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IYI IPIOIALIIT i . le-eyarillfdralltealb Ianayaloe DO-OOOOOO-O-O-O All Adventure iii Years av CAROLYN BEECHER Chapter XXXIV “It isn't WFOII to love him- it can't ‘b8 or God wouldn't have let mo!" Sonia urged when uncertiiin thoughts assailed her. fears that he could not care because of the difference in their ages. alarms of ' her pwl! conscience that kept re- minding her over and over that. she was a wife, and that her love be- longed to Beverly. ‘A sudden season!‘ completeness had come upon sonla. No absurd or unnecessary vows had been ex- changed between her and .\'ed. though their talk, often seemingly casual, was always lightly touched with deep feeling. They hail Sill. in the twilight and xeil hail not been able to see her face quite clearly. Perhaps slie wished til hide the depth of her passion for him even while she gluried in it. The effort to hide lier elilotion, iu he practical when slie felt emol- ionai. to dominate and conceal tlii.i emotion. hail at llIIIeS.€XlIIIlISl9il her. It had come at inst. Ailicricu had been drawn into the world wzlr. Ned had followed the ev- ents which leii up to the fateful de- cision, lic hail felt wars approach before the actual fact ‘was upon us. lie shudlicreil as he thought of tlic result, but lie had a presen- timont that this wilr was going to effect his life tremendously . Noll (‘ilmpheil was one of the first to volunteer. 'l‘here had been u sensation of mortal sickness when lic thought of telling Sonia. ile knew he should go despite hcr. Was there something within liilli even stronger than his love for her‘! There must lic! Even if Sil- niil begged him not to gohe would go, neverlheless; of that he was absolutely sure. Yet never had he loved Sonia as he did wllen he walked slowly toward her house g to tell licr. v Suppose slie ilbjectcli’! It would be only natural because of lier lovo for him. guilty, us if he hull done her a wrong. Would she think lic should llilvi- cllusultcll lier bcfilrc offering lliulsolf? lint perhaps if slie loved him enough she would also love to liiivo him prove ills iililnhooll at whatever cost to her. lic found her in lilo library sit.- ting quietly. her l-iruls locked about lior knees, hcr eyes gazing off in- tli SPHCG. Sill! lurricd. ii wclcoul- lug sllillc on hcr lips. "This is inllccil at illellsllnt Sill‘- prise. it isn't often you visit lile alt this hour" slie said in her car- cssiilg voice, extending both hands til him. H‘. pressed his lips upon first one, thcii tho other. They were chzlry of other cllrcssesaTilcn without preparation or preamble . s. ntccrell tliisnncrning, So- nill, I see you know it has come." Ile pointed to a newspaper lying upon the table beside her. “You mean the ivur?" she look- eii a. further question. "Yes, we are in it at last. I've volunteered t0 g0 out with the first lot—~- “You mean you are going away ~~g0ltlg to fight?" “Yes-don't look like that, Sonia Don't Then: "l hall til go, dear. I couldn't look myself in the filce if I didn't. They need men over there. I suppose they'll send us off very soon." He did not realize how brusquely he spoke. I-Ie was feeling too in- tcnsely to know. And her facc distressed him. "d?" she stopped. Ned thought slie was going to attempt lo liil-isullllc him, that slic was hurt HM")! perhaps. lic briilrell him- scll‘ to meet licr arguments. Oncil llillro. lo his surprise, she extcnilcil both hauilii. As he look them. slie drcw him toward hcr. Ali ho llllll done once ‘IIOIOTB he fell nn his knees. his head plllowed on lier knees. She ran trembling fin- gers through his hair. She