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' lappyl appyl { she echoed , , , trying trymg toe to e Tears came into mto her eyes eyesdl eyes1 dl right then Now thlS- thlS this- this thistk thlStk this thisk - tk k said s8Jd this tlus is wha what t were we re go goo goode goi o ode do We 11 Il U run into mto town d dyoumy you youmy my car is right over there- there thereve thereye there thereve - ve ye been looking at it ite1l iten Itell e1l , en , , rad , nd we well n have a party partyl partyI partygo l I go to a department store and andbuy andbuy andbuy buy all aU sorts of things thmgs tor for your yourer yourer er and Angela-and Angela and Angela - and you too tooer tootr er remmdedme remindedme reminded remmded me of readmg reading readmgFand readingand readingl and Von asked if you had an anam anam ancani Fand , am freezer and Conn e-she e she a-she a - e - she s sVanshe sVonshe slo ' Van-she Van she Von-she Von Yon - she said a radio and andI ands and'l andl I s cups - and towels-every towels every towelseveryl towelseverywe towelseveryE towels - every1 l E we like lice we 11 II ll send home Shall ShallHi Shallh Hi II h ! but Frank-I Frank I Frank - 1 They Rvere Rveretog wereing ere ereing ing tog now aow and she lifted the soft softed led softled crown of her gl ttermg ttering haIr hairie haIre e blue eyes or o.r over o . -r r - which the they thery y bang dr drifted ted in m a film tihn Oh Ohank Ohrank Ohrank rank ank . , , that d be too much fun fun'ienly funienly ' ' enly he put his arms about aboutd aboutid d held her tightly lightly and sheup sheup she sheup up tremblmgII m silence sllence tremblmg trembling tremblingMI U II 11 have to get used to tlus this thisd I ! Id whIsperIa whisperla in ii a whisper whispere e Ia la her mother caIled called calledg calledMg g They were apart agam again againMr agamIr againit Ir it Me Mc Cann wud he stay for forofIunch forof torsotlunch ofIunch of lunch an have some manYc manye man ye Yc said Mrs Cars Carscaddeni Carscadden cadden caddenJ J i ' Carscadden . , you re very > FranksaId veryFrank Frank said glancing at his , shoppmgand shoppingand rut 'but but hIs'but hisbut ' I have some shopping shoppmg and nd She la Ia has prom sed sod to toe toe tow into'or intoor e l I thought we d go IDtO into IDtOor intoor ' or lunchget lunchget lunch lunchset set get my hat sheila said es ! Into esInto into the bo ho we Ise . I When she came out ten mmutes minutes mmuteslater minuteslater minuteslater later she looked her loveliest In the theblue theblue theblue blue suit , , with the new blue hat hat.The hatThe . . The hemstitched frill trill hill that fen tef n In ! ncrIsp Incrisp Incrisp crIsp folds at the collar of the coat coathad coathad coathad had cost thirty nine cents but It was wasplam wasplain wasplain plam plain and fresh Sheila 3 II a shoes were wereshmmg wereshining wereshining shmmg shining and if i ! the chamois gloves glovesshe glovesshe glovesshe she wore v . were sere ere still stlU damp In n ! the thetips thetips thetips tips from recent washing washmg and bad had badbeen hadbeen hadbeen been snatched from the sunny back backclotheslme backclothesline backclothesline clotheslme clothesline Frank did not suspect it it . . . You brought your topcoat ? Good Goodgirl Goodgirl Goodgirl girl we may be late Frank ap approved approved approved proved l I love that coatiYou coatiYou coati coatiYou You ought to Your mother motherpicked motherpicked motherpicked picked it out tor fOT for your sister Mon Monica Monica Monlea ica Sheila reminded remmded himYu himYu him himYure dayWell Yu Yure re goin gom gain off on for the day ? Well Well , , , said Mrs Carscadden . , , be bestowing bestowing bestowing stowing upon her daughter the near nearest nearest nearest est thing she ever knew to praIseyou praiseyou praise praiseyou you look Jook clean and neat and that ssomething s ssomethmg ssomething somethmg something I 111 11 U say she looks clean and andneat andneat andneat neat Frank agreedWe agreedWe agreed agreedWe We re going gomg to buy you pres presents presents presents ents MotherlI Motheri Motherl Mother ! I 111 U ll step over to the police sta statlon statin statlon tlon tin and wait walt tor for ye Mrs Cars Carscadden Carscadden Carscadden cadden said grimlyOh grimly grIDJly grimlyOh 011 Oh , , . that