Show M qu M M A A rt LIDA L A r pr rl sieb cio berl lee CHAPTER V continued 13 she lulled up at him quickly slie she funded ills hla olce had bud an all edge did iou ou conw come to see me lie he ed all the caie ful speeches she had pie pier rare areA abruptly left tier her mind nd sin saw that lint lie ho ins annoyed tier her nails dundur coer of the hotl bit into tho tha palm of lur hand of course not I 1 khe bhe sill said II 11 ig I 1 thought aunt lucy was home I 1 lie he seri ants me ale there lie wild mr owe crone C rone goes anth and forth she hated him for suggesting the ants lie ile wanted to purpose of tier her flut but mie must not let lee him see BOC that she cared ill dittly jtb altti vary arary ln miller ler ohe aho had invented the name silo she saw the relief in ills gics tics I 1 hant hn ing tu to tell iou cella cell a I 1 ile he leaned toward her over the tible table I 1 muriel and I 1 are en i am leaving for at midnight she was furiously angry silo she knew that anger was ins not be becoming oming she controlled cont tolled her face with fin an of ef fort tier her nulls nails bit deeper into tile the palm of her hand amiel t told us I 1 slie she said evenly she he bit into a mac aroon I 1 tasted ahle sawdust saw dust and glue ille engagement will be tin nn riot incel when the gloves leburn to washington 1 carter eadd at ease case now because she wits was taking it calmly ar I 1 mr croo Is pulling breh alrea to pet get me a diplomatic bp point men t muirel thinks it hilll be amusing to 0 o live abroad carter and muirel living abiona she t benr bear it I 1 her hand re leased sed from the biting nulls nalls tore at the frills on tier her blouse she must not let hla hin enoi that she cardd 1 I 1 hope j you jou ou hilll be iery ery slie she sat bald thank Tb aou cella celia lie ile looked at her of shaded pink bigl t ills caes ejes softened you tile aie doely lie sill salt blei hand fell away aay from the frill of tier lier blouse it pie ased her to tl ink tint thit whenever ib enever lie he looked tit at mm lei across a table he would ile be adia RS as she fihe vaa nas ith a knot of violets pinned against tier her scurf scarf she waa nas able through ti 11 e diminishing surge of anker aner to foci feel a little coiry for him 11 1 I understand she said gently ahe he noie tier lier stint cc cecella cella ex pres preg slon slie he ate another anci rori roc n she dihe still atit ft it coiry coiry for bilm as ao vie lc viall all od ed half nn an hour liter ter through the lobby and out int the mild spi ing t C carter a arter billed a cil adl celia lie he aled ai ed 1111 tell hint she lie settle back ag lust int tl c e upholstery A pissing cil for it a moment beside the cab milli liidi carter faiq hid d callei called cell celin a en taht a brief of a profile tint thit locked III re e I 1 fore she he coull coul I 1 he be sure the cab hid bid p passed n aid was as gove gone e I 1 e t to 0 mi sa tile a Q 1 I ed slie g agne ise him 1 I ui ua a ad d dros r q N 11 hit it I 1 do now she a as ed a A DO did you carrl acme to se see a me ha asked her it I 1 is th the e tui taxi chri i I 1 d I 1 ts its a ay v tin ill tr trilan illi amt hat chill I 1 do 10 no now III alli laiq I 1 t in I 1 murli murit I 1 Is q be hel I 1 nn an I 1 kal aie her heric c lf wr 0 or to tiers it was ins a liel and a beautiful sli nw heisele reflected eted in a pini lit mirror 9 ini elli ell i drOP drooping 1119 tile e a brolan 1 11 ag agian i in t tile er 1 lii 14 3 a wi 11 1 ird ed that fill inist lit tee liar hr mil cinie cime into the loom pre pled jed tv bv n de decorous knoel knock il ig n nce me hid afen ifen muriels burbe antul wa now kunt iuchs house le r ale brought a sliner pot on a tray a lup as fragile as a painted egg shell a plate of sect ened crit crackers chers hot will villi millot make ou adeep miss bliss cella I 1 had Ito wire miss janie she poured thick creame chocolate into tile the fragile cup cull ches alio s probably been vor nor