| Show the fact ia I 1 ESCAPE richard H by wilkinson corner to ONLY going tobe to be here J J a couple ot of weeks connie said and after all hes my brother toms guest and its up to to roe me tto to help entertain him you understand dont you marc sure said marc not looking at her sure I 1 understand you go ahead and be nice to him con nie I 1 understand all right which was true bitterly true marc had begun to understand two days after jud morrison Morr lson had 0 minute landed at t the h e 0 fiction norberts Nor brt for t a fortnights fort nights visit jud was big and handsome and had a way with him in college he had been quite a rage tom norbert his roommate had raved about him before he arrived but even connie expected such a splendid specimen of manhood as jud proved to be A roadster stopped before the house andrud and jud came bounding up the walk ill HI connie he grinned all set tor for our round of golf then he saw marc standing on the porch beside connie hello there marc how about joining us marc smiled and shook his head thanks he said ive got a tennis date aate see you two tonight if 11 he reflected he could only get jud out of his element perhaps the college it hero e r 0 show up so well several nights later at the country club dance marc got connie alone and suggested a fishing trip tor for the next day we can tako take jud along he explained be something new in his experience and probably hell get a bang out of it it connie who liked fishing herself thought il i was a grand idea and so the three of them drove up to beaver lake the next day Y and besides im satisfied with the man I 1 havea man chos big enough to be hind to a man like alk jud jod morrison in the afternoon thoy thay put on their waders and fished connie elected to show jud how to rig I ds lus line and cost cast and watching them marc knew a feeling of frustration ile he had bad planned to somehow get jud to follow him into the rapids where the going was treacherous and where only one experienced in such things could navigate without losing his toot foot hold ile he had a vague idea of rescuing jud from the swirling torrents thereby establishing juds weakness in connies mind and his own prowess S SUDDENLY HE KNEW that he was helpless there was nothing he could do about the thing that was happening between jud and connie vie feeling that he had toward jud was not one of condemnation but envy it if jud were trying to steal connie away he was doing so unwittingly any one but a fool I 1 could tell he aware of any understanding existing between betwee zi the girl and marc and so marc abandoned his scheme for revenge they returned home the next day and the day after that marc made a business trip to belknap when he got back judson morrison Morr lson was gone mare marc call connie tomorrow or the tha day after he was leaving on a months journey upstate he want to see connie before he left it would hurt too much but he did see her connie came over that night and found him sitting alone on the porch hello she said where in the world have you been away on business unexpected well I 1 should think so she came close to him and sat down jud left this morning he asked me to say goodbye to you juds a good egg marc said too good said connie goodness ness s id hate to be married to a man like that you would said marc astonished why why why beca useI would hes too self sufficient she laughed and besides im satis tied fled with the man I 1 have a man chos big enough to be kind to a man like jud morrison Morr lson abruptly he laughed and when puzzled shel she asked him what was tunny funny he shook his heid head theres nothing really funny hebald he said sald 1 I was just thin thinking kingg about a close call tonce I 1 once had hachow how near I 1 came to making a tool fool of myself and what a bellef relief it la is tu to know I 1 escaped |
