Show IN P 1 bj D APPLETON VI continued 14 lulu 11 had d playe played d it now as she must have played it then half after nine and dl DI bad not returned but nobody thought of dl DI cornish rose to go them sirs mrs celt belt demanded Dwigh ts letters mamma you touch them lulus voice was sharp sst arl ft cornish at thedoor the door dropped his voice voce if there was anything I 1 could jo do at any time let me know you that past tense tensa those subjunctives ives unconsciously called upon her to feel no intrusion oil thank you she said you dont know how good it Is to feel of course it Is said cornish heartily they stood for a moment on the porch the night was one of low clamor from the grassy grass tiny voices in of course said lulu of course you yon wont you 11 say anything he divined not for dollars not he n repeated for dollars but I 1 knew you she told mm kim he took her hand goodnight good night he said had an awful nice time singing and listening to you talk well of course I 1 mean lie he cried the supper was just fine and so was the music oh no she said sirs mrs bett came into the hall ilelle IL ulle she said 1 I guess you notice this ones from finlan mother 1 I opened it why of course I 1 did its from fintan mrs bett held out the opened envelope the unfolded letter find and a yellowed newspaper clipping see said the old woman says corle waters music hall singer married last night to finlan deacon say little that must be her lulu threw out her hands therel there I 1 she cried triumphantly he ge was married to her just like he said 0 0 0 the plows were at breakfast next morning when lulu carie came in casually at the side door yes she said she had had bad breakfast she merely wanted to see them about something then she said nothing but sat looking with a troubled frown at jenny jennys hair was about her neck like the hair of a little girl a south window poured light upon her the fruit and lioney honey upon the table seemed her only possible food you look troubled lulu mrs plow said Is it about getting work no said lulu no ive been places I 1 guess the bakery Is going ot rig to let rue roe make cake 1 I knew it would come to you mrs plow said and and lulu thought that this was a strange way to speak when she herself had bad gone after the cakes but she kept on looking about the room it was so bright and quiet As she came in mr plow had been reading from a book dwight never read from a book at table I 1 1 I wish said lulu as she looked at them but she did not know what slie she wished certainly it was for no moral excellence for she perceived none what is it lulu mr plow asked and he was bright and quiet too lulu thought 1 well said lulu its not much 1 but ut I 1 wanted fed jenny to tell me about last night last night yes would you ile atlon wash was her only way of apology All where bere did you go slie she turned to jenny jenny looked up in tier her clear and ardent fashion we wont went across the river and carried supper and then we came home what time did you get home oh it was still light long before eight it was 11 lulu hesitated and hushed flushed asked how long dl DI and bobby had stayed there at jennys whereupon she that dl DI had to be home early on account of mr cornish so that she and bobby had bad not stayed at nil all to which lutu lulu said an of course but first arst site she stared blared at jenny and so impaired the astren strength t b of her assent almost att alt at once she rose to go nothing else said mrs plow catching that look of liers hers lulu wanted to say sly my husband was married before just ag 01 he said he was but she sold said nothing more inore find and went home there she put it to di and with her terrible bluntness reviewed to dl DI the libe testimony you were not with jenny after eight where were you lulu spoke formally and her rehearsals were evident tl said when mamma comes home bome IU ill I U tell her with this lulu lain had bad no idea how bow to deal and merely looked at her belp helplessly sirs mrs bett belt who was lacing her shoes now said casually no need to wait till then her and bobby out in the side yard sitting in the hammock till nil all hours dl da had no answer aner save her furious lush flush and mrs bett went on I 1 tell you I 1 knew it before the company left but I 1 say a word thinks 1 I she wiggles and 1 so I 1 left her stay where slie she was but mother lulu cried you even tell me after hed bead gone 1 I forgot it mrs alm bett bell said fand ing Nin lans fans letter and all she talked of Nin lans fans letter dl DI was bright and alert and firm of flesh and erect before lulus softness and ald laxness 1 I dont know what your mot motheral herll say said lulu arid and I 1 dont know what peo think they wont think bobby and I 1 are tired of each other anyway said dl DI an and d left the room through the day lulu tried to think what she must do about dl DI she was nas anxious and felt without power she thought of the indignation of dwight and ina that dl DI had not been more scrupulously guarded she thought of dis girlish folly her irritating independence pen d dence en ce land and there lulu thought just the other day I 1 was as tea teaching citing her to sew her mind dwelt too on bights DIgh ts furious anger at the opening of Nin lans tans letter but when all this had spent itself what wits was she herself to do she must leave his house bouse before he be ordered her to do so when she told him that she had confided in cornish as tell she must but what was she to do the bakery would not give her a root roof stepping stepped about the kitchen citchen in her blue cotton gown her hair tight and flat as seemed proper when one was f t S of course said lulu of course you wont you not dressed she thought about these things lings ti and it was strange lulu bore no physical appearance of one in distress or nuy any anxiety her hend head was erect her movements were vere strong and