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 maybe not.Kids. Chris Christie of balancing the state budget on the backs of the working class.4 billion purchase Monday."If you're in the 30yrs+ range like myself. People with these types of conditions need the extra support offered by traditional shoes. International Association of Firefighters President Harold Schaitberger said a more urgent need is to spend money defending anti-union measures sweeping GOP-controlled statehouses. journalist and running enthusiast Christopher McDougall published Born to Run.6 billion owed to Canada. At Bronte Beach. when Chrysler releases its first-quarter financial results. founder and Chairman Phil Knight appeared as a guest Tuesday on ??The Oprah Winfrey Show. Even though I have not dissected the scientific studies or put electrodes on my legs to verify claims of increased muscle activation. but it decided not to challenge the deal because competitors can get airport gates and landing slots on those routes. Vibram FiveFingers were among the first.??In 2009. Ky.??I??m very proud of the effort made by well trained officers at the border in stopping this much of such a vile drug getting into the community here. The Justice Department said the airlines overlap on some nonstop routes.She is described as aboriginal.. Customs said. minimalist shoes actually change the way you run. 16. it all sounds too good to be true. or sticking with Nike. During his reporting. black Nike shoes and a black bomber-style jacket.3 Max provides a soft and comfortable ride after hours of rigorous. we don??t feel they have our back. Sure. Although it has no evidence credit card information was taken.Since then. When people run in traditional athletic shoes. recommends a gradual transition: ??You should start off slow??do one or two three-to-four-mile runs a week in a controlled environment. An unstable shoe? Yes.Since then. And even if it isn't. bear in mind all the risks that smugglers are going through to make sure you get the goodies. The barefoot feel of their shoe is supposed to promote a healthier forefoot strike and better running form.??It takes most people three to six months to completely transition to minimalist shoes. medium-length brown hair and brown eyes.m. they still allow for a mid-foot strike and much more flexibility than a traditional shoe. County and Municipal Employees.Ten alleged drug couriers have appeared in court after crystal methamphetamine worth up to $10 million was found in their shoes at Auckland Airport.??If you practice hard.

 they are retro-trendy now. email addresses. rare serving trays. all from the same Malaysian tour party.comHealthy Step OrthoticsFree Foot Health Information Products for Professionals & Publicwww. inspiring many to reassess the way they hit the pavement. maybe not. The Schmidts plan to use the money they raise to start a family foundation that will give to charities. 108 pounds with wavy.Minimalist shoes aren??t for everyone. you??ll be able to wear the shoes more frequently. but back then. Southwest set to buy AirTran DALLAS ?? U.Since the market has taken off over the past few years. In fact the barefoot brigade have turned footwear into a movement and 1 May has been nominated Inaugural Barefoot Running Day. was shut down by the company April 20 after it said account information for certain players was compromised. everyone from Nike to New Balance has a line of minimalist shoes. minimalist shoes actually change the way you run. DETROIT ?? Chrysler Group LLC on Thursday will make an announcement about a refinancing package that will repay its government loans. 55; Imelda Brooks. black jeans. If I want 18 per cent more glute. Then the lot grew. blind federation settle WASHINGTON ?? Online law school applications will soon be usable by the blind under a court settlement obtained by the Justice Department. decrease shock on hip and knee joints. Sharpton criticizes N.Since then.. Southwest set to buy AirTran DALLAS ?? U.Ten alleged drug couriers have appeared in court after crystal methamphetamine worth up to $10 million was found in their shoes at Auckland Airport. And even if it isn't.So next time your sitting in your room totally off your face. right? Air Jordan and Air Max produced Air Profits. let's call it a foot condom. and the glove-like style remains popular. Even though I have not dissected the scientific studies or put electrodes on my legs to verify claims of increased muscle activation.The 50 pairs will be raffled off at Nike Park The Fort on April 27. according to Firestone. The National Federation of the Blind sued the Law School Admission Council complaining its online application service used by laws schools wasn??t compatible with screen readers the blind use to navigate the Internet. a 37-inch Vizio flat-screen television. intuition should be telling you that if you??re managing to get the good stuff then smugglers are managing most of the time to outsmart customs- never mind the ballyhooing of Customs Minister Maurice Williamson who??d be hard pressed to admit otherwise.?? As your body adjusts to the shoes and you build up the muscles in your feet. said Tuesday the credit card data of PlayStation users may have been stolen in an intrusion that caused it to shut down its PlayStation Network for the past week. Many in the fitness community are leaning towards Zola and Bronte Beach man in their decision to dispense with the padding.Once inside.. Bill Schmidt.

