Show 1 oh cynthia by norma knight copyright by the th bobba co so service CHAPTER XIV continued 13 Fl ossiel her ln in laws came seemed to release her from the trance of astonishment into which she had fallen 1 bagi begin n to tee see now she put you up to this I 1 indeed she he answered composedly so far from doing so she told we me id d nave have to work out my iny own climax la Is that what you call a climax clima x 7 oh loid yes he be sighed 1 I have bave such a gentle nature that its agony to me to get myself all worked up to being masterful with a woman but once I 1 am worked up nothing zio thing can stop me ne he gestured I 1 toward the rigid walls walla of audubon you have just its as much chance of moving that old chap a couple of feet or so before we go back down cynthia as you have of keeping me from marrying you cost i tier her own voice grew gentle almost tender oh I 1 think not geoff have to be papers to sign is in the matter of the shop you know k I 1 wont sign em cm and I 1 never heard beard of a clergyman or a justice of the Ie getice tice elther either who would mar marry ry a 11 girl rl that simply kept her mouth shut hen she was asked do you take etc it would be an obstacle he admitted but not an insurmountable pone jone j one howetter How etier or there are pre para story measures s that can be taken i ile he rose in so leisurely a fadhl fashion on that she was entirely unprepared for or what happened he picked her vp cp froni from the rock as though she had been tenny pressed her head against his shoulder with one hand and sat down now lie he said im going to kiss you and keep on kissing you until you stop acting like a silly child and say marry me and youve got to say you love me I 1 first he went on doggedly you played fair with me cynthia thia you promised me that last morning in the old house that when you found you were in love with line ine tell me so I 1 1 I promise i I 1 dont quibble he said sternly you promised with your eyes aze kissed them one after another th and im not to in love with you fuyi cynthia Cynt cynthia hial 1 such lovely lying ng lips j ile he kissed her lips 1 I hate you all right all right he soothed ber so you shall if it gives you the least hit bit of pleasure I 1 always planned fanned to make my wife happy ill not ha be your wifel wife and at that the floods were loosed the storm broke she felt Us ibis heart begin to pound heard uia his Pre breathing athing quicken she was vas swept away aray on a tide of love L lisses kisses that fell on her lips her throat tier her hair words swords thit set the blood racing in her ber own temples arms which folded d her so close so tenderly so masterfully ter fully fulty that she knew they would never let her go W and then the miracle happened geoff felt two slender arms free themselves to be lifted and laid about his neck he felt the lips beneath his ardent ones returning his kiss iss he heard a voice very low very ery meek very happy say gay i wont ont hate you at all geoff i i love ve you I 1 they talked it over going down boulder ulder canyon 1 I cant be married without miss nona ona geoff 11 all right well have anther wedding when we get to new york ork it be proper for us 0 travel together if we were just in 1 I 1 be married that soon hrywny geoly ill need a lot of lollies you have hare that amber satin dress iu on only duly wore a couple of times 10 0 reminded tier her thriftily no use a trousseau ban nhen you have hat at perfectly good outfit slippers nd d all geoff youre the i prize alot lot rm im bure of it dirling darling it icky ci y you like idiots we ought to some plans no I 1 never plan its lots more r un doing things on the spur of 0 the dont you iou think I 1 ben en sutton and his lavish adherence to plans slie she did think ink so and told him so gener sly which reminds me he an vered ered lie ile was married last week V boston file ile lose much time thue tind find ig my successor she commented dryly ly no lie ile chuckled oil h ell ts IS forget him tind and talk about our ives ilves alother thinks miss nona N 0 na 13 to come back to denver the etes 1 house houe gone you see and the laptalo 1 I knutt know she said pityingly liAri arid fl alother would really luce like to ro ive ailis nona stay right on with ST so different they gel long ill hp mother likes to jive ve hoine fine ADO lebin le 1171 on oil tier lier mid alist ona likos likes to lean then cherek llie ret tenny mother hother wants her too en an til ill her father comes back oh geoffr I 1 give tenny UPI well I 1 either if it came right down to it he be admitted well have a months holiday in bermuda you and I 1 both need a sizable vacation and then well come lack and set up housekeeping for ourselves with tenny thrown to in for good measure the only thing that worries me la Is that when montague comes back well have to give her up cynthia when she did a thing at all did it wholeheartedly she put her hand over geotes on the wheel and said softly by that time geoff maybe therell be a baby or two of our own fit 1 you darling 1 he said under his breath and nearly ran the car into the stream sixty feet below in his felicity they were married in Cynt hias apartment at eleven wednes day morning cynthia and flossie spent monday shopping with the result that cynthia had an adequate though hastily acquired trousseau besides her wedding gown she wore also he rose in so leisurely a fashion that she was entirely entire ly unprepared tor for what happened flossie and elsie both pointed out to tier her that they were not suited to a bride sapphires sapp hires a string of them about her neck a pair of bracelets one superb stone mounted in platinum for her finger As near the color of your eyes its as anything to be found in a jewelers jew el shop geoff said ive ve longed to give them to you ever s since ince I 1 bought them ever since you bought them when was that last christmas he confessed no one will ever know what self control I 1 experienced in ID keeping those things tucked away but I 1 looked in my etiquette book and it said it proper to give sap chires to a girl that hated you geoff ill tell you something she confided 1 I never once hated you not even that first day you gave a darned good imitation of it he be said admiringly 1 I dont anut think ive ever seen anyone who put on so artistic a performance that was because I 1 was afraid of you Afra afraid lil good gosh and I 1 so gentle I 1 hurt a fly 1 I was afraid she went on locking her hands in her lap and looking at him from under tinder lashes of extravagant trava gant length 1 I was afraid that just this would happen this falling in love with you marry ing you anil and Is it such a dreadful thin thing to do my darling N no its rather nice I 1 find now that ive taken the plunge put but I 1 expect 1 knew then that first night when your eyes looked so sorry about and you wore were so sweet to miss nona I 1 sort of had bad an idea then that some day id be handing my life over to you to take care oft there was a long silence flossie who had dad been dodging in and out or of the apartment all day with prepa rations for tomorrows ceremony wILb withdrew drew tier her head silent silently y from the crack of the door through which she hid had thrust it later however she gave ceoffe the long telegram which had come for him NONA DUTER determined TO SPEND TUB THE REST OP OF HER BANK ACCOUNT ON DIA DIAMOND BAR PIN FOR CYNTHIA STOP CANT DO ANYTHING WITH 11 HER ER STOP DONT MIND FOR CYNTHIA WILL HAVE A FIT STOP WIRE instructions MOTHER what Is it cynthia carne came in and coolly read tile hie telegram over his shoulder perfectly characteristic site she said between a lauah haugli and a sob aliss nona nants ants to wind up tit with a aliye of glory ant am then be dependent or on us for the rest of tier days shall we let her far F or an answer stiver rinolt turned the yellow paper over and wrote ills his reply on the back TELL MISS NONA KONA TO GO TO IT STOP HER FINANCIAL ADVISER IS BACR BACK ON THE JOB permanently STOP YOU TWO GALS MEET WEDDING PARTY WHICH INCLUDES GRIDE BRIDE AND bridesmaid TENNY AT SIX FRIDAY IS A STERN ST k N DA F n TIME groler fedj |