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INTO THE DITCH, WHILE RETURNING TEANGPY IN 1 : }_FROM THE CONVENTION, WHERE . THE DARK, BUT 477] STATES. DELEGATION ~ ILL BET I= HE'D I. fie HEN = HAR-R-R-UMPH- BEFORE I ~~ TIP HIS DERBY, “pl =X PURCHASED HOOPLE ne A CUCKOO WOULD OF 500 ACRES, AND FOUR "FLYOUT TLL. MOTORS, NOTHING GAVE ME /~F TURN HIM Loose | : MORE PLEASURE THAN AT iE NEvTS SVE 3 | { DRVING A SMALL CAR OF WALNUTS fo” | | +X UKE THIS! r. | 5 —_— i” re a ’ 4 ] | | CL AL HL SEN Y Ic Fi fon oe’ Jf al § " | i Yo V2: [i—~ sel EF 2 3 ~ CT 5 -t o~ ’ CL py a d J — | U | F “17 I ga 7 : <4 ~8he walked by his side, guiding him by the slightest pressure of her 7 is “ Z 2 \ MN fo =1I=F . ok hand. NZ NO lls JA == IE — ie HAT'S Faust singing now,” “The lakes spread out dee 3 purple iii 7 4 oy =~ = of — = mn] cn een — | a = = sheet, all splashed with lights re- gs it =m cts | J cencmsamennten. TR <.) di RT Ee mis es “I shir sina. ed sbsenily, | flected in it, There are lots of stars, {i = NF == = = z — —— . f (i EN = NN RS aa : 2) : 7 | but no moon. It's dark as can be. SY Ee ————— ANT = = = io i RE a = Ns ‘ He felt only vaguely the thrill of | Tne branches of the trees look like — f= ss Fz Cc 3 Wn - — .. Em EB SIE cr | the opera for his heart was. full of | black lace over our heads, Oh, Mark, 11 -_ — | = = | Jb Ht po il i NNN SSS NS an oferpoweting love for the girl in| I wish you could see!” f sme =f == ‘MILE E 0 5 elt NN / the seat beside him. Mark's heart jumped. He pressed = a rs i ON ND 1 I i} NNN NN Soy He knew Alma Hartley was beau | her hand. It was the first time she ES -= - = eX ! — : He) < tiful, even if he could not see her. | had ever spoken in just that tone. wi Td “1 rn 3 ——— JRWLUAMS He had passed his sensitive finger-| Suddenly, he was speaking. The : - : oes Sr5 AS aon. WHY. MOTHERS GET GRAY 15 tips lightly over her face and felt | Words seemed to come by them- =F = a 6-15) RI mT aL of her soft, curly hair. It was brown, | selves, without any effort. : BE she had told him, and her eyes| “Alma, dearest,” he murmured, “I were brown. Mark could picture|love you. I have: since you first FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS— —By Blosser: Ber, from memories of days before | came to me—" ; all was dark. He hesitated. Alma’s hand' lay 7 He didn't have to see to know her | lightly on his own, but she sat silent POODLES, AREN'T Y f BY GOLLY, I 1.) {Now LOOK WHAT GEE ,FRECK,I DIDNT MEAN

charm. Her voice was expressive and soothing when she read to him. She was intelligent, and interested in the same things as he. And she met him on even terms, without a trace of pity. Mark detested pity. His blindness could not be remedied, and he wanted it accepted as a matter of course. + Alma had come to him as a reader and secretary, and he had asked her to be his eyes in other things. She walked by his side through the park, or on the waterfront, guiding him by the slightest pressure of her hand on his arm, so that. it looked as though he were escorting her. 8.8 OW she whispered that Mephistopheles had appeared, but Mark was busy with his thoughts. He was doing well with his writing and had no financial : worries. Alma liked him, he knew, f but did she love him? Had he any right to ask her to

Rarly Hi Rly yas # Suestion to be as if he. hadn't spoken. JAR. TO CAL vee IDENTIFY TH UP, SEE A GUN IS : ar ad debated again and again “It's late, and it's getting cold.” |’ u ’ > — Low WITH —without reaching a decision. Alma said finally. “Don’t you think TAN A FELLA JAM A, SAEs (EEE. N SAME 30 SE X NITROGLY Ea yy — “It’s the end,” whispered Alma. |we'd better go?” * THAT NITROGLYCERIN

Mary took hisi arm, and they walked up the aisle to the lobby. Mark presented his check at the cloakroom, and held Alma’s wrap for her. They -went out . into . the lighted street. ° “Shall we walk?! he asked. ~ “Let's,” she said, a4 she linked her arm through his. | His heart pounded and a feeling of heaviness mingled with one of elatioh as they = olled silently : up the street. “Is this the park?” Mark asked, as

they reached the! end of a long

climb. “Yes. ”»

It's not very late.” | . They walked along a graveled

beside him. “Will you marry me?” he asked. “I know I haven't much to offer, and you'd have to be eyes for both of us, but I love you.” She sat there without a word. Her hand was cool, Mark’s heart pace slackened, and a great lump rose in his throat. He had been a fool. He should have known enough not to spoil a friendship by getting sene timental. 2 ” ” HEN Alma spoke. “There’s a big fleecy cloud up there in the sky. The stars are fading. It will be cool and cloudy tomorrow.” “That's good,” said Mark flatly. “It's hard to work, when the weather is hot.” She had given him her answer. She couldn't marry him, but she would not hurt his feelings by an outright “No.” She just wanted. it

Mark arose and took her arm.

They walked out of the park and]

down the street to Alma’s apart ment. In her little living room, Mark phoned for a taxi; then set on the davenport, waiting. It was best, probably, the: way things were, he reflected. But his heart was heavy.

He arose when he héard the honk |

of the taxi in the street below. . “Listen, Alma,” he said. “I don’t want anything to spoil our friendship. Just forget everything 1 said

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“In the park?” She looked at him in surprise. Then, a .strange expression crossed ‘her face. She hes-

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