Show trio lue stories IY BY josi rii ill GREGORY CO by dilly story pub co my I 1 ady pawned poll politely tely behind ill h r fan and looked distinctly di tired fired in III her eyes aas a gleam of Inte interest iest as aa sho bho glanced at the earnest face of tho the handsome hand Borno doting roan man beffie her but it was has only a gleam and hn an instant later tool took form as aa an of ut lit tor ter boredom I 1 don t doubt that you moan mean it all prey percy she bald tatt Is row but how lloy how about next week or noat iia t bear ear MaiL Pry burst in the soung oung man with blaming eyes 1 I yes I 1 know all about it she inter lupten with a smile oti oll such a worn morn and glassy smile I 1 you forget that I 1 have had several seasons of it and I 1 liao 11 an seen a cen a good goo deal of oc other peoples af falis besides hat I 1 have ence encel 1 masl myself if it la Is dreadfully serious for the moment and it does docs seem that one would really do something desper ate it if one call cant t ha have a olios m way ay but it if ono one cant then one goes one ones a way ully and cletty soon the balls and the dinners and the yachting ach ting parties and tho the golf links linka and all that sort of thing make on one forget forge t and and don t you see that s all there la Is to it until tile the next affair comes along and then there s another little drama which threatens thre atena to become a tragedy and it if one does get ones way may forsooth why then therea there s a grand wedding and a gloat show and a abroad and lit in a little while the happy twain are pursuing their divers ways in so clely and at the club or in ili much the sonic old tut lut only tile the little spark spar of romance they both thought was mas ahead Is now behind and alio tit prosy old world is closter and mole moie hopeless and un endur endurable endurably ablo than csor no percy I 1 me 0 ot oi immensely but don t lots lets spoil such good fell fellowship as ours to go chasing a wallo thomasp the wisp its our misfortune to h hive ave been boin into an age and a sot set romance Is a tra and lo 10 love e a memory I 1 c els L s make tho best of it and she laughed a merry little eliuh albeit the n t vas mab tinged with mth a suggestion of it if anything which NN 11 ich fell fai aiom the full red lips ot of my ly I 1 ady could bo be described IL a as al l harsh ahe 1 he louth flushed to tile the C 1113 at this speech and my I 1 lady ady had bad con eluded clu jeI ill ho broko broke lit in passionately with hands clenched jaw jam set it lica heal I 1 thrown back and oes eeg blazing I 1 it a a ho it s all a mandat lous ili HP this tall talk that lit people koplo of our clia people who mho aro are born with ith good blood in their N vins rina and wha h J have hail tho opportunities foi edu edit cation and and develop MOP ment have no lier hearts tal I 1 ou ate aie bolij I 1 ing yourself but sou oil cannot delude rile me I 1 loo lobo iou ou its I 1 loo oi as aa much as though I 1 was as an all impossible cleila anil and ou oil a factory girl and I 1 ill al N as a s will mill loo iou lou tou will make mahe bour our choice CO now for loe and dippl 1111 Ill bicos or for the ol of I 1 life w ith ati it i hollow nes as ou hane hae pointel out so well mell but if itsou aou choose arthist ione e ou will always allays know that iou were once face its a alle ho a mci 11 i ii I 1 to face niti iti bonest lu lo iv I 1 want mant ion alwa to it it it rn loe ole will N i CM en il 1 I a ni n 1 n I 1 i ai I 1 breath I 1 will co 0 o i u to i 1 1 i 0 slightest a sign boit ou it a mi ili I 1 my lad jadv looked tit ni t i I 1 I 1 and earnest earn est oun g fat fa c v I 1 t I 1 it a 11 mixture of adin frati i 1 10 1 p lle lleva 0 me pr I 1 I 1 apro late t 0 1 I 1 i me and I 1 at ap ir r in n n is and norert I 1 lut tit i I 1 not oid d do ou on a vr rr i i i pi lit I 1 the N i il ill I 1 jve ive only huels a I 1 i gilld of it al all 1 1 but 1 1 I 1 me hie ro way but to go on ite and e endure nd t i it as best I 1 may it if I 1 hao hano encouraged you in any way to believe it could be different pray forgive till nio I 1 have always like ou oil the more be ause of dour splendid atness and enthusiasm hut dut belleno believe tile ine I 1 have hake hail had the most experience and you will live to sour dour lucky that I 1 send vou away 4 0 my I 1 lady ady icalla m waa as tit tiled ed of it all and she proved it effectually by de a sorting the fashionable resorts at the very height of the season and fleeing into the far most where she found a 1 rr p 11 ill IF i I 1 44 Q M al eliere NN were ere tears in my I 1 idy I 1 y I 1 s eyes eye change of scene at least on a farm consisting of wooded hills and halt half cleared pi atries ries the house