Show SERIAL ORY E K NITE K FD eirand whitlock by ray walters COPY upright rig lw bj by 1 merreil lo 10 0 I 1 aella kmell cilina running eagerly down de ide stairs and though she was 1111 the jy joy of vernon a coni coln he stopped on the bottom slip nouh enough to shake out tho the skill still t of new gown she wore with mith a aa that told blie site had it on that ning for or the farat time vernon to meet her and it waa wits not 1 te had kissed hissed her and rele released asod from bis his embrace that sho she baw the ting case be he bad bet down in lit the 1 what a that tora I 1 she asked in uni her smile tided suddenly leav ler fan fam eboli A gerlous I 1 1 bae bale to go back to night he rf u ea a almost guiltily tonight to night yes I 1 must be tn in Spring springfield fiell in t ir tr orning orving but hat about the dinner veil ell he began helplessly helpless lj 1 I s si I 1 aull ou 11 have to get somebody in I 1 place li nellit stopped and looked at him in cement I 1 1 thought the senate never met nde a until five 0 clock in the after ID OD ehe she said it t usually but I 1 had a tel in from rom porter an hour ago re res i to be a conference in the morn 9 ley started toward the drawing a in aniella amelia was as in her die dis lene something Aim oom ething would mould spoil it e laid said fatalistically and then ahe she ci ed presently I 1 I 1 thought that mon I 1 afternoon session never neer lasted ger than a minute you never neer went rt va before until monday night I 1 know deal teal said vernon apolo kally but now that the session Is lying its close v were e re busier bugler than u we e re r been cant tant ion wire aire mr air porter and get 3 i to let ou off she ho asked i croon ernon laughed he my marter aeter ni be replied hell lell be he acta acts like it ehe she retorted I 1 then as it ehe she had suddenly hit 3 n an unanswerable arru argument ment ale rt ct on it so why do you y my attention to his telegram II 11 lan lent t he dear vernon explained ithe i the party e are to have a very dormant conference to consider 1 a sit it 8 stopped on an the bottom step long elii to shake out the skirt cioll s that has lust just arleen I 1 must not R it 11 aall ll it ruins my dinner i I 1 the he eald said helplessly 1 I wanted wiLli ted leml bri ernon ornon had cone corrie up lip from spring II 11 as ili unal jai for tho the week weeks end ad ament nina ent and amelia iella hid had counted on 11 ailing alt over as an he always did for e monda mold n night ight train before going k 1 to his duties tn in the senate more 4 all the she had counted on him for a ler r the she had arranged for monday efting what mat time does your train leave f asked kd in the voice of one who sue suc pa b to a hopeless elven twenty he said I 1 out but I 1 lu my luggage over ditl wit roe me 90 tart start from here at the last wt to go over to the twenty treet street station and catch it re 11 latiak ll bad riad had tho the deep chair ver a liked so well wheeled into the o 0 1011 air earle ie fell of e the light that a 1 tail fall lamp the lamp gave the abt ight in the room and the room wea NI vast in a thel a dimness dim an et of somehow aided by the chill that olt tl it at it the fires ot of the ansley a d ba bees allowed to die down 4 ler eager prel of spring it was t rag la in chicago sunda t a liri slit aad and the lik ill had sparkle Bpark led bauo bluin the warm ind that at iam lam fm from 01 the S soughs sout hest but by night the he w ind had heeled its around and the ih I 1 lake e resume resumed normal cold A and nd niena 3 As arnon ving mood bank batik loto lato the chair be caught a narrow gli 11 napp of tbt boule vard the curtains cur tAInA of the mow In dOv o 0 III he the brilliant larke I erect street light of 1 a lamp he could we a cod cold in laming slanting raina dun d n on to the tile asphalt low much lohlker Is this legislature to last 9 anyta cinella 1 deu ail a she before arrandt him I 1 herself III the ioa chair wick aleks ernon replied three ehmka abt ka more I 1 the d drew ew the word out girl ye yes week weeks aji slid ner r non and then ui w adjourn nine slue die the joint the date tor for june mecon baioni I 1 amell gald said nothing sh she 1 su all hen bernon anon began lo 10 speak of hib lift joint MIA resolutions which was wits p rhal a the reason why by he poke of them BO tio often of iiii ourma H bernon went ent on oil with ith a certain of relief in his hi word mordis I 1 have hale another cuelon session vier tills epli hpe will ail hat that be amelia asked winter minter after next abe aa governor Ko go though may call ti it pedal special eslon session to deal teal aith i lie tile lenue question loii that bould tal tale 0 is ill back again next winter minter minter inter ahe ch cried leaning oscr in lit alarm do iou ou oil 11 hae hale to be aa aln all next winter too tool the significance of her tone aaa a HA et to 0 o ernon and he raised him sell to take hr in hande hands in his hi lou ou could be milli me then dear door 0 ost st he a I 1 only softly in she he exclaimed not ached vernon verlion other members ner abers liao hale their kivee hes with them thern some of them he qualified qua lined think ing ho how rem fp of the tile members ared to have hale their wives hes with them during the session hat could one do in springfield pra I 1 amelia go to the lehi e hops I 1 suppose I 1 an ani I 1 dance reels with f and aest est side poll ti clans she G lifted her dis gust NN hy by dearest errion pleaded ou do to them a