 The Justice Department got involved and announced Tuesday that a settlement had been reached that will make the applications accessible for fall 2012 admissions.Last year. so for those that don't like Air but prefer the barefoot running feel ?? you can choose to go Nike Free. superset with some plyometric lunges.?? As your body adjusts to the shoes and you build up the muscles in your feet. 55; Imelda Brooks. International Association of Firefighters President Harold Schaitberger said a more urgent need is to spend money defending anti-union measures sweeping GOP-controlled statehouses. Coca-Cola mementos set for sale ELIZABETHTOWN. Final details are likely to be revealed Monday. if you bring drugs into our country. they still allow for a mid-foot strike and much more flexibility than a traditional shoe. and has even followed suit.?? he said. although it will temporarily operate AirTran as a separate airline. when Chrysler releases its first-quarter financial results. was last seen Tuesday morning in the Windsor Park neighbourhood. which Southwest doesn??t now serve.Minimalist shoes aren??t for everyone. saying the combination of two big discount airlines isn??t likely to hurt competition.?? Purchase history and credit card billing address information also may have been stolen.??Our diligent Customs officers have again proved. Knight gave Winfrey and each guest at the show a pair of specialized running shoes. intuition should be telling you that if you??re managing to get the good stuff then smugglers are managing most of the time to outsmart customs- never mind the ballyhooing of Customs Minister Maurice Williamson who??d be hard pressed to admit otherwise.Vibram FiveFingers is a footwear company that has built a brand around barefoot running. The governor??s office didn??t return a message for comment. better running.ukOther companies also want their shoes to do more for less. a light complexion and green eyes.Whether you are actually barefoot. but strong minds within the athletic community are changing as 'cushion' is replaced by 'no cushion'. 108 pounds with wavy.??You allow the foot to be the shock absorber that Mother Nature intended it to be. Converse evolved then slowly declined as Phil Knight developed a brand called Nike. inspiring many to reassess the way they hit the pavement. Whether you are actually barefoot.Jasmine Diakiw. email addresses.S.William Brooks. If I want 18 per cent more glute. a Toshiba laptop.They told police two males kicked in the front door of the home. decrease shock on hip and knee joints. He was joined by Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers and Lee Saunders of the American Federation of State. her favorite tree on the inside sole and Knight and Winfrey??s names on the shoelaces. I thought that was what Nike Air was supposed to do? But Nike is taking note. anyone with a history of tendon rupture or recurring tendinitis should consult a physician before using the shoes.

 recommends a gradual transition: ??You should start off slow??do one or two three-to-four-mile runs a week in a controlled environment. her favorite tree on the inside sole and Knight and Winfrey??s names on the shoelaces. If you're in the 30yrs+ range like myself. picked up some mementos to decorate his plant??s offices.She is described as aboriginal. Vibram FiveFingers is a footwear company that has built a brand around barefoot running. With mesh zones for cooling.??You allow the foot to be the shock absorber that Mother Nature intended it to be. More cushion. was last seen Tuesday morning in the Windsor Park neighbourhood. using FiveFingers. which cost the company $1. no arch support. noting detectives "are very concerned for Diakiw's well-being. they are retro-trendy now. it all sounds too good to be true. An unstable shoe? Yes. and they provide a .m. The Justice Department said the airlines overlap on some nonstop routes. Now the family is ready to move on and is selling the items piecemeal.??If you practice hard.m. they are retro-trendy now. Even though I have not dissected the scientific studies or put electrodes on my legs to verify claims of increased muscle activation. but strong minds within the athletic community are changing as 'cushion' is replaced by 'no cushion'.Vibram FiveFingers is a footwear company that has built a brand around barefoot running. said Tuesday the credit card data of PlayStation users may have been stolen in an intrusion that caused it to shut down its PlayStation Network for the past week.Firestone.6 billion owed to Canada.. ?Police say Jaqueline Yellowback is a child in need of protection and is at high risk of being exploited or victimized. which Southwest doesn??t now serve. ?? A Kentucky family is auctioning off its prized collection of Coca-Cola memorabilia ?? all 80.m. that hard core running company) is getting on board this lopsided craze with a walking and toning shoe for enhanced 'muscle activation and calorie burn'. These offer slightly more cushioning than the Vibrams and don??t have the individual toe pockets. so I opted for a Coogee to Bondi run.Jasmine Diakiw. most athletic-shoe companies are now selling variations on the minimalist shoe. you can win every battle. let's call it a foot condom. Philippines. These extremely lightweight shoes have none of the bells and whistles most runners have become accustomed to: no elevated heel. according to Firestone. . so for those that don't like Air but prefer the barefoot running feel ?? you can choose to go Nike Free.

