Show BEG ACI AR C N CHOOSE here hare we sea fee chicago with its if alne families its beautiful homes its ita great buildings and then we see aee ita poverty its ILs tenements tenement its bootleggers and lt ito and thus it ft to Is a colorful panorama that makes a back background round tor for c characters h who are an aa vivid and rea real t A m the people you find every day about abou t you when the daughter daug of a well to do family makes a runaway match with the carpenter non on the family naturally objects object a the theme la is not new it Is ft amoah complication of real life which in its various tingles angles has provided inspiration ever since potts poten began to sing aln and to write this Is a story of 0 youth and love that la in a an now new and refreshing ns as the first faral violet of yet its ita problems pro blenia are re those which might have con confronted froia d a pair of lovers at the dawn of chiv ill ration but in this cone they are bottled in a truly modern manner with tile the advantages of dec decision lolon which common sense freedom of thought thou elt and freedom of action are supposed to confor confer infidelity and the over overstressed stressed trl angis are ara absent art Is a the only jealous mistress here it has hag ben the achievement of the author to write a real love story atory in which maid and man ausband and wife til rough all their stress even anger and possibly hatred feel the dynamic current which steadily atea dlly draws drawn them one toward tho the other CHAPTER I 1 1 I call me up her life began to have meaning and importance the jay that ernestine met wilt will again on michigan timi boulevard levard slie she had not seen him since they were both children anil and tile the attachment sho olie had formed for him then was a pale beside that hint which sprang it up lu in her now she ans so beguiled with will so ao in lovo love with hla his long nervous person person ills his burning black eyes and ills his bright exclamatory ways that nothing mattered to her except that lio ho love tier her lillian always contended that ernestine could have stopped tile whole affair in its be innings s but it Is ili more than likely that site she was wrong time ernestine was wag surfeited wath safety she felt in herself tile beginnings of spiritual nt at the ahe security and complacency of tile tho Br at school she alio had find discovered that there were worlds H beyond worlds outside of tier her mothers iler her fam ilys outspoken conviction that so ao clety began anti and ended in their own particular group was a conviction en unjustified by facts the consla sheridan park had become lost long since in the great activity of chicago and what the Br considered old family was unknown among tho the really rich and powerful of 0 the city as well ns its air ngoong liong tho the newly rich and arrogant gold coasters con of tho north side iler her school lilg was finished when ernestine was twenty lillian huil hall been out or of school a year auld had find already taken up the threads of the life outlined tor for them by marn connections tile the sisters bisters were congenial nud and fond of each other at first ernestine had I 1 awn ien more than satisfied slie she had find bee I 1 f actively happy just to be with her hei mother and ml llan ilan again with grandmother land and old friends in the big lovely house on sheridan road thero there wits was an endless of parties and dances dancea and weddings lint hut after a few months ernestine decided to be retired in an old family group on the north side aide of 0 chicago wua wits almost na its and us its being brought up in a little town slid know knew everything alint every one hoped or did sumo smile of tile younger people were becoming y ambitions and them themselves with tile gold co coasters naters or making entry through school connections into the older anti and richer society of other cities the br were inaccessible to tile the horde of 0 apartment house dwell cri f who were moving into buena anti and sheridan Sherl dun I 1 parks and crowding tile north shore with glass tene indents winbun ma amnia disregarded tile in superbly ond and refused to join the northward movement out of CM eago caso or the southward movement downtown she would stay where sh she 1 1 wits was and lillian complained that her attitude not only protected tier her front from climber but also pro prevented vented the fain lly fly from doing any climbing of f its own dut but Erne ernestine atine sympathized with her mothers loyalty to old 11 amestine herself was without social sho sha was established among intimate friends silo she hail had only to bu natural casual mocking arid and it was enough ernestine knew a gk nostalgia site she wakened nt at night failed with the need to us use e tier her gifts more actively and then site she met wilt will it had been twelve years since bho had bad last seen been hill but site she knew hini at once when sho she encountered him ori michigan boulevard one november afternoon after the tha armistice it was late into afternoon had and tile the sky was thick t ning mini with dusk will stood with till ills his shoulders against the treat great granite blocks of tho the library looking out over the heads of oilier people into the mysterious beauty of the