ried magpies expression AN was ats not unmoved with disappio Nal she had find known celia since slie she ang a baby slie she considered her for all that blie looked like an angel ft a self ish designing minx ire I 1 ve been so unhappy 11 cella celia lifted CPS lye I 1 ve been slin ply wretched she sipped the chocolate cho colite e ns as though it a benl ben er of hemlock ber will ou let me stay for a few daas mag bing lie I 1 just anant to lie heie fin and rest 11 1 I don dont t know na lis oud bo be very comfortable maggie guardedly I 1 licy Is 19 havin the whole house done oer for the wed med din alic ahe celia considered conil dered slip ahe must piet eid that slie she 41 lson aint t know tile the wedding alic oil ed a start of 11 1 I guess a no harm harin in my tellin ou now miggle folded her hands I 1 ler er starched white e aarn miss muriel Is coln to marry that joung shelbi I 1 Real lyT cella celia sit act the tup in the saucer she ins afield mid hint blie might split spill a tile arp on oil the soft s itin quilt IMI mister aint too bell pleased at first maggie discussed will ith the freedom per in an old and lined ser eer ant but this shelb haq a ciny with iirth hm him for 1 I 1 lies as poor as jobs I 1 thorl poor I 1 I 1 this thice cclia C lla a start of was nina not affect affecter el I 1 I thought she faltered ed adint rose slid that ills his family ni was its prom trent in charleston Cliar leston I 1 debbe so BO maggie admitted I 1 hey re ns as poor as chuich mlee mice just the same miss muriel visited alem tl cm a few fei heiki ngo ago she told me about the gi giand and old hou house re tint thit a simaly fallin to pieces hh 1113 mot moth it er cr time an and two tino aunte and an all old uncle miss mullet hiis ilien d starve before the d sl sill tin nn inch of it tie e ground or one of the sah silver er sr apons ons I 1 alse pi bilile ide I 1 illet ill it lt As na its church inice I 1 lulling ailing I 1 to pieces beffie rhe jumbling ageth er in cellas cclia s mini 11 1119 Is was ing a pie pic ture lure of carter which she harl had never neer seen been bedole cella celia thought ovir what hat had told tier her long after all miggle gle N is gone carter vas as poor as jobs buike it ais unde uncle I 1 rank a monca the monea that mullet would bould have slie she saw carter now noi as a noble boung man lio ito had bad led aimed ter 1 er too maii to osk ask her ber to share lia its pov erty poor ioor carter poor ioor slie she must nener neer it let A ibur muriel lel know that tier hor own onn logli emige i w us its for ever ener enshrined in cartel a I 1 part cart she felt that afir nil all perhaps ari thing hid bid nr fr the lne no 0 o one must in A v I 1 atiat I 1 I 1 a t ale 1 l e had seen birter tonight I 1 1 he ie coulden couldn t 1 heir ei r it if undone one I 1 kno slie she thought of illiah perhaps Ier haps had ie c married at once be fore muriels which bould certainly put to shame ani thim that could be h uin nini ged in sq squire iii re elligh t insist on thing living in the arild id brick house lie ile auld build tier her a home at the fa far r end of manor t slie ile e s lt iw it in finci n small t 1 bonse ouse sit att like a in glided lawns hugh if lie he in bing being could help I 1 ather jut as well nell she i out t e sm sill it ill feefe r erfe I 1 in her sm lini it ill i 1 house till wis i a adlar bentle reliable rollah lc ake 1 ki arg lie he abord ter ler she worked up a felling of ten arn qa tor air linah hing in muriel s bc I 1 with ith e c spring air milij hi in hroch me can window i I 1 a dow slip it IS ghitl kl 1 thit til it she ile haan hadn t I 1 ft a asne he pictured win bin faint nt ait h r budden d 1 IK in r the aloir no r that anjoul anici is espre sion in IN I 1 is pis ale S e thought a sl e would ill all him on oil the rhone flione ne c in at n ne on it Is im pulse she bhe pulled the lamp tor ord dand and readied reached foi the enameled telephone by bv the bed it inas nis mis quillen lio