Show lt KIN Z if by MOLLIE MATHER ight 1921 2921 newspaper union t jim bond sank forlornly back chair on th the hotel lerinda ile he aery lonesome back in III the west suntry from which he had come e were more friendly less cau land and critical concerning acquaint a stranger jim had hoped id pleasant companionship in the ter ier hotel which vias mils his new yer ve P in the hie city told him like a IM I 1 y hotel very ery one knows every one lise else i goes there tin air bayarin said jr 7 meet year after year 0 ou u in av st they had not taken jim in aps ps ills his evident lack of prosper baay laay aay have been accountable for angs had bad gone badly with him chis ahls return from war his old acceptably filled by another ills his ars rs home left desolate jh jim no longer bear to remain alone alon e e e dearly familiar place so lie he ailed ed enst east and sir barnes had pi t mm him a chance in ills business this was jims vacation was one very pretty girl that lio 1 uld like to have met that is aas as exactly jims idea of pretty i watched her go every morning magazine and writing material green retreat overhanging the lie plo 1 l sometimes he be followed for t the lie pleasure of looking into inlo her face laie girl never smiled even though tenil and persuaded sirs mrs hardy his A companion at the hotel to intro a was really becoming ml miserable lit till all tor for this one girl per persisted his thoughts night and day as joer had done one before not even aj i bain sweetheart of tile past nd ad carelessly deserted him for infection of another while lie been fighting so desperately is is country ay men of tile the place seemed self V ed completely completely satisfied in their i chosen b n groups we weary ary ot of ill his jess less big jim tried the friend hit f the old ladies of the who had gossiped away many 1 ers on its wide nide verandas their 2 condescension was more chilling 6 itee the forbidding attitude of the as s the girl alone by her strange lc charm that held him there I 1 ioni oraf Eort r he tried the W f newly deiy ordered clothing in an m art to 0 get recognition it w was as no da it A all jim was it seemed a an unnecessary jn necessary factor sy at are e all snobs abs lie he told him wy and I 1 am a fool for my where the girl is concerned k ng desperation had bad driven aj 1 side one day find anil at the enito ement ot of her smile lie had been to invite her for a dailve 1 s smile van vanished klied her ar itak erusal she was bentleys Bent lys app lie was vas informed med P Bet itly 2 jilot of the country club his johb I 1 the most dl aloof rocker 1 itji veranda ow might ns as well veil go back to tile the jd id indifferent city jim told him lacre re ans s no hope of com compan prin 41 alj chere be when vilen bir air earnes barnes came rr or a eek ond end and took him if j wing S the hie Wi westerner sterner hoped ter ter times thrice hut but with sir air barnes d of j to th HIP city his own isolation ile aed and then jim ilond I 1 ond slipped I 1 i steep brambly P ith and broke I 1 it was so painful nt at first lie he fv onlin his confusion that fw AS 14 being cared for in ills his own arthe n the hotel a kindly and con physician bestowing courage JB directions oa af ma tx att ig it when as lie he sat 1 ie 50 Lyls wistfully tully down toward coward the ilie lie door opened to admit nn ian M ty veranda eranda lady she bore la in 8 a dish T ill 11 like fruit to nibble on when uben 10 aft sitting quiet she said iras at the warmth ot of I 1 ie e later one of the immar W cleri en stopped in had some hard luck it tre remarked marked brought Brou elit you in ove ve been reading guess it ryley rols your attention for a abile div ahey 01 toned d I 1 lack k on ills pillow with 1 bagh kh ne ile was astonished two wo tears not wholly caused hiso alls stealing down ills his cheeks 1 I to tl alve ve been almighty homesick in companionship he be mur an n stood mood in III ohp doorway it bently Ben liy you poor boy bov exclaimed she r liand band on ills his fore forehead hend in a caress ress d sold sald jim hil haltingly tingly that hat e sot of this hotel were all like aon an family i never had a realize till now atly ian lau glied comfortably ea a she said aid its a touch of that it makes tile whole world n the WeA erner caught his e had bad to rome thing was as the matter fill its his heart lie e girl the olle aniie girl en room ns as as if her ere re no miracle at all she me e patters parera par era under lier her arm I 1 in hr her hand band rolv 00 r lat t visitor she he s an pre eer fully y hut but not I 1 hope 4 n her mother our ro sin lieI and yia mf while big jim put out nut its his so cul not ot speak enk the girl lillain rn within it seemed to itis for herp alp nt t las ajr t was as lt libl of all rolef of 1 I 1 it |