| Show ra sr 12 1 ll 11 i m 19 1 1 ci P IF IMA n f 1 0 I 1 a I 1 I 1 V I 1 4 E 0 D 0 0 1 Z cl 0 z n L 0 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 ff xa fe 1 I vj I 1 evas a new seni I 1 to do dolly L I 1 I 1 Z t hi if 2 s perfect r if vt if capri j I 1 no neiss sl it see med to io her that some i wonderful new brightness s must A lavie have s settled ei e i t 1 e d down over the t worlds world zi a aull and I 1 it i I 1 was as aly bily this mm boic guthat int lm bat she had dusted duste A the old brow adress and tried ap it with a fresh collar and pink elul tow only this morning scarcely twelve hours esgo ha hj had pinned pinned in on the brown hat with its dejected ejected tl bows and wondered if shed she must walk about abou t under ii all the mer m er and now it vas v as all away tack I 1 in the pitiful pasta past for at noon a telegram had come she was latifi eating her lunch binchi ro 0 o daintily put up 1 by r aunt harriet heithe m messenger bassenger boy bor came into I 1 the little baal back thoom adom of the millinery milliner y stafe store ara aid hand handed 1 her a yellow envelope an ip I 1 it li is all right coming to 7 moriah morrows P p 1 thit was all bac int lt oil oh th tha meaning of it if it me meant an t an ind end to the ibe years of weary waiting it t meant comfort and had happiness au aud id rest and ther the f fulfillment ul fill 1111 ment of countless lovely dreame dreams wi heir inai been batu lound at last by y tut the puzzled lawyers lawyer sad band that the A the old western t I 1 miner would no ion longer ger go aber a ber beg ys le I 1 OT some one to usa it I 1 for the tamers ls will had called for the son of my friend garrison hrent brent and robert was the fori fortunate unite man man a 3 hollys pollys hands quite quit I 1 steady r that afternoon when she fitted ons one adier fter another of the tha pretty fretty hats over h i ar c cousin kittas kittys yellow bangs and ritty kitty ws was har hard 4 t ft please Q you yon aint i interested nC i rested dolly your eyed eyes are dreamy dr P brav do you kno know 71 robert is comingo home 1 amy told toia oe me they had a tele heleg graenz aarel ituria afe iche the heir isaf he richi rich but bat hes had a hard bard time talan taking care cara aw bf hs his mother and sisters and M arp m br browna bowies children that one is a little tco dose close tr try y a flaring affia ilag brim dolly bought another ano t her hal bat and I 1 patiently ly aa a 1 d the bf bine ae feathers around birou D d it 01 claybe j onu be getting married raw I 1 I 1 kitty I 1 t ut y said smiling wider under the d drooping plumes know noar that cobert L Is a rich mau solly dolly flushed and bent over the hats hate 61 oo 00 tare th e counter n r Q tj it 1 looks 11 1 me like r its time kitty went on it if yon are engaged as people say bat long engagements rarely avar en and I 1 in marria marriage iv mot vier says yes esthes ane doi do get it ready reada by y Si fiday V dally aly aai and E I 1 i nearly early fo for beit mother told me to asaif audit harriet Ss Js ahr through ou wh wity her hei headache a S 01 ip gs but bat it was not of her pretty cousin coasin tap t dolly 0 y tai id t now bui as she lay in the h hammoc XZ kunder e the low spreading AF jre 1 tree down b by y the th rate sate she idras vms 2 g an and d thinking 91 ate otia tei blessedness edness hiss f V ria thit that had formed A isai about her r oth the world th afeld beld Jf robert cobert ill all hw her own owa anla abla w hoine thatis hs fie boule make beautiful ar ji Q a I 1 it was sweaty years since robert drobe rt e standing anding by 6 iier urd under e i r t this his very treed tree all in blo isom then had a told her he the ty et story that every maiden must kv I 1 G ll 11 I 1 I 1 4 a 1 9 I 1 I 1 1 C 1 ij 1 I i 1 r 1 up I 1 1 C I 1 I 1 tati C