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W111i Had

when I first felt-well, ii-s though l had hurt you. But she 1111911 m, and I kissed her again, 111 g-uurgg, l began 1o run amund [own ‘v1.11; tier. I had to buy good clothes-to go with that set, so I burrowed iuuncy. And we just drifted along. The other iellinvs paid the bills foi- the

' lilo Chance

§y iii-alum" 11111111111111

_.', ' having in n--I - 11' ~1 ‘THE APOLOGY m. n. 11 1y “m iea _\ l(l iui -- “Qff-“Q g9 n.‘ . .

th-dfa" we!‘ lhcn that guy- I lot-get WT, 1h PM 311W” 101‘ S0 lf-Nlgilllllllé- 438.1111: illUllg 111 1-1-1111311111 911]‘ 9'3 ‘1‘-1'9P993ed, N3 411991-1011- office. lle “'11s |it'1-'.t_v efficient, lie A YllX- We were!" 91184114841 “111-ii knew just liow 111111-11 labor we acct]- tqf "WEB-i11. lvrk, were ire. 1111 1111 evwy 11111, 111111 11-111-1-1- the

I ,.vi'as,.atlll standing. 111- rollicr lea ng against the tiiblc,

mcn should work and liow 111 li.\'

ltliiim so lll('\ woi-kcd ilictlcr.

110T 111111151113 10111911. 1111' 51|l<l1i111l1l|:1:t1]1- lots cliatigi- 1.011s to one-a 1111' clg rette Iield between his tinili-rs. 111“. mp“. 11".,- “TH. ;,,.1,1,.,. pup“;- |

bxveiial ideas flashed through 1,"; “'11'1""1'3§,.“Ill“£‘i’f.i".i“°“"l . - l? e- 9 1411-51“ i1111~1~,111t 11--1 .1, 11-: 111i ‘ ll1- llley welellll? llld he lwllon 1111- pliyrililll ‘liallliill1cllilt lltlilii

$131; l“ same {THY lle lllllll lllllllfi 3-1111» bu‘. ]11~ “Ila awf-nlly‘ \l\‘('i‘lll. i11-l lsmmlll-l e lllllg-illl l? ll-l llgltflV so S!)1'|‘_\"l1+' 1:111 n11- ziriotlii-rl ll" know llow “llld "5 “ml” "1 l1~ and :11 a b1-t11-r :::1]i1'_\'. You,

1w n himself and Iliyrai‘ 1,1“, M, I “w \ as he ttryingto soorhi- his \l\\'I\l_|HH,n1 ‘ cot ‘Is-ace when he asks-ii ill llllS‘ 11s‘, Mn“ h“ nlpmhnhvkl h“ “n; w“ lwlléther or nut “my “m” pnllkuillt" 111 1-1 \l-11-k1-111“11 I v-ivc him . , . .. r,‘ . .

g" d? 111 _\'llll, by wav U] Miowinc‘

1-1111] l1i-

~ -11-n:1i1-]. 1

. la l-t‘. r ‘ hat do you mean?" Ruth ask-thin: ll w,“ K,._,,,,.u,_

‘ . , 1 1 1' . ' .1 _ _ ed- 1x,ullsvi‘ell“‘lxlYswpredri)vfi HSUHH H“ 1M1]! 11|1-.-]1t tw-nl 111m :1 roam you llll-‘lhlleg: flwellle‘ 1'“ j u“ ‘11111-111-1] 111-111111- 1n _\11u1 ]1.11i,-1-_ 1J;1l

But t s, iigan, 1.11 11 i. l“, "MUM. l Mil“, h“ mum, “ma,

poi-ted effect on the than. lnsti-aill“ “an .,.. ~ ' - ’ I -r.-“' " ‘ . ‘ll lfifmlng rellewd‘ Fm 5 ' l Riitli 1111-1111-11 111 :1 l‘lll‘tl that. l:i,\‘ HEW“ e0 l “ma! Wm“ ronm"..liilii1l~i .1111 .1141 l111n1|l1 o1 111.~1.~ lix; ' _ ‘, '. _ . g ii- 1111-. ‘ 1111 r -:1 it '1 .11] 111.- rr-tnarked, disgust U] himsc-lt 1]l_,,,“_l ‘ ‘ ‘ l