wail- ell a moment, tlicn said quietlygyet in a voice through which ran an un- dercurrent of agony: “it is what I would yoll llo, dear." Thcy were quict for 2i fcw mom- cnts, tho. sumo thought in both their minds. Would thcy over be tcgotficr again? lic wanted to lollk lit Silnill but he ililreii not. raise his eyes. Silo would sec in tliom this tcrrlblo thought and it would liilrt her. After a wllile lic rilse, drew l1 rliiiii- IZIUSP ill llcr and for ‘rlh lloui they tillkcll quietly". HQ was tn gll lllll’) training camp at once. There ivlls nothing to kccp him, no busi- ness ilffllirs to straighten up only zi short liilur with his litwyer. Even hiiii Strong been there to lis- tcn ho could lluve found no fuult. with any thing that was said. By an unconscious feeling, illmost tel. eillilhllr. they said no word of love, fearing they would brcuk down wlhen they ncodcii all their strea- g i. Only when it was timl. to go did have llail Did this IIIIIUNI GIIIM 772m ola um Is a wonderful relief also for Burns. Scolds, . Chopped Skin, Etc, f l" use II OAIIAIA ’ Suddenly he felt‘ Hasn't Felt So Weli__lii Years .QUEBEC YOUNG LADY SAY$ IT'S WONDERFUL THE WAY TANLAC HA8 RESTORE!) HER HEALTH. "ii um certainly glad I followed my lhrother-in-lavws advice and took Tflnluv." Bald Miss Evelyn Craton, 6B Conway Aves Quebec, P. Q.."for since taking it my health is bet- tcr than for years. "I-‘or more than a yenr before I got Tsnlnc I hardly know what it was to out. a meal without suffering afterwards. I hsd no appetite and my stomach was so weak tihe very sight of food made me sick. At times I hsd such pains in the pit of my stomach I could hardly benr it. My buck hurt me constantly and it nea-rl-r killed me to bend over and straighten up. II was so nervous the Iealsi unexpected noise would almost startle me out of my wits. In fact. just everything seemed to be wrong with mo. I fell off till I was hardly a shadow of whnt I llild besn..aiill was getting weaker illi the time. ' "But it's certainly different with me now. for I cal ilcartlly and en- Jiy every mouthful. My digestion seems .o be IIEPIQC/l. and I have gained eight pounds in weight. I am never the least bit nervous now and in every way I feel like an ill- together different person. TiIDli-IC is certainly wond-crful." __._-_ Sonia allow her ivilrm lmpulscs to let her say: ' "I slillll illwuys love you, Nod. I love what you are iloinll." For a moment silo lay in his arms. But there wins no 9885K"! in the embrace. it was the giving lip of self for lane's country. An almost holy renunciation of what one holds most dear in the world for the sake of that something so ' big it holds all real men and wo- men in its grasp-qiatriotism. When the door closed a sudden sense of desolation. of intolerable loneliness, l-alne upon Sonia. Til combat it she set about making ii list of tho things Ned would need, those slic could procure for him. in tllc stress of this that ‘had come upon tlieni. this llig thing, all the mother in her hail again aris- en. ilo was her boy. as wcll as the man silo loveii. (lliapter XXXV. Strungcly- enough both Sonia and Noll wcrc perhaps glad when tho time of training was ilvcr, when tlic 2tI‘lIl_\' trllnspoit started over- sells. Lille was suddenly simplified for them both. In those last weeks tlicy had both at times been con- fused by their longings. -Now'lit was over. There hnd been much for her to do, much for them both tn endure. They ‘were each "alone now with their iiuty,—hers to her country and to his husband. I-Ils to his country alone. The parting hail been sliorl, a few moments alone. then he was gone. There had been no promi- ses given, no, mention of the fu- ture. lIt hnd been u sacred moili- ent, too sacred for thoughts of self. In those lost days they had discus- sed the possibility of Ned's bong wounded, even killed. Only then dill Sonia cxuct it promise. Sllc said " _ "You will manage so if anything happens l shall know?" "Yes' “This going to war is o splendid thing for you, Nell. I wish I might go, l0U-——(l0 something worth ivlliie for the "world. But we wc~ mun are rather out of it now." “-.