Show U ml L L po ale P if BL F R as SRI ariy 9 E naf B S LIDA i aa LAR M Q 0 RE 1 h S ct W fa U CHAPTER IV continued 12 janle janie mindl the thought or of 1 I ather la in a chair was ii like a knife through vie thought that row they could never bevc r tramp through the canadian forst to fathers father a beautiful lake filed tier her with mth mis ery jante janie disint mandt it was be cause she ahe minded to BO terribly bly that she wanted anted to fix over oner a loom tor for father hut she couldn coulden t tell cella site blie coulden couldn t explain if COW cilia really loved hugh silo she love hugh janle janie realized it with a sharp feeling of alarm when aou ou loved people you wanted a ned to make them happy and it is celia fault really not hugh a 8 lie he would be tenably teril bly huit lie was nas so bon est and sincere hugh would be hurt and janle janie who loved him so BO much could do nothing to help oh ob huh hugh I 1 oil oh dear big hugh m who ito nl ner er laughed any more lie came in fit at midnight ile he looked com exhausted lausted exi kut but his eyes brightened as he saw them waiting salting for film beside the fire I 1 dlan t expect this I 1 lie he said 1 I tho yon ath would be in bed lie he sailed wearily eartly 1 hie lie smile caught at janies heart it remind ed tier her of ruthd a amile she real laed nil at once tivit hugh was hire rather in many ways says she badii ila dai t thought of it beffie beffi e I 1 I 1 oil d moan mean it hugh 7 cella celia had lert left the artric armchair haIr tier her hands binds wire clinging to the lapels capr ls of hla his ont coat you mean that you v would 0 uld stay on hei heie e ln in the square of courso course I 1 meant it ltv there again was that in ills his voice I 1 im M tiled blied cilia cclia wo we talk about at out it tonight its R cella celia said flimey I 1 you cant FaciL lice your whole ufa life its it a morbid it its a you cant dj 00 it hugh does it matter so ey much ile he led her to tile the daNen davenport port drew her with a wear sear sigh down domn into tile the circle of tits ills arms lets just be quiet tonight listen to me hugh please darting darl ln hugh r weary sigh ills his look of pi tience wag ana more than janle janie could bear cella I 1 it was fin an almost sound less protest gut but colia celia heard site she looked at janle janie there N was as no mis taking her meaning janla janie slipped out of the room with elitle hugged tight in tier her arms III chy janle janie ballard Ball ird I 1 tante banle huddled into a heap on tit the stairs blinked and opened her eyes I 1 was N as sleepy site she murmur ed I 1 get any farther its it s one 0 clock one 0 clock I 1 then atila must haie hae been talking to hugh for an hour you can go up to bed cella celia brushed past tier her huddled fig ure her heels made a clicking sound on tile the steps A door opened and closed uhe light from the tha living room fire shone out cross the hall jan janle heard a sound of somebody moving the creak of the daenport PI rings a long seary neary sigh hugh I 1 she walked d quietly to tile the door hugh had feuti flung ionn down on the davenport llie hie position of ills hig body suggested complete exhaustion ills his cats stated at the dy ing flie file hugh she c tiled softly ills ebes ejes turned from froin the t lightened wie somber again arent aren t 3 ou sleepy hugh all but my heid he id billat illat keeps on oil spinning around do you nata something hot to drink ile he shook hii lidid lie he looked at janle janie sleepy and small in the door way say tender concern in her wide anide clear hazel ekes ees A brown broi n little girl with ith a doy dog sweet funne kid I 1 come here he be wild slid she crossed at once to the diven daen port she looked at him mth alth a tenderness in tier her eyes she sud slid nothing at all htay latay ith me hugi hugh said fully 1 11 I hate being alone she mn male ie a nest of tile cushions on ohp floor bloor and settled herself hmong among ther then by lifting her e bics cs a little she could look directly at thigh hugh ara am I 1 being bein heroic bercic I 1 hugh asked me ine janle janie ion ou always seem to know about things lou IOU don t really know lie he added you feel how flow do you feel about that la Is it morbid of me to want to stay hero here and help your father she knew that lie was repe repenting repeating atin things which CON lind had said haie I 1 a martyr complex Is it a theatrical gesture tell me oung fellow I 1 think it a splendid she said 1 I really want to janie hugh said earnestly 11 I 1 coulden couldn rit t leave him no matter what it cots coats I 1 cots costs I 1 janle janie mus has breathless and still its tile the drs disappointment appointment hugh seemed to have forgotten for gutten janie lie he was waa talking to relieve his hi kownover own over burdened mind it ts Is hard tor for her she loves gaiety casety she v wants ants to go 90 abroad janle made no comment silo alio just nestled closer until her head bend lay in the curve curie of his arm lie Ns was 11 9 stroking her hair slie site could feel eel ills hla ingers fingers like fathers fingers gentle and firm and caressing with a touch that made her tingle as aa fathers father s fingers had never done A wave save ot of happiness swept through her a wave of misery hugh vas