WEDNESDAY.
Seasoned Timber
By Dorothy Canncld CHAPTER TIIREI Continual '
she out him short. impatient with his misunderstanding. "That's what I was afraid you thought. it was not generous. It wasn't even Mrs. Washburn I was think- ing about. It was my sister Delia and me. I'd always thought that mbody cares. not really. about anybody but his own folks. So when I saw you being nice to that silly old woman. why. it seemed to me all of a sudden that maybe we weren't so all by ourselves. Delia and I. But when I tried to tell mu. couldn't seem to think of any way to say it that wouldn't sound as if I was asking you to be mrry for us ..." She held her head high, her gray eyes siernly bade him p.ty her at his peril.
”lt doesn't, sound like that. Not ill the least!" he assured her, his heart pounding in the sympathy she had not asked for. and stop- ped short. his eyes fixed on the knob of ill? door. It was slowly urns: turned.
The door opened, revealing the )al'lll(7I' ln fads-d overalls stooping tn pirk up a pail. "He had plodded an-eral steps into the room before we saw that tho sipcrxntendent was still there, in the visitor's -hair. and the teacher on the platform hehind her desk. ”Oh. I .'lEdn't know as anybody was here, Profrscnr l-luinie." he said. setting down the nail. "I better do some other rnnm fir. mehb("?"
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Mr. nulmo stood up, running for the hat he had left poised on the geography globe. "No. go ahead, Elmer." he said easily. "I'm just about through with what 1 had to any to Miss Barney." To the teacher he added in all confidence. "I think I'm going your way, Miss Barney. We could go along together and finish this matter on the way."
But she. bending her head over the papers on her desk, murmur- ed with I sudden shyness. "Thank you, Mr. Hul.me.I have a little work to do before I go."
"Good afternoon." he slid stifl- ly, put his hat on. went through the door, shut it behind him and walked down the corridor. his steps echoing dlsmally in the em- pty building. He was furious.
He had Just laid his hand on the front door knob when he heard the click of 3 lifted latch at the other end of the hall. Susan Barney's voice called. "Mr. Hulmel”
Ho halted, said gruffly. "Yes?" Turned around and took off his hat In if grudging the gesture.
She came close to him. She was breathing rapidly. but she said at once. "Maybe there isn't any more kindness in the world than I thought. But. there's more honor- ableness."
He felt it was the first time he had ever seen her, the first time he had ever seen anyone. Turning away rather quickly she walked back to her classroom. shutting the door behind her.
Lying on his bed that night. Timothy I-Iulme knew very well what. was happening to-what was likely to happen to him. The clock in the tower of St. Andrew's sounded out an indifferent two. not caring what sleepless cars might hear it. But sleep was al- most within reach now. He began to feel drowsy. And turning his head on the pillow was surprised to are the sun framing his drawn
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"What lplendor, what sumpt- uous Venetian magnification our Vermont octobus are," cried Timothy Hulme. "and what a pity we don't live more intimately with the autumn while it lasts." Why had he never thought to take advantage of the absurdly low cost of real estntc up here and buy a piece of land of his own-perhaps build a shack on it. up in one of the Hollows of Hemlock Moun- tain? or if not that. one of the abandoned farm, on a back road. that sold for nothing. It would be a retreat. a week-end hermitage.
Exhilaraied. Timothy liulmo raced down the stairs. three steps at a time. found the coffee not too bad and told Aunt Lavinia about his plan.
"Susan .Barney'l elster'l here for the week-end." remarked Aunt Lavinia. "Pve asked them both for tea today at four."
"Very well then." he getting up from the table.
To do decent honor to Aunt LI- vinln's guests. he came back to the house after his last afternoon recitation, washed his. face And hands and changed his clothes. It was a becoming outfit, and he was not surprised by the admira- tion, respectful, almost intimidat- ed, in the eyes of the two country girls when he joined them before the hearth fire.
Susan had a hat on. not at good hat. it hid most of her spun-silk hair. and coming down too far on her head. covered the broad arch of her brow. She looked almost
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Susan and Aunt Luvinle soon went into the kitchen in get the tea thingc. Left with the sister. the Principal prepared to at out the series of key questions 0 used for diagnosing Id0hlcQlIIo-
He had little to do with the converntion After the too. came in. Extinguished under the gncclen hat. Susan was passing him the plate of toasted crnckeu. He took one and gave her hi: perfunctory compnny smile of thinks, de- lighted to no that she wu plain. aunn inceutiouily started Aunt Lavinia by remarking. "I wonder if I didn't see your .nephcw here once. Mr. I-Iulmc. when I we: I student at the Academy. one Sunday afternoon when you were reading aloud, there was I young man here who looked I little like you. He called you Uncle Tim, I think.”
"very likely. when he was It col- lege, Cnnby often used to come up for week-ends. Bt he is not." said Timothy I-lulme with unnec- essary firmness, "in the least re- lated to me. He in my Iister-in- law's nephew. 1 think you must be mistaken about his looking like me." He liked Crnhy I-luntcr well enough, perhaps more than any other of the inntumernble boy) 11! had helped educate. he liked his ugly face with its undershot jaw and its hit-or-miss assortment of inhlrmonioul features inherited from God knew what conflcting strains of ordinary people. Canby was all right. But to say thnt he looked like 1 llulme . .. i
To be Continued
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