\Io~you will find you arc neod- oil, too. Perhaps not ovcrsellmbut horn iii. illlilic. Why, Sonia." lic lricil to speak lighiiy. “if zlll lilo boys cllrrioll ilwii_v a. kit llkn mini: don't you suppose it would help? l don't believe there is u. single thing a soldier thing l]. soldier could posibly want or use you have not given nie-— and no fool things either just, sensble, practi- cal things. " So they luilkcll. uvoilllng the thing that. was uppermost. in both their minds. Even at tlic last, when lic held licr just ll moment ili his ilrlils and gave hcr the final kiss, she suppressed all but the mother feeling. It was ilono with nlflfii- ordinary ilclicilcy, with the ex- quiste tenderness of iviiicli per- liilps only an occasional woman is capililile. Self forgotten ln the dc- slrc for anotliefs poircn cf mind. Which, after all, wits whzlt she had given Noll as u. parting gift. As the ship sailed away Ned Campbell dreamed a dream of rc- turning to Sonia, more the mun he would like to be. lic knew hc held her heart in his possession, that slie had givcnhim nil hcr love. Not licr present lovc, but the love of her life. Beverly ‘Strong, too iiuil fclt the change the war hsd brought. Also it liilll changed liini. Not that he hsd lost his cynicism, or that he had ceased to make sarcastic speeches to Souls, But they were botll so busy that his unkinllness was scarcely felt by her. Even had it been she would have overlooked it because of his devotion to the wnr work now engaging the atten- tion of the entire nation. Souls hsd taken charge of s Red Cross chapter. and day after dsy she ialbored, making bandages, knitting. anything that she had thne to do that would ease the life of the boys overseas. Letters came from Ned irregul- arly. letters any one might rend. yet always bringing comfort to So- nia. lNevor one came that Strong felled ti; sneer, but now he hsd a look of shnmefacedness accom- panying the sneer. It was as if "what Ned had dons psilisted, if it hsd not entirely excused their fond- ness for tisch other. lI-Ie always hsd believed the war intervened. That. hsd Ned not gone sway, Sonia would have been unfaithful. I Which showed how little he tin derstocd souls. As vras the case with so many women during those trying months Sonia hsd overestimated he! strength. She l-liugllt a severe cold and was obliged to remain at home and in bed for several days. Her husband “'14s in Wesbington. I-Ie had been called there upon some business for the ment. Her room was almost newly at~ tractire. so little had she been at home. There Wilt! il fire burning in the gratewsses of flowers stood on the desk and on the table lbe- side her bed. A ten table hnd been wheeled to lier side snd tea and toast gave out their fragrance. A certain strong sanity had kept her from brooding upon Ned's ab- sence. But lying there she thought of him, how she missed him. She was not now at least a self-consc- ious woman. But after she finish- ed her ten and the maid hsd taken the things away, she took a mir- ror froln under tlin pllow where slie had it hidden and studied her face, “I must not let myself grow