answered the call no mistaking that hearty billar voice celli inas na it alicy lind had rec receded placa a t telegram el C g r a in ro ino doc tor kennedy ennedy 1 ni faint a ii t thare noi janle janie either HIL alit 5 d 1 aone out together just after hours lo 10 mister charlie ird a she shed 41 rent ent johnny there n till the lie telegram alt slie she had ivend it alist ahey had gono gone to uncle charlie celia clicked the lie re receiver civer into its hok I 1 I 1 ea nei en it dibb acted about tier her clivy were ere pio probably bably pla placing ing cards bilth th that dreadful old man at aul i drinking ginger elneer beer an aal I 1 bay ins ing a iedy nice time janle janie liked suai peculiar people so indeed did hugh celli pullet tile the lamp cold coid and lay in the alie dark thIn thinking Ling of ciany filings janie and hugh I 1 did hugh like ennie in other than just it a teasing brotherly aay vie hie thought nas aa absurd janle janie RBI a child she felie lid did tag mound after blugh it was leally noticeable the ciny the child nalta for blin and run glnn lie le hustled i che eliod d done dolle that with T Jat a ti lier ler ti though 0 o ugh it was aim just danles IN 0 ay y ci calia ila the thought froni from tier her mind she ent to sleep hoi hoider eer she beached leached a eitalo eit aln de cislon she bould not stay liere here for a few anis holdner lio weer rin t it might he be to be lay iny and lux tulous slie silo t hin lune e left janle janie alona Io londono lon iono morio ou on an enily caily tiola slie she ifould to Mul kulbir bir senaie equate CHAPTER VI j acl 1 11 kraj IE sit it in ill gi aliat it tit in the das dabs of great aunt rose had been the di dialing aIng room of the cornet cornel I 1 ouse in tile the squire Squi ie e surrounded sui rounded by tile the of a gas and jo Git rose nose after the death of her husband had for a time shired the house with nith him ahen hen the shadows ct cf the THE STORY FROM HIE fhe BEGINNING to the household house holl of doctor dallard ballard in mulberry square mouthful di hugh kennely cornes comes as ag an assistant janle janie Is the nl ear 01 old 1 daughter of doctor ballard her older sister cella a petted beaute Is away biorn home on it a visit janle janie to ie biml teased by the young doctor IN hugli g h regards her as a email girl a eburn chum mrs airs discourages janle s evident partiality tor for the houi IT doctor but the girl ren realizes lizen she Is actually in lave N with nith ith him cella celia returns home borne she accepts knell as lust just one in more re lr ir her thain of admirers torn farn Is another and carter aliel by Is B P tl ti ird rollon follow ins ing a visit by to the billard ard home cella Is isible depres depressed ged hugh and cella celia announce their janle janie heartbroken returns to voll codega eLre she Is summoned hone bone when lien her father to I 1 seriously hurt in an auto accident ident hugh bitterli blames blaines himself for allowing the elderly physician to drive at night kennedy had been at a chetter with cella celia she ahe insisting on his going cella celia Is shaken sli alten out of her selfishness in the thought thelt that she to la in a way responsible for her fathers father a condition doctor billiards s spine Is injured no ao that he ni y never be ba able to walk again there Is ig hope in an operation for alch lie mist be taken to ne new w york cell celiz meets carter shelby elgain tie tl e doctor Is taken to new york aho operation la Is unsuccessful unsun ile he will ill not regain the use of his 1118 logs legs ond and hugh announces his determination to stay as long as aa the physician needs him even though that means the ement of hla bedling wed ling with celia she resents this and out of patience at what hat she con siders hughs hugh s anil and con confident confided fiden t she has only to i peal to cal cinter ter shelby to fand a warn uel welcome coine goes to dashington to see nee ailin mill stacks bid