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' EVENING" LTDDGE .MMtOH 3, 1917
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
THE AFTERGLOW
A Seaurl to "tttvoni tht Ortat Obllifon,"
Dy GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
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BBIt.T': The Young Lady Across the Way THE PADDED CVAA,
ft Tho joung l.nly ncros the way sa(i &' V & ., U1 A.J 1.
Zf I that when she goes away for any ' ) f f ) f ', ' 1
A, length of time she always prefers lei Cjen l .T""-tf-5v" N I' I
so hj one of tho trunk lines, an fn so OAt-E. irDC - I
fr. Inconvenient to hnc one's baggngo I V I V"" ' J ,
fav come on n later train. I t) -fZZi. iHs- 7
S$ Calling Names ' . U&j? ' .
I "Shnll I call jou a taxi?" - J'V' "
i "Call me nnythlng ou want to, I y -''
& don't care." Lehigh Hurr. s ySSs ''"S' I
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g", "Do you often change jour environ-
K rnent?" - - "- " ". --'
F" "Shure nn' I do. Ivry Saturday .r s. f c i
j nigiu. I'uncn Jjovvi. . V V V M
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Wmind is To threaten to Hck him vwfo
To -v,tr Tvti;c han3 To hiltl- r
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In 1007 You aio bound to find liim
there Ho wenrs tortolfcs hell glase-i
In 1317 You can't miss him. He
doesn't wear tortoise shell Rlasoe.i.
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Activity in the Seed Trade
I.qndi Opinion
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ready for suburban early spring lawn
sowing enthusiasts.
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Ths magistrate (to the diminutive prisoner) There Is nn use our denying
that ou struck the policeman and that ou were drunk
The prisoner (looking at the big policeman) Ib this tho policeman I struck,
your Worship?
The magistrate Yes.
The prisoner Then I must hae been drunk
The Day After
"Oh, Gee, last night I had a lovely
dream. I dieamt I(had passed every
darn exam, and I was In heaven."
"Did ou see the rest of the class
there?"
"Eery one, nnd then I knew It was
only a dream." Lehigh Rurr.
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Ideas.
Lieutenant Henpcck (writing home)
ly dear wife: Ker thing that is going '
on here seems to remind me of you.
How Tragic J
There once was a farmer'from Maine
Whq walked, through Pares In the
rain.
In crossing n river
He waa hit by a Fllvrer,
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wwM W rtattai in
Rt'MuRV op rnKrnnio rtoihea
. Allnn Rtern. comulllns enslnnr. nd
llentrke Kendrlfk, M ,itenorphr, ."
from s Ion lp In hU ottlra In 1,7"J
nf the MMropotltan I.lfe Insurance Ilulldlnr,
rew tork cltyi they look about them ana
fee the office Interior fallen to decay, while
below they behold a alt foreat of l
treea nhere New York city once atood, , It "
evident that their aleep haa laated thf0"'"
lemurlcB, and that durlnn thu unconaclous
latwi the city haa been deatroyed by aome
Rreat catastrophe. They seem to 1)J jne
only aurlora of the Inhahltanta of the
eatern conllnent They clothe themjelvej
ITImltliely anl subsist nn food, which haa
withstood the raiusra of lenlurlea In R'
Jrs.
Afler a lime a troop of malformed savaa'a
appears They storm lh tower and '
perat. lattle hi..u Stern and Ileatrlce
escape, findltn a refuae In a ruined mansion
on tho llmlson Afler a time they at aall
for lloston In a boat which Stern haa built.
