Show THE HOPE CHEST Copyright ht Uti 1511 by br brown B By Y MARK 1 MARK MARKLEE LEE LUTHER Little Little- own Co I l CHAPTER CHAPTER 27 21 Sheila beheld situation fast tast slipping out of ot hand I must say gay goodbye she an an an- Im Tm taking a bus at atthe the tho corner cornor Ill see you safely aboard Dont bother bother plea please o. o i Bother Stoughton's eyes sounded hers Im used to looking after atter my my- self licIt I see Bee that he ho answered mean mean- And I admire It 11 In you ou But nut I wish with wish with me that thal that you wouldn't feel teel It necessary to take caro care of ot yourself I must roust go bO now sh eh she said Really Have ve I offended you your you 1 No no but but If Then let me mo see ee you to the corner He Ho fell tell Into step be beside l o to le leave vo her I dont don't want you OU mo me with a false t nr llon You must not think that I talk to every very one as ns-a ns ai frankly frankly ns as I have havo to you Weve We've only seen each other a n. few rew times times just s Just glimpses at that that hut but It seems seem to tome tome tome me as If It Id I'd known you yon always I SUp suppose OM you dont don't look at nt things In that light No girl per per- haps Yet I cant can't jud judge Jude Girls Ho gesticulated hi hl his despair of ot subject evi r m mastering the different Sheila welcomed d the change han e front from the p to th th- th general No o she sho smiled Thyr all silks alike and you ytm mustn't take tak th them m seriously Its It's nn an uptown bus I J Jw w want nt Now's our chance to cross But Rut their dash danh carried them only halfway Y Marooned I side aid by hY Ild side aide on ort 1 an n Isle of or safety the they the lilt the passing of at a file CIte of nf limousines ln I 1 one 1 not a yard ard smiled it was as a It bore smile limn to remember and to her door T Tf If was still lIUJI vividly present nt n it her minds mind's eye A an as she lIhn s tro from tho ho to toy tov It and nd confronted To pa peIn ln th the upper ho hall hail 11 Wh re p hn hn you been 1 h he eo ded nt H vou any consideration cl lion for tor my rev f 7 Phe Rhe he re r 1 him gravely i I have hav which you t she phe f. Does married m n an that I must mut to you ou for C every ry step I 1 take I I I want w to tn know wh why you ou bolted bolted bolt bolt- ed out this way from from a n I b d saving r nothing to lv You knew that I Intended goinn go- go 0 inn out this his But thit ws before you took to bed hod and stirred us aU all allun un up It You stirred yourselves 5 up All AllT T wanted was to bo he let Jet alone alon T I had merely a S headache tut as 1 T I told you and I slept It off ott Dr Do treat trent me mp 1 le less 6 like Jlko a El child Tom Torn Its fl you vou who treat me mo like ilko a achild child he be retort retorted d I f be he bea hea a prima donnas donna's husband for tor all th the n attention you pay to my mT wishes 5 what ant t-ant Is It tt Ive I've done B Butt it or haven't done don Did you ou expect me to n ask k your to leave the house hOUM Do be lien sensible sible How would you feel teel If It T I you on CN every time y you yo u moved and tried to read every cry th lIcht In your our h head a l Go on ho he said ald bitterly Put Tut me roe In th the wrong Tm rm mere merely a. a asking ou vou to put nut your elf In my place Dont Don't make me ml fe l like a fl fly under a micro micro- eroDe Then be he onen w wAh th me Fear her at lt her throat Open with you you His taco face softened as he saw her herlip herlip lip tremble I mean that Its It's the only way well we'll get on tog together ther He Heaven ven knows know I dont don't want to bicker with you Sheila yet somehow were we're always at It And If It we do It now now now- now now-ff He Ho left lett tho the stormy future to her Imagination Ima Sho She was giddy with relief relict I want to bo open with you you you- In everything she sho said And well we'll get on together well together well we'll bo be happy happy It If you'll bear In mind that Im I'm Just as G human as yourself Im I'm not very old or very vory wise Tom Torn Try to remember that too If It I I It If We misunderstand each other R again aln We nevor navor will wUI he ho averred with a n. lovers lover's optimism and sealed tho the vow with a n lovers lover's kiss kiM There Sheila traced the tho design of ot hi his scarf with her forefinger and launched an experiment In tn candor Now that you aro your our own dear self she said sald Ill Til give you youa ou oun a n piece of at news I ran across Stoughton Lounsbury downtown to toYes What Yes Ho Insisted on putting me on m my bus And you ou let him Toms Tom's own dear self sell became swiftly less les en en- dearing dc You told me to be civil to him Civil yes Civil y yes s but buts as s t for r roaming the streets streets- One street street Fifth Fifth avenue avenue arM about on one block Listening to hi his talk Of or course courso he did talk It have been odd Ithe If It he ho hadn't Youre You're rather discouraging discouraging dis dis- Tom Torn You ask ak me to tob tob tob b open with you and yet et the minute I bc he begin In ln you boll boil over Perhaps Id I'd better say no more about It till un youre you're quite cool If It you Ou would count ten ten