Show MISS ISS I 1 1 Nove november niber was nag groN growing lug old and miss nancy camp who ilia sit rat fit at the window watching the gray lauds shift across tile the sky lu in heavy masses 1 dished I lit in her secret heart that it was gone i a thought it would hev come off so cold coil after it a warm floell ll oell i nancy said a voice froni from tile the little bedroom bed room that lol fell out of the kitchen its moderating I 1 reckon it its s goin to snow responded miss nancy i its jest like fike tile hie november when jim jiin williot went lent out west eon linued her sister yes was nans tile the low mv response 0 a real warm gling and then n 1 I day of or two to after it begun ter snow rind tit the etli you r nancy tiva the time they ill alip in ill tile e and you oil anil tun fit ent my luy boxa in it did blow and aliet and on sunday it was so drifted that Coull li anul nuo cami slie she thet was a stevens Stev eui you kuon knox sit git ter meeting it was tile the larit time little in lovon leven years tears thet shed missed heating abler dickens Dic kons she felt reil real imd bad about it added miss abby I 1 miss nancy drew tier her chair nearer to lo tile the window anil and brushed her daml across hot her eyes there was no nil round front till little bed fouin for 1 I i iffla kiil liil li il the bis big old fashioned clock on oil the high ethelf ticked away the hie minutes and ilass s nancy nalley rocked by the flit Nh window illow with tier her hands folded in her ln r lip theres someone a aros across the flit old alj said miss abby eagerly see who it Is nancy likely as not I 1 its ts that school teacher thet board lizards down ter posters fosters it dont sound like ille their tonni team she buum 1 lie I a powerful i ight 0 trouble it t om em and nancy pressed arcs ed lier hor face as ng aint the be pane palle obediently ihor was it a mist before her eyes that blinded 11 her er it a little the came nealor and nearer until she could see that it had but one occupant a ruan man of about 40 apparently a board beard that flint perhaps added a little to ill ilis hi age K nabo is it Nalle nancy yI questioned miss nil abby it aint her 11 Is it my it sounds n if it was in ili lii in berc 1 I dont know answered miss nancy like enough lie wants some directions ions ile he landi its a man then ile he sure to toll tell him us I 1 but there came a heavy knolk on lie door and miss abby subsided slowly miss nancy crossed the room anti and turned the knob knob there was nothing said all for a moment the man mail looked steadily at the figure before at the dimply made woolen dress m with till its pure bite collar and cuffs the slender blue vein id ed hands hand tile the face with till its ita dirril ingulli rolo ull and tin faded blue ey eyes the hair parted smoothly and with the hie same little aae a e n front that lie remembered so a well and the high shell shelf comb that was uns new doi to him ile ho saw the wrinkles too lint but he it saw no DO moie tile the years of toll toil ind and trouble that must have brought them all this lie noted note ind and then their hot held out liis ills ba anid lid nancy have you forgotten jim she gave a startled glance into lit his eyes and a little crimson flush crept flit nto her cheeks checks it reminded him of the I 1 inic file lie he hall bad kissed her ber in the garden bick back of the house who Is it nancy whip whispered ered miss Nl lq abby from the bed ln d room do tell him blin ter come came in nud lid shut hilt t flit tit door and I 1 want nant some more fennel yes aliby abby auserod ad an ills q nancy nalley opening open lii tier her lips with in an effort jim wilmot clime came lit in and closed HIP fit door softly behind him Is abby I 1 ipri ory sick he be asked slie she for six siv si v years henrs answered answered miss nancy mechanically taking some fennel out of a dish ou on tho the table and going into the bedroom bed bod room morn with lt it who W Is it whispered miss lobby abby P ga I 1 n jim jiin wilmot responded tier her sister biml lands a 0 goshen well well a thought thou slit hold hed a turn up after I 1 all these years tears do tell him to come lit in here fore fare he be goes jlii jim wilbod Wl linot well never MISS nancy gave a little pat to the I 1 I 1 I 1 pillows pill oivi ind and then entered the sitting ionin aknin it if stay to yourt better put pil t your horse and team under the hie bed we it