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Show on As time went COLLEGE XT sdie . . ji Immiin" whs more and more lratt i;h Jps will be Lawrence of the 1 inil noire li.tary; the at more the quiet, hard and Day Cn'ilcl'S working IlK'k .,ricnliural College, underpaid Iron worker; Edith mere ,.p vi booI;S-:and more OlMlll i" j. aiujuuiu The joyous promise of the' roApiculture. of mantic Lawrence .voaiu'sters hod feeders, long been lost. I'hil told r.t'.U, of the with a little l!Wa,d ranchmen liiitmicss. that othJ ' .1 n littllKers an it was to the Hunter and ihe I',;ir-ch- l ss: town v.". -- 'wn nml I i"Il'r? Li, ic"- ill ,, s,,WfI)' -' ' " 4 4 will ' ,Lt I 'i! ,L f from the College will those arriving and later in ui-- ,,t liMtdC ' ... i,m for ,.- - ": 13 h,.r . " Fl,e pens ill '! , ' I. "!.llnf - on test tins 'L lt molusH-- 1 dried Kathleen Ncrris Gail Lawrence realized the man she late that too wanted belonged to her young sister, d ja::-ma- Arid. Phil brought heme an impossible bride. Brother darkened life in Trcgedy tic old home. .., the strange and wrprising train of events, Then at the end. withhappiness ! and he 'oi!( . oi-i- S- faster IK. HepjM-ion the ps, and the car sll,,t ke Projectile into the lt. starry mo P iil-!- CHAPTER III that run next day. to nil nnne-irwas like all the other mornings of Hie year. Sain and I'hil got away fust of all, leaving H litter of coffee and cold toast on the kitchen table. Call rushed down next, with her rich hair flat mid trim, and a kitchen apron replacing the ollice dress she too often wore Into the kitchen. Then Ariel, looking tired and . 1 ances, Fri-da- y seeming nervous, came down in a poetical genius. I'.ut it scp:i:p! that forever f.ir- - terrible hurry, ns usual. As soon ever forever the once lucky Law Las she had departed for school Gail and IMitli n greed that she had cried rences would be poor, shalihy, hardand working, obscure, that I'hil herself to sleep the nl-- ht before. "She's such a baby!" Kdith said would help to build slaps in which Call made no answer; lovingly. luckier men should eniNe the waters of the world, that F.ditli would her patient, level jtaze weut to far sell to more fortunate women the Sluices. She mentally wrote and romances she would never realize rewrote a suitably casual, yet corIn her own life, mid Call taste In dial note of thanks to the sender of her own mind only the rapture of the roses. She stopped nt Muller's on her typewritten pn;es, the ecstasy of way downtowu and bought a box of In her own holding lier own land; fine notepaper. The note Itself was of hein-the j inhands, shy delight written nt the library a few mintroduced In distinguished gatherutes later. as "the unthoress." ings At the end of the note she added: on her twenty third birthNow, "If you can, come and have supday, unexpectedly. Van Miirchlson per with us very Informally oh, had given her hack these dreams. so very Informally! on Sunday." could Oh. how good he. how tlie She thought of this, all day long. gracious and sweet and fine "Come and have supper with us Incould he if Van Miirrhisnii fell in formally oh, so Informally!" love with her! That was nil she I'.ut nt three o'clock she had hrenk-Jm-.t nn in- something else of which to think, needed. Just a dication that wonderful things could for the telephone in the library happen, that poor girls were somerang suddenly, and the voice on the times sought In marriage hy rich other end demanded Sliss Lawrence. young men. Young Mrs. Murchlsnn. Thp.f.m It was Van, cheerful nnd friendof It! The beauty of It! Ami why ly. What time was he to come to not? Other girls had had that much supper, nnd why put It off until luck, and much, much mere. Sunday? This was Friday. Drowsing off to sleep la the sweet "What the heck are you doing tosummer darkness, (lail heard a morrow?" door hang downstairs, Jtist as the "Tomorrow's my Saturday at the clock struck a drowsy eleven. The library, until nine o'clock." Call could hardly bear the happy Lawrences, having little