old" she said as she looked closely to see if there were any lines. “He will be bat-k soon and he must not see me old." What shesitw reassured her.Wit.h all lier stress of work, Sonia had not. neglected herself. She had re- fused to worry and compelled her~ self to eat and selep regularly". She walked to and from her office every dily to get the iiir.Tliilt much she cnulil do for Neil—kcep her- self youiig and so allow him to kep ills illusions, and she his love. For she did not deceive herself about tlieiliffercncc in their ages ‘being a barrier to that love she crilirell. - Anll because she realiz- cil it,shc used ull the arts of wlilcl sho lillil learned to be master ti llJfeiLlf it down, (‘hapter XXXVI Iievcrly Strong came home tho day Sonia returned to her work. lic fllsi. ball taken it severe cold rind. almost before Sonia realized it. siic Wilt! alone. Pneumonia hail Sill. in tlllil now all that was left vf the strong mun who never hall been sick a ilrly in his life lay in the darkened FOOT while Sonia, (ldZCil, sciiri~cly' illlli . to gfilfill Wm" bud liappcnoil. stood looking out on it ilrczlry world. The day was gray and depress- ing. Snow had fallen during the night and was now swirling in d strong wind. She stood at tlic window looking olit. but seeing nothing. -She hail not wept. There bad been no lnvo between them, filr years scarcely any CG'II\I‘8(l(‘-' ship. ill-lit there was ‘ll. fooling of loss. it loneliness she keenly real- lzl-(l. Sonia litlil nlllny friends, but. few intimates. Ilut every one was kind, even people she scarcely BOVGPII- , knew sent her notes of condolence. lDora Dclong came with her father,‘ but she did not see them. She felt‘ that she wanted to be alone. A short. scented note came also from‘ Lenore zFleetwooll. She scarcely’ glanced at it, not from any fecl- lflg of the old jealousy. but. from‘ indifference. the same indiffer- ence with which slic had treated‘ other communications. lStrong was laid ilWfly in‘ Wooll- lawn. Sonia. hall returned to tho. lonely house, scarcely more ‘lllllilly now that. its master was gone than it hall been before. The wiil.iiiiliic years before. hall been reilll. It left lier everything. and it wusl niucli more than she dreamed lie owned, as long as slie reliiaincil unlliilrried. ‘Should slie IIIZ.II‘I'_\' zlgilin all except what the law allowed llcr SlIEl iwas to lose. She was not at all affected by either the disposition of tilc small fnrtuile, or by the wording of thi- will. It. was likc Beverly to lry ti: llillil her evcn itfter ho was glilic. lNo thought oi‘ tho cliilngl- “PV- crly‘s ilozlth might malkc in llor life as regarded Ned (Eanipllcll hzlil cntcrcd Soniiiis minil. Silo wrote liini a short account of licr hus- bnnifs illness and of his passing. 'l‘.lien Sllg took up her work more eagerly than before. At times f1 creeping sense of something like shilnlc cilnlc over hcr. Ellie was beginning to b0 lillp- py alone, ti; enjoy the frcllolll from Strong's gibes and satiric rcilizlrks. She fclt us if it were ll sort of treachery. She lricil to ilwcll llp- on Strong's gcncrositv to her in matters of physical comfort ilnrl to think of him as a host ‘and as :1 successful business man. Ilul. slie could not oval-from,- tllilt scnsc oi‘ pleasure that lit times (zllmc liver her-cvcn when iil0IIG-~l.lliII. slip no longer was msldo unhappy, bc- cltusc of ills attitude towards licr. "God forgive nlci"slio sillil whcn this feeling Cilllif: over licr. She "hnd iln absurd idea that it was II. sin to realize happiness from death. ‘Si!!! felt that silo ought tli mills Beverly, gricvc for hlm—ilnil it was