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Show Li."--! L.i-oii 1 .vtt- -- . i , ... , seized my rownni heart. It a yours, H ,,. ,'(" nild S Nh - bnrnton , forcver-lf you'll only take j nWhrl.N iiml aiicil nie'inlngl.v nt ,,.,, H tte clock, . though "lit" weiv Woiry- .... ., ., , . . H .,. v,.r hur nt-xl e.W.igcmcnt.. I A"'' ' '" h,J w"ed ch "t,e Mr I'...ndo1,il, I1.I-.JI..II. riev lin-llly. mv "f ",0SC lo"S unl","lert 1 , fml i cm-r.wil liliniolf f Iwt, Kllck mill ,-. i - 'J;LSggh&&2Zfe)h'liWi'A BBBBBBB I I OtCK Hj $,' -I inuctn'l keep yon." I"' xnl'l. "I'm li i it nn niiiiolMitiieiit in utioiit flvc mill- M I't-ii mjn'tf." H '' She, rose, mi nbiciiMnlnded look In H fnr eyes, anil iircwnipnnleil lilm to the H ' ,-tor of the mum. 11b opened It nnd H I i,U hlH huliil from the' knob to shake B i i irj-liy. Hit hind reached out to- H ft 7 wnnl Mh IlHtlcuMy, ns though It hud H ft ' Jivcomc Infected with Iht selfsame H J jl rir. Kip that hud an-ulled tin corner j J I of. hir lljw. H ', j "May I or ran Again?' H ,' j "No I" cried I'nraela, snatched bock H ' U her hand, throw beth arms up ngnlnst H J tho duorjntnb, dropped her curly head H r( upon tlicm. mid burst Into tenrs. M i Mr. rinmloliiti'a platlnum-hcndcd B (g rune foil with n clatter; bin stoves 1 1 fluttered to the floer, and his new top v hnt. emitting a clucking, mirthful ii- sound, hurtled ncrowi flic room. In H less time thnn It has tnken to do- ill scribe theeo simultaneous events, he H lj Jinil f-clsed tho sobbing girl In his nnns H tj and wns bubbling as follows: H L "JIIbb Tlio 1'nnicln rnm. you H f di'nrcet nnd mvectcst of nil the llttlo H j women In tho world! 01), dnrllng, H f tlou't cry: but If you muut, then cry H j on mo sol That's right, my precious; J . 1J IIIl J'liur Millie (IMtlltl III,, mvft IIIJU H jfW Imld me cluie. S Ftrnnglo me, b H ,i! ),iit never, inner let mo go." H ' He stiHiued itrmlnitlly, picked her, up. H 1 1 , and made for the couch. Just before H ( he rot I hero, he ri-nrhrd n smn)l H ''' jTiyer rug of Persian design nnd of H tnni value, one of, many mich ouscs i H )j In the lnrgo ejqipnro ,of bcamlfull.v B J iritxod flonr'nr T,in pw& Poil rug H nonieii to tnkt Midilon ofToiise nt Mr. H i (! Ilainlolj)i' rude fuo(fulJtif t took t H ) ft ItHclf-wliiKroiml ftvw from' under hltW H l Thi-iTimh nf two of tho choicest lilts H Jl of ManhiittiiuV liumnnltyywns tcrrlllr. H AboH tin- din or si-tittering furniture H i I't'Uhl he htmrd (ho penl of u girl's H ctenr laughti-r, unii presently n volcr H ringing merrily throunn ImltswnV B lou'cil fcob.s: H "M my whix'i a l buntpl" H They :it ,iii the floor, fuce to fnre, H and inatDiVil n rrebte; "Ilnl Hnl M I In!" with ii heavy male: ''Ilnwl 1 Ilnwl lluwl" The terrified Tomllnrnn bur' In up on the xieiie nnd there urc twenty-si H . mljoitlvrn Hint would bnve fitted ibf I H t, look on Ii!h rimiiletimite. the flrxt nt- H I'e'nu "ustottmieil," "scnndallrcd,' H I -inmi'd." ''denrocHtlng." "mtpnllert." i H "M Miislcr Uob$rt( il5-U. liuw j ! M 1'uineln pti'ntcd one finger at hit . U ninkly, nnd was iIT ugnlu to tumbit 1' j dcwii Another in?uiile of Innghfrr 'ToiiiIIdhoii hhook his uolemn hrnd from Ht j fide Id side In n grieved anil patslt Hj I "fjmli dolnusl I uersr no 1 H I 'l "Tomlihwin Is right." 