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Show LANDRY'S I; klLTT&R. llr GRACE G. BOSTW1CK J (Oorjrigt,H,byPUy8tfrb.C.) I I FfiLT horribly sorry for Kathorlns I when Landry died. It must have been nn awful blow, for ahc seemed to loso every bit of her aplrlt and went about pale and listless for months. You see, Landry was a flno fellow, nn unusual follow I don't believe thoro was a Belflsh fiber In tbo man's whole make-up He was essentially big-hearted nnd lovable. Homely In feature to positive ugliness, he was still attractive in nppoarance. He vas foinotiB In a small way as the author of tertaln delicate love Bkotchcs, very tender nnd dainty In sentiment, and o unlike him aa to seem Inconsistent with what we knew of hla character A rlrJit Jolly sood fellow, with plenty of acnae and a cheerful lot of brains under nib sandy poll. , Ho and Kit bad been engagod for a lonn time, nnd I knew that he fairly worshiped her. though he was ory quiet about It I felt a mild sort of envy, for I had never plumbed the deptha of love myt.clf I'd had mv little affairs, but I always hated myself my-self during their progress, becaute I "couldn't really feel I waa only amused end entertained, never touched. My friendship with Kit rvi the one real sentlmeut of my life, for we had been llko brother nnd al.ter for ten years liver elnco alio had begun to yearrrfor Ions skirts and put her plg-talls up Into the crown Jf womanly dignity Whencvor Landry waa away I took hla placo at her aide, and Jolly good time wo had, and many of them. A'fow months before Landry's dtsath -Kit Bomed to change Eomo way. 8ho took to mooning about for nl the world like a disappointed lover. Landry, Lan-dry, too, went Into flio dumps. He grow thin and pale and more Impersonal Imper-sonal than ever. He was very tender with Katherlnc, and so I know that It was no lover's quarrel that waa weat-Inc weat-Inc on them. She port of clung to him na though alio felt him slipping from her, and I've Bomctlmca thought since Hint alio must havo had a premonition of what wis coming Ono morning, tin my way home fiom an all-night vigil, old IWinon lost his head nnd canio a pretty cropper. It wasn't far from home, us luck would havo It. nnd I nyinngod to get to the house. I was pretty much tmed up. taking my weariness and tho Hhaklnc-uptogethar Hhaklnc-uptogethar and my Kuecs ttliook at it ll been oHlc'lntlng at my flrat operation opera-tion Afterward, when Kit came In In nee me. I tiled to laugh it off, nnd I Jollied her up. "Landry 'II be good and Joalous if j on don't watch out,' I told her "I bellnc ou're In love with me, old glrj.' Her face flamed a sudden -crimson over Ka old pallor, nnd sho looked ,at me sharply. Then I caught her hand and'pulled her down to me I kissed her, as I always had, and for a moment sho laid her fnco against my cheek. ' 'What if you'd been killed?" aho whlsperod. "What If you'd been killed T" "You'd still have Lnndrr," I retorted, retort-ed, and Kit slapped me It wasn't tho flret time by any means, for you seo wp'd been boy and girl together. I couldn't help seeing that her eyes looked funny. A new expression, I'd 1 never seen mere before and I won-deiod. won-deiod. It was ahortly after that poor Landry came down with typhoid. It was a hard cnM from the start Sometimes It gets a grip on a man and an M. D can s that there's nn hop whatever Thank gcodnaae, we were all there with him He wasn't nh-ne, as he had been the jrenter part of hla life hlnce ho'I been a little chip, In fact Uo wasn't lonely Roraotimjs It seemed to mo that ho was Inppler than I had over awn him. 1 felt tint he was ghul to go, and I couldn't understand It. It broke us all up. overy ono of us, for wo loved tho poor fpllow. I found bar on the veranda one evening, eve-ning, alone In the foft darkness. I felt nblt down myself, Thlngi weren't jIK vry WM aiu I began to tjdnk That I was not titled for n pioftwtfon-nl pioftwtfon-nl life after all I felt toe -sorry fir my patients I couldn't fcTlve a Judicial, Impersonal sj inr!') ?. as a physician must lo be among tho ranks of the suecesaful. Brery doaUi that oame under my notice warned on my mind to such k degree that It unfitted iii to caro for the llvltyt l Sho took my fiand and Ijeld It tightly In both of her own. I felt a sudden t I f I w 'm"iiiniwMwMi m tlghlenlng nt my hcartslrlngs, land a rush of tcndqrneaa swept ovcryf". t "Lonely, old girl?" I asked swftly.j "Oh, ao onely, Freddy so wnelyjU you can't know," and ahe dreV J hnnd up to her face and leaneU her lips upon It. ( "Foor heart," I nald, and I bcwt,and laid a gentle kiss on her forehead! Sho turnul her pale, luminous face kip' to me, wistfully, llko a cfilld, nildWvI hltsptt her warm, red mouth Thyn'my heart bjgan thumping like a hyrtjraulio" ram and my bauds trembled atiango ly. I tried to steady