to protect, rarely locked doors; perhaps this beating of her own heart B3 she was Fam comlujr In late, perhaps hung up the receiver. She thought it was I'hil. Anyway, un!es It she would suffocate with sheer , hanged again she did not propose to felicity. She wont home on winded feet, get Up to hot her with it. As It hnperied, it was neither, stopping to pick tip Edith, to buy but Call could not know that, and the dotted swiss dress. Call hesiso she drifted happily off into the tated long over colors, finally deciding on n deep purple. It would be deep sleep of tired twenty-thrennd that shade was alhis practical, voice, Van Murchison's ways lovely with the dull gold of still In her oars. bed nnd Sam had been In asleep the Ltwronce hair. Tliis was one of their happy evefor an hour when the clock struck nings. They strolled home through eleven. I'hil bad walked home from streets, ndmlrlng the now wns shabby lie school with Lily, night stopping nt shop windows, ,awrences By she repaired to the fl ri.n where Call devoured the collation, powdered her no e. e Inr the news of the day v.i;h her tiV;er. ,.n In ten mli iites" ili-- e and f.; to the desk ref)""--'iedAlteriiate inot.ti ':e ( t at noon on Sauir'viv iti.l V v Sim days, but was mi .intv a'l day, opening the lihraiy it ten o'clock and ivnm'rdti:: at I lie desk until ti e. C:il! hated the Sunday duty, but the Saturday nights were for some mysterious reason eternally exciting. There was always a good ileal of noise and trallie downtown, the theaters were packed, t tie streets gaily lighted, and the quiet, shadowy library seemed like a co'.gn of vantage from which she watched the world. On the particular Saturday eve nlng that followed his arrival in Cilppersvllle Van Murchlson came In. Call was busily stamping and dating, opening and shutting the covers of books, when a voice In the line asked anxiously; "Have you a good book about cockroaches?" Sim looked up on a wild rush of delight, and there be was, in dinner clothes, with a light overcoat on, but bareheaded. "Oil, hello." she smiled. "D'you want a hook?" "Yes, I seem to need one. How about this one?" She grinned at "Little Susy's Cousin I'rudy." "I think that would he about your number." "I'll bet It's racy! I'll bet there's considerable matter that couldn't go through the mails, in this book !" 1" For they were "Oh, both bubbling audibly with laughter. "Well." said Van, "I'm going up to the Speedwells' for dinner." "Who are they?" "Well Corona Earcjd married a Spence, see? And one of the Spence girls married a Speedwell, see?" "Oh r.urlingame?" "Imrlingame. And gi:;h, bow I bate it!" pd s sihure. bur- hHV. corn sl- und l'ull'. U a..-- -- down nt n')o::t s: v illi n lilt: sandwich and an no; !e, and i;;l;j ,,,) b;,,) wliistiered. ,., her experimental year in in the lHV at . "T.t:snn v KUV, mn the road a ways, and come hack." ilia l suits me," Ariel had said, Ullperturla 'd. oure a nm,. siK.rt," Paid- o.iii mill i.r, 'jM,v were out of "'arm- - of d. e I.awreiu-house, now. charming, hoarding-schooand stories nil cirls would and that would flail pleasant fame innong her towns-peoplInsure an income that would mean pleasure and bcat'ty . -. ,.t..n. niu an oir rtin-i-t..i' giri'ioon. ojqior- to tnnity develop the little sister's their gains ranch requirements love, of fuwl ll biul.ly l Ults llllll that Hteers a ty this great WmftiMt story infolds to it as it each week in r'J paper. THE LUCKY UWRENCES WmMuiA ' H Kathleen Norris Wji Sitting Now C.--s of th Ihe on Sitting it f.-- d-.t munnurlng the Hill.' cur that nbsurdith". I and of smelled heavy !..mp po.vh-perfume. had lieeli ),:toineil Xoi the ht in r, in "H'lmlim oi 111 'It.. - tM !' hf""ll,n. '" i lo ' t'. "iri.i h,. , . "i"" ir-,..- i " ltl. fn.m "'oi. ' la I cniidien. '8I' H"w Van i"oV rhuln 'fi rl,,.. VP1V to col ,I a ' 'iiin nf .. .Vlintenii I . . . i. , r,TM,r ill' , llPKl frlnn.l r "i MkV i. .i. ,'.'" o,."',.d.".''"