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Show Jim. aatU at. last. "1 fhould think yen r(11 ;n..M-Mr that nothing hut night" be Qseful the tnilh dwelt in Itobby , I.ltfu whs lifting; the yellow tulip I "ih, buHw." stiirt he. "No. ,, I rarae to H"t It nu the eill. She t !ian..il hi--r 'to sen your '.' . - luitKi. She took the phr.u In li e w"J-shelie marched by her. His bair Stock uml tumbled 4 nilli f.irce upon up at the back. His rout was benched ' the about his shoulders. His Insufficient room tidde wis laid for nose, The mouth dining rbuiidant "Vi-k- . lie five limts .a hreiikfHSf. The two women broiYirht and brown eyes were completely exnickel dpiiri-.work mid snt there. The .child pressionlexs. He tuaretoed by her with- 4 Hl lum w;is us i!u'a.!hoilinl us if he; their Monona liiing miserably nhoiit, watchoOt a glance. iilwrut tite bread.. !ih(1 he High! or wrong. i ing the dock. She flushed with vexation. Mr. Dea-rou a home on the "Vet we 'jrti to bed by It. She hud eight whs as one would expect, laughed have in money minutes more seven wiio!lthn thiit yon sir five took the situation Jn bis eleloudly, lo sfend, evtji.for and left phantine grasp nnd pawed at it tutu laid down iter Ills vnlip, without rewinnnce, cleft the room. - She went tosewing the woodched. "Mamma! Mamma! JKhat-dyou sir, thmisht. spirit, timl even flesh. groped about in the durk, found the s'pone? Dl thought she had a bean" feelMi. Iemin, Ihdeterinlnutely of the one tulip flower, in its j . "Oh, papa J" said Dl. . :Why, I Just stolk ing her guttt In having let loose the heap on the chip-pilThe tulip she hate Hobby Larkln and the whale dogs of her husband upon Lulu, in- fastened In her gown on ber flat chest. school knows It." Lulu Herbert "Well, but; terposed: Outside were to be seen the early Jlr. Deacon returned to the dining to Isn't strong What's work. rmtigli stars. It Is said that If our sun were room.iiummlng in en-- I the use as near to Arcturua as we are near tered upon a pretty scene. She dwindled. For years the fiction to our D,.ALETON ANPCOrlrNf sun, the gnat Arcturos would j His Ina was darning. Four minutes had been, sustained that Lulu,' the of grace remaining to the child Moby both parents In simultaneous excla- family beast of burden, was not strong burn our sun to nothingness. mation which rivaled this lyric outnona, she was spinning on one toe enough to work anywhere else. burst. Tbey were alone at table. Dl, In the Deacons' parlor sat Bobby with some Bacchanalian idea of makJustice business " said Dwlght "The t, daughter of a wife early lost to Mr, Herbert Deacon he waa a Justice of Larkin, eighteen. He was i pain alt ing the most of the present.- - Dl not there. DT wan hardly the peace "and the dental profes- over.' He was come on an errand "neTTulBea, her blue hose, her She was at that age. sion " ever there. he was also a dentist "do not whjch civilization lias contrived to bracelet, her ring. That age, In Wnrbleton. "Oh, and mamma," she said, "the warrant the purchase of spring flow- make an ordeal. A clock struck the. half hour. Before him on the table stood a pho sweetest party and the dearest supers In my home." "It's curious," Mr. Deacon observed, of Diana Deacon, also eighteen, per and the darlingest decorations and "Well, but Herbert" It was his tograph "bow that clock loses. It must be fully He hated her with passion. At school the gorgeousest ". wife again. quarter to." He consulted bis; watch. "Grammar, grammar," spoke Dwlght "No nrtre," he cried briefly, with a she mocked him, aped him, whispered "It Is quarter to I" he exclaimed with about him, tortured him. For two Herbert Deacon. He was not sure "I'm pretty good at slight bend, of his head. "Lulu meant years he had hated her. Nights be what he meant, but the good fellow satisfaction. no harrnj" he added, and smiled at guessing time." fell asleep planning to build a great felt some violence done somewhere pr "I've noticed that!