impossible. Often i-ls the winter illlvllnccll ilnd Sonia looked out of the win~ ilow slie loved the loneliness that ensiiroililcil her. Was it Home» thing queer in her that mllilo hcr love this soiitullefA creeping sense of something llkc fciir (ll-blllf! ovcr her now when she thought of Noll. Would God take him, too. and plin- lsh lier for the wily she felt about Beverly? A sense nf uneasiness deepened in her. The sombre ‘black she lfl~i~inlll5 (onAMuLIe) Q INDIGESTIQN Taste good, dojood; dissolve instant y on tongue or in water; take aa needed. QUICK RELIEF! ALIO IN TAILIT FORM FBI TNOII WHO PIIFII YMIM. IIADI IV IOUH’ I IOWNI Send I5 c. forfifnlSfsa c IIID. 'i'. IIOPIIIISI SOII Montreal Goilrzltlcfs Orienlal Cream wore to satisfy convention opllfe5" sad her lit times. Often _when at home. slie would don a r059 0i‘ blue uegllgee and only’ then did the oppression leave her. she scanned the lists of the wounded with an eagerness that showed her intcrest iinll her ieur. ‘But her letters to Neil hsd not changed. His to hcr were still on- ly the friendly ones he llfid Writ" ten when Beverly was with lier. A simple recount of the days be spent, an occasional sail note m them as lie tolil of the loss of some companion in whom he hall become interested. AlWliyS his iloyishness which lilld at first shown itself in Ills letters, growing 185$ Mime- alble as time went on. "He it; growing oider—it is the way-Q’ spnia said as slie observed the change. Sonia llilll witllilrzrwn lntn her- se]; mun, iynmplOllely than evcr flf~ g9,- geverlyg licutli. She gave out withnu-t any self-consciousness a de- licate ill-omit of stfllflgeilesi‘ mal- helll off even W110 ha“ known llcr well. "ou shouldn't shut Yilllrsell "P as ynu do," one fricnii sliill to her. “You work to llziril to have no rc- crosiiou. l believe you have (lone more our work than any ilircc wo- mm 1 know, I am in ll continuill stilts of wonderment ill. you and surprised that you haven't gone ov- erseas to unrse or something now that you lire alone." " ltricll to get over. but I could- n‘t. ll. was the first time slie liilii lllcnllolioil llcr pffort and licr filli- urc to ally one. it had been soon alftcr Ilcvcrlys death. But slie wins a little ton old for anything for which ivoilien were needed. She had no training as ll nurse, so was itbligell to reiliiiin iit liilllic. lt hull burl. but slll- llilil zlcccptril it qulct~ ly, saying nothing WlIEII they l.()lil her they \\'(‘l‘(\ sorry’, but no place could bc founil for licr. She lliill never tolil Neil slie tried to gct uvcl‘. Now lllcrc were rullllrrs tlliit pour,- wlls not i':lr ilwuy. l-‘iir mon- tlls \'cii lilill been in ii hospital, but lic iillil not tolil ilcr illlil iii some way ll liiill GSIEIIIICII lllclltiun ill the lists of woiinilril. lier fours increased whcn slie Iicarll lilo rumors-nut fears for Ned, fnzlr filr licrsclf. She was ill- most rliillllsji in lier drosll of moot- lng liiui. Sildcnly the yours loom- cll ialflsi: iii licr mind. Those years that, now he was older. knew more or tun world and of women. would f“lf'i.'f_‘l separate them. l-Ie was no longer a boy engrossed by his art. but a. mun of experience who would wveigli and Y nlcilsure_ for himself wlint he did. ‘ Chapter XXXVII those Th0 Will‘ was over. iNoll hail written that ho might. rcturn before another lettcr would rclli-ll lier. As the Gill's P8559‘! Sonizrs fears increased. Surely ovcr there where he ‘had seen so much of life. of misery. of deiith, IlIIll of the world of women, he would have clutngod. l-Ie would not be the boy he hnd been when lic said good-by to her. He would have gained immeasurahbiy’ in force 0f iaharacter. in knowledge of good lIIIil evil. lll0W would lic regard licr now? would lic think she iiztli been a sinful wnmiiu to care for liini when slie lbclongcii to Beverly’ Strong? Would lic bciicve llnw lls lit‘. hall then ihul lier love for him ivils n ‘pure. s holy. thing? . ‘Sonia hsd liiiil aside her nlourn- ing. lier husband had been gone luore thiln u. your and the black depressed licr. Hcr wardrobe was now fillcll with dainty, illlurlng gowns. IG-owns which mailc her youthful figure still iIIOre girl- ish, which brought out hcr exquis- ite coloring. "But what's the ruse, I can't nb- literate those eight years!" slie iicidareil i0 herself. Arfter this silo gave no IiI'fII'('. time to the effort tn look- young szlve the time every dainty woman ilevotes to tllc care of her ilolly. Then she willterl. ‘Sonia hnd no feeling thlit slie lillll wronged llcr liusblmll in lier love for Ned. She llitd not the slightest consciousness of wrong- ing his memory in lier utiitilllc t0- wilril Nell now thitl. he ivils gone. It was late when tllc slilp bring~ lng Noll Campbell docked. He had scnt his Japanese scrvunt word to liitve his old quarters really for him. Ho would g0 directly there. lie sllivcrod us lie wcnt linwn the gungpiunk. Ho liiiil not douc its Terrible Weeping E C Z E M A Mrs. E. llnyea. of llnmllton, nI- ler irolniz South to find relief, finally cured by u loolnl remedy. "To have suffered with weeping of the hands, so bsd that my hands were helpless-do have tried and tried remedies, wllholit rcilef~tli have plvcn up work uni-I come South for hclp—to bavcllocn cured completely on half it bottle of D.D,D." This is tho substance of Ilfrs. Hayes’ letter, B2 Sunset St., Hamilton. Ont. . Cases can be sent you from your own vicinity. Write for Canpdig," testimonials. or secure s Bottle of D-D - lodfly- WI! luffer Itching torment another moment! If you don't Pet relief on the first bottle, we wli refund Iithoiit question. $1.00 e bottle. Th‘? D.D.D. Ron . tno Q. .. MAKEII OI‘ ICOTPI EMUL. The fl-otlon . fer Skin Dlaelee Central Dmsmre. Ill. A. Foster. Charlottetown -..-._4 long, dreary months In the hosp¢l ital had nlnao it impossible. Yell»! his mates called him Captain. and e be wore the D. S. C.. and the (Jrolx l de Guorre was pinned on his; breast. Three wound stripes on] his arm told the story of the. slight limp in his walk. It was dark and cold on the dock. Ned shook his shoulders in an irresistible shiver us he emer~' ged and looked about for a taxi. l '80 he lvas actually st home. again. Home! ' ‘What did that word mean to him? ' Bachelor iife~only a Jap- aneses servant to welcome him! ‘But. even so his heart thumped loudly as he rang the bell. T e; Kind affectionate greeting of th little Jnp warmed ihim. After Nito had fed and fussed; over liini and then left him sitting‘ ibefore the crackling log fire with‘ his pipe. his thoughts turned to lSonia. He hsd wondered IIIBIIY‘ times if she had grieved unduly over the death of lier husband. Ho knew so little of wlls-t had gone on during his long absence. Perhaps he might have known more hull lle_not been so secretive himself But he hail supposed his name had appeiireil lll the long lists of the wounded which he knew were puli- lished daily It had hurt him that no one hnd seemed to know or care, that is, it had until he was» well enough to reason that, hsd she known it. Sonia would surely have mentioned it in her brief notes to ilim. r l-Ic felt ii strange timiliity con- cerning himself. She seemed so far sway from him-——unupproticli- abic. It was the same feeling he lirlil lllwllys hull about her. ‘lie felt ll moisture springing to hi1: eyes, 'I‘lic love lic felt for lier scomeil to rush ovcr lllnl in ivzlvos. All his ilcprivzltion wus in his mind. It seenien riltiny, mniiy yours zigo that she lliill kisscil liim cll the mun in liini, and which silo ncver repezltcll in kind. Then he ilrcw ills mind away from lier and thought of others he hilli known, of whom lic now knew practically nothing. lliiril Dclong with licr llO_VllC.IIll~‘-ll ways. Sonili hull ivrittcn lilm silo WIIH driving an ambulance. lier father had . llecn a. llf.