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Bennington did not knohat to make of his invitation At one moment

he told himself it must mean that Mary loved him, and that she wished

him to meet her parents on that account At the next he tormented

himself with the conviction that she thus merely avoided the issue

Between theseable to abide in

either He forgot all about Old Mizzou

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trail for the first time

The Lawton house he found, first of all, to be scrupulously neat It

stood on a knoll, as do ht pass below, and the knoll looked as though it had been

clipped with a pair of scissors Not a crooked little juniper bush was

allowed to intrude its plebeian sprawl aracefully infrequent bushes In front of the cabin itself was a

"rockery" of pink quartz, on which were piled elk antlers The building

was L-shaped, of t stories, had a veranda with a railing, and

possessed various ornas, all of which were painted

The whole affair was ly neat

Soes

Bennington's knock was answered by an elderly woman, who introduced

herself at once as Mrs Lawton She cohtly

embarrassed explanation of how "she" would be down in athe way into the parlour While this