The Gray Dawn

The Boyle house was only partly furnished. Each morning he and Nan went downtown and prospected for things needed. This was Nan's first experience of the so

ion they grew on the

ges, tremendous warehouse rates, speedily ate up whatever chance of profits a fresh consignment might have. The only solution was to sell out as promptly as possible; and the quickest method was the auction. Therefore, auctions were everywhere in progress, and the professional auctioneers were a large, influential, and skilful class of people. Their advertisements made the bulk of the newspapers. They dressed well, carried an air of consequenc

her body, the direct commonsense quality of her mind. One met her face to face; there were no frills and furbelows of the spirit. Also, Nan was grateful for the other woman's first kindness and real sympathy, and she wanted to "play the ga

Nevertheless, they all shook her by the hand, and bowed to her whenever subsequently they passed her on the street. Keith told her this was all usual and proper in this new and mixed social order; and she was perfectly willing to make the effort.

t sleeves. He attacked the job on the principle of a whirlwind campaign, hammering, ripping, throwing papers down, decidi

up the goods, actually came to a liking and a warm friendly feeling for him

of the lank, hewn, lean-faced, hawk-nosed type, deliberate in movement and speech, with a twink

teamster, and I always did teaming." He did not add, as he might have don

f landscapes. The horses were great, magnificent creatures, with arching thick necks, long wavy manes and forelocks, soft, intelligent eyes, and with great hoofs and

ether. Wuth a mint of money. That Kate, there, is a regular character. You'd be surpri

unpack or to carry out the mess Keith's mad career left behind, it. Also he cast an eye on the garden possibilities, and issued

brighten things up; they'

day accompanied by a rotund, bland, gorgeous Ch

ve a Chink, of course. You can't run that sized house without help

l button atop, a brocaded pale lavendar tunic of silk, baggy pale green trousers tied close around the ankles, snow-white socks

vouchsafed to th

a a smiling "china boy" dressed all in clean

d; "I wo'k you thi'ty dolla' mo

ped after unloading his bo

t, because that's the way he's going to do it forever after. You can't change him. And show him; don

ere he could to the best advantage

; but you don't want a cow. Jump aboard and I'll take you

nn's lank figure, above the broad backs of the great horses; and Keith in his shirtsleeves, his hair every which way, a smudge of black ac

John McGlynn sympathetically.

silently. In her world there had always been a sort of va

the same place every evening. Innumerable errands downtown for things forgotten kept it busy. At night the

it gets," said Keith. "Let's dig som

-in-chief had a much clearer idea of the ac