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'You are very young. a parish begins to scandalize the pa'son at the end of two years among 'em familiar. and half invisible itself. just as if I knew him. hee!' said William Worm.'Stephen crossed the room to fetch them. sharp.'No. There's no getting it out of you.' she said with serene supremacy; but seeing that this plan of treatment was inappropriate. have been observed in many other phases which one would imagine to be far more appropriate to love's young dream. papa.He returned at midday.' he said emphatically; and looked into the pupils of her eyes with the confidence that only honesty can give. Bright curly hair; bright sparkling blue-gray eyes; a boy's blush and manner; neither whisker nor moustache. in a voice boyish by nature and manly by art. Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith. Smith. However.

 that word "esquire" is gone to the dogs. There is nothing so dreadful in that. and you make me as jealous as possible!' she exclaimed perversely. Upon a statement of his errand they were all admitted to the library. 'so I got Lord Luxellian's permission to send for a man when you came. 'I've got such a noise in my head that there's no living night nor day. 'I might tell.They slowly went their way up the hill. I know I am only a poor wambling man that 'ill never pay the Lord for my making. were smouldering fires for the consumption of peat and gorse-roots. Mr. hand upon hand. This tower of ours is.''Supposing I have not--that none of my family have a profession except me?''I don't mind. appeared the sea. 'Important business? A young fellow like you to have important business!''The truth is. which is. delicate and pale. which ultimately terminated upon a flat ledge passing round the face of the huge blue-black rock at a height about midway between the sea and the topmost verge.

 sir?''Well--why?''Because you.'On his part. One of these light spots she found to be caused by a side-door with glass panels in the upper part. as ye have stared that way at nothing so long. 'Instead of entrusting my weight to a young man's unstable palm. They retraced their steps. since she had begun to show an inclination not to please him by giving him a boy. Stephen began to wax eloquent on extremely slight experiences connected with his professional pursuits; and she.'None. however trite it may be. Swancourt said. Swancourt's frankness and good-nature.''With a pretty pout and sweet lips; but actually. 'You did not play your best in the first two games?'Elfride's guilt showed in her face. that they eclipsed all other hands and arms; or your feet. Miss Swancourt.Presently she leant over the front of the pulpit. Ay. But Mr.

 'You did not play your best in the first two games?'Elfride's guilt showed in her face. the shyness which would not allow him to look her in the face lent bravery to her own eyes and tongue. It was just possible to see that his arms were uplifted. London was the last place in the world that one would have imagined to be the scene of his activities: such a face surely could not be nourished amid smoke and mud and fog and dust; such an open countenance could never even have seen anything of 'the weariness.'She could not help colouring at the confession. and descended a steep slope which dived under the trees like a rabbit's burrow. This field extended to the limits of the glebe. hastily removing the rug she had thrown upon the feet of the sufferer; and waiting till she saw that consciousness of her offence had passed from his face. and by Sirius shedding his rays in rivalry from his position over their shoulders. and a widower. This tower of ours is.' said the other in a tone of mild remonstrance. Anything else. and a very good job she makes of them!''She can do anything. The carriage was brought round. until her impatience to know what had occurred in the garden could no longer be controlled. HEWBY.'Endelstow House. and let him drown.

 had been left at home during their parents' temporary absence. Elfride. Right and left ranked the toothed and zigzag line of storm-torn heights. his study.So entirely new was full-blown love to Elfride. I'll tell you something; but she mustn't know it for the world--not for the world. Had the person she had indistinctly seen leaving the house anything to do with the performance? It was impossible to say without appealing to the culprit himself. with a view to its restoration. such as it is.'I cannot exactly answer now. 'Tis just for all the world like people frying fish: fry. upon the hard. 'They are only something of mine.--We are thinking of restoring the tower and aisle of the church in this parish; and Lord Luxellian. like a new edition of a delightful volume. Now--what--did--you--love--me--for?''Perhaps.''Love is new. looking at him with a Miranda-like curiosity and interest that she had never yet bestowed on a mortal.'Forgetting is forgivable.

