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THE CHLkOKEE ADVANCE, CANTON, GEORGIA
Periwinkle
House
By Opie Read
Ul«strat«4 by
R. H. LnringatOM
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1922
Owrlfkt. Tto Ml 8/a4lr*t«. Im.
SYNOPSIS
CITAPTfCR I-The time I, the lat, MO*
•>r early "iO, ami Uu> scene *a eteamtmat
on the Mississippi river All the types
of the period are present and the Boat
ing pftlare Is (lletlturitlahed hy merriment,
dancing and gallantry. There are the
•-uatomary drlnKIng and aemhllng also
Vtrgtl Drace. a young northern man, la
on his way south on a mleelon of revenge
Ha meets an ee< entric charai'ter In the
parson of one Liberty Hhottle, who la
•nstantly tempting the goddess of
chaaice. They form a singular compact.
CHAPTER II.—Drace gels his mind oft
his mission hy entering Into deck sports
In which he exhibits an unntnal athletic
prowess Liberty Hhottle Is again un
lucky at card* and attempts a lliwm lal
negotiation with Drace The latter, see
ing an opportunity 10 use Hhottle, con
fides to him that his mission Is to find
a certain ex-auerrdia, Hirpho la Villa,
who had murdered trrace’a father It le
hie determination announced to his uew
chum, to hang 1st Vltte as high as
Ha man. Draua has become enamored
■of a mysterious beauty aboard the boat.
CHAPTER III,- The steamer reaches
New Orleans, al that time In the some
what turbulent throes of carpetbag gov
ernment. Hhottle becomes possessed of
two tickets for the h’rench ball, a great
society event, and proposes that Drava
sccompany him to the affair. The young
men attend and Drace unexpectedly mrela
the girl who had tired his heart aboard
(lie steamer. Hhe is accompanied by one
Boyce, whose proprietary Interest Indt-
i atas that he la her ffance Through
stratagem Bhottle learns that the name
of the girl la Nadine la Vltte and that
her companion of the evening Is the man
who la leaking to marry her.
CKAPTIOR IV. Drace passes an uneasy
night tom by the eusplclnn that Nadine
Is the dauahter of old Htephn la vote,
now an admitted outlaw Now, more
than ever, Is he reeolved to find where
the girl lives and to flint Htrplio Druce
and Bhottle begin a search of the city.
In one of their nocturnal pilgrimages
they come upon a mob Intent upon hang
ing a poor wretch from the llml> or a
tree. It le a typical carpetbag execution
and aroused the resentment or an oppos
ing mob of cltlaens Drace takes a nand
In Ihe fight which statin and In Itisiru
mental In preventing the execution. I'Yom
a window opposi.e the scene, l e entchea
a glimpse of ope he Is sure Is Nadine
CHAPTER. V The escapade, the tight,
the Interference with the execution get
Drace and Bhottle Into bad standing with
tl, authorities, hut Instead .if punish
ment are given until the nest da> to
board a steamer bmmd north- Returning
to the house where he thought he hud
glimpsed the girl, Drace Minis tin- place
abandoned. Through Colonel Josh, an
-ulssary employed at the suggestion of
jottle, he gets a faint clue In the dls-
yverv that a certain I'renclinjan, a wine
dialer, In reported to hr- an Intimate of
Ntepho la Vltte There Is only u short
time before the departure of the steamer
when Drace and Shuttle go to cull on
the Frenchman. The latter Is too keen
to be Inveigled Into giving up any Infor
mation, but shuttle, spying a lull nd among
the casks and bottles, especially tin* ar
ticles made up f ■ shipment, makes an
So ns not to arouse
the I i enrhinan, lie
I'pim the
• hi hoard
the cases
at 4 Ear.
the next
Important iilscm >
the suspicions o
castiully draws I
place mod onto I ■ ■ earner,
in Informs Drace that one <
was addressed lo •>v,pho in \
Hum s I guiding. M sDslppl, n
atop below Rethp.1 :■ S Laudin '‘and Col
onel Hethpage Is Liberty Shuttle s uncle
CHAPTER VI. Drace nnd Shottle are
received with genuine hospitality by
Colonel Hethpage ami Mud the planta
tion and Its environs delightful After
a brief slay and a characteristic financial
transaction with the colonel, Shottle goes
away OBtensllili on a huslnoss trip to
Vicksburg, hut In reality to seek Ills
favorite form of amusement. Drace
makes tin' plantation Ills headquarters
amt from pieces of Information gathered
from various sources, becomes convinced
that La Vltte Ims a haunt In a great
wood of cypress and a tangle of salt
cedar, a sort of everglades, a marsh with
hundreds of knoll islands rising here and
there among the bayous A shrewd old
negro had told h'm that the outlaw lived
In a house Imllt of periwinkle shells
Day alter day Drace lakes a canoe and
goes farther and farther Into the moss-
hanging Wilds At Ills feet lies a rope, on*
end of It a hangman's noose.