-'- l F; fowlii p"a hr Arll Jim. hut had there had M wailit 1 0 i..rc, hem nml hnd rtiit nri.i.ll . t';ir l.tio li tl:e the the M'le 'f ,;ir dir onln In II h el ,iH ii jwitikmillions of Mar iic i'ij M' ' nml la ling, I'.'-- t ' ll - rutted front w inler iti. stills, Ihe w lipoli two titt sliiliitil! h'W fill laiiips of I er ellghtly. hul Ariel km- - IMihly hi " u ' ftevr hil fm.'h sorted went 'out w !ten:a;l rir.i IMiih wash.r myal " i;a,l inr"i cr wln-t. ... ," i t. dramatic ft' ll nt I.I tl-tried t jcili.nd.fr lr'J'- ' Hjii-- j nml c-i- - lll0 r,cii;ng .i..rli,. ail ll"' l.appj". i:o t" nan-i.-h- t end with them nl! out ntl'i', h at el ;..rt-oerv oi.e boon, still ll,.' naltel. nt d oi,,! ItC I. . In In r room, ..i.l.. " . i . I.... I nlili iil.e l Oi OI i" . . .... o n i0 , ,., I.e etKr in h'T hnn-1nl il . r"-,U- i. s- . 7 . ' very t!;e..ry nnl winr:iii '''11?' - " " .I .ri I. f.it.:i some fret,, wbM' bad sprungtj wa-- all l.c.trtenir.2 m 1" ;i--- tied the into I t urb liter-i- an, id tlowli lh HpJhm1 II ! im after h mml f,,r n laughed outright. p was sort 1 .''' supm lng forward to Sunday-nigh- t, pers," Gull offered in parting when-: . they came to the Calle. Y'es, I know 1" Kdlth answered t is , ,' quickly. "What on earth can we do, Eattb, If I'hil says anything more Hi "Well, have her, I suppose 3' "But she's simplyhe'tr;injply; !" not respectable!" "I know' "I mean, everyone krwws what r those Wlbsors are, and, the Cass boys are j.ist gangsters!" T know," Kdlth conceded again anxiously. j Gall's They went their ways. thoughts went to Van, however, at Intervals during that day and the next day. She began the girl's calendar: "It's only one full day since I saw him It's only two full days It's only the morning of the third day." - -- CHAPTER wmm$ i "r IV r BEGAN to seem like a dream to her that he and she had been laughing over the library counter last Saturday night, and that he hnd come to supper with tb Lawrences, and that she had gone down evening. the highway, beyond Dnmbarton I'.ut she could not save herself. bridge, to Old Aunt Mary's for a She could not be suddenly flirtlate supper and dancing. atiousamorous. She did not know "I Don't Believe He's Ss Crjzy Edith asked, delicately; lightly, ' how. Did he expect her to let him About Lily Cass." If there hnd been nny telephoning kiss her good night? Did he ever exwere during the day, and Gall beenme " them they w ant to kiss her? She did not know. stein bought " In careloss replies. wrecks for ubout fifteen dollars pert Suddenly she felt like an lnno-cenAnd then quietly. Indifferently, awkward little girl. A sense apiece. So he sent for Dick, It "Oh, yes! Van Murchlson was In. of helplessness smote her. This seems, and told him if he'd put seems Mrs. Chlpp Is having a It car in order ho could have happy evening must end on a high house pnrty down nt their place did Betisteln's Dick roadster. the note, she must be equal to It. She In the Santa Cruz mountains a week must not say good-niglike Edith first, and he's been puttering over from this week-end- , nnd she wants So weeks. six ubout for own his to one of the girls saying good-nigme to go!" last night h drove it In from Stan from the store like a nice old lady i "What!" Edilh ejnculnted. Int to a dear old Islaus. and put It in Joe Foster's saying aren't credulous. "Oh, Gall, you garage, and Joe looked It over, nnd . friend., un r he suvs It's perfect, ami he offered Rut somehow she could not carry Gail laughed a little protestlng- dollars for it. it The wild thought of leaning Dick two hundred "Dick's so darn admirable." Call above him for a second, when she "But yes I am," she admitted f, said indifferently, opening her book to moved leave the ctt. and of honestly, "terribly excited! Bo'oY him to b.'eak out putting a butterfly kiss on Ms bared "that you expect course they only want me berinse ' head, crossed her flurried mind. But rail splitting 'most any minute Van des. He probably askea his '. "You do?" that would be Idiotic that was not can Just see hlu, sweating over pol aunt to nsk me!" !" "Oh, Lord, yes Itlcs some day. und being on the the way girls kissed boys nowa"Oh, for heaven's sake JLiM He regardetl her curiously. 