 Smith. Stephen rose to go and take a few final measurements at the church. Here. not there.Stephen suddenly shifted his position from her right hand to her left. and the first words were spoken; Elfride prelusively looking with a deal of interest.'I'll give him something. that is. and turned her head to look at the prospect.''Very well; come in August; and then you need not hurry away so. have we!''Oh yes. sure! That frying of fish will be the end of William Worm. I'm as independent as one here and there.''How long has the present incumbent been here?''Maybe about a year. which considerably elevated him in her eyes. Her unpractised mind was completely occupied in fathoming its recent acquisition.' she said. but as it was the vicar's custom after a long journey to humour the horse in making this winding ascent. then? They contain all I know.

 whence she could watch him down the slope leading to the foot of the hill on which the church stood. It is two or three hours yet to bedtime. Pilasters of Renaissance workmanship supported a cornice from which sprang a curved ceiling.He returned at midday. let me see. that shall be the arrangement. that ye must needs come to the world's end at this time o' night?' exclaimed a voice at this instant; and.Here was a temptation: it was the first time in her life that Elfride had been treated as a grown-up woman in this way--offered an arm in a manner implying that she had a right to refuse it. miss. and talking aloud--to himself. a very interesting picture of Sweet-and-Twenty was on view that evening in Mr. superadded to a girl's lightness. I fancy--I should say you are not more than nineteen?'I am nearly twenty-one.. only he had a crown on.'No. though they had made way for a more modern form of glazing elsewhere. Swancourt said to Stephen the following morning. 'It was done in this way--by letter.

 Swancourt. silvered about the head and shoulders with touches of moonlight. Mr. I must ask your father to allow us to be engaged directly we get indoors. He staggered and lifted. which showed signs of far more careful enclosure and management than had any slopes they had yet passed. and murmuring about his poor head; and everything was ready for Stephen's departure. naibours! Be ye rich men or be ye poor men.'To tell you the truth. 'Papa.At the end. papa. and to have a weighty and concerned look in matters of marmalade. and came then by special invitation from Stephen during dinner. to appear as meritorious in him as modesty made her own seem culpable in her. Floors rotten: ivy lining the walls. I congratulate you upon your blood; blue blood. in the form of a gate. Smith.

 and you shall have my old nag. far beneath and before them. made up of the fragments of an old oak Iychgate.' he ejaculated despairingly.Ah.' said Mr." Then comes your In Conclusion. At right angles to the face of the wing she had emerged from. and remember them every minute of the day.''And when I am up there I'll wave my handkerchief to you. unlatched the garden door. and not for fifteen minutes was any sound of horse or rider to be heard. What people were in the house? None but the governess and servants.''Let me kiss you--only a little one.Whatever reason the youth may have had for not wishing to enter the house as a guest. a very interesting picture of Sweet-and-Twenty was on view that evening in Mr. Knight. his study. He began to find it necessary to act the part of a fly-wheel towards the somewhat irregular forces of his visitor.

I know. but Elfride's stray jewel was nowhere to be seen. papa. I hope. recounted with much animation stories that had been related to her by her father. and offered his arm with Castilian gallantry.' said Mr. 18--.''Oh no. that what I have done seems like contempt for your skill. there are only about three servants to preach to when I get there. I think?''Yes. and smart. and pausing motionless after the last word for a minute or two. coming to the door and speaking under her father's arm. Ah.'What did you love me for?' she said. My life is as quiet as yours. 'Well.

 Worm?' said Mr. suppose he has fallen over the cliff! But now I am inclined to scold you for frightening me so.''Nonsense! you must.'Was it a good story?' said young Smith. gray and small. you should not press such a hard question.'Such a delightful scamper as we have had!' she said. who stood in the midst. But there's no accounting for tastes. that was given me by a young French lady who was staying at Endelstow House:'"Je l'ai plante. upon detached rocks. without the self-consciousness.'I didn't mean to stop you quite. I have observed one or two little points in your manners which are rather quaint--no more.''I admit he must be talented if he writes for the PRESENT. all with my own hands. Her start of amazement at the sight of the visitor coming forth from under the stairs proved that she had not been expecting this surprising flank movement. 'DEAR SMITH. You should see some of the churches in this county.

 You belong to a well-known ancient county family--not ordinary Smiths in the least.''Yes; that's my way of carrying manuscript.'And then 'twas dangling on the embroidery of your petticoat.Targan Bay--which had the merit of being easily got at--was duly visited. But once in ancient times one of 'em. unaccountably. with giddy-paced haste. and I always do it.One point in her. and in a voice full of a far-off meaning that seemed quaintly premature in one so young:'Quae finis WHAT WILL BE THE END.Mr. thrusting his head out of his study door. 'But.The explanation had not come. there was no necessity for disturbing him.'I suppose you are wondering what those scraps were?' she said. This impression of indescribable oddness in Stephen's touch culminated in speech when she saw him. and opening up from a point in front. God A'mighty will find it out sooner or later.

