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~M ﬁrst. 1t seemed incredible “ﬁles J. J. Patterson, sealed nie Dawson in the east. bollugdfggsl£gd abglnnglanlfd in “or "r Your Manny lo TWO sflES-QO 310m“. m Newfounglangll ‘i; tpcxxstilestrs SFTAINiE§S wansnuals micasabdvsrll? was the one the Press Bureau lidd Akcisr €ELLIrBIlKJBC%CE)VlJSGHMIA)SIlJJRE—CANADA'S chosen w be the special correspomp - ﬁll-ell?!" 1° W88 her Job. she trad w Qqnnle- mind glowed. He fairly L amed when she W0,“ “ﬁnmk Ipéslélngelelg brushed the little fellow»; hair back ~~ ~ew You < tau. ‘it: dttttzsiwsia. “mm She felt Pat’ t. .. looked at her. 6 egshgptigzlflg l: fclc werolknevlvl ltgh Pat said} Knew you “he'd Tel?» when he told her whom: woulglftfkc tockidssqlrt o 8m who was had registered in her face. At Skippy stirred and opened an eye. my rate. hlelte$go€kilzzxpgg head and "Tlicrc. thcre." slle whispered, “you ubkh The“ he burned back ﬁgmgérlt- kieﬁonrlzhsthcén wig: yous-moat nan- me’ l‘ lmfé and rcckrblg ling cggtle ill‘ tiff?- “sa I" he dmwled. "here I've been to the bus Once WIIE?! shg talc: blﬂwing off about me and just notic- look 1t him her e 'es were field b 9d you've sort of blue and wan the 5am pf his ilound cheek that: avlxliglg: “one crazy. hasn't it? War bnlsh 0f lashes. l side... w‘ w M31199" You from all Then abruptly to Pat, “Tell mo ' more about yourself." Not because

To Connie Dawson. the only she was interested but Just to have fﬁhum"! mini! that mattered was the background all sketched in. matllews which had come to her It was like tossing a bone to a

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you're right," she gulped, loolcnl: at hut‘, a twinkle in his

Because Connie Dawson was see- eyes; a blush spreading right up to ins 11am now, figuring u; _ the rcots of nu unruly red mu: to ‘Ibis Pat Patterson was a small-town bet?" mm-

. Yes. a homespun Phllwopher Connie avoided the lance by from Tanbark City, wnv (ml, west leaning closer to Skippy. es, she'd The minute the New York human been riulit. The blllTll)ll_0llS one did laid eye; on him, he wouldn't have a llkC licr. "And how was it." she want

ggccd w 5m‘. Jtlljiat you pbltained thlsdwcitrldel- e’ e d s real ri l_ u o as spcc a correspon en " ‘null, comb qnd Mlrror brilliant, ast-urriiing, fagli-taflglrllé "Reckon a number of things fig-

gentleman of the press. As she took ured into it, The men at Press Bur- out her nmdkel-mleg to wlpe ‘he cnu headquarters had been reading tears of laughter from her eyes she my stmzos. Two or three time: 1 had relaxed stii] mom, she W55 élullc a chzince to cover a big assignment sure now she would have n0 COW for them. Not often, of course, b"- tltfon from p“ Pattel-5on_1:nt cnttsc not much of importance to e Spirit, 01' Qhrlsm-nasl Incoropalpd‘ the Oi.l_Sl(lf! world happens in ‘Tan- A plan be an go unfold 1n connle‘ bark City. But when I heard about Dawson's m d. this vacancy on the stuff in St. she knew who PM’ was but he John's, I put in an application, hadn't an idea of her identity. She “um!” thanked her lucky stars for the 5° “Rd She! . mud-cakes] shoes, the shawl“; h“ He uznt on, same cocky voice: Pat had taken he, for a country "Tlacy had a newspaper woman lined kid;; wegtgrngl-l he lmd 5am yes up icr the 10b. I convincfd '31) lo§g ‘ ' or . o

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i» vi ti" M w '.i‘li..£l°'i.i%“i.‘.."i"°.i€d°' rum» st:a"::.ltsi.tr-t"* _ x. . ltirgl assortment and lll pligtely wrong. Cgtlsling oflldlllcllrgllllq l _That was 1k! l-le has gone lout or: ' n e ch , t its way to ta - tie JO from ier. " convinced that we h", m‘ fgioddirlsgaheug?’ mo over sklppys liixsulue," slie begun iclly, "you tlmik

Gill you were looking for. well she-d have time t ~ i ~ _ to _ “(illbllrs lllilLc is in tile hunt.

