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Tihcn v.hcn vhcn when h s small son sonsenoUS sonserious sontnous ' remains remainsin remainsD remainsa senoUS serious ( The cupola D a te be our Batch catch v . a tcb tower Wha What Whatdarling Whatdirllnfc t tdarIlng darIlng darling , , he asked * sked of Leonora Leonoraman LeonoraI LeonoraImans Leonoraman man mans s castle without its watchr watch watchiy rT r ? iy rTthe the first Jlrst t me in fifteen min mln mln"ora minflora miniora "ora ora flora " * iora drew a breath ot of sheerDon sheerDon sheer { Don was won ' His lffiagma imagina lffiagmabad imaginabad imagmahad bad started slarted working and once oncegot oncegot oncelot got gomg going ( oiBg there was no stop stophU11 stophum stophim hU11 hum For six years she had hadan hadan hadan an uncompla rung mng ning nomad Le Life Lete Lifeto Life'te Lifete ! ' te to its ups and downs its some sometemfymg someterrifyuig somei ttmfymg temfymg terrifyuig hardsh ps had been beenard beenand beeni , ard and colorful and adventurous adventurousore adventurouspre adventuroustarre ore pre nere lIere sere tunes when woman womanshe womanshe womanshe she had dreamed ol of possessingil possessmga1 possessinga possessmg possessing a1 a ] home borne even though she knewi knewg knew g { Don Mason irfason s " ttife "lfe lfe wife ) that they theyi theyd d occupy it U only period penod callyher callyher cally callyd d her dream w " was as to come come'iora comeYora come\ora come ora 'iora iora Yora \ ' laughed a laugh so JOY JOYnd joyad joyind nd ad unguarded that Don real realfor realfor realor . for ( the first tune time perhaps perhapscourageously perhapscourageously perhapscourageously courageously h s wife had re rehed rebed reished hed bed her own dreams tha that thIs thIsbe his hisbe hisi Ie be fulfilled fu1filled The knoledge knov kno\ kno \ ' ledge ledget ledgefht t ! him urn a sense of his own un tin unmess tinlness imbluest mess lness He said l ' voice 'olce olce oice husky huskyB huskym m i a moron Nora-a Nora a Nora - a dumbbell dumbbellomplete dumbbellomplete dumbbell'omplete dumbbellomplete ' omplete washout I hadn t an anthat anthat anthat that mlssmganyW missinganyW you were mlssmg-any mlssmg any missing-any missing missing - any W th tb me you know home IS ISIy isly isil Iy ly ' 'where where ' the heart beart is I ought oughtve oughtvs oughtlive ve vs understood Imderstood that a woman womand womandifferentlyneeds womani placen d ferently-needs ferently needs differently-needs differently differently - needs some place placeiB n 11 her own Why didn dldn t you youe youBe e ' + Im I m only a blundering blundermg man mang man"it manit " g butllove but I love you and I haven t tPt t tt tttobe ttobe to be .e1 e1 'elf elf < . ' elt ! centered Of course buy courseluy coursebuy that barn if it 11 s wiftt wlta wit t youand youand you yound and nd there s < sufficient cash on on1 onto to 10 pay tor for it Come on kid 1 ' Lets Let i s take a lookat look at our fu tu.home tuhome . home fuhome . . . Your mamma is more moreI morea morenonder I a Wonder * Jimsy Jlmsy She s some someI somethat "at at that " s utterly impossible to deand deand de " and we don t t deserve her hercut herout herF cut out , , Iora horat , orar ' Here s the big bIgYOU ' YOU ou prophesied a while ago agoI agoa agof't agoft ' I a warning warnmg came too late lateWas * Was ai a rush-a rush a - scramble scramble-a scramble a scrambleaof - - a : of t anguish angwsh from ( rom James Lam Lamnon Mason LamMason non . . Sate Safe on the dunes the , PD1I1ted Pointed thePOBted thePD1I1ted thePointed hIsred seaward to where his hist red " shoe ' ? 06 a t tny ny fearless t EarlessI fearlessamid amid . mid , the . breakers was set setsail [ sail U across the broad Atlant cCHAPTER c ch - CHAPTER 'n n YI ' YIWas Was early earlysummer summer when they h I t ' the stable with its surround surroundK IaVtn surroundIaVtn surroundsav sav > a "wed wed covered " pastures , ItS h ho1 of o1 dunes itst and beach Den D of aof . "a a n " a understanding uiiderstandmg In hIs eyes led lad the deed to Nora wIth ftourlsh flourish haIredWho that the white haIred Who WItnessed slgs sigs the slg sig s inqwred gWred U if she planmake were plan make a palace ot o1 that old olde e leen seen htl her do thmgs things th " even . ncrc Incredible ! ' even"credible evencredible " < hble laughed lanoha r Nora Don her " tace face "lighting lighting " lIghtmg lighting at the an sas a I , Words