chapter VII. I dare penetrates In
to the wildernesv discovers Periwinkle
House and Muds Nadine alone She Is
much alarmed and warns him her father
will shoot him. lie makes love to her ami
to get him to go she agrees to meet him
again the following Thursday. On Ids
way home Drace Is accosted by three
men who ask to he set across the river.
They overpower him and hind him with
ropes Led by Tony they throw Drace
Into an old cabin. Tony tannte Drace
irul avows his love for Nadine, while
■he others collect fuel Tony sets lire
■to the cabin and Ihe three go off laugh
ing And then Ids bonds are cut anil
with Nadine's help he gets safely out
She tells him how she was led to come
^to his rescue.
CHAPTER VIII. Drace gets safely
hack to the Hethpage place. The gen
eral writes him to accompany him to
Natchez, where he Is to address a teach
ers' meeting. At Natchez they go to old
Tobe Mason's tavern, under the hill a
famous place. There they drink summer
grape wine, listen to "The Arkansaw
Traveler," see the bm k-and wing dapp
ers and have a dinner of doves atul fix-
in’s. Stepho la Vine appears. Insults
the CJeneial by calling him a "Carpet
bagger." The General tells him he lies
fltepho thaws a dirk, Drace disarms
Steplio, who leaves, vowing vengeance.
CHAPTER IX -On the Thursday morn
ing of the appointment between Drace
and Nadine, Stepho informs the girl that
they are soon going to Memphis where
Rhe 1s to be mauled to Boyce She pro
tests, to no avail. Drace comes at evening
and makes warm love to her
CHAPTER X—The next day Drace
goes back to Periwinkle House, deter
mined to have an undemanding with
Nadlae. His vow of vengeance and his
hatred of Stepho are as nothing beside
his love for Nadine. She protests that
she cannot marry him, but In the end
gives up and promises to he his wife
He confides In Aunt Ty-te. Liberty
Shottle arrives. He Is flush. "
$20,000 In s lottery
having won
CHAPTER XI.—Drace goes again to
vlalt Nadine. Stepho and Tony spring
E n him, overpower him and threaten
with instant death. Nadine appears
threatens to kill herself with her
dagger If they do not let Drace go at
ones. They know she will do as she
•ays. so they put Drace In Ills canoe and
•tart him off. Then Stepho and Tony
overpower Nadine and lock her up. In
the dead of night she manages to sera:
a note to Drace by a frog-hunter.
It vu only a breeze that rustled in
th» esne. She could hear It now, lisp-
inf amid the glossy leaves above her.
Why should she be impatient? She
cbultl wait. Ilad she not waited night
after night for her father's footstep?
Had she not sat fn the house, alone
and not afraid, when the storm
tangled ihe tops of the cypress tree*
and Inshed the-bayou mad? , .
She lutd not heard :i sound, htil look
ing hy chance, she sutv Drace coining
through the enne, and she sprang up
to meet him, 1Ii*> play-book pressed
against Iter bosom.
"Nadine.”
“Monsieur!"
“Don't call me 'Monsieur.' fall me
Virgil."
Site dropped her hook, lie bent to
pick li up, Imi she sun I died It from
beneath his reaching baud and stood
back from him.
"Ob, It nas you, then I it whs you
tin- so si con u man llttil would break
m,' father's wrist. It was you!"
"Nadine. It was not lo hurl him.
Willi a knife lie would have killed an
••Id man; and then llie.v would have
bunged him. Nadine, my oilier liaud
held yours, lo protect you."
“Ii must he true. I will believe yon
—Virgil. I know you brave and not
wish to hurl im old man. No, you
could not do thill. Vim will forgive
me, yes?"
She held forth her liostd and taking
It tenderly, lie touched It with Ids lips;
ami like a princess she accepted Ihe
homage due her rank and her beauty.