- - cried bis Ins, Lulu. J other. house and engage her aa Its servant. a was moment's There silence Into "Last night, it wai only twenty-thre- e "Well." said Dl positively, "they not as he could he Yet, waited, keep a loud "Nam, to, when the half hour struck," whichJJonona Injected were." Papa, see my favor." ' his from It this eyes photograph. " as If she were the num, nummy-hunt,be reminded her. She showed him a sugar dove, and was Dl at her curliest, at her fluffiest, burden an She Elizabethan of lyric. "Twenty-one- , I thought" She was seemed to close the Incident. But the Dl conscious of her bracelet, Dt smil- he clucked at It. Ina glanced at them fondly, her face tentative, regarded him with arched burden was cut off untimely. There ing. Bobby gated, bis basic aversion eyebrows, mastication suspended. to her assuming Its loveliest light. She was by a most relucreminded her portenher father was, ' This point was never to be settled. tant pleasure. He hoped that he would often ridiculous, but always she was in the parlor. The colloquy was Interrupted by the tously, company not see ner, ana ne listened ior ner the happy wife and mother, and her so I bell was "When the afraid rang, role reduced her Individual absurdities child Monona, whining for her toast. voice. something had happened to Dl," satC4 And the doorbell rang. Mr. Deacon descended upon him at least to its own. Ina, sighing. The door to the . bedroom now "Dear mel" said Mr. Deacon. "Let's see," said Dl's father. "Where with an air carried from his supper nnunrt .i . .jf f onnoaru "What can anybody be thinking of to Let Well "1 ' bland, hour, dispensing. iu "CI" v- li little daughter tonight?" last mealtime It. "What to see wish crieu neruen, uic us did weu, have mouier: you He mnst have known that she was like an arm, the "well"' He trod the ball, flung open the at Flow's at a tea party, for at me about ?T with a use of the past "mother" curving Jenny descending like a brisk slap. street door. Mrs. Deacon listened. noon they had talked of nothing else; tense as connoting something of IndiLulu, coming In with the toast, was but this was his way. And Ina played rection and hence of delicacy a "Hungry now?" Mrs. Bett was hungry now. She had unconscious. warned to silence by an uplifted finhUTgame, always. She Informed htm, nicety customary-j- et ger. She deposited the toast, tiptoed dutifully. Bobby had" arrived in his best clothes emerged intending to pass through the and wl tli an air of such formality that room without speaking and find food to her chair. A withered baked poHow "Oh, ho," said he, absently. in tlie pantry, Mr.- Deacon had Instinctively suspecty obscure processes tato and cold creamed salmon were could he be expected to keep his mind tone Inhibited all this. on her plate. The child Monona ate him of wanting to Join the church, her ed on these domestic trifles. "No," she said. "I'm not hungry," with shocking appreciation. nnd, to treat the time with due solNothing . "We told you that this noon," said could be made of the voices in the Lulu. He emnity, had put him In the parlor un- . Now that she was there, she seemed her. frowned, disregarded uncertain what to do. She looked ball. But Mrs. Bett's door waa heard til he could attend at leisure. Lulu had no delicacy. from one to another a bit hopelessly, Dl's Confronted the thus softly to nnlatch. She, too, was lisfather, by "How much Is salmon the can now?" somehow foiled In her dignity. She which had tening; Bobby planned he inquired abruptly this was one of speech brushed at her skirt, the veins of her A ripple of excitement was caused him. his forms of speech, the can, the In the dining room when Mr. Deacon "I thought If you would give me a lon, wrinkled hards catching an the cord. blue from the dark cloth. She was divined to usher some one to the pound, job," he said defenselessly. His partner supplied this informaher hair behind her ears. put alparlor, Mr. Deacon would speak with tion with admirable !" Mr. Deacon, who "So that's it promptness. Large "We put a potato in the oven for this visitor In a few moments and now to be a but touch either awaited ways small size, size, present price, former returned te Me tabla-- It Irritable or facetious, Inclined now to you," said Ina. She had never learned she had them all. quite how to treat these periodic re bow slight a thing would give him a price facetious. be "Filling teeth?" he fusals of her mother .to eat. "Dear me," said Mr. Deacon. "That but she Now he felt sense of would know. "Marrying folks, then?" Is very nearly salmoney, Isn't It?" never had ceased to resent them. himself man of affairs, could not "Herbert 1" his Ina admonished, In Assistant Justice or assistant dentist "No, thank yon " said Mrs. Bett evenTave aqulet supper with his which? gentle, gentle reproach. Mr. Deacon dehe rather enjoyed the situ Evidently family without the outside world but in blushed. that No, no, Bobby punned, organically. In talk be often for herself a spotlight ation, creating manding hlra. He waved his hand to fell silent and then asked some Mr. Deacon's where his big building of quesmuch In the manner of Monona. Indicate It waa nothing which they office was, wasn't there something to to schemed voice bis permit "Mother." said Lulu, "let me make should know anything about, resumed tion, It faded from hlra, sounded flourish. 