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shouldnt ill out in such walber as this im not cold she pn tented him to frederick wont you com in mr town hut he wiutd not hi- would coll hn up june mood on the porch und wuuhid him go down thr mips hi tin d to her when he reicl rd inn i ur oh fwmt the said ive hod ruch u di tin w i nt into the houvf tom iher june lichtid the lump cant you dine will ui i hujd you mikht uik mi moth ir it tilling mith u nuk frund if i ko himii 1 hhull tup on brrud urd milk bophy ri chops will be much txt- tr me i rid lur flemtra up to him inn t tin- friitfrunci hruvrn- ly tour i ii- them to ou siic rlilid oh lie been icry krond unit norfciou- lunch at the cheiy chsc club u lonjl drue aft irwnrd he broke off kvant you look half frorn sit hi re by the lire ond rt uorm i met txith truias kvurisxkhy will you do tuch unnci i winud to tec you hut you can hec me any time 1 cannot not vhcn you are lunching uith fiishinnuble centlemen with gotdlincd pockilbookh he hi id out hi hnnds to the blare do you like him mr towne yei ond 1 like the things he does far me i had te pinch myself to be sure ii was true if ahot wu tnict that i was really playing around with the great frederick towne you talk oa if he were conferring a favor she had her coav off now and her hat she came and aat down in the chair opposite him evans she suid youre jealous she was still vivid with the excitement of the aft ernoon lighted up by it her akin warmed into color by the swift row ing blood beneath well i am jealous he tried to smile at her then went on with a touch of bitterness do you know what i thought about as i sat watch ing the lights at mrs allisons well as i came over today i passed snowy held and there was a scarecrow in the midst of it flutter ing his rags a lonely thing an ugly thing well were two of a kind jane that scarecrow and i her shocked glance stopped him evans you dont know what you are saying he went on recklessly well aft er all jane the thing la this its o mans looks and his money that count im the same man inside of me that i wna when i went away you know that you might have loved me the thing that is left you dont love yet i am the same man as he flung the words at her her eyes met his steadily no she said you are not the same man why nott the man or yesterday did not think dark thoughts the light had gone out of her as if he had blown it with a breath jane he said unsteadily i am sorry sho melted at one and began to scold him almost with tenderness what made you look at the scare crow why didnt you turn your back on him or if you had to look why didnt you wave and say cheer up old chap summers coming and youu be on the job again to me theres something debonair in scarecrow in summer he dances in the breeze and seems to fling de fiance to the crows he fell in with her mood but his defiance is all bluff how do you knowt if he keeps way a crow and add an ear of com to a farmr here hasn t tna fulfillrd hit drttlny oh if yoo want to put it that wuy i ljupcor you are hlrtirg trat i can keep away a crow cr two i m riot hinting i em tailing u ttroiam owt thry heard ilakfya slap tn tre hull janr rltlrg gav evana bead a pat aa ahe pated him you era thinking about yourwlf too much old dear atop it llatdy ramping in drtandrd a detailed account of janes edirtv turr and i look onfgt to malkat riw toid him gleefully mtdwey cf trr recital you should have seen him he carried my parcel and offered advice llaldy had no ears for ortgga at tractions di you gel th umnga mitt town aanledt we did we wvnt to the houts und i waited in the car while ur towne had the bags packed ha wunled me to go tn but i wouldnt we brought bar bags out cftth ua whos wt mr towns and i myself she added th spectacular details do you mean thot youve been playing around with him all day not ull day dsldy part of it im not sure that i ilk it- why nol a mun like that he might fill your heud with ideas chatter vi moldy burnet furing forth to find kdilh towne on sunday morning tu a figure at old as the agea youth in quest of romanc it was very cold and the clouds wire heavy with wind dut neither cold nor clouds could damp hit ar dor ot his journeys end was a lady with eyes of burning blue people were going to church as ha come into the city and bells were nnuinn but pretcntly he rode again in country silences he crossed the lonr bridge into virginia and fol lowed the road to the south it was early ond he met few cars yet hud the way been packed with motors he would have still been alone in that world of imagination where he saw edith towne and that flrht wonderful moment of meeting so he entered alexandria pass ing through the narrow s hat spook so eloquently of history be yond ihc ton a as another stretch of rood parallel to the broad stream und at last an ancient roadside inn of red brick with a garden at the back barren now but in sum mer a ungle of bloom with an ex panse of reeds and water plants extending out