caressing tier her hatire I 1 I 1 I think she would woula take it like this hugh said eald presently 11 1 I thought she would understand but it matter len if I 1 lose glicr this Is something that I 1 am going to do janie saw his lips close in a doter determined terin ter mined ined line site she siw tile the torture in hla his ees she had to help him somehow 1 I guess bile bhe said slowly ly I 1 if itou 5 on are as beautiful as a cella vou ou do expect more from life you can t bear commons lace things like mulberry square blie added if 3 bouve ou ve been taught to ex es hect it all of your life site she was thinking of tile the people who had taught lelia to believe that she was iacued and set apart mother aunt gosp the boes who had loed her she had and often thought that it entirely i ellaa fault for years sho had kept that thought tucked away in the back of tier her mind to ho that it might comfort hugh tonight it did comfort coro foit him aliu A look of peace crept into ills his aea its there he said di ON the hidden beauty find it some time ile he was quiet tor for so tong long that janle janie thought lie he had gone to sleep she glanced up at him I 1 he look of peace had vanished vanish cd from his ea aies es they stared somberly over janies canles huid had into the glowing flames presently he sold only half aloud but allut suppose it there suppose I 1 made it up tip janle janie gasped and sat eay still to no that a not true hugh said fornili im not being fair but janle janie darling I 1 can cant t play games I 1 games I 1 she asked bei bewildered eldered its a waste he continued slow ly 1 I want vant to live serenely hon bon estly I 1 I 1 cant can t beir scenes chere would be many scenes janle janie was sas sure of tint thit olla celia had a gift for creating scenes lah augh would be hurt over and it made tier her wretched ire thed to think that hugh would bp be h t she loved him and she vas as help belp there was nothing blip could do cherest she rest ed her cheik against his hand and winked back the stinging don t leave leae me ho he sal sull I 1 it if I 1 happen to go to steel sleep 11 I 1 wont she promised you re a joy in the world little fellow the words came caine very slowly IY much to you except bour habel eves eles anil and dour our lovely sall he be added smiling at of her lushes but I 1 like vou in spite of that you re a vera ver good little egg CHAPTER V I 1 T I 1 k anderea nander an dered cd front from C cair m window to win in low in her cri chain ain and lilac room was simpli impossible in all the weeks since he had an no tined his Int intention elltion of staging in tile the square she find not been able to shake shahe ills determination I 1 iceie liet e times when lie he ila and wave avoid jd times when hen she had been amiott confident of success but he had never entirely yielded loure sacrificing our lour future hugh 1 I cant see it that s way ay rather father expect it 1 I shall ta tai as long lon as lie ito needs me dont you tole love meal roe 1 I adore 3 ou oil put int this Is some thiap tivit ali it I 1 intend to do alow pic flie hated the finality fiLa lity to in his voice rolce the tight line of Us tits hilpa tie the stubborn thrust of hta file jaw it was mas absurd unreasonable elie ah was sorry about father too but hugh a sense of duty or honor or whatever he called it wan fantastic nothing Noth irig had been able abl to shake lis determination mi nation rather father had been removed to a sanitarium in the west weal there would be another operation and then there would be the eonni of 0 a wheel beef chair in the hall and the silt gilt and green parlor would be turned into a bedroom cella celia shivered silo she stood at tho the window and looked down into the square she daw lilu lomely til in the foliage of the small mall mulberry trees treca in the mauve plumes of the lilacs in the new pushing green of the gras site she bear it to live here all of her life of what use usa would hugh ft a money be or her own IF agile beauty if she stay in mul borry berry square she wondered why one had become eng erig pied eTed to him A dozen reasons creditable to cella celia presented themselves vea she told herself that it was because hugh had loved tier her and sho she had pitied him site she recalled the promises he hid m mide ade as them the mt t together in that ridiculous car in hi the scented intimacy of a narrow side road HIS ardor had find thrilled her had restored her wounded pride ills were peep holes into a dazzling future if she could possibly have foreseen A hurd burdi gurdy aa was pl plying ia ing a ra in millar wait alta cella celia id tidied the tune with a sudden swift lifting of spirits silo she hid danced to it with cuiter baiter shelby on new years lay day at I 1 sportsmans Sports mans hall she hummed the words conic coine with me where moonbeams moon beams carter shelby I 1 lie ile had find told her that he would do anything to ni malie a li e her happy if silo she should go to him and say bay simply I 1 im m cry u unhappy 10 t IN 44 do you want something het tr to drink carter my engagement was vas a mistake 1 would lie he take tier her imay away tu to those far doely places which he had so BO she thought that he would thoughts slipped rapidly through her mind fate she decided was waa turning tile alie handle