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Joe did not take themade a fruitless trip to San Jose He did not believe that

Marie had done anything ued rule, and for that he could not bla

listened for fifteen ue upon the subject

of selfish, inconsiderate, ungrateful daughters Re Marie's

attitude toward Bud, he did not believe that she had gone hunting hi True, she had spent a sleepless

night fighting the i to o and trust to the element

of surprise to help plead her cause with Bud; whether to take Lovin

Child with her, or leave him with her mother

She definitely decided to write Bud a short note and ask hi had a wife and baby, once upon a time, and if he never

wished that he had the toward the last, as women will But it sounded

cold-blooded and conde a little

of her real self into the lines But that sounded senti-pictury, and she kne Bud hated cheap sentimentalism

So she tore thehted a , and watched theray ash, and then broke up the ashes and scattered

theoodthe curiosity of a