lie hopes lo find the telescope of the rY"d
tlnllerslty hv hkh lo erlfy hla diaentery
of tho earth a chanced relations with Its
astral neUhbors They reach what
one th illy of Providence where mey nnd
rustv tlrearms still aervlieahie. and an
aeroplane which Stern repalra
In an eiedlllon of exploration In the
mnihlne they are drawn Into a terrlhi
a hiss where thp sun neier shlnea and are
tapiured bv airunae peoplo and condemned
lo ileatii In h great battle Stern usee bla
firearms and repels his iplora' enemies
thus Kalnlna Ihelr friendship After many
furlher adienlurea Hlern and lleatrlce escape
from tho aluas In the aeroplane and regain
the land of the sun
Tin: ktokv Tin's r.R
, rnce more nn earth Allan ami neatrlee
I urv the patriarch who hrh their friend in
the olijs and who accompanied them to the
old uorlj onlv to die at the first touch or
the aun Around the pitrlarch a neck Is n
chain ami small locket which lontalnj in
e'rucllons where In find the records oT the
lost figuration 'ihe paper irumbles n Jbev
read but the two tatheri ennmh to direct
I hem The j start for their old home on the
banks of the Hudson only to ibid It occu
pied l the hnrde The beast-saisaea tl--slroi
the bulldlns while Allan and lleatrlce
are atlmklnit frum the Paulllio In despair
thev mike for .lorm Klnit the mountain
blili Is lh slKht nf the kreat tlotnta
isthelral llele it la that some of the
refolds nro stored
Afler mm trials the inn dlsroier the
rrmaln of the records nnd si leid'n heal
whli h has kept a phnnosraph and eeicral
r'rnrds Initii Amons the rerurds Is tho
marrhiKo aervife and there In the ruins
of the oil idtheilral Allan and Beatrice
lemnio mm nnd wife rhen they return
in th e,ise uf it,,, nines where lhe prepare
n . mi- on Mttlement t'llfta It Is is inn
Ma.e thit Allnn hopes to l.rlne ih" Mcni
in in the folk nf the bottom of 111" Pit
n iihrs the Mllaae In the chasm sifelj.
(HM'lllll Ml (Ciintlnueil)
FII'ST Vtrcii)R sprinkled tho open pae
brtwcpii the polei mitl the dungeon with
n kind of sea-uccd swali dipped In tho wa
teti of thn liollliig at, then with a bit of
tho co.ire blown ilnlh washed Allans
llpa -a pledge nf truth
'I ho rouncllor raised both hands to
ward tho nurlnc ll.iiiu' Kick there by the
illff and nil Inclined theinielves thereto,
the only trace of nnv religious ceremony
still temnlnlng .timing them
Allan likewise saluted the flame; then
ho f.iced the multitude
') my people" ho began, striving to
apeak clearly nlnnr tho milse of the flrpjet.
his olco Hounding dull nnd heay In tint
compicsied ntmoMpheio, ' o Kolk of the
.Meruc.iiins, I gtoct jou' There bo many
thliiKs to tell tb.it ou must know nnd be
lieve I hap come bark to ou with great
pri II In m lljltig boat to tell you of the
upper world .ind all Its goodness
"i:.islly lould I have stnied in those
places or light nnd plenli, but my heart
was wnrm for m people. I thought of
my people night nnd dav Tho woman
Beatrice, thought of nu Tho ancient man
thought of jou Alone, we could not en
Joy those happy places So I returned to
tell jou nnd to show jou the way to lib
erty Thus haB wo proved our loo for
jou, mv folk"'
He paused Silence overhung the as
FPmhlago save for the fretful cry of chil
dren hetn and there, squeezed In the press
or clinging to their mothers' backs after
the fashion of the Merucaans
Afnt, on the walls, the faint nnd tau
cous quarreling of the bea birds drifted
through tho fog Allan drew breath nnd
began again
"In those places, my people, thoso far
places whence jour forefathers came, are
many wonders Betimes It Is dark, as al
wajs hero Iletlmes a great fire mounts
Into the upper nlr and makes the whole
world brighter than aiound jour flaming
well In the datk lime lesser fires travel
In the air (if birds there are many
kinds, sti.ingely colored Of beasts, many
mn,ls innnnt make ou undetstand be
cause none of jou have ever seen arty ani
mal but fish and bird Hut 1 speak truth
There be many other creatuies with good
flesh to eat. and the skins of them are
proper for soft clothing
"Ileie jou have only weeds of the sea
There we have tail growing things, many
hundred spedl high, and rkh fruit, delicious
to the taste, grow, on some kinds In n
few words, It Is n place of wondrous plenty,
where jou can all live mote easily than
here, aiid with mom pleasure far "
Again he teased his discourse, but still
continued to pace up and down the open
space under the swnjlng skeletons on the
poles above
Through the dense press of the polk
murmurs were wandering Man spoke to
man nnd many a new thought was com
ing now to birth among those white bar
barians. The elders, too, were whispering together:
'So runs the ancient ttadltlon So said the
ancient man' Tan It be true, Indeed?"
