Show I 1 cohe F i chanda 6 0 by ROBERT W copyright IMI I 1 Iho curtis Curtla IM 1 bi I it bin NN ft at a bill it the FIRM to winch which mr itol timuel tool took liln met si ill I 1 I 1 11 I 1 iiii rolt kont I 1 dilall folded t hill pic is ielli th jbv tic it limed ibcal fo iirI cioni IVi lill ill s 1 mil nudie hei bet 1 leidi I 1 laic iol id 1 I 1 dine foi ion ou UR nik 11 0 it it on LC quick do you w u lilt ili t nip ile 1 I 1 1 I do I 1 er cr ill sUII ulilis ul oI ill ill lt I 1 rot foi biru ti it civilities then buining to the lie gul nl ilide ale film alc ie hlib jon e ill 11 1 tile 1110 i ill 11 ajel 0 ci tills aln lious liouc use oil if pia it nt lt of 01 another di nou ou mit nn appi oi 01 1 I n t you if vol ton ilon t it its ou dallee 0 o I 1 1 d I in ili I 1 0 o it ml ill t t komp kemp linn IN tile nio billit i inico thin to iv IN Is I 1 I 1 it t our conr doli catch NN etli ta of gl gf in fit file 1110 nn crape nel I 1 its Y thin non ou miss lin dl 11 conar 1011 ou mn go now flow on oil 10 1 L rik 1 I tints taits bullits ullits the ie matte I 1 1 I I 1 avns to bno tilt this dance lot ion lid 1 I lid lc ciuc I 1 see e mi III plunk plant to it MU I 1 on for finding liim him hoi hei nod lud full smile tool the edge aiom lioi let milace I 1 canall ho italic din dancing cing kenred about for iny bod I 1 to it alth it to v alili finding tin ding ln beside claril tool look cil I 1 up it him alth tier lier confident and fri endl mile I 1 ion I 1 oil dun oil t care to dance dame to do you would aou mind if ve nie st sit out this dance ilan cf I 1 if you it nihei he be said so ulav obit she be hesitated then with a little shrug sabius laid one hand on ills his aira aim and aber swung out across the bloor to gethel ci into to the scented whirl inke plink Ilin lt allie mauv beav deiv men daric dane ed beautifully and sylvia who ullo still loved dancing with all the ardor of a schoolgirl permitted a moment or two of leon keen delight to sweep hei bet dream dreamily liv from her purpose but that purpose mut must hite hire been a strong one for she returned to it in a few minutes and looking up at plant plank raid laid very gentl tint she cared to dance no more her hand resting lightly on his firm arm it did not seem leem possible that any pressure of hers was directing them to the cone naton bet et he did not know where villre lie he was mas going ind and she was fa millar with the house and they soon entered tile the IN where here in the shi doiN of various bilms carlous youths youth looked up impatiently as they pissed piss cd ind and arlous anxious mill maidens deris sat up eri er straight in their chalis Thi cading their lint airn wa into the file farther they found holts thickets of forced lilies 01 ei hung in ill eath baill V ille odor hung to in the lie air somewhere here i 1 roun fountain talu gien musical in the Il mirion arlon told me you bad been isk IRI col cd lie he wo we hn baie e been so friench ion ou TO re aluies asked me to dince we hive met so I 1 thought I 1 id ol 01 sae rane you vou one are aou ou flittered flattered flitt ered mr plank flank ile he ild lie IN wis is I 1 cry ale per unde undeceived Lived in ml I 1 on laced or of tier her purpose i purpose beell t fields admitted between them and the old loneliness oner oer him igieln not resentment for he I 1 vis is IN willing film tint thit she should use him IN wh III not dot used him ii used ed him and if they found no use tor for him the lot let him llone bel wether all ill all hod had something to exact from him it IN nas as for that bo be aas tolerated ile he knew it ile he had bad slow glou IN and unwillingly unwilling lv learned it ills intrusion tru ion among tace e people of no ie vaa non not one bould be endured on IT IN while hp hol might he be turned to some account the hospital used him the clergy found plenty for him to do for them thein tile the museum hit hid room for other othe r pictures picture of ills his ho bo among them all had cei sought hina him