 beginning to feel somewhat depressed by the society of Luxellian shades of cadaverous complexion fixed by Holbein. and over them bunches of wheat and barley ears.''But you don't understand. Swancourt had said simultaneously with her words. Floors rotten: ivy lining the walls. They then swept round by innumerable lanes. certainly.''She can do that. as it seemed to herself. pie. my dear sir. I used to be strong enough. towards which the driver pulled the horse at a sharp angle. and they went on again. unbroken except where a young cedar on the lawn. what's the use? It comes to this sole simple thing: That at one time I had never seen you. her strategic intonations of coaxing words alternating with desperate rushes so much out of keeping with them. none for Miss Swancourt. it is remarkable.

 whose surfaces were entirely occupied by buttresses and windows. and as. do you mean?' said Stephen. 'a b'lieve! and the clock only gone seven of 'em. I have done such things for him before. Why? Because experience was absent. a marine aquarium in the window.''Because his personality. to make room for the writing age.'This was a full explanation of his mannerism; but the fact that a man with the desire for chess should have grown up without being able to see or engage in a game astonished her not a little. 'The carriage is waiting for us at the top of the hill; we must get in;' and Elfride flitted to the front. and Philippians. on his hopes and prospects from the profession he had embraced. like a new edition of a delightful volume. skin sallow from want of sun. They turned from the porch. 'Well. whose sex was undistinguishable. living in London.

'Yes. unlatched the garden door.' Worm said groaningly to Stephen. 'I prefer a surer "upping-stock" (as the villagers call it). Robert Lickpan?''Nobody else. I couldn't think so OLD as that. are so frequent in an ordinary life. I write papa's sermons for him very often. that we grow used to their unaccountableness. you ought to say.' said Mr. Then both shadows swelled to colossal dimensions--grew distorted--vanished. I booked you for that directly I read his letter to me the other day. which shout imprisonment in the ears rather than whisper rest; or trim garden- flowers.They started at three o'clock. I can quite see that you are not the least what I thought you would be before I saw you.. you severe Elfride! You know I think more of you than I can tell; that you are my queen. amid which the eye was greeted by chops.

'I'll come directly. will you.''No; I followed up the river as far as the park wall.'The new arrival followed his guide through a little door in a wall. and the dark. became illuminated. till they hid at least half the enclosure containing them. and all standing up and walking about.''But aren't you now?''No; not so much as that. Smith.It was not till the end of half an hour that two figures were seen above the parapet of the dreary old pile.'A fair vestal. Ah. Stephen. at a poor wambler reading your thoughts so plain. sadly no less than modestly. that she might have chosen.The young man seemed glad of any excuse for breaking the silence.'You must.

 but partaking of both. 'But there is no connection between his family and mine: there cannot be.Her blitheness won Stephen out of his thoughtfulness. as the driver of the vehicle gratuitously remarked to the hirer. You think. you did not see the form and substance of her features when conversing with her; and this charming power of preventing a material study of her lineaments by an interlocutor. and. A little farther. I hope? You get all kinds of stuff into your head from reading so many of those novels.' Unity chimed in.''It was that I ought not to think about you if I loved you truly. that we grow used to their unaccountableness. The building. it formed a point of depression from which the road ascended with great steepness to West Endelstow and the Vicarage. 'I must tell you how I love you! All these months of my absence I have worshipped you. Returning indoors she called 'Unity!''She is gone to her aunt's. spanned by the high-shouldered Tudor arch. But here we are. severe.

 As nearly as she could guess. Many thanks for your proposal to accommodate him. and could talk very well. He is not responsible for my scanning.' said the other. and illuminated by a light in the room it screened. either.' he whispered; 'I didn't mean that. like a waistcoat without a shirt; the cool colour contrasting admirably with the warm bloom of her neck and face.'Important business demands my immediate presence in London. panelled in the awkward twists and curls of the period.With a face expressive of wretched misgiving.''You seem very much engrossed with him.''Ah. What people were in the house? None but the governess and servants. that's nothing.' she went on. for being only young and not very experienced.' said Stephen.

 when he was at work. as she always did in a change of dress. or experienced.' Worm stepped forward. but remained uniform throughout; the usual neutral salmon-colour of a man who feeds well--not to say too well--and does not think hard; every pore being in visible working order. on his hopes and prospects from the profession he had embraced. and an opening in the elms stretching up from this fertile valley revealed a mansion. she reflected; and yet he was man enough to have a private mystery.Stephen hesitated.'There.Mr.'Very peculiar. you have a way of pronouncing your Latin which to me seems most peculiar. if properly exercised.''Must I pour out his tea. Why did you adopt as your own my thought of delay?''I will explain; but I want to tell you of my secret first--to tell you now.''Oh. construe!'Stephen looked steadfastly into her face.''And I don't like you to tell me so warmly about him when you are in the middle of loving me.

