Show wora of mn hn molin john preston was in hi a discon tented and uncertain frame of mind lid ho told blin himself self a dozen times over that hu he had 11 ad been very badly treated trea ted that life iffe was a blunk blank mr john preston had been and still was for foe the matter of that hon L estly rn in love with littau L lucy efey minton but there had come cn n time alme when john wanted lih his way and lucy knew that she meant to have hers john pros ton had biad gone off in a rage and eliad cooled five minutes afterward when it waz was too late 1 never want lantto to soo see you again agaibi it hat has all been a mi mistake staka 11 miss minton alindon had bad declared sincerely rely hope for your own sake that you wiil find some SOni eone ona alii whoa will understand you ou there Ther therease eare are quite a number u af people in this world roads ready to be s on an emergency when ahe tho einer emeri gency comes you wonder bif why you thought of them and begin to see virtues iu in them they never before possessed anero wa sm clara for instance true she was reported to have a temper but clara harcourt thought though twell well of him there was much it in that during three days mr jolan pres fres tda thrust out of lia mind the image of lucy Luey minton and resolutely hold held W that tac clara t 0 Z that third evening li he e came out of his office into the raw air I 1 and thought for a mome moment what a hideous place mhd city was he came toa to a long banow street with articles artille hanging out outside alde alio shops forr for sale sald and other streets opening from it wandering aimlessly and stopping now and then their to look at the shops lie he came to at one the window of which was fitted with sin small all cages holding birds from inside came barring and yelping mingled with the twitt cc of many birds andi and that www wa whore ho saw alro tho puppy vie tho puppy was not associated in anyway with ordinary puppies or e von even ordinary d dogs he had a cage to himself and AM as jonn john Pre stopped p ed to look at the shop his onta ona elVith lev those thorie of the puppy he way was r nondescript sort of fellow that puppy in inac a word he be may be said to have been all head like a species what ot hairy ry tadpole and to have had no legs to speak of nice dawg fora for lor a lady sir N suggested a man th fu fits shirt sleeves who lounged out through the doorway at that moment TV ills dawg that lp 1 I ifil scarcely have cairel him handsome said john preston with a smile you take im fin in your ands 0 sir urged mhd the man opening the afie cage and hauling out the puppy unceremonious ly feel as s teeth sir not desiring to appear an amateur air john preston felt his teeth and incidentally the puppy notto not to be out done in courtesy felt mr Pres tons on the man urging again that this was really a very go good od dog jr hr pre 11 P cc 3 ga and that was whir e ta he eil e il saw 1 wa the ii a puppy I 1 ton remembered that miss clara harcourt had once said that she loved dogs this abis should bo a propitiatory gift an excuse for calling eliat night so tho the puppy was bundled 4 into a bas basket let a and 1 id 4 f fastened As ten oct down with a skewer as he hd hal had 1 boon coll so much meat mat the price was paid and mr john teston walked away with him WOL a 4 hig ang iff a little ittle I 1 before lie he had gone a hundred yards burd why wh ho had bought him at all 11 he e wo wondered till detill more during tho the nex next t half horar because the puppy lucked more than that ho he wrig wriggled 0 abd a blunt little rose nose out 0 of ono cornor of the baske band tand yelped finally in A IM f r jan pinston boarded a car ca and eliere the real tro trouble uble be began bean an the car had just started sd wniema lab he puppy announced wio who he vas and where e eho he was bya by a serie of elps that ington agton ng ton lie he blocked I 1 on thedoor alie soft ly HIS iriart pc pounded alarce ly who is arkid a i puzzled half alf fril o feminine voice through the door I 1 its only dick blk russell Rusa ell ho said quietly cherey Th erey an lm important mat 4 ter 1 must see seb yen about then she opened iho ILG door haughtily co come filus into the sitting roon room lq mr russell kussell said the girl frigidly theres to bf be a big bi record frost to night hight saad he blush blushing ilig like a girl and F corns coma to warn ivarn you have you yon varn edthe other neighbors she asked ashod quietly noo no o that is I 1 I 1 why you because I 1 well bo bother therIt it all he stammered suddenly getting warm all over because 1 thought first and I 1 only got the news a few min utes ago and I 1 if L I 1 wanted to tosane save all tife alie orchards around here B but ut I 1 can save yours youra and my own and uncle bills 11 now with thega gas plant ive bao heair building and and 11 ho e hesitated i stopped stopp ocL never mind the details detail mr mf russell she said hurriedly as slip she arose to her feet lads it is late and there is your own garden to think of mine arine must take its chances as it always has done I 1 wank thank you to dut but interrupted dick aslie as he stood AVIV Y t fill C th they ex lao looked ked into each others eyes hesitatingly Iti incredulous credulous mute upland faed herz hei buti he began again 0 T 1 I 1 I then a sudden comprehension swept through him lie he understood her hek expression the words he would have hava sald said died dida upon his lips he hd marched out miss remington left alone took up a book and tried to read but she could not looking out in the direction of dick russells farm she saw aw that his orchard was vas encompassed and crossed by systematic rows of yellow light jets blazing t and smoking uncannily in I 1 the still air then the truth came home to her he was not insane ho he was merely a 11 genius ho hb was right she was wrong he 11 had a d come to lier her in manly helpfulness and she had the tears canic came to her eyes but not for long hurrying to the hall she put air her heaviest hoots boots and warm wraps and stepped outside but one thought possessed her to find mr russell and ask his forgiveness the rest did not matter mattor she found him as fate would have I 1 it alone hearing footsteps footstep si dick raised his head helen p 11 they looked into each others eyes hesitating incredulous mute words came at last 1 1 l I misjudged you she said simply humbly that was all that night dick did things man ly things rapid clever things ho he hunted aunt william and the two men unelda william hurried two horses and the two horses hurried load after load of bf spare iron inin piping to various places on miss tons farm but first wita great joy and a file dick cut but a wide opening in the fence under his vigorous strokes the wires vires parted with a vicious so se snap and mhd besieger sid ger passed through into the promised land quickly and deftly the alie men began coupling the lengths of pipe pepeto together 11 1 ether while dick with one hand almost frozen went back to find ills his lost mitten finding it the pipe laying za progressed with greater rapidity soun the remington ton orchard was encompassed and crossed with lines linds of black tubing laid upon the snow crust each alpe pierced ced inthe L n a tiny arlilea noie lime ton ten degrees below zero W wearied cabled anda cold tho ann staw stag gored ta alft gaa 3 house and sank ex hau hausted steLl on the floor after a shorts short rest did consulted a acain g al n Five below ave ive done it iti lie gaillee triumph i antly As weeks and months went by the wisdom of dicks foell foolish h idea became gioi more 0 o and more m manifest and when crop time came the oi only A orchards which bore fruit crops in that village i were the three farms at lewell dicks bank account grew prodigious ly 13 tiie the last remnant of bf miss R rem em ing tons mortgage disappeared disappear el the breach in fence barrier once open slowly widened the sundered sun dereI wires once parted refused to reunite the way into para paradise disc remained aine d open one night lie he asked a question that question which has ro re echoed in thor tha universe since time lic bepin ruan and miss Rem remington inglan blushing archly sail baldy yes ride |