Show t COMMON Mi i i LAW WI ROBER T w. w CHAMBERS II I 1 III ll ll 11 82 I 1 was ready He two chairs opposite one ehe he wouldn't have it and ug g up a 11 bench lay a aR R and sit beside her ed ired foolishly she fed ted him hm himl l at Intervals tL nd otherwise it It Fruit Fruit Fruit-at at three In Louis Louis' I hope Heaven this working girl pd d rather not have hav any i You Tou forget that nd ad new girl youre you're sup sup- lUAnd And for reasons of ot haps as an example to toi i never again to be any any- at not t-not not even a cigarette Jh fen on on account of or my vole voice e 1 s goose I have rather you ou know and if Ie we It would be a Jolly good It cultivated Isn't ivine What fun Louis ire e e you are arc a little happier l ti f between your eyes has There red 3 There Dont Don't dare back It has no business f tou you t I know It hasn't- hasn't st trust my word Will swiftly toward him hands on his sh shoulders perfectly new girl to deal ty said looking looking- him in the acle of ot meekness and papa paIs pa- pa pa- pa pa Is rather certain to turn p frowsy old But that's the kind you youIt's youIt's Its It's none of my dofing do- do 0 do ng-do fing do you ou mean mean mean- his lips with hers she said we have pl plener plen- plen ner n- n er before the bour our arrives arrivee e a a. doormat I wont won't bel behen be l When hen rhen Im I'm trying to be hap- hap good supper want ant to torture you while time mime I 1 want to make you reminding you how dis- dis unmoral we are here in ini i tog together ther at three in the She stretched out a slim pless less hand and lifted the for for his inspection n of a ring Shame lher her pretty daring face to k with audacity Im I'm not going back bace to toI to- to ff I should think jt t Kelly I simply wont won't go ay y ring up the police and 11 in town town and and the nent ent ent- Tit It he said sald but the fire refuses to put you out 1 dont don't mean to say youve you've fter ter fasting all day like lUte a JJ he exclaimed as sheer she her lier er feet and pushed away way i iI I am not an anaconda I ased swiftly into the outer her own toilet necessaries y ready and presently 1 leisurely her hands behind wintering toward him with it smile mile edging her lips iy y retire when you like tie your red cotton night night- your chin I shall sit up Its It's due in about an know he said Well both be bek bel k l morning r l' me your guestroom pretence of surprise How you Mr Neville I-ah I I I ah end to occupy It for It-for for this fly y- y Her eyes yes brightened er r Oh isn't it delicious nt t it perfectly heavenly to towe towe towe we are utterly and and ht-and and to know that the thede thede de would be perfectly cere cerre sere ser ser- re e e are not What a dare darher dar- dar e ing her hands behind her bent igent forward and touched i 1 Ibis s daintily fastidious In that picture of W Woman oman oman oman- t asked out j out the easel adjusting the the light and rolled a big front of It elt lt there she said and elf on the padded arm i her hands hande behind her concealing anything from ked eked ked Mind I want to look at she added slowly as heron her heron pon on the canvas fter ter ter minute she sat there neither stirring nor offer offer- nt t t. t After a long time Ume he lessly essly in the depths of ot the her turned and looked d down wn Mid said cald it Is really great 4 somehow somehow I am lonely uis her I into to his arms She lay against his breast breut for a alast at last raised her curl curiously to be a very very er r arent aren't you Louis ed d and kissed her watch- watch great great so so great that too too-too too lonely she r eyes fell feU upon the ring id d given her and h her and which nuy put aside She one Oe was fon on her betrothal finger lid Id you you find find It he r rr r. Id ion your dresser realize what it means And I 1 am wearing l iL nestled d closer I am going to marry you V You Tou were right your YOur wife to Lo win my ay Wd Id then It Trill be e empted H-empted the impossible 91 1 crime Who was It failure but low aim Is Is' ed d n nestling closer II lip a arest arest arest rest coward enough to run you ou and destiny And Andly Andly My ly two ways remain rul fui is the better for us She laid her i f-i fied ed ed edet edet net et his Because she shey he My y y there i is II ono or thing of ot ofer er r thought thought children V perhaps exactly under- under realize that that such such ta n 11 v gs ed and d-and and that It could tap iap- Went lent ent for a while her fin fn I on his shoulder then sin tain In the same dr alf aft awakened child chUd the Ithe others other's sake Bake is not must be bl broader wider us s e It ft must be for foran fall all an I 1 have learned e e can learn It better to- to J I II gether Louis can you guess I what I did the day your letter came to me at I What did you do my darling i I What I v went N Nto to Yes dear If It it- had not been for tor your letter which I could feel against I my my breast I should have haye been fright fright- ened Because all your family were together under the pergola As It was I could scarcely speak i I 11 gave your mother the letter and when when she had read It and your father and I your sister had read It I asked them what I was to doIt do j I It was so strange and still there under the pergOla and I scarcely lu knew ew what I 1 was saying saying and and I didn't realize that there were tears in my e eyes until eyes until I saw them in your mothers mother's mothers mother's mothers mother's moth moth- ers er's too i Louis Louis I wonder if It shean she can an really ever care for me she me-she she was wasso I so so good good so so sweet to me And Mrs Collia Collis took me away to her own j room room after after your father had shaken hands with me very me-very very stiffly but J I. I think kindly kindly and and I behaved very badly dear dear and and your sister let me cry cry all all that 1 I needed to She said nothing more for a while I resting in his his' arms dark eyes fixed on space Then They asked me to remain your our law in Is a dear but dear but I 1 still had a long da day of ot self examination before me Your Tour father and mother walked with me to r the ga gate e. e Your mother kissed me me I His Hie eyes ees blinded by tears scarcely saw Jl her r and she turned her head and nd I I smiled at him What they said to 0 me was wae v very ry I sweet and patient Louis I t e- e T I lieve sometimes believe that I may in time Ume win more than their con consent ent I believe that some some da day dar they will care to think of me as your wife wife wife- and think of ot me as s such kindly without With with 1 out regret for what might have haYe cen en If I 1 had never known you you To be continued |