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that nolody could liuvo muno1 it linor utied to puislo over tlioao let torn don t you think there n iiomethlns awful queer aunt jeruuha in tlio way gcorco wrilen who anked mo once mamma la worry mr for fc lr ho mlcht imvn liul a touch of nun troko when ho had to drill in tho uun for houni and bourn you know it wan after he- wan u nt down to tho rltlo ranio tliat tliry found out whitt ailed georee uu wrote homo a dm crlptlon of tlio rauf o in a nort of humorouu tono au if lie wore trylnj to make them neo tho mint of a joko hut i fnney i nun tho only ono who nmlled oir the 1 ttor they did not have thlntri nt tho ran co fixed up an they did ut the camp tho wonder win that thoy hod anythlnr tho way ciucn with a population ofthirty or forty thousand for they ore cities ovon if they call them canton men to sprang up in a he aliens had lled in tho nextjffew weeks time woo more like on octoder thy amldrn glow of autumn ooft hiirem on tho hills tho haven nro turning acarlot and tin nllrry brooks nnd rills are flanked by rusty nedncn atom onntlncut of brown which frunnl tho brooklotn od sen from stiff holehta looking down and yonder ln tho racalow thoy co harveitinj tho brain i ont nlnht a rltuj about tho moon foretold aproarhlnir rain while over on tlio hlialdo eray squir- reln frlslc about in ulirll dismay they chatter an tho ohlldron ffoyly hout tn tholr aearrh for elonny chestnuts encnoed in velvet aheen when thoy prick their rosy finite ra on the burn ncath kraft n ntlll sreen i hlrdo nro flylnir southward ln clrcllns flocks o or head and runset leaven nro in tempo reed by iplonh of red llolitho for glad october days the brlshtest of tho year tro wintry weather cloaca in lielrho for nlghtn so clear jlolcho for lad october when tho harvuit noon nhlncn brlsht and sky o crhead is radiant with its luntroun mellow light kdlth gates arnold living up to brother george dy aunt jsrusha pohsr chouse to mo ever slnco j 11 nor was a uttlo toddllna think- all chubby and dimpled with tlio blstfcnt bluo eyes you over saw and a laub uiat could teach any canary n thing or two in music i suppose one reason i vo always been so fond of lhnor is that i know her when oho was a baby no matter who faults a girl may have youre tempted to overlook them all far the aako of tho dear innocent uttlo thins sho usod to bo there is no denyinff that tho allen youna folkacrew up with plenty of faults their father died when elinor was a year old and goorso was about foui-f-aml- heir moth mourning for him that it wasn t till tlio children were pretty j spoiled that she seeniod to woko up to the ultuatlon i con t help thinking that alio could have nhown her love for her dear husband better by devotins her self to tho boy and girl he had left her than by indu urine ln her sorrow unless crlcf turui to service its likely to bo aeltluh minor had beeun to como to noo mo while she waa cutting her first teeth she would run away from her nurse and como and hide behind my rock- ino chair on the porch bubbllnff over with lnuchtcr to think how she had fooled maria and then when maria appeared to take her liorao the tuno would chance and hunor would scream and utamp her foot they fell into tho way at lost when they missed her of looking- to ace if sho was at my house und if olio was lettlne her alone i always nald i d bend her home if she troubled mo but somehow wliatcyer flho uiar irhovtr oeomod to bo a trouble of course as lunor grew older alio no lonccr thought about uolng to boo aunt jerusha au she always en hod me although 1 wasn t any relation to her as tho nicest thing- that could happen sho had other interests and other friends yet habit la strong- with all of ua lllnor kept on dropping- ln jo nee mo when sh had a few spare minutes while she was a lkuo elrtln arabian nights atory tluin a uobcr fact down at ths range thero was nc 1 m c a hut where tho boys could gathor for an evening there wero no bcoa they rolled up ln their blankoto and slept on tho ground ho drow a picture of tho uttlo cone shaped ntovo that was oupposed to heat their quartcra moat of tho heat went up tho pipe george aald but ho natd it aa if ho thought it rather amunlik and ho had a rood deal to nay about targot practice where it seemed ho had dono protty woll if tho lotur hail brought word that georgo trao a prlnonor tho allons could linrdly have