Show M gild ilea lw LULU 1 LO haa IL VI continued 15 in crossing the lobby in the hotel it savannah georgia lulus most pressing problem had been to know where to look but now the idlers in the ness hess house bouse lobby did not exist in time she found the door of the intensely rose colored reception room there them in a fat rose colored chair betide a cataract of lace curtain sat dl DI lone lulu entered she had no idea what 10 0 o say bay when dl DI looked up started lip frowned lulu felt as it if she herself were the culprit she said eald the first thing that occurred to her oi 1 I dont believe mamma cammall mam mall 11 like your taking her nice satchel said bald dl DI exactly a as a it if she had bild been at home and superadded euper super added my bwy good goodness I 1 and then cried rudely what are you here for for you said lulu you you ought not to be here dl DI what that to you dt DI cried why dl DI youre just a little girl lula saw that this was all wrong and stopped miserably how was she to 0 o go on dl DI she said it you and bobby want to get married why not let us get you up a nice wedding at home awl and she saw that this sounded as it if she were viere talking about a tea party who said we wanted to be married well hes bes here who said hes here he dl di sprang up aunt lulu she said youre a funny person to be me ine what to do lulu said flushing 1 I love you just the same as it if I 1 was married happy in a home well you arent I 1 cried dl DI cruelly and im going to do just as I 1 think best lulu thought this over her look grave and sad she tried to find something to say what do people say to people she wondered when its like this getting married Is for your whole lite life was all that came to her yours dl lashed flashed at her lulus color deepened but there seemed to be no DO resentment in her she roust must deal with this right that was what lier her manner seemed to say may and how should she deal dl she cried come back with me and wait till mamma and papa get home likely they say bay im not to be married till im twenty one well but how bow young that igl fill it Is to you yon dl this Is wrong it Is wrong theres nothing wrong about getting married if you stay married well then it cant be wrong to let them know jt it but treat me wrong make me stay at home and I 1 wont stay at home bome I 1 wont stay there they act ct as it if I 1 was ten years alq old abruptly in lulua face there came a light of understanding why dl DI she said do you feel that way too dl DI missed this she went on im grown up I 1 feel just as grown up as they do and im not allowed to do a thing I 1 feel I 1 want to be away I 1 will be awall away 1 I know about that part lulu said she now looked at dl DI with attention was it possible that dl DI was suffering buffering in the air of that home as she herself suffered she had not thought of that there dl had seemed so young so dependent so here by herself waiting for bobby in the hess house at millton Bil liton she wa was curiously adult would she be adult it if the ache were let alone you dont know what its like dl cried to be hushed bushed up an laughed at and paid no attention to everything you say dont I 1 said lulu dont 17 I 1 she was breathing quickly and looking at dl DI it if this was why dl was leaving home but di 1 she cried do you love bobby larkin Lark ln by this dl DI was embarrassed ive got to marry somebody she said and it might as well be him but Is it him yes it Is said dl DI dut but she added 1 I know I 1 could love almost anybody real nice that was nice to roe me and this she said not in her own right but either the had bad picked it up somewhere and adopted it or else the terrible modernity and lion bon osty esty of her day somehow spoke through her for its own but to lulu it was as if something familiar turned its face to be recognized dl she cried its true you yon ought to know that she waited for a moment you did it she added mamma said so at this onslaught lulu was stupefied 9 ed for she began to perceive its lt truth 1 I know what I 1 want to do I 1 guess dl muttered as it if to try to cover what she had said up to that moment lulu had been fel frig intensely that she understood IDI dl but that dl DI did not know this now lulu felt that she and dl DI actually shared some unsuspected sisterhood it was not only that they pere were both badgered by dwight it was more than that eliat they were two women and slie she must make dl know that rdse understood tier her di lulu taid breathing hard 1 what you just sold said Is true I 1 guess dont you think I 1 dont know and now how im going to tell you she might have poured it all out claimed her