_ v ' \\'1'!.i:11111:. hllillonefoulddt 111.111 fillin- in 11111‘ H" l “lwll Ill’ llhhlvlll-l‘ cu - - i A '- ivith .\lyra—" Ruth began 111111-11-11-1: JEALOUSY

111111 zigtiinst himsclr. K ,

"That's just it. I \\':i.-n'tf" _ ’l'1111- 1.11.111=,i1:e11t111 up su1]1]1'ul_y' 11111] 1111-11- lvllllllll

(‘li-ipli-i‘ 11111

H, ,0 ma, Ruth $1111 111'; .. \\'.l;- .111. \'1-~1 ll1'll'\' lollllglng lklllllllsl m“ ‘hi: lllllhllilni Hillll u"]li- 11111111-1] 1-1111 “Rulll- you've got u’ he'll. m", 111p is 111- i11 llt\l\'ll"" l this, I don't care what will I111] Eli‘) up.‘ w! l,'lm“"_..

The Rirl settled llt)\\']l in __'“.ll_lt___'lli, Flu,‘ (“my “up chair, and waited. mmwn‘ " ‘l ‘ ‘ - l

“You can say we weren't cilllll-l- , ed when I came lici'1~~]li:i-t's par] 11.1“ .\l l

"111- sent tl11- t|11\-.-.-i--,' lluili ans-

1-r1-1l simply.

your sweetness. B111. wr- \vi-1-1-. , _ _ y _ _ least I certainly considt-rcil nilsi-ltl 'lll""“ “fl- ll"lll"'- _ dlprllllll‘ “ll” llllllw” llll‘ l*"'l llllll no when I langled he“, “m! Wm,“ “lliiw 111.] 1 -t 1111-111 "' -“':1_v 11i~— sort, of lcttlng flit-m Slide. ' 1.1.~'.1- 1. et-iit 1111 nrdi-r in :1 .\ .i_v]ii- it's ll good t]tini_'~-"

I went to work.

H, wasmt getting much “m, U“, U,- < llutli l‘(‘llv \\"l!lll‘ 'l‘lii' girl \\'tiIIll"]l tn protest that mm 1 {fled m Sun, a, “up, 1 (JIIP-‘fll tliinkiiifl it ‘wash 1, but licli] 111-r peace. bout-shit my lunch in (‘lltlllll placcsd ~'“' 1111' 511-1111‘ H111» 1111 1111-1 iislllil-l ‘lint .\ll'l‘;'l iviis wrniii: when she m“, sgmenlmps “m, ‘Yukon, 1'01] 111-1- iiiitil slic 11-111-111-1] _1i11w Ining-itlinintlit slit-s iiiakc LIL‘ stop caring

tn 11c on ht-ijby prctentliiig you wcre in love

< lllt\\‘tl':i \'.\l‘.1\'

w-lked Instead o1‘ riding to \v0i'l<.ll_"- I did all‘ sorts of thiii:_'>' 1111f‘ 1111"- F11 put. by pickles and (iuarters. I 11110111 H _ w m do i, I knew ‘m, ‘Yum. ,_,\-1n,;,1]:1\\-n11] 111i llttl. llcs the 1:11}- a hard “me Lheré Mom, in 11,41 11111- lcllinv ,\11u talki-il 111111111 1111- oih barn of '1 house trying i11 11111‘, '1 nigh] i11-- uni- t11:1t'.< bur-n work . 1 » . . . ends meet. and I used to go 111111-41, , m1 111s (lays when 1 got so '\\'l"I‘lf‘ll1“1111 ruii - " for fear you were hungry 1'11. You‘! "Yr-s, l11-'.~_t'-i<’ 111119.", _ M were pram‘. p0,“- ihgnf‘ ~ “Ar.- _\'tll| i11 love with linii. "l remember quite ivi-ll." "'lll"l7'l _ Sum quietly‘ }('ttl1lll2l.f to lll'l‘ chi-ck I 4101' Course 1 “.93, ,0 $9,. ,\1_11-;1 wcond 111111- you ir- 11511011 that sot She was your friend-mitt] I “'11s so '1‘ iiiicsiioti, llltl -, ,..,. .11"-. \'_<1-- lonesome Id 11111 1o 1.1.]. 1111i tiii .

