| Show A izan iaia 3 bargain by EUDORA R ru richardson CHARDSON t I 1 page tires crewl tel in hr hor golf beet best which was ery beca ing to glistening hair and n clear cun sun burned wax was plains tn in a tut some v ith a inin in in eliom ft horn financial no n cassity decreed she he sio could ull mirry on the nine hole practice course she tie coul I 1 poe young Jenn jennings ingi the club protest ai as he be taught some le ginner page droe off MY the tecona tee tm carelessly slicing the ball and pending sending it into the tall grass near the main road ordinarily bhe she would have cared ter bibly about playing such exec rabi golf but today there sere ere too miny other things dIst distressing her for coif golf to matter much after all one couldn coulden t marry jenning a man whose only ae as gets were rood good looks and a gensui for golf Coif especially when hen all one hod had was a famil that expected one to save sale it from the direst poverty a family with an n old name und nothing else ose market me able the name as homeer ho weier weer verr verv marketable page had reason to know for she felt sure that it was precisely its tl name that hir nance fiance dinits 1 johntan Join tin was bargaining for DOW now 1 I hat t exactly like your golf james johnston Toh ald paid his hi ebes a ani his lips collaborating upon a very nice mile smile 1 if I 3 1011 on cant endure my golf lets let top page snapped 01 of cour course coure e elie she knew that it was out to be falth a man who was always klad bhe she hated bated too to ta think that be he might be in love lose rufth ler it pile gale her a clearer conscience to feel that he lie afo seeking a berkeley alliance alli anee for social purposes page walked across tl it e links toward the green where her ball was waltin for her she heard a hearty laugh end a quick little twinge of pain made tre breathing athIng hard for a moment alan jennings was laughing at his hl pupil pupils latest attempt te to conquer the th e drive page putted with the awkwardness of a beginner by the time the lie foursome four som reached ve ninth green the links were swim mine ming before pages eyes yes johnston walked with her to the summer house it at the edge of the fairway while the other couple continued in a twosome why don t you make a clean breast of the way you feel pager the man asked 1 I know you love jennings and not me you have juet just been bargaining with me haven t your page nodded dumbly and did not try to blink back the two tears that tracos slowly down cheeks in other words word ou are marrying roe me for my money and you think oa on have something to five give me we in to return in that it ye yes page replied as a steadily tead 11 as she could 1 I don t believe ou on love me any more than I 1 love you if it eath of ax plays fair it a all rife lil ln nn t it yes dear all right the roan man replie I 1 lowly and end t in a it gitil per there a son so ething better than fair tali ness I 1 ou don it want to be released relea 0 no o page pogo said paid that would he quite I 1 owe mom something ethIng to if t P name of berkeley cant ne ise be he marled married scon ery iery soon and end the johnston Jo linston bollea no led ilen len lifting pace page a 8 hands to tits elp he lie kissed her tier finger tips with a that made the girl suddenly ohamed ua amed of if herself after dinner that night page pogo came alone to the club came by means of the street car for the Ber berkeley leles owned no conveyance sl ale P wanted to see alan once alone and find elpi elphin that attire could be no other meetings tonight inside the cath man ian was not riot to be found page went tient to thi tho A berarda mid looked out across the moon alsed terrace by one of tre tte georgain Geor plin glin pillar pillars she saw two men talking tog together ethek they were ere alan jenning and james johnton in a moment the older man moved toward ahr square where a few cara cars were parked and alan sauntered ered toward the main ninin d dior of of the he club 1 I age topped stepped to meet him I 1 come alan I 1 want to tal talk ic to you she eald the boy linked his arm I 1 11 i page pages s and togeal to getler er they deRc descended ended the terraces 11 lint do you suppose that old bloke johnton john ton has just doriel alan asked offered to take me in business o with him at a salary of WOW page rage faced the boy her eyes wide with ellef james Johnq johnston ton could hae base been m only by his him wish to see pee 1 er or happy then he must really lose lot e I 1 er for herself IN hat do you think about it itt she asked aked oh I 1 dont know I 1 could marry on hut but t would mean hard work and anti A ahli lazy life suits me 1 lou ou couldn t marry me if it you had a million I 1 want a man wt Os earnel hi ht 1 money 11 announced and tu turning ani n x fprd pird across the lawn jam jan x I 1 joh johneton Jo linston niton a t ar or who still atilt at the he ed edge P of tha ha roa I 1 and she could see a man k leaning again against 4 it Coull cornine ni up ill behind him stealthily the girl placed hr h r fingers lits pei 1 I id d be afraid to gness who the num man said paid standing quite quit still for I 1 9 inight wake and find I 1 bad been dreaming in U mil ill you mind waking waiting to find that 1 I love you and not a young simpleton whose brains are all in his arms and ana whose heart Is I 1 not rage said very softly but there was a glad aisig rin in her voice there was no ower answer just then for tw two strong stron arms hafid her in an 10 em arace that made answers sm seem |