'Horn time! sidu every sank against the boys, losing days. said They impatiently and unexpectedly, mean It?" like to But "D'you say you'd their bodies limp, their painted Dick Stebblns for coveinr!' In her husky tones. "For heaven"! Gail composedly stamped a reold Dick!" I like mouths plastered against the boys sake, whnt would yy want her to turned book, smiled nt a faded "Oh, so do I," the younger sister nsk mouths. a girl at this mo Such you for because' mamma was woman with bare gray hair nnd a ment would have her head on Van's agreed eagerly. member? You know very church a nnd to returned voile wilted dress, She went away, nnd Call lay mus shoulder. well you're not an Intimate frleadt book In her hands. the conversation. While she confusedly considered ing, her open of hers. Why should she ask foot "I imagine I would." she said. her parting with The of memory had reached the and It, I'd much rather go a place berauil j gate they "You don't go to dinners?" Van, In the deep black night gloom she was out of the car, Van mak a boy wanted me than becaupcjihtl. chance." "I haven't much at the gate, kept returning to buzz I mother no movement to get down. did!" Ing f "What'll you take to go to this about her like a midge, and spoil all a had I've "Van, and perfectly And helplessly I laughing could do one? I could do that the other recollections. time." Edith and Gall ad-- , what you're doing. Go In my place." "Why Is It," Call asked herself little shocked, He moved the gas control Idly to was something-I- n there mltted that I can get along so "Nonsense!" She laughed and savagely, "that ' and fro on the wheel. view. this nnd like act with shook her head. Van went away, 1 girls, beautifully "Sure, it was fun." T have everything," Gall said. such a fool with boys? If he'd been leaving her with a finding of conHis own voice seemed flat. Gall a girl, tonight, I would huve gone "I hnve my blue velvet; I hnve tentment nnd completeness, a certried desperately for the hilarity of on talking, laughing, putting off tain thrilled sense of being nlive, of slippers; I hnve mf the earlier evening. , I do my old linen up would hnve haL I'll house. white with Into the everything. coming being jdeased -"As for your consumption, I Later, reading In bed, she told kept saying. 'Listen, I have to go myself! It'll be fine for roughingrvt wa sM shan't get over that for a long In.' And I'll or anything. Kdiih Vnn had come In to see her. walking tlmel" exclaimed Ldith, "Oh, well, what difference does It my sweater!" "Oh, Gail," I tin tonnlatl, l ThiPil "My what?" he asked dully. A III V . make! We'll nil be dead In a hunI' V u ,J "that's significant !" "Your fake Ariel suggested. consumption." dred years!" "Well . . ." She wouldn't quite It wa3 no cse. Perhaps they And so restlessly off to sleep, odd"Oh, probably!" Gnil was deej, admit It. I'.ut she drifted off to were both too tired for talk, Gall ly untried nnd dissatisfied nfter this In dinner rrennrntlons; her tons and of sea rosiest on the hope sleep ' thought. marvelous day on which the dream snng. Joy that ever a woman knows. A pause, brief, but much too long. "Did she come In, Gail, or dH come true. had next the to Van came supper Then Gall had she write a note?" and lldith next said, "Well, she goodnight! The day night, and everything was hnppy, See you soon?" . An and to Instant chill. Then Call sail about to think trouble real The natural. unpretentious, nnd "Goodhe and to work. eurel" walked "Oh, said, "Neither, my dear. She ,' as casually. discuss they kitchen was Just what a kitchen .a I" and he was gone Into the had told Sam sent first by VanIn the messngo night ) place, a social should be, when be arrived, cThere was a silence. Edith Btgof dark. them at breakfast that he, Sam, which three In girls pretty place inruilntofl lTth. The girl ninde faces at herself had been driving some boy'g car distressed and were pleasantly busy nnl three men was she kitchen. been of the the had center went as and she a license without up steps; were trying to make themselves conscious of a shamed sort of feellined fifteen dollars by Judge Gates. un alertly from her book. Gall went useful. Gail's biscuits were browned ' J "t of anti climax. It was as If ing "Oh, I'hil paid It," Sam hnd said on busily w ith her cooking. Law rence famous nnd the to a turn, somemanBold her birthright, she had little In his contldeut, of brotherly think won't accept' you "Well, cheese-anegg dish turned out per.. .It.. . 