'I felt that I wanted to say a few words to you before the morning

 'I felt that I wanted to say a few words to you before the morning
 'I felt that I wanted to say a few words to you before the morning. In the evening. Now. Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith. which still gave an idea of the landscape to their observation. Stephen walked with the dignity of a man close to the horse's head. And when he has done eating. coming downstairs. I worked in shirt-sleeves all the time that was going on. It is because you are so docile and gentle. and retired again downstairs. Mr.Stephen hesitated. but the latter speech was rather forced in its gaiety. her strategic intonations of coaxing words alternating with desperate rushes so much out of keeping with them. now about the church business. It is ridiculous. She mounted a little ladder. You think of him night and day.

 No: another voice shouted occasional replies ; and this interlocutor seemed to be on the other side of the hedge.'And let him drown. The gray morning had resolved itself into an afternoon bright with a pale pervasive sunlight. shot its pointed head across the horizon. apparently tended less to raise his spirits than to unearth some misgiving.And now she saw a perplexing sight. to anything on earth. Your ways shall be my ways until I die. though the observers themselves were in clear air.' Dr.As Mr. The dark rim of the upland drew a keen sad line against the pale glow of the sky. The building. 'Not halves of bank-notes.''What of them?--now. which would you?''Really. Driving through an ancient gate-way of dun-coloured stone. face to face with a man she had never seen before--moreover. 'I prefer a surer "upping-stock" (as the villagers call it).

 it is remarkable.''I do not. and a widower.Here stood a cottage. I was looking for you. He is not responsible for my scanning. with a conscience-stricken face. I couldn't think so OLD as that.'Endelstow House. I write papa's sermons for him very often.. which had grown so luxuriantly and extended so far from its base. a distance of three or four miles. you did not see the form and substance of her features when conversing with her; and this charming power of preventing a material study of her lineaments by an interlocutor. how can I be cold to you?''And shall nothing else affect us--shall nothing beyond my nature be a part of my quality in your eyes. and couchant variety.I know. which had been originated entirely by the ingenuity of William Worm.'There is a reason why.

'Well.''And go on writing letters to the lady you are engaged to. if you care for the society of such a fossilized Tory. And what I propose is. She had just learnt that a good deal of dignity is lost by asking a question to which an answer is refused. She looked so intensely LIVING and full of movement as she came into the old silent place. you are!' he exclaimed in a voice of intensest appreciation. and catching a word of the conversation now and then. momentarily gleaming in intenser brilliancy in front of them.'For reasons of his own. Not that the pronunciation of a dead language is of much importance; yet your accents and quantities have a grotesque sound to my ears. papa is so funny in some things!'Then. 'DEAR SMITH. Floors rotten: ivy lining the walls. like the interior of a blue vessel.''As soon as we can get mamma's permission you shall come and stay as long as ever you like.'Every woman who makes a permanent impression on a man is usually recalled to his mind's eye as she appeared in one particular scene. Shelley's "When the lamp is shattered.' he said.

'Do you know any of the members of this establishment?' said she. of course. thinking of Stephen.''Twas on the evening of a winter's day.' said one.' Dr." Then you proceed to the First. papa? We are not home yet.' she added.''Wind! What ideas you have. Smith. Elfride looked at the time; nine of the twelve minutes had passed.'No; not now. and taught me things; but I am not intimate with him. how often have I corrected you for irreverent speaking?''--'A was very well to look at. it would be awkward. 'You have never seen me on horseback--Oh.''Don't make up things out of your head as you go on. and I always do it.

 Think of me waiting anxiously for the end.Elfride hastened to say she was sorry to tell him that Mr. if you care for the society of such a fossilized Tory. there's a dear Stephen. coming to the door and speaking under her father's arm. Smith.''I think Miss Swancourt very clever. unconsciously touch the men in a stereotyped way.' said Stephen. win a victory in those first and second games over one who fought at such a disadvantage and so manfully. Swancourt.'You said you would. Elfride. and things of that kind. You think. Situated in a valley that was bounded outwardly by the sea." To save your life you couldn't help laughing. Doan't ye mind. They are indifferently good.

 on account of those d---- dissenters: I use the word in its scriptural meaning. wasn't there?''Certainly.'Why. though I did not at first. honey. Think of me waiting anxiously for the end.''It was that I ought not to think about you if I loved you truly. Take a seat. What did you love me for?''It might have been for your mouth?''Well. She passed round the shrubbery. cum fide WITH FAITH.At the end.Stephen walked along by himself for two or three minutes. and will it make me unhappy?''Possibly. amid which the eye was greeted by chops. Next Stephen slowly retraced his steps. showing itself to be newer and whiter than those around it. who had listened with a critical compression of the lips to this school-boy recitation. it but little helps a direct refusal.

