Show monarch of all he surveyed by GENEVRA COOK copyright BR BRETT IET Dunny HARLOW civil engineer loft bunny farrell fariell in charge of the gang across the river and climbed its his surveying instruments over his shoulder up the craggy hill bildt overlooked winding valley 1 I wonder said bunny what would your life be like bunny if you wondering something laughed one of the fellows on the gang 1 I wonder woud erl 1 said bunny and I 1 also wonder when that good booling cousin of mine Is going to full fall for some girl ile he might well have wondered for up on tile the hill brett was already slipping ue he stood there behind hla tripod happy with the success of its his job the first one ho he had had find complete charge of hIni himself self and gazed whimsically down at the little village nestled at the foot of the mountain its white church spire rising from sheltering trees tile gray of old farmhouses mo molded 11 e 1 to alie t 1 ie curves of tile the hills it if only he ha thought if only I 1 were monarch of nil all I 1 survey I 1 tie he drew himself up lip to lila his full height of six ox feet something stretched out tits ills arni arm and said it aloud strongly 1 I am monarch of all I 1 survey I 1 oh you are well are you sure brett looked over his fits shoulder sli to see the laughing black eyes of a girl looking out at him from between the branches of a big maple ile he drew a deep breath and mur murmured inured looking straight into those sparkling eyes no im not sure but I 1 wish I 1 beje were I 1 1 I wonder said bunny 1 I wonder where bretts spending his fits evenings lately you ought to be a detective bunny if you tried to find out though hed give you the sack cousin andall 1 I wonder said bunny he discovered brett sitting on the wide porch rail of a rambling white house set far hack ancl among old eltus elms A stint slim girl with sparkling sparkel ng black eyes was curled up in tile the hammock and beside her was it lean ican brown young man who looked at tier her with an air of po possession session Ses slon chos lie he I 1 wonder thought bunny brett could have told him film that he was george sampson who had bud a pr prosperous s farm in winding valley was thirty two and ready to settle down and determined to marry pamela shot ton george used to come come over every wednesday ung un sunday pamela told him roguishly on day hut but since youve been putting fig up tip your power line in this valley lie he comes seven days a week so will I 1 answered brett and he e did d d it was a wonderful summer with vl h canoeing on the river dinners at the tit lodge perched way up on top of the mountain and long dreamy evenings with breeds accordion or kamelas Pa melas ukulele only that george had a way of having dinner at tile the lodge on the same saine night or of going out in adoth er canoe or of turning on the shel tons radio but toward tile end of the summer bunny noticed that brett was looking unhappy and losing all his old pet pep 1 I hondr said Il bunny tinny that night brett stayed in brooding unhappily bunny hla fits brows corrugated in a very effective frown flung himself across the bed brett listen I 1 need advice what do you think of my getting married this fall lie he gazed sentimentally down clown at a bit of ribbon eliat lie held in his hand ashes a wonderful girl I 1 ill bretts voice wu s decided dont do it bunny 11 tie lie went ven on vehement ly what could you offer a girl an engineers got jin no place in ills life for a girl just jumping jurn pIng around from fr om pillar to post from one job to another maybe shed like that suggested bunny brett sprang to tits his feet do you think she would 1 I mean anti anil ho he sat hastily down again but girls like houses an and furniture and anI things thanks old chap sali bunny ns as he closel closed the door quietly behind him 50 so the trouble lie he thinks it if be fair to tier her I 1 wonder 11 and ana hell be up on the hill tomorrow and dont you flare tell him I 1 saw you will you finished bunny an hour later as he cattle came blithely down the sheltons Shel tons front steps good night pamela ra roeln up on oil the hill in the morning morril ng pamela was saying say idill 1 I uin am monarch of till all I 1 survey whispered brett hulicki ly oil oh you are well are you sure I 1 then as lie hesitated she whispered softly tier her hend heart against bis shoulder oh brett dont you know that you tire are bunny glanced reflectively reflective fy up toward the hill but lie he could see only one outline against tile the gray of the rock 1 I ivo wonder said bunny |