“('oiue, now, we play." she said,
sweetly laughing. "And It miisl lie
free, like the boy and Ihe girl. lint
first yon sli down here ami tell me."
She led him to Iter '‘sofa" and they
sat down, leaning hack against (he
tree,
“Tell you what, Nadine?"
“About the great big world yoli
know so well."
"I don't know Ihe hig world, as you
thiiik ll. Hut I know the universe ns
I feel II. It Is here."
About her finger she sal wrapping
the llly-siem Hull had marked her
favorite play. Was it (hilt she did not
understand his reference in Ids inil-
verseV No, for she shook her fiend,
nnd with a sigh that did not mean
" en rlncss.
"The universe could lint he oil tills
little Island.”
"ll could he held In your dimpled
hand."
"i ih, my hand dimpled!" Sin- held It
In front of Idm, tniinhed Ills brow
with the palm.
“It is mil soft enough to be dimpled,
Virgil.”
"1 would kiss It soft.”
lie caught her wrist, touched the
tip of eflcli linger Willi Ills lips ami
then kissed the palm. Sin- laughed,
drawing hack her hand.
"You must not do that. We must
talk of oiher iliing- ’’
"Yes, hill llrst let ino tell you of
my dreign."
"I tin not like to hear irealtls. We
Hhvnys forget them and make up some
thing wo did not dream. . . Rut
did you not tell me once?"
“No, 1 don't think so. In my dream
you touched my heart with a torch
and set it ullre.”
"Mill I would not do that. I would
save you from the lire. Ah. and Tony
he has gone to the city, but‘when lit*
comes hack, we must watch dose
. , . Out* film* he tried to take my
hand, ami In* said he would kiss me.
Ami I say : ‘Thai may he, Totij You
cn.it kiss im* because you stronger. Rut
when you him*, then you he dead.'
And lie knew that 1 speak what was
to come."
"We care nothing for hltn. Let him
keep out of my way. Ami
when I saw you al the hull, t knew
thill you were the girl with the torch.
And th* you know what I said lo my
self? Let me whisper It to you,"
"There Is no one to hear."
"I said : ‘You are to he my wife.'
And Just then you turned about and
looked at me."
"lint I dhl no! see you.”
“Come, now, you must have seen
me."
"Well, perhaps. Rut I dhl not say:
'1 am to he Ills wife.' No, I dhl not
say that. Ami It cannot he, Virgil."
"Milt It Is gAiug to he, all Ihe aarne.
ami you know It. Why, what Is all
this universe for If that Is not to he?
Why wus this little Island cast up
here? Why ditl the word ring forth:
‘Let there tie light’? It is part of the
plan of creation, and nothing can pre
vent It. ... I slmll have lo wait, hut
I—"
"Will wait a long time, Virgil. Hut
we must not talk like that. Come—
let us forget such tilings."
She put her spell on hint, anti he was
a hoy again. Hand in bund they
walked about, pretending that the acre
island was miles and miles in extent.
Time was a day-star shooting unseen
across the sky, mill then a heavy sen
tence fell upon him. It was time for
him to go. In the cane she stood with
him where his canoe was moored, lit*
held her hand, drawing her toward
him. but she took it away. C
“No—im. you must not . . .Quick
Virgil, you must go now. The sun is
low."
CHAPTER X
•
In the night, in that hour of self-
reproach which comes to us >i 11. Virgil
awoke In a rag,* with himself. He had
been dreaming, had soon himself infirm
of purpose, without character. Ruck
to. Mighhtujj ijnt'.'c. l'_". tfi*i •_[ i-r, "o
cestry, and was he to be the first of
, ht8 r,te t® prove degenerate, to tram
ple upon the memory of his father, to
loll in stupid love, lo give his soul to
a creature far beuotilh him in birth
and schooling, n girl whose father had
murdered! Out of |„.,i he got. and
howed with till- weight of shame,
walked the uneven lloor, for his slow
steps were doddering.
“Caught in an Instant, a fly in a
speck of jelly, nnd have never been
able lo get free,” he reproached him
self. "Even Liberty Hhottle, the «lava
of cards ami dice, can see my weak
ness and must laugh at me. But by
the Ood In Heaven It shall not be. In
this land there is uo law. I bring my
own law with me. tny oath, and a smile
and a word of flattering love bade me
put It aside, and I let It slip from me.
