Show lilt I 1 lilt lilt I 1 by BOOTH by doubleday Doub laday pa baffa 09 company CHAPTER XI continued 14 all right then fred idin 1 adf UMU the window w wat with it 1 pipe 11 v land and theres Fortieth log about her she stands thru there site she iio BO straight und and knows knovs just wall flaws up to und and every everything tiling why something about tier mains the cold chills go BO down your irenc 1 I my ielne not yours particular ay lyt I 1 y you ou sit elt down I 1 dinean anybody iiii bily 8 law itt and ua as it lie alie manifestations it if its his lifting a trauls baclet over tile lie figure oil murder areal red said resignedly all right well abue tile the subject eliut tut flit little werder butle made out a pretty good oi heror Jer ninny she in an all vasy easy thahir with tits feet upon tile hie tit tulili bl end and chuckled you ber the little hine I 1 bud bad the lie fauss lisa with ves aey lilender er back in ID the ole old athlyn kcf all the ho tills this girl rot got off 0 ff tonight puts tile me it in tind of tile lie wy sky I 1 talked that eliut illy day I 1 call ber tt it ns an ivell ell us its wesley kept elpin that whoever vr mentioned a hillys naro llaine in 11 public was n ciup I 11 and an it of course I 1 ant to 1 lilt t 11 hani for that a boys got a legli ir r instinct for eryin to muku out lie he 4 on oil flit right side lit in it sarup and hell lavt lH vt try to do something or 01 say soui ething or hou hell get et the uther boy to twy huy something to make it look ns is if lip lie other hoy boy was nas in ili the HIP wrong tint nnie began tile the trouble so I 1 told poor ole wei that my iny father spoke my lily moth ors ora dionie lit in a public place whenever tie lie granted to inid and I 1 anred bilm ailin to suy say my illy father was uns it pup imp and ull till so 0 on A hoy boy tit lip a scrap why it linof air flip thoo alino hell drag in ili lila ills father ani another if theres tiny chance to do it llou fix n up lip way so lie he can tiny well lull lints just the saine na as if you called my TH father rind and mother a fon 1 or something ike HP that then biard annl lip mn can claim he was ani lip lad had to defend ills ali father lind and of cn vau hell in T p ann lhnn balf holc it t himself well afu yn u nice n tta its illy nl gujt atif t some men the way any I 1 see sec it niort it if theare coln to start smine trouble like ehlt war nr why of course li cyll piny just nhouy lint flint same clot boy trick its ita instinct to to do it just tile hie nimie baini for a man ni it if 14 for a boy or else elc lilt IK principles just the mine iaone or well anyhow if you toll wiant to tn know who started 1 a I ond vir Url it up till you kot got to forget ul nil ati ahe ingli thare if 14 about it and nil what lint endi lop ml mays 4 drift just look nt at two IMO Iii ings who was fixed for it first or Hion Klit they nvere tin and who hit first when you get the to those two every things settled about ills being lat tacked business As monr ns ni I 1 enn make mal out nut this war ar began with nith germany Aus to out lint two IMO little countries austrin coln wann shooda up tip seihan ind find Gerri began sho otin up ip lle lIuni I 1 dont acl to notice tiny more than that myself nil all the girls in tile country can call their heads off they cadt change cannee what and they cant it either cither lie ile was silent allent appearing tia ta feet eel that flint lie aso concluded conel conclusively list vel Y iiii tile aming on the he window sent 2 nurr sti starts tring at it him film for rutn n al mo of win to observe veil 0 old id rum you titi eniy y he n little slow in on claw sq amt when yiu think thin things 4 out wl with th yourself ym do in mot iw signa nf conle thing thine pretty like rent livorse sence Rome timm wiy dant you ever any anything like that to to some of your pacifist fric nd RI 1 l whitt to do you ikenn who you holmn fallout choso whoso pvc ve hero beret I 1 fredi exclaimed ns about to rise you keep sitting jut ju t where you nr are ani inet look of at itte ine out nut of the stift or of your eye like youre n bad horse im really serinus now annl you listen to me I 1 dont think arguti in and le bating like that little arnu coln worriers does much harm alic alica s it tight nifty young roly poly liy hy ilir lit way ivay though you notice or of col ci irae e why lid it IT ir numpy demanded rha riny why hv I 1 not notice lee oh nothing rut us ns I 1 was saying I 1 dont think that sort of talk dw dm s much harns every i boily knows knovs it ariell oil it the pro anti it its nl ni hut hot nr anyhow tilt lut I 1 think I aln in rafi F port of talk does to do harm pro