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Then Don turned ar am ard ardw d daw aw shiningBme w that his eyes were shInmg shining shInmgJome shininglOme Jome lOme awakened interest interest.Bust interestBust . . hust 'ust ust hustskIrnmet 'ustskimmer ' skIrnmet skimmer skIrnmetthrough skimmerthrough skimmed through the thec thehe thek c he told her happily I II ll IIit llit Uit it aloud soon as we reach the . - . . Ven writes wntes a bully letter letterants letterants letterants ants us to Jom ] ) om them in Italy Italymonth Italymonth Italymonth month Nora Says there s no noIf noii noit If ii things thmgs I could do and write wnte ; - knows an English edItor edItorl.keen editortkeen editor.Jceen editorJceen l.keen lkeen tkeen , . . tor for that tl1at sort ol of stuff and anday andry 1 ? ay y well tor for it-says it says It - says that Con Con.wants Conwants . . wants to know know-- know knowDon - - Don grmned grinned grmned'l 'l l ' 'lthrust grinned'thrust grinnedthrust ' thrust- thrust thrustIf - - if I m still stilI nhliv obliv ni ous , ecessity of f filthy thy lucre WhatQU Whatoti What QU oti ng'oes ngoes think thank ol of the plan darl darJ ng ' ' ' oes appealYou a winter at Capri Capn appeal ( You re sure to fall tor for Ven VennDie Venflute Venmnie nDie flute and the youngsters And AndIove Andlove bowlown , love you Nora ora They U II bow bowown bowown own andOrShlp and \ worship \\OrShlp OrShlp or I mISS mISSess missess missess ess Were We re toot foot loose now I Irceive Irceive Icrcelve ? rceive a single smgle reason why > uldn whyuldn whyIdn whyldn Idn ldn t do it Let s goNora goNora go go'Nora 'Nora Nora ' tot who was beginning beginmng to toit t a good and suffic sumc sufTic ent rea rear rear reat r Intoband staying staymg home looked Into intojisbands lighted"ore lightedore band s a eager lace face lighted " ore \ with Ith the love of roam ng ng'as ngas ' as so much a part of o1 h m mswered mswered mnswered swered gamely g.lmely glmely . Let s sN sa s3 N . , a * crisp cnsp October day somev.eeks someweeks some someeeks v.eeks veeks weeks . eeks later they sa led lor for winthe lorDespite forDespIte Despite a promise of win the air Nora left the shack t shackt reluctantly and remember rememberie remembere hadtded e dismay v w \ . th which she had hadIrded had"cd hadcd Irded tded " monthsr the place a few months r was wa forced to smile at her hered hered hered ed alt aU att t ide But it \ was as home homeDOW homenow home.now homenow . DOW now When the girl askedand askedand asked " and with just cau cause e per perwould would they have another- another anothersorbcd ' - ' absorbed sorbcd n eager , preparaor prepara or the ne v y adventure felt no leasthurt no8 noS nosno S s--no s no - - noIslble no \ . - visible \-Islble Islble regrets at least hurt Nora a 1 I tia tIn tie foolish though she knew the hurt to be Per Perhps Perhips Perhips h\ps h ps hips ' \ she mused her husband would wouldfeel wouldfeel wouldfeel feel differently diflerenti dIfierentl } ) were hewre he \w\re w re aware ' \ w ' \ re of ofthe ofthe olthe the secret sl si e a \ was as guard ng But ButIt Butit Butit It must remain remam a secret unt tint I they theygot theygot theygot got away On that Nora was re resolved resolved resolved solved Othcrwi Otherwi e a Don might sense senseher senseher senseher her rid culous eulous dread of o1 starting startmg out outfor outfor outfor for a foreign country at ) just ust thIS thIStunemIght thistimemight thistime tune-mIght tune mIght time-might time - - might even insist mSlst on chang changmg changing changing mg ing all their plans and that that , , she sheargued sheargued sheargued argued wouldn t be fair to h m Aft After After After er all hadn t she married this sol sob sold sobd sold d er or of fortune with her eyes wIde wIdeopen wideopen wideopen7 open ' Hadn t she known he d never neverbe neverbe neverbe be happy tied to a home7 home ' And there therewas therewas therewas was no sane reason why they theyshouldn theyshouldn theyshouldn shouldn t go It If she had a mother motherto motherto to be near her here-a here a here - - a sIster-but sIster but sIsterbutthele sisterbutthese sister - buttheie thele these was no one not even a father fatheras fatheras fatheras as things thmgs stood now Why should shouldshe shouldshe shouldshe she care ? And like llke a beacon light its cheer cheerful cheerfur cheerful ful fur ra rais rays ) s piercing plercmg the fog was the thesteadymg thesteadying thesteadying steadymg steadying thought of Con tance Ven VenI Venable Venable Venable able Leonora was pondering pondermg on onthIS onthis onthis I thIS one afternoon when she shetramped shetramped , tramped alone up the deserted desertedbeach desertedbeach j jI jbeach I beach The shack was in order orderready orderready i ready for their early departure m in mthe inthe mthe the morning mornmg Don had accompanied accompaniedJim accompaniedJun Jun Jim Perkms PerkIns to the station stahon with w1th the r rluggage rluggage rluggage luggage ( Such swell luggage dar darDon ' " 1 " \ j\ j jt ! t ; \ 1 , ) ji jiJ jitfri J ' 1 tfri rJ rJw rJy w y . ) , " l cJ J Jv1 ) v1 l \ t tf ty ) y I l K i A f ) ( t f fDon Don lifted lilted the rusty haspling hasp haspling ling he said gleefully gleefull ) thanks to toyour toyour toyour