Now I must reticent myself."
lie stood at the window. Gamecocks
were crowing the dawn, h courageous
challenge to all the world. No. there
would be no weakening now. The
sweetish comedy had been played.
Swiftly lie dressed himself, stole
downstairs. out of the house, down to
the river. There was no boat, but no
matter, lie would walk to Willow Heud.
Realizing lbat It ivhm yet too early for
the execution of his grim purpose, lie
balled al a wayside place, ate break*
fast ami waited for the sun. Then not
in flurried haste, bill deliberate In
strength, In* walked ' on to Willow
Head, crossed over, found Ills neglected
rope where, In a hollow stump In
backsliding weakness lie bad bidden ll,
buttoned It beneath Ills rout and strode
down Into Ihe swamp.
moh saplings an arbor of muscadine;
here an adventurous catbird had her
nest of young. She cried and flut*
tered about in great alarm, but when
she saw that they were not her en-
emicsf thut they caught grasshoppers
to feed her brood, she sat high among
the vines, calling her mate, the musi
cian, and here In* cunte, Reared at first,
but when she had explained to hint lie
sang his medley, ending with the cat
call whence conies his unpoetlc name.
The stm hail been speeding, and wen!
behind a cloud. Fear seized Nadine,
nnd taking Virgil’s hand, she urged
hint toward the boat.
“M.\ dear one, we must go now. The
suit wus Jealous that we so happy and
will go into the dnrk to pout. . . .
I will show you the near way for you
to come again, the way I came when
there was the fire. You can leave
the canoe In the rashes and you will
need it only to cross over lo the cane.
But we must hurry now."
In the rushes opposite the islaud he
hid his canoe, and then she conducted
hint ulong a narrow and sometimes
treacherous trail. Coming to the foot
ing. she hulled.
“I must leave you here. But I stand
for two minutes. The sun he will wink
a few more times. ... I am so
glad now to know that I will he yogr
wife. And I am strong ami can work."
"Lord bless you, hut you won’t have
to work.”
His anus were about her, her check
against Ills, and with happiness the
world was glowing.
"Till Thursday!" lie cried as he
. . dipped Ills paddle.
It was a long way to his canoe near I .upm Tinn-u.iov •« » i ,
the Muscadine Isle, and .he watched ‘ -»*e echoed as she
pull to Periwinkle house, bill there
was time enough. Stepho would not
go away till Thursday. Ah. he would
go-nw'H.t no more, for now on Tuesday
he must settle with I lie spirit of Alfred
Drace,
Mists hovered about, but (lie islaml
was in a blaze of light. Silently Ihe
ennoe slit the satin water. Silently
he Itthdcd. Determined vengeance may
pick Its way as softly as euger love;
and in the cane, sharper of whisper
now tlini the weather wits cool, he
made not a sound, out into the open
In* iMcrcil. No one within sight. On
the bark of the live oak were Ihe dead
flowers of yesterday. There In the
shade wits the box Hint had served as
table, mice so prettily strewn with
violets.
In "|>11«• of Ids vow of vengeance and
Ills hatred of Stepho, these things
caught at Draco's heart, shook his
fixed purpose of action. For many
minutes In* waited*—tin sign of Stepho,
iif anyone. And then Ids bipod leaped;
for soft hands suddenly l/llmleil him
from behind, soft laughter bubbled
over ut his astonishment. And dark
thoughts and dark purposes fled on
the wind us he caught Nadine and
hugged her close.
“Now for your punishment!" And
In* kissed her.
"nil. you must not ngnlii
\ Irgll. I cannot like you when you are
rude. . . . Yon must not!”
"I don't want yon Just to like me."
"You do not? Then I will fry not to.
. . . Cohte and sit down, Virgil.
Amt worked so lull'd for your kisses
you must la* tired. . . . . How did
you guess?" *
"t11toss wlmt?" In* nskofl us she led
him to the sofa and lo* sut gazing en
tranced as she captured nnd Impris
oned her guerrilla hands of hair.
"That Father and Tony had gone
limiting today. Rut they may he hack
al any tiino, Virgil. Ytm must not
si ay."
"Rat I must stay; you hold me pris
oner. I nmsl stay until you love me
as madly as I do you."
“As mildly ns you do me? That
might not he so much mad, Virgil.
Rut why should I love you?"
“Beenuse you arc to he my wife. We
are engaged."
