Show ra v PP 60 6 0 0 1 aroe w lew W r NELLIES LESSON j 1 J jeddi y by VIVIAN CLAUDE 0 i 1 il I 1 by joma 1 11 ll Hu halh 1 lH alic it i is ill ii li it it il it inn with a lull li it ill ali t li it i gilb aali s anai no of ix it mn in ss mil ind lit in us its tint ni I 1 coin nion mon it ion lit I 1 ss to oun not i I 1 I 1 hi h i not it 11 t uc t ed edi 1 I 1 lit in adji it 11 tit th i chidu aali to ali allu I 1 toils ion 1111 IIII ill Il I 1 it 1 I lit sh oa 04 nit ul into the hie pit pluis iiii on 0 kit kin 11 to n ila hale lo 10 ha has already till ill allu ill hi in tilt ianni and ila has one on oil into tilt lit haiie lii 16 shell shed room in li till all his it voik shop ix it s ocl ocllo ll ini flit ill his si H ui it in con coll it a sit s t of aiom niI nil patla us its lot it spare b it toom loom nich ih ib plinn tug to mange nell ell lie he nid nian f fool 1 tiesh flesh and liay binl an 1 like thinks nellie hilf sull as aa abe listens to the chebi rul ful adlow whistle with mith which lie ile keps keis tinie time to the he music of hla his tools lie slept IN a lock all night I 1 don dont t lie ei e i guesses how little sleep 01 ast icat 1st I 1 got or cares elthea ma be indich alch list Is chail unjust and charlei unit buit is 19 one of the best bus hands bands in the whole well as aa nellie heibell is often headd to say she goes mechanical about her morning duties pre preparing the break fast she knows hailed likes best and putting up tip a datnov dinner in his neat lunch basket foi lie he does doer not come home till night all the time hoping against hope that hat baby will tilt not waken maken till site she gets some of the most needful ahe very sunshine filla to cheer her with its Bieak fist rist ove avei lie he s avs dieci fully nell I 1 mish ebli vond vou d sew a button or avi tao 0 on oil my coit I 1 ive ve missed some this day or so ills ilits tone lq Is the liest possible aiom a lint hint of fault f finding she ea 8 aeb eb charley veo ver quietly but lifts the offending gar t 4 N 1 sees them bring in the man she loves ronet with a spiteful beik and poes goes into the bedroom to from their lox lo 10 on her voik table some borne suitable buttons and tile to apil them but just as she turns away with full hands those wicked buttons from her told hold and with the natural that animates all bings some days they cease not their rolling till they hive have bestowed them selves far under the dressing case quite luite belond reach A hasty eccli ebelt mation springs to tier her lips but Is repressed eased essed while the vexed frovin fromn deepens losina tempel and patience lat lence together she puts foith all her strength and lifts the dressing case clear anay bioni the ma wall 1 tolling it aside while she licks up the he fugl tive five buttons sty siy nell ell hold on there here calls chat chailee ien this exploit through the ojen oien door NN by y dont ion t iou oil let rne me help sou lou ou ought not I 1 to di such things you know boull oil 11 1 buit hui out self oh well it doesn doean t t mitter she returns desperately im I 1 in sino buie to he be worked to dath somehow it mai as well be one thing as another tor for a moment honest charley looks at hla his oung wife with eyes and mouth open never his he heard such voids front from tier her beffie in that moment ment it seems to dawn damn upon him for the he first time how much sharper Is the outline of the still pretty fice how hon pal pale the once pink cheeks checks what daik lines under the blue ees how tired a look about the child like mouth month ile he sits down suddenly tit in the comple completeness tenes of the shock lie he says gays presently it if ou are too haid bald wl wi dont ou have a oung arl to belp or put out bomell ang the washing for instance it isu t absolutely necessary that you should do everything aou ou mutant t overwork over if we don dont t make up that last payment this sear I 1 shall ball do 10 tit all nu ma own work un tin less I 1 m sick until we ale aie quite out of debt a and ad d have bave will b mel liIng bj la is the film telly eily sho eho to la soine somewhat hat calmer now nol dida fc I 1 aaice agi ee to when we me laid our plans at firste hut but not 1111 m are able nell ell I 1 wont lime have ion oil aik oik you ale aie not looking ery cry well mell it leemit to rne me 1 of course I 1 am able ct to keel kaep back k the bielk tears at U taps 49 virdi ard of sympathy sim pathy of coulse I 1 am we me watt should nil all i if in IM and it as what hat I 1 do ou on never neve I 1 0 ill UK Il much luIl do 10 youa ou N with ith battu sep lah him film the coat proceeds to h it 11 hotd a ai I 1 III he in e tuf list things but filst us ihen bab cal calls IS shrill notes as aa L n it lid I 1 hat bab I 1 she exclaims with no vei r cudei inflection still ami UPS and saucers slie she hastens to ie lievi fits chailey lins has his auit on oil by this time imp und and is about to ault