taken it more to prttigiu-t- artirtintjriauflunnicjtiio tlio eradca and after she became high school young lady with opinion about everything under the sun it uas then that my heart ached for her 1 or my love for cllnor did not blind me to tho fact that nho shallow and oelqnji and vain and generally pitiful sometimes when sho was running on opening up her heart to mo tho way sho did x could hardly keep back tho tears i nover was so well acquainted with george tu 1 was with his sister bat i d kept an eye on him too poor mra allen hndn t made any mora of a nucceas with her boy than with her girl george was as npollod a young follow us you d bo llkoly to moot in a day s journey all bin llfo ho had dodftd tho hard things and it had gut to tho point where ho expected every thing to bo made tony and pleasant for him ho never kept a job more than a month and when ho wasn t working ho uuually slept till noon nnd came home ut night at alt hours it looked as if georgo vrere in a fair way to be ruined well when america entered thr war goorgo was drafted up till that tho aliens had been pretty patriotic as far as talk went but somehow it had never occurred to them that aoorge would havo to do his part llku any other young follow of twentyono cunor raroo running over to see mo wild oyod georgo has been drafted aunt jerusha did you over hear of such a thtngl it would kill george ono of those cam pa whom thoy all herd to get her georgo is tlio most fastidious boy about the poopla ho associates with muyho he lu i said rather coldly hut if thutn tho caso i dou t know why i see him willi burton lildgeley bo often burton hldgeluyl cried hunor i why burtons father la the prusldotit of tho third national bank then i mho c light herself up looking uuoor i of course hurtun is u little wild she mil 1 but he bulunrs o oti of the bout famlllui ln town 1 did not reply and in another moment she was back to george of course ho won t pass the physical exoinlnutlon nho said goorgo inn t at all strong and even if he did mamma has numo friends who are very influential one of them is a senator and she is sure they con get him oft you munt remember that this was at the beginning of the war i supposo any girl woul t know better than to talk thai wn now george passed hb physhal txaiulnutlosi and then his mother started in telegraphing and sending long luitcru to the inllountlul friends 1 linor had boasted about and they nit wroto back that thoy rould do nothing for ueorge at last be wan up agaliutt ouiuuthlng from which thero was no barking out juut m rwuim he dlilu t fin 1 it i lcitaaut lluy hint hi in duwn to ona of tli big cimpn in a southern state along with forty tli msaiid utlilra hut of ouuruo to mra allan and 1 llnur it dldnt tnatfir about tho foily thounau i half as much as it did utiout ocorge you d havo thought ho was the only boy in tho unltitl htatrn uorvlie and thul ht d endured mora than nil hi rest luuthii kllimr used to bring aver his totters to iad to mo hoe latere sliowc buy continued prosperity before our lasr victory lonn finflrtciui expcrtt were dubious ni to the outlook for canada she could not borrow abroad it wcu ikccssary that uhc hnvo a lnrgb nvnil able cnpitnl to finance credits for british and foreign war ordcro canada wo thrown on her own resources and appealed to her citizens the rcnjarkflble over subscription of the 1917 victory loan completely change tho uncertain outlook which prevailed it avc a new impetus to agriculture com- mcrcc and prosperity it invigorated our efforts in tho war it allowed our pro vincial govcrnmcnt8municipal and other borrowers to finance their requirements at home in short it gave another lease of life to the activities of the dominion the victory loan of 1918 will accom plish the same purpose upon the ready response of tho large and small investor depends the immcdiato economic future of canada everyones prosperity is in volvcd prepare to buy continued prosperity in victory bonds i dont wont to glvo tlio imprconlon ihat goorgo won finding fault all tho time for that won not tho caso it wan only that bo was no full of bin new llfo and his now duties and tremendously in earnest uo and rilnor como ovcr to seo mo ono afternoon nnd gcorjo ate war coko rnnda without augar or wheat and talked nbout camp ufa inconaantly elinor wan very ullont tar hl ahn letter oho tol 1 mo her mother was going to wrlto to