Stern continued, more and more earnest
Iv with the sweat now beginning to dot
his brow
It were too long, my people, to tell jou
everything about that land of ours above
Only leniember It Is richer far nnd far
more beautiful than this, jour place of
darkness and of clouds. It Is the ancient
home of jour fathers in the very long ago.
it Is waiting for jou once again, more fer
tile and inoie beautiful than ever. My er
rand Is to carry jou thither two or three
at n time At last I shall be able to take
J"Then the world will begin to be as It
once was, before the great explosion de
stroyed all but a few of your people, who
were my people once. Will any of jou
anv two bold men believe my words and
go with me? Will any be as braie as
tho patriarch?"
Ho flung the veiled taunt loudly at them,
with a raising of both arms,
"I have spoken truth! Now answer!"
Ife ceased, nnd for a short minute there
wan silence. Then spoke Vreenya:
O Kromno, master! We would question
j oil '.
I will answer and say only the thing that
Is'
First, can our people live In that other,
lighter air?"
"They can live We have prepared caves
for you At first you shall not see the
light. Only little by little you shall see
It, and you and your children will change,
till at last you shall be as I am and as your
people were In the old days!"
Vreenj-a pondered, while tense Interest
held the elders and the folk. Then he
nodded, for his understanding like that of
all was keen Jn spite of his savagery.
"And we can eat, O Kromno? This flesh
of beasts you speak of may be good. This
strange fruit may be good. I know not.
It may also be as the poison weeds of our
sea to us, But, It so, there are fish In
those waters of the upper world?"
"There are fish, Vreenya, and of the best,
and many ! Near the caves runs a river "
"A what, master?"
"A going of the waters. In those waters
live fish without number. At "the dark
times you can catch them with nets, even
an here. The dark times Rre halt of each
day. You shall have many hours for the
flbhlng. Even that will suffice to live J but
the flesh and fruits will not hurt you.
They are good. There will be food for all,
and far more than enough for all 1"
Vreenya pondered again.
"We would talk together, we elders," he
said, slmpl
"It meets my pleasure," answered Allan.
"And when ye have talked, I desire your
answer!"
He crossed his arms, faced the multl
tude, and waited, while the .elttera gathered
riltfc'A"''! ?.' W fs
'IMKBSi Wrf." I
Outwardlj', the man seemed calm, but
his soul burned within him nnd hla heart
was racing violently.
Kor on this moment, ho well knew, hung
the world's destiny. Should they decide to
venture forth Into tho outer world nil
would be well. If not, the long labor, the
plans, tho hopes were lost forever.
Well ho knew tho stubborn nature of the
Kolk. Onco their minds set, nothing on
earth could ever silr them
"Thank (lod I managed that lie about
the patriarch 1" thought Allan quickly. "If
I'd slipped tip, on that, nnd told them, he
died at the very mlniitn the sunlight strucn
him, I would have been nil off, world
without end Hope It doesn't mako a row
Inter Hut If it does, I'll face It. The
main nnd onlv -thing now Is lo get 'em
sttirted They've got to go, that's all there
Is about It
'Ond' Afler all, It's a terrific proposi
tion I'm putting up to these simple fishers
of the Abjss I in asking them, Just on
my saj'-so. ti root up tho life, tho hahlts.
thn tindltlons of more than a thousand
.vears and make a leap Into the dark Into
thn light I mean
Ills eves, wandering nervously along the
front ranks of the waiting folk, dimly Il
lumined bv thn dull blue glow of tho flre
well tint shone through the mist, sud
denv slopped with npprchenslon ills
brows contracted, and on his heart It
seemed ns though n gripping hand had
suddelilv laid hold
"II vemhn Ilia smith again' Damn him1
Hvcmb.i'' lin muttered, In .sudden nnger
Minngly tinged with fear
Tho smith. In fact, was standing there
a little to the left of him, hllgo nnd sinewed
hands loosely clasped In finnt of him face
sinister, cjes glowing llko two malevolent
evil tiles
Allan noted thn delimit poise of tho body
breadth of the shoulders, the heavj hang
of the nrms bleeped like a gorilla's
Tor a minute the two men looked each
other steadfastly In the cje. each measur
ing the other Then suddenly the voice of
Vreenva bloke 11m tension
") Kroinno, we have fpoken Will j-ou
hear us""
Stern faced him, a strange sinking at
his heart, almost as though tho foreman
of n Jury stood before him to announce
etther freedom or sentence of death.
