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Show 3t delicat IPTEB 8 vliolescja tion. )f You . June insisted. to Mother, sweet so .ays - Va;3 Grandma both. d Dot what we did to her. was what we asm said. "It And he i to be done. refrbe 3S Aise su jf moment, aatonishing- jer W1u you take me some Ve the man who lives in j, by the pond? sur-an- d eJun? she exclaimed, a rgar But ' vti 'efri?erab ',tamir.r4 :riect ieriods, vm-Conti- nued puzzled. him that? j take adva arket cSs, jcaU the old man iesme to," she confessed, said he is a good man, slowly. "I have a Hurder . ,,g. I mean to tell him so. hesitated, deeply puzzled; "I dont a only said slowly: xic ;t Blold eather t of cor b, n moiety ill Hes gone. at her, she rtere he is now. gro? man looked 0;d wever, something like dismay ex-- i .intelligence, while she are & in 1 letroj weets, sb he said. "I told him threes a crowd; but I couldnt get rid of him. Well maroon him here and go on upstream, you and I. But the Inspector said, smiling at the girl on the bank above him: "I suspected that Clint was up to something, coming out here so much. How are you? I met you one day, remember? She did remember, and she said so, conscious already of that feeling of liking and trust which Tope could when he chose inspire. But she said to Clint: "I cant go up the river today. I have to be back soon. Grandpa Bowdon isnt well today. They might need me. But we can sit here for a while. She tried to recall, afterward, whether Tope had asked her any questions that day; but she could not be sure of a single direct inquiry. Yet she had found herself telling him about the night her mother died; about the anagrams. Uncle Jim at her funeral, in the undertak-!- e chapel where frugally the lad seen bread $ lre pkyi faten, 4 te and a ,s and again later He was decently cemetery. I so that she hardly recoge killed in this unaccustomed so-- ji rded watch-i- , garb. She saw him an eftick and wished to smile, but allow f iould not under the circum-hav- e ries svss: been seemly, if poss3 ad gone next day to his cabin ie air e ood, only to find it closed, it the t 4; but there was a note on It promnr addressed to her. of all U pt he would come back soon; had not yet returned . . . )se in i mpt ella after her .g the fortnight i died, and for the first time wing si? ep it fra life, June began to be happy. :l thought this was a strange a shameful the part thing; yet it was For the world began to smile, g for f ts were held, j surprising ways, needk of tender to her, but so others too. The world, after '.others death, turned in so ways a new countenance Mrs. Bowdon gave her 17 sympathy; Aunt Evie told hat she was a brave fine girl, Im excited, she confessed. made her smile sometimes jesting word; and her cousin and her mothers headache, and the oegan to pay her, with a quiz-ligfact that there was no milk in the in his eye, certain mys-- j so that Aunt Evie had to attentions. He brought home go next door everything. .y, smuggling it into the house Tope nodded, and Clint came to a flat parcel her side. Ill walk a little way tnt open it here, he warned with he said. So she .bade you, And dont let anyone see it. Tope good-by- . uncertainly, and she it up to your room. Try it on. and Clint went up the slope togethit will fit all right. Try it er. When they were out of hearing, at of your mirror. Try doing she said with something like a shudwas ere t e. a ht t, Austral id hex ntly Ji -- i iloniz ng are. Th ;ery tiir e Erli other way. parcel, she discovered, con-- d a gown different from any ad ever worn before, the skirt ijingly shorter than the ankle-- i heir doing 6 imote 0 t wo.k AustrJ rons). ife a- -i some Mrs. 1 had Bowdons strict com-- i imposed. June i little terrified at e her own mirror; but by and by it banished terror. There a seemly lumps which marred contours here and there, but valorously experimenting, she 'ed her underclothing and put enew dress again, these lumps appeared and left smooth long since as-th- prtui gracious egpt Sen: ich ard t, pota perfectly. I the size. 'e an accurate is, ew reW' n't ct "buW nt pa aos S- lent If we su:? J c icularlf it Ml regu'iT 1 wont eye, he how as- - laughed under her "I cant imagine you going s'l0re and buying things like said with an amused promise as i da: ndU tide If dont see Mones: Ill surprise you And he was as good as his bringing her one day another et When she opened this one, 1 not I 1 her, c .tforri e into on.J lines. 