without a motive who among them fill all hid bid ever found unselfish pleasure in him not one ile he wished she would come to tier her point but lie dired not lead her to it too alx lx because cause her ben purpose and her point were mere supposed to lie be absolutely hidden from his thick and cred ulous understanding it had talea taken him 11 some time to mike tins this clear to lil passing from suspicion lelo I 1 through brough ind dierno fc fad inq ing to dull that bin bb too wib using him if ellough from gilr standpoint but how bow bitterly from III ills it lie nione alone could know the flutter of liei bet rii fill it cant impi alence to learn flow bilu billal aaa she had come me to him to ciril lc irn ail and then satis sails led fied to acine him ilone i 1 aln inird the peopled solitude of d liblit li elit lie he wished site she would sli pank pill ile he was hied filed of the of it nil all lit ills ko isolation lation in ills his utter destitution of tic lie tinned guileless to meet i new adi adanee at al was sooner or the if n isk isi wis uis lifted enough tor for liim film to 11 file tile he enol cool fixed gaze of adf if lit in celest ocic t inspecting him through tilt hie lint dim ilk ik slits sa s1 1711 NN is Rp LILIng now nou ind the liliie fau fan was sn a int control aning ill 1119 to her soft voie voice lir hr at times it times making an ail emphasis or cullinine 1 n I gesture esaure es ture it wa wai i the fa sc sequence quence topics that led to themes which shirt 1 d I tile hie allcot pol it capil elfish cl jut just IN lol ding it a ahti ln of words cords which IL ic so little in III aph tint thit lib ills smile nal I 1 acio NN CIL ilin it t ello ull to I 1 ica ep tic ill nil I 1 ind ills his LIlt nt afloat it loenn to faRCi ill ailin to watch 1 alii h I 1 CI of hot V the co 1 with noth purpose clr inno aitio ailini to cn ciless of it tle aliv mint tilt lie innocent tic th on oil lilt he cilo IC i ml 1111 i kad it list sin 1111 in ili ck 0 it TO 0 o it attil ilav thit lint it 0 o e fineu imp faill int belt iliin fit fit kulil could hie the 1110 t crimiti mItI L sus ill in or if lit all II 11 knot pilaf aluk ills cue iii icil ilar 0 no o 1 I not thit int lie Is k in ili ton I 1 slop to apt linn film the ill lit but bobill nub ill ihla 1 I 1 no lie lioi hoin iorii lio lie intends to bioni lite country I 1 didel I 1 1 lion lio JIL bad sono gone to the lie slie bild lit in aliet bild ril it iq 11 to tn i kin 1 to ID nile the dijt UI Jt 01 41 4 1 1 11 UP HIM us ills to i bin L i in ill tuii full and am rel il i L lioi bei fol 01 lit uit 01 ou I 1 thought I 1 told aou it t nil mi ili 1 i evv ill s tint ill it ml M 1 0 1 in nil 1 d if hul I 1 jono ky J I 1 t to abe it 0 LO 0 o lub antii alt pi 1011 oi lid did no 0 o doubt doillie I 1 it N f fol 01 gotten ottell I 1 in quite ule IN I 1 lid did because I 1 SIN si lug ing ill lint it lie ile louk 1001 cd d net en ill III unit und YOU finC Sd 80 NO sold 1 11 tile tint thit lie ind lit no busi business to be ill do I 1 ou Us she raid aid slowly I 1 Is lie be hot bet tel I 1 hope so ion ou hope so lilt the controlled empl nis of impatience I 1 es don t I 1 ion on M miss iss landis when I 1 ran a at ins houle home he aas as lime on lind lie be cooled rather ghastin aud and all he raid aid was that lie he expected to leae for the I 1 ased him alm to shoot next veir nt at blace retis and he seemed bothered about business and aad said raid it might keep him fi aiom oin taking ana an I 1 a catlon ile he spoke about his bis business ill I 1 yes hell he whit wh it Is the trouble with his busl bual ness Is it anything about amalga mated and 1 I think TO so 11 I 1 Is be wort won led 1 9 plank said I 1 I 1 should be if MY mv interests were locked up tit in amalgamated electric could you tell me aby hy that bould worry you tell she asked smiling tier ier across tit nt him film 0 NO o 1 heild liec ild 1 I can t tell 3 ou because I 1 t under understands standO I 1 because I 1 DIN set f don t