Show little e sir galahad 7 fahad A story to y with aa a a BI blessing ssi 8 by PH PHOEBE 0 EBE GRAY C c ba by asset sin manid ft Cose leal CHAPTER X continued 4 charlie thomas them now an art act student with an amazing mg knack for drawing a caricature of a man and hawing bowing that mo mans is out at in the drawing has just horld mor caricatured ld red jonca joc a reporter jones joins took the sketch gave it one took look end tal tali burst I into a roar cour of laugh ter ile he eyed the caricature ric iture again and the smile mile faded from him bis f face say prof eamor he said L that h of boy b ny trying N to do make taa fun of me 7 it I 1 I 1 n clever buto but o ile ha paused and stared stupidly at the sketch it was like looking into at a glove which reflected effected not sloop micro III als effir at but his cry soul at ever every arla acin ness a every Y 11 little polly petty poeju m tuc ch dice avery smug conceit cit stood there BB am I 1 legibly as it if printed in fis gothic cando type this young man sold mcgregor orm may or may not at be an relief artist I 1 some do day I 1 often to wonder if he be will but he has haa this astonishing gift of ture term and ad hardly ever uses it E he mayhe due t slow dare to be hates to b hurt if P people plea s feeling kellogg eel logg lie he 1 la tend tenderhearted rhe arted and I 1 wonder warder that he be should have allowed himself this finial 1 I genes gence 1 I guess 11 my face we was N too much ili or of a temptation r is to him slid mild J jones c el he slipped the sketch lot into him hig P pocket ket gobb goodby y young fellow much obliged goodby professor mcgregor thanks thank for far your time and trouble 1 I m awfully sorry or mr mcgregor Mi Gregor said ld ceorl charlie ae ID is ch stress distress when the ele cie vator motor door lid hid 1 I 1 wish I 1 bad haan hadn t done that Z I 1 should t worry y thomas co come is and t ld bit down do how here I 1 want to talk alis to 0 y you u chic charlie I 1 met eat down door quite humid humbly maybe abe he be was mor J jn tor for a nto lecture Thom thomas mao slid bald mr McG mcgregor rogne did YOU yoa ever bear the parable of the N tal ants its sure I 1 have fluid bald C charlie every body be haa 0 I 1 think you have bow a very cry I 1 remarkable lift my boy your tour pencil often do dia covers the splendid traits craft of some rome suit sub scota as aa wel weil as the meanness or of orb I 1 ra T the b dey diy may come when you will ie a no an instrument tor for good N because because you have athla 1 wonderful gift if t a of ra e 1 elsig the truth with ith a pencil or a bit of charcoal har coal to maybe it will help im me find the G grail I 1 said cb charlie a riba sr gravely ly the T grall grail 7 Us boys had a society called the galahad knights french willett was the founder of it most moat of if the them went af off to or college but I 1 ve Is talk to it ever since io lou haven t given up op the tha quest th car no I 1 in an going to follow it M as long a as I 1 live file thomas let me you that your talent will help you find th the grall grail M as you have hare suggested that I 1 Is all for this morning J a I 1 went back to the view office miller and wrote lits his story which I 1 in due time M appeared la the sun sunday day issue but itald it fluid nothing about charlie th thomas an jones as took home the sketch and hung bung it with a p pin I 1 n on the wall near his bed every very night before be b turned to ID and every morning when he arose amse he be blud voly I 1 led it I 1 it that the kind of a chap he P I 1 am he be would rep repent seat I 1 in going to clum change mile or bust boot mary ali alice c a brown looked up one in morning citing it in the gloves glove and caught mst Z banfi the eye of a young mao standing 1 g so in th the ON aisle before her counter hello bello mary alice sold said the young man he eta bad a good humored tos face is a complacent manner in er and very red fuld hair I 1 Ir rancis ancia vt allett c cried 4 me mary y alice where did you mine come from I 1 the mane red hair was am par R aha noticeable aceb because ne he wore no an hat but a elaum circumstance four which truck struck mary all alice ris aa odd add 1 I came down from the gone general rot of 80 flees of this establishment to dee are you yon mary alice bald francis im Pro work work ing here do you remember we both said bald we wished we did I 1 have to be educated so BO we could work in a store N ft ell we re both here but how about your education francis 7 1 1 iva I ve lust just begun I 1 waa mi expelled polled from college last week eck likely biby viby ft by dont you tell the truth P are you sta ors or s crazy yes yea im cr clayy I 1 KB goes or I 1 waa I 1 if I 1 had t be been on crazy I 1 d till b be in college mary alice studied frauds willett thoughtfully she wished she had chat lie Thon aaa talent she guessed shrewdly that his father had bad given him too much money to spend and it had bad partly spoiled him this grieved aarif alice for at heart she was waa very fond of frands francis what are am you yon doing 1 in the fl tore h he asked im learning the business began this morning im a rest of ar on cub oa as at blatant I 1 to mr r S stacey if a ident general e 11 rind hindy little N in his big office not quite so BO humble a aa an a office