ten-or or give a adeep adeep deep breath 7 Ha Ho did the latter with a word at the end which was not a nu nu- nu meral In not In not out Sh sho Instructed Youre still For a moment he ho held her In somber gaze fraze I Oh I know how I appear to you vou he ho own owned d In self disgust But Its It's the wa way were we're situated that's to blame Youre You're mine and youre you're not mine Everybody Is free ree to fall tall In love 10 with you Ono One would think thero there was a whole army on my trait trail L Lounsbury looks like Uke an army to me where you are arc con concerned cern ell Of Ot course the man Is In n love with you Dont Don't I know the signs a And yet I ha have hats hato to stand by like a wooden Indian and do nothing You could trust me that's me-that's that's something Torn I I I. dont don't need a aring aring aring ring on my left hand to remind me mc that Im I'm married And rm Im not such a 0 little fool as to fancy tancy that every man I met meet Is In love with me Lots Lot's forget et Stoughton Lounsbury and his symptoms symptoms' All rl right ht he agreed only to add In the same ame breath But what did be he J a ay ea to you this morning She Sho d decided that it would be prudent to edit her recollections Ho HI talked t about Ne New Haven tC tot for one ono thing And And let let me see oh oh yes and dancing It was wae for tor a moment And by the way a Ethel Ethl rode past pat while we the street were er waiting to cross Ethel Elhel TWO The statement woke voke I Ihl hl his Interest Did she recognize you your Yes three tImes limes she ehe has 1 chanced on you In lest len th r twenty-four twenty hours If It you that tha kind of at thing In a 1 yU you'd d ny ety the tho author didn't k I New lew York 1 The accuracy of authors fl not detain her 5 fi fiOne Three times j One yesterday and t twice l d day lY When the che came In from tron h he h- h exercise she sho hunted me roe up to tf tell me mo that sho saw you OU In the She Sho said she thought It m might ht save HaVe me mo from worrying Daddy Joes Joe's parcel fell to th tiit floor with a R metallic dink clink j An Anything breakable hj ht asked stooping Sho She goaded her brain to a lInt iIa l effort 1 No she cha replied Coaters Coat Coit hl ers They're tho the folding kind kind- very convenient for tor travel j For me 7 They weren't bought for tor cs cuT she said with Uh a rather Y wea smile But WI w we may use to together together some ether som some day She looked for or a. a grilling at lt hands of ot Mrs Ball Ballantine Une but ti thu sho he was spared It develop that after acter Inquiring whAt want b be bet patient had eaten for tor V Mrs airs Ballantine had claimed in- in in in- other cure for tor the sovereign remedy yea rem edy and dismissed the case tan iron her thoughts Nor was the a text ext t encounter with Ethel Elhel eventful e Late Lato In th the afternoon they ther net oft amicably before a hickory fire I l the tho holly decked library h hr ro Tom Toni and his mother were buy Kir with a boxful of ot cards which aw lii 4 como come late from the the- engraver lr I set 11 sitting down side by side aide jol jolIn In tho the peaceful ul task of oC add addres C Christmas greetIngs erectinG's to the tM hd acquaintance of oC the the- house bouse o Of lantine It was wn n ft tranquil laitY ludo bide and save san for tor the g tt 0 tO tOa the husband and father a sentimental outsider hue have 1 l- l quite In th the tra a scene 1 f tion of ot Charles Dickens ni cd dl the edifying waxworks C CT I windows by I In their Dickens Dickens' ens' ens successors th the tha I mont ment stores It was an unforeseen Rogers Roger's part In Indeed ed 11 on to return early M and Uk planned them out to dinner and tb the thi hOT tro tie For reasons unknown to ap r only failed tailed he not ever ver telephoned ft that thC LIer but finally start without W him i T must out cut would t bf Ing them at dinner but th said Ald he of the question b M check el et the his might leave leao tl to 11 office It was like k him And like detaiL such his member family to forget torget a It Th In f wr tl i passing the he when doorkeeper Sheila Sheil put TC unconcern In mind of ot his fathers father's 15 bOX her first It was as q ot of the e. e tb novelty in Interest I transcended her lost play In fact she the tho o In to st st. In with wish any anyone One shout should In iii had P- P perched box She tt more com seats far tar rO chair she tho the stiff guIlt and on those thoe diZZY It b l an thrall to rt had bad been her here ce mont meat denied Th was void of ot Illusion be shown hown wetS were f. f to mean meant t to j Things she ly Jv exposed e see see were Pe perverselY oRM rt ran actors a The tho the corner jf without tho the c n s 's t ti I What were ej I Ut e i Of OC course nothing na i d No Ko follow b 01 eye to j j pinched and None gone JD aJ u price of ot a ticket clothed J Sl sw SI c s 's d. d none HI m no 00 J-d J dOUbt ou t p r would the they droll in something mn mae gift elft Of folding c co COSt ot of J ot t oUght Ic g probably They hy ken as R a place abroad whetS where r r 1 t p liners rs for tor a n. run of ih tM P t to the confusion n U t-U mon plOt upon P r DJ t. t had bad A a. 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