n hired man now thank voil van li if slid said gladly she split sent will it a little sly glance as lie delit out of tile loot door in ili a 1 rew lie was linck again but fire die talk ains a little t lie he toll etolil her liow bow roll 11 tile life will out west lilii lip lie llast ill t went linn how after many JL i littly cattle came to li btu atu ami allot then lie it carne on oil it a wt lit to ills ida fiilus who etolil ili him that they ched together tit it tle the little houe lio uso nal ill ill lint hint abby inna m tc kly though they ehnow she wis was a 1 regular ln in ill lid ld miss nancy nalley wondered looking lookin it at ill the linn firm chin awl ili alic hair that thai had been so I 1 bronn I 1 now noi sire streaked aked with willi pray gray if it was alls lint iery lor esome out chere and if lie ill had quite forgotten for sollen ill the old days rhe clock lit at last hist named iod her that slip it must lie be about birr pi caparn lions forsum for supper gild after em using herself she in 11 n 1 dish of oranges oril liKes it I 1 reel peel sin she though tier her hands t re milled arld felt fell ill al thumbs IS she h c had almost finished tier her tusk task when ilion au an orange slipped out nut of the dish and rolled it on oil I 1 lie floor both stooped to pick it up lip fit their hands hand met inet acir den I cir r lie sit oil holding out ills his anus ill mo aliss newy gave lie into ili liis late so a non near her own anti anil in a moment wis ivas crying softly on oil lii ill shoulder r mattered 1111 the years of antiuk tile of of toll and trouble nothing n mattered nl 11 ml ally more the clork ticked on oil ind and miss aliby addly 11 IN oke fj bioni oin the little cail ell I 1 imp she had bt aeu eu enjoy I 1 ing n nallen rile culled called Illy miss nancy started od and raised tier liev crimson fate I 1 KP with its new expression express lou ironi front its re rost still liiK place anit a ini nute dor dear heart lils ills tiered jim 1 I 1 wint avant to know NN when bell go bak back with ill inc ili I 1 ment away to lo make inake a fortune iud and a home for you yon baiting vai ting when will you go when nill I 1 go echoed nancy bewilderedly be nanc na w called mis mi nil s abby again im abrald hilra kl I 1 dont know knew what you mean jim jiin rait faltered ered miss nancy alii bak out west ive got it a pretty little chice there with thirty veres or so and till airy ry a mortgage have neigh boiN for theres other raring farms vear and you shant work nancy ill set get a i girl eirl and abby asked fairry jim ilin wilmot started 1 I lind forgotten for Kotten tier her he said helplessly rut but NA here s the ret rest of the relations or eliy hy sit she go to a or ar the ilio alii h in miss nancys face failed faded and i 1 little line or of pain formed around her mouth month shed hover staff stand it to ionic this place she s lived here all her life llin lint site she said iolj there liere I was inas a silence for it a moment then slie ile continued sipa steadily dily 1 I shall neer cloaie len e her so goal cooil goodby good knod by jiin and if boull fice yourself arid and me ine for fer a notion no lioi lie replied hotly holly A all I 1 I 1 lizila lien I 1 SIL shant 1111 leave my 1113 farm and settle down in ill till aliis humdrum place jest for the I 1 lir sike sake of your sister goodly lood nancy and live five minutes after the horse droe out of tile iho nril ind and doimi ill the hill title one lonely strained tier her ey eyes for it n lust or of it and tile gathering flakes bakes of snow already filling ui till its tracks track she stood there it 1 ions iong while watch ill ili the sullen louds and ami hie snow that ni was as coming coin iii it alii ker if and fill faster little cuffs of wind allew alie flak lakes of snow against tile llie pane pado full and miss nancy 1 I wondered audly if they felt unhappy lie cabi e vy melted ted so soon lit at last she roused herself and nent orto I 1 ato ill alie lied bed roeln miss abby tired fired ot of or calli alling riK lind hall fallen asif ell she ile was thankful ful 1 for 01 the llie and koin on liar softly ral I 1 prepared tier her own onn upper supper ind the invalid s white while the wind ill blew faill around the lie little old house aud and fairly shook its foundation she silt lit toy by the llie fill with ill her head on oil tier her hands long ions after her sister biad lid eaten