boy or nearly dearly mas BO as exalted rod a ai a alet maloi lady dady I 1 in neither h bay ifor DOT gran ar Is but I 1 teed need cutting and BIT to tf in with lay all allow allowance I 1 must most live move are and ad have my being on a ten lea dollars a week pay par my board at any IN home me buy bay my clothes and is action and take you I 1 to see t the if a film aims once a week merry mercy sold bald milry mary alice alic here bow comes the floorwalker do you yoa want him 1 to bee YG you is lot loafing ing here I 1 don t L i if F rancis francis had bad been a dilatory cash bov bar he be coulden couldn old t have scuttled oft off in more guiler lucy innocently busy with boxes of gloves that in no way interested her ber except that they were near bear mary macy alice ached ked k p atho his we was that nice lookin rot fel tow low MR marv allm alice the one with a the pink half hair T thata hat mr willett Wll lett mr me stacey staccia re new assistant itt miry allen alice brown 1 IB thit the fin im I 1 john willett a non man it the an one r that so BO awful auto rich I 1 be bet it is IB I 1 ve heard board he be was waa a carrot top oh ob don dont I 1 be eo a hateful 1 I in simply dimply amy to know mary alice grinned at lucy but said old nothing and the other girl gill went pout pont 1 angly boot her business she baut it told her 91 grievance crance to hilda mail and jr jenny 1 I 1 do don t see bee what he could have wanted she bhe rold bald maybe bell he 11 come a gain again he H ea a awful at nice I 1 a too looking ki a sure eald aid hilda end 1 I ive ve seen him 1 iota 11 of 1 times time his hh folks I 1 ke haie b 1 g got the ceapa P of money I 1 I 1 do don ame t aee w what hot he be wants wanti to work here tor for you must t come down here very often reenact rr ancia warned marv alice one a do day th the talk dont t believe mr me stacey would like you rou to be spending ding your time visiting letting it a NO Mn soma sense mary alice it a the and onla file pleasure enire I 1 have he eta wouldn t mind somebody ome body ought ough t to tell him as aa as aerated arted miry alice going to tell you how pretty you are am hush you big 8 billy I 1 thought you said lid I 1 wa wag I 1 skinny lin Y good heavens heaven mary alice van TOU ve loag lanig in memory do yott yon still till think I 1 cy run to elboca b like st sam a pup pop t you run mostly to loud ad neckties end and foolish talk for the love if f good ness ame go be babli k to your own out work an sad let we me do mine no in the me men s ho ba locy is a on as the essex ease street bide aide mr willett will you please show this lady to the als men a amis furnishings I 1 nam afia yo you goodby M mary ary alice decided that adversity bad done francis is a world ot of good he began to lose heie hla his cence was waa franti frank in the matter of criticism aud and mary A accy lie guessed that all 11 we was not of rosy 1 in the plairs office she wondered now bow long trends would hold his job if stacey were not t mrs an old aid filene of john no CHAPTER XI at tho the sol boreas cl club botu 0 one crisp and moderately cold diy daiy N i january a saturday afternoon that the store rules once in so BO often allowed mary alice for her own the doorbell rang mary alf acce miley mary alle alice called tied little dick the a a big auto bile out in front and it a mr and he be my for you to burra he a B gain to take you ridin and he ear you needa t put on your coat cause tie be a go got a grea big fur one for you to wear and hurry fully up down 1 I thought 11 said maid the girt girl M aa file ce nr slid away from the house with mary alice A 1 cuddled audd cd into 1 to the low passengers passenger seat at well wrapped P in a furs I 1 thought md you no eadd your father h d dida id t want you yoa to Us use him bla C cara tie nan t father a it a stacey a run about I 1 asked him to lend it to me rod and he be was wl very rely asce I 1 boot about it 11 then youre getting along better with him cooba lo 10 IN t that h way war I 1 ve really learned earned zo s lot 0 t my how 0 he be has gone over nie me but t tow now I 1 rn in getting on BO I 1 ni in rather befu I 1 to him Us he a quite pleasant moat at of the time thoo mary macy ali alice did not at get N too many toy so an tont to mobile obile aldea the cold air r me aa they caled swiftly through the f frozen country bit her he cheeks and made them redder it brought the to tears to be her my eyes bud and made them brighter she snuggled down contentedly and C enjoyed herself ewe and mile bhe liked francas con net allett better belter than ever tola this 1 la the III life thi this is 1 la the lire life hammed francis and ad the velvety little french engine egbin ho hummed mored in 1 1 ungsoo ob say my juary alice A 11 if only a ili I 1 bad some money a I 1 of my own 1 I fin dont I 1 bee but abut that you youre doing nicely without 3 you dou t know it 8 a case of bold back with we mo day in and day out sly MY clothes or are getting betting shabby bobby I 1 haven I 1 had a new tie IN for a month and I 1 black my own shoes oboes every morning by amp lamp bmp light this getting up nn before day in the d dead d of winter a no tun fun n but this t it doing you good gooda oh ob I 1 suppose oppose so ra it I a what my f father wanted by george mary alice theres one person