Hut. holChig himself In check, lest any
sign of fenr oi nervousness betray him, he
made nnswei
"1 will hoar jou. Speak!"
"Wo have listened to jour moid. We
bellevo jou speak tiuth Yet "
Vet what" nut with It, man'"
"Vet will wo not compel nny man to go
All shall lin free "
"Thank (ind'" breathed Allan, with a
might v sigh
" Kren to stay or go. ns they will. Our
village is too full even now We have
manv childien It weie well that some
should make loom for others Those who
dare, havo our consent Now speak ou to
tho people, jour people, O Ivronmo. nnd see
who chooses thn upper world with jou"'
nnoe more Allan turned toward the as
semblage. Hut before he had found time
to frame the first question In this un
familiar speech, a disturbance somewhat
to the left Interrupted him
Then came a Jostling, a pushing, a sound
of voices In amnzement, nnger, approbation,
doubt.
Into the clear space, H'yemba thn smith
Ills powerful right hand he raised on high.
And boldlj. In n loud voice, he cried'
' I'olk of tho Merucaans, this cannot be!"
Cll.lPTKIl Mil
1 be ItsTlslied Nest
4-TT CANNOT be- Who sajs it cannot
JL be? Who dares stand out nnd chnllenge
me ' '
"I U'jemba, the man of Iron nnd of
flame"'
Slern faced him, every nerve and flher
qylvcring with sudden passion At realiza
tion that In Ihe exact psj-chologlcal mo
ment when success lay almost In his hand
this purly brute might baffle him he felt
n wave of murderous hate.
He realized that the dread catastrophe
had indeed come to pass. Now his sole
claim to chieftainship lay In his power lo
defend Ihe title Failure meant death.
"Vou"" he shouted, advancing on the
smith
Ills opponent only leered nnd grimaced
offenslvel Then without even having
vouchsafed nn nnswei, he swung toward the
elders
"I challtyigc!" ho exclaimed. "I havo
the right of words'"
Vrecnj.i nodded, fingering his long white
heard
"Speak nn"' he answered "Such Is our
ancient custom "
Oh. people." tried tho smith, suddenly
fnclng the throng "n III jo follow one who
breaks the tribal manners of our folk? One
who disdains our law? Who has neglected
to obey It" Will jc trust j-ourselvcs Into
bands stained with law-breaking of our
blood"'
A. murmur, doubtful wondering, obscure,
spread through tho people. Hy the greenish
flare-light Stern could see look of wonder
and dlsmaj Somo frowned, other stared
nt him or at tho smith, and many mut
tered "What the devil and all have I broken
now?" wondered Allan. "Plague take these
harbarous custom! Jove, they're worse
than tho taboos of old Maoris, In the ancient
claj-s,' What's up?"
Ho had not long to wonder, for of a sud
den H'jemba wheeled on him. pointed him
out with vibrant hands, and In a voice of
terrible nnger cried:
'The law, the law of old! No man shall
be chief who does not take a wife from out
our people' None who weds one of the
I-anskaarn, the Island folk, or the jellow
haired Kkerl bejond the Vortex, none such
shall ever rule us. Yet this man, this
stranger who speaks such great things very
hard to believe, scorns our custom No
woman from nniotigus he has taken, but
Instead, that vuedma of his own kind'
What? Will je '
He spoke no further, for Allan was upon
him with one leap. At sound of that
word most Injurious In their tongue, the
fires of hell burst loose In Stern.
FOREWARNED
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think anybody is."
Reckoning no consequences, staying for
no parley or diplomacy, he sprang; and ns
he sprang, ho struck.