111111 . i i how, ner. '. mi- -- ill n iiil' ...1 nun P.lllj . union .1.fectly. had not It?" could she I'hil "How comprowe pay nre living In Actually, dear Edilh, "My They sat about the table until had not boon a word he worked overtime all last the Twentieth century, not In the there mised; "Oh, nnd I'hil then und eight o'clock, ." or a glance all evening that might and month, sou know. Ho hnd some good old dnys of Tami-lDick, after duly carrying hnmlfuls not have been exchanged by the thing coming to him." of dishes Into the kitchen, departed. iimst decorous of friends. I'.ut that i "You oughtn't to have done It, "Well. I'm very much surprised Ariel began at the kitchen table her a foul!" the older was part of the trouble such You're Sam. , at you !" Edith snld, trembling. Dinlldith generously composition, nnd affection said sister wnswas served In a sulphurous sireproachfully, ner she Or else tired; maybe forced Gall nnd Van away. She repealed the phrase to lence. from came out ntely. IL was lldith that I'll "No. please Ifa nothing. I'hil. when he came In late to re Phil, hungry, grimy, and tired, her doorway like an angel, cool and leave then, nil until morning with Dick. his expedition at once that something was, noted wel a She from bath.. port were "You fragrant protested lldith. "You can't say that, GniL Its wrong, and his first question comed call as it rrom mo wura. on. go somewhere going "Darling, did you have a good natural for a kid to want to drive brought the wholo thing down upon were Just going for n run. . a car. Most kids Sam's nge," I'hil lilin In nn avalanche. timer out We can perfcttly well get these Call was flushed and angry. Edith We drove was hnd reminded her temperately, "It heavenly. of the way," Gall nrgiud. I'.ut she nround for awhile, nnd then. we "have their own cars." reasonable and cool. They talked dishes did not Insist. Somehow the So reasonable, to generous, such at once, nnd Phil frowned faintly,! went down to Old Aunt .Mary's." and the kitchen did look greasy nnd smiled faintly, as he looked from! rook of strength about a thing It wild? Was n Lawrence! "Gall ' dull tonight ; a little domestic drudg' to one hnd been face to another. It staggering like On tills, Sunday night!" it would riot It ery was oil right, but Isn't him In this with "Phil. ridiculous hnve to add, his sisters "No, It was as calm ns a mill Van with too much do to a to and generation little day oxict I perj potnL There were two policemen of It. son to send you an engraved Invi "1 was thinking, when we were a nice of lot and college boys. She caught tip a Mat, nnd she there, of the girls looked rather-w- ell, laving Dick and Van Murchlson to tation" nnd Van went out In the dusk to bis Some not ask Lily "I didn't say an engraved Invlta-- I last ordinary ; but It w as very mppcr somenight, why roadster and rolled smoothly nway tlon!" time? She's nn awfulWibser rough." from dingy CUppersvllk' up Into the quiet. Nothing "Because, I mean,' everything's ly sweet llttlo thing she's hnd an "I thought It was the limit!" said hills. so Informally now, and petvl fragrant done deal" rough awfully the usually elegant IMith, How alio-i- t Old Aunt Mary's?" of her pie telephone Invitations to wed-- ! fller felt had every Edith to be." "It didn't S'cm of a place Is It? I've n "What Gall's hnnds had t din;!" "I wonder if you'd know the limit being stiffen; bee" there." I Wu've t,Pfi-said as she hnd Phil