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QC | < , | SL < , ' twmtaMn 'J'townta4n Jtownta4n ' - ' ' W r Frances Shelleij he11e Wees _ . _ ttL.ie.r ttLie.r ttLier ttL.ie.rJaA . . . , , /JaA JaA / JaA.r .r r . . _ .SAY SAY . . , . _ i iwNU wNU SEavcE- SEavcE , - 7 " _ y SYNOPSIS SYNOPSISyn 1 1yo yn yo J\mes J mes Jmesnlldson ( ( Jimes James ' \ -nlldson nlldson - ; : Brynlldson Brynfldson UI III ) ) ) , It a 1 1bronzed > I bronzed young- young youngman - man of ot wealth wealthfl , I ( j . jhis , his chum . , Tubby Forbes an are areq areI q I nssing sSlng Bryn 8 s coming marrlagc marriage marrlagcby marriageby by belle believes belle\cs belle cs , \ es It a echemo scheme echeme to getn's pet get et ' n'a na n's ns ' wC weilth wealth 1lth < tram from ( roni him Should the theDeborlh the'Irf theIrf ' Dcborih Debor\h Debor h Deborlh ' \ , . whom Bryn had methe mot met . : ; | he ho he offlco office oilico of ot his < ' titorney 'ltorney ltorney tttorney Ted Hol- Hol Holhy Holly Hol-jjtthy Hol jjtthy - hy ly , marry Stuart Grahim Grah\m Grah m Grairtm ' \ before beforet.tw'ent beforetwentyfirst beforea , ' t.tw'ent t.twent ttwent t.tw'entl1rst . - twenty-Hrst twenty Hrst -twenty-first first < ) -l1rst l1rst - - birthday she will willrlt willUfsrit willrit rlt rit a vist v\st v st vast ' \ fortune tortune from tram her herodtnther herndfather herjnafathcr odtnther ndfather Stuart Stulrt : hid h\.d h.d h .d d ' \ . ercitly gre\tly gre tly grcttly ' \ disHisecl lis dis dissed ( lissed sed Deborah " who ho refuses retuses to tory tory toiljp-ry toiljp ry - ry him Dr Don Bryn ) n posing as an unJoyed unloycd un " Sploycd Joyed loycd enelnecr engineer , otters ofters to m\rry m rry marry marryorah mirrytoorah ' \ ( orah , , as a Stu\rt Stu rt Stuart ' \ , , for tor $50000 50000 $50 50 35O $ 000 , . theyto theyto they theyk2to < k2to to JI Jive lire e as man and wife "lte lte wlie " Twentyi Twenty8 Twenty1 Twenty- Twenty - : " ' ! 1 i 8 e years previous prevlou previouq ' ! , Anne Larnedeloped Lamedeloped Lamed Larned Lamedt { t eloped wllli wllh with nn an adventurer ad\enturer ad enturer ad \ , enturer on on10r onQll onQT 10r { Qll * d diy d\Y d Y iy ' \ set for tor her " wedding "edc1lng edc1lng tourtney tovrtney to nrtney urtney vrtney Graham Two Tn 0 daya days afterl after afterbirth fAr afterfAr . t ( birth of ot her daughter d'lughter dlughter ' , Anno Anne died diedt diedrUy diedc ( > rUy after aCter , , the father tather died Therned Thetneds The Therneda t ( rneda rned tneds ! , , grandparents , took the child childth childyjlh th h them thorn to Oregon where withoutd without I(1 I1 withoutI(1 & d ( coml companions > anlons Deborih Debor\h Debor h Deborlh ' \ grew up upIgJ upIgJBRtoeuard ; BRtoeuard lIaCeguard safeguard her from trom some tore fora tor- tor for- for tory - y " , e a hunter bunter , , her grandfather grandtather hadganged had ganged < < aneed nged for tor her to marry Stu\rt Stu rt Stuart Stuirtio ' \ , , .t t ' . key ot of or Courtney Graham when ot of oftae offte tae e , . When Deborah was fifteen t1rteen herdndfatber her her'tndfather ' 'tndfather tndfather dndfatber ' & dtatber died Securities had hadn zztpn hadzztpn n aot sot ct aside to keep the tamlly family family'tet familytet , ' sa a market marltet crash left Jert scarcely scarcelylt scarcelyLough scarcelyfitoueh lt Lough ugb for tor them to live on This wasnown was : 5 ( nown to Deborah's Deborahs ' grandmother grandmotherjlj , I f . Invalid Gary , , a . servant manag- manag managthe managthe manag-kK manag kK - - the finances . . . At twenty henty h\ h \ enty , , theught thelight the theaught -ught ught - , . aught light of oC marriage greatly frightt fright-- fright frightDeborah trlght- trlght fright- fright trlghtDeborah - _ " - - ) t Deborah Tubby and Bryn await awaitMIlbornh awaitborah awaitkborah MIlbornh [ borah In a . hotel In Frisco Over OverI'perlod Overeriod Overipperlod I'perlod Iperlod ' [ eriod of ot one on year tt