'Mrs. Deacon' return was you some toast and tea." his seat served himself to a second was nothcourse ridiculous. Of there automatic: "Herbert T Mrs. Bett. turned her gentle, bloodspoon of salmon and remarked, "More always "Whose Bertr be said to this. "I ing. He saw It now. less face .toward her daughter, and Mr. Deacon was There nothing. was I your Bert". thought ber eyes wanned She shook ber little bead. "Ton are confirmed blm. But Mr. Deacon bad "After a little, maybe," she said "I on. hold aa said Idea. Hold on, he a case," alie told him. He beamed think Fit run over to see Grandma upon ber. It was bis Intention to be The grass. Would Bobby consider Gates now," she added, and went taking charge of the grass? Though "toward the door.. a caasv Mr. Deacon waa of the type which Lulu ventured in upon this pleas"Tell her," cried Dwlght, "tell her antry, and cleared ber throat. She cuts its own grass and glories In its she's my best girt." was not hoarse, but she was slvsys vigor and Its energy, yet In the time Grandma Gates was a rheumatic after that which be called "dental clearing ber throat cripple who lived next door, and whenDeacon to wished work In hours" Mt, "The batter Is shout all gone," ah ever the Deacons or Mrs. Betts were cbeervedLJ'ahaa I wait for the angry or hurt or wished to escape the or get tome creamery?" house for "some reason, they stalked Mr. Deacon bow felt hla little Jocu over to Grandma Gates In lieu of, larity lost before a wall of the matter say, slamming a door. These visits of fact. He was not pleased. He saw radiated n almost dally friendliness -himself of hla homa. which lifted and tempered the old Inbrlnger of brightness, tightener of dull valid's lot and life. hours. It was a pretty role. He InDl flashed out at the door again, on To maintain It intact sisted upon some trivial permission. ' was necessary to turn upon their "A good many of mamma's stitches sister with concentrated Irritation. In that dress to keep clean," Ina called settle these matters with left their places to fortu a eyrt Oi I rulT slj'itit the. woril. Lulu Hushed, anil her eyes iiihI u ir ' j very brows epjiuilfd. ' "It was a salil. qn. rtr," j "There'll lie Ave lUnvvrs.." "nu UHjrlit ii : i 5(t Tri d chip-pile- .. I loose-lippe- d ! -' j J sir I tiilK-ni- - ' r v- pt o j eifOiP'oqM ... April; The Deacons were at rapper. In the middle of the taM x aauOL appealing tulip plant, looking as anything would lock wboae ran wag a gas Jet This gas Jet was high above the table and flared with a sound. "Better torn down the gas Jest a tittle," Mr. Deacon said, and stretched p to do so. He made this joke almost every Bight lie seldom spoke as a nan speaks who has something to any, man who. makes something but as to say. "Well, what have, we on the festive board tonight T be questioned, eyeing It-"Festive- - was his .favorite adjective. "Beautiful," too. In October he might be heard asking: "Where's my beautiful fall coat "We have creamed salmon,'' replied Mrs. Deacon gently,. "On toast," she added, wttti in scrupulous regard for the whole truth. Why she should say this so gently ho one can tell. She - yon leave roe another bottle of milk this mornlngf would wring a milk- man's heart. "WeST,, bow, let ui see," aald Mr. Deacon, and attacked the principal disk benignly. "Let us see," be added, ' aa be served.? "I don't wantjwy, said Monona. The child Monona was seated upon a- book and a cushion, so that her little triangle of nose rose adultly above her plate. Her remark produced precisely the effect for which she had passionately hoped. :"What'ethtar,. cried Mr, Deacon "No salmon ."No," said . Monona, Inflected up, She felt bei chin pertly pointed. power, discarded her "sir. "Oh bow, petr front Mrs. Deacon, on three Botes. "Too