'1111:11

1 I anyone ivliose lat-c \ ever seen before would l1:iv1- dtf-t-III ‘ y _ weicome 1 never 11111-11 ‘,\1_vr:1 Illlll‘ll1l'i'l'lX0ll, 1111111-"111-11 again oiivc moi

' . .. . . ~ '- 1 --]‘:-1--'-'n-1 tlii- table. 111' start-d at lll in the old days at llfiltllr, 5111. llhti ,. -... . ltliinr :\ momcnt.

Ruth stirred lltipllllPflllji, S11:- dldl "You said sum-thing ziboitt apo P01wunlv11119ur this Lin: 'l 1111 \v1-nt_n-.-.z11ig." “.1111 said. "You've a cn ‘1i-:11l\'d1-111-.~-1. li.11i't_v1111 11111111

' 1

"She used to run :1.ft1--1' 111:. f . thought y0i1 knew 1t. blit- f\1]l 1.11] .,,1(1\\l]1_.‘ angry ‘lvfllil.’ I km dnw Ml inc up to take her 111 1111-1111 ‘-.11]1111 bi lici i i-i-i, W l! dance ‘when you graduali-i, l "ilk l-ut ivi‘. :.li1- knciv l “111111-1] l1) ad: 3-1111.‘ 1 "l 1]i1| 1-1.-.11:- t1 _ I

"Yoti dldn"~—t'1l] tlic nitlit bi“ .\1-T1. 111.11 1111111 “'11s 1111-111111111-1], 111i tore" lit 11111-1-1-111111-11 1111-,"

' , _ , , . “,1.

"Ileixtitse M)" li-lfl "lllllllllll ‘l" I I promised to go with 1111f! l gllll,"""l1lii>' silly WNW she got an attack nt (UllnLll i11 i. t ii \\l1, L" ti" day before. for slic calli-i] up élflll-Ll-LIIIHY’ 1111- \' said something 111111111 KPlllllK ll"l;1111~:1n 11> .1

(if coin-so 1 :1~=l1t'<l',“11|, -,1 iou, I til-ways ivantet] 111. ]_i;1L-\-1-1;;,,,-_,. y “qnuwd 11) sec ‘any 111 the 1.11 .1 1,111,111.», 5-1111 1.111“ our crowd at honic bu‘. you.

".\“\".\Vay I got. to know _\I_vr:i l1i.-t-, in.‘ “H, ggjiig, 1111])’ ti-rlln ‘the cltv ‘She was ilifft-i-cnt, <1t'-\1v1';t “'11s. 111.--.ir van \\'l1l'l'1" F1111 (‘"111

' ' Y.» 1- - 1111111‘. ' .- 1i . "is 110111" ~11] sorts 1 I thought she “uh. 111.1 111mm sen I111, s 11. “1 =1 1 J good um,“ 9n 1.1-1‘. You kiln-ivli1111-1-1--1tiig 1.lii1:u.<."

. ' ' .- 1 -. v l1- $ii"$ ‘Myra, 1.1.1114 aitu 1.111 pi-l 4 l "Q i11-tr iin :1.'.t1-1'111111n with‘

wmlflglvl l ll lionit fiil] 111' (‘ab :ind site’ conic i y (‘ImbZ-‘s mannerisms and lfivli" lily. 311m W115 living 11ft 111-1- sainie way wlitli I-hnil, sunic Wl-‘llcnts 11111] 111111115 111111111134 l~ti11‘§l‘l'1' with even some of thc. - iii-iillll‘ ll"',l\\'11;1t. ilii-y gau- 111-r. llut _\-111i'i' 11g around its blunt we've picki-d \ll'~\c1-1111-.-,- I :11i1111.~:L 11-1] in lnvc, but since we.rnai'rled."' , l1111111'1 1-1-:11l_.'. l'»ii1 l 1111-"1-1 1

