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Show rTHE ONE-MAUr HE KNEWSHE'D COME m. &J$xCy AIM-XING. I 5-u D an l h?r mother had understood ono another. ft..- . i .rr-.od. but they Hj'hnd had rll.d and fcK- h,r !,t01,a to th" home I ,, 1 .a-n, OX ',TI1 Tl,ir' SrORY-B SrORY-B , M if she must hav( gon "h-ij' T 1 ' ' ' u'"" K:i1" H?l the arms of th" elderly .nan sKllttle Jlr!-wy ""I' KMi -H.wsd rumpling her hair while LBlm prir-f""1 111 r shou1,1, r lenc Kat. stood , -j nil and looked about the ElrhlM. ntlj Wl, cvcnlnc. affr th. dishe i Vwh'.l and ihf two were sit-lVt sit-lVt under fh' fln' ,vi'n Kate r-V . 1.. 1 r Kr nd a-k'-i !" I " '"Id of the during whlrh she had neither Tfrorr. nr.r s m her home Ka-miss her much"" sh.- fal- mUs Parr.ns removed the pipe n t. eth. He bli iv a M, of'imoke and watched it wind Kirirard the darkn.3 of the pine v he said easily. "I'm r. Kiarthat It cone. 1 know PPJlU little neap iji '." ""'i tiutc -and the minister prayed Kjl4nd po iv . r .,. j 1 1 . . s and to fin 1 h- i K 1 ' vn 1 want to ti bef.v. n hi again and Kgwtre penetrating the gloom Ec out her under these trees wir Is In 1 1 Ind 1 com. through th.- It nd her 1 i;n.-.'.' K c,-,rr and Htd to coni" tin !; and t - hy I knew you d conn I Krciilr.; for yon, Monk and 1 " H( : Ml- TV" v iu lo ..I f.n Etsd yea i h d' ith, and so J'. ju-t I n Elf. KMIi-. unti: 1 1 had Vciuse yon couldn't ha c nn; mc-d aoy other v.mv It wouldnt K ; - child to die and ha a KJiefhero In the world hating j Briber jusl be ause neithei jnderatood ' K-3 you think she Httbit day I nm. !... I;' -only : od' rhlld I'm r y Hhh to someone else, we put a Bk on our. I . -s -and lo- has had, Bnctle under that waiting fur your !iJ "YOU MISS Ml in it MUCH '" forgiveness he had to come baek to be forgiven. "J used to he sorrv for her " his voice was reminiscent, "half of her life she spent retracing her tens, seeking r.-nriveness. tl make the lourney twice as long. Vou know impetuous people Wh it they surfer!" Monk, showing 'his venn m ih , phjeh cunibered his muscles. bUt sun with, something of the devil in bis eye. put his head ac...ss the old man is knee and gazed scarchlngly Into his face. I "fur mission's just about ended old boy. Justin s heavy hand lay m the log's head. j You don't mean" Kate started H"r fatlier turned toward her There was glory in his smile. I "Im looklnc forward to it. child. Tvc walked to the end of the waj I'V known life and love and labor and now I'm ready for lhe ?r.a aden-tur.-' I've drained iif.x (;ip to th-last th-last and I'm rady to ste into the future' "It will be I think like, having walked through all of the yean, suddenly sud-denly going aeroplaning and seeing bei.,w the panorama of chance's achievements "It'll be a great adenture. Katie'"; In his eyes was a radiance strange and beautiful. With, the winds sighing through the! pines and an evening dew wel on the grass the three -f them. Justin Kate and Monk, passed Into the door and SOUght I heir various restniK placi 1 QUlet settled over the little pine-kissed pine-kissed ra in-washed house Ti Be ( ontinucd i ) Copyright 19L'2. NBA Service.) |