into the river and a low spidery boatlanding which showed black at this season above ihe ice for years the old inn had been de serted until motor cars hod brought buck its vanished glories once more its wide doors were open there uas nothing pretentious shout it but baldy knew its reputation for genuine hospitality he wondered how edith had kept herself hidden in such o place it was amazing that no one had dis covered her thot some hint of her presence hud not been given to the newspapers he found her in a quaint sitting- room upstairs i think she said to him as he came hi that you ore very goodnatured to take all this trouble for me thoy eme no the gth it lot any troutl- hi i once was fee with bar hat ect ah was doubly woadartul ha test hi youth and toetrperrtaoc rat words cam to and i didnt do it for you i did tt for bjruh etc uugfcsd do you always toy such tic things i shall always aay tfam to yea and you mustot mind- rsauy jan would have recognized return trg cocfidenc to that cock of thw head im just a paga s- aegta a lyre they laughed together he was great fun the decided clffereet- ts are sranderteg i fancy hoar i happened to come her sh said lrarrg back tn her chair hr bur riiiud hir against its faded cusn jca well an old cook of uoth trs uartha uorts u lh wife of the landlord bte will do asythuvf for me i ha had all my meal upstairs i might b a thousand mile away tor all my world know cf me i was worried to death shea i thought cf you out in the alarm and all the who i was sittlaf with my fret on the fender reading about myself in the evening pa per and what you read was aplaav ty said baldy slanguy 1km eif thus reporter deserve to be shot oh iher had to do it tndirter trlly and what they hav said tf ncthirg to what my friends ar say ing its a choice morsel every itirl who ever wanted dels millions it crowing over the way he treated mr th took tn his eve disconcerted her do you really think that of course were a gredy bunch i dont us to hear you say auck thing- why not y because you arent greedy yoo know ii it wasnt his millions yoo were after what was i after i wish youd tell m i dont know i well i think you just follow j th bock other girl got married so you would marry you didnt know anything about love or yon wouldnt hav don it how do you know im rtwr been in love isnt it true i suppose it la i dont know realty toutl know aom dsy and yod mustnt vr think of yourself aa mercenary youre too wonderful tor that loo too fin eh rvalixad in that moment that the boy was in earnest that he was not saying pretty things to bar for the soke of saying them be was saying them all la sincerity it is nice of you to buv in me bui you dont know m i am like the little girl wtlh th curl i caa be very very good but aometim i am horrid s you cant make m think il he handed her a packet of tettar your uncle sent these theres on from slmms on top i think i wont resd it i wont read any of them it has been heav enly to be away from things i foal like a disembodied spirit looking on but having nothing to do with toe world t hsv left r they were rrnlling now i caa believe thot baldy said but i think you ought to read slmms let si- yh neednt tu me you havent any curiosity well i hav she broke the en velope more than that i am mad ly curious i wouldnt confess tt though to anyone but you they can cut me up in little pi before i break my silence again they laughed together then she brok the seal of the lat ter rend it through to harwlf then read it a second time aloud now that it la all over edith i want to teq you how it happened i know you think it is a rattan thing i did but it would hav been worse if i had married you i am is love with another woman and i did not and it out until th day of our wedding she isnt in the least to blame and somehow i cant feal that i em quite th cad that everybody is call ing me thing ar bigger some times than ourselves pate just took me that morning and swept ma away from you it isnt her fault she wouldnt go away with me although i begged her to do it and aha was right ol course she la poor but she isnt morn ing me for my money the world will aay she is but the world doesnt recognize the real thing it has come to me and if it ever cornea to you youre going to thank me for this but now youll hate me and im sorry youre a beautiful won derful woman and i find no ex cuse for myself except the one that it would have been a crime under the circumstances to tie us to each other in spite of everything faithfully del there was a moments silence as she finished thon edith said so thats that and tore the letter into little shreds her blue eyes were like bits of steel hes right said baldy id like to kill him for making you un happy but the thing was bigger than himself she shrugged her shoulders of course if you are going to condone dishonor he was leaning forward hugging hie knees i am not condoning anything but i know this thai some day if you ever toll in asv youll forgive- vtronunued on p