'chugged this secret happiness tsa found a chance to ask her ,fT ie gown fitted. She told akfas.t ie 5' enraptured; but it was before she ventured to try on, behind the bolted door of her Ihe astonishing garments conlained; and it was days e she risked wearing some of soberly concealed beneath the dress which was her usu- In the house. asked Asa one day why he C'Ched her these secret lovely sS' and he said with a smile h s 5 11 ''I One tele--' , ' gl M pas-'b'mfl- E Id almost forgotten about that She looked at Clint squareClint, what is it? What did he want? Who is he? But Clint told her reassuringly: Hes all right A fine old fellow. You The young man chuckled. see, he married Miss Moss, and I guess she sent him out to look you over, June. Shes almost like my own mother, you know. He was able in the end to reassure her. Before they parted, still out of sight of the houses on the hill, they planned to meet next morning at Uncle Jims cabin in, the wood. Then she told him good-by- night. ly. and saw something in his eyes, and guessed what was in his mind; and she wated, gracious and consenting. But in the end he only clasped her band and said: In the morning, then!" She went away from him up the slope, smiling to herself. It had been easy to read the impulse in his eyes; she had seen and welcomed it. She had belonged to him in her thoughts long ago. Yet she could smile now at his restraint, sure of him as she was of herself. Their hour would come. When she reached the house, it was to learn that Grandpa Bowdon had died half an hour before. CHAPTER IX June, to her own astonishment, wept for Grandpa Bowdon as she had not wept for her mother. His going touched her deeply; and she went to her room and stayed there Then Asa for a while alone. knocked at her door, and when she eyes; opened, he knew how to comfort Sirl has a right to them, June. her. ever want to He was ready to go, June," he impress some man, just wear that dress. said. "Dont feel badly. And it colored richly, and wondered was just like snapping a string. No ler be knew about Clint, and hurt, no pain. not ask for fear of his reply And he bade her come downstairs. is was a delicious old folks need you," he urged. The she fear; You and Rab and I, weve got to rapturously. nl wear the new dress. carry them over the hump, you e seen. But she wore the know. arinents Asa had She wished suddenly, desperately, given her, accustomed garb. And to see Clint, to be with him now; 'awn t more . and more often. but suite she could not, she smiled di they had at Asa, and dried her tears, and by the river, went down with him, her head high by the sn and steady. Through the rest of that "ben the canoe and evening, she carried afternoon appeared l a faint dismay that Clint her share of the burden here . . . 'alone, and thought of flight; The appointed hour was not yet raeogmzcd In Clints come next morning, when June old man who had slipped away to the woods to meet nt to Uncle Jims cab Clint; but he would have seen the ... 1 st day. report of Mr Bowdons death, would 'lwhen Ihey landed, made know she needed him. 4 h When she came through the sunlit bum"red Profiles: "Mr. Tope to come along, June," woods, up the path to tho cabin on 1 ess der: e be ady i i ie weiti cried. Away from all this here! cant she protested. Grandpa and Grandma Hurder they just have to have me there. Yet she agreed by and by to meet him that night after the others should all be abed. You with Grandma Bowdon while Aunt Evie ate her supper; but when his 1 st and 8 Id They had supper before dark, in Junes kitchen. Rab had stayed b- -1 1 the knoll, he was there as she expected. He saw her approaching and was swift to meet her. June stood still as he drew near, and she was trembling and shaken. He came toward her, his hands outstretched; and without knowing how, or caring, she was in his arms and happy there. I shouldnt have stayed with you, yesterday, she said, after a long time. I might have seen him come home, again, if He urged: June, June, you couldnt have helped. And you liked being with me, were happy. Thats what hed have wanted for you. I never was really afraid beNot for myfore, she whispered. self. But I am now, Clint Oh, I am now. Afraid for me and you. Im going to take you away," he mother relieved him, he came back, and June served him, and be said approvingly: Youre carrying a load, June. Good lass. I wish I could give you a hand. Its a womans business, she told him. You do more with them, keep them going." Tve got to leave them tonight," he confessed. Im due In court in Providence in the morning. Its just an appearance, but the judge down there is a crank. And I have to see my client tonight. When he had finished, he went home with Uncle Justus; but half an hour later he stopped in again. June was washing the last dishes. Fathers gone to sleep in his chair, he told her, smiling. Hell wake up and put himself to bed by and by. Im going over to say good night to Mother and Grandma.1 June nodded, intent upon the intent upon her own dishes, It was half after seven. thoughts. Clint had said he would be waiting, a little distance down the road, at