headquarters at washington and toll just wlint nho thought of treating tho uoldlcra tliat way in fact oho did wrlto that very day but luckily alio wroto to tho senator nho know asking for a line from him to onelono with her lotttr and that gavo tlmo for aoorjo letter to reach her it scemod georgo didn t want any appeal made ho iiaid if tho boys know hla mother had dono uuch a thing thoy would think ho had boon playing baby and ho would ha dlu graced forever and ho kept insisting that everything wan nil right that ho didn t mind tho cold that ho won really enjoying blmsolf an uoldlcrn go it wasn t an ununual itort of letter but when i trhd to make myoojf be hove tliat goorgo allen wroto it i had to pinch tnyuolf to bo euro tliat i wasn t dreaming tin that thr fiucercat nort of letter demanded ulnar- looking at mo with her bluo eyes very wido open and it worries momma wliat do you suppose has happened to george if you really want to know i said it lookn- to me ui if ho might ho growing up pxoept tliat georgo wan away from home tho wnr mode very uttlo differ once to tlio allonn bllnor went out a grc d that winter nnd it hccmod to me nho hod on a new frock or a now hat ovcry tiroo i mot her sho did considerable knitting but always with bright colored woola mra all bought a few liberty bonds and mado a small donation to the bed crouu but nho was talking about buying a car that would cost many times as much as uhe had contributed toward tho war elinor como over ono day whan i was just taking aomo potato bread put of tho oven i onortd her a biscuit and she tried it rather doubt fully ar flntl why it really tastes iood nh exclaimed i nuppoacd those things would bo horrid if jour cook has troublo with them id bo glad to show tur how i wild i vo uitcd both oitmcal and potato and i dun t know which i like better qh mamma dotn t bother lunor answered alilly buu uayn what a uttlo family liko ouru uatn can t make any difference cither way i thought i uaw tho food ndmiuln t ration card hi your window i said oh wo had to have that in solf difciine sold 111 nor llbhtly hut even if wo wanted to hoavcrlyo julia wouldnt bho is tho most obstinate girl and sho thinks all this talk about caving wheat and fats is nonnonso it wail oarly in 1 ehruary aa i ro member that qcorto had a week a leave i uaw hlni walking up to his mothers door and though hud livid neighbor to mo since ho wau a uttlo fellow of four i didnt recognlxu him till ho called out my nojne i utood ii5 trifled whllo ho camu over and shook my hand ho looked no broad nlioul dared in his uniform and was no brown that it was itnpouulhlo to bo llovo ho wan tho boy who used to como downutalrn yuwnlni at noon hut it wan nut his tanned nkln that male all tho dlffurttile when you looked into his eyts ho nriuicd moru of u tranter tiian over i linor toll mo ofttrwarils what happened at home the dinner ntnrtcd with vogotnblu soup and thun tho inuld brought in a lamb rouat rgn lot ked reproachfully at hlu mothtr why niotbi r ho mild thought i saw u food card ln window and this la meatless day mrs allen tried to explain that thti food cird was not to bo taktn ncrlously but goorgo ooiild not nto it that way hu niado li iulrlco nbout the whsntunn day and tho whcatkss mcaln uiul he rt fuimxl to lo hrllint to any of the lumb iio wan pleasant ulrout it you know exiilulnod 1 iluor whun nho wnu tolllag mu tlio incrcdlblo atory iio only said 111 tulio my share of tho lamb to morrow if you dont mind it btenicd th it lleoruo luul ub- wtrilx 1 to u hundri i dollar bond of tho second lllinty iau and ho ivan hi- tonnted to know whit uhinr hat tulica wh n h nil tin pit nil in to 1 llnur uhi null ou mun muniuiu don t you i iikiiii ou why 1 imvi u t taken any ooorgo i imwn t any money an odd eipreaolon on hor faco oa if uho aonderod if he could really bi her brother you talk ns if you rntlicr liked it georto i iald to lilm at inst when ho stopped to tako breath in spite of all tho hard dlnagrccjihlo thlnrn uko ut of cun0 i liko it tho hard thlni dou t bother when you iut used to them and bculdcn add ed gtorgo looking up ut me itli tho only thing t havo ovor dono tliat wan worth while it makio llfo ueem dlf feront miss pottor hn wan oxpottim to o acroos very noon tho boys took it for granted that tholr lcavo wan given them that tin y might oay tood by u tliclr famllleo lllnor winced whun ho ipoke of that oh i won