Show if by EDN CLARK ht by 4 ca continued from laet last break she shell III be there it was early afi the busiest of seasons on the WO imey they viere down doun the stairs and off in tie the powerful car eliat seemed to be at the visitors disposal through the loop up Michl gac avenue into the south side chicago often lowering aad ail gray in april vi as wearing gold tal ad blue today the nir air was charp tint but beneath the th brusqueness brusque nes as of it was A promise dallas and pool ere mach much absorbed in paris plan plans parl reminiscences and do you remember the time we only lieven francs among the lot of us and the dinner was youre surely coming comin 9 over in julle then oils 3 auve got the thing I 1 tell you yo be great dallas remember ft hat hibray said study dirk vas vlas wretched he lie pointed out objects of interest to general doguet sixty miles of boulevard park eye teai tem finest in the country grand boulevard boo lemi drexel boulevard jackson pa paric illinois central twins terrible yes but they were electrifying going to make em ern run by electricity you tou know things look so dirty after that III alsted street longest street in th the world and ah ali yes said the geneal fe po litolf ah ali yes balte so most in rest las the rich black loam cf of high pral tie ri A hint of fresh green things juit I 1 peeping out of theearta the earth hothouse hothouses Wd frames the farni farm but I 1 thought you raid mald it woe was a small 11 tarm farm said general giguet as descended den ended from the car he looked about at the ocre nc renge age it Is dirl dirk assured him only about forty acres ali nell viell you americana americans in france prince we vve farm on a ery try small scale lou understand we have bare not the lani the great bast ast country he ile waved his right am a m tn lou jon felt lint that it the left aleese had bild not been empty he have bare made a large and sweep tog lug gesture with both arms selina was not in the neat quiet house she was i as not on the porch or la in the yard meena aleena bras phlegmatic and d ered came come in tim the kitchen ills dejong was N as in the fields she would call her 4 she proceed ed 0 to da do by blo blowing NIng three powerful blasts and again three on a horn which the she from a book hook on the th wall she stood in the kitchen doorway facing cin the fields blowing her red cheeks puffed outrageously that brotop her sleena assured them and went dt back to tier work they came out on the porch to await selina she wit out on the west est sixteen the tle weal nest abeen that used to be half 1 ned muckland auckland muc kland dilk adli felt a little and ashamed that le should feel so 0 o then they saw her tier coming a small wk dark figure against lie the background of bull un and iky ky and field fields bhe came et e pl adding y for ali ground WM wits heal heair the blood racing facing hr the lour four of the hem lit AS an she bhe came come nearer ey slaw aw hi th t she wag hearing a dark lemd d up ilour lel liel ankles to protect it flom the act ct raring earth d yet it I 1 ue us sp littered with a border tr 0 mi all 1 d I spots spot A rough heavy cray 1 I cater eater was as buttoned closely bout the ellin allin body on her tier lead ad wai I 1 a battered soft son black hat lint feet in I 1 road toed tood sensible shorn shoog ahe leftel high out of hie the soft cling ing t oil 1011 her tier hair blew a little in the antle pring spring breeze her cheeka cheeks h re pinh pink she waa was coming up path now site mild emild c distinguish their she gaw saw dirk smiled waved ur tier lance glance went inquiringly to the mers merethe the bearded man ruan in uniform the e tall girl the roan man with tse the dark ald id face tin it she bo stopped sudden 17 and lit hr hand went to her heart as ler though she lind had cit felt a it great pang and lips pa were ere parted and her eye enormous AS boelt cuire forward auf lily she took a few nick running step P toward him like a young girl took the light slight figure in the mud spattered skirt tha th rough gray ew eater aad 1 I the batter battered etl old hat into bla his arme firms 0 0 0 they ey had had tea in the farm sitting or and dallas had mada a little laster loaning ing over the beauty of the dutch set selina hail tail entertained them to with L the shining air of one who and in silk and fine linen she inn generl general I 1 aguet had got on tae common asly from froin tal the tart start meeting on the ground of asparagus culture 1 how for fon thick be he had demanded ut be e too had ills his pet asparagus beda beds on the e farm in it the brittany how thick base I 1 arefia selina rade a it circle with it t aib and arvy ter th the 0 gabed wilb t and despair etnair et pair hi was wa try com corn the keral general lie ile lr partook 1 1 11 1 i 1 of 0 1 tet and calles 1 ile flattered altere at tere pie aa with file 11 eye eyes site actually dim shed like a airl B ft was to roelf u turned it was vins on that her ebes dwelt and rested it was A as with him lie site walked when glie mile os as silent and the others tailed talked it waa was as though he were her one son and nd had come home her iler face wa was rail radiant laut beautiful boated next to dirk dillas 11 said to in a low loaces olce there that a what I 1 meart that thata what list I 1 mean when I 1 eay bay I 1 want ant to do portraits bot por traits of P ladles ladies with a string 0 of pearl pearls and one illy liand hand half hidden in the folds of a satin buirt I 1 mean char acter portraits ol 01 men and women 1 who it 0 are really distinguished looking i 1 a american fo for r example like your mother dirk looked up at her quickly halt half smiling as though expecting to find and ber her smiling too but she waa was not smiling my aly mo therl 1 lea it she d let me bilth that fine splendid face all ut lit up with ith the light that coleb bioni inside In stile and the jaw