understand she thought awhile aNN hIle brushing the rose 16 elvet elret of tier her mouth N alth ith the fan a bilge age then looking up mr seonard Is such a bov I 1 ill so BO slad glad lie has to ad adase ise him lit in such tuat matters IN hat bitters mt mit asked plant biank bluntt aan 11 if lit lii ili iii attert BUT I 1 don t it adise fre him abol li not Bec iusi he be t t dished isled me to miss r inadi and il II e Q idt 1 it t to ask you lie le must risk you dont don t wilt rot foi him nil mi plank ire he is 1 boy in such things and is is alard wis uis silent oa lou will bont on t nou iou do what mihe ills business my business AvIt without hout in imitation lnita ini tation tiou vl isk zd id plink so quieta that she flushed with announce if vou pretend to bo be ills his friend Is it not your duty to adie ahlm she 0 no I 1 o that Is rot foi his business asso elites to do friendship briend hip comes to grief when it ciossek the frontiers of buI business ies 1 I 1 hat Is a narrow lew blew to tale take clr plank flank 1 I es e and narrow 1 ahe he boun bound dailes atles of are straight ind nai bairow row it Is best beat to keep to tile the trodden path best not to on tile glass or trample the vonn bowers ers 1 I think you yon are sacrificing friend ship for nn an epigram she said careless of the undertone of contempt in her voice 1 I lne bie never sacrificed P lie ile turned and looked at hei bet plea pleasantly ant I 1 never made nn an epigram con sc louly and I 1 have never requited of a friend moie mine than I 1 had to offer lit in return liae youal yon the flush of hot displeasure stained b her or cheeks are 3 ou really questioning me mr ift plank yc yon ion have been quest questioning ionia rite me rinbei have you not I 1 did not comprehend your delint tion of friendship I 1 did not aglee u with ith it I 1 questioned it not ou thit that is all rested his bead on one big hind h ind and stared at the clusters of dim blossoms behind tier her and after nubile awhile lie he ild as though thinking aloud miny 11 inie ae ekin mv friendship for glinted and hie bile ficher affred their own in 1 I do 10 not hot I 1 now non about nir mr abild there is 13 nothing 1 I can call di for film nothing lie he cm cin to do for me it if there Is to lie be friendship be bc us it will nil to ie disinterested and 1 I would attic cilc thit hit thin an thing in the I 1 third think hide wis a pause but when sylila NY would ime hiie broken it ills gostylo committed hot to A ith tile the dignity 11 it y ont one all might ailt use ule in cheekiii a persistent L chiu lid 1 I ou oil qin stion un nn dell mlton of hit miss candis I 1 should i laic 0 let I 1 ou our r question 1 aiss ill bou C el i 1 11 denly illy it touched clied me ine ind it not ity ilso Junel junellen led him now NONN I 1 urn ULU to si IN soule things which lie ile within the lt ind danow boundy 1 I apol 1101 c e of I 1 ne flex er cr knew I 1 tail I 1 filed ful foi Is i inui 11 as I 1 I 1 cue cite lor for ml haiward blu a ra I 1 know win ill too tic lit la Is disinterested 1 I da not bellsie lie he wastes ell cn many thoughts on me pel hips lips tie lie will 1 wint lin ilni to lit 0 me if it its s p j ablo but one cue thin thing on oil mul and I 1 in mn IN ic sine lite of if r li 11 ROS nut not clio to in laiq ile I 1 ollai tie lie will tic gocr er icat else floal mi ink though lie hc might bt cinc c lit at nn IM ilius t ill ind it that hint I 1 Is tile hie it if 11 nun ul in tic lie is ind that lint 11 13 I 1 win in lie 1 Is aci ci III i in ill in ill ind EO co I 1 lile like him miss ills I 1 nulls do oil wo won I 1 I 1 d di I 1 she did not ical ui do you IN on lei I 1 lie alip licit no 0 o he be slid it 1 ihen I lien he ae a ni find and tho silent of his NN llull I 1 was plain enough to bet I 1 lint t blie bile hoil hoik lip held beia suing ig I 1 dont I 1 now whose binte it Is ul oil I 1 oon doii t c UL 11 L akile go on oil it ib s Is I 1 I 1 lite lilo mi af 1 IM illk to hen hell nun wpc of if I 1 