I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 A 3 I 1 11 it I 1 Q I 1 I 1 11 I 1 t k I 1 I 1 0 i if 00 I 1 r I 1 0 t 1 amaba rr sf i jart burss BOLLT i HE EE SAM I 1 hear car twenty years she had been a n slip of ai kirl girl then awkwardly Y con inions ous ZA 0 tier her first long dress 8 aad aobert a boy scarcely older than blushed and stammered over the ao story X that is is 1 1 1 1 neve reasy botell to tell t fc 11 t vi y 2 and then ax kg father had died daedy and an d his mother mi and d aisters later conj on a family of little orphaned nephews and I 1 nieces had been left t to bun dolly ouy was wa the first to say they must wait wail she could see fee how impossible it rould I 1 ue b fo for r edbert to jake cara of th them em all ile be wt t school and worked bravely on thep 1 d fr ing had gone cone 1 oti ot sf e 0 f so twenty years ere crept pt away dolly had remained in n her aunts horn home e I 1 helping with the children at A first and afterward down town for her er anaus dau daughters ate s needed nee eed every 1 hing no now that they were lbrown grown up and dolly w was as used to looking out for herself arsell 0 S C y 1 and ana now no w the was over Z y ik ai last and ab she would be R aobert Eo 0 bert wife have wait wailed edlor for this than to have been a an chisen long ago it seemed to iier that tha the very leaves imey ane and trembled irem bled aiice as she did with joy and aada 2 the stars twinkled down between them as if aey too kiewall ewall ulli about abou L it 1 4 A sa P e i I 1 the town clock struck str mand ty anven andT Ben came cafron lip crovi tle tha reading ota cia 0 they always g Jing red pred a a little cc aliche ahe k ate agthe as the rm manner of gf lovera iorii js iu L now S I 1 bollt y smiled sm ii I 1 id as the e murmurs of ah their air voices cabrae so tier hap she wor de she v poor jann scans g I 1 I 1 1 everee chappy as happy as she was thena it and then us as ahe 7 1 I 1 slowly vp op mhd path ir words began to OU 1 of the naj bob na ij brent rent n as it they say M cobl dd in his a degaet I 1 way and patt atty replied I 1 acu my U c P sAh i hy ijes ia sarry I 1 ar libolt I 1 I 1 4 iff 7 7 1 sorry r y why isif t at she e in I 1 it 2 1 I ilio I 1 iv e re i u m A 4 11 wk why V een eat i JP atty ati broke broka in P tears V in 4 r li all canite oa se ihal dolly IS il anlys iff L ada aidea aged zwaan n sow 0 w afla so abt at iii alq TT rime 1 me i n add aad bacen baven L y yonei 0 U n Q i zu wad how hs V 4 I 1 it was LAVIS S br al a i te erz I 1 I 1 I 1 a 2 Z 11 1 f 2 Z t 4 ji I 1 0 t a well 0 when wha he condas cond nS 11 M bubnow bat tha worda we were re indistinct again dolly bolly heard n nomore amor a I 1 she nail had risen risea arm from the Mami aock di I 1 and was stin standing auit irate rhita juil and SW stil ja in the C alre ILI 6 of the lectrid light the imars were mocking herbow above the lower light and the breezes were i whispering ng of 61 thelie the twenty t y that had rolled over lar t frying y rui he her fre 0 3 he feen n saw cher tire there when he kam came e down to the gated gate aid abid bowed with s I 1 cheery i good night briss dolly anil and went whistling bis pe favorite aown the street then dolly crept up tip to her roem and I 1 would arve let him do it I 1 never ri ver would have thought aej a ce chan change g e oh ob cheh shame 5 ame th yu i chilia lion of it iro to wilk think that 64 1 I 1 a fad faded d I 1 middle aged aed woman wom a n would wadid have held him to fhe the arora prora promise r made to im a fali fair girl twenty taini T long ion years he ha was as too true and aad noble I 1 to let me know too tender to hurt hart ina me if only i 1 had seen itin if iball 1 all iso different with women woman but I 1 naver never thought of it before IS il 1 wo donld uld sot not matter to me how chin changed gea robert raight