Show tr dalai aIa iDab ab by PHO PHOEBE abr GRAY j Cat copyright tor by sandi MR MM nard nand al A cai C colip Co ai nip SYNOPSIS P acair th the ele clean washing bin a up clipper hill III mar wi alice 1 bawo wa li act up an on an by as boag who apall the n washing bRiA I 1 into 1 in hie a dirt sh is I 1 A and cabria cI taken to lier homa in ra calvert kl burpet ja graceb liv bv francis llott a galahad all she 1 Is bonab punished d b by her R 1 tor or re tho hei nash a lioney miry ill allro c wanders cela IRS awa im from home br a vla trolley int ride in into cc the v country and cependa the a bahi at the ills far farmhouse of 1 ara TI rim on as in the ha oa she conw nine char r 11 lr a cripple I 1 N 3 sa s1 i kere before S sam and marta a big problem ra 1 the i want to make mra 1 brown R anc a y 1 ij 1 I her children comfortable A A le 1 1 y some awn way can they a do a it 7 th yi th Thomas cB 1 re not at wealthy ait i people 1 CHAPTER it U continued he flexed his aln at arin seeking ap pro a for far an wigi Im affined red id that 8 B pretty good bood for far a bov seven seten tears old M mi father sat a he be never see a nothing III a it ft he A a if I 1 leep on Z Ts ILP be a reg ter lar hercules ever red read bout about Her vidua I 1 I 1 baell he nia in most 1 aa strong as ae god la do van live I 1 A all 11 the time I 1 in the city most fast all the time I 1 been in the country air mith the mission picnic sometimes Y you A d ought to live in the country 1 ake I le me it a awful healthy I 1 in ns as be healthy idly ns as just juat cause I 1 live in the country mv asther save bays god intends for people to ale in the cout try as an much us as divisible po isible he says bays the city a full of fall pits if try iry allce alice I 1 want you to come back bach suit and see A me a I 1 ilk like you yen not hardly nav or clidean comes aw to id v with me MY mv mother acs A an 80 b busy but sometimes she be stops steps and ad reads read roe a ct etory vv if you was mas here you could read mad me ine stories blades all 11 ll the time read me a one now ili alice before you 7 go mary alice read with a certain min rapid contempt to rapt for or all liter literary eari hurdles in the snipe ships of f p polysyllables poly syllables tables that made her dealtery dell tery a thing ot of great grant chat charm ball saw sam and ad martha reading to charlie hesitated and stumbled at every big word wood the result was h hilling itlay and ad jerka charlie me never B hapl mad but at he smoothness abhor Aw hor ot at M alice A read 1 ing g pleased bud and soothed him she pi plowed oved along at great speed tossing 1 clouds atil l dt ol 01 e Il llabres to right and aft like I 1 a twenty rotary go going g through eti snowdrift drift she rhe got there this mik diver li berneat auw t of f the had chiv any abs obscuring ring effect on the ae ant th thread ran it of the story charlie listened almost breathlessly and his bis bine bine eves even shone through a mist of ec cc stat amov I 1 into A to the translucent pallor of lis bin face crept faint pi pink I 1 he radl at dated it jov jor one slim head hand crept crept out at and ad tc took k the almost equally slam it but f fir more competent hand band of h a new lac need friend ft N ith a low law cadence of blia read hw mary y alice aice lady isabel allowed 11 d b ber soldier loer to fold fall her close ie to his bis palpitating tating atlIg breast while lie tr egbirt egbert glendenning nning thus thui forever defeated in IRA ills villainous lowit look a beaten beat man from frate the presence of his dIat intended wiled let ge gee a breathed cha charlie t lie th taits it A a peach 1 inch of a story ter oo oa 31 marv a 1 at alice don t s i way you rend read lovely CHAPTER CHAPTER til if an old ac acquaintance inadi ina maff hats alice a te collection of f a 1 adly ol of prosperity wa me A BO vague igia that e t tor a a long time it had been quite inset inactive the event of the last few hours bear h had lad alired it ABO aan eier I 1 title little she ghe had bad bad 1 I A g good ad niata sleep deep la in 0 clean cool coal be bed hud bad breathed a fawd q tr of air from t the he ajl einal at park pack all ase had bile been fed fail v and d wholesomely al had en been aad nd b been in a home that wag a home better than all 11 thit she be had bad made cande the acquaintance ia of charlie charli thomas who looked line IRS A an A 1 indolent ancl age and ad we was only a crippled trump rumpled lId little boy bay mary alice had bad sup supposed thit that edw he was the most unlucky child 1 in the world she could an ild oat not think of at chat chaille lie anchored A bred immovably to one a spot put by lii ill quer ty and ad boji K nh to lb change oce pla pi ices iab h him he was more A aart unfortunate aa sloe abe than bhe et at he spoke fialk very cry ag agreeably aRree I 1 crabby ably ind confidently of god us it dad a bint it ot of friend 1 I the doctor or bis A fattier father sam ram you can t plant bitte 1 in the heart of a child and expect it to thrive P t h a adath Add th of I 1 verv s 0 like Y r 1 in the soil it f may many alice A A soul out the acrid noisome all oat of batt bitterness A had bad withered in to ita place overnight a fairer vegetation had bod d N e ow sitting beside bede 8 sam th thomas man on the cur bound trolley