‘lliIl‘-ii~_V0ilI‘ Illilfl Wfifklllg‘ for tlic government. Lcnilrp Fleet-l woilil ill-id illso been busy ilillugl , what slic (‘ilillll for thc rillllrilelll‘ for Ii canteen and giving lier finial‘- iii entertaining iionil-sick, weary‘;- mcil. Of what Sonill horsclf ll.lli__ done ho knew nothing. Shn liluli illfillll zllmost lils only cllrrnspilnil- cnt. . _ , .-\t (‘lirisiliiils Lenore and Dora " llliil sent him it box of sweets. But] tlllll w-ils llii. The iitlip nntc that iI('L'()III])ilIIlE(l it was silllpLv it corll- ' iul Christmas greeting. The clock struck one, then two,‘ boforc he stirred. His pipe hail gone_out, the logs had ceased to‘ crackle and only faintly warm dy-, lug embers llly on the hearth. He slilvercd as he had done in the ilock. ' . "Will ‘I nlways feel the cold?‘ he’ iiskeil hlmsiilf 88 he rose, stretch- cil himscli‘, and then slowly. his thoughts wandering. prepared for.‘ lbed. \His first evening at home was, over. , Before he slept he decided he? lie would see Sonia the first thing. in the luorning-tlien lic 1nuttcr-- ell: “I wonder how many of tho boys are as alone til-night as I am?" Ned lheld lboth her hands, He felt iikc dancing like‘ making some, sort of boyish ileliioustriltion to, show his joy at seeing her ziglliil.‘ “is it really you itt last. Ned! l. ciln sl-arcolyl believe it! The blood rurllicll in lier ifitiro, tllcn rccoiloil, leaving lIOl‘ very white. 'I‘his was a. illffnrcnt Neil, just ils slie liuli feared it would ‘be, So- nia felt suddenly cliiilarrzlsscllfihc said: , “'It's-—-1‘ been ii long time." “Ycs-quuch hail happened. I wns so sorry for you,Sonia. in your trnilbio. It. must have bccu n grcill Borrow." Even as he sil-iii it lic know lic was lbut uttering tho still- 131i conventlonilltics. Wlillc he hail not known just the feeling be- tween Sonia ilnd her llllfll)ilflll—-l-lllfl ncvcr liilll made any sort oi‘ coul- irllrllit, neither hail shc cxplnincil anything that gave him u clue in l.ll(‘ll‘ intimate lilo-lic liliil nlwilys known that in some wily slie was not quite happy. So his condol- cnocs soilnilell cold. ilnnil urill. -~i.ll£Il. ono kiss which had wukcn- ._.__ I “You collie illicit it mun." yoiro luuseil lllilrc to herself l-llun to him. "Yes, tnrhoii lightly. l liulr!" Cl‘ ' 'XX . ldptei k VIII whim. . "()h!' "Sonia. are you glad to see lilo?" S011"! Ilul slic cnmpclioli I .l~liin-l~ ‘c. ii Noll YGIIIGIFRCII. ull wilnllcrful- tell mo wliut. you (llil-"l can limi- ginc something of wlirlt it ilicnnt u. you." "Slim Wllill. wc l-nuill," iigllll_v of iiilicr l.liings.l’cilplc were pols llllli‘ filloil \li'l.lll opium, plpi-s ilvginiiing it) tilrii to their ulii,0i'- ililil opilrill iillilps were curtiiscilicil ollilliliiins, ilclp cv of lllll izlsl years, wcrc bcliig pub‘ Five ilcciqlzlnis roniznll llgitln. All .Il much u M “mud he mum Th“. i s. R. snow I46 Richmond St Cbnltottlatowr. Fire, Life. Accident, Sickness aiiii Plate Glass instance at Lowest rates. Gooii Strong, Stock Companies licr eyes loilli-, lie lIll-ll iiii iilcll his] caused lllil‘. they dollé ‘.1; you, have b