w ds respondedwill responded " "ded ded "dedi "dedptedto " 91111 will he be a palace Illy my IllyshmlIlg shmlIlg shining to me any ng palace : We n II ncaU IIcall caU call caUIt callit It it , thanks to That s She your on , ; Mr Moore e If Ifever ever empted rnpted ptedto to i read the , look modernUndk modern Undk Undkup lookup up Millay May , and y Pertaps perhaps . understand " erstand perhapserstand . , her Burprul Burpr surprise Ise ' the ul tit h hesitation es quotedes K I IIse tal10n ' notary quoted q"0 q0 " ; L Come me and g seeg palace " see seef seeV f ? \V V \ Vg en bUllt built bUlltupon upon the thei thesurely enhIs \hIs hIs \ 11 11en i oflurely future home of ofh lurely surely bUilt h have aVe sandaVe no doubt upon the sand sandI sandf sandfhave you II make I It surpassingly lsfnglY Yes I love the thelie lie lieMason 1 m Mason though as a rule ruleII II Poetry Is as old fash lash lashMiss Miss . "lIS lIS " am M 11 flaymyself myself lyeY But I lye ve 11I flay ay Y read 1 I her < " T ownLet own owntto.i'1 anday and Let Letthat afdat afd tto.i'1 tto.i1 ttoi1 e . that know at ' makes ? ' i " a dIfferII differ II Is when the latch latchto o oe out u and I Ia II to tou pay the my re ROyal Fa Family mlly I ! en Ien e b bid bud In bidIn zl zlTe th thYou Te You to d ne some eve eveIS banquet IS fey , smIledey . . - hall ball hallsmIled ballsmiled " < * U smIled B ' ey turned turnedB ' turnedaway da B\\ B \ dwho d who Bay away ay ay'a aya whoIn said " " ' Don In ' th thsaid the e , ? .Don Don . when cn theyi theyu theyUI they UI u tr tre frame a sUnl1ght sunlight outsIde the thed d the thea : bUIlding which ' officeh 1.OUld 1OUld hould 1.OUldary houldSuspect ! . i notary ary 8 S ' small smalloffice n office officeof " h uspect Suspect that 'at at ' pah of paof r reading a thataged aged pa'lioUl pa IIlg 'lioUl lioUl 'lioUla ' AOUId AOUIdretorted the moderns ? Storied retorted Leonora Leonara LeonoraOUPTEB He s no mossback moss back Don He s * a aperfect aperfect aperfect perfect example ot of o1 what they Used to usedto call a * scholar and a gentleman gentlemanBut But he U II 11 never know how superbly that superblythat quotation quotal1on fits our case Father Fathertold told me once back in the days when whenhe he v . was as fighting the thought of our ourmartlage ourmarriage ourmarriage martlage marriage that to survive a house housemust housemust housemust must be built upon a rockSafe rock rockSafe Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses uglyhouses standCome standCome stand standCome Come palacebuilt palacebwIt and see my shining palace bwIt built upon the sand sandy sandyDon ' Don t you see what I mean meanI mean meanI ' I see that you don t regard meas meas me meas as possessing possessmg the comfortable stability stability sta stability bility of a rock my dear dearl ! You possess it In the essentials essentialsreplied essentialsreplied essentialsreplied replied Nora soberly which is all allthat allthat allthat that matters and you ve ye got the thelovcly thelovely thelovely lovcly lovely changing changmg quality of the sand sandas sandas sandas girlDad as well When I was a small girl Dad took me to the sea one sum summer summer summer mer I used to sit for hours on the thebeach thebeach thebeach beach Don and with a wee tm tin tmshovel tinshovel tinshovel shovel lift 11ft oil off layer after layer of ofdamp ofdamp ofdamp damp sand and every layer was wasd wasdifferent wasduTerent d Ierent different ! from rom the one before-like before like beforelikebeaut beforelikebeautiful before - - likebeautiful beaut beautiful ul fabrics woven in m varymg varying varymgpatterns varyingpatterns varyingpatterns patterns It used to fascinate fascmate me mebecause mebecause mebecause because I never knew what the next neat 'L.LY.n LLY.n LLYn ' . . n likJ { 1t r , , tom t ttom ItF ItFa ItFr a _ r c / k d dt t 4 4It It was Leonora who suggested suggestedmoving suggestedmoving suggestedmovin moving ; inlayer in 1D inlayer layer would be and its it s the same samewIth samewith samewith wIth you dear Just as I m sure sureI sureI sureI I know you inside mSlde out up sprmgs springs sprmgssome springssome springssome some quality I hadn t dreamed ofl oflWho of ofWho ! Who wants an ugly house to live livem livein livem m in year after year Don if 11 one can canhave canhave canhave have a palace for-for for for - tor enchanted m in mtervals intervals interva tervals ' I wish you wouldn t say such suchthmgs