Show rs ansh insh 4 0 v 3 ast 1st J S After hurch patty turned to alie faced besids iier adf I 1 SQ heen IM be biome to in a lov mg whisper apu rook ao pretty to day tf Q vt J the bluch this compliment called up abill Im gere dla miss patty cheeks s sh unfastened her old sober pony and it hamed out aaen as a masculine 0 t hand took the reina from heys and well known voice said let aaa drive you home today c patty T gee you aro alone 7 they were door neighbors t i i been playmates in childhood and friends fri ands in youth of we otheir meet had more frequent and s i intimate and this matter of driving bom church was compion enough bill thare seemed to be come some preoccupation i of wind today in both ind there was ho answer to djs gattys i c on the easter music and sermon air broe n t the silence with determined air the truth is it easy for a blunt fel u T low like me to be speaking of love and marriage andl suppose you know u saying any things p 1 aie always quick about such things but she began res I 1 know 1 he said hastily 1 feared on say it was foolish absurd for leopla of eur ae but that is noc we are not alki you are prettier yourself than you were twenty years ago and fm a strong bearly fellow yet 1 0 x but miss patty faltered 1 I D dont now I 1 never n wel well donic bun v 5 he said Q you know now and tany 1 l objection to me have youa this time chev were miss gattys abc atc aad aae felt seq must brines the conversation to more ordinary topics until dincer aid servants were out of the way ancy proposal with ah inter se sal to aler self and that of course she bad no objection to him fer 9 G then settled be said it ban air of relief of course we will all liva together here or at my place as you and little ratty choose but fc patty was finding breath a the entered the porch to remonstrate with this Jie adlon wooer when a flurried kaaid appeared in the door to announce c Ws Liaa rn misa linda harac in depar loj dey waiting griir you abd adaist comial in de karri fige fur nr dis horror said miss patty hang it said stuart but they went to greet the unwelcome guests y a 0 dinner was goon announced and was enlivened by tha prattle of the visitors who though most gossips arnew better thau to repeat in mias anything more u than harmless triviality or neighborhood nes ana patty who do you think vas in town yesterday asked miss linda at length abe saw him at church today I 1 reckon said miss bilza bow Ws come baoec a widower will craighead Crai ghea would certainly look tor alie 0 ill craigh esell c heart leaped dilce and then stood still 0 be only said deiy s 0 o I 1 gee him what is he in this part of the world s but ahe heard reply bior the hood of reminiscence reminia cence frol tho old ladies and fram stuarte merry tongue sf thoughts of tie years long past ind gone Q cro out all remembrance ot the v J IT resent and slie sat aia a 8 ream 0 over and as her quests passed into the kittle parlor son majd softly 3 t ai can t stand this clatter today an oid 11 a j L s fa Q sa i s C a A smile not for very loog will i rbY ry ner n er yf n patty jurhs patiently pati etly wish the w blU adies but not an T Q obber word of alir creighead did 1 i and something her rilent she longed for news of him sooner than their carriage car riege came fand she ave a sigh of relief as they deova oil ob ehst stuart have spores j t so tocayo if hh had only waited another week another even till I 1 bould have 7 i then miss patty blushed again at ahe vague thoughts and hopes in her of course will hul forgotten ber had forgotten all the dear old times why it was twenty years ago CS how should he remember who had lived a ansy happy life since then stuart had ro oneo one o had always beening bee nind she must dot hurthia hur thim UP he had no one else perhaps will a had children grown his thoughts and days were too full to leave a place for u is old times and her n V I 1 she had wandered dawir the path fragrant biti pausing iff pluck a soft green biec of cedar she up and saw him coming U u Q cedar slipped from her fingers and the color from her she saw him corning toward he anal she that he 1 ought feo go to 1 said to the cedar shall haqq to talk n at hima 3 et pulling a ait oit of greeny she to give hini a slim hand i clasped his steadily enough gave W S of bow contentedly 0 it have lain ther 0 ow I 1 have talked of myself quite enough ier the pre ent he said when the ordinary greetings and questions were over and she knew that his difo jaad died BC deais before after nearly ten yegia of ito had no children had prospered well in material things traveled muc and now want to settle down inte old place if I 1 find I 1 have any chance 1 4 for happiness here 11 he hail ended but tell me all about yourself atler ia nothing to tell eaid miss amity 1 I have just libed 00 quietly here as you see when father biad 1 still bad jacks baby my namesake to take care or and we have lived alone together all this time why have you nave married patty ha asaeda gravely y yon CJ were engaged to stuart Bobert soc when I 1 eft or I 1 should never have gone le added an a lower then might have said miss patty quietly for t was not engaged doshim patty you dian didn t care for him c 1 1 ft t chent xo she said with a troubled leob 5 4 t 1 jhel you care for any ope then silent tell mo patty he said it vas ago if r made a great blunder then dont make m B it fotr gebely lam waiting patty 1 I doit know sheltered c 13 patty hs said and though his voice and eyes aers grayer ard the tall form thinner she could hardly realize the years that had gone 1 I loved you in the old time 1 cannot tel you how dearly 1 have beena goed husband I 1 think my wife was content but a ms may worship a or jove an innocent child I 1 have always lovea you 1 C s never thought ut you had married Sf cuart ant as a dear dream of chiy young time a the hops and inspirer tion of my later 01 and living 1 hav always kept you in my heart now that I 1 find you free and deare dearer than ever sis voice 1 r e fora patty tell a was naone else will learn to me miss tatty was vary white hufe she tj answered bias bravely a fa Q chere war no one alae will ard S a I 1 jiahe learned tolore yo baa it is late now 31 s 0 11 he cried floo late 0 o ona else has ever had trie alae Q you have in my t shall over take your rf placed aiu ther ar other things peo peopled hays obligations my word i air an promise bindsh as tabb explicit one v in ia too dewi t w S Q ap C a 5 Q 5 aa y a there was a moments 0 silence this is fical 3 him F flood of bojor followed bis gaze 3 yes daa rahe sa it auit bo final se held her hands one moment and Q leffa her under the cedar trees 5 road in the came af augy miss knows it lor aad risea to go truty lie is lifting to tall lithe girl of seventeen hy ho has brought patty home adis patty abt her window how nice of him 15 ite glances swiftly vp and around forward to kisa face so near him the watcher stands petrified he he wanted patty she gasps thed ath ja appy tear ful laugle am a fool wo met mr caighead Oai ghead in the road say youn patty presently and air stuart asked him to come bac k with us and sea you but he said artia had just been heie yes he was here said miss patty 6 n L you ouight t have kept him to supper remarks Stu artI uke patty to see him u miss patty was silent then using i tl ahl send and ask him to come c she sad hours at home |