tl ' e a groom Is IsoiIiprove IsAprov isprove oiIiprove prove he Is no fortune tortune hunterII huntercan hunter huntera _ II ( a can make mako Deborah happy to the'stacUon theIsfaction the thellsfactlon ] llsfactlon 'stacUon stacUon Isfaction ' of ot her grandmothererwlse grandmothererwise grandmother grandmotherherwl herwl erwlse erwise e , , the fortune Is to go torUy torlty to toprity prity rUy rlty , . The will w111 If 18 is tomewhat somewhat amblgII ambiga ambig amblg ambigus us II a ac as to whom Deborah Is tory to tory toly ry ly The Tho girl arrive arrives * with Hol Irol Irolthy Holtby Hoithy tby thy Tubby Is surprised to flnd find and findcharming andcharming flndcharminc charminc charming and sweet . . , The wed wedover wedover wedrover over , the couple arrh arrives es at thee thee the e of oC Deborah 8 s grandmother The Thedmother Thedmother Theidmothcr dmother and Bryn who she be- be beto beto bc-t9 bc t9 - to be Stuart , take ta1.e ta1e , . to one an- an anI anr an-f an f - I r ' , . which omewhat somewhat displeasesrah displeasesrah displeases 'rah rah ' , who \ ho foresees difficulty dimculty whenare when whenare whenare are to aepirito sep\r\to sep r to eeplrlto ' \ ' \ a after Cter a year yearrah ) iearrah ear earrah rah remonstrates remon.trates remontrates . " with "Ith Ith Bryn Cor for Coramlllarity foramillarity toramillarlty amlllarity amillarity and Inslncerlt Insincerity Insincerity.CHAPTER insincerityCHAPTER ) .CHAPTER CHAPTER . III-Continued III Continued IIIContinuedjO Ill - Continued Continued4didn't ? jO ' jO4 -4- 4 -A- A 4dldn't - - -4-didn't 4 didn't didnt - IIIContinuedA Ardldn't - dldn't dldnt rdldn't rdldnt ( ! ' ' like lIb.e lIbe . it It . . I 1 won't wont wou't wout ' ' have ha\e ha e hate \ Itbad It Itbad itbad bad enough enougb to . . , . , to deceh deceiveat e et et t all al ] , but I have to do that for forown forown for'own forown ' own good I have to do \ what shat \ hat hatdone ' ( + done . , . It If ' I'd Id ' ' come back not noted noted notried ed , . . . . . and told her about.Whim about abouthim . 1'hlm 1hlm .Whim Whim ' him , , then we'd wed ' have had toher to toher toher her eYerythl everythlnp e\'erythlw e 'erythlw erythlw \ ' ; How Bow poor weand weand we weand and how ho\v ho v \ desperate And she shed shed shepd d worry so much about me it itld ItDid ItId ld Id kill her . , . There wouldn't wouldnt ' ' belog being be Jing beJing log ing ahead This Tbls way , there s seast seast sist east the moneYllfnnd moneyyand money nnd by the end endthe endthe endthe the year . . . , . but I ' " won't wont on't ont ' takeantage takeantage take ' ntage antage of or her I cant can t bear to toe toe tore e you making so much of her hern hern herCo n you don't dont ' mean It , wben when wbenre whenre whenI're whenIre : ' re not honest . . , " , ' Don't Dont ' you believe In love at first firstt firsttit t . , Deborah ? ' ihe he he sprang up and faced him himat's himlot's himlots himat's at's ats ' what Gary said you'd youd ' start startlng starting startIcing lng ing about next , " she accused accusedthink accusedthink accusedthlnk ? think you might have bdve betterI bettere better e , If [ f nothing else l 1 I " ,1 1 , auppose suppose he compared me to a ah aIi aih ( Ii h . , . I suppose he couldn t un untand untand unttand tand that a young man ill'1n ill1n min ' could couldr coulder | r Into a business a"reement areement agreement aoreementh a"reementa agreementa " ; a young ladv indv on perfectly perfectlyrand perfectlyir perfectlyr rand r and straightforward stralghtfor\ard stralghtfor ard \ ' , grouuds grounds groundsption , tron Lion having no part thereof thereon ? ' 1'ihe 1ihe e raised her eyes e , } cs es "Just Just " a mmago mln- mln mm mln"ago min-gago min gago - "ago ago " , ago you started st'lrted stlrted ' talking talhlng abou aboulove about t | . .love love . love at first sight slghtl I ! " | ly y child , , I \ v\as v as rias \ as speaking speahlng of your