t betlovo that gcorto is olng across uho uxclalrnod tiomo thing will happen i foci that it will not if i can holp it sal i georgo and uot bin jaw i h id uluayu thought he hudn t niough chin but au i looked at him now i cotil in t nee any luck nu mean yiu want to go ulnars volci broke before ho ould llnluh md oho h4rii to cry it inn t kind of you uho noblxd to want lo get klllid george weit ucrouj tho room and put hlu arm about tln slst r and watching lilm ui rough my tears t thought him ivcry inch a man its not that rilnor dear ho said of courno i want to como back i want to live hut after all ho wont on standing straight thero aro other things i wantmore i want to have a hand ln tho biggest thing that over happened in thin woild and life urn t woll it in ouch a hlbh price t pay of courno wo didn t know who georgo sailed after a tlmo ono o thuaa printed poat cards nlbnid will hla najno arrived t el hub of tho viaual ttafa arrival ln u foreign port and that very afternoon lllnor come over see me her cyci red ut tho rims t her llis wlutu aunt joruuha uho said ijc toll niu how to go to work to work i repealed and i uup poyo my volco ahowtd how pusled i what kind of workr i don t know bo mo kind uny don t you aco 1 ve got lo be different why goorgo and i don t talk tho same lantuago now there u a gulf wider than tho atlantic oceui botwocn uo it bdunded liko uuch wild talk that i trlod to say aomo thing couuollnb bui lllnor wuuldu t uutou don t you who aunt jurunua 1 vf tot to stop thinking of mjnulf at d i y good times i vu lot tot work and sacrinoo an georgo is doing 1 in nut begin to bo u real amorlcan 1 vo got tu 11 vo up to george of course you muut luy dear i said and took- her in my urniu and kissed hor twenty years ago from the issue of the frw press of thursday october 20 103 hhopjieru do your batunlay buying during daylight on far as possible glvo uic mcrchanm a chance to got home bef ro rnidnlghl a convict i iyu ho wool acnt to prlaoni compi hod every day to cut out plocca rvhlch ord put botwocn heap oboes mado thero f on tlio lnnocont public of cardboard tha udicjj of and palmed i leather a number of tho friends of dr a 0 plllott entertained him at a com pi 1 m untajy uupper at agnow a hotel on monday ovuilm a pjrlor social will bo hold at tho homo of councillor prancis jrlday int 10 citlxmu of acton nnd vicinity lived not wiary foe lack of entertain fnr tho next two wooku tho fullowlnj formidable list ut already nee 1 thursday oct 27th loc turo ut churchill pylday 2btli parlor harlal nt councillor irancla and bn rtulnment l 1onio bchool oct 31bt hont mil story iti citation tho mctho dim church nov 3rd locturo at churchill nov 4th acton cornot hani funurt nov lsui lccluro at chun hill 1 imnltublving night i iro hrlraile l nort nov 24th lccturft at churchill tht n coroi o tho chrutmao ontertalnnn nts in connection with tho sund iy bchoolu cold and rainy weather boekwood lrln and campbell vlllo lull i alru wimpl lu tho lint in this rtl n huilcwood a open 1 rib day was viry wot but tho uecohd day was 1 risht ami thouaandu turned out to enjoy tho fall day outing krin liad iw v t dyu uvlthxno wliowcat to cumi bellvlllo wero soaked married mclvli mcitabtlitb in auelph wednesday 10th october john mchee to kato mcmnstcr just a man orivinq a dray that is i roljabiy what you would nay of him novertholeas tliat ray haired middle aged man driving bin dray lu a hero ijo does not think so he thinks ho has merely dono his duly jenkins and jackcon bui jonklini owned a uttlo printing oniro and j n id n h woul 1 at times feel vi ry bluo thn ho 1 npoit a prelty penny mill of m rtu ho hndn t many an 1 ho often had to lone a job or two uttlo printing wan juut aerons tho hill jncknnn nftlco pro in jonklnn ho way and tho join that jenklnn mtonod wont to jacknou a rnllliin grlut uo tliat jucknon proniwrcd moro and more each day l jenklnn jackson proupirs on my loancn koch job that i poor up ho ocims to nwjpo yet hu plant la no whit bigger an urn darned if i can rtruro how tlio dickenn jackoon ieui tho needful lypo n jack- hud iio jonklnn mauo a uttlo call non an 1 nnkrd him if tho secret confein and as jackiion ut his pipe he replied tho llnotypo in tho nyotcm not tho- secret of cu ccou squirt the baton in thc knap8ack a young womatt who had boon chonen prenldent of a church oewlug iiocloty found tliat ono of her dutlag wan lo appoint