eight; but she had no hope of coming to him so soon. Grandpa and Grandma Hurder were in the sitting-room; and once she looked in on them. They had not heard her approach; and Grandpa Hurder was just leaning over to pat Grandma's hand where it lay on the arm of the chair; June watched and her throat swelled with tears unshed. And then Asa came in. "Any water hot, June? he asked. Ive got to have a cup of tea. He sat down while she put the kettle on the stove, talked to her casually till it boiled. She and he brought a found a tea-bat, e half empty from the and poured a little milk into the cup. There isn't any cream, she said. "Im sorry. Milks all right if you use enough of it, he assured her, smiling in Thats the that dry way he had. way with most things, June. Too littles starvation; too much is as He bad. But enoughs all right. drank in little sips, watching her. "Youre like a rosebud, swelling as it gets ready to bloom. And he declared: Hey, youre child. High time you blushing, heard some pretty things about yourself, if your own cousin can make He you blush with a compliment put his arm around her, kissed her cheek. How about this Jervies felll ice-ches- milk-bottl- low? He saw her start with dismay, and laughed, and promised: I won't say a word. He disappeared. Later Aunt Evie came into the kitchen. Those old folks wont sleep a wink," she said gently. Im going to give them some milk. She saw the bottle where Asa had left and poured the milk into a stew-pascratched a match, June was suddenly cold with remembered terror. She told herself she was a fool, a fool, a fool. People it had drunk warm milk beforel Rab came in from out of doors, wet with the increasing rain; he crossed to where Aunt Evie stood by the stove and embraced her. 'Night,. Mother," he said. I'll be back by noon tomorrow. "The funeral is at four," she told him evenly. I know, he assented. Ill be here. He grinned at June. Good night kid. Aunt Evie poured the milk into two glasses, and June went with her into the other room. The girl was full of a great tenderness for these old folk. Under Aunt Evies calm insistence they sipped their milk obediently; they set the empty glasses by; they lay down to sleep like children, side by side. June took the glasses, started toward the kitchen to wash them. Behind her she heard Aunt Evie say: No. Ill leave the windows closed. It might rain in. And you dont need any air. Youll be asleep so soon. She was always thus calmly bent upon having her own way; when she came back into the kitchen, she You all looked at the girl keenly. right, June? she asked. ' Oh, yes, June told her guardedly. You must go to bed, Aunt Evie As soon as you are done directed. here. Good night, child." Her hands flying, she slipped out of her clothes, changed swiftly into the dress Asa secretly had given her. She stood fora few minutes before the mirror, busy with her hair. At last she was satisfied. Some one radiant and lovely looked back at her from the mirror there. She turned out the light at last, and in the darkness descended to the lower hall. She found a heavy coat and drew it on, then opened the front door. A gust of rain wet her cheek, and she remembered another night when she had thus gone running to meet Clint. But then she did not know he was waiting. It was deeply content tag to be sure tonight that he would meet her here. 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You remember Uncle Mel used to throw ding flowers, the green hair of April childhood with clods out of the garden at the spar- It was a heaven of rows and try to run them out for the log shack and tumbling barns But time came by the martins. You remember the bee and cornfields. that stole and fairyland and trees the plum stands under Jesse Stuart, Kentucky the bees working on the white plum from you! in the Southern Poet of Sun in the sky. The autumn sky. Wind in the sassafras d - far-awa- y blossoms! You remember the flags by the in white, purple and yellow blossoms and the bees working on them. You remember the smell of the hot young corn in the little and you remember the bottoms watermelon patch and the creek where you left your clothes when you went In swimming by the syca- Literary Messenger. Word rcctcn Defined The word pecten is Latin for comb, and is used In zoology for number of combhke organs of different structure. One of these is the comb on the underside of the claw of tire middle toe of herons, night hawks and whippoorwills, more. You owned the hills then all of barn owls. It is used In cleaning and the W Hollow but you didn't have a dressing the plumage, and is probdeed for those wooded acres with its ably of assistance in removing bird millions of wild flowers and its lice. FOR SMOKING PLEASURE AT ITS BEST CAM E L ie ciSarcile f Cosllicr Macros |