line like that of the women who came over river in the mayflower or crossel the continent in a covered wagon and her eheal and that battered d funny gor bious bum old hat ant and the white shirt waist and her hands I 1 ashes she a beautt ful she shed d make me we famous at one leap loud see V DIA DI A stand at tier it was as though lie could not comprehend then he tamed in hie his chair to stare at nil silz mother bellna was talking to tol loelf and youve you done all the turnout famous men of europe haven t you koeltl to think ot of itt it louve seen the world and you ve got it in your hand little roelf pool and you did it all alone in la spite of everything noela heined toward her lie he put plit bis his hand over her rough one alb bages are beautiful lie said then they both laughed lau glied ae an at sonic some exquisite joke then what NN hat a fine life nou ou ve had too selina A full life and a rich one and successful 1 I exclaimed bellna selina allily liy roelf ive been here all these years just where e aou ou left die me when aou a were ere a boy I 1 think the ver hat and dress I 1 im m wearing algat be the same I 1 N wore ore then ive beau nowhere done noth ing seen when I 1 think of all the places I 1 was as aang to seel meet all the things I 1 was going to do dol I 1 you ve been everywhere ever where in the word world said roel youve you e seen all the places of great beauty and light you remember you told me that you your father bad had once said when you were fe a little girl that there were two kuida kinds of people who really mattered in lie the world one klud was wheat and the tile other kind emerald lou loure re wheat selina and you re emerald said selina quickly the general was interested but un ull comprehending lie now the watch on jils wrist and gave a little exclamation hut the dinner our hostess lio tess madame ills it Is ery fine line to run awny away but oae one must come I 1 bock ick our no ro beautiful hostess A ue ile had sprung to 1113 hl feet she slit Is 13 beautiful aid said selina 0 no o iloilo abruptly the month Is s smaller ani aller than tile lie eya vt en the mouth Is mu liller than the lie eye eyes there here is no real beauty ow dills j yes in roe e 1 IR scoffed dall dallis 15 all pit agrin I 1 theros rii eros a grand boutt for 3 ou if a ft large mouth Is your notion of b beauty aut then I 1 must look ilki helen of troy to I 1 ou lou 1 ou do eald sold it R elf imply simply inside dirk something was sayin over and over you youre re nothing but a rubber stamp dirk djong you re i nothing but a rubber stomp over J and over these dinners din exclaimed ed the gen eral 11 1 1 I 1 do not to seem engra a clo clous us but these dinners I 1 rather would I 1 remain here on this ills quiet and beautiful fann at the porch step steps hi ht turned brought his heels together with fl tharp bent from the wa waist wast st picked up selina i it 11 hand and rouga rough wark worn ehe she smiled A little un and then as certainly her tier left hand at her tier breatt her tier cheeks pink loelf tuo too kissed her hand tenderly wiy said E ellna and laughed a soft trellous little lau laugh gh buhy by I 1 ive ve hand kissed baft re never rimer had my she stood oa oil the porch step and waved at them as they sere ere whirled of them A the four swiftly away light slight straight I 1 little ittle figure in the 1110 plain whit blouse and the skirt pattered spattered with the soil 11 of the farm she had iad cor e out again pallas had said and jallits sij to w 00 oo a for she wa leaving yes y es but that paris P a Is to study and work do it 11 let le t me we back you IN when lien I 1 came a yar exclaimed 1 portrait V I 1 selina bad back whirled no in the four were ted habited into to so W over the tilted A n k it J he H aft ed up Sell nas rough work worn hand and kissed tt it roid they were relaxed relax rela xea eil a 1 ac tired tirel they yielded to the narcotic c of spring that u nai as in the air pol 4 tok on off his tits list in the cruel spranz sunshine you sa saw W that alp t black tair azz as with gray on das like till this i acae to believe that I 1 im in forty five dallas tell do me I 1 m not forty live tou you re not forty gilve said dallas in her tier leisurely leleu rely caressing voice lean brown band hand reached over frankly and clasped her tier strong white one I 1 when you may ay it like that dallus it sounds true it ie Is true eald said dallas they dropped dallas first at shabby old ontario strict aitch s t l mo then dirk at his smart little apartment and went ment on dirk turned his key in the lock saki the japanese houseman slid silently into the hall making little hiss his las ing noises of greeting on the tile correct little console in the hall there was a correct little pile of letters and lault lions he lie went ment through the italian living thing room anil and into his bedroom alie jap followed follo ned him dirk a correct evening clothes made by I 1 eel the engli sh tailor of michigan boulevard were laid correctly on bis his bed trousers vest shirt coat fine laima images ij ages saki I 1 altair ills balom telephone oh olt L lave lae ae iny ray mes sagel suel 1 aft say se me call gain all right baki haki he ile waved him away and out of the room the man went and alsed ch sed tile door softly behind le him as a correct jap jar givant should dirk took 01 his big coat ua est nest and threw tbell on n chair near tile bed he ile stood at tho the bedside look ing down at his peel clothes at the glossy that never bulged A bath he lie thought dully automata automat lAlIF ally thed quile quite suddenly he be flung himself on the fine silk coerced bed face down and lay far there bid hl head in hia his arm arms ery nery still he ile was lying ther halt half an leour lat latt r when I 1 e heard beard the telephone telephones s schrill insistence and sakia gentle deferential rap at the bedroom door THE ETIM END enda I 1 |