lie ground out 1111- 1:11ioiil<li'i"ll'"',l11:1-.1- end o] t-lielcigarelttc. 1:11‘ trout-1'11 l '- Illfill 111-1-‘111 1111:1111’ 1111'. on the tab e, am We - .. ii1111-1i-t11 11111111. | "But l 111011311! P5119 “"5 llllg llllltliat livlti: 11111111 111-r cousin 11:11] lei-cut 111111 ‘much more "11"" ‘ 111111», cttslilnlt-i,

vne>~"

to run after

- -\\i1,~; .‘l\\1'l~l 1111

ynu “mm. P1111111;- 1111a 112111.111 imtk

‘ soft

a lot. She bad such prirltlk’ ‘J-lullw-‘l 111 p111. :1 1111111 1n :1 §(‘I]ll-IIll'I1ll1l 11-1o111 nnt iflffflmfle girls :i't 1101111,- ivorc. _ m, “.,,,,,1,.,- 1 p,“ my M41111" Shelwas s0~so-"

she could see just how

My at e-agc 111.111 been. 1-]1-1'11‘i1'.

"Ii kissed 1161' 01109. (T1111! “"1" :1n11 1:l1c felt when slic grow ncrvou

i

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; richness of flavor.

Try BEAVER FLOUR and note thc marked improvement in your bakings.

ab» e..-

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‘”“ piirtlcs- lllllll 1 \\'£|.<l so sick 111' not -

his,

lll" ll"'ullilllllllll psyclinlotgv ti-sis o1 s1i1n1-,andl

, 1 IS ll§i 1955]

\:11] I lllfllliflllll ~ r

"aliriiii- want _\'ni1 more. g on this 111w building npcratinii 1-1 t-ning 11:21] didn't

llutli stood tip, thi- cclni"1-111111-1111191- -1(1111|_ 1 “lllillllri lll'l'“':1s s11 jealous, Ruth!"

_\1i11 come back|push licr r-li1iii'

:|p111o-1i'/.1- - 1111113111

lliiili 11111111111 laiiulii-il outright iilpvgiy 111- 11:11] caught ‘,]1:iii' c.1111 pnllci] 111-r 119111] back so T1111?" s11:- £l5l\'i'11- "1I111-r facc “'11s turned up towards his. 11- ¢=li)l'_\'. You did11"~l'l']1~'_v Slltlfifl looking at r-ilfdl nthor 111-11 11 1-1-111 1111-1: :ifi'1i-i'f:111 i11~11111t w, wi1l1~1-._v1.-1l, both a Tim 110m- Cingcti, 31,11 . 11111] Llii- iir-‘ll _\-11i1 wirc in 11111-1 1111\v 1:111:11 \l1c nscd to 1111-1- l~‘11')lllll(',ll \\'l1,v 11111‘) 1 w: .:-.1 11111111; 111.1111;- 1111111-111 tiic 1111] days ivlu-u they spent hands Iiiirfi-‘iftd itgaiiist hcr checks. v."r1_vinu. 1111i;- ]1:i.p~py cvcnings by [hg fire inl

"Yull “'1-1'1- 110111;: ‘1.]i1- ri-zi] llll]l'-"~l

Hump,» m,- 1; sick fittlii-i‘ and :1 111.111, par-

filllll .~. 1111-1111111; .11i'.i_\l11- I 1ll1l-11111ri-1. in s111n1- .~=i-:1-l1ic:11-1-1 , 1 , . \ou <11|glit to s1-1,-,t1o1n l1]Ill

111-dutiful,- And l W115 101TP1Y1~ sol came iif-Wllllll t]1i1ij_>< ,-:1ili|1'.£ around» i-vi-igvtliitig

ll1- sturci] :11. 111-r for :1 11101111-111” “Never Inilud, 1 kllfiw-ll 1111111 "llld- llJllll was trying l‘) 111-1'11 i11-r dig- “llllllll? nity. Ilut 1111- :1ir i11 1111-. room “as S11:- was iri-tting nci-vtiiis.

