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VT m c 1 9 o DE BEATON JT i j Jara JAMES M 5 J c cY i Y t O a. a c 11 Ceo OC 6 d. d CO Copyright Yr j C 55 the tle 1 Olf I neat near e ou l to the thu door doo of the old oM U o tote tu to 1 young Bc Getty tty y 1 sr serious j ull lct she t that the ile opt thing thine t to do llo cloa was a eras erasto to cell ll thu old hoI Itself u and II take tuta Sup up her abode jn to th thy stable stable culled the barn haru l. l The TUe v nu owners were were quite quite willing lr Jl hat t fh ta should keep tho barn since Inc they would duld be putting pUUing t n ut un 1111 noder I l garages a l' l 1 es J t I Us Its position was in in direct cl le t line of or time tile railway approach ch to tin th e eg growing g rowill oft h mg little u Vl which before Ii its tendency c ct t to t sprout ut was justly justI called caned o lit l ll I But ut with a u generous supply of If turf tIll fertilizers builder ers builders estate estate S butchers rs etc Ow he he br growth began and thc they wise wisely changed c the tho name to On On- So Bettys Betty's s old ol barn h ln stood like a u veritable Ii lighthouse In Ill Its prominent position on High street and its three great sides gazed flatly at nn anyone one approaching ap ap- front from any of three The front fortunately held a u EC secluded lude southern approach all to Itself and this little way right Betty Hetty Im lend had lined line with tall hoIl hollyhocks and slim upright fir lir trees The prowling footpads of the wolf were too close for Betty netty to have done doue one much except install a bathroom and kitchen an and hardwood wood floors In her barn harn She wanted very yer much to make good goU in the time little village In which all nIL her forefathers hind had been een reared rented An attractive e sl slim sign m down at ut the thc rustic rustle gate le lending leading to the barn informed the passerby pass pass- erby that Miss MIssY Y Wycliff taught dancing anti and elocution It was Vas between a lancing dancing and an nn elocution lesson that Bett Betty watched the approach of a 11 young oung man Bett Betty Letty Econ coon learned that he was the thc owner of the new department store that w vs s even en Jhen then nearing completion comple comple- tion tinn In the the- heart of ot shoppIng shopping shopping shop shop- ping district Mi Wycliff he jumped jumpe straight- straight Sway wn into his reason for intruding I 1 will pay may you SCUD SCOt down own and another 00 I whop the tile signs sign's finished If you rOll will rent put out that east cast wall wail of your barn to o me for advertising purposes a a moment cried cried clie Betty until un tin til mil may m my brain i r gains its poise I ne nev never nei- nei er ei see sec the time outside of III my may barn ham barn at least lL lIot not mint on oh that side eide ami unit a a thou thou- thousand sand san dollars a a year CUl i l would mean m n an awful lot ot to tl ma lIle ate Do you ou think think that that thatIs Is could ls could It ba 2 d done ll without a lot of printing ng The young man uman n thought though t most moat any any- thine g could Iw be done If Betty letty nett wore were just to keep on our looking at him him- with w-ith those limpid l' l eyes If I have ha lave my may artist t chap consult you yon before h beginning will beginning gi ming wm will I t that hat do And A cJ If grows as its it's bound to and tikes takes s my lilY store MOle along with willi hl hi it it you ou shall have e double that rental In oth er year And Am seeing consent tin In Betty's Bettys e eyes es he lie arose mose squeezed her hind h until she nearly squealed and a 1111 was off oIT to arrange with Ills Ids artist t. t lie ha had not been lIeen gO an mt hour when the owner of the new hotelier butcher shop came up the time path with the selfsame self self- selfsame same S dreams of an nil advertisement in his head hea and find the tile c exact same figures in the tile 1 way of rental I. I But ButI I simply couldn't nt Nall stand it to to- have ha pictures pictures' of sausages t and those sides rides of lamb and beef rioting on my barn birn walls cried Betty The decorative e scheme shall shull be left entirely to you ou said spid the young butcHer butcH butcH- er quite overjoyed e at nt atthe the site he hc had Imd secured Them town haler baker secured the third tend and remaining wall wail nit nm and aud Betty eHy knew that the old prowling ng wo wolf was g gone me She retired rented in n a n wilted state stute to her hel little We kitchen to brew herself herself her her- self selfa a a cupful of tea ten Certainly having having hav jn ing walls to to ones one's bran hern was a n greater asset than having a brain In ones one's head for fOl th the teaching of dancing a cIng and anti elocution sipp sipped her comforting comforting comfort comfort- So while hUe Betty comfort ing cupful of tea ten the time owners o of ot the department store store- the time butcher shop sloop mind and the baker nel shop were ere one by one by-one one dickering ling with the only artist that vt t had 11 ever er known He lIe was Vas bu but t a 1 visitor 0 r. r Ills ilia Hi efforts efforts to secure secure fame fame and fortune for fortune tune In miniature painting hind had so far failed and It was with extreme joy j that Hint he welcomed the orders to take takeI j I up ip h mils his s brushes in the interest of ad ad- vert Ing nut But you ou must consult the owner owner of the barn ham each had harJ warped wanted himI him himI I i have IH a a scheme that will suit her hel laughed the artist We e will simply I paint crow crowds s of well dressed people rushing g toward the open doors of the thc shops shop of you ou three good gentlemen And Amid because Betty had n a brain In her head she promptly started a n teann tea- tea nn and room In ill c conjunction with elocution and und dancing Young Martin Martin Martin Mar Mar- tin Welts Wells swinging on his painting scaffold fold thought the lie world a lovely place and wondered why he lie hail had ever puddle about with little dabs dubs of paint llam when hemi he be me could splash it It In bucketfuls on DC the lie barn walls of ot the must most lovely lo girl that el either her town vu or su bulb had hod ever produced time to Det Betty stepped out from time to admire the time work of the time young oung artist mUst artist mind and to gaze I up at 1 anyone who so su transform th the ilat lint Ilat walls of or a barn halD Into hito dreams of too goo oo that he would color Shin Shu knew lending mural decorator ec be he a 11 one day and that she she-but she but but what ele eise Betty ett e being expressed beautifully I lalev was n-as In ru ii UI eC eyes CC as he be gazed happily hap bUll ally ally- down at lit tier her B t |