yourn you youndmolher yourindmother r n ndmolher explaint ' mother . , . I Intended Inteaded inteMded to explain explainmy explainmy my feeling feeJ1ng for her was . , In is Ine ise Inp e of your assumption to the con cony con-7 con 7 - . Y , . honest I was about to men menher menber men- men meniicr - ber her iicr gentleness gpntleness , , and her dellca delica dellcad delicad delicaind d a few fey " other qualities Qualltles whit whitId \ whichlid hlch hlchId h . Id win the heart of a stone 1m im imand 1mand and to explain to you that any an aning anyng p Ing anyIng of tenderness \ whkh shkh hILh I dlsed dised dis dls dised ed toward to\\ard to ard \ \ her'a8 her \ was \\'a8 'a8 a8 \ ' quite sin'I sin 'I I . ' 'Ie ie e waa was gazing into his facewave face A Awave -wave wave - wnve of ot color , quite unlike tJnlll.e tJnllle . the thefiusb th thflush they e flush fiusb of ot a 11 short sbort time ago , , b bto be- be beta be-'to be 'to to e - - ' ta to spread up from her throather throat throa throatber throaher t ber her face . , . She dropped he hefor her r * for you , , " Bryn went on calm calmt calmIt t " would "ould ould could be most prebumptuous presumptuou presumptuousne prebumptuouse presumptuoue s e to have bave any feelln feeling for yo yover ) souCTer ou outever u tever ver . . You are , , In a - t.cnbe tcnbe E-ct.e Ect.e E ct.e cte sense . ) : . , mv mvoyer m mOyer mvoyer v oyer 1 L I . recognize that tbat . I have hav e ilea dea haveflea haveilea havdea of presuming on that relahip reIn rela reInWp relahip Wp hip Notbln Nothing . ; could be farthemy farther fartber farthe r ' > ' ' my mind IIo\\e\er-lt IIo e er lt Howeter-it Howeter it now \ \ ever \ - It might migh mightsler mighsler mightasler t sler for both bout of us , under uuder the themstan tht thtmstances theimstances e mstan mstances < .es es . . , If It we came tame to a n de defi defiagreement dcflagreement n agreement reement 8 as ' ! to m mi my } duties dutlcs a and andtutude andittltude d tutude ttltude Ob\ Ob Obviously Oblously Obtiously \ lously we cannotl cannotn cannot canno cannoa t n a as we began yesterday yeslerllny , or aJl al illplans 1 aJllaDs altans laDs tans and nnd sacrlCces sacrifices so far arc arccd ar ared arccd e cd ed . , " 18 ie e faced him "Did Did " you rou sou mah mnl.e mnle . e makeIfices mnl.eBees mahflees Bees flees to do this tbls for tor me7 me ? ' ' she shended sh shnded sheindcd sheindcdothing e ndedQthln ndedotbing nded Impore [ othing otbing Qthln of any particular Impor impo r , , " be he replied reIll1ed calmly cahnly , , . "r r " ' Irot r.oth roth . h oththat r.othhat Irothat hat will wlU not be far fur outwelghee outwclghci outelghed outwelghe out\\ out \ elghed elghede : he e benefits benpflts I will receive trot trotowecer from fromowever n fronUowever owever owecer . , a year y.ar yar ( . Is a ytar year yearfr . , . " [ e considered .onsldered onsldered ( . . . , 'I I ' I m afraid I 1 w wa as . ; . , tboughtltI . tboughtlt- tboughtlt thoughtleert wthoughtleert though tiem\f tiem f ' ' - , , " \ I e ( ' begun to smile . . , " I 1 sUpp suppoal suppt owe e t there's theres ' even another felrl tolrl girl some some- somehere somewhere somewhere - - \ where here out In the \ world orld , , ' ' she said saidwith saidwith saidwith with a breath bre1th bre'tth bretth ' of relief reher 'I I ' I am a astupId astupid astupid stupId creature . , . I 1 might have haveguecced haveguessed havegue guecced guessed ; ; cd It Its s because ' " we're were e're ere ' ' so sele self selfcentered selecentered selfcentered centered here To put It perfectlyplainly perfectly perfectlypl'1Inl perfectlypiling pl'1Inl pl1Inl plainly ' ) , iou you } ou ba\ ba have bae ha\e ha e \ e been " ' ' e exerting exertingyourself evertingioursolf ertln ; yourself } ourself to the utmost to live lI\"e lI "e e \ ' " up toyour to toour your , } our b1Q bargain 1ln ' and nnd I ve ye been ridlcu ridfcu ridlculous ridfculoos ridlculous lous loos about It It . . Haven't Havent ' 17 I ? 