The blow went homo on tho smith' Jaw
with a smash llko a pllo driver. H'jemha,
reeling, swung nt him no skill, no science,
Just wild, barbaric, sledge-hammer sweep
It would have killed had it landed, but
Allan was not there In point of tactics,
the twentieth centuiy met the tenth
And as (ho smith whirled lo recover, a
terrible lefthander met him Just below the
short ribs
With n grunt the man doubled, spiawled
and fell Hj- somo strange ntavlsm, which
he never afterward could understand, Allan
counted, In tho Folk's tongue. "Hathl, lto,
zem, liaku " and so up to "I.amnu" teiT
Still tho smith did not rise, but only lay
and gtonned nnd sought to catch tho btcath
that would not come.
"I havo won'" cried Allan In a loud
voice "Here, vou people, take this grcun,
this child, unity' And let there lie no
further Idle talk of a dead law for surelj-,
In jour custom, a law die when Its cham
pion I beaten' Come, quick, nwnj with
him '"
Two stout men came forward, hovved to
Allan with hands clasped upon their hreastn
In signal of fieh allegiance, and without
ceremony took the Insensible smith, neck
and heels, and lugged him oft as though he
had only been a net heavily laden with
flsh
The ciowd opened In awed sllenco to let
them pass Uy flie glare Allan noticed that
the man's Jaw hung oddlj' awry, even as the
obeah's had hung, in Madison foiest
"Jove, what a wallop that must hae
been!" thought he, now perceiving for the
first lime that his knuckles were cut and
bleeding. "Old Monahan himself taught
me that In the Harvard gjm n thousand
years ago and It still wot ks One question
settfed, mighty quick; and H'jemba won't
have much to saj' for a few weeks nt least
Not till his Jawbone knits again, anyhow "
Upon hi arm he felt a hand Turning,
he saw Vreenja, the nged counselor
"Surelj', O master, he shall not live, now
jou have conquered him? The boiling pit
awaits It Is our custom If jou will!"
Allan only shook his head
All customs change, these times, he
answered. "I nm jour law! This man's
life Is needed, for he has good skill with
metals Ho shall live, but never shall he
speak before tho Folk again, I have said
It!"
To the waiting throng ho turned ngaln.
"Ye have witnessed!" he cried. In, a loud
voice "Now havo fear of me, your master!
Once In the Hattlo of the Wnlls jo beheld
death mining from my flrc-bow. Once yo
watched me vanquish jour ruler, even tho
great Kamrou himself, and fling him far
Into the pit that bolls. And now for the
third time, je havo seen. Itemember well'"
A stir ran through the multitude He
felt It potent meaning, and he understood
"I am the law!" ho flung at them once
more "Declare It, all! Hepcat!"
The thousand-throated chorus- "Thou
art the law!" boomed upwaid thtough the
fog, rolled mightily against the towering
cliff nnd echoed thunderllko acioss the hot,
black sen.
"It Is well!" he ciled. 'One more sleep,
and then then I choose from among je
two for the Journey, two of jour boldest
and best. And that shall be the first Jour
ney of many, up to the better places that
await e, far bej-ond the pit!" .
Straining hi ejes In the night, pierced
only by the electric beam that ran and
quavered rapidly over the broken forest
tops below, Allan peered down and far
ahead, The lire, the signal-Are he had told
told Beatrice to build upon the ledge
would he never sight It?
(CONTINUED MONDAY.)
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BOOKS
My Darling I hone you never tl
hav lug mo talk to you about myself, fori
nevei tho of talking to jou about mjxM
ino otner nay j nan the pleasure of ul
tertalnlng thn klnder-garten (Mister PrlnlJ
l'le-iso put u cuto little dash bet
kinder nnd gartcn I (Ike to spell it tit
vvaj) In n school where I love to sdmIl
I had not learned nny "piece" so I ma
f ll. .!,-. e . , i. i Jm
w ,nw ,i, un iiijiii ,i hook, Him wnea i,w
iiuougn i torn me tc.icner now sorryli
iiini i nan not learned a. "piece id I
I might roclto to tho children. The I
woinnn told mo that it seemed to her, ma1
better to HUAD from a honk, becauMth
mauo tho childien Interested In booM tt
gave them the Idea that stories wtfii
no round In books.
