| Show VAUGHAN S N 1 W 7 i J t I V T TL C v I AJ 0 i u d IN rN f Miss lA echoed Hallet III 1 I say Undo Uncle did do i jou OU think eiff 16 t her Jl lL Is hard oil ori M Mf it i ci Old on Hallet Ij I I tin tJ iM stir say sti she tia might prefer t r to tl ti be lie n rt by lW n 8 fil Ii I n with more your finale I II of or those valuable alu lo 1 I dont m Jh ui 1 tt Vaughn I mean Well It I II heem quite right lo to millie her liei thO thU I r iu In ail ml er l monetary f Gideon Mallet Hilli l r his W with rt Ii r M r That Thal WilY wan not nuL hair half Lad L b dj 11 lie He corn dr y Instead J of confess confessing 5 lug ing that yOu o II ale aie scared Into stam Elom stammering mering nt lit thu tho mCI Idea of ur speaking to Winnie jou you put it on u a basis Yes Ye he lie added I think It Is Ib perfectly JI fair to o to lo Include her hOl in ju this tills test It Jl huh lias my m that th t MiSs Mi Is ls amply sible to Lu nice lake care caie of herself In these little affairs of o tho th AH AS ASa AHa a of ur fact the she is better b tt H t r able to Ui look 1001 after aftel herself than you are nr nf 1 But DuL this Idea nt Insisting that thai I marry Miss Alias f to o obtain tile tho mon r Is not 1111 alt Vaughn n a nTh The Thc Th irian who hu had rison as ns I though lu to Indicate tint the th I view WM at fil ah nil end his place Ill IH the swivel that wa his lila tAt Seat Prom Front his lila boyhood I it had hail alwa n s suggested d the tile bench ench Of tf C Just loo to Vaughn My dear deHr VauGhn ho said not unkindly if I r did lId not w that th t you jou ou aie nrc verj el mUch Iii lovo JO With Wiard Siard I should not noL t her en cn engagement to YOU y tJ the t sL of l pour our fit fitness fitness ness il Din tJ Ii j ng jig if il a a lid III Ut 1 I ha have c tiled td I to o 0 gH vu i a it Instead ll kee to lu an I r At Al l i you ou let lot Hl lH I Ii 1031 from tr fil Of 60 YoUr cand to s ri jUli 3 Oil Uti ho ill ij i protest fO e W Wyo 1 yo von OIl II UI standing Idly Ill by br Wu iI seek Sf k to Lo win In UW 14 fl J I hoped t o u s e y r It Jt Is le fbi riol thai lint I you yon j u are arc a lO You Vou HIt I I too oo 00 Bullies to per Jim L to lo bi 6 Ques Questioned hut Iii iii gre r eO cern Ui t lII itI UN luti litO tou to 1811 f iff own good Jf it my hij Jv hns s n ji not t the tha moral ta ti d a dI k the th woman lie ho oves OS lo to u IW Jr tn hf hl wife wite and an lie tho dar dur to U the others oti arc nr not net U t la to bo lie tJ d with tile tho thoL sI L Hi i for tF t f your own good that I fJ fink J all dud i do not make this a ani ni t f You V ll ii shall hahl have haie enough to lo tol l tt IS a t Hallet should but ut if tr b fib In this thi task I shall shaH leave 1010 tho the Milk bulk bt b the tho money noney to Gerald Bourne lI id 16 Iii only july n a o hew but tho the tholy ly made mado his mark and liti 18 Will of or Lull tHo money rn m hor I J would HiHl r that lint had hu it lt jUt bUt what hi 18 thu tho Use tiso il of oC lJ ig It lo to t a 1 wild find rt tho the strength sti Or t Will viti to 0 ask a n girl who hun him Id bd fJ b lila Ills J wife wire lit I to lo will Ih Vaughn he lie L n fig it life iii t oso again and laid his Hawl Oil bi Jr mans shoUlder Voll L Ii ll ii all nil to lo that a It l Son cUll It fI i Ni had r mother n th r chiok tu to 0 J Instead of your F and 1 want td Ui see se you jou oli WIB html JIH I you Ott will lall itI jou yo mut t k for y t rs lr lf now ii 1 w lie passed out of ot the th leaV liti leaVIng l lt Ing lag Vaughn staring moodily Into inlo i to the th thUll empty Ull ly grate s something In the he last hiS speech touched tOti hUu hi in deeply lie llo know that thai his ills father null and and his Had both boUt loved j r y Vaughn lie llo liehne knew too J tHat It fl was beCause became Wd L had l d beu b en slow of oC tHi that his Ills brother bRither bt hind had Hb H cOUld tilt tl d d now rt i Why 11 this thie had mi t made the Hie test h lib old bill ltd d want waL to lu atle his ha n 4 J fri In vain aln i t as lit bUd hila dOllt Vaughn could o IO not nol khOW bit bitterly terly tho the old oh mart I 1 himself in II h lie dh i t L Of dr tho time selfish S love loVi that duLL hind had kept the tho boy too loo au froth from tr il Ills his fel reI fellows r l lows to be lJ the companion of oC a man