"Art* we? I did not know that.
Why you not tell me sooner?"
"1 did. and now you must know It."
"Rut I did not. Then I must he
stupid, yes?"
“The w huh* universe Is stupid If It
denies It. The angels are stupid If
they fall lo see It."
‘Hh, you must not talk like that. It
hint go.
"Till Thursday!” muttered the sinks
ter voice of old Stepho, who had ap
proached softly through the under
growth at the sound of voices, nnd had
overheard their parting. But when he
cattle to Periwinkle house, he gave m>
sign to Nadine thut he had overheard
—only talked of Mohslettr Boyce and
the line dresses In* would buy for her
when she was Ids wife.
It was long past noon when Drace
reached the river.
The General hud gone over Into an
other parish to attend a slock sale.
Tyele said; and when she had looked
ut Druce more closely, at his lorn
dollies, his muddy shoes, she sighed
and snt down beside him where on the |
rustic bench In* lied dropped to rest |
before going to Ids room.
"Virgil," slit* said, "there is some
thing troubling you. Now, von needn't I
I el I me Mint it Is business. I know |
what business is. I know nil of its
I ricks; Inti I also know love unit all j
of ils tricks. Virgil, you are In love.
Let tin* hope Unit it Is not tlnit Nina t
Spence. She isn't worthy of you; nnd
besides, slu* doesn't belong to us. sin* I
is not of our world. Virgil. I am so
sorry.”
Sin* pul lu*r Imiiil on Ids arm, and he
took it and n fleet Innately kissed it.
"Abut Tyele, 1 never snw (In* girl
you speak of. | am In the*—the throes,
you might say. and have been—wus
before I gol 11fire, but not with her.”
"But Is It with anyone I know?"
"You have seen her. I have lienrd." I
"Dh, you must tell mv. It slmll he j
sacred with me. U'you only knew Imw j
people tell me ilielr nlVidrs of t In* heart, f
Fveil old Colonel Josh Inis lohl me, j
Now, why won't you?"
“I shall tell you, hut I must put you i
on your honor, I said (lint you have j
seen her. You have; you spoke of
her. Xuilllte—"
“Dll. Virgil! Rul her father!"
"Yes, I kltow. But let me tell you
my story.
He lolil of Ids love, not of Ids fa- i
tiler's death—told her nothing of Itis j
"itth ; she listened enrupltired ; and j
"hen In* had finished, sht* < mothered I
him with her arms about Ids neck.
its throat cut from ear to ear, I got
on a boat hound for Havana. The
Spanish captain gave me passage for
service. He was studying English, and
I agreed to explain to him certain
niceties of our mother tongue, you un
derstand ; and I am sure thnt, reaching
port, he knew more about gamblin';
terms than he could have nicked up in
a year of close study in one of our or
dinary schools. He was appreciative,
generous, and guvi me a bonus of five
dollars. I went to a hotel, not of the
flvst class, nnd It was there tltal I
made my investment. The weather
was warm and—”
“For gracious sake. Liberty, tell us!"
his aunt urged him.
“Thnt Is my alto, but let us not be
Impetuous. . . . T was eating a
Spanish stew out on the sidewalk, the
Weather being warm, when along came
an agent—not a titan In distress, hut a
regular agent—and I Invested ivllh
him. I bought a ticket in the Havana
lottery. Walt, now. Nothing
ever happens until It does, you know.
Tke drawing eunie off two days later,
Hiul my number, .'tofi.TJt'd. won the first
prize, twenty thousand in gold."
Tyele hugged him; Druce shook Ills
hand; and the General exclaimed Ills
astonishment.
'‘Well, that heals anything I ever
beard In my life. It doesn't seem pos
sible. sir."
"No, and I whs somewhat taken by
surprise, IJnele Howard, lint there is
often success in h change of occupa
tion. and I had tried everything else.
It took me a few moments to adjust
myself; then I got a draft, and In Mo
bile received premium enough on my
gold certificate to pay my debts. And
now It gives me great pleasure in per
form that duty. I owe you. Uncle
Howard, twelve hundred and thirty
dollurs, all (old. Aunt Tyele, I owe
you five hundred. Virgil, I owe you—
but we’ll get al (hat later. Worthy
and pallent creditors, here we are!”
lie took out a roll of bank notes,
counted the umutint of Ills indebted
ness to Ids aunt and showered her lap
with greenbacks. Then be turned to
Ihe General,
"No, Liberty, 1 don't want the
money," protested Hctlipnge. "If you
Pny me, ll will be the first lime you
ever returned borrowed money lo me,
and I iloti'i care to have you establish
a precedent I lint jnlglil __ bring dlsap-
P'.iTttl men! Tn ihe 'fuTure.'"