en car hat maa mary aue alice wall wag bit all mixed up P in her bar mind led between the th desire to BAR se still and min comfort fort her other mother who would be francc with lety and the wish to 9 go back to the quilt farm where the chicken chit kens pecked busily about the tide ade door und and a crip pled filed boy bay with A bull billion dollar worth wb of gold reals net and looked at the hills her faint recollection of a day of 11 prosperity included I a cottage and some it grass BAR NV nothing ilin 1 in it reminded her of scant mat reading feeding whippings and ever I 1 top present I 1 in fear she could not man ase age to make any connection int between act it and her ber father the besotted lem brown brawn of today th tho sweet morning inedra that stirred her his black hair ban A the trolley cur A whizzed dizzily along the friendly presence of sam charlie s father broke through mary alice aileen 8 reserve martha had helped her straighten tigh te ont act her halt hair jul before she ade left the farm and ad had bad ud a place piece of a on it this line give mallea malice marv a totally faintly stirring con art ness ess of her ber own appear appearance ih there r is IE no an tonic ionic like it sam T thomas hw did not ask direct lead irad quendo ques 1 vs question quei tion do ns an did martha and char it lie 11 lie endured the opinion that M miry TY alice a father donld bould lie hare gone dvork anne to work by the time she be reach reached borne an V h mary a alice said that her fitter dian didn did t nork sum did not at laward immediately lately I 1 cay oh b ra aud d seem shocked BO M mary overlooked h lur r neali ence in having let slip something ag she ahe had bad kept a secret f from r charlie th then hell he 11 be ec real scaled bout TOU row wo wen t he ti mith v th within ele cia to thina of rt I 1 I 1 aus not very replied the little girl but mother 11 be most crazy 1 T n here d vou van tell ll 11 1 em aa you was waa gain bot 1 when yon I 1 left biome m oya mn and ll 11 the a bbb was waa asleep they did dian didn t know it ina I 1 VM onla gon gain ai I 1 fir a aa the pirk then I 1 pot a on the car to for r a little ride aul the car didt come me back W wian tarp t pa at thome him 0 o these two bordt to told sam thomas a pro loBue chapters and an up ap concerning the life history of mar alice bran bronn and ad iier her faced now listen little girl he be said its eight 0 clock th the a stores are openly at ap P I 1 I 1 got get them the devred to do op for or mirthy von ran can mine come with in me it 11 it 11 tike a few ew alcant minnies minn tes and ad then thed we a it 11 go to a your or be hove ze oh ob to no I 1 I 1 conlan idt t I 1 e coulden couldn adt t I 1 got to go right this was wag as far ng an she got get the P project prope ct was waa too alluring bv BT nine 0 clock mrs brown had bad be sia min to be genuinely alarmed 1 it A bout about her daughter whom she ebe hail bad ased upon making baking at file be there were pleta of places where she ehe might have gone for numerous par purposes peara but there flave was no conceivable reason she ehe should stav in so 0 long mrs mee brown her bar head 1 I from the tb A window wind ew anil and peered brer a d aal I 1 busly down aca t the he an narrow it our silly alley owe once she be left the baby alone u bile she ehe trot he h held out curt a A large I 1 hand and the that was wa about as aft soft albrick as brich Brick led to lo the corner come of cohort street bud and adik k here was nothing to eat in the house bease or a penny of money now ow the be baby b y wailed mailed doleful dole fulli iv for his bis in milk ilk oner her the air mrs brown brow had bad long ion 9 since dried up the natural sluices sent ran for 11 bial 11 need it OR on the he stairs came I a thumping and pounding of feet heralding the ap preach of at let two persons mr ars bw browa up and card nervously wiping her bands on lor her d damp a p aar apr apron mary ry alice came 1 in followed ii air by A large ruddy radar man who dlan did t b bother that to take off ff his hia hat marv alice abife a 8 ani ata chining w with ith a new I 1 liht bt her let his lacked black eyes sparkled and her black ban looked blacker abs tbs thin ever bi b because i of the bow of red rd ribbon mrs them had bad 11 d on an I 1 it th the atit little girl a at abw 1 I ere am full of bond bendlen th the can am the thomaa rr entered mrs men pro brown B rudy kitchen the worn wom an knew knea lie be was as fim the mant country for he be eased d a P pt and ad all naiia A pounded of if raw many thin thim I 1 ahe a barn barm the datry and the field had bed all 11 contributed to t LAIR people turn up their once noses at that t kind ot C maybe abbe it Is 11 ont by buggea age afon n ahto to mi all 9 8 brown brawn it brought ack apple blo and roeer AS and morning plo go liess it back big ahle pant pan of vellow milk smoky antl rafters hung all with braided together eara of popcorn rag man chimens ch ilens that you had bad to slow shoo an out or the kit hitchen the bleating of sheep A on a bumm fill I 1 side it brought back the tears fear she he had bad forgotten MOW how to stud bid all ail this was aas as as an the breath baraath ot of ad odor inden A aar ir that th acroca or her face she looked dup up into at no sam thomas evea a aid saw w that