be rd adlove love hua oia onay the tha more 7 if ie ia needed mores ant hc isi V grandly badly hahn some and and he must have save a young pretty wife it is best I 1 see that beat bc st for aobert and for her and for me ine jr for I 1 iro uldie ronld at bear to have him sorry or or ashamed 1 she loosed her dress at the throat aud pressed presse d her hands her temples Q t c s 1 he inui tnt be ashamed of his bis faithful kobert bert he if ans hii be happy now that the world is brighter for hin him 3 I 1 can canja tear ear it for I 1 him and then ale wrote a letter ietter aid when etwas finished she irnell b by v he her r bedside and the tars stars and the breeze fanned her pale calm face ace faded oh thea the beauty ovit as shaLli she knelt nelt there giving up all ab sue e held dear clear I 1 lehat are dimples and au all fresh prettiness compared to a beainy like that boti yo d only get g e t the soul 7 atar these are gone I 1 in i morning before any of the household hoose hold vas awake she took ahe the letter ands and carried aried it oui auvo jo the maii box the corner and then hen sh 9 to the bam hammock m ock under athe the in magnolia agnolia and watched them the sun siiri rise down at ih the e end of the cross street I 1 I 1 presently t the 16 gate litch latch c clicked I 1 an and d then a pair aa arof of strong arms folded themselves about her and her head was on roberts broad shoulder and he was delfing her gowhe how he had longed for foi her and wt hii an age the te laste wee week ic had been t ayou you would have been sorry forme fo rffie de dolly ily he way saying if for or in my diirr getting off I 1 left conr y our last photograph to in the of the coat rd id apen V pen wearing gand aind there was 0 only 1 I y the childish It liln I 1 taken twenty deurs ago forgive merdear me yde ar buts but it ilij more like your little I 1 illy lf faced aced CO cousin coid id K kitty itty than 1 ure like y you 0 u th there I 1 ere do dont t b be e vexed I 1 know you yon are not very like her now but bu between us I 1 believe you you were ii those first days though it is hard to thia k of mr fu falt lp blown rose as as api anything thin less lovely and sweet thai au she is no now w 1 but ru t you will a soon be my v very ery own dolly and I 1 shant aba binl missing being a photograph when r b ave yoo y 0 1 dolly eirew brew her breath she was in t the again agaid do you yen beally want meroba rth she sh asked a glad light 11 ht in her darks 1 blue eyes eye Z a ill show you von 1 pretty soon want wan t you ob dolly I 1 and ahen itt giaki abent A went on I 1 laughing laug bing happily as he told her os oli lii plan ri ar yim k t coming tonight to night witha mr sims and pm going to claim clag my wife and take aal e her away with rik me 11 what a jolly tour ours shall ibi 1 yes I 1 kaow there la Is abw always ayi ay I trouble about clo and things I 1 but we wont let that malie make the waiting longer tut tat on the little ble frock and jeome come away wi with th mei I 1 want you jand and ive waiters halted twenty years and now I 1 must hurry hurry to boeker botner and amy and the small 1 army of young people r ril ft come for my wife at bat 3 P dolly will sha be rea ready dy i I 1 what could she caybut but ye yes S I 1 and then how honi her h happy appy ey lowed him as long on g as chis his broad shoulders shou werd in sag sight a 3 she stood by the gate until the postman cabrae cal 1 nae to talce take up the mail and then she flew flaw out tai alim lini and begged for the letter she had dropped through throng the slot an hour ago its against the im auls le YV he said but sl ale e held out oui her hand and lifted her pl pleading eiding eyes to him and he belaik laid the letter across across hep heip alnO breakfast bell xan rang and went in to tell them that her wedding daywan day was come |