falli n across the scinic blie hid tied led to a suite in ill tup bip old dimi Daul lilii bli hotel chere here she it our oica ladics of ancesty in 0 it lh d in single locius ahie ais ins little of the genteel hakli bic Gici it taunt alint kobe lind had maintained left in the long kairott room bilth its birbe in irble gaite its illnois wreathed in cupida cupids its floor In dos shutt cid bilth blinds curios of a fi holous from eiers eer put of the horld ci oded each other foi space abere afre iro I 1 lio lis of indies in bustled bustles and ladles in tights and ladles indies in feat her plu ined lints mementos nf f tile daas when gnat uncle cl irile dapper and gall int had blitte I 1 from fluber to lower OM 01 J jeff himself was N as a somenia of a month of if re in havana when great ti acle ucle cle charlie ins two and slin as a capler I 1 iride hide As tie sit tn in an eniy fleir beneath ft a ip tittering gas lamp orent charlie charile iia was not ill ing of 3 re rebels els or of tile the 10 lidies he once had knon the uneas cigic of spring tpring rame came in neth the ti fi iti biance aiKe of lilies through the vi ids jen jeff h 1 id opened ills his phillip old hands hold held a lett letter r tip hp had received a indek ngo and lind find remd rnino inies imps it va a lettjr from his n john and con bained ner nei 4 lin ito ic hull hall iril rl 27 apar L ant nt le ie t giai lie ile in it a t k r so th hi to ie li ii to 0 o be gnott er operation the ernina Ser er nian ninn n a coming to ailt U lt the thief hurldon here the mere s in ifrain and I 1 am to rap the benefit of thet liti mueller eller IDO more about parity sis caused hy by spine dis dia than any min alive ne e orivl dorne borne lit tie tile the ope operation raton 1 11 be saul aho girls tire are not to know it might only raise false hopes I 1 dont don t want ant them to he be again ve ane hill siy nothing to rhoda or I 1 acy or aunt roe I 1 anem you bould be interested and which la Is more important that you sou mont ft out talk about it llian ends tier her love 11 great uncle chaille Cli nille smile I 1 at that lie he thought it extremely unlikely that helen liblen had sent bent tier her love loe lie he passed on to a of what would happen if 11 the operation should bo a success uncle charlie all ehnow w very veil that hint his farand niece lid did not look forN inid with pleasure to the pr of living in square lie ile liked lied hugh though lie he thought the boy great creat undo uncle charlie smiled at that was ins taking the nutter mitter too serious 13 1 undo uncle charlie had neer heard all the tha atory but lie he suspected that cella celia had somehow been to blame lie ile knew too that janie annle loved hugh inith ft ath nil all the antin intensity sity of tier her honest little heart ile he aas ft as the only member of the faiell fai fainelli all appner antl enta who aho realized that time during this past sear acar janle janie had gioan up tip but then thell with tile the exception of her fattier father no one ever thought deiy much about janle cella C e ila was i as the important in 1 p 01 tant one 0 n c it had been that wa iia ever eier since they aa were ere children greit gre it uncle birde w N is fond of janie ife he tin had level bel believed leed in the lie cella nii ali lie find through tigh abe he bears eairs watched aella fella take things aiom banle in own oun sweet fashion rip ile was of tile the c pinion tant celia had if colia celia thought there qs is it a chance of her fattier father reconciling ahe lie would lill h H on to blugh if she che thoU glit that thoice aint she might try to get out of it loine iome how hoi and in the trying site she go n ster too far the boy was inas in to love e with ith tier lier flut but lie he na nant nt a fool so reasoned uncle charlie ile he chuckled softly fol led tile let lei slipped it into a wallet which held my deiy little of nothing ise else t 1119 III fice f ice alien jeff mitered tit ered the room a few |