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M 4 0 I J IV c t- t ti- ti tie e M I f n c n t r a 1 l START THE Y fRO FROM M III f fastidious and J Croix St. St 1 vf sweetheart at atM hl M ilac Is late t 1 I Irsla r ac She Jg Pennsylvania I I If Ii Meely JeelY ee 1 seeming Innocence I r succeeds In s she h lt t a distance to toI pr I in the I Meely lee S she Is where It rt 05 h home borne ro e ether unlike t J r. r I meets St S1 Croix who F us iw She he Is tho the teacher ci jet Del school of or orI L I l I re Creighton Crelghton St St. 1 ft r I is superintendent i rother that that t Marvin was to toI learns this cousin a titled Ms his CO believing she i I i lady dy r but t JJ acted A by the Crelghton Creighton alliance J refuse refused ru ed the IJ bid d re that St. St Croix I la lh laiSs inor iSs I s 's Place and marr marry Si girl Il St. St Croix Jeal- Jeal u ed by by Meely's eely's report YS suitor for her hs hand him Into decoys I t Jai I no intention of ot i her er Marvin visits I t I rS III bis ble II official ca capacity pad ty as ae ast t. t Continued IV-Continued Continued pTER IV 9 9 I t we vre modern teachers I joo 00 see I school graduates d do not I I 35 I li I co clon nh-cion nh and In 1 jf Ij Ii co ment of ot this school for In In- 1 have ha all urr slon j I try to i s J within not from without t If f IOU jou can cm work It can an you j Id a of jours Jours teaching chill chil- chil l Jt t Is for their immediate e use I I believe e you ou added 1 I M their physical o or mental rj that are are striving for f for r rI i I Dos I as I came In he here e appeared 1 indent gymnastics or oran orlin an exe u I I I the Charleston I J I bs ns acting out a play for them themI them them- fiX isA A Kiss for Cinderella I was j It ebal-It I MID mID mo he murmured Acting ng a to to have hare these sectarian pare par- par ell e your tour back bad I The plain people bo are horrified at the word ord I 11 1 I act at everythIng I 1 hIs hI h his his- G grammar lt's IE a I Its It's s the hc 0 only 1 II I cm em teach Y tot r do you rou know 1 I would woul like to foa spelling J ell d dl you wo wor t i get ge a 4 C lp e to here herel I Dont Don't jou know what raty aty tI superintendent Is fi dont don't n T To y dUr Ur 2 Dl be as a god one ne oue are but as f i rin In wat b J power per o er to leav lea ye t the e f figure gur e it it A She dramatically l y reI re re- re I a passage from M Midsummer r iI Dream slightly ad adapted adapted 1 elJ then tha how dare dIe you ol My you r wont won't t- t when wen I Ift Irto d' d ft to 0 do 0 a Use se Id I'd rath rather r lose iose my- my Job joh ibe e on OU sit thor there r aUgh at r moot I i ot for tor a mere Inere sup superintendent t I t d i k k Mi Ms Is head humbly to laugh I al gr SIlt II MH IJ f that t. t the JI Wool hool course does po no include includeS include'S e S l I do know that m much ch h J normal schools However Howe r I atlate rOUl to t it J h f Y 1 t tI I 1 ur ex excellent ac acting nj al i But But- 1 iOie IC not seen it HI I she objected r sure By the what yi-what tere you IOU going to 1 J I ed 1 ron on the road the other day tp like 11 comIc I caught aught breath breath- But But ut but ver er looked at at atme me Do y you ti see see Your left ear ear fb I rose ab abruptly nn and hel held hand Good Good Goodby by Miss his bOred Into lato hers 1 lIle kc I hager wont won't t torture y you ter with my un welcome unwelcome pres- pres d b y by l r she sighed with de deep p ref reitta re- re itta te few w o don dont don't f questions before I go l 1 t d JI e took out nut a n an and 7 notebook Your class at nt b. b to normal f fe 1 eHo e h not answer that question or apparently d a Walt Wait a m minute te L drawer of her desk took j lorna and ant handed It u to him been Prudently keeping this I ua at h hand and Of to be nee sam h e hoUld en call ready rendy at he I o rea said Raid thoughtfully ears 11 age ngo I y You didn't leach last lastO I 1 O flO II r ot I I a un t Was aS go going I n to he be married married- jt as It may s seem ecra to y you u- u f taug caught hIs Ws lower lip between IoL abr and Stared at ll her Jhen bUPt nod flOI turned tte t a away un and l 1 t she thought her hand handi r fc fr i how hov much does oes of I Ir r h C COurse her that her Ise iEe It erh v She e could Perfectly W vh en Pen she adopted the cx cx- hai a Dutch dialect g i Sho short r ot of f ti that at c could hide nide touch bach Uch of her t e CO I speech II at donI oni this h hope Pe that at her pos pos- I normal a Uld d r throw him off the scent th I S I z e SC except the hie and baby were very tired a ROSy 8 un J longed for tor Susie's Susies ot only for her own sake salce I I it Would rid them of the II Unpleasant company L' L I By I HEL HELEN HELENR N R. 