liked It before." "I don't want any, aald MononaJn precisely her original tone. Just a ictlf A jen UttletMt Deacon persuaded, spoon dripping. Tha child Monona made her lips thin " and straight and shook her bead until her straight hair flapped In her eyes an- , on either aid. ; Mr. Deacon's eyes lously consulted his wife's eyes. What Is this! Their progeny will not eat? What eta be supplied? ; ; "Bom bread and milk cried Mrs. Deacon brightly, exploding on "bread." One Wondered how she thought of "No," aid' Monona, Inflection up, fcha waa affartlnsr lm. ehla Out difference to this scene. In which her soul delighted. She twisted her bead, bit her tips unconcernedly, and turned : r , It nn ' bur tm to tha traota. . There merg d ffonrtba frfnge M 'things, when she perpetually hovered. Mrs. Deacon's older sister, Lain Bett, who waa ."maklng lier home with ua" abq mat was precisely in caaa. ney were not making her a home, good- " aesa knows.'? Lulu waa the family ' beast of burden, make bet a Uttle milk "Can't toast she aaked Mra.'Deaeon. i .ft'- :.. J r -- -- Mrs. Deacon, hesitated, not with compunction, at accepting Lulu's offer, not diplomatically to lure Monona. But she hesitated habitually, by na. tore, as another is by nature vivacious . dotnt-najec- .JMMm a never-occurre- ts , fur was the pleased' ejection. aim wey una prenww uer at biu r? , Mr. "Where's your mother, Ina Deacon Inquired. "Isn't she coming r to her.supperr ... -- batte-woms- it "Kindly "I "want seine honey," shouted the child. Monona. -"There Isn't any, Pet, said Lulu "I want sonie." said Monona, eyeing her stonily. But she found that her could le pulled forward to Mere Roatt Duck, Anybody r" In a meet her lips, and she embarked on Loud Voles. the biting of an. end. Lulu departed roast duck, anybody V. in a loud voice tor aome sauce amt cake. It was and with a slow wink athls wife. apple sauce. Mr. Deacon remarked were almost as good that the Thfttlady at JrstJooked blank, as she a It he apples had stolen them. ...Hewai did la the presence of always couched with the least Indirec giving the Impression that he was an fellow. He was eating tion, and then drew back her chin and lrrepreaelble very slowly. It added pleasantly to his cauchf her lower lip In her teeth. This was her conjugal rebuk-tag- . sense of Importance to feel that' some one, there. In the parlor, was waiting ; his motion. vvedenborg always uses . "conju-glnl.- " At length they rose. Monona flung And really this sounds more : :'.) gold-tille- " ' . o , the-hous- r r hersett,uioBjMr.4at aside firmly, every inch the tatlir, ;o, no. miner was occupied now. Mrs. Deacon coaxed her away. .Monona encircled her mother's waist, llftei her ownUeet from thefloor- - jnd hung upon her. . "She's such an active child.": Ltttn ventured brightly. "Not unduly active, ! think," her brother-in-laobserved., He' turned upon Lulu his bright smile, lifted hla eyebrows, dropped his lids, stood for a moment contemplat ing the yellow tulip, and so left the got" "I forgot It too! And I laid It up there." LuW was eager for her share of the blame. "Isn't it understood that my mall can't wait like tills?'' ' Dwlght's sense of Importance was now being fed in gulps. , "I know. I'm awfully sorry," Lulu said "but you hardly ever get a le. if tter" i "Oh, Hullo," Said He.: "No. to, 6se Yttiur 1 Came f ather." ills jrarden. .. Jlla tas,growlug In lute April rains, Would need attention early . .he owned" two lots next month "of fcourse property Is a burden." If Bobby would care to keep the grass down and raked ..1... . Bobby would care, accepted this- - business "opportunity, figures and all thanked Mr. Deacon ; with earnestness. Bobby's aversion to Dl, It seemed, should not stand In the way of his advancement "Then that is checked off.' said Mr. Deacon heartily. , : Boiiby wavered toward the door, -' room.