111111111 111:1 1 111111111 1111s

pies. Itching Was Terrible. i

1 "Had been troubled all my life l with acne on my face. My forehead l ' was a mass of pimple]. _Tbey were bard, large and l red, and the itching was most terrible. My face was disfigured. I sent for a free sample of Cuticura Soap and Ointment and after using them go! instant relief. I bought more, and after using two cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticui-a Oint- ment I was healed." (Signed) Mrs. G. S. Miller, Box 14, Marshall, Wash., Jan. 9, 1922. l Us: Cuticura for every-day toilet purposes. Bathe with Soap. soothe with Ointment, dust with Talcum. 1°1L'i'.'3'Z§§‘1l.'15I1'1l llrilvll.‘ frllllfiiill-‘lfifixlllill win-re. Fnupilbc, 11:11:11.1»: 2011111 m. ruit-umzsc. Culicuru Soap lhlvel without mug.

or friclitciici] t... s111- 11-111111] lose ‘1-111111111111 1111- situation. i “ 1111 1 was in love with you all I 1111- time." 111- said suddenly: “I nev- 1-1- lnliuot M111. tlitiugh l tclt mighty ,11111-11111|'c1-1:1.l1l1- about the \v1i_v I 111-t- 11-1]. .»\n1] when .\Iyt'a said 3-1111 were 1111111112 i11 live with slum-tine e-lse ..~'111- 111-\-'-1~ nn-ntinni-il mimcs. s11:- ‘1111-11-11111-1] F1111 didn't ivant her in y who it \v:1.-<—-\v1-l1, I got fin-lous- l; ji-alous. I ivziiitr-il to conic lionic 1:11-11 punch his lit-ad- tlii-n I rt-nii-nr llii-ri-il I was engaged to :i.'iothei' ji-li-l and 11:11] just 1:5 good :11: jiltr-il 111-ii. Alli] when you t-iiiin- tn the jiity, you l‘9lili'lllbl‘l‘—-~lt)l' that visit?" Iluth nnildcil. , "'l‘l1--ii I lint-xi’ I lovcd ,\'.-.n, and 111111 .\l,vr:i. lliit alter you ii-ft ~wcll, Hllf" has :1 “':1y of not niiilting Illl‘ -1~:1r1-. S11:- taki-s things so easily

lwith :in.tl11-r niaii. 'l‘11:it only made

The night I ,1111111 _\'Oll to a s1io\v-»- do you rcmcni- 31111‘ slit- told 1111- soinetliing like

Hard, Large and Red Pim- lbegm

l And .111.- klssed her again. And again.

Then she knew where she was. lAnd with a sudden rush of clear understanding she remembered she had on the white negllgee and that her hair was hanging. Her cheeks were scarlet when she looked uip.

"Tim, please! You mustn't-J‘ she

I-Ie said something In answer, but she did not hear it. He wok both her hands and pulled her ov-

‘ er to the couch. and sat down by

her. He. held both hands In one of his, and he suddenly threw back his head to toss his hair from his forehead.

It was ll gesture that used to flus- 01111116 Ruth to watch, it was u con- querors gesture. She walled now, ltnoyving that ivitli his free hand he would smooth buck . the hair. Aiid he did. And all the old tender- ness came back to her.

"Ruth dear-J know. I'll go in a minute. '1 SlI0llldI1'l<—<blI\ I can't help it!"

lIc was cLilt-d, exalted, by his lit- tle triumph. Ills cycs were shlniii-g his whole lace had an animation if.

‘ lacked ibetbi-e-Jfliu was once more

the bright, energetic bay she liitd adored-Ana was the T-Im of the old days. .

It threw its inn-ll uver her, the fascination 01' waitcliing this sud- den IFEIIISYOFIIIIIUOII. A few mom- ents before she had looked at lilui lip-personally, criticising his bent shoulders and drooping Item]!

A1111 he kissed her again, seeing something of this in lit-r eyes.