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G ot Meely and Mr S both loathed her nn ness ness' U It t feared cared her eely I spying 1 eo Upon Pon herS her S I hated ammy and Rn I her her- 4 LI Je afraId of ot per cold oe Od d. d sPIte tor r the hum humiliating Hating de defeat i the child the I had l caused her and Mr r ion was Impatient to b bo be rid of he her so th that he could coul Nettle bring home h hig s daughter aughter And at last Jl In s spite It p e of ot unsanitary con cond conditions arid th and through I t tle e o. o occasion c Oi conniving of ot Me Meely l and the doctor t to tu outwit Aunt n Rosy an and Mr lr ton an and air th the house Sus Susie e b began gan to and the babu 5 baby to reP pick pickup Pi and nd d a week after they w were ward bro brought iI lt down n from the stuffy bedroom to the less con confined ne atmosphere of ot the thc kitchen kitchens Susie was as almost as ns IS strong and bloo blooming bloom bloom- ing as s she had ever e been nn and the time b baby a y began to get fat Aunt Rosy nosy wa was so reluctant to lea leave that Meely would have suspected he her o of ext h having hing ing pur purposely prolonged Susies Susie's s 4 4 4 I ilk V But u Ne Nettie tie Meely e y F Felt elt IJ Urged to 10 Warn the Child a M Man n In ii MiCr Mi ton Would n. n W Would uld Never 1 Marry a Girl In Your in Our Out pj Place cc J I Lif J convalescence by her bad care of ot her herh h H it n f t ill t these ti these es esH two H w were rere I fo fond d Oc of each cach other v. v Jv c a pe ie peculiar H alt attachment for tor Susie Deemed seemed phlegmatically In en ep everyone to Jt r Is s. s f reVen o n io to her baby and certainly to her elderly husband th u pi lQ k any anyone p- p one one- ii 3 so o stolid qi s so incapable lt of f b being 11 i r T stirred d by anything a I t seemed moW marked marked- than ever ever In c contrast with the adolescent l gent cent Pt o. o of I tec t. t s stepdaughter e 9 er l' l ll i Nettle wh who on P the h ery er I day y of of Aunt s departure was brought home fl from om her grandmothers grandmother's b by her father a g g with a n pretty though t pI plebeian leb beian ian face ace who whose e awakening nature was was was' making her hr avidly i curIo curious s about Hf life She corned vor cor ried ned Susie Susie with questions t to such an not a accustomed accustomed ac ac- extent that t the older woman to using her r brains found foun the tiie tile girls girl's cl challenging curiosity y exhausting ex ex- to the of pt pain One evening Mr tons ton's absence absence ab ab- ab sence from home he had gone gon on a business trip to town gave Nettle Nettie an nn unwonted opportunity for her fathers father's presence was a check upon the Intimate intimate Inti inti- mate questions she loved to ask Lizzie Lizzie Lizzie Liz Liz- zie and ind Sammy ha had gone to bed bathrobe with her tier hallIn hair hall l Meely in a in a heavy braid bral down her tier back was sitting at the time kitchen table writing letters Susie was rocking her baby and Nettle ettIe before the kitchen stove sto full length on the the at was was' stretched settee facing her tier pretty and ridiculously ridiculously young stepmother 4 Say S Susie us I e wh did you Pop asked n Nettle f j. h b p i. i But t Ten Tell me met I o Ach CI w well ll be because aus I al-a. al l i Ach Susie J y yo U MUSt o 0 had some reason renson h ch well vell a b bOdy dy io fo marry Why must YO you arry io Well jf you U dont don't wa want t tb be an old ld maId you sooner be an old