Show A V VA A A t by STELLA AVERY X k B blind in an nd all 1 l 4 due U to a quarrel lw with th prank frank edgarton Ed girton on the verge ot of the cliff at roselea Ko selca frank had pressed lorry to the edge ot of the cliff the earth had given way and young graham had bad fallen 40 feet to 6 the beach lelow below frank had reeled home still intoxicated to give a garbled account of thi the affair ho he had disappear disappeared red foi or awhile but now gossip bald id he be had bad returned to lay siege to nancys heart while lorry graham was blind after edith had bad imparted the news to nancy she ehe moved along over the putting green erean nancy watched her with wide open smarting smart lag eyes how she missed dorrys tal white walte clad figure sWing swinging hg cross across tho the field his deep the alre la in his bis glance when their eyes met and now that glance waa dead fo forever reyer with a choking sob nancy brushed away the tears and swung a club to her shoulder she grounded it clum ally as fran Edg artons voice sounded bounded led close ier good morning nancy naicy waiting for me JI ry 1 no said nancy carelessly tm rm just thinking about lorry graham they say eay he Is blind edgarton paled under III his tan ilo iio was a dark lean dawod man with onyx black eyes and hilr hair ilia his b brown rown hands hand tumbled fumbled nervously with his clubs ks his fault he be tn muttered uttered sullenly 11 1 6 y what id you quarrel asked nancy quickly youl you he be flashed back Is that the truth frank edg edgar conff nancy looked him full in tho eyes on my honor he be declaimed tra il 11 cally his glance shifting shit ting the girl laughed contemptuously dont swear by something you got she retorted d and tur turned ned aher her back upon him 1 I pity you i athey they say pity Is akin to a fooling feeling ho he insinuated its sometimes cloeo to contempt iiii last retort sa she fauzi back to the clubhouse t sho she sank bank down la in a corner where L high backed settle hid her from chatting groups of people voices reached aber er now and then once the clear tones of mrs amory carao camo to her holding her captive in her seat sa gm unwilling eavesdropper lorry graham Is not only blind put but he Is poor as well said eald mrs amory its hard luck poor I 1 echoed a mans voice what t i has happeny happened d to bilt I 1 thought he was basoa as sale as gibraltar my husband told me this morning that lorry was bankrupt all I 1 know about it it dreadful on igop of his bis blindness certainly troubles never do tome singly nancy slipped out of the nearest door her heart in a tumult lorry graham not only blind but poor as vell she crossed the lawn and entered aitho estate owned by the Gra grahams bams bunder under a wide spreading maple she dis i covered lorry reclining la in a hami amock mock chair and over its it back was his sister mabel 1 mabel saw nancy comune put a ager to her lips and tiptoed out of earshot of the man under the maple tree go to him dear whispered mabel hes awfully down and he be would brather see you than anyone else nancy squeezed mabels hand band sad and the latter went vent toward the house bouse j nancy approached the lone figure un ader der the tree her heart in a tumult of fear and pity that you mab rasheed ra r asked dorrys deep voice as she came up to the tha back ot of ahls his chair before her voice was steady enough to risk an answer he be went on oat I 1 las As I 1 was telling you mab blab edgarton was drunk plain drunk and he made mad a sneering remark about nancy I 1 re tented it of course and he be threw him self against me a and bowled me over rather humiliating when a chap was I 1 trying to break laic tor for tho tha lady of his heart nancys hands slipped down until they covered dorrys bandaged eyel ayea I 1 who Is it itt where ra Is 13 bt mabel abel ho he demanded sharply it Is I 1 natcy nancy she whispered tremulously then you heard what I 1 eald yom janow 1 I knier ki o severy thins ray MY braia b m knight quavered nancy kneeling IMS be sidd him were breaking a lance lanca lor for me oh lorry you can tee see you arnot blind at aall eh the cried tn in ft tank panic for he be snatched off the disfiguring and his wide open and love lit eyes ayea vero beaming upon her with oil all their old ola time adoration only plied piled a hundredfold ot of course cour I 1 can see eee lie ht laughed lug hed tenderly who said I 1 had bad aone one blind r T edith said bald nancys voice turned traitor at 0 this point she hid her crimsoned crim face against larrys broad shoulder and abandoned herself to a passion of tears it was who broke the blissful silence which followed la Is it true that you are a gult poor now lorry t she eh asked falter jagl f you know I 1 haie that legacy from aunt hester and perhaps you your r dearest girl h be assured her pae paa lona stona tely it if I 1 had nothing la in the world wald but you I 1 should till still be the man on earth however I 1 shall chall not need aunt hesters Heit erf legacy uli 1915 loy by the mcclure mcclur nelipa per syndicate |