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Show eGirlWhoWa8 Y Followed B BH. LOUIS RAYBOLD j &MKlit n. ?, w S, ,:,nl,y Curtis itodX" t"'" the open iinshino nUet "' . Mc lw October ue trees or ,1 i nT8 ' ,I,e up",e e lad h V, rumls ,,f 't,le """ imc nau linil enough Of fnriiw Ecr tow.i w hor hnn,ta the Be" mrtld " 1VOW',lor ,,,,,UR" took RShvii, ,CUer.lllc1' lml been Kousi t by the mrnt mull carrier thut Soli i"f ;S1'e'1,ll''tboweU .Isle. ,W "0UT nimrovcU of frilly one paragraph In It was really J"' ln MnlMe best style. Ki rl, " Wru -"- note rcud-Wd rcud-Wd Gunter needs more girls, if,, ; MB? work, wiu you could mnk wltll i ! P "" 'trJ'lnB ,0 :"' MMIClHMly. IB room rw,t '" ,mIr" What good -did w,lee im,. bird d0, 1 " " fttn". thought l-:.nly bitterly.' u ruined it shouting ur bend off in '" 'J,",t ,,,ni,l'r wn " w nine to Mm thut the wood box need-""" need-""" Singing Sunday evenlup, ill e cliurcli choir where there wore -six .tos for -every soprano ins only tor-"' tor-"' If he had the courage or ? jBngue Thoughts of rebellion were - jBr,nK'wJhln her. but the dull round 1 household tusks claimed hcr.cMiwd iB'n on 'lur """content. 'llc nc mornliiB. Kmlly stood (pin-RR (pin-RR ,ler su"""L'r hat on her trim little jd' -U wis the duy for the weekly W'c 3ninestown to do her market JMniMlmieagcr shopping. She nUvnys tMt u '",nviiri- to It. But When John entered, to her-sur-,Ke hctwus in his old funn Rothes. .Hmlly," Un begun, hesitatingly, "I'm By' ,Mlt T ca,,'f C"'1 oir '''Is jiMiruliiB. t Inst 'hand I hired went out on i 'jB-' 'nit nlBlit nnd luisn't buwn up. )Bn'ort-t'8 " l,e0(1 for J'0" to give up 'Bs though! Jim mil drive-vou us B n I" -Win was the Ivoy thsy hud W" fro' the county orplum .iwyluin 'B10 the thousuud and one thlni; it the plnce that did aot rucpilre Buiti'u strength. "And hore." ho B'i'd hlsiimnd Into his pocli.it nnd iBt out, a wrinkled blU. -"Per-'Bs Ms xvlll help iimke up lor your jBrpolVnidnt," he sold atricwi.rdly. IB a llt L'xtru l hml onuie du." 'BurlnB tKC Io"B drive Emily mursed 'BwRer ntwiP1'" tor spoiling liur fun, Wie put IKtl? herself. I iB'ew mlnnteSiJnter Kmlly fiont the Bdercd Jim hUUje, bcarln mmoto tBcr husband which .ie ha3 crawluil Vlly on thi)uck of her grutirii list, 'enr Jolin: I'm sorrj',(l)Ut I'm sick of firrm Bp- 'm taking a clianoe I Hind Hro to the el.ty. Don't think .too Hjlly of roc. IlMffiY. B herself walked to the uinll IMian station and walled far the Mix months later, In a nine by twelve Hr-pqpered bedroom, Kmlly sstutt n ;E uneven legged table, and damped jBtho contents f her pockctbook. -J i there was not very much tliurc. jBaminly not enousili to carry her Souk mLB1 Ounlor Put into execution ids (Vt to lot her go rfU the end of tlw . ft There wns nothing the mattor iSSbcr voice, ho haiil declared frank-j BJ she sot by With the dundagJ tB)lbe htulO't tho "go," Uie "pcsl" 'tnted Infills bundi of girls. i V'lSmtly pondered the future, de-1 'Veiit wrluldcs furrowing her fore- 'B.the doorrwung open and Matsla : 'Kin, very bteczy andiallve. sixry, Ksilly," she said, "but iBVwlng ito give ,jup my aharu of the iS, I've got n.cboncc ta go ln with 'BBef girts uptown, And" 'Bjkat's ulf right-," said Kmlly wearl (he had suspected for some time 'fcnlsleV! desire, -tor her presence ln aSflkbr had (been actuated aolely by (KrVi need Cor sqm one to kelp out ?KBhe rent. One .thing more .or less .'Cuier did ot imake much idlffer- Sfi pnlly bad snmetlilng etaf to KSy ovr besides losI her mom. fe or her Job. She wbs losing tier Bfltfence la her ability to look out tar mVFor a. week now aiic iiod been fol-Jlwed fol-Jlwed wlien she left tbe restaurant nt mldnlght,'i followed br a sUmchlng, "stoop-shpaldcred Indlvtdunl, In n f shapeless hat nnd woru overcoat pulled up about j&la ears, t, Emily Jmd expected to run Uitn all worts of :dlsngrcenhle experiences In jjLblg chy. To her unsophlHtlcatcd BfuW'the city was full of evil. Yet, f m her Boveral months of cabaret life, tijiU was tho 11 rat bit that had touched yfer peraonully, nnd so far this had 'MS&n merely annoying and a bit tcrri- VkThi) evening of the day that Kmlly &! learned of Malslo's defection, dun-(vflred dun-(vflred her. Detaining her nfter the i TBL:fil!,r,s left, ho asked her where j jSRs?me from nntl tolJ licr b1' "ud j '-raiiigo back home. 'vKlVirli to the farm Impossible! ror one Uilng, rigidly brought i'P. strictly conventional John would neier take her back. Shivering with the cold which penetrated pene-trated her thin Jacket, sho noticed with relief that the sinister shadow which had dogged her footsteps had evidently evident-ly given up tho Iden that sho wns coming com-ing tonight. Tct sho enst anxious glances over her shoulder until she reached the shelter of tho narrow doorway door-way which opened at tho foot of tho baro flight of stairs. Climbing them wearily, she opened the door of her room. Striking a match, she touched the tiny gas Jet, which gave off n worm tllcker of light. Vet, by Its feeble llnme, Kmlly saw tliut which made her clutch her thront In terror, nnd utter an Involuntary scream. There at Die table, his bend burled In his nrms, his hat rtlpplnu from his bend, sat the man who had been following her. Almost iHiralyro, she yet mnnngod to hack noiselessly toward the door. Hut, roused by her -cry, the man nt the table lifted Ids bond-nud In his tired eyes, his unshaven face, Kmlly sftw her husband. "John." faltered Kmlly, the color which 'had idt her face flooding It again. , "It's me. Kmlly," said her husband slowly. "You 'needn't bo nfrnld. I've boon seeing you home nights for some time. At llrfit 1 was very angry with you swore you should never darken my home ngulii. Hut ns time went on. I 1 missed j oil. nnd I got to thinking think-ing of youand 1 well, I enmo up to see If 1 could find you. I kind of thought oil had gone to that Mulsle. After I did find you. I wanted to make sure what kind of life you were living, liv-ing, and so I took to following you, llxed up so you wouldn't know me. Tonight I thought you weren't coming. The farm Is going to rack nnd ruin. 1 don't suppose you want to glvu thU up?" "Give it up?" Kmlly. who had been standing one hand on tho doorknob, door-knob, looked about ner at tho bed with Its einunel peeled off In splotches, nt the dirty wall paper, at the door-less door-less cupboard with Its meager display of cracked dishes. "It's getting spring on. the farm," went on John eagerly. "The meadow where the brook runs through is covered cov-ered with violets I saw two robins by the lilac bush " "I don't deserve It," whispered Kmlly, Km-lly, and burled her face on John's shoulder. |