mas aa not built for summer boarders and was i rough afati suited to the mot most impel a tivo needs needa of tile tho hardy bemen who mho m ero ti tili it g to conquer tho the N ildea ness they coull not tand stand why she wanted to stay there when site she could have hao all the lux tiles of civilization at her command for the asking but the pilco bilco she offered was nas so pil nely that tile the wie glad to glio give her the best they hat had anil and ask no questions and she pho partially boigot her ennui watch match ing tore plodding lard 1 ard moiling boil ing toll ing in plon eci lu in theli ceaseless toll and self baci ilice a cloie observer and always analytical my lad jadv became intensely in the ufa about liel hei 1 arua irua I rua it in was as hirl and benumbing title tine it m was a na banow I 1 tow and discouraging true it soel boemel lied hofele hoi eless s and pitiful but they were ere so biaco and uncomplaining that she marveled it was mas a more mere struggle gle for the most obvious elements of e existence cst of foul and sparsest the barest loot over oner their tile tho most scanty I 1 adment lal and thelt theli c bics es were N ere L vcr or set on oil tile the tinie time nhon the farm bo be 1 laid aid for that NN was as the goil tile the end tho hien after that they thought no iloie jilom e all NN would bo be easy tl tf on en and tit in tile the midst of all the poverty and the villing and the toll toil a thread of ioni lomanaco ance ran iler her pr practiced eye 8 saw an it at once john the sturdy blue eiel son of tho the mowrer ot of the net chai haling ini aved with nith longing glances miry the buxom daughter of the house micro hire my I 1 lady ady oce occupied ivied tile the 1 h sl of tile the poor apartments and my aly I 1 ady adv v a as rot long in observing I 1 that hat N it fluhs flu hi 1 d I under his co covetous cov tolis tous g gaze and ear ev r and aron made him film a duo nn day my ay iy I 1 daiy a ly in fit a baitty nook loul it ii i out 0 over er the fields fieldi all and up tip into 11 th lilo notor ous oils sky and trying to read I 1 1 betines ties ft hen ti tie e sound of voices in the fie adjoin tilt in fold houed it uti ed her it N wag as ju it and aar mar they I 1 lac ae met is as tie ho N a as t til il it ii c g the horses horse i i after a hard I 1 1 0 at the plow and siara dwar was a on tho the N i inma fro it di IN in th con cows s to a i L p idour 8 tu 14 N ar tie lie sat gall I 1 carnei dv looking into it IK r baio YOU oli look so bird irl I 1 am she n bailly ia illy it Is it 11 lilt bit harder this be i giai 1 11 of f lie lidy at the boil housa it n il 11 i s nine work mork but she rhe pats so mu mil it ii t at al did Is goin to make two 1 i i s this fall tn instep tt I 1 of one ho he i I 1 1 I 1 1 loa ij are arlia ur lia li inard ird bour I 1 I 1 J ji I 1 n diat it both 0 us its morlin worl in out li liis 3 ni 1 d I ro to a home 0 mr 0 it 0 an three c irs ao a o I 1 im m tired 0 it van that I 1 am cant can t ve me 0 o v ii and s t up tip f fir r burgel ourselves our selvis t q we Q I 1 in ili f it alborg som it h nv N ai I 1 there 11 II 11 t I 1 t to kh dor krep it us co ident lil ill cen veil it if the horh is jils as lohr lohn she he replied looking him I 1 ill in ill tile the oe my folks can call t spare i tol tho the mortgage Is lifted we 11 jit ji t I iane hive ane to wait but bein as we itle loi ov e 1 i it other we ne alln wait malt cant cau t me v c john oh I 1 suppose iuppo ae so replied john complainingly but I 1 TO in gerful j tired fired 0 walten if 0 o e want A ant yer promise hack back john Y ye can haio hae it ic te joined the girl john dropped his reins and stepped forward with hoed head and ebes on oil the ground bergit berghe e me mary he said gald humbly I 1 didn dian I 1 nican mean like that ye yc h ki I 1 ow at III u valt alt fer iou ott a long a 1 me eliere aint no other woman I 1 ra only a nian man and git impatient yer a naoman an an angel forgive mo me 1 an aa let mo me wait malt for fer you will ye I 1 but it la Is goin to bo be so roan man kara the girl and I 1 am gettin older all the time bebby you ought to take u up with some girl who mho la Is more tree free like before half yer lifo life is 13 gone there aln ain t no other girl ex claimed the man passionately I 1 want ant you and nobody else and I 1 II 11 walt wait till tile the crack 0 doom fer ye an I 1 won t poster pester ye no more but when you are ready make the he least bit of a sign and III come to ye 4 0 a there were tears in my I 1 aa a eye as they out of sight this mod ern jacob at ai if nac nacial bal and presently she alcose and went to the house that night she sort sert a telegram to percy van slack it consisted or oc but one word mord come |