ny/s. Wil r does us different. I guests-So- le hesitated just ll minute - before lier name. ivcnt uwzly ll boy-you lier t-llrcssinl: an iilli llilial ill that." lic rc- "Lilil-k ill my grily lie pushed his lluilvy hilir off his tcmplos showing threads of ‘It ivllii llll slie said. sillli no lliorc of war, risk-l cu no questions lis tll his experi- ences. although slie wus longing to know illl that lltlil happened him.» lSlic tolil him nf llll tlli- pcoplc lic‘ know muting with :1 dull piilII tliltt he sccilicil very silo spoke IIIICFCSIPII wlmn iii‘ lmnilri- Fioclivnlill.‘ _ licr.-il~ll' lil llll justicil zliill iiilil m’ iicr iliV cvo-iion in \\'2il‘ uvork. -~-\\'rlulii lli‘. liiilt way," "You ivlliildn were Slllili- lllly you will o iilly AIlQFlliID-“i. W“ ull ilill 'l‘lil-.n sllc spukol their olil pleasures, Thczllrl-s, motion pictures-cl -~li thosc things lliut iviilliil )-l)l)ily til iforgot the stress! ll’. limp sill: was talking silo f. t ‘ l i? lilli mini-iii. macros... l Mothers Know That Genuine Iiastilria Always I ' Beers the onion . l y» Ilse? “Filfillllilf, Tlliuy" Years lzlsinlll YNI ssvinull nouvauav, senlvenil oirv, llleiileatesleiiieiileieolitessa-xlolii» i i g noss liil him. lillt slliiiclluiv slie llilw was thinking m- um change m Ne" seemed different. ‘ ed puzzled. simple question llilil look. “Whilt hitvo Neil?" ' “Nothing but what they llono to llll ilio lllnko nlll." Siil- HliW now il ilillu in Ned. u man strong imli ardent. lie seem- cll fllll of suppressed emotion that was intensely Not the baseful emotion she hnd awaken- ed in the hny Nell, two years be- fore. All this living in the mindst. of men. much of .l.ilo time lilo had been fiercely active, much of tile time he had suffered. How could she hope he would (ZIITB for the same things in ih,. some way that lic had before lic left. lic wlls an unconscious rl-icoril of lwlliil. he had been through. lliiw Iiltio one can know from letters" slie liiuseil after a time. "Really iliey tell nothing.’ "Nowtlicyr tell iis nothing." niil kept. him to iuncheombut they spoke no more in a personal vein. lie left soon after. He had much to attend to. Sonia threw herself upon the collcll in a perfect abandon of rlnf. “lic llils- l-ilfgfillflll-rll) (litrc-"slil: Siilil over and over. "lie thinks of lilo only as ilII lllll fricnd-ii mot her-friend." Raid In Hallie; EIALIIFAX, blity li).~-'l‘wo small lhy ])()ll('(' ilffii-i-rs who riiidcil ii slllllii (‘liini-so irilrill shop, 25 Slick- viili-. SIFCPI. llorc llils itflcrnilon. ilf llic prciniscs \\'(.‘I‘I‘ arrested. Sonia looked calmly itt im. “You have changed." Sill.‘ ign- ored Wllill, lic litlil said. "lilivo l?" “ldnornwusly? "That ten months ill tlli: hospi- tal, I suppose." "TQII—‘III'OMIIS?" "Yes." "And we didnt know. Wliy,wllcn You wrote you were in ii hospiiill it WIIS but ii. few weeks before you wrote you liud boon discharged us cured." ‘I know—l couldn't writc~ifor months-I thought when I wits oblo to think-that you must know ~thst my name would have been in the lists of wounded. Then I knew by your letters that it had not been-so I wrote you." ‘She touched the wound stripes on his sleeve. "Three times?” "Yes. But it is all over so-Mrs. Strong." he stammered. "‘let us forgot it. Tell me all about your- self, every one I know. I om s. per- fect fiend for gossip." "Why not Sonia. Ned?" “May i?" Nothing he could have said would have affected he r as did that question. It emphasized the feeling she hell of their changed relations. "Please do.’ Someiihiinl in her voice made him look more closely st her. 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