whom whoa pleased you know when I 1 first came a home no be bad limit hard work to speak to me poor old chap but nowadays when be meets meet my smiling milling alkis phi at the breakfast table he just battle if it one of the two me thing that make my mf hard bard barren existence supportable w chati h the hr h asked ili the humo innocently renty you ilary M alice added a nice alk pink blush t to the red already wind users kissed upon her check she be old gad ri Tl dille die nothing sold bald fr fragela franela 11 Y you 0 re a dandy girl mary alice I 1 N love you Y is to distraction oh francis Franc lB you re so BO absurd aboard yo ton on austn to t make to love to ON me I 1 do don I 1 even even think your father d like it if 1 he be knew you were tubing taking me to drive it a nice fee to be friends but b oh plea please r stronger chaa don dont it make it any stronger than that what talk have you demanded F francis my ay iy father thinks think you re just about right I 1 can tell you yon way NY back when you and I 1 were aida kid be used to tell me what a pretty little thing you were old and how bow much inch amme you had that w was as because we were little durant dacso make any diff you re or pr prettier ottic raw now the than ever and youve got ten those on aa much benee Is listo kliten to M me lou imi do don t know my dad do you think he baa he an any ideas idea boot about class and exclusiveness and ad all 11 that it hy by ahn he be was my or age he was was poor OA O as A as I 1 am poor poorer be got out only ail 1 dollars I 1 a a week w but he vm was a college man a 4 ile ee earned his bis way through oWls he be anil ad tance U eta billy jackson thata that sobs wb trev b jg re such much pih pala uncle billy J kha thinks b k you re agrest great mary alice I 1 E he bean t been me for four or ill years year let a not art argue for good ness a bake asks whom where are a we finy anyhow bowl I 1 I 1 ve never ever bee been here her bea before in what or ar you turning forcing 1 la for it is a I 1 the be rome boreas club toboggan ing skiing skating ati al 11 that sort of thing th g pr P r have M an iceboat ride ever ev g down a 8 toboggan chute now yo you u chance aros francis turned the car over are I 1 to or ai attendant at the clubhouse steps ano ana led mary alice 1 into to the great living filial I 1 arm want something to warm you up a mite its asked her host boot po no indeed I 1 in rot not a bit chilled well the then after wove wave had U slide low ow let S R see you 11 need bonn as heavier boots and mittens and i cap W walt R t be here a few aln 1 stohl ng cap otes life III be alg right ht b hack ack he disappeared leaving marv alic standing before the broad hearth where a big tire fire crackled cheerily A couple or of silent servitors glided obos about attending upon the guests who g groupe themselves them selve about amell tables table ahers they laughed 1 I their ten tea M mary ly at lea ice knew that the boreas club clu b wat we made up of the best beat people leopie of shot fied oel d nad and its suburbs suburb sin all k knew that fr frauds a Is willett willetts Wll letts p po give him the no balove entree never amah people in gathered that he was waa 1 4 member me be thit abe be was his him go sm save in he her a pleasant t sensation of be 1 longing 1919 91 9 there herself r arancis came back followed by I 1 I 1 respectful e ic at maid aid who iche cj carried it sundry ad ra m articles It lehr of apparel nellida Nel including lidl a g gay patterned mackinaw mackl naw and ad at stout I 1 mir 11 1 1 boota boot just go with teresa maid hei be escort she shell it fix you up in a jiffy Y together they climbed the I 1 long a g in to the top of the toboggan chute chat I 1 tingling shouting shooting excited co naters con all carefully careful iv dressed in garments garm euta d de signed for this particular sport crowd ed the broad starting platform nearh everybody knew iauch and greeted him noisily and cord lelly many coat cad glances glance story mary alice s way she abe vita vs too pretty to be ignored francis procured from imme whorl a luxurious cushioned toboggan fit led with shiny ralla mile and a chime of blending bells he eta looked so mary alice thong thought t the most at at atun Y young 9 me mail 1 la the crowd per par imps the pattern of hla his mackinaw mackl naw was wa a little the most striking he certainly hom his cassels tassels d cap with t th a rakish and fetching air A tall gra graceful as f g ure ore he carried himself with easy as urance him hia complacent confident famile in Is quite in keegl keeping with hie bla pus 1 I tion thin 1 in taj this world of bice people if the occasion at re he be introduced mary alice to his hia women friends of 01 presented mr air this thia and mr me that with one fine courtesy mary alice was waa not it in the ile lelit displeased to sense in aran via ela N tt allott is a attitude a a sort rort of pride with the earl early winter darkness long INC of ol electric lamps lighted the slid blidt rod and dotted the lake more and ad mort in dinv inv people appeared to swell the file car carnival 1 throng ig mary alice felt its 1 its color 1 ita IN be bewildering Ildo riall ovelty novelty after ill the first breath initiation she lost last her leve 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