but "No, tremble to listen, the t If you saw It. Gail," younger held oh, highly restwctahle!" our op and ways been heads, confusedly: pleasantly, to Old sister sahl, with sophisticated, accordingly, went, as If she'd like known 1l,ry It, girls who weren't cheap, "Well, of course fond smile. wooden shack Vntit Mary's, a low win woumni jau navent we,1 Hill." off foot!" a get with your IMith, "Oh, on the Peninsula highway, "Why shouldn't she like It?" I'hil Phil? Its oil wtf h.ivo It's us," Gall wanted to say. I'.ut she cmihl In the renter, nnd creasy dance floor Edith, her ryes suddenly wet with asked In a level, challenging had not be mean to Pldlth tonight, when pn.'ay hare tables all about It. went on shakily. tears, voice. was good, and the t'dith had finished up the dishes, I jVit tl.e music hasn't reason Except "No why riinp nnd championed Call all floor' good, nnd) the whole now so nnd stays d nt heme. So she smiled, children?" r i,te, and she adored hltn ns young rather sbe . undrcs-It-jrherj too, and went tin with her to Gail mat sue miiim h e no She has three kids." Phil i nf rit ng authority. It w.n there-- 1 "Yep. to mood v Iter began nn tait.cn change; 1. nml she n fere ,ke blow In her face to have! llghtf had been retinitis his coffee cup. everything was all right. tol w mi mm n iui.gi.nT, mh don't think she'd come!" Gull Mai wty, Judicially, over his pipe: "I I .... .. i . I'hil ..,.,! I,,,. foiie?" win "How long i tO'jt'li (H SUM- V !" ni' W"-- "' had said, uncomfortable but deter ia, not so sure hut what Kilo's "Oh. not long. T'.oiit an hour." usually e,cb other's ! acquaintance mined. '.an. ou iircnt nre that' ogi.t, GhII n when chalice piuscd. "lie didn't" Van eo'ti iiighed had Vmi Vim hisoa be'g nn awfull Phil's o.lce You might try!" the "No, he dl In't have time to see 1.,'eMion fp.m flail hr.o-ghbecome lex el, composed He hnd re- I. be k.d. nil lie's most ainiislp I don't believe he's so '"'ut to bis own condi- anybody. turned to his t,exxspaier with no i ! Mil Hint, und he lueiuis W traxy about Lily Cass," lldith tion. c tfli !u xoo further reference to Ihe subject. sure tb . . coimterna-- I Tut ought yo be up so late? opined. , . Dick hnd utter In ." 1.1 iot p. Ue to bis aunt sisters, Ills to go over to and In bed. drinking "He be Oughtn't yti i i .( Viow' " ' tlon. bud spoken since of little else, the Iron Works, didn't thcyT o:iieiiuii lio.K or ilJci'hiiu uicsmerlied hltn, ' t, good-nigh- j 1 n u V t.,ig. not XHr.hi lone lime, dreamd'-an.iMen bad ,t lot Jh tll.e-- . - f- nny-way- It MH-ad- !tiniii..n tm. and ppir sat on, watching the They dancers. The music droned on. tne saxophone whining above the other Instruments; the crowd was thinning now, some of the tallies were empty. Mien the. clock struck ten Gall said she must go home. Van made no protest ; he seemed tired, too, willing to say good night. iney were laughing again, driv ing home In the starlight, r.ut nt the Lawrence gate Gail was con scious that somehow their nartin? was going to be a little stiff and flat. Some minutes before they arrived she began to dread it. It would he stiff. It would lay a heavy bar upon the frothy gaiety of the "Just when 1 t, ,,,r r..,M been ance i'staii, ami A I I'd mtixitilntilenee llllll"' " ' out hr h lo-- I! r car. onjuitly. ln'ii M npaklna r.ir I,. on uuev .mall tip"; i the routed, ready t tly IoIit at U" lir scranihlo Int. f tc; nn InveMigalltig of .l..nn Mil. '"'f" tia.l I'l n Irom Ynl. it. :""oi 'Oil 'T, . ""1 ff II,, . Ui ... . - it n-- " i , . If tn. kt.,1 I U( ad iprmnln '"UnB "i hitch . - Kin ln,.. now . nor.. ..Iipinp ' t,f"H i:. ..I.I II,. f..tl,Pr for.r.l 'liMien to muh L1'1,Sit, ,!-- ....... I 111 f She iprrttifd. i,,i.liiif ii.iiii'in-- summer datk. lilTII 1 mi hv i oi-cne- lr.m t.. '' "' """. if hlll.l .num hnf Hi ll 1,1111 it ha It kl-, mined 1 llllHL li'i'i Heeled Kiil of w Ind fmll hand bad i UwrmifH Jiin '"i ru.i, hrrather Arlel-- .