your father tor for sending sendmg on those thosesteamer thosesteamer thosesteamer steamer trunks ' ) and Nora Noraovercome Noraovercome Noraovercome overcome with whatshe what .she she . he considered consideredan an unwarranted attack of homesick homesickness homesicknets homesickness ness nets v . was as making makmg a gallant effort effortto effortto effortto to walk it 1t offYes offYes off offYes effortI I Yes she was thinking thinkmg as she shewatched shewatched ! watched a gull dive gracefully down downI downm downin downin I m in search of sustenance there would wouldbe wouldbe , be Constance Venable Don had hadtold hadtold hadtold told her so much about the olderwoman older olderwoman olderwoman woman that she seemed a fnend friend fnendConstance friendConstance friendConstance Constance had had tour four children childrenPhIl childrenPhil childrenPhil PhIl p the youngest was born bornabroad bornabroad bornabroad abroad It was s lly to worry even evenfor evenfor eventor for one minute mmute Connie would tell tellher tellher tellher her what to do of courseNora courseNora course courseNora Nora moved softly Somy not . wishing v.ishmg vishmg to todisturb todisturb todisturb disturb a flock of sandpipers hurry hurrymg hurrying hurrying mg ing along in m the wake of a recedmg receding recedmgwave recedingwave recedingwave wave but at her cautious eauhous step they theyseemed theyseemed theyseemed seemed to sense some danger lifted liftedtheIr liftedtheir liftedtheir theIr wings wmgs and like the famous famousladybug famousladybug famousladybug ladybug thought the girl gul whims whimsi whimsitally whimsically I Ically cally tally flew away home Watchmg Watching Watchmgtheu Watchingtheir Watchingtheir theu their swift sure passa passage ge she found foundherself foundherself foundherself herself envying envymg those b rds a lIttle lIttleThey littleThey httleThey They recalled some words she must musthave musthave musthave have heard in m childhood A verse verseout verseout verseout out of the Bible wasn t It it9 ' The Thefoxes Thefoxes Thefoxes foxes have holes and the birds of ofthe ofthe ofthe the air have nests but the Son of ofMan ofMan ofMan Man hath not where to lay his hishead hishead hishead hisheadHow head headHow How true that was of a vagabond1 vagabondI vagabondl vagabond I l ke Don ! And how long wondered wonderedDon wonderedDon wonderedDon Don s wile wife had those old old words wordslam wordslam wordslam lam dormant m in her brain bram walt wait waltmg waiting waiting mg ing to st r at sight of a flock of ofsandp ofsandp ofsandp sandp pers flying flymg to shelter7 shelter ' Nora turned toward the dunes duneswish duneswish duneswish wish ng ( although she couldn t have havesa havesa havesa sa d why ) to gaze on somethmg something somethmgless somethingless something.less somethingless . less restless re&tIess retIess & than the sea consclou consciouo consciouothat conscioosthat . , that nostalg a still shll had the upper upperhand upperhand upperhand hand Somehow it must be van vanqu vanqu vanqu qu shed before Don returned TheIr TheIrJast Theirlast Theirast Jast last [ honeymoon supper must be a ahappy ahappy atiappy happy one-happy one happy one - happy tor for both of ot themBut themBut them themBut But I m pretty tIrl tired d and andshouldn andshouldn andshouldn shouldn t have walked so far ar she shetold shetold shetold told herself as the stable they d ex explored explored explorcd plored not long beforename before "ame ame name " mto into mtoview intoview intoview view its varicolored cupola w n ndows ndows ndows dows sparkling I l Ike ke Je\\ Je levels Jecis jewels \ cis in the thesunl thesunl thesuni sunl ght There was a seat in flont fiont fiontof tiontof . of the old barn a pew from some some'abandoned someabandoned someabandoned 'abandoned abandoned ' abandoned church Why not rest restthere restthere restthere there tor for a while- while whileteast whilefeast while-feast while feast , - teast her e eeson ; ) es eson eson on that matchless vista of ot curvmg curving curvmgshore curvingshore curvingshore shore beyond the bay-get bay get bay - get back backher backher backher her calmness and then go home to toDon toDon toDon7 Don ' What a beaut f tul fill I place Nora Norabreathed Norabreathed Norabreathed breathed deeply th , + s veet yeet scent ot of ofbalsam ofbalsam , b.1ham b1ham balsam . How her 'ather ather ' would love loveIt loveit loveit It And w th th s thought she saw sawmto sawinto sawinto mto into her own 11.1rt 111rt hart l ' ( . art fac tac ng the theknowledge theknowledge theknowledge knowledge that h hnreluctance he nreluctance reluctance in go gong gong gong ng so far tar aw.tMoay awtMoay awi . y fly y in ID the fact factthat factthat tactthat that she cbuldnoonTreach cbuld cbuldgpy cbuldnoon gpy .reach reach . reach James JamesL.1rnbert JamesLambert JamesLambert L.1rnbert L1rnbert Lambert . shoulab shoulcoab shoul shoulo < o ab ab"ed \\"ed "ed ed wQed \ " "d d " her True Truehe Truehe Truehe he md h1d had bee i ctingv etingv cting eting v unforgIVing unforgivinglor unforgIVingtor unforgivingfor tor for one who . 1 " ven Yen von so much in others In their trag c partIng partInghe partinghe partinghe he had been neither fair to Don nor norgenerous norgenerous norgenerous generous . . , to |