Show 7 thic mot aright by dalli story lory pub 0 0 miss bliss courtwright stood looking down doom the rose bordered walk alk toward the white road she hummed a little tune and tapped topped her while white clail clad toot loot in accompaniment kor I or tho the first time bince since her tier mothers death thre years ago the tad lad off her plain black dress and today to day eho she vas aas all in filmy almy white in honor ot of lit 1111 ys coming she waa was it ot of billy as a eho tie stood there of hie his boish enthusiasm hie his invigorating personality and hie his love tor for her which neier med tined to change al at though eho she had told him every sun day for ceika that he wa was dot act the kind at of a man she could marry and after thia this dash of cold water nilly billy would look ery cry thoughtful for fully thirty minutes they had known each other for a al live years billy had met her abroad when sho she had been traveling with liy mother and the tender fra jile lie little mother bad had been complete if ly won by bill s smile ae As for hilly billy I 1 knew know what my mother wae llop alk he aid said to her once but iho bo must have been juet just like ithe iou they had bad been to much to each other bla this mother and daughter and since the mothers mother a death billy had bad z spending pending his hi sundays tn in the little town where here sire courtwright bad had died and where her daugh iter lived ho realized bow how lonely the girl must be and although tine de would inot not admit it herself the impressive allness of the big bouse house was very t at times today to day vs one 0 of thoe those perfect days in june and bliss courtwright als eha ahe lad in the door was flail glad in ill a vague eort sort of way to bo be ailse dear hilly billy ahe she mused tenderly to herself I 1 wonder why he docant t marry some dimpled little girl and leave me to enjoy my spinster epi neter hood in but tho the smile died out of her eyes at the bought hought it wan van useless uie leea to deny that sunday as was tho the brightest day in the weik welk to her and the last few especially cepec lally had become very delightful ri me lemories morle could ehe she ever forget the time they bad brol broken ken the babbitts by fishing tn in the big lake behind the house her wild excitement shin tho she had first felt a tug at her line tile how wey bad worked to land the big fish and arid how dirty and abet act aid ald happy they both had been abbe had told him that day as eho she bail had tor for many othis past that elie tile bad had no of marrying him blui rind and ho be had responded ao a waa was cas customary tomary that be he would not mention the tile subject ancin again was opened the door and moved with a eloff max erace grace out ott on the porch A tall young mon trian in while white flannels anncia il aas as coming up the walk why dhuy ouro auto late exclaimed hie his hostess ho gaily galy I 1 but batter etter b late A 1 za 1 hummed a 2 little tune tun than never hat we sit it here or go down by the baket the lake tor for me antlered antt ered billy then earnestly ear neatly I 1 I 1 want to talk to you edith I 1 have something com ething 1 to tell fell you 1 thie this was hie his usual beginning aliss courtwright sighed in mock alou again the queried gently 11 1 thought yiu were never to speak ol 01 I 1 that object subject lillys face flushed lightly slightly at her word 1 I am pot going to speak ot of that subject he aid said sloay labey sat at down on the rocki rocks by th the water ever ag R in lie waa was watching her lace face intently a as bo be pobe pol 1 I have hays ROM met a hirl at lit lait last who nho will take your plane in my heart and I 1 am going to lova love her tier ati 1 rys and try and make her happy I 1 wanted anted tc first to tell you hie his we ue have always alv nys been such close friends I 1 neve I 1 could want any one else tor for my wife hut but ou set it a 8 all eo so ueless my expecting you to love lole nio file and I 1 think my future wife aarts for me more than I 1 am worthy of bhe bile la Is one of god code a best beat work arks a sweet straightforward girl and bared hie his young head rt ur attly mies miss court right 4 absent gage waa was fixed on the tile sparkling water she be ag 0 I 1 IN 1 I know I 1 shall love her dearly seemed intensely interested in studying lie its blue depths after a few minutes the ho tuned tu ned her clear gray eyes on hilly billy and smiled her slow understanding mlle I 1 lea in glad billy she bald said simply I 1 and I 1 know you bo be happy it there was a note of sadness la in her voice hilly billy did not mot seem to notice it toll tell ine me all about her she continued tor for I 1 want nant to kenw some thing of tin eirl girl who ho la Is to bo be your wife thus encouraged billy began an art enthusiastic enthus description and miss bliss courtwright listened still with a far off look in her eyes I 1 she la its beautiful be said vaguely a guely and dark haired and altogether ador able tall asked miss bliss courtwright hoso whoso glorious gl orloue hair was the color of ripe wheat I 1 to no short wirt and plump and alrid dimpled replied the enraptured billy 1 I hato hate dimples quickly decad I miss bliss courts right to herself but aloud 1 I know hilow I 1 shall lovo her tier dearly suddenly he pulled out bis his watch and started to his hi feet I 1 I 1 must hur ry off he announce I 1 it Us it too bad but I 1 have an important engagement in too town n and cannot fay stay to tea lie shook band hands hurriedly and went swiftly up tip tho the path and was lost to misa bliss a watching ebee about an hour later misa miss court w right made her way aay to the hoano and up the tile stairs to her room eho the went straight to her full length mirror and examined hereof herself with un flinching nin chin gray eyes did it show la in her face eho she all of lir tier that had lived and anti died within the last hour I 1 I 1 oi ou fool foot she he eald said to the girl in the the glass glass ou on utter utter fool slowly bhe she unfastened the white gown gon and let it slip to the floor door and from her wardrobe Aar drobe she took a simple black dimity there was a cynical little smile on her lips lie dian t even duent on m whito white dress sha murmured I 1 guess that girl vears wears bright blues and glaring pinks oh bow how I 1 hate her I 1 do hate her how ilow could billy do it itt hut but it makes no differ erco to me I 1 ami anti mis courte right powdered her nose crushed up a as few m stray tendrils of hair and went down to partake ot of hor her cozy tittle little tea on the porch telling i herself very emphatically ahr hr he was ais quite happy she repeated tho the apparently obvious assertion more than once during the course of her I 1 solitary meal meat and then all at once while the th twi light fell mias Court courtwright tight found her self sobbing quietly ditty iho she aid said brokenly longing ly I 1 lve live you vou dida t you enow know dear I 1 0 lol o tou lou now that it U Is too late hi and fOrgett forgetting ilIg how happy be ws 1 courtright court right hid bid hr her face la in a convenient boba pillow and cried in n P heart unaffected ay much in n her own disgust for the second line time in her young life alloa courtright court right a genuinely supremely int bho did but not see the conscience cone clence stricken billy at a be emerged from out of the shadows in the garden bho she did not know of the radi radiance aure in his falc but euden eu ddn aishe he felt his arms about her dur D ur little girl hp he old told her while he lidd kli li fd bir tearstained tear tare face it isert loo late it 1 4 too late to mind about thirty minute minutes later edith lifted her licad from billy a hite white flan uel net shoulder and looked up anxiously into hit his ea the other girl the one ebo had bad taken my place she he asked weakly doean t L exist eald said billy promptly S she be was aas only a bluff and he kissea her on the |