lily agolig people that dont know inow cl onta wanta more I 1 think poni V to 0 ru cuma does some ton well you h hit it lynul in the snoot so what kuhnt are you sit still my aly loidl you dont rm im taken you iou to 10 po go and tilt hit dorn of flo you yen I 1 dinean arent you ou ever coin tr to tall to tn tier about it and toll tell hr stints ts v shnte h a t r 0 oil it you so go too t bed I 1 vo 0 o im in artiest t fred urgel urged estly arent t you ever coin to 1 how could coald 1 I dd ng like that hint 1 matasey ra tasey exploit explosively ively 1 1 I iw her af to speak to jo that la Is I 1 wont hoppen happen to have aniber talk with her or anything nil tle tine time were in collece 0 o pud fred adin 1 I suppose not of cauree if you ou did then alun you iou would give n lve tier quite it n talking to just the lie way ay you did the ither time would voi iliin nl you iou 7 but bilut upon that another re of physical violence put an end to the CHAPTER XII the term eat vitiation dilution of probabilities against the hup happening penIng of another interview w with dont din seethed to he be well uell founded foun dod but ut at flip IH of the lie second apin sein ester he found tier her to he be n fellow member of a chats in biology hlo loKy moro thin than that lint this cities hit and every week a two tw dwir tir session in the th laboratory here the alie structure of plants wits studied under micro microscopic als the students worked in ili it special family of bahij assigned to 0 o ench couple and the li tor selected the couples with nn nil eye CIP to of alip lie quick with the aad D yocum and it II and tile the titter in it a mate of inland and complexion were vure given two to hut but only one desk and one microscope cro scope their coin conven arnt tation ion was strictly botanical it became tile most pi essin ciup care of life to pre vent int till ills froin learning that alint there wits MI any conversation tit t nil all even euri botanical fortunately arcil F red was nut not taking the biological courses though li lie appeared to be taking tit the sell tin lerl till ones with tin nn astonishing anti to s hilarious delight Ita insey to turn tile the tables and rally hlin him upon wha whatever last apner setin fd to be en cn tits ills anney tile atie old victorian and arf victorean blague word pet iet ticona had been revived reviled in ili freds vocabulary and in others ns its 11 skIrt ahe the sprig wits hourly to ho be A art g A they were dora yocum and 1411 malholland holland seen even when rulings forbade dilly dallying dull ing giddily along tho campus p or the town sidewalks with some ne new and pretty skim S act and when tried to fluster him about such a matter fred would pro aws ms ills ardent love loc for tile the new lady in and impromptu song nothing could he be done to 10 him anti and ramsey utterly unable to defend his own nun sensibilities bili ties ii I i like manner had find always to retire in n ba sometimes ile would ponder upon tiron the qu question 3 ution thus hits why he h do this port lort of thing thine since fred could kut dut lie he a 0 satisfying on awer wits was so bilm ful lent he make anine nine nd ad in regard to lie file boton leni in lal monitory oni ort tory atory for instance that sir mr sill bill chelli curin curiosity sity gradually became nl al moat nille scent but there hure it ft day in february when tt it was piqued into tle the llie Kest it wits still sill lily dv ind and frfd fred aag with it fal ever hl t dully dally hohlt no n fired teat ramsey was nn unusual about neckties kec tile lie block black tine fine on fred amid volunteering a suggestion ns its kuttot red fiercely nt at it mirror its in better for church 4 youre going to church abent you aw Y are you 7 N no n ive rot got a lunch Mn in engine inellie well you ou could zo to church firt you you heter youve voute kot got it lot of church absences aher fc ag dinst you ou alien one imp more moire hurt no 0 o church in mine this morn lri rt I oh ole sox tec nee t ec you nt it I 1 the he frat housel houe for altin r ile he went ent forth whistling atlon pilot began a bri bil brit t trudge into the orien open voin itry T re ant as n pro fedis daughter daug liter who olin oli n was uns not going to church that morning and she he ived a little more thin hire miles beyond the outskirts of th town lon unfortunately ns as the weather war threat it ening all others of her family nhon boned the idea of church that iny ard and fred found her before a ozy cozy fire but surrounded ili 1 va barents rents little brothers and ami big the professor jei ast talkative freds tn alb menil might ann have been greatly lint