-- .; emerged m the port-h-, and ran almost cleared the table. Mrs? Dea npon Dt returning from her tea party con essayed to wind the clock. Well Jenny plow 'a , now. .Did Herbert say It was. twenty i. "Oh. Bohhy You came...v..ff to see me?" three tonight when It, struck the half She was as fluffy, as curly, as smll hour and twenty-on- e last night tor tax hs her picture. ??he was rftrryinp i twenty-on- e totlght and last , night pink. .1EHPS.V favors and a .spear of twenty-three- f $he talked of It as they lowers. Cndenlahly In her voice there cleared the table, but Lulu did not r.s pleasure. Her glance was startled talk. '; .: already miplawnV :;She paoaei "Cant yon remember Mrs. Dea-- - ti e er a lovely flgnre. " -- - at 1 r Her- bert Deacon abruptly.. On the clock shelf lay a letter. "Oh, Dwlght!" Ina was all compunction. "It came this morning. I for- d v 'S t i'l, paternal. "What's thlsr. cried Dwlght or 1 " "Early, darling, early I" her father reminded her. A faint regurgitation of his was somehow invested with the Imlr-rlbbo-n fmni-vtrir-n- f. i after. out bringing them to my attention at mealtime." be said Icily. Lulu flushed and was silent She waa an olive woman, once handsome, now with flat, bluish shadows under her wistful . eyes.. And If ? only she would look at her brother Herbert and say something. But she looked at her 'TanMm," said Mrs. Deacon softly. "Oil. ho." said he. and sail na iuureLmacrit i "Thg'teiiiper of Mrs. Bett who. also erence to the Deacons. No one was kAM f': ltA MUk .it Wl VI Ulj(tl ever more married . than they at UTCU ttB inqu, 11UU " brat loan when'" she abente7. herself tenat Mr. DencOn.; He made little confrom the table as a sclf-jugal Jokes In the presence of Lulu mdnlgence, and no one could persuade who nnnerved"by the ber to food. ' suspected them where they did ' these occaslonaTantrluis," they called habit not exist, feared lurking entendre In ' "Baked, potatoes," said Mr. Deacon. the most innocent rcomroents, and beThat' good that's good The baked came more tense every hour of her life. potato, contain y more . nourishment - than And now the eye of the master of potatoes prepared In any other way.. The hourlshtiient Is next to' the fell for the first time upon skin. Roasting retains It" the yeliow tulip In the center ef his " ' mars wnat always Tnina," said table.--:his wife pleasantly. v ?.Well, well he said. "What'a thlsr '. ror Bneen had Ina Deacon produced, fleetly, an unl" about tltlat yearsj they ,1 1egreed ooked-for dimple." ; r:' v They ate In the indecent silence of t. "Have yon been buying flowers flrst savoring food," A, delicate crunch-la- g the master Inquired. , w t of crusts, an odor of baked-potat"Ask Lulu," said Mrs. Deacon. ll the shells, He turned hie attention-fuslip - and, - touch ef the upon y. js, " " silver, tuln.1 "Nam, sum, aummy-aur sang the "8ultorer be Inquired; and bia Hps Uld Monona loudly, and was bushed klndf I"? an-notable r shonted the child Mononi . "Tea - The tension related." Mrs. Deacon Lulu went to the kitchen. assented. Mr. Deacon serted oTSomethlng6f this scene was enacted every,, day. For never lost ts seat. Monona to the others to let It . her sit without eating, once, as a cure-- . all. The Deacons were devoted, par-enand the child Monona was delicate. She had a white, grave fare, white : hnlr, white eyebrows, white lashes. She was sullen, anemic. They v let her weairlns She "toed in." The poor child was the late' birth of , a late nwrriage inif Tlie princliwl Joy which she had provided for them thus T ! r madwn?tltfflaentlrto -- j hard-presse- d f - ..." "it - This might have made things-wors- e; but lr provided Dwlght with a greater . Importance. "Of course, pressing matter goes to admitted it. "Still, my mail should have more careful", He read, frowning. He replaced the said Dwlght "To meet next week. He dont borne day you.' know what a charmer Lulu Is, or he d come quicker." Lulu flushed, terribly. Not from tne Implication. But from the knowledge that she waa not a cliarmer. The clock struck. The child Monona uttered a cutting shriek, Herbert's eyes flew not onlyto "the child nat was una, was but to me wile.. their progeny hurt? Bedtime," his Wife elucidated, and added : "Lulu, will yott take her to bed? I'm pretty tired" Lulu rose and took Monona by ihe hand, the child hanging back and shaking her straight hair in an" unt convincing negative. As they crossed the room, Dwlght Herbert Deacon, strolling about and snapping his fingers, halted and cried out sharply: -- "Lulu. One moment!" He approached her. A finger was his Hps were parted, on his forehead was a frown. "Yon picked the' floweton,Jthe he asked Incredulously. nlantr 1 Lulu made no reply. But the child Monona felt herself lifted and borne to the stairway and the door was shut the dark stairway with violence.