Show Q A washington square idyl by 11 II IRVING KINO N had f fallen a lien oct otter the city 1 and land t ali lie b benches enches fit rif nhang ton square were bi b ginning to nil fill up aih nith the varI variegated gated of men who filled hw when if III dully aid and punt punctual arrival on 00 onto oi ile h fitting that respectable row rv r v of old told hrick ninn slon alone line hie file north side M of the file square tat a young man of per hap thirty hone hose dress and arid sell erel eral at caused passersby mf rily to clance glance ai t him wonderingly he wag was to eil evidently dently out of harmony with uie me us u at frequenter frequenters of the tit place 11 nurlee davenport seemed unaware of the lie interest Inte reit he aro aronea ned ilia file ere vert were died upon file light ed window windows of a magirl i 1 ID in the bouse house upon which tile hill eyes were flied thed met annbell linn iron pad and eli six months before he tie bad had writ ten ber a letter offer tas lits her hi big heart bean und arid begging for her hand aby liy he had allten instead vt pf mak ing ills ids avowal by word of he hill gouli not uy ARY except that flint lie h at oil of a rather nature and hal bad thought it more easy to oar what he ile had bad to say in writing writt the before ho bad written the tho fateful tetter letter be had aid said to clinbell kit tbell taking leagre 1 of nt ber her for the eve eye affix 11 1 niu stu going to lend send you a ietter tomorrow Ita and I 1 hope hot that your aenoi er will be aih such as a my very vory soul des deltres de eire treS and idbell hill rei rel lied tied will a mile ao 00 go home honie and elmp ell maurice mourice I 1 can guests what 1191 the nature of your letter will bt bi and golod night I 1 lie ile hod hall gone away buoyed up with hope lie had written the letter and kent real it hy by u hut to 1 it he hod received no reply ills its u a cl el rk in his hi ollice 1 carlo back and ani said flint aa as el ed he had delli delivered ered tho niles lc into the young la if own hand lint she he had res real I 1 it and had said ical 1 I ell mr fill davenport that there ts Is no the stock hart had been terria le two weeks later he saw in die the paper that pile he had ailed failed with ber her rather father and mother for ku rolle and now that ery very day he had bid seen in the file flint the liar 1 bad had arrived hoine scarcely aw aware are of what he did he be hart had wan dered fa to the and sat at afiz ing at the house which beld held nil all that he loved A tall lanky dressed young ninn man and took a seat by a ride tilde ool oot a match rol asked the youth maurice handed the In truler nl lit match enge As A he did co so the youth gilt 01 I 1 goof 1 look took 6 at Mou maurices rices fate and gme in an ex ei danin l tion of maurice looked ami anti said why are you not john davisa 09 I 1 oil used to be la in my office I 1 think yes hesitated the youth 1 I em am johm but I 1 didn t recognize nize 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