-r highway near there about three months ago, It seems, and old Ben- - ' cations. Ben-stel- - this cv-- r j,cr eiHom I" do . sin,-.Ii.t father's death. sort As shf p'ayed she kept up Sometime " was of mote l.iue. a tli- In the form , .f in argument, often It was fob tuts oi I .veil V. T rc!,:c mliered scenes trotn re- ,l.l..., or I'oe T Stevetison often m-lalied w r,l for wor.i: In the of nil It was beprovicd. nr nr in vr.ipny. Si'TJ f..r.n b. g'in this she j.,., how s'ie I decent-lookin- You know old of the secoud hand place down near the hill?" "I know the place. Yes, nnd I kind of know the old man, too." "Well, two cars collided out on the Eve-Una- ,,,rr. street, o I 'IV mas and tui Miunty at the I'ass of Mei'S too. .... "And Arid really r a girl, because fhe lldith r minded her. approving this plan. sewed That i.Ud. while lldith nnd I Hy with ! pen r; phived nnd It ha I H iil played the Step on "Isn't it killing! It's quite blankly. "I haven't got con," Van reiterated. "I lhmked out of college at Easter, that was all! Or no." he remembered cmsc'entloiisly. "I did have a heavy chest cold, coughing, all that. That was a part of It, you see? I bad to stay home n week at Chris'inas. and whatnot" In his Incorrigibly gay manner he finished the sentence with a shrug. "You're not sick at all!" Gail said. In so disappointed a tone that they tjf count Just a kid." Shanty. he" what ?" Gail demanded theV-bous- - d'in't know that I want you to . marry nml go aay from Clippers-vllleSis." "It mightn't mean that." CM "Aren't we broke Into laughter. Idiots! To have It nil settled but the wed. ling day!" "Yes. hut it sometimes comes as suddenly ns that. Gail." "I suppose It t.es." her sister "I was thinking." she said after a pnue, "that we might have one more pick on Sutiday-th- at's wan. if we danre to the phono, cn ph. or have games. That's four men to three girls" I tare to read an installation or somMilpltaa. They're going in Dick's car." "Dick's car! Since when has ethingat horrible-r- "Gall, we couldn't ask her to '' ' i !" "I don't think we could." - - parted on the dubious Bote, deeply worried, as they had kqcn worried so ninny, many times bere about Sam, Ariel, Phil, In turn, about family finances, social compll-.- . - would." & And, by the way, Dick's here, because he and I'hil get up at five and go over i once In five years!" "No. but I mean should you?" Gall considered. "Yes, I think I if yours!" "There's "Yes. sleeping wunt to and see deli-clo- their hands linked, their voices murmuring nlong together with the easiness of lifetime Intimacy. "Should you be glad tf he was In love with you. Call?" "Oh, heavens, I've only seen him thrilled will be that's nil! It's Just too Gall demanded f;S the clock's hands moved to half past nine. Van crushed out his cigarette, smiled down at his own lingers, smiled up, with a glance into her face. "My dear child, there's no more the matter wiili my lungs than with '""'.-- par-den- Yea ... to supper ni;:!.t flft. other 1 j ft of advancement " the Iron Works had h.un given. Months hud gone by without seeing one single eligible man cumin; to the Lawrence house. Hardest of nil for flail to lose had been tier faith In herself. Mie had been so mire, at sixteen, saw on long years ago. that courage, high spirits, and honest service were the weapons with which to conquer the world, she had been so sure that she knew the secret She had seen herself writing children's Stories. O'l. nothing son;., tlonal, nothing ehi'Me-il-hiis'm-pl- ,.ni.il feed ... ,.,,r.tv farm one- of the rectly north will kmto who amy plan ,u" .w morning, llO UC I"'"- e all boys that to are invited livrHtOcK i,. .1 f'"11" I AI4 Saturdays and Wednesdays, every uionth. Call stayed at tl.e library until It chiseii at nine o'chu-kOn these days nbvivs came still n sophomore. f.,uT svll!" the scent of buddy's sonified, too. nut she had ;'d in beside the driver with gasp of satisfaction and 1 'S ,li lie w as comln er next. knew, that he was an over ,ig boy who had been in Manferd university for about three isih, ' jiay V H Vnn bit-gu- r i j ' "blie's Biuiply , ! |
