Show 13 BY FR RIGHT P G H T MA MARY RY S SCHUMANN CHUMANN T A R copyright by macrae service smith co CHAPTER XI continued 22 up so late big brother I low ilow come he turned from his intro introspective spec thoughts 10 lo kezzie I 1 waited up for you after midnight again ill have to look after you a bit if kezia was annoyed she restrained herself sorry if id known you were waiting id have bave come sooner I 1 I 1 jerry she nodded and tossed her beret in the air caught it chasing dewy adventure out at Brier lands did you catch up with A it yes but found it rather dull after I 1 did I 1 used to have a better time it hugh smiled you mean when things are new you get such a zip out of them when they are new she sighed but the boys look down on you unless you accept things with savoir faire so you learn tc do dc it whether you feel that way inside or not presently that is the way you do feel the kick all gone to get nowhere follo follow the crowd quoted hugh id say you were missing youth kezzie when you sacrifice the kick but im an aged thirty not competent to judge kezia stood over him ran her fingers through his hair t twisted a lock between her thumb and finger got the toothache hughie she inquired softly no worse than usual A charred log broke in two sent up a blue flame for a moment arouni the whitened edges he rose put the screen around the fire time we were going to bed mother gone A couple of hours ago dont you want to sit here and talk to me his left eyebrow lifted you can be sweet at times his eyelids twitched a little as he gazed at the flo floor or kezzie about mother she had a pain in her arm before she went to bed I 1 rubbed it with liniment im sure you could make things easier for her she look well this has been hard on her wont you look after her a bit see that she overdo your clothes for instance you really should see to them yourself yes I 1 will promised kezia and if she could sleep late have her breakfast in bed you get up and attend to the ordering and running of the house she gave him a dazzling smile ill do anything you say darl darling mg I 1 know im careless but I 1 meant to be selfish she clasped her hands around his wrist leaned her cheek against his sleeve good said hugh relieved his opinion of kezia ran through such infinite bodif modifications icat ions she was so incalculable never twi twice c e alike he felt a warming tender glow toward her and if I 1 do that for you win will you do something for me name it said hugh without thinking will you get jerry a decent job in your plant something with good pay and a future to ita it hugh gave a short laugh drew away from her please hughie please so you were bar bargaining gaining you concerned over your mother that goes without saying but this means su such ch a lot to me you can manage A soft job with fat pa pay yav any job at all is scarce in a steel plant As soon as we can manage it we take back our old men whom we laid off kezia gave a deep sigh her eyes swam in mist oh hugh you arent going to let us down I 1 counted on you Us certainly dont you see hes using you to help himself along he wants you to ask me your brother for a good positional why he apply in the regular way go 90 state his qualifications to kelly burns bums who has charge of that dont blame him of it does IF he know youre asking me e 4 ye e es he gave a shrug he want a soft job she hurried to say he wants some thing with a chance at advancement I 1 something hell never get where he is speak to this burns she coaxed just speak to him wont you do this tiny favor for me hugh he shook his head no kezia hes lucky to have work if you ask me tell him to take good care of the job he has youre heartless she groaned im going to ask uncle john renshaw sh she e threatened the monotonous days of november dragged by with a preponderance of leaden skies of chill of fog church and club activities started up orders slackened at the plant started up on rush business died down again dorrie dome applied for a divorce on the grounds of incompatibility hugh thought he was all braced for it but it came as a shock when the papers were served on him and again when he stared at the newspaper and saw their names linked together in the public admission of defeat his mother made cheerful conversation when he felt like talking served his favorite dishes at the table she accepted him nat 1 I 1 i IV I 1 youre roure heartless she moaned aurally without reference to his wife i just her son who had bee been n aw away ay f from rom home for a few years and had returned dorries domes name never crossed her lips instinctively she knew the throb which accompanies a name associated with fatality realized that hughs nerves had not grown the protective layer which would allow him to hear it without agitation she showed him some colored pictures of french villages in a magazine one night 1 I have the wanderlust at heart and ive always wanted to see france notre name dame the seine the place de la concorde the bois de boulogne and ive kept up my school french by reading anatole france and de Mau passant in the hope that I 1 might go there some day ive seen most of my own country I 1 had hoped that europe would be my next adventure hugh examined the pictures not from interest but from the wish to respond its not impossible at all you and kezzie might go next summer shed like it she shook her head 1 I leave you nonsense why not satisfy your wanderlust fluvanna her eyes looked as if she were seeing distant things 1 I wont plan ahead time has taught me the folly of that why not plan would it tempt you if I 1 said I 1 would try to come over and bring you home even that would be leaving you not seeing you for a while she paused her voice became almost inaudible these days are precious to me in a way you dont know about hugh CHAPTER XII you talked to him then beautiful kehias face assumed an expression of silken discontent mm 91 mm no results none comments he crabbed about the men they laid off at the plant and had to take on as work picked up he said you should go to kelly burns who hires them never mind I 1 expect you did the best you could providence willing it is or it shall we drive to brookline too far cold not much kezia shivered you might run up that window a bit there better your brother like me but that said jerry heroically keep me from seeing what a fine fellow he is I 1 hear it on all sides hugh marsh a prince of a chap hugh is pretty swell the car crossed a bridge with a rattling of planks and made a rather chugging progress up a hill cousin gavin probably would have taken you in his bank said kezia reflectively lizzie say he would once admitted jerry until I 1 threw the cat in the electric fan teased kezia woman cried jerry with vehemence he mence ill kiss you he suited the action to the word swiftly now will you be quiet like a mice she laughed and leaned possessively against again st his shoulder jerrys voice came to her with seductive sweetness above the roar of the noisy engine its you gorgeous im thinking of I 1 want to marry you but how can we dor do it on twenty five a week youre so practical A fellow has to stop and think occasionally I 1 adore you precious too much to tie y you OU up to poverty tyl sometimes I 1 think TO BE CONTINUED |