clouds she stopped and lk inked ed ut at him and her heart missed a beat lest this be some stranger who nit ht resti respond ond too boldly to her stare hut but site she wits was sure it was will not see tier her at all i and ills hla intense concentration enn i recognition of hinl him it wa his its old stare when she ampro eclied hlin anti anil touched ills his arm ills his glance came back from ron the clouds and re restad td on tier face and ho hn smiled ills euille was cher charming ming nis antice broke up I 1 into to different lines and planes his face seemed warmer nearer I hello fello ernestine he said bald in a natural tone did you get the bird bookal book site she laughed with delight will todd you are incomparable they were shaking lianda hands now and laughing together to think that you remember me after all this time ten yi airs no twelve I 1 iut escourse of ef course I 1 got the bird book I 1 wrote and thanked you y u for itt it you get my letter silo sli wits conscious of many things lings ti of his clothes which were all wrong too bright und and loud load each garment chosen without regard to tile whole lie ho wis was too white like a person nl at ways indoors and though lie ho was wag tall tin ile wali not tit lit nil all robust yet tt lie he gave it distinct impression of energy mental rather than physical lie he seemed to ernestine to be positively electrical tile the most alive person sho she find dud ever known lie ile put tila ills hand within tier her arm and turned tier southward so that they shoulder to shoulder vary a letter lie he un 1 I see now why vily I 1 have spent nil all those these years misunderstanding you andieu an you wrote me ine I 1 sly bly heart was brolien brolie ci when I 1 was ten tell ive never trusted a woman since 11 silo laughed at his nonsense euse but with a certain catch at tier lier throat when she was wag eight years old lie to made it bountiful beautiful book of colored bird pie pic tureh for tier lier and hound bound it ile ho had brought brou glit it from far out on tho the north vest most side of chicago where lie lived to 0 o tier lier home in sheridan park site she had been tit at dancing school that after noon and tall never seen him since it bevins set ins dreadful that you should never have lioen thanked for the hook book I 1 wanted to go to see you again but no ono one would take tile nie hut I 1 spent i n whole months allowance on a gorgeous box of stationery with a huge gold 11 on every page and I 1 wasted most of it before I 1 had a letter perfect enough to send you ill never line have it now he said it right 1 I suppose I 1 address it correctly somebody should have helped ino ine hut let nio me thank you iou now for the book will it was beautiful I 1 havo always treasured it it was the only thing I 1 find glun given to me that tile the giver mado made with ills his own hands dont thank tile me yet ho he said antil drawing tier her into an all entrance enhance find and I 1 pushing a gilded button for the ele vator anle ten with tile nie and clank tile me in ili detail arid and with repetitions at they in ili tile the elevator lie ho gave gae tier lier orni arm it a little squeeze site alto looked up tit at ills his bright smile anti and smiled in return ine memories morlea floddin flo odin over oer tier lier tie ile had always smiled charmingly when lie was u child site she thought it wits wan because lie he was wag laino time tint lint lie he smiled so sweetly but now ho was free front from tiny impediment that she elie could soe Erit estine recalled the carpenters wagon nt at the stone sto ie carriage block of tier her tn others house it was a bright green brien wagon with a green ereon and yellow lellow striped brella tt over the drivers seat old bleter todd who worked for papa had got down clown front tills this high sent seat unit and t turned to help lila ills son lie ile peter had conio come to rep atiel the dining room for manima ina inma As tile the boys mother well lie explained hed had to bring hini him badlat had at once ex e the tall thin boy with a metal li brace ace on oil one toot foot from behind his father ile he liked tier her silent with will every eory one else lie he was nay guy and friendly ernestine ile ho had come with ills hla father every dy day that summer and they had played together from till night light ilow how kind ginarn nia ma had been to himl won dered it if would be as aa kind now site hall never had bad so nice u play nit diate te perched perilously on the gilgi wagon na un sent slie site had gone home with him and ills rather father the tiny bouso in 1 it which lie ho lived had seemed to her like tile little house on tile plains lalni in the story stor of f tile the wonderful wizard of oz ox lie ile had given ernestene Ernest lne a pine a schlagle fill igle with a rippling american alair firt painted on it and after she carup aim lack from the lie lake in august lie lind brought brou glit tier lier tile bird book a of one of 0 ills own that she ind had ad in inbred I 1 red handshe and die hall biad never neer seen hlin him again nor thanked mail what t it charming place will willi I 1 the she exclaimed its is they lame cattle out on tin an upper floor door find into the room with the walli crowded with brass unit anil metal rel relief