Show MABELS MISSI MISSION ON SY by CARRIE CARRIC GREENWAY covington we ans cleaning up the desk the fie upstairs girl answering his ring for r a larger m waste safe baski basket almost at tell fell d flown wn the back e 1 1 in P her r b hurry i try to abut war spread pre read ill the m news celea covington ton held come came to board at the e Brid leys three veara e m before and ad pince nee th ahn I 1 no I 1 one could aid recall mean having neon en the top n of f alia b desk A little IS spice ice a lo in front a I 1 just large large enough to write ite upon pon was a kept P fairly airl clear I 1 but I 1 for far r the r rest C covington seemed to in take toko a pride 1 in if the I 1 confusion he be maintained bud boasted buseth d that he be could find any ill ahing ng 9 he Is wanted unwed nt at a mo moments noe 11 ane A at the efin his him desk me ans ja illy neit car but the tell roll top I 1 in hla lt olih cor ting g room used for far his hla Pers personal cor mp de le was piled high with pe pa pers rs and books book lt it t might have bae continued so for far an I 1 ut other ill three veara car lint but bovington we was restless atless I 1 eal ho found the I 1 evening p pars let pers dull the 1 theatrics theatrical I 1 advertise cronl probe engg made no appeal to him and hooks back were to intolerable 1 in Ws his restless roaming round around the room 1 om h his 1 attention was I 1 it marred attracted by the e dk disk and ad sinking let into the chair I 1 tie is began to clean up lip here at least was lias s a novel occupation find and soon he be nas s e b busily I 1 ly engaged 1 in reading over tl old a 1 letters I 1 re and discarding those ot of I 1 a dg no further interest te mailed mabel 5 letters of ot course he kept hept 1 in n dinner draw pr er the top one with fill the aepler lide ie lock lack well perhaps cramps it would be 1 well 11 to il clear fit those a out to too rome vell w 1 is dead he had written her the ept epi pro camilea leb aanal panal lal lie seemed man to cami make in pern gon and ad had added 1 I shall not car 1 write I added hit safe aln until fit sam answer 1 I core comes e that at had d her been a fortnight sao ago 11 his hia is evea taught caught a line in an ad n verti ortle coment jn a a theatrical pap paper thit that formed amed part of the litter of hit it 1 desk consider silence a polite negative atran ft ran that was what he was as doing B g th tro util nobel abel bad not at even taken take the trouble e to answer re ile io viciously emly em ly thrust the pope paper let into be e basket and caught cauffet up a letter it was i that check chech for him hib tailor he had been en positive he had mailed that the subsequent argument had man resulted t ed in B transfer fr of his hia patronage ye yet t here we was s the check still I 1 inside e he was rather her glad led that he be b had ad co commenced the e cleaning up process there them was another envelope envelop under the e pile full of consular reports ile he drew it wat out and his hia face blanched it was the e inter t to id mabel for I 1 in some fash 1 ion I i ft had slipped into the tingle tincle on the e desk delk lie he remembered it he be had written ittin a number of other letters letter at the a same time when he had done don he be snapped appedu a rubber band about them and aud had d gien them theia to ODO I 1 ot of the fell to take out at A what could bhe he think of amp bilm he had d ceased his customary and had d not t even artto written he slipped out act to of hah hla house coat oat and into his dinner huelit fket the there was moz a telephone I 1 ia the lower low ver er hall pie perhaps imps mabel had not gone ne am out I 1 it t was mas he her mother who answered rather her fri frigidly gulli with a certain note a of d disapproval in her voice swee mabel 1 was I n ri in hut u t tie she I 1 was I 1 I 1 bud and had I 1 gone III to b her r room she did not at think that she could uld see no mr III cov col login ington but covington me was persistent and oil in the e end 1 he I gained permission to ran call he hc found wl her put pale cli nervous linew lines hf in her or f face ace ste she tried to tough laugh it oft off if but he would hot fact have bae it so ea 1 I ba hive cpr 1 delivery message awes for vou nou he announced it all should not have been a Itt at al all but I 1 golar aril guess ess I 1 im in a sort of moral I 1 I 1 coward anyhow I 1 w was I 1 cleaning up P mv desk at tile the house to night might and if I 1 found ad ib this ls I 1 thought bought it had been sent seat two me w weeks re he ill ago 0 letters often ft go astrab fr she to corn I 1 anted as she stretched out he her hand bond to receive it it was use my fault he be a said humbly you ou see I 1 I 1 ive ve a dk desk up at tile the house houge and d I 1 I 1 ive vie ve rather prided myself upon its confusion tonight I 1 cleaned it t up p jut just t to have something to do 1 and I I 1 found nd tills this I 1 letter ater something in 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