Show MISS MI SS LULU BETT VI continued 0 13 next day there vaine n nip tr rom om that wio vio hall hail lirou glit up tip w ight made him willit what lie Y was I 1 s he often complacently accused I 1 laer ter it wits n aal a note on a postal curil card slie site imd had often 0 written a few lines on a postal card to say that slie site lilt and sent the maple sugar or could ina gl get t tier lier some gome samples now she wrote a few lin lines ea on a postal card to say that slie site was as going to die with cancer cou could I 1 it dwrght and ina come to her white she was still able to visit if lie was not dot too busy nobody saw the pity and the terror of that postal card they stuck it up by the kitchen clock to rend read over fron from time lime to time and before they left 1 dwight lifted the griddle of the cook ing stove and burned tile the postal card and before they left lulu said dwight you cant tell how long be gone of course not how should I 1 tell no and that letter might come while youre away conceivably letters do come while it roans mans away awall 1 dwight I 1 thought it you kaind if I 1 opened it opened it yes you see be about m me 1 1 I should have said that be about brother but you know what I 1 monn mean you yon mind it if I 1 did open n it but you say you sou know be tn in it 0 so o I 1 did know till 1111 you ou ive ie got to see cee that letter dwight and so you ou shall rut but not till im I 1 show it to you yon my aly dear lulu you ou know how boys I 1 inte having haning my mail tit ID with she might inne have said small souls soul always make a point of that she said nothing she watched them set het off and kept her mind on ilia s phoui sand and injunctions dont let dl di see much of bochy larkin and lulu ir if it occurs occur to tier hir to have mr air cornish come up tip to slug sing of course you iou ask film you lou might ask him to supper and dont don t lot let mother overdo berdo and lulu now do watch Monon mon anns nR handkerchief tho child will ill never take a clean one if I 1 im in not lit liere re to tell tier her she breathed hr injunctions to the very erv step of the bus in the bus dwight leaned fonn rd see that you play piny pot post office squarely lain lulal I 1 he be called and threw back his head and lifted ills eyebrows e clinics in the train he turned tragic eyes to his ofle inu he said its ma and ashes going to die it cant bo be ina said but youre going to help lit tier dwight just being there with her it was true that the mere presence of the man would bring a kill kind of fresh life to that worn frame fraine I 1 tact act and and love would speak through him and minister toward the end of their weeks absence the letter from fintan carao came lulu took it from the post office when she ehe went for the mall mail that evening dressed in tier her dark red gown there was no other letter and she carried that one letter in her hand all through the streets she passed those who were surmising what tier her story might be who were telling one another what they had heard but site she knew hardly more than they she passed cornish in the doorway of his little mu music g ic I 1 shop and spoke with him anti and the there re wits was the letter it ws its so that Dwigh ts foster mothers postal card inight blight have looked on its way to be malted mailed cornish stepped down find and overtook her oh miss lulu ive got a new song or two she said abstractedly do any night inight tomorrow night could you ou it was as an if lulu were too preoccupied to remember to be ill at ease cornish rushed flushed with pleasure said raid that he could indeed come for supper lulu said gald oh could he that be well bayl say I 1 such was his acceptance ioe he came for supper atilt and dt DI was riot not at home slie she had gone off in tile the country with jann jenny and bobby and an they merely did not return mrs bett and lulu and Cort cortilli ilAi and monona supped cupped alone all were lit at ease ea a e now that they were alone especially ina esa pec ally tally mrs rett bett was at ease I 1 it tile he came one of her young nights her alive and lucid nights slie she was there she bhe sat in chair and lu lulu lu sat in inas chair lulu halt had picked flowers tor for the table a task taik ta ik coveted by her but usually performed fly by ina ilia lulu had now picked sweet willi and had filled a vase of silver gilt taken from the parlor also lulu had made lee ice cream 1 I dont see what dl DI can cabbe be thinking of lulu said it seems deems like asking you under false she was afraid of pretenses and ended without it i cornish savored his steaming beef pie with sage oh well I 1 lie he said contentedly i kind of a relief I 1 think to have her gone said mr airs bett from the fullness of something or other Al mother otherl 1 lulu said twisting avi her smile why tny rny land I 1 luve love tier lier mrs bett explained but