let work crowded small dark tables were set with colored linen runners at every table there were won women en finoli enrolling ing and throughout tho room a sprinkling of nien men who looked strange to ernestine Urmit lne chev ind had a foreign sophisticated air they were not tit lit nit nil like papa or loring they HIP ordered austry anti and coffee and sit flat leaning lea forward on their elbows looking tit at each other stalling kemem berin but how about your bracel she aho asked him film were you abe to discard it ft nt at thirteen ns as you ou expect ell sooner kut but walking without it wits was i it staggering business for a year or so I 1 can tell ill noer never bo be a golt coif champion and the american army arn lind hall to KO go to 0 prance without me ine hill but im well really I 1 never think of it any more its it a such a tl arneil interesting old world to klik kick around in without banting van ting to piny tennis I 1 work ork on ohp etim end often ito CO hone home litter after two by RGARET MARGARET WEYMOUTH JACKSON M aby by dobb co 13 brulc t in the morning I 1 colne coine 0 over ver tier here e sometimes when its ita quiet except for a few cars the streets echo and the strongest feeling of unreality omes cornea over roe me what do you to do will on the sun ills ilia eyes shone ills voice thrilled with enthus lasin anti and excitement 1 I work in tile the art deportment department ile he told tier her und and the way ile he put it it was a brag a superlative announcement ive been there over a year now all and Bru brunstine estIne ini im crazy about it lord its lt wonderful the feeling you get on a paper ive made some fine friends john poole Is a friend of mine and it good one too every one in chicago knew john poole whose comic strip in the sun I 1 A sat leaning forward each other was as much a feature of 0 chicago life na its the beauty of the blackstone reared against a winter sky why will how line hut but what do you drawl draw I 1 lie ile hitched his chair a little nearer to liers hers in lila ills eagerness did you ever see in a newspaper tile the little curlicues around a naif linit tone it 1 photograph it oto gral li decorie decorations t ions to make the picture which may be odil odd in shape fit into the type I 1 do those things filings and lettering and sometimes a spread lie he sent a waitress for a paper anti and showed tier her what he be did 1 I get twenty five live dollars a week for it lie he boasted and id do it tor for nothing if they pay me the fellows are real guys and weve got a regular boss tills this Is my day olt off nod and here I 1 am downtown and going over there pruty pretty soon I 1 canti cant stay away if go with rue me ill drag you around the plant and show you tile big pres presages and introduce you oil the mr poole and the fellows la in the art room sue felt tier horizon widening what a world men lived ini papa had lila ills quarries and will ills his curlicues anti loring ills his law how wonderful to live in something und and tor for itt it I 1 sho she frit that tier her own ov n life was dim and futile now that slie site wits was out ont of school oI she was expected to lieve a good time until if sho married will ans the only man she knew outside the old familiar circle how flow dull tier lier interests were compared to lilg ills thrift over a tw twenty erity five dollar a week job nut lint wilt will sho she turned to him in such a manner that it seemed their faces aces would touch drawn by the strong attraction that brou brought tit them BO close 1 I thought you wore were going to be a real artist ilo lie said why I 1 stand the ar art institute I 1 I 1 want to he be a cartoonist ive discovered that you can do a whole lot more with a pencil line than make a petunia I 1 think you ou tan can moke make a line stand up tip unit anil jowl howl you can male make it do all sorts of things thing for you 1011 caricature design nonsense I 1 dont want to be a color artist iut but the birds you ou made for or me when you sou were only ten the colors and tile wiy way their heads bent its a beautiful boo I 1 showed it to my zoology teacher when I 1 was as in school nt at lake lahe forest and he praised it I 1 take anything for it will brushed the bird burdg illde aside I 1 impatiently tient ly kid stuff he told tier her have you soen seen ehm little shadow figures just straight t night lines for body and 1111 llinda lbs you can get affet fiction action into ono one of thos e things thing look here lie had been hugy with a sort soft pencil on the edge of the niena card and lie showed 1 anestine linest 11 lne now a li of a cat F sitting it there looking at the fish list hat licking ills his whiskers whisk ersa a predatory hungry tom site laughed involuntarily arid and tier lier eyes eves filled with ft ath admiration 1 I see what you ou mean site she said its t s a new kind of art like jazz Is a new kind of music I 1 know what wha t youre trying to got get at and you ou do it too its disrespectful though doni dont you vou think lie ile vas as with ft ath tier her under tit standing lindl ng of course its disrespectful id h he e said robustly why hy not I 1 think the time has come for a little healthy disrespect well show thern them ile he was ai very 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