suchthings suchthings thmgs things on a public street Nora Noracomplamed Noracomplained Noracomplained complamed complained her husband It mIght mIghtshoek mightshock mightshock shoek shock these repressed undemon undemonstral1ve undemonstrative undemonstrative stral1ve strative natives of the state a o aMame oMaine oMaine Mame Maine to see a man embrace hIs hIsv.lfe hiswife hiswife v.lfe vlfe wife . under a telephone polel pole ! Come Comeon Comeon Comeon on now let s beard the village car carpenter carpenter carpenter penter in m his den There s no tlme time tlmeto timeto timeto to spare if it we re to see the begm begin begmnmgs beginnings beginnmgs nmgs nings of this home borne you ve ye set your yourheart yourheart yourheart heart on before we sail tor for Naples Napleson on November tenthOh tenthOh tenth tenthOh Oh let s not thrnlt think thrnltabout thinkabout thml ? about Novem November November Novemher ber tenth " ' Don felt a pang at the theprotest theprotest theprotest protest in m Nora s voice I want to toforget toforget toforget forget such things thmgs as boats and rail railroads railroads railroads roads and suitcases swtcases for a little littlewhIle littlewhile littlewhile whIle We ve ye got four months be before before belore fore we have to leave Don We Wecan Wecan Wecan can do a lot And it wont won t be so sohard sohard sohard hard to go away if our home s in inorder inorder inorder order ( or even disorder ! 1) 1 ! ) ) waltmg waiting waitingto waltmgto to . welcome v.e1come ve1come us again agam next sprmgDon springDon spring sprmg springDon Don said as they turned down a asIde aside aside sIde street Would you rather not notgo notgo noto go to Italy this year Nora7 Nora ' We must she answered I IpromIsed Ipromised Ipromised promIsed Constance Their vIlla vIllaseems villaseems villaseems seems so big and nd lonely wIthout wIthoutVen withoutVon withoutVcn Ven Von And it s such a wonderful wonderfulchance wonderfulchance wonderfulchance chance for you , , , Don You can fare fareforth fareforth tareforth forth gathering gathermg material to wrIte wrIteabout writeabout writeabout about and know that the boys and I Iare Iare Iare are safe and comfortable Of course coursewe coursewe coursewe we U II 11 go but hut it will be he so wonderful wonderfulto to know we are coming commg back ' And Andwhen Andwhen Andwhen when Father rather finds we re really lIv lIvmg living hving mg ing somewhere - somewhere civ civ111zed civilized civilized 111zed ilized I mean ( you know his feel feelmg feeling feeling mg ing about Europe ! > ! ) he may come cometo cometo cometo to see us I-I I I - I am sure he willTom will Tom Littlefleld Littlefield a weatherbeaten weatherbeatenbut but vigorous man of sixty odd wasin was wasm wasin m in his shop a neat white bu Idmg ding Idmgat ] Idmgat dingat at the rear of his comfortable dwell dwellmg dwelling dwelling mg ing house He makes me think thinkof thinkof thinkof of a tree at timberline timberlrne Don saId saIdlater saidlater saidlater later The sort I ve ye seen in the theColorado theColorado theColorado Colorado Rockies gnarled by the thew thew thew w nd i y ; ) ou know but strong and andsturdy andsturdy andsturdy sturdy sturdyThe The man s face brightened at atsight atsight atsight sight of Leonora It brightened still stillmore stillmore stillmore more when she he disclosed theIr theIrplans theirplans theirplans plans Don content to stand aSIde aSIdeand asideand asideand and andwatch watch them saw at a glance glancethat glancethat glancethat that they understood each other otherthIS otherthis otherthis thIS strangely assorted pair I Isee Isee Isee see the carpenter kept saying saymg I Isee Isee Isee see And when she had finishedWhat finishedWhat finished What I d advise Mis Mrs Mason is to tomeasure tomeasure tomeasure measure up the place and make a asketch asketch asketch sketch of where you want partitions rightnow I U II run you down In the Ford rIght now and we 11 U look it over And I AndI U II ll be on hand at - tomorrow seven sh sh-irp sh irp sh"lrp shlrp " srp to morrow mornin mornln ready to begin beginI I m not a union man though thoughI I thatis ve ye nothm nothin at all against agamst those that is But I mastertoo ve ye been my own master too long now to be whim wUlin wlllm to take takeorders orders It U I want to quit at noon noonand noonand noonand and go fishin off the point I qUIt U If quitIt quitIf I feel like hke workin till seven at atnight |