lie he ila has a 15 tide ilde to ta ill his voik moth up ile steps into the bd adtoon toon and stoops avei little carl come collie 11 ili im girl lie he calls aliet 1111 li it ain ii tile the kiss oil oh I 1 ni in atis busy implies isal tit jaitly flom the depths ot of tile the cl closet os et where here A blie bile is 19 selecting bd bobys by S clotees kiss carl einstad that will mill do as ai voll I 1 lont ion t doubt oil think a good deal inalie of him film than nou ou ill do ot of me any wa ma with bitter intogna t ion if she thinks lie will hasten to tier her and aix to oix ix ha out ot of her pet she la Is gnata ini mistaken takEn he is not used to aliv such moods 4 in his blight little so BO toes does not know how to take them thein viete hide li a ii silence then she lie fares bound just in time to bee him give baby call one long kiss and he euins tuina away mute and huit libut and la is gone slie she hesitates hebl tates a moment too proud to call to him even then till til at last hei bet heair conquers conque ia is and she i una after him but it is too late he has passed it f the sid side door edoor gone down the walk malk and Js ia just step ping on blaid the waiting malting lioi bot secar licia deavil the day passes after this onla a tended dented bv the same failing can know neer eer beffie has haa she bhe such molds to the bussant she lovas lavt s so deal 1 never before since bince their wedding day hivo tiles the buted 1 u led foi I 1 even a few houis bouis without a bulbs and t L loving NI void iii d ahlis ins his been a verv happy mar flage too having in ili it all the ele ments of and content chailey buit Is a by fiade a nitch anic shobei in dust rious efi lining bood w m abes and avancing at its his they gaii hao c a coi co little horne home a piet t ta cottage in the bubulis to tola dan she fb about the pretty rooms tidying g oven thing as and for tit lie first timo time takes no bilde or in ili them she gets through tier her i online w aik oik so somehow doing an all she thinks of or finds foi because to leme leave any thing undone moul boull I 1 only add to the suptei ing of 0 a mind ill at ease eabe but Is a heavy weight of misery at tier her licata night ever come and bilag her chailey bomea at last tery t ery cry thing Is done she has died a most inviting supper for tier her good man inan baling baing to heisele ill take baby call cail and inn down to the gite and meet hira him when lie ho comes then ate well kiss and make up still he does docs not come and it la is quimp past his usual houi she sit sits holding her boy tier her face growing all the time moie white and diaan arld and anxious oh ob how bow I 1 w wish ish I 1 had said gool good by just as eel today she whispers for I 1 the be tm twentieth time then as ad the slow blow minutes creep creel along 1 I am afraid atrall oli lob so afuli something has lisp hap 11 boned ned for though he Is sometimes a little I 1 ite ate it la is very seldom that his time of coming vadies a half hoin and now it Is two hours and her vague ot of evil ale aio grow ing to a dreadful die adful certainty i she gets up and walks the floor elied out as bile bhe Is another hour lasses 1 asses and in the of her distie di sm and tenor she is about to inn across to tier her neatest neighbor when a muffled tiam tramping ping and stops tile lie feet of then them that bear min are tit at his gates it ae items eins to nellie hurt burt that hat she dies a dozen deaths in that moment whilo while she bhe stands looted to to tile the spot and bees them biang in tho the min she sha loves love bon binse seless leBs ble bidding broken then she louses herself and it Is he hei ready rady hand that arranges the but bill and the pillow tile the loot i unconscious head not dead no that would havo have been a punishment greater than pool pooi nellie deserves and more than ale sl e could bear but there has been an av accident ident a scaffolding has fallen and among the half balt dozen men killed or injured malley chailey unit buit has fared best of an only a broken arm arill a ed shoulder houlder fc anti and some BOMO cuts and bi albee lie laa I 1 as been well m OR cared for too and only conveyed to hla his home m ahn h it the attending surgeon haa bas deci deall I 1 ed ci that there ale aie no internal injuries and that he can sarel be moved but the bicad might have been out balfore her then so 90 clear and ailin that it leaves its impress on her ery soul and in all the rest est of r nei bel lite it helps to teach her the great albon of patience and self control so fco matters might hase haie been luech worse afeei aaflei all as aa it Is nellie hurts burta bid day ends with a recon cil collation lation between husband and wife ant a most grateful thinks thanksgiving gIving to coll cod from one under beail that ohe aha spared that sharpest st pang of all albe utter of knowing that or this mot lit her ber lAnI teace has oo 00 late laia |