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One Love

CHAPTER XXV

are

by LAURA LOU BROOKMAN

dairy. Nevertheless the dinner party moved. She hadn't expected to feel Lint wny. She was sorry to any Dusk had begun to descend over was a success.

Once Janet leaned forward and said, good-bye to Mr. Hamilton, of course. the street. In the gray Bight Janet Jooked up into Jeff Grant's startled "Listen, Jeff, I want you to tell the she would miss him, he tirades and 48 much ns the face. She sent remorseful. “I meant Silvants that I'm coming out to set unreasonableness

1 don't know other times when he was consider- to tell you before," she said, "only them just the same,

how my time will be arranged orale and kindl. She would miss Me. I've been no busy!"

Where

Jeff when you going?"

can come but moving isn't go Hamilton because she was accustomed ing to make a bit of difference. I to working with him and because she asked.

Janet smiled. "Not very far," she can't go this Saturday because of admired him sincerely. But Janet told him. "Only out on the west moving but after this I come every, was surprised to find now that she saying good-bye--that even side. You see, I have a new job a week. You'll tell them, won't you?" was

Madeline, le told Janet he'd

the switchboard. operator, Jer great I have to live out there."

drive out for her if she'd let him and the Dennison girls and others to whom she seldom said more than know when she wanted to go.

Why, of course 1 wil," Jangt pro the weather seemed to be old friends. "good morning" or a few words about no, I'm not leaving Largaster but it's mised.

They had finished the last of the They were all part of the life she was just about as much work to pack as if

We've been awfully busy at berrien and the last crumb of cake. leaving behind, thu office, too. This new job is differ. Jell said, leaning forward. "It'll be I've ever done" sort of lonesome here with you gone, ent from anything

She told him all about it. She was Janet. It's been nice to have out still talking when they reached the one to talk to and-well, sort of plan entrance to the rooming house. Janet, things wills,"

nt the sky.

mias you, too," the girl nured halted, looking up, she said. "It's him. "But it isn't as if I were really walked to the door more confidently.

I hate to go n't it?"

going away. We can see each other a lovely evening, isn't

just the same."

"Then you're not leaving town?" "Why, of course not!" The girl laughed. "Did you think I was? Oh,

I

were.

it We could take a drive sunewhere if you weren't to busy."

Janet lingered in the doorway. "I've got an ideal" she exclaimed sud- denly. "Have you had dinner yet?"

Jeff said that he had not.

Then if you'll go

hack

to the doliertensen and get some knusages I'll cook sime eggs and make toast and we can have a sort of picnic supper. I have part of a cake and enough let- thee for all. The you want to that?!

IL

*

The coffee

"Oh, sure." He said it enrelcasty.

•

#

she

+

She told them all good-bye at last. She ate a hurried lunch and then rode out to the brick house with the dor mer windows, set among all the other impressive houses. This time Janet She rang the bell and waited.

You're Miss Hill, aren't Come in."

you?

It was the maid in the gray an form who opened the door.

"Mrs. Janet glanced at him. She though!, Curtis won't be back until time to xaid. with a warm feeling in her heart, dress for dinner,” the maid that it was fine to have a friend like | "Your trunk's here and I'll show you Jer Grant. He had helped her over to your room."

It was a room of the rear of the some hard places. There was the

on the second floor. It was night the holdup, man tried to take house her purse when Jeff had miraculously. Without Jupcared so not very large but it was attractive. sprigged wallpaper and the wood. could never have helped the Silvanishe walks were covered with flower. get on their feet again. But there work and been painted pale green. were other reasons why sho was There was

green chintz about the young man. Talk- dressing table and covering one of grateful to this ing, walking, driving with Jeff had the chairs. What Janet liked beat. made it easier to fight against the about the room was that through the Ioneliness in her heart.

ruffled curtains at the windows she could look out on the nodding branches of a tree. A tall tree with the wind rustling its branches so that they, bowed and swayed in friendly fashion.

"The bath is över bere," the mald was saying, opening another door, "Is there anything else you want,

Sko

"Sure! That's a grent ideal" When he arrived 15 minutes later Janet had the table set. She wore a gingham apron and had pushed her Bleeven above her elbows,

She spoke quickly, "We have had pot was sizzling and its fragrant good times together, Jeff I'll never

romn filled the air.

Jeff had made other purchases he forget them. And you'll come to see

me after I've moved, won't you?" sides the sausages. He exhibited a

"Whenever you'll let me," he toil box of luscious looking strawberries, her, smiling. Almost immediately he bottle of cream and a box of cheese began talking about a new order his we'll have a feasti" Janel ex- olee had received. One of the

largest in months. It was a good miss ? She pinned mother apron about sign, he assured Janet-baying steel. Janet turned. "Nar”- she sald. Jeff and set him to hulling the berries People were beginning, to build again "I'll unsack my thints. When do while she scrambled eggs and cooked and industry was getting under way, you think Mrs. Curtis will be back." the sausages. By the time they were It meant that times would be better "Not until after five, most likely. ready to sit down at the table both of before long now.

Dinner isn't until seven,” them were laughing. Jeff had been He stayed for half an hour and The ad left and Janet stool for deseribing his offorts at cooking on a then, remembering Janet had snida fince looking out the window, bayhood camping trip.

she had packing to do, departed. She could see the ground covered with saw him several times during the grass and beyond, in a neighbouring Janet poured the coffee and handed tnnged that since Janet would be thing was orderly and neat.

rest of he

I had beenyord, a row of scarlet tulips. Every

It was cup to Jeff. Heat from the stove) had curled the raft tendrils of hair through at the very Hama office in different from the thy back yard against her cheek into a tight curl, Saturday noon she should move to Jet's window and overlooked at Mr Curtis home that afternoon Mrs. Sayılor's, with laundry always The heat had brought colour into her and have Sunday to become nequaints taping on the clothesline.. inre cheeks, too, and her eyes were shin-ed with her new surroundings. Then ground in place of grass and half the ing.

Monday morning she would begin ( wooden fence in tumble-down condi- "Isn't this fun?" she said,

it work.

tion. Pit And the best meal

Jeff 'offered to drive her out to heri

here," I've hul in weeks. Say, you're a real wine at Janet

"I'm going to bẹ huny, declined. It, Janet whispered to herself deflantly. cook!"

would be more correct, she thought." "I'm going to be!”. The table was covered with a ten to arrive in a taxicali, Ber trunk Presently she set about unpacking. towel beenuse both of Janet's lunch and travelling big bud been turned She was down on her knees before eaths were at the laundry. Not all over to the transfer company early the open trunk when there was a the ching was of the same pattern and Saturday morning,

knock at the door, Janet called, the tumbler from which Jeff drank When the time came to say good-; “Come in," and the maid appeared. was green while Jnuet's was blue bye to her friends at the Every Home! "There's a call for you on the The box of cheese was still in isolierto the dreary box-like room in | telephone," she told Janet. "It's a original package and the cream in the which she had worked for two years gentleman.” bottle, just na it had come from the - fasort [4454

(To Be Continued).

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