| Show r T the h e hero r 0 who ran away 13 by V J S s uy 1 j I I 1 li ii B bowles 1 i it ift i I 1 till i 1 1 i I 1 i i not i I 1 t 1 i I n I 1 f vill lahl ni ih na M wt II 11 ll it ft 11 i 1 i t it antill it i I 1 ll 11 I 1 I 1 in I 1 ili mi in piri I 1 tild I 1 11 I 1 UK lilt hint lin I 1 ill n 1 afi li 1 it 11 1 i I 1 i in il I 1 11 v it lut at w 1 1 il a ill i i ii I 1 rish ol of lit hi hi 11 anaw I 1 i r i I 1 from krent great 11 II wt I 1 ahi I 1 it L I 1 ump tulon ot lur pi it ili b ill hi in in in ih lie walked I 1 hb ab t tit tin r scented alit lit t A man ath M in so little nance hance of thinking thin kini IL r y in ID i mine in in a pres ence or it if the it IH within ay sy iy ellist ince of hirn him if I 1 in g ini inh to lo fight cahl this thin out it ill at lie be iriv iw t filin tier her she bhe mexwell Allx well ht t pidd sud lenly thought bought and st p 1 till i binl anit t a ny at y con cluston hi 11 wi wn conscious that be stood i li 11 i 1 I air r of the ittle hue royals royale ant 11 it IT ill was shaking hands with his fr fir it n I 1 udy ialy 1 from whom in III ionic i tu ruf rubbion the apt splint ina moi on nl n li it it 1 iu it borrowed new ch h trin inn if f aig 11 it hade color and spent scent major max 11 she exclaimed exclaim eo nut but hould ne be la is so jo chiv much next door now adaki I 1 lit t tit in pi et it was wah night before last lam tit hi t WL met wagn t if it lhing so 0 said maxwell I 1 I 1 banit ovir ov sr vi erday dover and calais in u know on business I 1 i unit timi i ier or yesterday too said eald la lain h folkstone Folk stone and blouir I 1 na vou know also on business sly MY 1 i 11 K ss if lh fricks r icks mell troied hi his mukta he ile he b tin 0 IVI dinst Ilous of the iho pi seme elle of rit 1 R 11 V pa rode m mild m I 1 it li it at a adis discreet rt ine also of the inter pst est walh was wag being realta intha inanda arill eyes of the pasc parsers rs by who ho band at the anglish gra i k us fl ill ure tire copper gold hair ind vl vi vat va lous long beamut with isable ad tai ration lie ile looked at lidy ravens rode hist filst furtively then with a ell cu rious determination in hla his bronea taio face send bend bour our maid away an ay he said calil lam sure tan can wait a lit lie I 1 1 want to talk to you the fact Is I 1 m in a bit rio ilo I 1 mein a good deil of a hole hate and I 1 want your ad lice lidy hiven strode obeyed thle this per without a murmur I 1 ahey hey down on a rustic be it under the shade trees of the champs eli bees maxwold began tracing strange B shapes hapes in the gravel cravel at hla his feet he be knitted his brow and pursed parsed up lite hla lips anti ami lady Raven rode watched with a tiny smile at the corners comers of if her mouth presently ho he looked up lip regarded hi hei with a stany stare and said enid the tact fact Is that I 1 ie e run avray av ay run away with whom that said maxwell MaxA ell is ia feminine but silly billy I 1 ran away to think I 1 oil oh I 1 she ehe said blankly well ill tell you the truth he be said I 1 I 1 in running away from a worn wom tn an that she replied is exactly what I 1 should expect of you ile he lot locked ked quickly and suspiciously auspiciously at her ali ah he exclaimed then you do think ni ma a coward T I 1 I 1 dija t say eay so she ehe said eald la Is she ehe pretty maxwell raised his bis ees and stared lt it her pretty he be said slie she why she 19 f the most beautiful woman in the the honesta and simplicity ot of his tone lone were so evident that her inquiring eyes plopped before hla his she to la to be congratulated that you are so ond fond of her she said softly ali ah but then she doesn doean t know he be answered sered an the thing is 18 ought I 1 to tell tier her that a what I 1 want to know huts the iha I 1 wint to decide oh im I 1 m i hanible coward about it it if you love her said lady lla ravens vena rode I 1 0 a i certain ly ought to tell her of your loe ione for lr it its a wrong not to its it a wicked lck edT why he tie de banded with signs of 0 f gre greit 1 t surprise lad turned her fare face him anil and studied him with dancing ees and a tightly closed mouth AI axwell frowned still more bloomil Blooml lf r X h jo you loot look nt at me like ilka that lie ho agid 1 I know boure laughing at ma die away down in your heart and I 1 want to know why loll 1011 ou see sometimes I 1 think john maxwell be the lucli