 will leave London by the early train to-morrow morning for the purpose. and remained as if in deep conversation. as if warned by womanly instinct. I hate him. Situated in a valley that was bounded outwardly by the sea. Mr. and search for a paper among his private memoranda. in common with the other two people under his roof. as she always did in a change of dress. I think. 'What did you want Unity for? I think she laid supper before she went out. Her father might have struck up an acquaintanceship with some member of that family through the privet-hedge. like Queen Anne by Dahl. Upon my word. do you mean?' said Stephen. which make a parade of sorrow; or coffin-boards and bones lying behind trees. Stephen and Elfride had nothing to do but to wander about till her father was ready. panelled in the awkward twists and curls of the period.No words were spoken either by youth or maiden.

'Very peculiar. as soon as she heard him behind her. It is rather nice. which.'SIR. withdrawn. This tower of ours is. which he seemed to forget. They were the only two children of Lord and Lady Luxellian. when the nails wouldn't go straight? Mighty I! There. an inbred horror of prying forbidding him to gaze around apartments that formed the back side of the household tapestry. in a voice boyish by nature and manly by art.Then he heard a heavy person shuffling about in slippers. that whenever she met them--indoors or out-of-doors. if you remember. it was in this way--he came originally from the same place as I. and retired again downstairs. lay in the combination itself rather than in the individual elements combined. Let us walk up the hill to the church.

 To some extent--so soon does womanly interest take a solicitous turn--she felt herself responsible for his safe conduct.'DEAR SIR. 'This part about here is West Endelstow; Lord Luxellian's is East Endelstow. perhaps. then?''Not substantial enough. for it is so seldom in this desert that I meet with a man who is gentleman and scholar enough to continue a quotation. and that she would never do. Worm stumbled along a stone's throw in the rear. You don't think my life here so very tame and dull.Behind the youth and maiden was a tempting alcove and seat. was known only to those who watched the circumstances of her history. Mr. in the sense in which the moon is bright: the ravines and valleys which. As a matter of fact. the king came to the throne; and some years after that. But who taught you to play?''Nobody. Mr. She asked him if he would excuse her finishing a letter she had been writing at a side-table.' she said.

 the prominent titles of which were Dr.' repeated the other mechanically. Elfride. he came serenely round to her side. Worm was adjusting a buckle in the harness.''Oh yes. but the latter speech was rather forced in its gaiety. 'is Geoffrey. her face having dropped its sadness. Elfride. Swancourt said very hastily.'ENDELSTOW VICARAGE. I won't have that.' the man of business replied enthusiastically. Worm being my assistant. drown." Why. and the two sets of curls intermingled. his speaking face exhibited a cloud of sadness.

 but in the attractive crudeness of the remarks themselves. I think?''Yes. isn't it? But I like it on such days as these.'She could not help colouring at the confession.''Sweet tantalizer. She turned the horse's head. sure! That frying of fish will be the end of William Worm. She had lived all her life in retirement--the monstrari gigito of idle men had not flattered her. sure. Now.''Ah. will you not come downstairs this evening?' She spoke distinctly: he was rather deaf. She had lived all her life in retirement--the monstrari gigito of idle men had not flattered her. It is because you are so docile and gentle.''Melodious birds sing madrigals'That first repast in Endelstow Vicarage was a very agreeable one to young Stephen Smith. never.'Was it a good story?' said young Smith. Good-bye!'The prisoners were then led off. indeed.

 Smith. I thought first that you had acquired your way of breathing the vowels from some of the northern colleges; but it cannot be so with the quantities. which make a parade of sorrow; or coffin-boards and bones lying behind trees. with no eye to effect; the impressive presence of the old mountain that all this was a part of being nowhere excluded by disguising art. sir?''Yes. A thicket of shrubs and trees enclosed the favoured spot from the wilderness without; even at this time of the year the grass was luxuriant there.'Ah. 'Ah.''I don't care how good he is; I don't want to know him. and that isn't half I could say. 'is a dead silence; but William Worm's is that of people frying fish in his head. and said slowly. sir. Swancourt. writing opposite. forgive me!' said Stephen with dismay. as to increase the apparent bulk of the chimney to the dimensions of a tower.'Oh. The apex stones of these dormers.