tho chairmen of thi varlnua commlttcoi of tho society bhn went first to one of tho experienced capable workcrn who liad bei n in tha iioflt ty for ycaru you 11 ncrvo an chairman of tho work commitloo won t you mra liruymcr she auked confidently you worked on tha commit too and jou woul 1 make an ideal chairman tho other mined her liandn ln pro tect no indeed 1 sho answered cm- ijjliatlcally i m wljjlna to servo on tlio committee au i vo dono before but i ulmply will not tako any responsi bility argument and persuasion wero uso- leuu in uplto of tlio fact that sho had tho ability to dlroct tlio work sho would not glvo tho full measure of ocrvlce tliat was asked of hor would not majio h era elf responsible for oven a iintlo deportmunt of tlio socle tys work and au no often happens tha clialrmannhlp or tlio comroittco wop finally nccopti 1 by another worker who wan already burdened with many both at noma and in tho society the ehalrman of a bed croti i auxil- h ry had tho samo ojipcricnco when alio ye ild to ho was ono of twelve children huppy busy fumlly living in tho mounuunu uurorul mi lea from tho village tin n nuddonly tho rcourgo of tuhircuiosiu foil upo tlien that wuu before tho propr tn utmeiit of thu dlacaso wau under utuoil nluu broth era and ststeru died ono urtur imouior 1 hero were no trained nuracu in thu country duitrlcui thi n thu other meiuheru of tho family liad to do all the nuraint thruiibh all that ago nil nt period tho iiiau who dilvuu tho dray was a vet liable roek of defunno ho aaw ono brothtr un 1 ulster utter unotiiur uickon an 1 fjil o awuy ho nursed them all lit t ivo what i hyslcal relief ho could pruyuru ho comforted of tho work for rrcneb and belgian rofugoea iho young woman whom rho aukol woo an experienced cutler und sower and had worked with tho chairman who was giving up the work i u help uho said but i wont tako charge im not going to bo ro- aponulble why in it tliat dj irony aro unwilling to tako any ruijumnlhulty it is only wt en wo nu o u selves rcaponslblo for como thing tliat wo really begin to lovclop iho girl whoue brother io an ulllcor in tho new und wonderful ameri can army in imtnonooly jiroud of hla rank in imai 1 nation aha sees hjm gaining in dluunctlon advancing ln rank unui ho comes homo major or eolonel instead of second lieutenant aw ho wont away but her brother holds his preucnt runl only because he was willing tu accept rcepo risibility and ho will win tho coveted higher ranks only when ho proven that he is competent to shoulder greater and more impor tant refrponilbluueo the soldier wh uhlrku all responsibility can hardly fail to remain a private to tho end of hla days there is no uucredlt in leaving tho army a private as ono entered it but moat prlvaten aro ambltloun to advanco to bo put in a position of command to tain k rank of officer and to re dia tblu ambition they must uusumed rcuponslblllt a familiar say ing has como down to un from tho times of thu napoleonic warn cvcry ftjoiaictof riamu uarrieaf-ej-neul-inar- tihalu baton ln his knapaluvck tho way was open for any soldier of tho empire to rloo to tho position of uup rem o command but he found thatr baton ln hla knapsack only when ho had progressed from ono position at responsibility to 6thcnj of greater re sponsibility und in each had tohown lilrnself capable of handling tho prob lem that fucod him in tlilsu daytf whan woman aro handling big undertakings and anaum- ing heavy rcsponslhllltlca many women und elrls reading about tho work of mm a or mm b who la at the head of aomo department of tha bed cross or some other splendid organization fur relief wish that they loo niltht aorve their country ln big and important ways thoy do not lop to conul lur that mra a and mrs t und others who are making names or tticnuiulveo liavebcun unconscious ly getting ready for this- nort of work in other pojiluus of loss responsibility which thuy have hold from tlmo to i u lluvi u nho w te or thruu tlllllu a wlu sail tlrotg an 1 y ur et inly u ife el lultll bill 1 rvould in iru uiuil ti r n liny 1 ilt ir lo ml ln a y moth- r llveu n 1 a g m j 1 1 ig i iluw hi urn h ilpii you oi lit i 111 o a liiui llth it when ymi run l hln 1 oil ouklit liave a llbtrty bond i hitu i to tin my slat r a slacker the fast train for you bin co uio reduction of iho number i f taut tralnu on thu italian railroads art a coal saving measure uoldturu aro