I-‘nr 11111- long- moment he held licr against liiin. For one long tnomcnt Ruth forgot i-vcrj-"lliitig In 1.]i1- (rat'- css. ' ‘

']‘]i1-1i llic plioni- rang.

‘its snililcii buzzing inudc them both start: i1 brnkc- the spi-ll. Ruth spranlg tip, hcr face ivliite, one hand :it her heart.

"Never 1111111], snuiconc calling. Don't look so armed. Shall I 1.11.1- ivi-i"? T1111 asked, much calrucr than, she “'11s.

Slii- shook her ll0ll1l.,

"lYlio can it be?" She picked up the rcccivr-r. Her "hello" yvas so \\'(-‘lll( that she had to repeat 1t tliri-e times before she was Iicard. 'l‘h1-n hcr face, If possible, grew sti“l whitcr.

“Wait a moment," she said in‘.o tlic phone.

"It's Alyra," she Tint.

"Yes, hello,“ she said again intn the phnnc. What‘? N0, I wasn't

whispered _ to

-‘1l1:1t, and i wanted to ask you it all ilare. Then we ,-.-nt tn your lmarding house, and ‘stood i11 tlic little vestibule ivliiie I l1i111.-clam] 1111- 110111“ tor you-win ynu

kissed youw] l: started. she tried to bai-k. but it was 111-my 11.1111 she could not ninve it.

’l'lii- girl

"Ynii arc i11 I11vi- with him!" 'l‘itii. 8111- trir-il to risc to ge-t away. and

L’ .-l11- fuiinil liersi-lf suddenly‘ in tlic t? malt}: arms.

I1ist.inctivr-ly' she fought to get l-1a»\v:1_v, only to have his arms conic 1-;mnr1- lightly around i11-r.

lPlll-lllflll \Yf‘ll". 1l]l'0l];',lI ]11-r. angui-

11, 1':11 11111 11111111.; yet." lle Wii-‘ilihnt 111- bllhlllll dare- tn touch licia, Ili- 12111111- 111111111111] that she could not fight freed

asleep. My voiceioh, there's noth~ int; wrong with it. ‘What-us Tim ,l\1-1'e‘.'"

l Wide, frlii-htcned blue eyes t1ii'n- 11-1] inwards tlii- man. Ile shook his ‘hi-ad violently.

1

ma- CHARLQTTETOWN GUARDIAN

could sec over all the roofs of the nearer buildings, far down w the tip o1‘ the island where the great mass of skyscrapers were, and on cacti side the moving 1151115 o1 limits going i111» 11nd down the two rivers. _

It w rgorgeous view which she never tired o1‘, but tonight she 1111) not take it In as she stood and start-d from back over the events of the last hall‘ hour. ,

Vl-‘liat mad idea was in Tim's 1111111]? A111] what madness in hers, that she should lei. lilrm kiss her?

Tim “'11s married. That meant he “'11s absolutely the {IOHSBSBlOII of the other woman, and that there was not the slightest excuse for ev. en the most casual caress.

And 11c had kissed her-several times. I1 was true she had fought against lt~butl once, just_ once, she hiid _Yl£'l]lll(l. Down in her mind she knew that fight-lug 111d her no good, it only made him hold her 11101-1.- closely, but even tihat did not cxcusc her to herself. ,

She stilhstzii-ed nut the window, full of 1511211110.

-Shc had yielded to one kiss»- fr-eling all the time that she was back in her old homc, and that she and Tini were engaged again. And _v1-t. ‘1'11. 11.11] been married some _\'1-11I‘2~‘, 111111 she had wronged Myra by giving i11-tn that one caress. N11: cvi-n the knowledge that Myra 11:11] ivrotigi-d lie-1- years before made Ilutli excuse herself’ now.

"Madam:- ls still up?” .

She ju-iiipi-il at the sound, and turned 111 sec .\iarle standing In the doorway between her little boiiilnii- and the living room.

“l i-aptii-il. but tlicre was ~no ans- wi-r. Tli1- curtains -kill the sound," Marie said zipologetitiiilly.