'fi'ri Mr. Ttan B H Oii);ilr .xoleinnl.w ns he rt and ljelpcU H, ii rmuoln to. her feet. "1 conildnr this H j! the most .uMonltOilng sample of de- H; j i-ir(mXnt Uiul fins I'mie to my Imniedb H'!j '- lv ulleutUm for fTir'tcti ji-nr." lie H I , tut nod to ilitt utiinolllllfil rervltor, Hi I " r.,ii)l'liFl'fr'-' he l-iilltlliueil, stilt snp- Hj ! jm itliiK lbf liiiiKliil-r-wi-aUcncd I'nmcln Hj.L! 'l"') (ii!.i:tT.,''l lb!n!c It Is duo you Hi J ' ''x;it'n!ti V nt Miss Thornton nnd 1 aaHJ J V co merely re'. 1'iirxlui:. or, rnthcr re; ."tMl oepjiiimi of our first meet ' I li.gr' ti !W,'Hiti'ng JiiRt ns you found B 1 t' flmt vo Umt made enth other's ur- B j ) ...njnht'e U deetide ugo, csiept that ' II li'ruiinli . . ' )'!( on the wcil- H, in Kliluwiilli uf Mfth uvetiue ut about H: tl iiurr W Porty-elghth street. I t H tnit Uiij. lb" mfonimtlun will ilenr ' H;i , -rfill.dyjli hi jour mind, as to our i H .it, -ini'tbat .Mm wi:i now ie.-m B 4 '- ' die. i-ttlimrm of terialn per- Hl ''" ff,'.:n, uf Ku:tt iiiuincMt." Hj I'oinlinsou lf"'r-v. Mill linking H fur .v-rt 'l"ni from m.iIk. to Mile, nnd HU mntnhlu .J; op'tilim thut the espln Bh nnjldii, fur U ::. (iitidmilnt; uu' affront H to wlmi bd imei- bein nn orderly eff- H tebllxt Hi-ni. ntii In the mituiu of n H plnnt -ii !.:.- etedi I!'- K sooner had ' H i he clwd'tiii' dour softly hut llrnily H 'j j i ' 'hi (k'1't.e of recJige than Mr. i M j i Urn : ' Ii tt-nied nil his attention to H i j 11 -i tui. v u.-:u. I H J A'er a few momrtilp m ln!1 his H jl hint.. i her thoulili-rM, hld her H nt m"' " 'er-u'i. nnd furted litr vyoi i to ' a " . """I brentliesl,v .olemu finvotin, uiili h.s onn, "My ilenr girl," fi rim t.it, "wl.sn I ewne heru this iifli'niu tho niiddon bloom of yftur , heituty s opt e olT my usuiilly eon- H t fldi,ni nn unit ben rings. I wnv how H ' romp y e tiitbli) you uru aud my B J roUm -e mi and left mo, ns though H L' ole Mie I d nld, 'Vou can have her B m If jou'll 1u 1 top up to Mnrs.' Whan B P 1 yiin ruue'iu away, jbo that I might EfJ . livii to f) !.i for you In innny other pEVJ i Hnf$ur- ' '- 1. J'tli BepHloni and HBli One of Thote Long, Unhurrltd Mar v rlioei of th Upa. of tho jlps In which njo meU wop. dcrlng eyo so tlosely that tha barriers bar-riers of flch nnd space and ttma aro pushed aside, and all the whole wide world together with seven heavens ara crowded Into the ttny tphrr of a single sin-gle lucent orb. Look at tliem, oh, you growing public; watch then do It I For while. It ts customary t draw 'the veil nn thrso Intimate tint contacts con-tacts Of the soul, let It bs said that such conventional literary hypocrisy la herein abjured on the grounds that the real thing In youth In love doean't give n whoop who sect. Even such a kits as Is uudcr ret vle,w bus nn end as well a .beginning, .begin-ning, and just as this one finished Its too brief but crowded span of llfo cnum the honk three times repeated f n motor horn, as though the world at Is fee had availed Itself of that menus to cap the shameless oxrulstloa with three cxclauintlon points. "Why. nobby," crted Pamela, "you've nover Uept your cab wait-Ingl" wait-Ingl" "Sorontlrce tonight," .!d Mr, line-dolph line-dolph .dreamily, sadly,-wistfully. Til have te so somowhar away from here, ALet'hlro wait" THE KNDJ , . i 111 Mi |