tier supper anti and being libin satisfied with the basho nus answers Ners to tier her ninny mally ale had kobie to steel sleep a asala 1111 lint nt tile the lire fire lind hall died dmu amu anti and it in tile the little lit kumlien eliell so finally slie she too loo went to tier her nihls i rest iest it wa was 3 ery cry late ile he dropped cupped into a light beep sleep and the fiorill morning dg soon ca came in e the lay day passed drearily if e airily miss abby ill talked incessantly of iani jim ilni until her sister aster felt she should scream or so a mad iliad but slie site lid did ri neither elther and in was only A little wore tender a 1 l little more inore patient tient the alie bigot set in ili with a regular snowstorm miss abby declared they would be snowed in ili by wording nio ruins the wind nning blew down the clib liney with moans like eke nil an uneasy spirit in tin the morning ni miss nancy vins nas startled by III lail dail ness lu in file little rooms the hind had blow alio llio lie snow now in big drifts against tile wl nilos and door too what ahby abby hall reared had come to pass and they nell ero snowed iu ili but there ing no c calle for orry us as yet there ivas plenty of fond in ill tile anil in ill tile hie wood box there aas ns no stock to suffer stiffer and sor someone noone in shiely sut ely go by before the adny ili y was over and discover their plight she ile lighted iler limp lamp anil and did tier lier tork ork abou il in ill a rather halfhearted half hearted way and the tiny di passed parsed find and no air one wont went by ind and tile snow piled up higher ind higher lil glicr around the house miss abby was very little frightened at their situation indeed tier lier sister hardly know knew what to make of her she seemed a little wandering anti and confused I 1 things strangely the next lay day late in the afternoon it stopped enoi snoring log but no one went by and darkness came on again another long night miss nancy na N ncy left a lamp burning in the kitchen and the then n wout wont to bed very early in the morning she was t I 1 1 imil denly A wakened by a shout 1 anil and I 1 fi he amul or someone kicking I 1 on the ti r of it the le house she bast hastily ily dreo dressed sed s ide 1 thou entered the sitting room BM 11 iiii ili someone called T who la Is it she asked its rae me abood dow doati to the h of tile hie ver ter know wife toot 0 was ick IL I 1 rind I 1 tind find togo IORO for the doctor IS ben e 10 F snowed in I 1 yes will you get someone to dig 1 I u cut sunie sump time to illy I 1 ml kit right ril ill git sam am if hell coine 0 lie be haek in in au hour or two tavo I 1 I 1 miss aliss nancy sat down and WI wulim I 1 tin tile mood oi was gniot ini ot g gone one and I 1 I she 1 wit was slbil iad mr atwood had discover ills coverd e it 3 I 1 1 vai 11 e D t I 1 I 1 alie iii kick lins has just struck when ahen I 1 she tn conrd a hovel strike the ll house olle wert were liec dipre y he be out in I 1 sha ke said mr atwood st wood 4 all right she ilie i lie answered all anil vrelin flit laito the bedroom bed room tn ill tell abby mut lint tier her sister was sl sleeping epping quietly 0 io i o she tiptoed back again V after amter ili an hour laouri q baird shoveling ill I 1 floor door opened ind lit in the gray graor light 0 f ill alio morning slip saw MW jim I 1 vil nii V tier her mr atwood afie art I 1 I 1 i avil ing liline air lr thai eliat laifi win i sa re writ went round around to tile the drifts before the lip and commenced work wor again but t tim jim did not go Nii iKy Y lie he mid 1 I was a real fool tin the other oilier lay im going soli to s sell Q 11 in my y f ali arm W anti come back here I 1 cant live lite 1 without l 0 1 I 1 1 r you yon nancy mill 1011 you marry cef acia aud not abby alibey mic questioned abby ahall live lire with us you yon shant t lit be mcp ir steil lint but its so humdrum here jim and be homesick ap after er the west il I 1 again protested miss nancy i traps fraps so a little he admitted but I 1 I 1 I 1 must have you yon nancy will you yon for or kt it what I 1 said the other day rin an marry I 1 ule me I 1 you know I 1 will jim she said in a I 1 a iNh Isper null nod be kissed her fondly and in the bedroom bed room miss abby lay I 1 asleep a sweet peace upon her wrinkled t face she had bad gone beyo beyond till the tl I 1 shadows into the rca reality lity baverly VaTer hr f t magazine |