Show T K T ayt jt by SYLVIA TUR TURNER t A 1 I never saw oae dnn before jess it must ehst bo be more it stocked ap up biow do you sou start one do you have to wait until you iu lucet et someone you no Y you on start in on hopes bobea dear dont you see you hope the right one may come and you try to bereacy be ready tor foy him i but louever you ever you dont mind my asking do you have anybody I 1 mean it ever seem asif as if you 3 might iii ga ieuse use the things n yes once Jessi Jes cals who was quite impersonal and cli cheery cery when il was waa nineteen we lia had d a now new in minister Inister ile he was quite young and very talented it was if shame to waste him litin here in this little it ti 6 dead and a alive place we were engaged to be married fo for se several verat months then what dora rested her rounded chin on her palm eagerly ba gerly she did admire this self sufficient charming ing cousin greatly after the steady round of humdrum life in hollywood Is was like a real glimpse into the outside world of endeavor and achievement to io have her visit them then I 1 just broke IV it Because be he refused a call to a city church I 1 iwas was g ambitious lind and he felt that his duty dutli i layher lay here 4 e r but you ever really been in love I 1 mean so it hurt yes I 1 have loved richly und and fully and my dear lie he never knew close up the hope chest ill give you everything in itchen it tt hen abu are ready ta to have your jour own bridal veil pinned on and not one single v word 64 more would she say mother dear dar dorain l claimed that night when she had bad told mrs dinsmore of the hope hopeT chest hest story who do you suppose it was mrs mr dinsmore D shook he ahe ad with a little smile but the following ilay day while she was darivin driving g through the little lettle town with jessica she bowed to t 0 someone just emerging from the cl city t y hotel its greg ivenson Iv esson she said ads cds casually hes our city attorney and running forthe for the legislature too tod homade he made a splendid record on some factory cyses amses lie he pushed several cases and won them harley lane stood backof back of him and le led the better town fow 13 eleni element ent on ills his side you remember harley of course hes still minister here at grace church 1 I I 1 always alwa ys thought troug he aliasso li was asso so I 1 conservative serva tive said jessica haltingly she was frowning well he was vas until lii married nellie stevens she made a splendid wife for harley it means to a man what kind kidd of a woman he chooses tor for a wife to toa a man like ilke either hilr harley or greg ivenson Iv esson marriage would wean mean more than just love and com companionship ion ship A woman would be the inspiration of their ufa if she could not be this I 1 absure am sure P jessica gave a quick cry as the horse swerved and backed jwan in an instant it had reared and b bolted oad st straight riligh t down the street headed for the railroad trucks tracks greg ivenson had just stepped car when the horse started As it swung down the street he followed bending low lover over i the fhe heel s seeing i not noe so much the carriage as the figure to the right jessica jessia ua hayes es just as they paine came to the tracks d thera was wils a whistle of f hid down p x p it did not stop at hollywood li he e knew and the f frenzied horse made straight t for or the crossing with ears laid back and staring eyes how he did it 16 he never could have baie told bold bul bat lib he irineo turned the car directly across its path and the two cwb came tog together e chef he heavily the car and ma carriage but the express swept on and ali the figure gurd fi on the ground wa 3 gregs grega i Jes stay had lengthened from one week to tb six every day she went with mrs dinsmore to call ni at the th h bd I 1 tel and ask after greg during the time when he la lay unconscious that first day she sat alone thinking of all hr her aunt had sald said e A woman should be the inspiration for a man like him or ol EI Ef arley irley she hadnot been 1 when greg was waa beafter mrs dins more insisted on his coming up to the i pines as her guest for a rest YouiL now in spite bi A ids hla success I 1 he leads rather a monotonous fife Y 11 W wont oil t mind will y you oh not at all lt answered anaed jesa fijn going monday anyway 1 I t but sunday nal an she passed along t tye e walk ito the street A 0 0 join jot aiDora ar ar sa sye heardie hear dhe name spoken sp joreg j came toward cowam her from the stables youve changed so wonderfully ie bald 0 o her 1 I remember er y you ou a as a a g rl here 1 I mean when you were it eighteen perhaps you hever never guess d it but I 1 was awfully in love with abu you then 1 I never guess guessed it saddies sal sald dIes jessica sica with burlous a cur lous lutlo smiley smile lillic I 1 was rather selfish but even though I 1 never told you tess jess you became my inspiration in work A areal real love lova la Is that to a man mn perhaps 4 if I 1 had married you then vc e would have been unfitted for P wen h while now well rm waiting or r your r answer dear when dora heard the news news of the coming wedding she gave a little oy ay of make believe regret I 1 r oh ob cousin jess I 1 lose the hope chests chest dont don tl I 1 bet tessica jessica shook ster fier bead smilingly you von may keep it dear ar id rather biart out on new dew hopes than it those bur led leda away lavender t idt 1917 by the 31 mcclure clure 9 0 pm per syndicate |