them. She Would bo K) angry If sho thought tllatfj dated. I had kissed Kathertne. mum-bcrlcss mum-bcrlcss times, as n man may klf his sister, lovingly, tenderly, but? ibe-lutcly ibe-lutcly without a thrill They 'hKU nover been like this, I was at a losa. I had never dreamed of Kathcrln i except ex-cept as my dear old friend- my manhood man-hood chum, and as for her my heart wank, for I knew ahe had been utterly devoted lo old Landry, and moivrucd passionately for him. At leai I thought ro. If aho knew what I as thinking ahe would hato me Ion he me. forever. If she knew ah. If he know. Sho sat there dreaming, ler eyes,' ns I thought, on memory's i tont mountain peaks, her dear, wa 5. brown eyrs that I loved. r fine turned to me with a little laiign. ! "It'a fo nlre to bo loved a little," sho said as she nestled against jr coat, as If sho belonged theu-MllBB with myself a moment. CpHjtjaMV have fell my heart hcatltlBB I horribly ashamed. Then tSU lost my r.elf-control. and tV' ' -g ward her. I took her In my kissed hor paMlonatcly, mau Units, passionately, eagerly, & nrvor kissed anono In my II. . , T had never wanted to kiss nnyouo' bet" fore After a time I lftcd my head and waited for the storm I knew It trust eomo. I felt like a whipped cur though every pulse In my body throbbed with delight and Joy. Whatever What-ever came, I know now. I was blind no longer. They talk of love , being blind. I Bay It's tho other way about, It's love that clears our sight bo wo enn really ceo where wo havo always before being groping In a dim half-light half-light She nestled closer In my arms nnd l-.iiltin.t n t I . , I . In... 1-.lnl. nf .Anl-t- ment, "Oh. Freddy, boy," aho aald, "I thought you would ndrer wake up I've been such a long, long time waiting wait-ing to come home." I started back and faced her in amazement "And and Landry?" I faltered. "Oh, my dear, I never loved Landry" Lan-dry" Ah, so I know now why ho was glad to go, poor duffer, poor, un-velflsri, un-velflsri, loving old duffer.) "He knew I didn't, but ho htf cared, and ha knew I loved you, so ho helped me. He told mo you loved mo. only ou were asleep, and I've waited ao long so long for this," Hho sighed, happily. I looked In horeyc3 Incredulously" "Kit, why In the name of cornrrw acnie didn't you toll meT" v "Tell you? Freddy, how could I? I wasn't sure you you cared, and sometimes I waa euro you didn't. It,' was only becauno Iindry wna ad posN live that I dared to hope. I could mil? wait In Bllenco. nnd since Lan-drj Lan-drj died It has been so lonely, c drearily lonelj " "Poor old girl." I said In her hair, "poor darling old (glrl." 'you've lost a' whole year," aho cried, "a whole year " "Then jou knew a year ngo?" "Yo3, It'a funny, Freddy, but I couldn't Imusjno why no man aver' moved me the least tiny bit. When' Landry told me ho cared, 1 tried to think I loved him, but ho aald then that I didn't, and afterward, ho Uncw It wna jou Ho watched my eyes,' ho aald, when you were about, nnd when he told me that, I was as astonished ns you wero when t told jou "When your horae threw you tha time, then I knew beyond a doubt, fo. I mitJered agonies thinking whv might have happened. You ue,re.,Bj nhn-tly that I was horribly frightened I felt suro that you wore at least maimed for life." " And thin, aho brought me the letter Landry's letter, that was not to ha dollvtrrd until I had found my own -Oh. that -totter It I had only seen It when Landry died Kit would not havo grown palo waiting for what was nl-wajs nl-wajs hers, "You confounded blind old bat," ho , wrote, "what In the namo of all that's holy, do ou stay around here tnr? It I was such an egregrlous donkey at you are I'd go off and die. but I'vopoii to bo the one Instead and I've go: eyes to aec That's over the way In this vale of toara. "Well, you must know some time, it will coma to )ou all at onie, ns the knowledge of it camo to ran then, old boy, I wouldn't mind being in your boots. I'd give my life for that oc hour as happily and freely as I'd toss a copper to a pickaninny. It can't t bo I glvo you my blasalng nnd what litllo I can and to your future though, of course, you know, I mean hejo nnd that Is tho fortunn trlnt I haven't been able to squandr with nil n.y Idi wortlilesncsa. Make her happy wi! lt.vjf jou can, and to I slrall know f Jiavo a hand In her comfort nftir all. "You worn't cut out for a, r-ll'-doper, old man. Drop It Well, vj long. 'Take Iceor of ycrsolf,' and bo pood to har to make up for your cussed stupidity Landry " Tho name stared up nt us In his well-known writing, and suddenly, an overpowering sense of his nearneii muatored me. Kit reachoi) put a trembling trem-bling hand. 1 felt a shiujder gp over her "and n mjUit auscured my eight fur n moment Then': - 1 "Yes, yos ' I heard hor wlilspor. faintly, "I eee you, dear, dear Lan-dry |