Show HIS ASH WEDNESDAY by P F M H LANCA LANCASTER T the 10 discussion had bad begun while t h allan and his bla sister later murla tilted for breakfast it was th biorn lug ing of 0 ash wednesday oh ob of course you don t approved approve of because you cant do it men like to thial they are a great deal stronger than women omen but the truth i they lira are thi weaker vessel arli my lord maria if nothing elbo Ns hlll III satisfy ou I 1 will try it III go 60 dawn town now without my break filst fast and stay there till dark you t lia have e any dinner prepared for me or supper either allin departed tor for his bla officio for the cirit time in life hia lite life a good lrI breakfast fat inside of him lly fly twelve 0 clock allans head wag wa aging liiK ich b pa inand feeling as heavy as though loaded with load lead lly by four he var vaa feeling met etch and ir wretched etched ile ho put nut oti oil his bis hat and v nt t out to seek relief from fresh areah nil idi I 1 ida iiii llight carried him to the rett red dance into a quitt strut where a erni cra old house looked cooled over a ansty gate upon an ail empty square 11 mintlo 1 alo I 1 leming lived in diat house slin opened the door to him hersell hertelt lie he rent ol of the family and their one ml int had gone to chiti chinch eh she III not look at alan 9 coat but at his tided eyes and by way of greet ing she said eald gently lou 1 ou have a terrible headache hant you coule come into the dining room and let me fix up some nome coffeo coffee for you hanh yov you but dont don t bother he piotR sted faintly do you she ventured doubtfully ever eat scrambled eggs the kind you cook with chopped ham bam he asked with interest Inte roBt myrtle turned that ho he raight might not see ee tho the quick tenderness tender that filled her eys ays ey no she bhe said bald the kind you urve serve on slices of cold boiled ham it wan it a square meal afore they got dono done with it and the strong coffee alt anrod allans head like magic when it 11 was all over and ho be was leaning against the mantle with his him cigar atlan allan looked down on myrtlo in a chasteney chastened chast ened spirit tell me allan said expectedly do women suffer so BO much myrtle started suffer why maria said this morning that a man an believe in rafting fasting because he ha do it I 1 tried it it he be added laconically and it made you III I 1 ant am not sur aur P I 1 don t see moo allan murmured how fasting could ever take the form of a good thing thine well in times of grout great mental an gulah fasting does take the edge oft off of nu frering I 1 allan looked down at her thought fully did bid you ju ever break exir hearte oh I 1 mean to be im pertinent but all girls do dont they 1 I don dont t think I 1 ever exacts be hilved in bokn n boarts she told ill him n 0 no o lie he mild mald decidedly ive al vaa as felt that way about you that you wire were the sanest woman I 1 knew that it would bo be like heavin to live along with you day after day that you would bould always be yrtle and refined and controlled that you t turn the whole house into cosy corners one ona and the next send all the beds into tho the fairet and expect a man to bleep beep on pillows thit no matter how own oil on my luck I 1 might be tile the fell or 0 r your fingers in my hand band mako 1 ako mo it man again in a nit minute that 1 myrtle I 1 dicent man iuan to wound out I 1 have brought tiara to your PS P t a for the m voiad vi I 1 d dun dont t iou ou know thata that lie he bent don ann bously with m ith hla his hand on tin imo back of her chair I 1 d try my best beat to do the straight thing by you 1 I know it binic 1 hut 1 ut aou i ou t think you learn to c care are tor for nie me that way oh of course I 1 could then what la Is it that distresses you so BO dear if we care for each other nothing else matters does icv it 1 I am not distressed she sala but you were ere ready to cry a min ute ago oh well she smiled with a touch of mischief biet dont you think be ready to cry if you had been keeping ash wednesday every day tor for a good while not it if they were all like this its the first ash ah wednesday I 1 ever kept what are ou smili fig nt at I 1 did come very near to keeping iti fasted acted from daylight till four and ou are tho the loveliest lovellett lovel leot woman iu in theirld the orld sweethearts did ou know that bhatt copyright by dally daily story pub col co |