mal maid than married to Pop I would You ou couldn't o 0 been een In love with Pop lop said ettle Nettle re reflectively Nettle I do believe you think loy lovo i is is like in Ui them movies J My Iy sakes That's ats only Oily In In them movies N Nettle It It aint no no such a thing for really f But nut it Is too I I. I felt felt It It myself aready t 1 Ach Ath yo you Just think you felt eit felt It because be be- cause you ou seen seen so many of or them movies mo whiles you rasIn was ras In in town to there therewith therewith therewith with your gramma But It aint no I such a th tIming thing ng f for r really Y You u only got gotta t look took around aroun you a little to see for y yourself it aint no su such h a a athing thing I 1 wont won't get married exclaimed Nett Nettie I I Ican can meet meet up with such a fellah el lik like nu Rudolph olp I or Tom M Mix Mx x 1 I 1 wisht she sighed d longingly I iI could coui run run Into Mr St St. t. t Croix Meely looked ed up from her letters an and watched the time girls girl's lrI's ehll childish pretty face tace whose commonness was ah almost I obliterated by the soft dreamy reamy ecstasy ec ec- stasy that lit Ht up her vivid youth I 1 seen Mr St. St Cr Croix ix Creighton or or so Gee hes he's some sw swell ll dresser re I An And aint he a good looker I wisht I 1 coul could meet up with him 1 Tho Though this longing of ot Nettles Nettle's seemed as far as possible from Immediate Immediate Imme Imme- diate re realization that very night was to see It fulfilled 4 Say Meely Nettie appealed to the thc teacher did ld you ever see see Mr St. St Croix Creighton I I lI I I think I 1 did l You know It If It you did I Gee hes he's got the thc style to him That affirmed af at firmed Nettie f is th the 9 ly of fel fellah llah l- l lah lh can hae ha e me h su Susie f sniffed ff You hate h te yourself urs l 1 I dont don't think L What makes you ou spose a stepper high-stepper like him would woul take up with you you yet Good od lands I They do in the movies sometimes when they the fall good in love Yes In them movies Susie scoffed But Nettle Nettie ette Meely felt urged to warn the child a ma man In Mr CreIghton's Creigh- Creigh tonS ton's position would never marry a girl In ih h In you In place our our place l in n life So 80 thAt your o r meeting up imp with him would only mean unhappiness for you you esp you espe espe- espe cI lI If he fell feil In love Jove with you r But in them tIem em moi movies movies- sAch s- s Ach Ach them hem movies J t Susie Inter Inter- I All l right then retorted Nettle with su sudden en passion Id 11 sooner live three e weeks with a a swell that I could a admar mar than be respectable respect respect- ab able all till my life with a ol old man like e Pop Pop Poj And Id I'd think more ot m myself for or doln doin It to too I Well VeU Nette S If It you aln aint int said Susie only mildly scandalized scandal scandal- fd nothing could rould ever ver really rOl rouse roue e. e her her lier to an Io o of feeling ng e e experimentally fe- fe re remarked re- re marked ff you 1 know theres there's Mr MI Marvin l over at t Absalom luntz there'd be b Mr some rhe e ch chance ce of yo your r meetIng meet- meet In Ing him him arid and none at all nil I I I. I should think of bf your running Into St St. St. Mr S St. St CroIx Crelghton- Crelghton Ach that there county superintendent superintend superintend- stiff I often seen him film e ent ent- t h hes he's s 's a aready and arid he lie dl didn't nt no romantic ro 10 ro- ro mantle mantic feelings He aint like them movie mo actors actors- The Time sound of steps on the kitchen porch Inter Interrupted her Pops back area aready y she said with witha a glance lance at the time clock whose hands pointed to ten He wont won't like it were we're up so late She roc mae yawned an and str stretching wide her arms revealed a beautifully developing young oung figure Meely l looking at her wondered whether in case the time girls girl's longing to meet St. St Croix were ever realized he would woul not fin find her even more Irresistible ible than he was finding Meely l TO BE CONTINUED Y X X X X X X X X I |