already old O result rOsult r sult of this had ben been b cn that Vaughn had grown Into m id without having mixed much with thos lit fit Ills his own age fige and when Win Winnie mile nie n 10 WiltEd fIMa his Ii lI Is old playfellow pl had a finishing School abroad ii jitt mistress bf hf all the th little 1 he lie had gazed in 10 awe Mil tUl l hilt fifed rf I her Only billy l l lLa 16 La Ud lid Jd l hr t I ll A hidel 10 to torments as mis ho saw 8 Iff l their suits with Tilh fO bf if j A tJ liLt Lt held iJ fI E tho the sit sll Uti ll fib ll Ion l till nil Or ur the tb hid tf ut tho tie past MY fV HV til at ml llo ho piang tO lo lust find l up at l I Hid thu Ur U lilg thU fl t It tn gl m Ill IH tIt tia li It I I did lie II lj ril f II win Will s ino flOt wl j i 1 f a n ff hang the th Bourne cm ciri have lIao that If he lie I wants It but I dont donl want to lo u hll Vou In Hi the one 10 thing you sot s L poUr Heart U rt upon besides e ldes I her Gideon Mallet H smiled when Vaughn Vaugh i announced at nt tho the dinner table that night that he lie thought that t he ho hul J run Full down Id UI tIle the shore horo for a it W Ho knew kne that thal Winnie wild wag wrt there ther lak la lathe the Iho summer and 1101 that V tUtU lIft determined det ull n a the th null arid GIMon t U from tr in to Lo billiard back Id td ci the library YuBa ilo U h tried IS tp keep ep p his mind wind from the tho thoughts that were w te uppermost H it J l n not take moro more than Ui il Q n low ow cow da daVs s lie fl told ibId himself but hut fio days ani wb etla and aul still s letters it no lid hint of or news I l 1 tJi rd WitS was Ita nd ild news flOWS ws Vaughn I w l about tho tito I Ih h l 1 s ill fid hd r to La 9 engage tI w I i il fil that l Do HO I wits vhS falling In hilti lh tb tile last hop of ot the tho til seas iJ haLl Had fl tJ come without his hum even cv n having hating had u ti Single lJ Or Valk f ll with fhe fun gILl gli his heart life iU li luti spent ht three months at tho thu th find ca h time that he lie had hind oIl Wl to Io en k had carried I off ocr under un er his very err nose Ai hi h dr g ed d for i there it Il k His door and antI in ha inSo f U So J tu to Ills hIs ss Come Conic In InH nw H t f O Id Ii rUfi rl Wt Umi u tt 1 Ui ol at t Salt hull alf t ith O f back bl k to 10 ho it with villi nil nIt Of jf r d Hat La might not lIot s tub Ui hier iU In it lL anxious oyes CS just jus In j for lot break breaking br H ing Hig tip Up ball boll he said There TI r will willbe be b no u end cud td doings Ib I l h it h J II Ill zi 1 LEr yi 1 I I ir t J i f f f WAiT ING BAlU sAi VAUGHN n J you I Any Ariy Oy fie i s flaked B Hit tri ty Ing lug td a Ills his bIle ll sS Nothing f i Vaughn and his i TJi f fh h w luay be something som h pI tonight t i though he added hop as ris hi HO struggled with his tie tic Gideon settled back ha ba lc k hi lii ii ills ilis and regarded Vaughn i fi f it was that the is r man manha had ha a plan and amt an he HO b did dd not nol hrc it s rbI for Information hated h ted himself fur for the tho de do e ec c but lie he could not nol bring him h 1111 5 lt to tb that Hint ho lu h had lot the tile hy Imy If wIthOut having LIlly With Vilh a Heavy heart he led Ills his down clown tho stairs W v v was wan there and her partner i was was DArtoIs French a embassy at af tache whose assiduous wag vaS a it ilah ah subject for hotel hole hotoi g THat ho he li was hs richer than Winnie gave gayo the w bli g a l touch of o and 1111 of o oft timo ho ft train Of q t admirers a rs none was kits hWi di ll than tub tit i ire I t oJ ke l f as ashgy tt lI hint tImid lUd when wilen the la stopped ii Ho ito hurried huhle toward Viii l YOU give IvO Inc a dance danco this lisL flight ho fw add d Your card caul always la Is ift filled when c I 1 speak Cant you j throw timid Uil overboard l and a nil nilL let L irla tit V f I w 1 it 7 The Th produced her lier r pr Ivo split f t arid amid v n then Ut l 1 nut nOt td to t g nr tJ tU slid hi d YOU tilo too slow the b Jaal 11 wont went day fl l f hAfl 1 I have hav a half balC lib tifa get La a a of o one If OU O lih find to Lo share shard with you II Hits lilt two h H t J tl lIli ilO Wi them thorn two weeks its I lid did not noL then t 1 h that i 1 should be lJ In Iii such stich and i 1 gave him to two whole lie Jib was v tUf ry about