Pal, Patterson 1n m5 lat-A vblgltllﬁltlt lie chuckled. “Well, in me hofne no be mocked when ﬁe learned Wm edition unyway—on the vtoman s she was-the girl who was going to l’ g“

ﬁght mm to a ﬂnlsh for me Job m the bus slowed and came to a St, John's; what would he say when stop before n 10115.; platform. slop y he knew he, name__that name Illllslld, “AUC ' ‘uko. _ "Aft-ultra, a which held magic in the newspnprl- smd- "A" l“ “'0 '5 ‘W’

world? H" peuple had bum up a o. ._I. i was inking charge great; clmln o; newspapers l“ u". oiillmgs. ins 1s uncrc we eat. he wesbem slates; a dynasty whlch slllti. llnllig "sloppy puck t0 lils arms. although it ma since failed had 1m '1“ 11'“"1"Y~

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grandmother. who'd come halfwzy .. .. . .. . . across the continent in a covet-rd Cm“ ‘m’ m!‘ suggeswd- We“ wagon as a little girl. But there ltnd ti?‘ “F”? “m! 5°“? ""1" “lldiiwhﬁ been lndulgent aunts and uncles w cs. blAlllpj will have inlik and cel- provide travel, the bcst schools, a 5,, n“ "will? m,‘ me-

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Th Ll l_ v lung to sldj-slcp Ml‘. Patterson e sen “e 525g gleflmglfgﬁilﬁ uumout furthbi- ado. ﬁhe was tired.

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n_ I'm not that. broke. And after we've so l; w“ dmll for PM to be 100;“ eaten we'll come back to the same lng at her with such n

undlsgumd scat. It'll be kllld oi nice, don‘t__y0u wrest Compared with Jorrv mink! Uoltlpzllly’ fur each other. ’ Mal-sh he was a ndlculous “glut Most of tile liusscilgers were gel.- Je w” dark wlm a 3mm, m," ging- up, stretching their legs, filing eemiegciigg? tlflfklfﬁ‘; "Terminal Restaurant" said the of wlnd and stars Like hm.‘ Jenv sign over the lunchroom door. There had hm no stmigles. no mom's, wdsa ‘white placard in the steamy cares. Yes. she loved Jerry Marsh, ‘l“‘,“°“" ‘rimeef-l “Pm And she was growing increasingly Lonnie still lipid back. but as she conﬁdent with every hm, of me turnuclsne sawbltlppysmomcr-tte wheels m“ she-d get to Ne“.lound_ girl who was inking her little boy hm l“ time w be Mm mm for liomc lor Christmas. her eye; were 01"“ still closed. She was breathing quiet-

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. b yk_ Tl There was something about that gang: ognwtg; wﬁggedl lo1:fde=r_ 1e while face and thin, racked ﬁgure Three seats ahead. the couple had “mi K-lle Cmlme a Sl-ldde“ 189m‘! M ‘conned chatmrlng and were holdlng lorcboulng bne fell. a lump in her hamm Back a few seats‘ we mm throat. The bus itself, cold with the

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closed very still. Connie glanced at ,, _ _ ' t git n hol iollcd out, sparkling like gift’ 3g £33: Elkgﬁiplgﬁinzxlfrgllllrslﬁ l; awhile lire. Connie reached for it “red I.“ how the voungébont- she covering it quickly so Pat wouldn't could" “nerd to 5e magnnnlmoulk see. lgrlcén a bay ‘lnam Tltanbavrtlé Crllty Everything would come out perfect- Wm‘ "m" ‘a “l! lgahbeéa °~

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3 he hadn't seen but Conn ‘L8 lvlattgrlashanateful. “Swell. Here. awme that Iscmeone had‘ mom“ I h“ see u can m“ mm over wlm, up, she saw the paroles staring a Town Keﬂilllgion m“ waking mm He! so‘ a km way llel- “m; cold, resentful eyes, to g0 yet and I figure every ca Ml) n, counts.’ . _. f,‘ "t lz-ﬁn M me “n” sklppy’ P” s em In um stir of moving passengers,

,\_ _ ____ skilzpfs mcllicr finally opened her ~--- -'_' ayes, She saw Mr. Patterson with Fklpjiy’ in his arms and nodded gratefully when he offered to take him iito tire restaurant. The girl was g0 ng with them-a pretty girl but with scmeihlng unhappy in he:

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"You're not innocent". The wheels had ground out. the words ten thousand times. No. he wasn't. The irony of it was that he hadn't started cut to be a felon. But now he was going back-empty- handed His face looked back at him from the square o! window.

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He had a name. but he had been a number for so long he'd almost forgotten it Now he whispered it and the mirrored windyw showed his moving lips. Jim Bardley — Jim Bardley going home for (tin-ist- mas to his daughter -_ empty- handed‘.

The young ccple who'd been holding hands wero eating in thc restaurant, - Dutch treat.

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Most of them were framers. The salt of the earth whit leathery laces. Loking a little awkward and ill at ease in tailored suits and collars, when you spoke to tlicm you felt as if you were comwlmi against, a silent barrier _oi thoughts which included such things as crop rotation. soil irrigation and rural electrification.

"If y;u have no objection“, she had begun in her best rlia- nlentary manner, "I should lke t0 request a few extra days for Christmas vacation "

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