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' but I waan I thorn then" And abe eiplalned how, when funeral fu-neral eiienaea were paid for and doc-tore' doc-tore' hllla, there waa almoat nothing lull, even though ahe mid Ihe little brown hour And how they had told her there waa work for everyone In (treat Now York, and ao " "Oh, dear. dear, dear' ' eirlelmed Mra tfantnn. breaking In "IMn't tell lie any more! Yo'e hod a dreadful lime' Hut I bare yon faat now, and aha 'n't toa yon again, not If Carrlo Kanloa knowa It .Vow, let a look at the dreaa" That night about nine o'clock. Joale rolled home In her friend a luiurloua larrlagr, accompanied by a email trunk You ran carry Ihe thlnga eualer ao." Carrie had aald And when Joele. In lier own room, knelt down and ralaeil the lid, there waa a note lying on lop Hoe opened II, and two rrlap Va fell out If you dnn't take I Ida from an old friend and chum, when alio baa aucti loada and you eo III I Ik." rnu the note, I neter, Joale Kvana, will forgive ou lu I hla wide, wide world' Hut you'ra ao lerrllde proud' I aha'n't dare offer you more, I aupiawe, ao, you'll find a pile of work In the trunk Hint you ran do (at my prleeai. either at your room or In wine. And underneath there are aome dreeeea. and fenlhera, nnd thlniti I don't know what tit do with, and It will be charity If you can take them off the liuuda of, evetkullngly youra, CAItltlK." Ihen the teara, ao bravely kept hack by Joele thvee laat hard weeka, came with a rueu at thla touch uf u kindly hand Due morning, when Joele waa Bitting Bit-ting In her little room, cold, thank Ileal en' nn longer, hut warmed and aunny, her deft flugera pulling the laat flying atltchea In Ihe pile of work Car rla had given her, that llltle lady ilaahed 111 wllh lier uaual llnietuoally. wrapped In rich telvcia and fura. and dropped panting Into a chair, eirlalm-lug eirlalm-lug halt breathleaaly ' You muat luat Itlng on your thlnga and tumble the work up anyhow and come In the carriage home with me and flulah It! Prank a off on n horrid bualiieaa trip for all weeka I can't lay nlone I d die' Ho you muat take pity on iiiti nnd mine nlnng" And wllh thla ali whlaked nnny The neit evening aa Joale wni arranging ar-ranging her pretty, light brown hair before the mirror In Carrle'a "bluo room," the inlelreea of the manaton ciiiue tiaatlt) lu. her handa full uf while luce and llowera, her arkllng fare lighted up wllh amllee. eiclalm Ing' "Now, you muat wear thla lace fichu, ao, over your blue Bilk and raahinere. lluw did you ever manage to make auih u atyllah dreaa out of the raga I gave you' I declare, It'a regular llflh vim ue! And you muat put thla big bunch of roeea ao I want you to look your very prettleat tu night, b uue rranka coiudu. Klmer Hay, lain linn here to-night Ilea In an linportlni-houae, linportlni-houae, Junior lartner, and Prank aa he'a a royal good fellow If there ever waa one ao haik your prettleat " And truly luele Kvana, entering the brightly lighted reception room a halt hour later, waa a fair picture to look uHiii, and ao the dark eyed gentleman advnnclng toward her and her frlmid aeemud to think The! ideaaant evening waa the pre-riiraor pre-riiraor of man) , of moonlight alelgli rldea, of tn-ata to theater and opera, In which Klmer Hay waa their almoat rouatitnt companion d ao the all weeka apd all loo wlfil away Ihen one morning Klmer Kl-mer Hay wive J them good by from the deck of an outward bound Co-nanler Co-nanler Mid Joale' Joale then fouml aoma-thlng aoma-thlng mlaidug that even the abundant work, wltlt which Carrie kept bar aup-j aup-j plli d. the eualer life, the plooeaut Hun-ila Hun-ila paaaud at t'arrls'a elegant home and the uew frlenda abe met there, lulled to bring back Hut throe month later, when Tarfe had coaled her to apend number all weeka at her beautiful country boiiae, and Klmer Hay bent and whlaperexl aometblng lu the moonlight b the river ld It came bark with a bright- iueaa Unit a. ni-d lu Hood life wllh a aofMu'd kioi nt of wlilih ahnne Mi- piotuio 'hi ,ira and a I jv I ig inau j i , i n u 41 with bet. |