Show ira ass T FRIENDS finly t W HE had jut grad u ed at wellesley Welle and rind he had left with aith a bachelors t a degree some three inq 0 lais ago one of t our leading universities thy y were both 3 soung oung perhaps 1 she had AA r still till some of tho 1 ro romantic mattle n nature a ture in her and pertie perke wem not entirely free of 0 a boys eathl enthusiasm for life u d a barong foundation of ten lense tene e and earnest up purpose bauce hartwell and nod ned mor 4 to accomplish something ka each other they were nero se as to what they 41 1 I deanne of the world trends from youth athe nathe pirl orl m ledurn renewed friendship in all its intensity the a had auch much to siy say s iy of a lone iong set understanding people laughed the beorn isa eo rn I 1 raab ra tb subject of convers agust afternoon as they sat to in the booling shade of the vines hartnoll Hart loll porch laughed 1 ned tile taci ln cople beere here invent t any idea be marrying and dying lying cant they that there are some other 1 of existence beside li a 1 not anav answered cred alice also ig 19 and they would deem it rink ito hear ou say eo E u o you must aber ber that has lis code e and proprieties as changeless laws of othe the medea and persians re boily la only one thing tor for a young 1 do when he likes a girl re one thins thing tor for a girl Eoe because cause she is a girl laughed uw DL it idea of you and me being il 1 went on ned when wo we have chums companions is 0 a e mild pie period a echoed alice why rould nt pos possibly gibly be any romance much ls th ing Wil larity kills romance ion ou proHn Ald it as if he lie were utter asplof oke he foundation truths truth of the ara ilke acquiesced with of a 1 W 4 ci dwle herp bere ho he continued in ao 10 cannot appreciate bilici Bili yi P protect friendship ex M man and woman noman they aarel of such friendly rela adert gene into an nn affair of kro road sentiment mae WI give them an example writhing erI thing if ferent shall wi not liaf I 1 MP 64 of r f e et where 11 t considered where one M th nf the critic and lard ra 8 bof the other la a it nill TV be ned what B barye 27 7 be to each other we A lo 10 it friends as hannah more car the all d a ur hed 1 d I 1 f ch 3 10 T FOLLY INTO A rel po VS S lec 1 or Chateau bland and 5 1 paula aula and jerome hel liked and planned while iati ald aid what an exam door Nde devotion that Is there 01 stake there they have t IT r from childhood 3 opa ant nt to work and alice as fed ed plugging anay an ay at entering tho the schools CJ it ni neither litber aas rich tile did prove help D f for be he was an ardent alze atas u as a at rn crigle and pris ra th r ciul ul I 1 bo be so p other because their blure lure on account of the them of the perfection and understanding that he n his benit first began ary mason you will talk to me esty alice he lie eald said really eally love mary Alary mason Iason on love but then che she girl tie vie match would d helpful in a worldly ts r love well lovo love will hsieh aaion aid III alice of lot course 1 think that just her mind would suit stilt you t list tribly practical you doean t seem to have biily aly qualities that it man an would like I 1 ellea ge e you for an instant re lov ov im talking only for our own good as as a real friend oaid w woula talk but do 3 vou ou think o 0 ou woul 1 os co happy with her ned neds well nell that Is it said ned stroking 9 his bare chin chals it tor for the life ot of me I 1 don t know N ell no nol I 1 said alice it if I 1 were ere vou ou I 1 wouldn it do anything rash I 1 ou might regret it all 5 3 our life and bour our friends NN would oula feel for iou 3 ou too A man mans got to be mighty careful said ned mighty careful yes he has said alice and then for some unaccountable reason she went home and met herself to ole but that s just like a woman vou oil know nothing came after this to interrupt the smoothness of their relations until ono one day in the vacation period when alice came to ned tor for advice I 1 have haie found teaching hard and tiresome ned she sat salt I 1 nd after all tho the little homo home trials that a woman overcomes comes arc are her best conquests I 1 have no desiro desire to go back to tp the schoolroom and I 1 hio i t chance to make a homo home for myself henry armstrong has asked me to marry him you lou know be he Is a hind kind hearted man ned and he la Is fettled and well fixed hia ilia store la Is hia him well and his wife ought to bo be a happy woman dont you think soa so he ile can give me so many pleasures that it would be so hard tor for me to earn by in own efforts tell me whit do you think about it ned IN h b alice said the young man 1 I had no idea that aoa oj were so mercenary 1 I rn not ned loure oure not the idea ideal dut but ned oh don t talk to me henry armstrong indeed I 1 but marry him marry him by all means chy IN by you re not angri are you ned angry oh ob no what have I 1 got to bo be angry ata it a nothing to me but we are friends and wo 0 o were to advise each other aou ou know kuo well isn t that what im going to d do 0 what I 1 mean la Is that I 1 dont think tat i t at henry armstrong la in halt good enough for ou and ind I 1 dont doat bellevo bellee you love ione him cither either 1 I dont don t know that I 1 do but you love mary mason cither etther at least ou said so oh right throw that folly into my face why dont sou think a person ought ever to marry of course but you want tor tar marry some person who la Is congenial well I 1 thought 1 ies es ou thought A woman like iou oil alice needs somebody to think tor for her and this lord ot of creation stalked ana aa in high dudgeon As he went into the gate at home that night and rover came frisking to meet him he gave him a kick that sent the dog howling bowling aw au a av just like a man you know he lie wrote a letter that night and posted it and alice received tt it by the first mall next morning it ran thus hartwell your actions aro are entirely beyond explanation the heart of a man la is rot to be pla ed with dut but I 1 hope hopt you will marry henry armstrong and be happa it doean t matter what becomes 0 me your neglected lover ned alice read it and laughed and cried in turns cpr the words two hours after its receipt ned followed it in person with a highly injured air and ehe she because she was a very tery soft little person ran to meet him wibb a glad face oh ned she cried I 1 never did want to marry henry armstong at all dut but you said we could only be friends and mutual er critic itice and ned a girl wanta wants to be loved for tho the moment hp forgot bis his fine ideas and he lie cried with a tremulous voice it you 11 just tick stick to me alice ill love ou uell ell enough then ned our friendship Is all past can t a man and his wife be friends she laughed and for a critic oh after all he said a mans best critic Is hia his wife 11 and the wiseacres acres said it beautiful knew each ether other from childhood and not a break not riot a ripple in their to love e |