she he wiggles and cornish never made tile slightest urt at any time to keep a straight the honest now nov laughed loudly well wellar lulu luiu thought lie fie cant be so very much in love and again she he thought he know any an by ZONA GALE copyright by D appleton A company thing about tile the letter lie ile thinks think nin hill pot got tired of ine file deep down lit in tier lier lienert the there re abode tier her certainty that tills was not so ily some etiquette of consent ali mrs s 1 hatt tt alc ai id tile table and lulu it and nd 1201 cornish went into the parlor T there ere iffy the letter on tile the drop leaf side eidl table anione tile the lulu L PI had carried it there where site she peed feed not see it at tier her work the letter looked tit no more than the advert of dental office furniture liene beneath ith it monona stood indifferently lingering fingering both alonda Moni inn ma lulu said sharply leave thoin them bel be I 1 cornish was displaying tits ills music got up quite attractive he sald it was ills his formula forn iula of praise for his music but we cant try tt it over lulu still sald if dl come well say said cornish shyly you know I 1 left that hint album of old favorites here some of them we know knon by heart lulu looked ill tell you something she said mild theres some of these I 1 can play with one hand by ear car mabe asanbe 11 why sure surel I 1 cornish lull sat at the lie plano she halt had on tile the wool wol chally long sacred to the nights when she rout mut rou t coni combine hine her lie wr mant a estate with the quality of being inns inas sister elie aie wore tier oral coral ends bends tier her cannoo cross lit in tier absence she mie lind the tricia of if dr dressing elsing her hair so go that it even t mure diore uit but sit slip llna not lint 1 ind fired to try ti it so 80 until tonight NII li il allt was lis lie lid ions ofia rist MIS if curved high tier thin hand eirv sed ed and fingered filid tit lit tier mistily her hond head dipped and stave nio to tb inake till all right ifer foot fit con cm touched tile lie loial th aln l ld SOUIl ll SeLlI led tu to allore so site she plod illow iio call 1111 I 1 leava thee alice mill they alit in ineil to hlll ins it so yo aw played ii ding I 1 bonfi q oh no lulu disclaimed it she looked up flushed Flu thed smiling AKO ago and little nell of Nar carragan ragan sett bay beyond open doors mrs airs bett listened sang it may be with them for when the singers ceased her voice olce might be heard still humming a loud closing bar well I 1 cornish cried to lulu find and then in the lie formal i village hinge phrase youre youie quite a musician oli oil no ill lulu disclaimed it site looked up ill flushed smiling ive never done till tins in front of anybody slie site owned 1 I dont know what nhat dwight and anad ga say she drooped they tested rested and miraculously the air of the place had stirred and quickened ns its it if the crippled halting hall some soine power of its own and pout ell tills forth even thus trampled 1 I guti gues you ou could do 10 most anything thlick you set your hand to said cornish off no lulu said ald again sing and play and took cook but I 1 cant earn anything id like to earn something but tills she had not meant to say si she stopped slopped rather frightened you would I 1 why you hue have it fine liere here I 1 thought oh off alne yes es dwight gives ine file lint I 1 have hae and I 1 do their work 1 I 1 see said cornish 1 I never thought of that tha lie added site she caught his speculative look he hau had heard a tale or two concerning her return BS as who ho in warbleton War Warb bleton letan lind had not heard youre wondering why I 1 stay jtb with mail lulu sold recklessly this was wail no less than wrung writing from her but its utterance occasioned in tier her an unspeakable relief oh no cornish disclaimed disdain led and colored and rocked yes you are site she swept on the whole tov towns wondering well id like lent cm to know but dwight wont let me file tell coriah frowned trying to understand wont let you I 1 he repeated 1 I should say hay that was vas your aur own affair no not when mien dwight gives hes mii file till nil I 1 hine oh th that it bald cornish that not right no but there it Is it puts me yu iou see what it does to me eise hie think they all think my husband U id left in me it wits curious ceilous to hoar hear tier her bring out tint word wold tentatively tentative cepi elating eca ting Y like some one during daring a fore agn u phrase without warrant cornish said feebly oh well before she willed it slie site was w is telling liliu ile he dian didn t ile he leave me file site she cried with etli passion lie ile had oil nn other wife ilfe incredibly it wilt was us its if slie she were defending buth both lafin find and herself silt lord silliest akes said Corn cornah lh slie she poured it out in tier lins