reminds mel me ! I She Sheila Sheilaexclaimed Sheilaexclaimed a aexclaImed exclaImed She flashed into the thehouse thehouse thehouse house flashed back with a little littlephotograph littlephotograph littlephotograph photograph held in the palm of her herhand herhand herhand hand Look chat " , \ hat was forwarded forwardedto to me a a few days ago she saIdThey saidThey said saidThey They all looked Jooked at the picture of a aCalifornia aCalifornia aCalifornia California fruit frIDt orchard in all the theradIant theradiant theradiant radIant flood of March bloom A Aplam Aplain Aplain plam plain little farmhouse Intruded upon uponone uponone uponone one comer corner of the print and in m the thecenter thecenter thecenter center a pruning ladder had been beenleaned beenleaned beenleaned leaned against agamst an apple tree and a ayoung ayoung ayoung young man ! In n overalls stood on the theladder theladder theladder ladder Below him hlffi hum deep in the thesprmg thespring thespring sprmg spring grass was the stout square squarefigure squarefigure squarefigure figure of a middle aged woman Wlth with Wlthone withone withone one hand dropped to her side to totouch totouch totouch touch the head of an eager mongrelThe mongrelThe mongrel mongrelThe The young man was facing facmg out of ofthe ofthe ofthe the picture He was half laughing laughinghis laughinghis laughinghis his shirt shU't shUt ' was open at the throat , , , hIs hIsshIrtsleeves hisshirtsleeves hisshirt-sleeves hisshirt sleeves shIrt-sleeves shIrt sleeves shirtsleeves - - rolled up he had a saw sawin sawn sawin in ! n his handsWho handsWho hands handsWho Who s s that that7 ? ' Frank asked . . . ' That 'That s s a bad boy the boy who whokidnaped whokidnaped whokidnaped kidnaped us and then went back to toIus tohis tobus Ius his mother and is being bemg a good boyl boy boylSheIla boySheila ! ! SheIla said She slowly tore the p1C pie p1Cture pieture picture ture Into tiny tmy scraps Nobody s sever sever sever ever going gomg to use that agamst against hum Ium , nunshe , she said saidAnd And is that all we re ever gOID3 going gOID3to goingto goingto to know about him ? Frank asked askedsmiling askedsmiling askedsmiling \ smiling down into her honest se senous serious senous nous rious blue eyesThat eyesThat eyes eyesThat | That s s all allSomeone all . . Someone you helped7 helped helped7I ? ' I don t know I d like l1ke lire to thmk think thmkI thinkI thinkI I did didWell Well come on Frank said III IIIbrmg I U Ubring Ubring brmg bring her back to you safely Mrs MrsCars MrsCarscadden MrsCarscadden MrsCarscaddenI Cars Carscadden cadden caddenI CarscaddenI I ve ye no doubt ye 11 II U try to Shei Sheila Sheila Sheila la s mother said patIentlyAh patientlyAh patiently patientlyAh Ah you love me Mother Motherl ! Shel Shei Shella Sheila Shella la was as radiant as the sprmg spring sprmgmornmg springmorning springmorning mornmg morning as she kissed her motherThe motherThe mother motherThe The black sheep is the fav rIte rIteShe riteSheila riteSheila She Sheila a Mrs Carscadden said WIth WItha witha a resigned sIghAnd sighAnd sigh sighAnd And I m your favorite favonte cluld child cluldMa childMa childMa Ma ? I may as weu wets say you are the themother themother themother mother said for it 1t may be the thelast thelast thelast last chance I U II have to spake to ye yefor yefor yetor for the dear knows how long ' When Whenye Whenye Whenye ye d walk out of the house on me meGod meGod meGod God knows I Im m the last to know knowwhen knowwhen knowwhen when I d clap eyes on ye next ! ! She Sheila a and Frank . were v.ere vere sere laughmg laughing laughingas laughmgas as they ran down to the ghstemng glistening ghstemnglong glisteninglong glisteninglong long shining shming bulk ol of the roadster roadsterHe roadsterHe roadsterHe He helped her into mto the front seat seatand seatand seatand and She Sheila a settled herself there therecomfortably therecomfortably therecomfortably comfortably wh while e he came about aboutto aboutto aboutto to his Ius own oWII owel seat at the wheel . She Sheturned Sheturned Sheturned turned to " wave "ave ave at her mother and ands s ster as she and Frank whirled oft off oftmto offinto offinto mto into ths the morning mormng sunshine together togetherTHE togetherTHE togetherTHE [ [ THE END 1 ] . |