bill they were very friendly she baw am ananth aig elee bl but she wat was not quite an ure of it something that eliat burred fire be bar to the depths ot of her sead it lit just coul dat be hr here I 1 nm am in ma bald mary alice all afas in ton beaded Be re red 1 I THIS mile beaded ted t to pierce pieces child good land where ve you been 1 my name a thomas sam thomas said bald the bucolic Ht ranger 1 I A pose penn you van re A mra mr bronn pm tile little girl ove aine to my house last night and we kept lice her till mornin I 1 it brought her bar be bak k sooner A but what with chat chorea and ad errands aud ad ermil he topped stopped and looked hard it at the woman I 1 ahn lon he blinked in a way and ad baled led say am I 1 or or are you a lottie that mar ried ned lem brown brow I 1 that A just who I 1 A am said old if mra bron brown u 1 I recognized you yon uie the minute you opened that door sam gh I 1 alaid aid IS am he H held out a large hand about as soft and ad yielding as a molded brick this la Is a surprise ISO aln t it mury mary alice looked in bewilderment train from her mother t to her new friend and baik back again same something t id a ban 11 phlp h brab pi A and ad meals was beffle ninn nur to A happen in her alf life she listened mith w fth bar entire equipment of eara cars to the ahe conversation ton between her onar other mother and 8 sam thomas and ad she be helped ge ret tile the breakfast the tc baby backed contentedly at a bottle of warm v arm milk mrs drawn said bald lie va aas a good deal better at mrs rs brown was not a reticent worn wom a an t that at Is if she were all her instinct OR of self repression was broken broke do down n by bv t this his unexpected meeting with an old aid fr friend I 1 end she told sam thomaa A A all t the things thing that mary mice alice had 1 been at pains to conceal it was not net quite edifying to hear her do so an mry miry alice ali did not understand the a awful w ful longing to tell one ones a troubles that A accumulates through vears of silent allent suffering buffering mrs brown had had bad a home and a baby girl as an much hers here AS aa lem A ahls 7 bin home she be had bad helped to make pretty find and attracts mrs brown and her baby did not at drink of orn course lt lem loit last lo it job after job and ad became desti tute tate nobody would keep lem at work just fust because his wife was sober and in d n strout tou mrs brown 9 linex cep ion A able ble habits babits did not cot prevent the build ing and loan from foreclosing the mortgage art gage she and her children were paving a debt they had never ever Inell incurred ts an buffering affra vengeance gonna W wara no an ve tea geanice was due lou ion rin 11 say ey if you like ilka that it served lem III right to lose hla his home he be drunk it up but you cau can t say bay it served sirs min drawn brown right to lose h heri lou ion cao A say if you like that it served lem right to be sent beat up in the coldest time qt of you year to work oat at a three months sentence in a warm jail workshop where the tasks were after all not unbearably bard and there vero are blankets at night and ad regular nourishment but you rant say my that it served ara brown right to heir beir a child in an will unheated batted room with quite inadequate attention and not a penny at 11 hand tu to pay far or the olied Bih edest t necea apay sort sarles of her little dick had bad been thus born bar mary alice brown trudged off with th the a A gond ad of laundry tor far 11 mrs trot travers or a something had happened in h her r life NA hat was waa to come came of it gibe he looked down a trifle complacently at her bar new dress of dark blue cloth with red trimmings below the new dress dresa a stout pair of shoes came into alternate view they vere n are till still at stiff I 1 ff and A ad hurt villainous mar mary all alice ay dlan t care she mated hauled the he heavy Y wag 9 on up cupper clipper hill and gloried in her aching id f feet 1 11 halfway if y up she met a bov with ab red led halt hair all the joy jay went ent out of the I 1 title little girl gicla hoft heart this thin was waa the buy boy who had bad helped her last night the boy she b had A it treated so eo cai cavalierly caia lierly whose hose ban boun ty she bhe bad spurned and later picked up from the ault gutter she felt a as it if she ind had stolen it it hello marv alice brown said francis fl allett all resentment bad apparently gone from fr in him ile he seized the wag wagon to tongue A A tien a t Y you it going to speak to me he be gaqi it 1 hat you mad at af I 1 bin aln t mid said ld d at mary ey al alice arands assumed the entire in B labor bar A of hauling the wag wagon sh she tried vainly to pull a share of the load as it I 1 oh ob you doggo 11 said aid francis 1 I do don t need cold BAY any help E say Y how often do you come up ip thin wital way VII ill tell you what do every day you come up III I 1 II 11 try to lle be here and ad help you I 1 belong to th the a geisha galahad enal knights Us ua galahad knights knight have got to saint assist maidens in di distress traba you on can be a raw maiden dr 1 in distress I 1 cant t you IB how much aked led mar mary ali alice dots data it cost to belong to your gala had bail Knights ln ight 1 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