-- On Lulu's arms closed about her in an embrace which left her breathless and squeaking. And yet LuJbl. was not really fond of the child Monona, either. This was a discharge of emotion akin, say, to slamming the door. To'eeeme," ? . s ..' May. i.uiu was dusting the parlor. The parlor was rarely used, but every morning it was dusted. By Lulu. She dusted the black walnut center table which was of Ina's choosing, and looked like !&na, shining, complacent abundantly curved The leather rocker, too, looked like Ina, brown, plumply upholstered tipping back a bit Really, the davenport looked like Ina, for Its chintz pattern seemed to bear a design of lifted eyebrows and arch, reproachful eyes. Lulu dusted the upright plane, and that was like Dwlght In a perpetual attitude' of rearing back, with paws out playful, but capable, too, of roaring a ready bass. And the blaek fireplace there was Mrs. Bett to the life. Colorless, and with a dust of ashes. was Lulu herself In the midst reflected in the narrow pier- glass, bodiless-lookinIn her blue gingham gown, but somehow allve natural. This pier glass Lulu approached with expectation, not because of herself but because of the photograph on Its low marble shelf. A large photol. A photograph on a Uttle graph of a man with evident eyes, evident lips, evident cheeks and each of the six were rounded and convex. You could construct the rest of him. Down there under the glass you could Imagine him' extending, rounded and convex, with plump hands and curly "thumbs and snug clothes. It was Nlnian Deacon, Dwlght's brother. Every day since bis coming bad been announced Lulu, dusting tJie parlor, had seen the photograph looking at her with Its eyes somehow' new. Or were her own eyes new? She dusted this photograph with a difference, lifted dusted, set it back, less aaa process than as an experience. As she dusted the mirror and saw hla trim semblance over against ber own bodiless reflection, she hurried away. But the eyes of the picture followed her, and she liked it 8he dusted the south window sill and saw Bobby Larkln come round the house and go to the woodshed for the lawn mower. She. heard the smooth blur of the cutter. Not six times had Bobby traversed the lawn when Lulu saw Dl emerge from the house. Dl had been caring for her canary and she carried her bird bath and went to the well, and Lulu divined that Dl had deliberately disregarded the handy kitchen raps. Lulu dusted the south window and watched, and In her watching was no quality of spying or of criticism. Rather, she looked out on something in which she had never shared could not by any chance imagine herself sharing. The south windows were open. Airs of May bore the soft talking. "Oh, Bobby, will you pump while I hold this?" And again: "Now wait till I rinso " And again : "You needn't be so glum the village salutation signifying kindly attention. Bobby nmv first spoke: "Who's gluin?" he countered, gloomily. Tlie iron of those days when she bad laughed at him was deep within htm. and this she now divined, and sold ab. fire-les- s, ofll i- shelf-ease- . sently: "I used to think you' were pretty nice. But I don't like you any more." "Yes. you used to!" Bobby repeated derisively. "Is that why you made fun-o- f me ell the time ?' At this Dl colored and tapped her foot on the He seemed to have her now, and enjoyed his triumph. But Dl looked up at him shyly and looked down. "I had to," shV admitted "They, were all teasing me ,''.-- i about yen.! .; JThey weref This was a new thought to him.'. Teasing her about him, were they? He straightened "Huh he said. In magnificent eva. coming?' ."Yes. well-cur- , : - ,, T r ' r sion.t "I bad teased-yo- n. r - v ' to make them stop, so 1 I I never wanted to." Again the upward look. .J'Wellt" Bobby atared. at her. "I never thought It was anything tike a Nlnlnn's coming, so he says." Nfoainn !" cried Ina again. She waf her moist llp excited, round-eye- d parted Dwlght's brother. Nlntah. Ho long was H? .Nineteen years. Bouth America. Central America, Mexico Pan8inarSnd all." Wha,wa h earning and what waa he coming fort - g . "But. Dwlght U from hli Ina. ,, ..,. ; "That I like It Soil depends. Lulu." He leered at her. "lf$ comv.'