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Show MY HEART AND MY HUSBAND Pbaaw of Revelations of a Wife WHAT MAOOf PCAO IN LILLIAN UNDCRWOOOo OTIT. I wairhad Mr. Waltafi ratraatlnt ' gar until h waa ifilt aul af aight, than want alewly upatalra lo my room whara Uilian waa buaily at work at haa drawing board. "rnm ih lawn onlaida cama ahm'g of laughiar from Marma and rrowg and giirgtaa af dahghl from Junior. I whom l.lllian'a youraaat daughtar was taarhlng to walk without aupport frntw anon a hand Mo'hrr tlraham. Ilka an antious rid hart, havarad ovar tha proraad.pga. aid K'. kapt atraving out Jaaloualy from tha kllchan whaa avar ah could faign aa riruat for doing do-ing o Wall. Madga Union look ad Up from bar drawing oard t haariiy 'lt atnhaa ma wa might Juat aa wall hava coma io board hara Inaiaad of al Mra. Ihirkaa'a for lha aummar. Marina aaa ma lo hava takn up har prmannt ahoda whrar Junior happana In b. a,-, whila I m anting la your porkat all . tlm. I raally rhould hava gnna ovar lhar lirday now that you'r aiua to ba around, but I Juat cannot wurk lhara lhaaa daa" I rat a nulrk g'anc al har. h it ah had bant ovrr h-r ilruwl'.a a'n and har faca waa In ahtdow. Hot I guaad liar maantng. fchaw that aha did not lira aithar to mat Major firantiand. who I knaw from Mr. Iturka waa aa almoat daily rallar at my mntharly III lla naighhor'a or to llatan to lha rhat tar of liar l-luffinaaa runcvmlng his auppnoad lnlraat in m. Hut of roura I could not rommant upon an uhapokan maanlng. and ba -aidaa I had thing of mora imnortanaa 10 dlaniaa with l.llllan. I'raradlng vnihlng rla. howavrr, I wlahad lo aaaura har of th Joy It gav m to hav har and bar im'a daughtar ao naar m. "Iwu you know what Duky'a rnm-mnt rnm-mnt would h upon your rarant ra markar' I aakad amlllng. -LATMIR Or" WORK." "So ran do" ah ratortrd. Whai', "Thai you talk lik a ran of pork and haana." I rapiiad. "Th Ida of your daring lo go anywhara ala than hara If ynu ran poaaibly ma nag lo put up villi ua" "HoT" ah rapllad mockingly, laanlng back and looking at har work critical- ( l.y Than ah awirlxl har Inltlala In th rornar and roaa from har rhalr haatilv. "I'raiaaa Ii lo Allah, that off mv mind!" ah aald d'voully. "But what a on ymtraT' ah addad quickly aftar a aaarrhlng look at ma. Hha avidantly had barn Ion ahaorbad In har taak lo gaaa critically at ma tiafor. "Many Ihlnga." I answarad raalvalv. "Tom on down In th gardan with tho rhlldran. You'v haan cooped up hr naarly all day." "Hut I got a'athara of work don" aha ratortad with tha avldant Joy In acrompllahmnl which la alwaya hara. "Ilowav ar. I don't mind admitting that I would Ilka aoma air. Walt Juat a minuta until I gat aom of this dust J off" .-ftV, Hha allppad out of har big atudlo I apron, appearing fraah and trim In ,f whita llnan. And afivr aanft aliluilnna, I and aqually awlft rasrrangrmant nf her I wondarful ailvarad hair. ahdarnda I th atalrs with ma. a plctur of ma- tur baauty ao atrlklng that I wlahad j Involuntarily for Kohart Havarln s ap- prarlat Ira artlat'a ya. , HEANT UNCHANGED. i Th thought li'rnught In It train an- nthar which had often orrurrad to m I In the aummar weak sinca I.Hllau I and har young daughtar hail baan dom- I Icllad at Mr. Durkaa'a. Itayon.l tha I bar atatamanl that Hohart havarln I as raallng and rnuvarlng hla atrrniih at lha homa of hla alatr. 'Mra. Cna. grov. In th f'ataklll moumalna. I had not hrard har mention Ilia art'ai'a nam, and I waa reasonably aura that h had rocalvad nn letiara from him. Indaad, t had corroliorativ rvidanca of my conviction from goaaipy bill Mra. Durka. who aorteJ inri.lenli,ill' ona day that "Not even a picture noaml ard has com from tha fatakill mountains for lha I'ndrraooda alnc lhay'v baan hr," Had Lillian and th man who loi e. bar ao devotedly coma to a defiit.in Parting of the way lrnua of mr frland'a (Juliollc determination In re-apond re-apond to Harry I'mlerwood's rr.il or fancied nad of her? I fall a audden hot rrarntment al tha thought. en though I riacie the unyleld.ng stole determination of lha woman to whom life hml tne'ed auch long marlvrdom of her affectlona. Marlon railed lo ua Joyfully aa w neared th rua garden tthrra she anil Junior war. "Oh. mother' Auntie Madge!" ah ramlrd "Junior can walk a. I alone. Baa! Ha ran coma seven step lo m " Hha atutlone.l herself a abort , tanc from tha bnhv. ssianded har A arma and railed auftly. sweetly: Totni baby com to Marlon!" Junior looked at har steadily aa ha scrambled to his feat. Then with baby perverelty h ant down flat again, and defied all th little girl's efforts to get I him up again, .'loaned, disappointed. evidently at her wlta' end, ah caat a 1 nulik glanr at her mother, then awlft-i awlft-i Iv unfaetened a gold locket with It thin chain about her neck, and awung 11 l.efor th baby. ; ""om baby," all roasail, "yon may h4v thia if you walk to Mjrlon " I aaw l.llllan put out a iiubk pro-leatlng pro-leatlng hnnd. then draw It liark again aa quickly. I knew the trinket to be a gift of Holert Sovarln a to th child ha , Ido lie, realised from tha look on my 1 frleail's face that aha Involuntarily re-jaented re-jaented any other us of It. realised I something ejae that no matter what the preaarit relation between mv friend -and the lonely mountain artlat, my I friend's heart wua atlll unalterably hla. |