| Show HER OWN O O 0 4 GIRL r JOHNS JOHN'S CONFESSION I I spoke J your our name Mr Mere Mere- i Ith I called to him as as he came toward vard I r Iwas us was Just telling Joan that you certainly didn't strike me meas as as an object of or pity As T said this this- I felt Joan catch h her r breath It is is probable th that t no noone noone noone one in all his life had mentioned pity pHy to John M Meredith red th and yet jet et it was Just as a. a probable that that word had written en Use itself larger Ii in fit his consciousness con than an any word In any language Im lm not nt ar at object ct of or pity he answered answered laughingly There was wasa a Ii time perhaps had a mistaken mis mis- taken i idea idoa la that I was as was but I cert t I am not now At this this moment Mr Symington h his friend came up behind him and 8 as ashe he pissed passed 1 saw him say sOmething something some sOme- thing 1 Ii an undertone to John who abruptly turp turned d on his heel and walked into the house What did you say y to Mr MeredIth Mere Mere- r i d demanded as he came nearer near near- er er to lo meI me I said to him something that any t friend would under the circum circum- Et stances 1 es I 1 told him to b be careful not add and not ot go too fast I dont don't believe bellee Miss Mba Dean that you realize what youre you're Going Joing and I j hardly think its Ita fair for you rou can n of course course- see that J John John John-is Is falling in love with you He ae fe Isn't ant like other men are and I must warn yon to be carefuL You must nc not t him I 11 1 haven't hanrit encouraged him 1 l In- In impatiently Ive 1 ve only treated him like t a a. human being In All you Tan ba have ve either acted as al though he he- were a monster r or some some- thing think to io to ie e done dine up In cotton COttOR wool and and and- kePt kepi from every hardship In the world t w we have been wrong said aM M- M M Symington rather sadly But ut 1 1 I hope haAt you do not b blame me me Miss Miss' D Dean n for I I-am I am Jim very fond of ot John and w wouldn't t hurt him for the world 1 found round him In a much worse tate fit of f mind than yoU jou have ever seer seen him nim and ard I t suggested and planned d this expedition to further take him r. r out of himself Someway r however 1 I have never thought of ot his his' Jis me meriting any w women women men In that repe t be is seemed like a man apart You Tou must mut remember my dear Miss D Doan Dean an that he Is like Adam Then he ned awakened n d in the the- Garden of Eden den s end d und found Eve at his side Yo Tou are are the first woman woman as IlS virginal virginal vir vir- ginal ind wonderful as was our first mother before either e of ot our parents had eaten of or the tree I i I cannot contemplate what effect eec I 1 I L it would havn b on my poor friend if it you vou pave avi V him any encouragement gement and ha hag had 1 him misunderstand iL it |