Show the he crippled Crin r pled lady 1 of Peri Fer V bonka 11 oi oliver by lame curwood ames 0 0 29 doubleday doran 6 co inc STORY FROM THE START introducing cing some of the people of the pretty little french canadian Canad lati village oti of Perl bonka particularly the CrIta Crl ded lady idol of the simple inhabitants paul kirk 9 la Is a descendant of st a mate alster r of molly oily brant sitter sister of joseph brant great indian chief Us he bas ball inherited many indian characteristics file ul father li in a powerful new york lork financier paul marries claire durand Du ranil daughter of his fathers partner he Is in in charge of engineering work near Perl bonka pa pauls a Is wife Is in europe slit she dislikes the woods paul becomes inter sated fated in cila carlo teacher paul writes his wife to join him carlos carlas mother long an in invalid lid id dies ea a claire C lot re announces n n her r intention of 1 joining paul on the lle Mi stass irai nt she writes w a letter of sampat ay kiy tor to carla CHAPTER VI continued 10 lie he could not kee keur i p carlil out of his mind slie site crime to him when be stood in the shadow of the ancient hapel chapel of the at quebec where he had bad seen through the chan eel grating the lovely nun face end nd eyes had looked so much like I 1 lurla carla 13 in lowr lower tir tie jivu ant into the little ola church of notre dame de des and lie he felt OB as it she etere standing sta riding at a ie she seemed to be a part of the composure and beauty mid and age old enchantment ol of these and hallowed halin wed spots which he loved its as if in some past day her soul had helped to mold and fit their destinies here like himself carla could dream and see ghosts and les of nt ri rm gotten things where others saw only slow dissolution unit anil ruin of brick unil and gumnar and wood in tier her eyes were tre the deer deep anil and slum slumbering hering lights which linked the memories of the past with the mys of the future tn iu Cl alres the vibrant life of a glorious present together he be thought phoui lit these hiese two women held the world in their breasts from its beginning to its end he vas was at the dock an hour ahead of the hip when it arrived he be drew diew himself back of the waiting malting people for lie knew that clahe would not he to in the rush of dis embarking passengers nor would the a she ie be won along tile the rail in the crush that always gathered to wave wae their greetings to friends and relatives it surprised him aim whoa when ha be found her to be one ona of the first ou 1111 the lending landing walk As she came down he could see that she wras looking took ing tor for him she was the same aime claire tall slim exquisitely dressed a woman to be picked out of a thousand he could always expect claire like ahm a any man would be enormously proud to possess ile fie waved wave his hut hat handshe saw him A swift beautiful smile passed oyer over her ber face and to in his bis I 1 eagerness to reach her he made his way a little roughly through the crowd nis heart was jumping ue was meeting tier her alone no one but himself to greet her while always before there had been murry many one dream had come truel true cheit whan they met he held out hla his arms but bul that was not claires way ohp was always right never forgetful of the fitness of things and pave gave him her hands her closed about his bis site she raised her alls and kissed him with the light touch ii f her heir mouth which was a port part of at claire dear old paul 11 1 she said at last rm homel home I 1 0 0 9 three days after her arrival claire was mistress of the bungalow which her ber hiistand hiis band had prepared tor for her visit thereafter paul luule look from the window of tits ills office to the ph ili steal realization of the see seronil ond of tits ills d reafurs aina claire was BBS at last on OIK of tile the wives wires who lived in the row of cottages on the hill ualle title this dream like the friendly Irl endly hut but dispassionate greeting of bis wife in quebec missed something in its fulfillment fulfilment it nud opened doors through which he was looking to still sill I 1 greater things for himself and the lie woman who was malting this tight light a galoit prejudice and environment for him this time I 1 am going golub to stay until y you u become tired of me and abild send me home she be told him the change in her was inexplicable unless lie he it II as one of sheer sportsmanship this lie he did and was warmed by the of what he was bound to give in return for it behind her effort it wua was not difficult tar fo r him to see the truth her ber struggle against instincts and impulses as deeply inborn as wile was his own indian blood in nim himself self the desire to please fiani its sunny cheer and wa wua a on an inspiration to him blia and strength boned his resolution to twist ft ast 1st and bend his life so BO that it would fit in with hers he did not tell her this the thought of explaining to her that he was about to make a mighty endeavor to cross the gulf which lay between them was embarrassing to him claire had said nothing about her own effort cpr actions nail bad shown shon harn the way this lack of intimacy between between them at times made alin apel scarcely closer to her than some of the hie many friends she had bad it w wai a thing which hc be could not tear down even in moments when somo Impulse or situation deemed to draw them wy very close to gether ether lie he knew that thai blaire felt it as aa well as himself facing it stall log ling at each other waiting for some OID force greater than themselves to breall the themay way for them aney said nothing about it it each was ho hoping and struggling that this thing between them might he be triumphed over but bat it persisted in ID spite of them each day he be found something new and unexpected lo in inalee to increase lite lilb admiration tor for her she became acquainted with the ill she put on i rubber boots and explored its muddy depths with him she made no discrimination among his friends and nodded and smiled as pleas at a 4 foreman or a laborer aishe as she did d to at the others on the hill bill more puzzling tobia to him than these things was her intimacy with carla baldan after her ber arst few days on tire the Alls they were together much of the time when carla was nag not at her work evenin even in this claire joined tier her now and d then and talked to the children in carlah classes about the buys and girls to in other lands and came to know their mothers until she began to fill ail a lit alg of carlas place amons among them carla came to his bis ollice office again but bar always with claire she wee was unlike the carla who hid bd ought brought u him flowers w 80 different from ht hr h r that he wile wai left with a dully daily ul sense jfoss of loss when he be wits was alone and thinking about SAW she raised her lippand Lip sand and kissed him with the light touch of her mouth which was waa a part of claire her as if someone very dear to him had died leaving only memories behind the paradoxical reason for or this emotion in him was that carla appeared to be strangely and forgetfully fornet fully happy she was lively and gay and joined freely in the small social affairs of the camp train from which she had bail at always held herself more or less atiart ap ait she talked only a little of Perl bonka and the forests and of tire places which he knew she loved but seemed to hold her heart when listening to claires coll colorful irful of interesting places tits his wife had visited the two had boo a real affet affett lon for each other no mutter matter how uncertainty might cloud his judgment in other ways there could be no doubt about this sentiment of mutual regard which had grown up quickly between them one evening claire llabre said to him i it Is strange jiow how d deeply e ply I 1 care far tle curla carla there Is sowe something clug about her bei which drags roe me out of myself to her yet vet I 1 am finding it mure more and more im pos possible sibe to paint ncr as I 1 want her site she Is so completely banged Lan ged where Is the real tarla carla paul what has happened to tier her do you knowl know her head was bowed over a hit bit ot of lace work in her lap and she lid did not look tit at vaul 11 1 have noticed the change in her he said it has happe happened tied since you clime came I 1 think you hive helped to bring iier out of the ho terrible grief erlet which oppress oppressed cri her after tier her mothers death claire smiled gently at her hua bus baud band for a few moments a contemplative tive light lay in ID her eyes as if she were looking not at him ahlm but at a tild did you yon think she to la happler happier since I 1 came there Is no do doubt of it be declared but I 1 cannot paint her and it Is because there Is so much unhappy tress ness behind what all la Is trying to muke assee us see in her face in ills is puzzled silence she added 1 I 1 ani am wondering why site she tries so hard to make me bellee believe she Is happy paul before he could she began to tell him about tier her talk to the lie chil dren in carlas arias hint flint flay day TO BB CONTINUED |