passion lIon to tell some one to share tier news 0 of f tier her state where there would be neither i hardness baldness nor censure we vie wire were in georgia georda she he said we were going to leave leae for or oregon going to go through C alldor ala it we were in the hotel and tit he was going out to to get lie die tickets lie ile started to go then lie he cattle line haek back I 1 was sitting the same as there lie ile opened the door again the same as a here I 1 saw lie looked dif feren tilt t a and n I 1 lie he mild mid quick theres llie res ing oud ought to know before we got n and nd of course I 1 said W what lint and if ina said it right out how lio lie ma was married mm lied eighteen teen years mars ago and lit in two yea eis s slie blie ran laii away awa find and mile alie must ile he d di nl id tint but lie in sure ile he hildat lia in t ill tl r proofs pi goofs so so of cour ourse coure e I 1 came if ho ae 11 flat but it gasn wasn Nl t tint liim ift I ft tile me no no nn of course ii ho he t cm nish sald ild earnestly atut 1 ut louis lord lip lie mid fill again ig aln I 1 ho I 1 v rl to to alk about found it allot at imil down klinl moat dont ilin t amit ini ine to to till tell in he thinks it int 1 n t true liuo ill ai thinks ln he t lne have fifty ain alli i ih lie hi thinks think lie anrod lulu holskil ill lit at you oti see 1 ci sho in ild in t w nil III HIP iut ali N aly dont ilon I 1 N mil ol 01 in iki air aff bus balad I 1 nid I 1 imwall win diw 11 silt lie wild to to mr deacan it inn her in ri ind and till tell tin till truth ci ilmi burst imi t out under tills laii lloil belief she re r faed and lilt into lier S nee ne little its rare arture IKs IK s ile HL lins has slip she said tile the letter 9 there ile he followed tier lier ilok lio seim led ut tit the two letters Whit td d lie say MI t dwulit dont dint like me file to touch ills 1119 ill line have to aalt alt till lie coines oi ia 1 buck it C it lord I 1 nl akes ikas soli sai 1 cornei till ibis time lie lilt did rie ile ri il e fail walk about ile malted want til to say ia smil s ething wanted it passion ire if paused beside fulti I 1 alu tin and you ion boti till aure too nice fi girt girl to get it deal like till darned if you arent aren t to lo tier bior own complete r I 1 ulu s eyes filled tears and slie site could not speak slie site was li by no HIP Ille nil alls ae above self and there tin IP aint suld aid comish sorrowfully sorrow air row fully full there aint t a thin thing g I 1 can do and yet et lie was ding much lie he was wag gentle lie wits listening and in tits his faie face a frown of concern ills his face continually surprised tier liei it wild wad so 0 o fine nn tin anil alle alive find near by comp comparison arlson with NIn malan lans loose lipped ruddy rudd im fill personal person il look and Dwigh ts till thin high honed boned hardness li alnes rl nes all the time cornish gave tier her something instead ol 01 draw ing ine upon lier above all lie he v was as there and site she could talk to him its its funny funn lulu said id be awful glad it if I 1 just juat could know fr fi r sure that the other woman was alive if I 1 t know sties dead tills surprising admission cornish orn lh seemed to understand sure aou ou would he said briefly corn cora waters lulu said cora waters of still san diego california and slip blip never neer heard of me 0 no o cornish admitted they stared at each other as across some abyss in the doorway mrs airs bett belt appeared 1 I scraped up everything even thing she remarked and left the dishes set pet 1 I hats right mamma lulu said conie come till and sit down mrs mis bett entered with a leisurely air of doing tile lie tiling thing next expected expect td of tier lier 1 I dont henr biear tiny nn more find and slie she remarked it sounded real nice woo we sun till all I 1 knew how to play pla I 1 guess mamma I 1 use to play pla on the melodeon m lo ileon mrs mr bett aliett volunteered find and spread find examined irr her right hand well said bald swinish slie she now told thull them about her log house in a new england clearing when slie she was a bride all tier lur store of draina and life carne camo from tier lier she bhe rehearsed it with far eyes ees slie she laughed at 1 old I drooped lit at old fears fearo she told about tier her little daughter daug liter who had died nt fit sixteen la tragedy such ns as once would have been renewed in a vital ital ballad at the end she dawned yawned frankly us as if in some come ter sophistication uie life had been tell ing the story of some one else give us one more piece dhe said can beti we cornish asked 1 I can an play 11 1 I think when I 1 rend that sweet story of old lulu I 1 ulu slid said the ticket said cornish they sang it to lulus right hand tile the one you picked out when you u wits a little girl lulle aulle tied cried mrs rett belt TO nic CONTINUED |