with alth q i waln ln ilot dow in ili range lie ho preferred it 11 iii elna choly of the snow HK meilih find to full fall in quantity tile prof essm talked until luncheon throughout anti ani all under way to flit the lie aholo liole afternoon with talk alun fred ri penting benting of mil the errors of ills hb life kt got up to go B d to 0 o n ninin for fir them hers was now boi just juk under a bit ard developing lie baid no it lie find a grent rent deal of curriculum work to n kit grit tonu done before tot tomorrow brut anti limpi froin the tie sound of th professor till hos 1 1 volve und and into tie the storm I 1 lie 1 tind had a tedious struggle against thu the wind and thickening snow hut bitt cnally runic came lit in sight of the town tonn not long before dark alerie the lie roud road tell led down litlo into a dept P tind his him li enfil us ua lie he began the blight ascent on tin tile arither side fred was aware of tw figures upun upon the flip low ridge before him thy th wore were dimmed ly by tie driving snow lind their backi toward hlin blin lut but lie with perfect assurance tiley wyre wyra dorn dora and they were walking so slowly that flicia advance was MIH almost tp ible hut but tt it could he be seen blidt dora haq ai talking with great animation anil and she was it graceful thing thus gestick inting lit in tier her long slim fur cont coat with the while snow frosting tier brown far cup cap halt had his hands deep in n his overcoat ovit over cont pockets and tits was wholly lint flint of an audience fred murmured to litin himself self what did you say to to tier her 1 IN Not othin liln I 1 started to but TI then en lie ile put on ell a hurst burst of speed mid and passed them sweeping olt oft tits his hut flat with operatic deference ference dt bet et hurrying by as it if fearful of being thought it a killjoy it ho he lingered lie ile wont went to the arnt rat house fo fout nl no onu one downstairs and established himself in a red leather chair to sat ace anti ruminate merrily by a greik great ire tn in the hall V hall tin nn hour inter stamped off the sitio xv hung flung u up J his lint anti anil coat find sat down den antly lit in the red leather leacher calr on the other side of the alie fl fireplace replace well go on lie ho said Corn commence meric e 11 1 not tit at roll all fred returned amiably fine spring weather today lovely to see nil fill the flowers and the tha birds us its we e go s a by the littie bobolinks you look herel the only wa walk ic I 1 e ver ever t took ook with her heir in my ilfe I 1 bienn by by asking tier her and her saying she would tint and so forth that other just sort of happened und and you yott know it well weil the flip weather just the lie best in tile the world maybe but jhc hes a an all awful conscientious girl and ami once site she makes an engagement why of course fred finished for him film shed be too ploua to break it just on account of a mere little blizzard or anything wonder liow how the wilt will loi brt next sunday sunda y 11 1 I 1 dont know and I 1 d dont care cald ramsey camf ey you dont suppose I 1 tier to go again to do you why not well for one thins thing you oil dont suppose I 1 siant ant her to think im it perfect fool to do tu aritt mused a moment or two look ing at the lire what was the lee lec turo turn lie naked asked mildly what lec lecture she seemed to nie me to be that lecturing she alia was wan just jast M jiust what I 1 well site she thinks think war for the united states Ls Is coming closer unit ami closer atut it veil site she thinks so anyhow said ramsey und and shea nil broken up about it of course she thinks we augh tnt to fight end and alies trying to net get every holy else slie site con can to keep keel working it she agn rn home again agnin next summer suin mpr sites coln back to tn that Aitt lement work tit in C aill ngo and work there among th thit people against our golit coin to tal anil and herf here lu colteR college sit slip va tits to pet get she ahe can call to talk it and alint lint lilt hi you ariu say fred F pd biked blin self filled the reply No Noth thin ln I 1 started to but li ii ey got up nav 11 ow look lol herel here you know the frat passed parsed n ruto taint I 1 if v tie anike any more furniture in till this amuse our nc ruppin wed both lie IK tined nik d the cost of repairs anti and the five dl dill ini inra ti agilece al aple ilece vall ell I 1 can afford five tills this better than you can and 1 I inke it back fred interposed litis hastily tily lanit you just listen to in me you iti look ink out nut letting tier her think youre tin on her side aldr that 1 I dont you vou arnt TO BK CONTINUED |