ter kino thip with dl DI by virtue 1 by ZONA GALE copyright by bj D appleton Appl clon A comparon Comp aroy of 0 that which had bad happened in savan nali liall georgia but dl said here come some borne ladles and goodness look at the way you look looka P lulu glanced down 1 I know alic all said bald but I 1 guess have hare to put up kith with me ine the two women entered looked about with the complaisance of those who examine a hotel property find criticism incumbent and have no errand these two women had out dressed their occasion in their presence dl kept silence turned away her licad head gave them to know that the lie had nothing toldo to do with nith this blue cotton person beside her when they had gone on what do you mean by my having to put up with you dl DI asked sharply 1 I mean im going to stay with you dl laughed scornfully she was again the rebellious child 41 4 1 I 1 guess Robb Bob byll yIl have something to say about that she sold said insolently they left you in my charge but im not a baby the idea aunt lulu I 1 im going to stay right with you said bald lulu she wondered what she should do it if dl di suddenly marched away from her through that bright lobby and into the street she tho thought tight miserably that she must follow and then her whole concern for the ethics of DIs course was lost in her agonized memory of her terrible broken shoes dl did not march away she turned her back squarely upon lulu and looked out of the window for her J she turned her back squarely upon lulu and looked out of the window life lulu could think of nothing more to say she was now feeling miserably on the defensive they were sitting in silence when bobby larkin came into the room dl DI flew to meet him she assumed all the pretty agitations of her role ignored lulu bobby Is it nil all right bobby looked over her head bliss lulu be said fatuously if it aint miss bliss lulu lie he looked from her to dl DI and did not take in DIs resigned shrug bobby said dl DI ashes come to stop us oa getting married but she cant ive told her SO BO she dont have to stop us bobby gloomily were topped what do you mean dl DI laid one hand flatly along her cheek instinctive in her melodrama i bobby drew down his brows set his hia hand on his leg elbows out were minors said he be well gracious you have to tell them that no they knew I 1 was but silly why you tell them youre not but I 1 am dl DI stared for pity sakes she said gald dont you know how bow to do any ny thiner what hat would you have me do he inquired indignantly with his head held very stiff slid and with a boyish admirable lift of chin why tell them were both twenty one we look it we know were re thata all they care for or well you are a funny you wanted me to lie ile he said bald oh dont make blake out you never told a fib well but this he stared at her 1 1 I never heard of such a thing dl DI cried accusingly anyhow be said theres nothing to do now the cats out ive told our ages weve got to have our folks in on it 11 ll is that t all you can think of she demanded what else why come on to bainbridge or holt and tell them were of age and be married there dl said bobby why be a rotten go dl DI wild oh very well it if he want to marry her ile he replied stonily that of it course lie he wanted to marry her HI DI stuck btuch out her little hand she jhc was nt at a dIARd disadvantage vantage she could use lite no arts with lulu LOW sitting there looking on well then come on to bainbridge DI cried and rose lulu was thinking what shall I 1 say buy I 1 dont know what to say I 1 dont know what I 1 can say now she also rose and laughed awkwardly ive told dl she said to bobby that wherever you two go im going too DIs folks left tier her in my care you know inow so have to take me along I 1 guess she spoke in a manner of distinct apology at this bobby had no idea what to reply ue ile looked down miserably at the carpet ills whole manner was a mute testimony to his participation it in the eternal query how bow did I 1 get into it bobby said dl DI are arc you going to let her lead you home this of course nettled him but not in the manner on which dl DI had counted ue ile said loudly im not going to bainbridge or nolt holt or any town and lie ile to get you or any other girl come on aunt lulu said dl DI grandly bobby led thel the way through the lobby dl followed and lulu brought up the rehr rear she walked awkwardly eyes down her hands stiffly held heads turned to look at her they passed into the street you two go ahead said lulu so they wont think 11 they did so and the she followed and did not know where to look and thought of her broken shoes at the station bobby put