"How 11111.; have you been here?" Another. fczir came 10 her heart. tlic guilty 1'1-:11' of being overheard ~ and misunderstood!

"Only one instant, madame. I am off duty Saturdays. I only nnw cnnte in. I thought inadanies suit needed p1'1-.-:sing-~ " -

"Never mind ll," Ruth answered. 31:11-11.- 1-1111111 i-iiter the boiidoir frnni the door on the other corridor. Ituili remembered. She wondered ii-lictlii-r 1111- little French girl was

' or whether she

"N0," she said, obeying his ges-tlvlliilt! 111B ""1111

turc. "\\'l1at? No, he hasn't

livays “w-nt out Saturda.\'S—Yes. I'll dike to s00 you tomorrow. Come for 11cm I'll cal] up flabby too. if you

givani." 5111-. was geiiin; control 111

' “I23 a little sleepy. Goodnight."

I-Ivcryr '

- She put the phone back on its table and turned tn face the man. "You madc- mc tell a lie," $11“

-.~:iid furiously. “You made me ]]e-—

111111 111-i" llPlHl was tlii- tlizinulit cl‘ the -,,,,

lniglit i11 1111- vestibule when he had 1-11 111-1- 111-fore, :1111l of hcr niiu] -111 his kl.»- 11111- :i1-i1i \\

i111

s. around lit-r, in some licr

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il,l:-.-r ll\ in: room zit 111-mo. llj "1-91 111i‘ L111." s11:- Slllll ivnckly,

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111111111 111m hold 110]‘ isi-ly. She 1'1-It his lips conic 111-rs and sli1- 11-11-11 to hlllg

11.1’ biii-y-iiit‘; 111-r 1:11:1- n 111st 11i-: -]11111l/.]1.-1'. M111 this lot‘ 1h:- nioniciit satisfied l1i111. Slit- fi-lt his hand 1-1-1-‘1 111i 111-r 1 111-ad, 1111-11 1:111 down to 111-r sl111ul~ 111-r, 11111] so rest tli1-1-11a1i instimt. "You must lc] 1111.- 511," 5111' [ilcatl- l. .\1i1] fci-liiig; his arms loosen, she pulled aw ,1, I211] i! only to bn caught siidilcnly- :1_.:iii1. A111] 'I'i1ii kissed 111-r 111-111-1-11 slit; could turn away 111-r 111cc.

It. “'11s not 1111- PHVPOl ziffi-ctlnnali- caress slit- liai] seen- bi-forir, ivliuti ']‘in1 c.in11- linmi- to grcct Myra. It was tlio lint. impulsive caress of 1111- 1111] 1l:i,vs~t11c days when shc and ’l‘lin were 111111-11 in lnvn~nvheii notli- ing in tlic world muttci-cd bcynnd tlilat -\v11cn llllilll, through all the hard work 11111] discoiiifni-t of thc 1l:1y, 11:11] this cvcning visit t11 look fniwward to, and Tim's love 1n strniigtlicn 111-r ivhen shc was dis- counter-1t.

I-‘ni- a nioiiicnt she. forgot \Vll(‘l"_‘ she wiis. It sci-med only 11s tlinugli 'I‘ini had ru-n tip tn the bit! house n11 .\I:iin Stri-ct to read a llttln, tn sninkc ~11 cigarette and tiilk, to put his hand nvcr hers as it lay nn the arm nf the chair, to tel] her senti- nicntal little things as they stood by tlic fire l.n say good nltzht. She should bc mble to hear Mrs. Bold- 1112'?! footsteps on hcr way up the stnlrS-Jltt-re was always one iii-iii‘ 111111 crcakcd under even that light little lady's tread.

And Tim kissed tier again.

llut his kiss wnii different. I1. was i11or1- impulsive, too impulsive. Or “'11s that 1t? She tried tn get away though slir- still li-nd the feeling that shi- ivas at home, and ignorant, and 1111-01] with the great task of carn- lng n llVlll§_,___§_l___8_ItVlIlig a alcaperiite financial situation, and that this man and his love wern the only swoct things 1n a life n1’ hard and discouraging work, and a- fight. for education,

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