swift her eyes were interested she was no drooping lulu lain with ili dragging ing stop step she was more int intent ent she ills somehow more operative than she had ever been mrs bett was working contentedly beside her and now and then humming bumming min an air of that music of the night bea before re the sun surged through klic lie kitchen door and east window a returned oriole swung and fluted on the elm above the gable wagons clit clat by over the rattling wooden block pavement aint it nice with nobody home mrs bett remarked nt at intervals like the burden of a comic son song hush mother lulu said troubled her ethical refinements conflicting will her honesty speak the truth end and shame the devil mrs bett belt carite led when dinner was ready at noon pi DI did not appear A little earlier lulu had heard her moving about her room ard ocd she served her in expectation that she would join them dl di must be having tle tantrum this time she thought and for a time said nothing out but at length she did say why dl DI come id better put tier her plate in the oven rising to do so she was arrested by her mother mrs bett was eaten eating a baked potato holding her fork cork close to the tines and presenting a profile of passionate absorption why dl DI went oil off she said fild went off airi down the walk down the tide alde walk she must have gone to jennys said lulu 1 I wish she do that without telling me monona laughed out and shook her straight hair shell catch iti the cried in sisterly enjoyment it was when lulu had come back from the kitchen and was seated at the table that mrs rett dett observed 1 I think idled want her to take tier her nice new nev satchel her satchel yes anle take it north herself but dl DI had it mother said lulu when dl DI went away just now was waa she carrying a satchel I 1 just tell you mrs bett be demanded aggrieved 1 I said I 1 think into mother alother which way did she go monona pointed with tier her spoon she went vent that way sho said 41 1 I seen her lulu looked at the clock for monona had pointed toward the railway station the twelve thirty train which every one took to the city coir fo shopping would be just about leav ing monona 11 said lulu dont you go out of the yard while rm im gone mother you keep her lulu ran from the house and up the tha street she was in her blue cotton dress her old shoes she was hatless and without money when she was still two or three blocks from the station she heard the twelve thirty pulling out she ran badly her ankles in their low loose shoes continually turning her arms held taut at her sides so she came down the platform and to tho the ticket window the contained ticket man wonted to lost trains and perturbed faces yet actually ceased counting when he be saw her lenny did dl DI deacon take that train sure she dirt did said lenny and hobby bobby larkin lulu cared nothing for appearances now lie went in on the local sald eald lenny and his eyes widened where see sec lenny thought it through million he said yes sure millton both of ern ena how long till another train well or said the ticket man n mao youre in luck if you was goin too t seventeen was late this morning shell be along alon jerk of a lambs tall all t then said lulu you got to give me a ticket to millton million without me paying till after and you got to lend lead me two dollars sure thing said lenny with wath a manner of laying the entire railway system at her feet seventeen would rather not hive have stopped at warbleton War bleton but lennys signal was law on the time card and the magnificent yellow express slowed down for eiju hatless atless II and in her ter blue cotton gown aown she climbed aboard then her old inefficiency seized upon tier her what was she going to do Mill million toni 1 she had bad been there but once years ago how could she ever find anybody why had she not stayed in warbleton War bleton and asked the sheriff or somebody no not the sheriff cornish comish perhaps oh and dwight and ina mere ere going to be angry now and dl DI little dl DI As lulu thought of tier lier she began to cry she said to herself that she had taught dl DI to sew in sight sigbe of millton ton lulu was seized with trembling and physical nausea she had never been alone in any unfamiliar town she put her hands bands to tier her hair and tor for the first time realized tier her rolled up sleeves she was pulling down these sleeves when the conduct tor came through the train ac could you tell me she said timidly the name of the principal hotel in millton ninian had asked this as they neared savannah Geor georgia gla I 1 the conductor looked curiously lit her why the neis house he said you expecting anybody to meet you he asked kindly no vald said lulu but im going to find my folks her voice trailed away beats all thought the conductor using his utility formula for the universe v in millton lulus inquiry for the tha hess house produced no consternation n nobody paid any attention to tier her she sha was almont taken to be a new servant there you stop feeling sot sol she said to herself angrily at the lobby enar entrance ance aint you been to that big hotel in savannah georgia the alegs house AlI millton liton had a tradition of its own to maintain it seemed and they sent her to the rear basement door she obeyed ob eyed meekly but she lost a good deal of time before she found herself at the end of the office desk it was still longer before anyone attended her ilease sir I 1 she burst out see it if dl DI deacon has put her name on your book her appeal was tremendous compelling the young clerk listened to tier her showed her whore where to molook look in tho the register when only on ly strange names and strange writing presented themselves there he bald said tried the parlor and directed her kindly and with his thumb and it u ti arc c other hand a pen divorced from his ear for the express purpose TO BE BB CONTINUED |