them on tile the train and stepped back he had he said something to see sec to there ther in million ton dl DI did not look at him and lulus goodby good by spoke saoko her genuine regret for all aunt lulu said bald dl DI you n think im going to sit with you you look as it if you were crazy ill tit sit back here all right dl DI said lulu humbly 0 0 ite it was near nearly ly sl six when they arrived at the deacons mrs bett stood on the porch her hands handa rolled in her apron surprise tor for you youl I 1 she called brightly before they had bad reached the door ina bounded from the hall darling I 1 she seized upon dl DI kissed her loudly drew back from her har saw the traveling bag my new baal she cried dil what have you got that tor for in nay embarrassment dis instinctive defense was hearty laughter she now laughed heartily kissed her mother again and ran up the stairs stain lulu slipped by her sister and into the kitchen dwight had bad come home lulu could hear bear ina pouring out to him the mysterious circumstance of the bag could hear the exaggerated air of the casual with which he always received the excitement of another and especially of his ina then she heard inas feet padding up the stairs and after that DIs shrill nervous laughter lulu felt a pang of pity for dt DI as if she herself were ere about to face them there was not time both to prepare supper and to change the blue cotton dress in that dress dresa lulu was pouring water when dwight entered the dining room ahl said lie he our festive hall bau gown she gave him lier her hand with her peculiar sweetness of expression almost as it if she were sorry for him or were bidding him goodby good by that shows who you dress for aorl 1 he cried you dress for me ina arent you jealous lulu dresses for me rael I 1 ina had bad come in with dl DI and both were excited and inas head was moving stiffly as in nil all her indig nations mrs bett had thought better of it and had given her presence already monona was singing but no one noticed monona and ina lid did not deter defer even to dwight she who measured delicate troy occasions by avoirdupois said brightly no ko dl DI you must tell us all about it where had you and aunt lulu LOW been with mammas new bag ina said lulu first cant we hear something about your visit now how is her eyes consulted dwight els features dropped the lines of ills face fiance dropped its muscles seemed to sag A look of suffering was in his eyes shell never be any better lie he said 1 I know weve said goodby good by to her for the last time oh dwight said lulu she knew it too he be said it it put me out of business I 1 can tell you she gave me my start she took all the care of me taught me to read ashes the only mother I 1 ever knew ne ile stopped and opened his eyes wide on account of their dimness but eventually they were back again before that new black bag and dr df would say nothing she laughed squirmed grew irritable laughed again put an end to this lulu he commanded where were you two since you make such a mystery DIs look ut lulu was piteous ter rifled DIs fear of her father was wa now clear to lulu and lulu feared him too abruptly she heard herself temporizing for tile the moment making common cause with dl DI TO CONTINUED put him back on job says davis ive never been much of a hand at praising sIng med lOnes but I 1 can ann certainly toy SOY something good for sold geo davis st SL san francisco calif 1 I had a bad case of ptomaine pol toning boning and it came pretty near laying me out altogether for three months I 1 was in an all awful condition and suffering constantly from diarrhea I 1 beame weak all over and was going from bad to worse I 1 tried everything I 1 knew or of but it was beginning to look like ilka nothing would ever reach my case then a friend of mine recommended to me and its a fact tour four bottle have made a clean sweep of my troubles and built me up to where I 1 feel like a new nan man I 1 am working every day now and when it comes to recommending I 1 cant put it too strong 10 la 13 sold by all good druggists druggist I 1 tm advertisement ANYTHING TO BE OBLIGING little thing like that mentioned was wa nothing to this applicant for american citizenship at each bearing where applications of et foreign born persons seeking citizenship in the united states are considered and passed on incidents come up which add humor to the otherwise serious pro process cesal at a recent hearing before judge AV W thornton of the superior court room 1 george mackay united states naturalization officer was quizzing an applicant regarding his knowledge of the 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