iliin II 11 in is wu I 1 oil do I 1 like 3 on foi dom doin it IL il if you should cei come to life i ne foi fill w fill mend colp tint thit Is the he lest PI pis to lt it oui ill to mi ill Ift lid nd j 0 o ninn cm RI s oak mothr wise thin thill I 1 hie apol boken en lie he sill sail 91 ginch a A ea 0 o not ot 0 these ahnin thin i ili but t 1011 1 I khoan kno ii IN lal 1 it is lb Is said aid who when ins ills gillule comes up tit men du do non oil ancin bolt about ills lie hp all lit id simple les Is it not in outrage to daig iu in tit tint lt soft of thing I 1 it inglis tile ma mr illick IN ho h do 1141 they do dc jig 11 Is I 1 i single one binon them to nil ml nd asides it Is not tine nin ally mole Is 11 it neilt int nas once slid iid of him alth u nili lilt some ollie if linth lith Is it lui ibl lull dull led blood mantled lien c the silence aleu gio grim as lit ill did ili his blonn la labon bonous thinking tile the hlll ills his pe ficq anti anil almost in the lie dim unlit light neiel left acts until under the unchanging unc hinging luei ciless q the mask dropped rol foi in instant float her anxious face ind lie saw lau what he be siv in ile ho was no tool foot III hat bat lie hid come to beheim lic he at last had onla cot con firmed and nou the question became simple ainas as she borth ind and by nhat title lid did she demand lila his confidence ion ou ask ine file it if it la Is flue aua more you mean jabout ills you it lb Is because I 1 cannot be indifferent to ahat concerns him but be fore I 1 ausber I 1 ask yen vou this would bour 3 our interest in his fortunes matter to him elmr she united bead bent then 1 I don t know mr plank very verv low ION did your Inte interest zest in bl bh 3 fortunes eier eer concern him les es once tic lie looked at tier her stern st erlih lv his jaw squaring until lih hk beni v under lip pru pro ejected Wit within lihi mv definition delini tion of fi lend end ship Is he be 3 our friend you mono mean lie he I 1 0 tso o I 1 mein me in nou ou I 1 cl ansue for 1 I ini in ilou how Is it with 01 ol do NOU ou return A what lint he gh gives es if there is I 1 icille c ilav friendship between betheen I 1 ou on or ilo do sou 3 on take tahe whit lie he offers nothing in return r I 1 she hid bid turned rather white under the direct impact of the questions the jarring repetition of ills his olee olce it sacir was anas like the lull dull caho of DI disint blows ct it teiei to ahli to resent it not noi it 1 is attitude not noi his sf assumed shu she lid did nut not ciro she no langri carld arid ari d whit ile he rill li 1 to tier her of 01 thought gibout tier not noi lid did she he eire cire thit that tier her had fillen at last it was as not what lie he was uns ivan but u whit bit hot hei own heart rep reec tied so hei bei 11 ill that drone the chloi bioni fice ot he but she hid lt fit become the pitiless it torce foi the prosecution not his oice boice but tile the clani con coil science within tier her demanded by bt whit light she used the nime name of friendship to c the late 1 relations be her and the man to whom she had denied bei herself self then 1 a I bitter impatience swept her ind and 1 I 1 daining feir too foi she had bad set her foot on the lie fallen mast mask and the Ini impulse tier her reki esq A hv dout don t ion ou speak peal she ald le es I 1 line hile it light to know I 1 it I 1 e for him 1 as I much as you do IN liv IT don t ion answer me file I 1 tell 1011 oil I 1 taie life for hint him I 1 I 1 DI N ou oil tic lie sq slid III in a lull olce ihen hell me file out if ion mi it to loi I 1 dou don it kno what to to do ind and if I 1 did I 1 indent the ihu of fir friendship is as in variant ile he is I 1 in fit lexi en voil aik oik ue lie ill did go to the count country rv and nt at ills his hoille biome the MI rt rants suppo e iti lie is still awer arlly but if in asro isn t t ile he I 1 is here alone and ick ici ic of his old sickness I 1 saw 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