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Show H I his grl 1 H. f By LAURA MONTCtOMEflY. H ' & lJI. or Mcc'lur. Ntwapir 8nll.4g) ' "i cannot eo, Leonard, what you H hit uniting foi vAIij do you (Inutile H Leu's mini bine eyes filnchlljr ie- H (unit il lit mullici's p'ckIiik scri'tlny. j "Well, llieie Is no tie In being too H Im lx jet" n .Mrs,l(i-H innwd so hrlsl.ly (Ii.it her H j tliirn n't'j,'i; lolled nut (if tin." sock .1111) H dieppc-d, "Young! Do you kimn Hint B , lif ttu iwfiiti -nine Iter Inst blitli- H I tin) n me tin if .Winn older, mill H .MM uit nlioiit ptnildl ns llioncli HBV .mmi wue Imtli fli'lilircn jean old. H , Hum n't unl wen Tom Itrlt,'1 tfolnu K lull' tlieli jmil ecr. single dnjl (in B jou kimu Unit In.1 look liur llnueis ,vcs- H: tiiiln. mid ciiliilj (he ilny beroie,? H , joii j ' ('11 Hushed "Wliy. 1 thought Itnse H i lli.i'il " lir slwipcil mid stored it I In Hi !iiiHr tlgine of loin Brigs him H iwsmiI til Unit moment, llieie was u Hj f cm lldent smile on tlic dull;, ImniWonie l! ri(! "f 'I"' i ciiiMK Iiimii who Inul re- Hi (hiiumI to Ids lionie town (or ii few H on business. H.j "Liked, jo hut do you suppose H Mes going to pass mi n chance Itko t tint III case joii might, BOinctlme, yet H tip enough spunk to propose? Tom In HJ i Wealthy rutin, he tins linil advantages Htj ilmt you're never liud. tic tnlLu H I French IlLc n native and Ills stilts H J "ctt, you Just oiiRlit to hear the chls H ,uv,; nliont lili clothes." H "X use n( n nuiii being a sissy," H roimnentcd I.cn, rising and standing H over Mr mother. U'licn be was stand 1 -UK Len looked like n blond giant, HM wl"' ' thick, fair hnlr, and large, M t-ercno H j "No use of mnn being afrnid to B , J-pcnlc out." Mrs. Boss sinllcd down H'r Into her mending ni she heard his H ' linlf-supprpsiwd ejaculation. H The wliolu vlllngu had been fluttered H flnco the comlne of Tojti HrlgRs. Al- H tlioiiRh he owned tlio liandsomo brick lj lionsc on Jlnln Htrcct, ho liad not both- B J vrcd to optn It Up for hln brief stny. H ) At tlio hotel he had taken the bent H j room and his queer city wiijh v,vre H (he unfnlllnK topic under (INcueslon H henccr hu unx not prebent. H After his onily supper that nlcht B j l-fn cnc his thick hnlr an extra HHB I lirtuli niwl chiniRed his c out. Then he 1 Ment slowly down the street townrd HHfl 3too'i( iioinc. H '"Xotlii'i feller's calllnc on jour ,- KM," taunted Sum, nnd dodged back liehlnd hi- faithful hedge. i I'Cii begun to think seriously. Tom HHflj "i" n good-looking niun. MW H""'' "us working on n pleco of 1 Vmihettug, although the dusk was np- J! Iiroadilng suini). Tom, n picturesque J figure In u white silk bull, wns sit- H' t,nB H forward In bis thalr nnd HHM' talking In low, earnest tones. H; e" slowly pushed opon the gate HHJB lin'l went up tlio walk. Hose gwsHcd Bi Mm quletlj-, and nodded toward ll nnother H "Don't joii get pictly sick or this H mimll-touii sluir, I.enT' Tom's dnrk H vjes (studied tlio other's fare. H "No," wild I.cn, replying to the un- j fpokeir, but Implied taunt; "guess It's H Just about my speed. They're all my B home folkK and I wouldn't feel tmtlv R fted nnj where else." ' "Itut," objected Tom, Dliklng the H nslie.s of his cignrctte with n white B luinil, "theiv nro no opportunities for H Mg deals here," i Iah followed the flash of the Jewel on the effeminate tlnger; "Mnjbe f not. I'm making more every year, ami j that satlstles me." , 1 Tom finally look his leaxe. He " Vncw ln or old, ami did not trj: to tiutstny him, as ho would have done : with almost nny other fellow. ,; "Think oer what I snld," he hod H bent ocr Hole's (.hnlr and the wpriU j eiv n mere whisper, but I.cn herd. H "Itove." I.ci- had wnlted until the H 'cllrk of the gate had sounde after H Tom's departure, "are jou going to B; nnrry ToiiiV B'r': !"' fullcl o repjy. "Are your' H A new note had erept Into the pilet, H'-i HMiuri'd volte. I.cn had bocoiue H frightened, Hi ltns ovlderitly was uudecldcil, The H diipper Tom llrlu-gn. with fr'H bale of H( wealth, the uwiiei of the elegant irkk H; li i' i with snttn-iou'ted furniture lu Hl the big pnilnrs, hnd dnr.rled her. Hr A strnj moon) ii hid rested on the H girl's dark head, liniilug It Into u L "l'i'i". and I.wi, rising hastily, HP tl-niiglit f ii in I fully (hat shu would look H like that lu 'JO j ears' time when they 1 were gioulng old. "Hut," he thought, H, lenih!ng his Immls, "she shan't bo b Tom's wife." V' Iaii bent hastily oer the silent girl. H "Voo ilnti'i answer, ltnve I'll put the B, iiiehilon iililuii'ntli : "Are jou going HH to nitii'i.v me?" M "Of ioilie. Who elMt" Hose's H tiigeumiii ejes met his nun In tlfe H light liiMt bj the moon The man was H ni.c ilmt n sinllu of nmUK'rocnt tin Hv genii :ti the usually candid depths, but he was too content to Inquire fur. K I Inr She Hi"' his g'rl. and that was t' 111' lie cured -ibiiut, |