of the hurdy gurdy all at once the three ow cellas nodded their golden heads ahe real cella after weeks of tolua toeing iab with an idea had made a final decision site she glanced at tier her watch atch one 0 clock I 1 she could take the 2 20 1 0 into the city aty and make connections with alth the nah ansh ington expires she had made up tier her mind and she did not waver waier As she bathed blie bhe assured herself that file ate was aila doing the best tiling thing for embody membory er body r er would under stand it was her dearest wish dish that celli cella riegl t anpo cn me I 1 a ther would be satis satisfied fled it if he know she was vas happi blugh would hl hi terribly hurt but she thought he rather deserved it and janle janie dar little janle janie all banle annle could never understand slie she decided to take no hi gaige ge her suede bag would mould hold it a night gon gown n her tooth brush her up stick and powder find and rouge it was bet ter to get away quietly she could send later for her mothes lothes she he badii hadn t much money I 1 nough bough to 0 buy a ticket t washington she non wondered dered idly if aunt luy and lifur muriel lel sere at biome should site she leave a note for hugh aint should it be she bhe coti coulton int t sav nally flatly unit blie bhe refu refused ed to live in mulberry square she he hit add ne cr said that she ill alint in t quite dare to write that she was going to marry carter shelby Sli elby he decided not to leave a note tier her THE FROM THE BEGINNING to the tha household of doctor balfurd in mulberry square youthful dr hugh kennedy comes as an assistant jante janio la is the nineteen year old daughter of doctor dallard ballard ifer her older sister filter cella a petted beauty la in away from home on a visit janle janie Is in fin impressed Pressed by the your doctor hugh regards her ber as aa a small girl a chum mrs ballord discourages canles evident partiality for the young doctor but the girl realizes she ehe Is actually in love with him celta celia returns home she accepts hugh as just one on more in her train of admirers tom 11 allister Al llster Is another and carter ahei by Is a third following a visit liy by shelby to the dallard home cella celia la Is y depressed hugh and cella celia announce stin ounce their engagement janle janie heartbroken broken returns to college h j la Is summoned honit honis when hep her fath ach r la in seriously hurt in an auto at accident hugh bitterly blames himself for fo silo allowing ing the elderly physician to arlo at night kennedy had been at a theater with cella celia she insisting on hla his going lla list Is ashken out of lie in the thought that the she la Is in a way aay for her fathers father C condition ondi tion doctor ballardi ballard spine Is injured so that he may neier be able to walk again there Is hope in an 0 operation p era t I 1 on for wh wb ch h m must st be taken to new lork cella celia meets carter shelby again the d tor la Is taken to now ew york the operate i Is lie he III not regain the use f his lega and hugh announces announce his to stay as aa long as aft the physician needs hirn him en though that means the he postponement of his hl wedding weddin ir with cella celia she resents this engagement ring she bhe opened the tha tiny flush case it twinkled at tier her from its nest of satan she elie loft left it on the dresser she left it with much regret it was wag a beautiful ring before she 1 loft ft the room she bho tore the flap off one of the square tray gray envelopes it was waa marked in hla his own writing will carters initials and hla his washington she elie tucked it into her bag and full fully y equipped for conquest she closed the door behind her the last time I 1 she ehe thought as site she walked down the nide aide polished stairs she bho worked i n a re of senti aielt tielt for cor tho oil OC brick house she succeeded cery well ell thero there wore were tears on her ber lasby when sho she cload the front door great uncle charlie was standing beside tre tle ticket window la in tho station little trip celia lie he asked sAe sweeping oil off with a gallant gesture his dilapidated felt hat I 1 im in going to tona town a 11 silo sho wished that lie he make her so ao conspicuous is people were here smiling uncle charlie was waa it a dreadful oil man she opened her bag the flap from the gray pennelope en enN elope fluttered buttered don down donn n to tile the flour floor she did not cot notice it sa s1 a asked for a ticket to philadelphia the train waa sas rumbling into the station great uncle charlie saw the flip of the grav envelope lie picked it up because it matched Cel celiaa lascos cos tume lie thought that she might hai haa 0 dropped it it t look important lie ile slipped it luto into tits hla pocket and thought Liol nothing bing moro about it II 11 cella wn an ed confidently through tile the station people turned to look after tier her it gave her a feeling of power hat a beautiful girl gurll I 1 she heard a volca exclaim Ts Is it marilyn miller a young er voice asked in a thill milling ling icila per pleased expression crept into cellas ees silo she smiled faintly her manner uns ft as detached inside site she sas v as simmering with ex cit ement if sou ou were 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