great injustice some of them aro are of the best people the society in springfield Is excellent exL ellent at the governor a reception at the tile mansion the other night no now moulcy amelia amella bald said with a smile that was intended to reproach him mildly for thie this attempt to impose upon her credulity and besides vernon hurried on taking a different course with hel ou could be a great help to ile I 1 lipser addrena the san senate ite chilt I 1 don dont t think of vou ou and bieh wieh 1911 0 ou u were mere there to hear me ale I 1 should like to bar ou oil said amelia softening a little hut but ot of course I 1 t think of appearing in the senate hy not nott ladles ladies often appear there I 1 I 1 Us es d no doubt well ou ell mouldan wouldn t navo hale to be over dres drea td cd velnon retorted lie ile seemed to rave laie the tile advantage but be he decided to forego it he lie bank sank back on the cushions of his chair folding his hands it a ads and plainly the lest test a senator needs after hia his legislative labors of course he said ae we discuss it now the governor ma not call the special session it if the party but he paused thinking how bovi little interested she was wits in the party 1 I 1 wish let politics alone amelia went on relentlessly it seems so soso so common I 1 dou don t see what there Is in n it to attract you and how am I 1 eer going to explain oui out absence to those people tomorrow night tell them that politics detained ou I 1 sup pose she looked at him sele severely rely and yet triumphantly as it ehe she had re deuced the problem to an absurdity said vernoon you can tell them thern that I 1 was called caled suddenly to springfield that an important matter ic ir the senale benale the se senate natel amelia but dearest vernon began lean ing over in I 1 an attitude tor for argument she cut him short why morley do ou think I 1 id d ever let on to those batons that I 1 know any one in politics T dont dent they have politics in new york he asked they wont even know where springfield is ahe she went on irrene vantly what 11 they say when they receive our cards next as fall it I 1 be asked wilh a smile NN well ell you t think your name will be engraved on them as senator I 1 can assure out her lark eye flashed nashed vernon laugley again a and nd amelia went on you can latah but I 1 really believe you would it id I 1 diet let out they were silent after abatt and amelia sat gat with her elbow on the arm 0 oj her chair her chin in her ban meditating gloomily on her ruled dinner ayou rood food by eang ng in it you 0 did it any ny politics sho said as if speaking to bersel f but ButK I 1 fall to see what good do what abat good do ou do fhe you sted lifted her head bead suddenly and abal hat edged him with a high look well uell be he said streaming bla his bundi hund A of caume it you don dont t carel care ellough lo 10 look in the but hov ho could I 1 morecy Mor lcy aid said Att iolla wa was I 1 to know ber to look why by in the dispatches 1 I began by rea ling the paper papers amelia laid said hut but nail rall no now ie iou ou know I 1 t find anything lu in them about ou aho ah must mork ork in the th legislature lent nt done it in the neopa pore perel ald paid vernon with fill a R that as Intend intended odI tu to hide tilde hie his incon chere are committee meet inge and unit confere neb ani an I 1 caucuses it Is I 1 that eairles i are mapped out and find legislation framed he lie daiel ae ail of secret see sea stone held at night on oil ua per floora of hotel hotels onla by those jhc had received d invitations hut bill ft if ou olt mul must be LK in loll tic she eh raid said fth mh don t ou gu do som something thing big something kietie something to mak make it 9 shou our fronds friends thit ou arp are accomplishing something 1 amelia sat at erict ert and tave a sart nd oue ous ite grature sture with kith one on of her little net Pd her tier dark lark ees 11 e I 1 th excitement of abib cioll hut na anon dio olied and placed ills hi hind tartly tu hie ilia brow bron instantly dimella up ill from front her chair dope does list light finnoy oua her iter tone wa was alt ogeth r diken differ ill tit from her oi UK t sli sh A ae as stretching out a hand toward the tile daml and iho white neah flesh blotted lot ted red betseen liar her fingers held the tile light neer eer mind eald said N mon it dupon t bollier bother me hut but inelia inella row rose and the ahadi of the lamp about and than as elie she mas ag taking hr her keat beat aalen she went ell t on I 1 sul ao 80 I 1 op o P it 11 be arst ill L I 1 ever eier afar viere ere annl d bim u fal tin tr I 1 and blushed and began ao 10 making 1 11 pk DO V wed knib all the diplomats little plaits in hr study ing ng ohp effect ith it turn ot of her head vernon bent over and took both her hands in his it if it were only washington ets aia a now regret in her tone as there ft taa in the inclination of her hea it shall be washington deir he said amelia a eyelids fell and ehe she blushed again even esen in top the glow the lamp shed bed upon her fare they were ere 11 silent for a moment and then sud suddenly deni she looked up I 1 washington ag hington would be emr eier so much better morley she bald said 1 I should fed feel ae as it that really amounted amount ed to some thing ved wed know oil till the he diplomats and im 1 m aure in that atmosphere you would become a great man mail I 1 will dear I 1 will he lie declared but it will be all tor for 3 ou TO D CF F TED |