What a beautiful thought'
In olden time the people sat aratnj
thn ip.ro nnd told stories, while today
have newspapers, magazlnei and booki
I hope jou love to toad to jour lita
brotheis nnd sisters and I pass on tm
thought from the klnder-garten techer
that jou may know why jou should VXim
instead of TliUi stories.
What books should YOU read? VnM
do jou like to lead: What will be HEUl
KUI.. to jou?
I would bo glad to tell you what I
my own children read and then you l
know what they like, for belne the soul
daughters of a really truly children'!
tor, THIJY must know what Is best to roil
its lots of fun reading out loud-
to mako jour little hearers SEK the tUftM
which are happening ns jou go alont
Aiwnjs, jour loving editor.
Farmer Smtab.1
HOME ONCE MORE
Hy Farmer Smith
' It seem so good to sco you home on
more said airs Humnus to her tiusM
ns he slipped In the door and started t"
ward the telephone.
"Never mind Never mind."
Hilly was so f lightened at hcarlnl t
telephone bell that he didn't want to R
"Hello!" ho ventured cautiously, 1
It's you, Is It? How are you?"
After the conversation was over, J
Rumpus nsked Hlllv who It was be I
been speaking to. "It was Dr. O!
answered Hilly
'That shows It doe not nay to'
frightened until jou know what you
to ne an aid of."
"Yes. jes. but what about that Ms
hat soup" My nose tells me that triw
sometning conking and It smells lows
my eats," Hilly began to sniff.
"What have j'our cars to do with. I
asked hi wife. ,
Hilly laughed outright. "Can't you b
the dinner bell with vour ears? The
Idea of asking me what my ears hawj
no with my stomach! Don t jou know?"
jour appetite Is composed of?" -
"I have never civ en mv appetite,
much thought. I have nlnajs Deea I
busy try ng tn fill YOU un."
"There, there, wlfle. dear, don't In
naru on me. I have been away iroraj
a long, long time without anjthlnj to
PI.L'ASi: give me n tiny plate of brlcW
soup." Billy went over and put his
nrnnml -lite wta
"What did jou have to eat In the P0"
station," asked Mrs. Goat. -'
"They did not give me a thing to
Weren't they cruel?" Billy looked up.
a sorrowful smile.
"You didn't understand the 4uei
Listen, If j-our ears aren't too humW
mLml ft,, nrhfll wmi l.a.1 In eat 111 "
police station." " jl
Miming mucn," replied uuiy. "j
'How much iln vou call 'nothing mB(1
asked Mrs. Humnus. -?J
"Well. I had b tear nf mv cot and I
etlrllt ttaea not ,hn wlnilnll' fV
.n... ...tn IIUI Ul II1D ,'' l
call that very much, do jou?" srj
v. - J ,. ..nll. his fa
with a smile. "But let's have a mliyj
lunch. It seem cozv to be eating at .!
night." J
"It does. Inrleert " aalrl HlllV Bl M'
down and poked his napkin In Wi 3
nau a nara lime getting "" jT-il
&nd I propose to enJoy It." . BJi
"Tr one! n Ipln 4n ft, nnlle BtltlOfl '
sou." 'HI
"Yes, and I would have been V"j1
nan it not been for you, my de''.5
w-lfe. Is there any m6re of that deM
nnchDat soupj"
Mrs. BumDus returned In a few I
w 1th another plate 'and asked Billy)
does your amietlte end?"
"In my toes." answered Billy J
lAIIfi-h "The 'flraf nlala nnlv WCllt M
as mv Anklea ' ' Ifl
"I hope this one will be enough, -J
Mrs, Humpus. Then she added, WJ
it feet to be locked un all nigm
.. "I don't know," said Billy, "I I
Un onlv for n ahnrt time. That IS lOtif
for me. for T neei- want to be aWSlfJ
j'ou for that length of time agaln.'l
-.. ...l . - a nf fniVki
never rcuny love people or in'- l&
much vv e do lova them until we 'M
away from them or they are " '
from us" 1
"How sweet of ypu to say tS
dear." said Mrs. Bumpus. J
"May 1 have another plate of!
nsncu xiuiy.
"Four If you want them. On
foot enough for AI,! yoUr tot.
Xe5f,et all. the aoup NOW J
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ft juJSk:
a? "