| Show rok 43 WE 40 ou art P ink t 4 them 4 ek rt we t 4 cop right norrid anu sonvico 0 PTER continued I 1 20 ried joe said tony drawn in his knee now and his kiss her chin we ve were m married eks after you were ere weve been S to tell you but we wee e nut dot told except cliff ond and brenda nail ally and tony want to without asking me and I 1 without asking lierl berl chiq is my illy ul I 1 my illy adorable my glorious glur lous he said and ashes going to th we roe next nest mouth arent iou ou art eart s Is my husband lius band tony said do 0 her breath looking lookin look in only nt at J joe oe cey n about his neck lier her words only a nd of aa and so sald said they sounded alar tsong I 1 we cook here and garden here 61 ol 01 around here joe stated be to sene gere the lum ham enthusiast alij at as tony unshed flashed anti and laughing ba around to lier her own place and gy is s angels lo in heaven hake hae us tor for hip happiness but A we e doubt albed tony tody into it just after we ord from you but tor for various carious ads a we ave kept it quiet they wanted finish up her work on the break some one else in ant still quite see the reason e secrecy with us caroline ob t after a somewhat CT antt flurry of explanations and con anions and the alie evening was over he be Bell amys were going d something tells me that ill HI be intimate with my sister in ln tony observed in reference to arting shot when they were gone lAni Am ething tells me that neither one aled ed the evening joe said happy his pipe his fireside his wife easeful sunday ec evening ning tony bu ou end and lie he have it out yule pile I 1 was getting dinner yes in 7 y we ue did and in a way I 1 felt gy y sorry for him joe youre so and bod youre so good and you know and every one adores you olour loure wonderful tony said sim put but poor old larrys still the big en n injun handsome han diome and clever adored hy by the girls lie he just cant re e that life is being mean to him t here on this thing took the familiar red leather ck at ills his knee her eyes we were re on his lier ber dark hair rumpled he ae into a babyish aureole about ace pe joe put down donn his pipe and clocked cocked hands 3 you on really love me tony p e so much that I 1 cant pull out fed ed or pick up a shell without PS you to praise me and see me talk ik to me about it here the least twinge to f i bibid athing but pity for the poor fool who aho vho fell in love with a painted a pole irry arry a totem pole you know ne me he Is I 1 looked at him and ed at you joe you are so wise quiet ulet and good she stopped p on wench your discourse diss ies me no whit Ps fes but you know enow what I 1 mean aff ro po no bl big that you run afford to be little anil and fool bom around here nn fires and playing with me inc but larry did you notice that he be spoke of hit his valor joe lie ile would have a valet valeta hoever lion ever tony added la in satisfaction 1 I think lie saw how hoir happy wo are I 1 think lie he old did anyway she did joes laugh slie she loved it and it was rather rare broke out they did unless suddenly gone stone blind you were rubbing it in all over the place I 1 never saw you look so pretty or heard you laugh so much you let ern cm have it right in ID the eye oh joe I 1 tony protested oil oh tony you did 1 I mean to tony apologized looking up penitently into ills eyes put but her face was radiant the truth is darling larlan larl ln slie she said that I 1 had rather been dreading meeting larry I 1 exactly conscious why hy but in the hack back ground of my mind my soul all these thesa months theres been the feel feeling g that id be glad to meet him glad to well have it over oer anil and was it so awful awful ifer her joyous laugh ran out why it was it as flat she said for the alie last two years I 1 seen him you know and I 1 have awn I 1 I 1 have had the frien Will of a real man and it was almost dizz dizzying lixi Ning ing it was as almost boMI bewildering dering to feel oy my old emotions slipping about and changing places and to feel under it all joe joe joes uline mine and via im joes forcier and ever and tills this handsome important serious man dinean one thing to me she sat silent staring into the fire for or a long iong moment her shoulder pressing in comradely fa fashion ailon against his n P 6 N q I 1 it joe youre so wise and youre so good knee joe she said suddenly do you know I 1 feel sorry for larry ive always aln ays felt it little that way about him I 1 think they were ere so stupefied ried tony mused that I 1 dare spring our real news newa on them think you were crazy with this long trip ahead of you and married only six months why crazy there are hospitals and nurses in rio I 1 should hopel hope tony said caroline wanted a chinchilla coat I 1 want something else all there Is to it outside the house a soft autumn w wind ind sprang up whined about the chimney the dog stirred comfortably on the hearth two logs fell together and sent up a fresh rush of flame the lamp burned softly tony he her r face bright with jerown her own thoughts str stretched che a hand up to her shoulder ard and felt joes fingers there what of tha way to the end the end crowns crons all she sald said THE |