.. pany." .rf;-"Oh. DwIghC ald tna. "Who?" J"From Oregon." he said toying wrtih '., v. his suspense. "Tour brother cried Ina. "Is he ' "How easy she done tt Got him, right over,, But.how did she do that?; piano, Lulu Dusting the Dwight-Uk- e a manner of looked at the photograph of speculation, Ninlan. Bobby mowed and pondered The magnificent conceit of the male in his understanding of the female character waa auflleUsntly developed to cause him to welcome the improvisation which he had Just beard .Perhaps that was the way" IT had been. Of course that was the way It had been. What a fool he had been not to un derstand. He cast his eyes repeatedly II tlons'as he tapped the envelope and regarded them. "Nowr said he. "What do you think 1 have to tell your "Something nice," Ina was sure. , "Something surprising," Dwlght said portentlnusly. some secret gift? bad seen a cocoon open or an egg hatch. Sfie was lhluk-Ing- : that" dlth" "Of course yon She tossed back her bright hair, met nls eyes full; "And yon. never came where could tell yon. I wlntsd to tell you." She ran Into the bouse, r Lula lowered her eyes. It waa aa If aha bad witnessed the exercise ef r -- He Stralghtsned. "Huh!" He Said, In Magnificent Evasion. toward the house. Be managed to make the Job last over so that he could return In the afternoon. He was not conscious of planning this, but it was in some manner contrived for him by forces tif his own with which be seemed to be without his conscious will Continually he glanced toward the house. i These glances Luln saw. She was a woman of thirty-fou- r and Dl and Bobby were eighteen, but Lulu felt for them no adult Indulgence. She felt that sweetness of attention which we bestow upon May robins. She felt more. She cut a fresh cake, filled ablate, called to DL saying: "Take some out to that Bobby Larkln, why. don't yon?" It was Lulu's way of participating. It waa her vicarious thrill." After supper Dwlght and Ina took, their books and elepaiteftJto the Chautauqua circle. To these meetings Lulu never went Thejeneon seemed to be that she never went anywhere; --When therTtOTronLaltt'lelt an aimInstant liberation. lessly to the garden .'and dug round things with ner linger. And .she thought about the Tightness of that Chautauqua "scene to wmlctt Ina and Dwlght had gone Lain thought about such gatherings la Somewhat toe "way that a futurist receives the subjects of his art forma not vague, but heightened to Intolerable deflniteness acute color, and always motion motion as an Integral part ef But a factor all was that Lulu herself was the participant not the onlooker. The perfection of her dream was not Impaired by any longing. She had her dream as a saint her sense of heaven. "Lulie!" her mother called "You come out of that damp." She obeyed, as she had obeyed that voice all her life. But she took one last look down the "dim street She bad not known It, but superimposed on her Chautauqua thoughts had been her faint hope that it would be tonight, while she was In the garden alone, that Ninlan Deacon would arrive. And she had on her wool chally, her coral beads, hencameo pin. . . . She went into the lighted dining room. Monona was in bed. Di wa not there. Mrs. Bett was In Dwight Herbert's leather chair and she lolled at her ease. It was strange to see this woman,-usua- lly so erect and tense, now actually lolling, as if lolling were the positive, the vitaV-anher ordinary rigidity a negation of ber. In some corresponding orgy of leisure and liberation, Lulu sat down with Bo j needle. "Inle ought to make over her delaine," Mrs, Bett comfortably began. They talked of this, devised a mode, JBhe-turn- tt d Ttle1t blherdelaihes;"'Dear, dear,'' said Mrs. Bett, "I had on a delaine when ! met your father." She described It Both women talked freely, with animation. They Were Individuals and alive. To the two pallid beings accessory to the Deacons' presence. Mrs. Bett and her' daughter Luld now bore no relationship. They emerged, bad opinions, contradicted, their eyea ' i ' were bright Toward nine o'clock Mrs. Bett announced that she thought she should have a lunch. This was debauchery'. She brought ta bread and butter, and a dish of cold canned peas. 8he was committing all the excesses that She knew offering opinions, laughing, eating. It was to be seen that this woman bad an Immense store of vitality, perpetnany enbtnerged.7 When she bad eaten she grew sleepy father cross at the last and Inclined to bold np ber sister's excellencies to Lain ; and, at Lnln'e defense lifted aa ancient weapon. - if f |