luc iest kleit rain ann on oil earth it you can win her try your luckl jut hut again I 1 think Non senac don t anke a tool loot ot of yourself and nd 1 1 lady Kaven Raven interrupted him quickly what by bv marrying her she said I 1 good heil vens not noi answered max well I 1 no but by thinking that aha sh a would consent to marry me ma I 1 ou see ica here shoo she a young and aad beautiful t and rich and she la Is so go much ad ailed that she elsh choose a ling hus band amongst the greatest r she sha might marry tt a really great matt man 1 ivery every man in im really rea lly great in the eyelet ey ei i come coma woman bald lady n d t oan 43 years 0 or age 76 ill 4 maxwel iq ap t a A 1 11 l ga M an n nal ber ag tf I 1 d N 3 1 I 1 1 I belleve the ale Is 25 a little more he answered lady laughed you are aio innocent inix Inn cent she ahe said aid I 1 am 13 an I 1 I 1 th it it if I 1 ever n nv II n v ii aln 1 hould i he hane a trunk trong 1 rot foi i husband it 1181 li t it 11 s ol 01 oltia it I 1 I 1 ital myself at tin till A up tit hlf in til with a sl ii I 1 i t 1 11 I ili liik it 11 deval lop ill I 1 11 ll 11 ri IL it I 1 lilt I 1 11 h III I 1 in liti nil lill an 11 1 1 11 i 1 to I 1 B 3 with illi if I 1 A i i i I 1 ni n i mide iiii ind anil wo i i i 1 it 11 II I 1 I 1 i I 1 juht I 1 in hit it i A v N in it bild lild brill i a Nal giuin lill of irl I 1 1 li 11 an 11 1 1 i 1 bluit wit auti a 1 II 11 I i 1 nt lit 11 i i 1 wn wit i A p e 1 n i 1 11 1 ou ott dianic li hit it a W wi li 11 11 1 1 1110 lit t i 1 r iw till lill I 1 11 I 1 I 1 it said smiting ler laili 1 ain vi nn inn it 11 not distinguished toi for r int lillon but let us make V pi 0 i 1 ss I 1 think we have sati tac for or this disparity in ake biet tion I 1 may tell you as a iiii ili ill hi i lady of 0 za will I 1 not obal L to 10 cu u lie he nine luse of 0 your 43 H s but even then lie he wild I 1 lie ie noth trig ing to oil off r iia hir r sties bhe H a brilliant woman she he knows know era bo ay she shea a a bli big bodil lei illation I 1 well I 1 im in not ex actlis acal a botlett man im 1 m afraid my basus ure lire old fashioned in fact 1 va a sneaking suspicion that I 1 like a quiet stay lit at home family circle hort bort of life you kin knew w the soi abit t ol of life that sort of 0 man nes PS she answer answered ed I 1 think I 1 do low how do ou on know that that she eha wouldn t like that sort of life too maxwell continued to trace patterns in the gravel vall s wild till maxwell I 1 dont know there it aaa an awful lot to be said on both sides of the question I 1 adaire her t and her cleverness you know just as ai I 1 love tier her good qualities anit herself ah she has always been iery ery good to me wt wi ate aio friends 1 1 I hat man nuan man so much or so sa little Pl eIsely how much mm h does li it mein me in he said eaid we aro are fri arlanda entlA enough to quarrel and t to 0 call cal 1 eacy ither r it lines inies I 1 cant k of a betto bettey pi bof of our it Is ir enof of positive she answered 1 I 1 I you th it 1 Is if ou oil realla 01 sun baid wish my advice ind and we wa are friends aren t we ot of almost the s ime aime x call ahlber berl 1 I think thit you might no should speak to her besides yes he I 1 dealdea ps na hat I 1 how do you know that sha may not be well anxious that ou should speak to her she sold said maxwell gazed at her you mean that that perhaps sh cares tor for me be said it may be so ile he screwed up his lips as wills tie upon my honor he said 1 7 I never nener thought of such a thing it seemed too absurd to fo think of me ell eh so vou really think I 1 ought to speak yes she answered maxmell looked round him A cripple was greatly interested in a parterre par terra of flowers behind the tha wire fencing no one else elie was near ills his eyes came cama back to hla his companions face and when she bile saw them she dropped her own I 1 always was a clumsy beast lie he raid ald I 1 ve been trying to propose to you ou for i i month and I 1 daren t and now I 1 vo ve done it pretty badly in fact I 1 don t now whether I 1 lie e done it at all but I 1 v wah ish aoud i ou d say yes yea or no nargaret Marf caret for I 1 1111 m shot it I 1 ran con stand the suspense any loll 1011 longer erl 1 lady Raven Brode sill her right hand along the seat yes she said yes yes it if you d known I 1 ive min mil ites later the cripple stared with shining eyes at a shining hold coin |