1m I m cor sor corry sorry ; orry ry It's Its ' going to be . , . . . : . " ' she bent bent1l'1stlly benthastily benthastily 1l'1stlly 1l1stlly hastily ' and lifted her ber bowl 'Ithink Ithink ' I IthlnI Ithink thlnI think . I hive h'l\e h'l hl e h'itie hitie ' ' \ enough " she he heent \ went \\ent ent scut onBryn onBryn on onBryn Bryn took toob . the bowl The They Theywalled Thewalled } ) walled \ all ed along nlong leisurely lelsureJy toward tl1) tl1 the thehouse tl1)bouse th1house ) bouse house The sun hid h'ld hld had ' suddenlythrown suddenly suddenlytin tl11o\\n tl11o n thrown own \ off ofc hisens his \ veils \ens ens tells of cloud "lOll lOll and "lOllemerged andemerged " andemerged emerged In glor glory gloryEntering lor } Entering the kitchen togetherthe to together ether , the they found Gary Cary there ' 1'hlss 1hlss 1'hlsscertainly ' rhis rhJs : ! iscertainly s scertainly certainly an nn e'lrl elrl earii early ' } risln rising . ; household household"rcnnrked householdrcnnrked , ; , " ' rem'lrl.ed remlrl.ed remlrled rem'irked remirked ' ' . Bryn Br } n " ' "Up Up " 'Up Up ' with tbe the tbebirds thebirds thebirds birds ; . , ' must be Its motto . . " Brvn Brtn Bn n put down his cofTpe cofCpe coffee cup cupGary , G'1ry G1ry Gary ' hn\ hn having hnIng hating \ Ing served them In the sit sittlng sitting sitting tlng ting room lie TIe IIe reached Into hispocket hIs hIspocl.et hispocket pocl.et poclet pocket . mechanically for his clga ciga clgarette cigarette cigarette rette case ' ' Mind If I I smoke 7 ? " Across the low round table , . , Deborah De Deborah Deborah borah shook her head"Tell head"Tell head head"Tell "Tell Tell " me . , Is It a disgraceful thing thingto thingto thingto to be divorced ? Does It ! t , . . , , . mark markon07 markone markone on07 one ? " she asked . . "We We " can manage It so quietly that thatno thatno thatno no one \ will sill III know you youve re \ e been mar marrled marred married rled red , , Deborah " . ' I 1 s \ wasnt asn t thinking exactly of my myself myself myself self , " she said , , faint color In 1n her hercheeJ.s hercheeks hercheeks cheeJ.s cheeJs cheeks . 'Nobody Nobody ' knows hnows me Itcouldn't It Itwouldn't Itwouldnt ouldn't ouldnt couldn't couldnt \ ' ' matter ma tter I was wns thinking thInhlng ofiou of ofyou you } ou I \ was sax as wondciing wondeliag won e11ng If the . . , , .girl girl . gIrl you . , . , . , . that If Ic is : , the girl you youcare youcare youcare care about won't wont ' mind rather r'lther rlther ' dreadfully dread dreadfully dreadfully fully I don't dont ' ' quite understand understandthese understandthese understandthese these things , , " she hurried on , , but butI I ( think if 1f I I \ were sere ere she I I should shouJd mind ' "Did Did "Dld Dld " I say I cared about a girlBryn glrl7 glrl7Bryn girl ? Bryn Inquired , In surprise'Perhaps surprise'Perhaps surprise surprise'Perhaps 'Perhaps Perhaps ' I saw for myself that thatthere thatthere thatthere there must be one ' You 'You spoke ofsacrifices of ofsacrifices ofsacrifices sacrifices You couldn't couldnt ' ha have hale \ e meantyour meant meantour your our career , , because you told me meyourself meyourself meyourself yourself It was nas at 3t a standstill Sothere So Sothere Sothere there must be a girl I anr am am ' glad , , ofcourse of ofcourse ofcourse course It will make Gary feel niuchbetter much niuch muchbetter muchbetter better But has the \ world orld become becomeso becomesn becomeso so sn liberal llberal minded mlnde tint th'lt thlt that ' she son ' " wontmind on t tmind tmind mind this th1s taking tnklng this tllls way W'lY WlY ' to earn earnmoney earnmoney earnmoney money for her7 her ? ' Her IIer e eies eyes , } es lifted to tonls tohis tonis nls his , wattingBryn waitingBryn waiting watting waitingBryn Bryn considered If It he be said there therewas therewas therewas was no girl , Deborah might tab.e tabe take tab.eI |