After the family bedtime. Shottle
(•time into Draco's room and requested
him to report as to what progress In*
had made: and Drace told l£n all
that had occurred.
“Aud now let me tell you u notion
of mine." said Shottle then. “Tf you
are waiting for thnt old shnrkbnne to
decay, you’ll perhaps wait twenty
years. Attention: I'm going on a lit
tle trip tomorrow. In two days, when
F come buck, I'll drive down to a con
venient. point ; you fetch thp girl. Into
the carriage you Jump, and away we
go. drive over to some place where
we can caich a train, and Cincinnati
before old Ntepho knows whlelt way
we've gone. What do you say?"
"littl—what becomes of my oath?
Oh, don’t think thut because I dally I
have forgotten it or litti' in one Jot
I shall 1'nll In keep it. If | should,
In all after-life I'd have a coni nipt for
myself."
CHAPTER XI
"Till Thursday!" Druce bad cried.
Nadine bad echoed It, njul another
voice, hidden In the cane, hail mut
tered the words with how different, j
meaning! Now Thursday was come
again: and Virgil Drace infirm of
purpose, again made his way down
the river and through Ihe sw'untp lo
Ills tryst with Nadine.
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the family sat in the shade, tip to the j
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en by a negro in livery. Out stepped ;.i
ntit11 as tall as Lincoln and wearing u }
hut as high as bis. His raiment flashed
like ilu* varnish of Ids equipage. Drace !
recognized him ns lie came through tin* ;
gale, laking"-'T>|T his gloves, ami tin* I
General cried out :
... „ ,, , , * “Tyele.»I wish I may die (lead If it j
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fltmiu and sing will, the,fiddle?" | wm , |lls K ,„ ves llls llall( , ,
"No, wo go to Ihe beautiful places “Well, Mberty!" cried Ids aunt, glv- j
on earth and look upon them—togetli- | n g hint a hug of welcome.
e, ' M , ' ' The General and Drace grasped him. 1
No, no, >on must not think like stroked Ills velvety raiment, urging 1
that. You take tny father hy the wrist him to a seat.
Hnd he hate you. . . . . And I do so "Why all tills. Colonel Shuttle?"—;
wrong to see you. I am the sinner, loir from flu* General. “Von don't mean to j
1 believe tlnit ilu* Blessed One, sin* tell me that you have sold your Jute- I
ask for my forgiveness. . . No. | stock?" !
Niigll. we can only play together and "Uncle Howard, sir. first Issue orders |
It will live in the mind, to have my carriage stored, my horses
our v'hildlmisl here. . . , My fa- stabled nnd my driver quartered, !
liter Is not well all the time now, and please.” I
I must he good to him. . , . Only The order was issued, and they sat j
I miisl sec you, sometimes. That is wailing for Shuttle to explain Ills j
the only wrong I do him, transformation.
"For I—I love you. ... I did not "A simple story,” In* began, stretch- ^
want to fed yon. hut T cannot keep It lug nut his legs. "But do not forestall 1
nil tin* time down in my heart. . . . me. I’oker, dice, roulette, faro, haz- '
I dream of you all of the night, and I Hi'd—all of them Talle\J.”
kneel down and pray that you always “And this comes of legitimate In-
lovo me. There, I have told vestment !" T.vcie cried. “1 knew If
you so much. And I kiss you. too. would. Oh. T knew It Jttsl had to conn*.
. Now—you may stay for n little Now tell us about It.
"It was an Investment. Aunt Tyeie.
But let nu* not forestall myself. I left I
hero on a boat, got broke. Finally I
reached Tampa, Florida."
".Away down there. Liberty?”—from
Tyeie. |
‘Tnlier.ce, tny dear aunt. Tampa.
Mill broke! After a day of hope wiih
time, and then you must go."
Roy and girl they played, not from
the hook but lrotu love's ever-varying
text. In bis canoe they puddled afar
off where tile lily-pads pined tin* sin--
face of the pond. They landed on a
kind I where wus soread. over persist-
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