Show THE BARRIER W by JANE OSBORN it was it funny tiling thing about tomi barrow and martha brooks Il rooks and 1 it I waa just be became caliso everyone ie rono in ili town hadi had known thell since KIIKO they were bubles that not evell tile most conventional or tile the most prudish really took except loll 1011 to their arrangements Il martha brooks was old mrs gnirs liar bar vows ions gilece tind turn tom darrow wn wits mr harrows km row nephew au ciul both lieving licon been left orphans plinny or hi fit their childhood they lind and been drought up with nh jill tile ho of brother and sister iloth both lind bail become fixtures in fit tile old harrow barrow fly 14 tins file will left by mis liar row low ho 1110 house WAR left ns as joint prop erty fit so lung long an am both lot result led d there hw in itse it se of UIO liu fiill uio 0 of either to llo live there lien tho the properly wits was to pass to to the lie other neither wits was so well veil olt off ns as to be able lightly to ounce lie part owne ownership of it this shelter so neither hall bud akin the ste lite 4 it wils nearly n ir r after the ileath daentl of it mrs mis burrow had left tile bolo sol 0 of tile he house gave for or tin nn old servant lint tom T 10 in first dla OW subject W malli till 11 martlin arthu if wa 0 o both rt it strong for humdrum pro clety itald conventionality lie he suld 1 I someone take ion cioll to 0 o the 11 Alf arthu her graceful eyebrow uw over it of line flat dark eyes and looked nt at tom with fill 1111 air of gilld now how perfectly ridiculous r an it if A IvOlu all of thirty two tho and it of thirty five ivilo have known other since babyhood and binjo hern beell brought tip III in III tile boune lot foi twenty mont years larh live together thor setting betting peoples Pe tongues wag ging and evora ono one knows that tant I 1 dont willy really tire for you that hint Is IH very pry kind hind I 1 nm jim sure buro 11 tom I ic c the ali paper in front fron of ills his place hild wont went on reading lint hut you ion nm are right no ono enn can belp see that we n tire not of ilia mold of which tire inneo 1 tom ant off to ills bu illness and nally nent directly to io lier her own room ilia only room loom in ilia entire house in fact which nhe ever frequented morn ali in ana as tile old donw raw ing InKi oom with KH its clumsy furniture nil and red plush hang hannings hangings ings was MIH B R nightmare to her tile tho library with ls its Bl of law boohm that had belonged liel onRod to uncle tom tip pealed tie no moro to her donned her lint and and tolling tho old servant aishe not hot be horne for dinner lanner ll out she ahu walked lon down tile lie bunin street of abo lio tolvie dmn then through Hiroi iRli a 0 field ani ciul file hen lohn a country june through li roin h nit na orchord and finally to n little woody lit n the ho middle 1111 ilic ot of which was anns 11 sunny clearing and a finy houge flat inight elmost st have heen been for n childs playhouse in fiket it twilit i it two no room the secret retreat of mardin once inside ills house on en taro It lanner donning if a bright blight colored binock in place or of lice lic cont coat lint hat alto aho begun began to set the place to rights silo built it cozy open ire fire and arranged tile into slie silo lint aiom the lio old fashioned garden fathered lit it 1 home cleril martha mm ilia spent most of her ter days at two atto sho thought first of luncheon find although bho wits vua to bu bo silo filio opellee ope iiii 1 11 gate lag table bo foro fore tile open fire a over it und arra liged her tempting voll of toasted read nil and climene clie eNe liol hot chocolate annd lute fruit then it 0 was o that she heard knock lit the door for tom tent it proved to it betom 10 toi who ho had gono gone out for it 11 country trump and lind ind stopped on of tile of getting a drink of water inter 1 I think I 1 felt that there was some home tiling thing suspicious about ani tills colange colt lio lie told her after Alart marthah hals hurried half confused explanations 1 ive l tills dovecot daveral times and OW it so BO thoroughly anti my lily own on acas of and comfort lint I 1 decided id become tic nc with tile alio owner then today I 1 could tin no longer wilt walt to know uni and I 1 tr trumped up tip that excuse about wanting it drink of water I 1 Afar thil had opened ho alia little gate logged legged bablo to accommodate two to anti was spreading redding sp BU an extra place lor AV lier her uninvited guest yn see tan went on ro ivo taken a sort kort of didlake to that house of ours with jill its ita henvy v and its hideous red plush hangings hannings hang ings so bo I 1 rented it wing of on an old farin hougo up tip lite lio rond ond und and find foot that lint I 1 ans I 1 thought ill id alx it up ui as a sort of bach olora paradise tore I 1 could spend my jay leisure lino litno rending reading and smoking alone or with my lily friends it if id only known you care for the old things L inight have glit have whai martha canie came to tle tie rescue IN maht ight have hao suggested doing the oatt liolu iver er find and milking making a real home what hut I 1 really anvan martlin Mart liu la Is that lint 1 I might have asked you long ago it to be 10 my lily wite wife but here martlin wont you forgive mo lite for not unac you before lind and wont you make inako me happy always marthas expression asa w 9 one of ar wh arh h noss mingled with newly awaken tj sympathy and understanding still silo ho added in spite spile of those red barriers barr lora I 1 think I 1 hava bavo been jusei little lit bit in love with you ou for ever to go long ions copyright Copy richt 1918 1910 by tile alie mcclure New Si por per |