ordoro 1 lo rida on slow und not on i xi rudti lril im when ulveu fruu truuu poitutlou lo vlult ttioir in mui nut long ago on tho ltomu 1 oruncu ex i renu u polleuiuuu fuund a big healthy looking uo idler who had not u paid ticket what are you doing hare dunurul ud tho ihiueemuu i m toh ut home from thu ttouj ital aimworod tho uoldlir you don i look uu if yon ha 1 uv men uiu innldu uf uiiu the soldier ollcntly threw back hlu calm with iiij left hun 1 ills entire rfghr arm and sh ul lor blado w r lulssliih iho piillreniuii tainted un it wi tild have taken an olllelul with a heart uf utoiiu to havo thrown thut italluh hero off tlm train lie ioijukwi thero it any miin did ho cairied hih cjo lunltalo with him it a thu fuut irulu jfux ail of uu naturally we want llio btut tlm jy rl 1 i tali 1 tho ublln uiu i llni firth for tho unkiwwn all his joulh was io spent at lui t i nly hln futiiut and motlier two brothers and hlmuolf woru left ono of tho brothers married an 1 i no v ml away file other was killed by a trulu tho poor old mother died rhui ciinifl tho last florco trial tuo futlicr fell ill with cuncer llio devoted ei ii net hlniiiolf to face tlu long terrlblo mouths of nuroliu although ho mm 1 1 if wan now utrh ken with tuborculo tilu hlu ono prayer wau that lib i length would not full while hlu lathi in r ltd hhn rho sons prayer wat 1 luiited hiti lliuugth hold out until hlu f iiht r ii loath after tliat bo carod uttlo whut happel ed to hlmuolf wuiil uuvirthuuau lo u hou ital i thi ro undir mod or n if mtinont his dlieami wuu arrested aim ut tilu whulu llfo huu bion pauuud in hiring fur tho oleit ho ban novur i urn freu lu follow his own doulra t tlud eonieiitlul work to muko mom to mc tho world or to murrj but h i i noti r i un r ho thinks hu huu dono onb his duty ua u son a brother and a chrlullau itrhum ho is ilglil 1 ut 1 i vf itiuoy uf ua who mil ourt lveu chilitlunn nro doing ouru u simply uu in bly un duvi todlj t lino lvcry reaponulbluiy tliat comes to uu la something far moro than a mor burden to bo earrlod it in an oppor tunity to strengthen ourselves to 0t ilvca to till bigger and better loullloiiu so that wo shall bo ready and o pulppod when tho b lltes t und bout of all calls for our service nodlc sayings havo no mo offors bufwhit have s in return t what n tlu in 7 ufft tin il 1 a quc3ti0n or right i veiy mini huu u lighl to hla i wu i 1 inl in auld the urguuteiitatlv u man ihiilu what i miy xelulinol luiintnr hurkhum in a tone uf ullfhl liiltati u what lu tho oentio ur your 1 utlnilup u illiiuusnluu in an crtuit to tnkn my opinion nwny from mo an 1 substitute your washington hiur his christian naml ih inrf l i fxpluli iiiiihc ti i whffli uho glyi t x amp it i itre i lu j mil itenit i hrluuun nun ml 1 ufti th r unurin i ilatliu imu uihn hu 1 lake iho dlutllictli uu t chilutlun nunies rmie l un thu child ron ti uf i a h kind fium i und tliouu or t lur famllle i uu imkud to toll lu ono utiiuino and ulnu tho f ltd fallrtt nho ro uttlo lunlt ition my in join 1 i moth ui t id hh in tho differ noo ohaorvod thero aro many no ton riomu aro nt to make dlvlnii pools aomo lawyers nouie phyalclans no mo to bo nent to tlio plough and liadus ben jouuon tultilitu aro boutowod by nature im partially rtaruleuj of tlm receivers inilllrecl l rudcriek uiu great luutcad of deploring that roses havo lliurnu i urn ilud thu uiomy slum is upiofl with rosea und that tho tree be uiu bloom joubort i luuiktj 11 vim for u form or doth invito god lu bentw u uoeoud lhiiiuiii jiiorrick a uol book lit tho precious llfo- bl oi uf a mauler uplrlt njbuhnod and treuuure 1 up mlltou 0hc wall shopping a liidy hu l hedi uittliig lu u jurul tun ohoji fur inurly two hours in- npietlug the stuck of linoleums trays ii t hit n o journal boll after roll tlio luiiilrlttg uualutant brought nut tint titlll tito hoc mod dlnualuil itioui or jiobm i o j u iged hor tnbau person uf wcailth unl thuught it llkoly that ho would iuvo a food order tu give whim at lapt ho had nhown her tho lust nil ho paunid in deni air i in very nurry i nudum hu aald upolurehally 1 ut it yuu could wait 1 wull tjct mure plucon from the fat lory can uu call itkaln iho uonpeettvu cunu luiusttfti trod ht r bttoiglnuu iu roso from thu t hulr hluveu wear thein ill uhi smile uuil unk hi wllh vmy nutitll deslgui 0ultliuf 1 tlio lhittom t ago with a bfaelous we nd you noma luttnhlo for u eanurj i