ab ut giving up UI the tbt lL halves lull but 1 I think that ho will consent to a further reduction lion tion The rho piazza wag wa crowded with fliP flir flirtatious 1 tattoos couples and anti perhaps a few moro i In intent Their ab nb absorption sorption n In each cach other made rUc Vaughn feel strangely alone oh on the crowded porch He Hc lit III a ii eIga and an moodily watched the play phi or of the tho moon Upon the lh restless t SlI ss t The TIme faCes of Winnie and anti her Uncle tincle rose roso Him He could buld riot not l brin ish isit his mind mili the t e mute ques questioning ues In Ih the gaze ga Four dances passed before Vaughn thiis his cigar dway awl anti the ball room Making his jy the Limb little knots of or dancers who had on tho the floor ho lie paused where here stood chatting chattin g with her r Wf Ift Hi the Hie dance that hild 11 list ended AS Vaughn Ull up lie Its lh hewed hi d moved moe iHly caught sight of dr the tho in jI s slag lag Ing toward t I If I cant the I out dilL oil the plazza plad fo tor tOI d ml 1 id iw pleaded looked look fl thi ill Ut tf approaching quickened his Ills toji My next dance dari i f ii as ab iff ff it itI I 9 hi 1111 Hj H hsk lisk WI fa 6 W lv your jour ott ur r fJ ti nUll 11 f fl j uL I f have havo I W Ui tW su W tj Miss lUgS It Jt Is ls Of I 1 should not ask sun tO UI f your But BUl l I 1 too o wOUld it Miss iles iV lahl e chIi LIW t w iff It I L IS Js jl s v U i fI than yoUr y Own tJ n 1 sharply ty litto tho tJi fi whim lug inc but back bf tiE the l vcr 6 steely st f yes eyes lJ a i i quick decision it n w was Wis s thIb th mans inaus intention to ito llo would at least east speak fast You will vIll pardon for think h hg my the moro more Important Ho lio said saHI In lit it tone t te so low that only bArtols could hoar It Itis Itis Itis is my Intention t to lo ask Miss 10 to Marry me Surely nothing could bo HO rd Important than that I INot Not nt tl all assented Il hUt bilt I tu also would propound the tile thes s qUestion cj td Ui t tho tim lady ad He lit l to seeP see Vaughn draw drawback drawback back in cOnfusIon nil au he ho had done in scores scot s of cIt t less leBS crises during the Ul th Bu but bilL VaUghn looking over mer tHo 1 slender tiers ders coUld see s d f ced old man r roag eagerly rl them thim Tho memory I I It ItOC of or that i glance and of or the tho hill h Had lir t muGI matiti brought him 1 tour co HI s sIn In that case cased ho said slowly perhaps pe It would woul be well to lo leave tile tho decision to lo Miss Wiard This Ills His gaze did not nol fall falI Itt fir her steady glance gianco Ho looked sleight it Into tho the blue c t td and d His Ills own V I tender and plead ing y Limo Iho dancers taking I 1 Weir their places s Upon tipon the tho floor and tho al ii no ii fib one ithe noticed U iI the trIa In fn the corner c Vaughn beard heard nothing of the noise about him To Him the place pl eo seemed scented deathly still Ho lIb hear heard L nothing and he saw sav only tile Ute blu bluIt eyes ey s sIL It IL seemed HOUrs 1 before they tho fell ell be bC before bej i fore lore his b 18 glance and tim the t e girl gin stepper forward It was nO Upon his arm that tha Ute tile hand rested r j Under the circumstances I nor ace a at sure t ur that M it l DArtois will forgive me m mif It Jt I 1 to release lenSe mo mb from m ho t b did with sweet gray grav l I lff ana Hib two passed toward low thc thoi th 1 I I Aft ha I thought you never would v the flO i to ask for rot l tai lei she said softly i 1 have had the nerve ervo tot tx for iti t tIle the dance He lie confessed c cOnf nf but buti bu iVe a moral ward tOward for three ti J had hi d wat d so o much tifilO I Had to tu make i ti ft t strong stron flU h to win whO glad gi l you tot did d WI as ohio ello pil p sla to t l Undo Ul l I as s theY jl 1 r was aid that you never have hae the thc I 8 ISO to La speak V and I n I ill Pi Hk Uk sI I might have SU u If yeal o to the tho A girl cant It er for t r UI tub the man nia silo she loves titi U sorry Orry y I t kept you waiting Haler I Vaughn with a happy h laugh I I dont 1 think I t ani mini worth waiting for i Winnie WinnieI II I think Uil k YiU y H il bean be n nc confessed c tile l i girl ds mis they hey stepped T Tout out upon tho I for foi I 1 have havo waited three years year Vaughn |
