Show a- a The Th T he V i T I- I I nil The Co Mer Bobbs-Mer- Publish PublIsh- I e V a Ian t s er ers Indiana polls I By 3 HALLIE HALLi 1 i T. T I ERMINIE EAL RIVES ES of VIe V 1 I Mn Mra Post Wheeler Oi irginia rg a He realized after aHer a a. time timo that tho the yard ard was empty and the sexton was locking the church door He lie went slowly slow slow- ly hy to tho gato to and just outside some ouo spoke to him It was Chisholm Lusk Lush The Thc They had hall not met since tho the night of tho the ball Even en in his own preoccupation tion Valiant noted that Lusks Lusk's Taco laco seemed to have ha lost host its exuberant youthfulness It was waa worn as if with ith sleeplessness and had a look of suffering suffer Buffer ing that touched him And all aU at once while tho they stood tood looking at each other Valiant know n what tho the other othor had haa waited wailed to say ay sayI say I 1 wont won't Deat beat about the tho bush bush said i Lusk stammering Ive 10 got ot to ask you something I 1 reckon you youve you've YO guessed that I that I-that that Shirley Shirley- Valiant touched tho the young oung voun fellows fellow's arm Yes Ye J he ho said baid I 41 1 think I know It Itts no new thin thing 1 with me mc II said aid the other hoarsely hoar 0 Its It Its It's g been three tho the girl rl His tio tie displeased him and andnis his nis hair refused to obey his brushes When hn the tho door bell rang ho he answered it with much inward quaking Not ot tho girl irl of ot tho the blue eyes but a buxom widow with a a. gushing manner stood outside Gorham felt as 38 if iC the world worM had crumbled b beneath neath his feet n He was as ho however er e and listened lis us- I to the time womans woman's lesson in gas cookery as if ho he really wanted to know kno- all there was to fo know about it What a splendid profession ion for a I woman murmured ho with a n. faint hope of learning something thin of his eved eyed girl do cio you OU have havo o a a large number num nuni- her ber employed in this way Any Awi Any number Eai said taia tho the widow I My r daughter i ill is also a d demonstrator shin she i is lecturing lct this afternoon before I a large assembly Gorham bt deeply lor tor a moment I i I while it occurred to him film that an interview inter interI I view ie this mother and daughter who had lial cho chosen ln th tIme the samo caine profession lon and one now hew to the American public would make an interesting article for a woman's womans wom an's ans an s 's 5 magazine I 1 wonder ho he ventured whether I YOU Yell would consent to bein being interviewed inter in iii in th the tho interest of ot tho press I might of and oven ask for photographs you ou your daughter that daughter that is is-if is if you would be he so good good good- Gorham was ns not allowed to finish his hie I request t Time Tho widows widow's face beamed My daughter Ila 1 is is beautiful she exclaimed ex ox claimed with motherly pride lighting lien her eyes If you you- yo come to our apartment apartment apart apart- ment I t fane fancy she sho will talk with you ou Gorham did l go so to her ber apartment nt and when t he be returned across the Atlantic it was Wag tho the widows widow's blue eyed adorably smiling daughter who stood beside him bim watching the Plymouth PI const coast disappear di I 1 had to go 0 to London to get et a wife lunched Gorham j As s well n as to learn bow bot botto to use a aI agas apas pas gas as stove C the tho girl Jirl added echoing his I laughter t years The night of tho the ball I thought perhaps that that that-l I dont don't mean to ask asle what you might have ha a n right to resent resent- but I must fin find out Is there thero any reason reason rea son on why I shouldn't tr try my luck luCk 1 Valiant shook his head No he I said hea heavily il there is no reason renson Tho The boyish look sprang ba back to I Lusks Lusk's face Ho drew a long breath II Why Wb then I will ho he said I I I- I Im I'm sorry if I hurt you Heaven knows I didn't want to tol tel telHe Ho lie grasped tho the others other's hand with a aman's amans amans aman's amans aman's mans man's heartiness and aud went wont up the road with a a. swin swinging n stride and aud Valiant stood watching him go got with his hands bands tight clenched e at his side A little later V Valiant 1 climbed climber tho the slop alop- sloping ing driveway eway o of Damory Court It Jt I seemed to stare at him hint f mom from rom a H. thousand thou thou- sand saint reproachful eves eyes The Tho bachelor red squirrel from h Ins s treo crotch looked down at him ham askance Tho The redbirds redbird flashing through h tho the hedges fluttered I disconsolately Fire Cracker the peacock pea pea- cock was s1 shrieking from the tho upper lawn and the tho strident ent discord seemed to mock his mood Tho The great hiou house houe had bad become home homo to him he be told himself that ho would malta make no other Tho few fe things ho he had brought brought hut hia books and trophies trophies haul had grown rown to bo be a part of oC it and they should remain Tho The ax should not bo ho laid to the walnut grove As his fath fath- father Cather er had done done he would leave leavo behind him him tho the life ho he find lad had lived there thero an and auel tl the tho old oldCourt oldCourt Court should b be once more clotted closed ed and ancl deserted Uncle Jefferson and Aunt Daphne JT might live Jive on ou in tho the cabin back bacic of tho thio kitchens There was pas pas- for the horse and tho thu cows and for old Sukey and some Fomo acres had already already already al al- al- al ready been cleared for planting And Am there thero would bo be b tho the swans the tho ducks hicks and chickens hi ke I the tho peafowl and the fish A letter had come to him that mornin morn uuiorn- in lug ing inThe The corporation hail laa resumed business with credit unimpaired Public Pub Pub- lic lie opinion was more moro than friendly noA now no A place waited for him there tiler n and ci ono one of add added honor hono in a conr concern rn that had bad rigorously cleansed itself and already alrEad looked for forward to a new career of pros pros- But he lie th thought of thus this now with no thrill The old lifo life no longer r called There Thoro were still wide pled spa spaces s somewhere where a man s 's band hantl and brain were rere no It less 9 needed an and there was 89 work there that would help belp him to bear bar if not for forget et Ho paced up anti and an down tho the porch under under un un- der r the tho great gray rny columns column his s steps spiritless 88 and aud lagging Tho The Virginia creeper trailing over or its it end wayer waved to and fro with a sound like a sigh sig-h How no Howlong Howlong long would it be e before belor tho thug lawn was S once more mor unkempt and draggled 1 B Before Be- Be foro fore burdock and thistle UI mullein and Spanish h needle would return to 81 smother emoth er the clover cloEr Before Damory Damon Court on which ho he had spent Mich tich l loving viD la Ia- labor bor would woul lie again a n MS us it la lay lathat that afternoon af at when he ho luau had rattled thither ou eu Uncle Jeffersons Jefferson's a crazy hack Before |