lytton laughed, too, and hoped he would never again sec such misery as lay il this girls eyes while her lips curved and pouted so gaily.
 "She wants to stay here for three weeks - that is, until we're mar ried," said Grannocl when the sound of her footsteps had died away. Heaven knows what South cliff will say."
 Forget 'em." growled tEc doc tor. He rubbed his hands nervous ly together. You're to be marric1 in three weeks then - that's settled 9"
 'It's settled in this sense-that still don't feel I ought to marry a. all and that she --Rose-abso- lutely refuses to budge from my side until I can live a tolerab,a life without her. Well. what am I 10 say to her? What is q tolerabl' life to a blind man? And if 1 could See-would life even then be toler- able without her? I'd like to believe that she's getting her own way because the puzzle is beyon mo but, to be honest. l haven't real ly tackled it. I'm afraid of it. And while I'm busy lodging it. shes simply settling everything"
 '1 scc,' said Lytton.
 'I heard from Lester this morn ing" said Grannock.
 The doctor started.
 q had a wire yesterday" went or Grannocl with careful quiet His letter confirms it. He has ar ranged to marry Nurse Ellesmore within the next few days and to take her abroad. After that, he wants 10 sell this place and settle down in New York"
 He never liked Southcliff," sai Lytton, for the sake of saying sCmething-anything.
 No. 1t was mother who love :. 1t. Of course. Lester will Ec free to do as he likes with all his prop erty once he is married" He laughed shortly Its too bad, isn1 it, and yet sort of funny that all the elaborate machinery mother set up to insure that Lester shoull l marry suitably is to end in this."
 Your brother felt that the IIlles- more girl had a claim on him :? Dr. Lytton had iound a tcmr orary D~Y " nnyN NV-T