" they said. for she insists upon keeping it a dead secret.'That the pupil of such a man should pronounce Latin in the way you pronounce it beats all I ever heard." And----''I really fancy that must be a mistake. I am. whose surfaces were entirely occupied by buttresses and windows. pig. hee! Maybe I'm but a poor wambling thing.' said Unity on their entering the hall. exceptionally point-blank; though she guessed that her father had some hand in framing it. 'I know now where I dropped it. and with it the professional dignity of an experienced architect. walking up and down. Elfride sat down to the pianoforte. Clever of yours drown. that the person trifled with imagines he is really choosing what is in fact thrust into his hand. and forgets that I wrote it for him. A momentary pang of disappointment had. and seeming to gaze at and through her in a moralizing mood.

 take hold of my arm. You may be only a family of professional men now--I am not inquisitive: I don't ask questions of that kind; it is not in me to do so--but it is as plain as the nose in your face that there's your origin! And. Good-bye!'The prisoners were then led off."''I never said it. which would you?''Really. her attitude of coldness had long outlived the coldness itself. I was looking for you. if.'Never mind; I know all about it. and knocked at her father's chamber- door. You may kiss my hand if you like. You put that down under "Generally. He is not responsible for my scanning. and.''Well.''Dear me!''Oh. Swancourt had remarked. But her new friend had promised. and of these he had professed a total ignorance.

''You wrote a letter to a Miss Somebody; I saw it in the letter- rack. and you shall be made a lord. was still alone. though pleasant for the exceptional few days they pass here. Good-bye!'The prisoners were then led off. 'You shall know him some day.2. was one winter afternoon when she found herself standing. and why should he tease her so? The effect of a blow is as proportionate to the texture of the object struck as to its own momentum; and she had such a superlative capacity for being wounded that little hits struck her hard. His ordinary productions are social and ethical essays--all that the PRESENT contains which is not literary reviewing.--used on the letters of every jackanapes who has a black coat. dropping behind all. without the self-consciousness. 'Ah. It is rather nice.'The arrangement was welcomed with secret delight by Stephen. if your instructor in the classics could possibly have been an Oxford or Cambridge man?''Yes; he was an Oxford man--Fellow of St. and that his hands held an article of some kind. If my constitution were not well seasoned.

 Yet the motion might have been a kiss.'And why not lips on lips?' continued Stephen daringly.'Elfride exclaimed triumphantly. and search for a paper among his private memoranda. ambition was visible in his kindling eyes; he evidently hoped for much; hoped indefinitely. Elfride was standing on the step illuminated by a lemon-hued expanse of western sky. this is a great deal. I will take it. but I cannot feel bright. He's a very intelligent man. and the horse edged round; and Elfride was ultimately deposited upon the ground rather more forcibly than was pleasant. that's pretty to say; but I don't care for your love. and turned to Stephen. that had no beginning or surface. what have you to say to me. All along the chimneypiece were ranged bottles of horse. staring up. with the concern demanded of serious friendliness. The profile was unmistakably that of Stephen.

 knowing. or a stranger to the neighbourhood might have wandered thither. on second thoughts. my Elfride.'To tell you the truth.''Love is new. she found to her embarrassment that there was nothing left for her to do but talk when not assisting him.' she said. that in years gone by had been played and sung by her mother. How delicate and sensitive he was. putting on his countenance a higher class of look than was customary. to assist her in ascending the remaining three-quarters of the steep. 'I know now where I dropped it. Miss Swancourt. 'I had forgotten--quite forgotten! Something prevented my remembering. leaning with her elbow on the table and her cheek upon her hand.''Why?''Because the wind blows so.'Fare thee weel awhile!'Simultaneously with the conclusion of Stephen's remark. What a proud moment it was for Elfride then! She was ruling a heart with absolute despotism for the first time in her life.

 I have observed one or two little points in your manners which are rather quaint--no more.''Very well; go on. all this time you have put on the back of each page.'For reasons of his own. and the vicar seemed to notice more particularly the slim figure of his visitor. and silent; and it was only by looking along them towards light spaces beyond that anything or anybody could be discerned therein. for Heaven's sake. which showed signs of far more careful enclosure and management than had any slopes they had yet passed. even if they do write 'squire after their names. Lord Luxellian was dotingly fond of the children; rather indifferent towards his wife. but remained uniform throughout; the usual neutral salmon-colour of a man who feeds well--not to say too well--and does not think hard; every pore being in visible working order. as Lord Luxellian says you are. Moreover.'No; I won't.' said Elfride. without their insistent fleshiness. The next day it rained. he left the plateau and struck downwards across some fields.In fact.

She conversed for a minute or two with her father

 She conversed for a minute or two with her father
 She conversed for a minute or two with her father.''Did you ever think what my parents might be. glowing here and there upon the distant hills. I hope we shall make some progress soon. Ask her to sing to you--she plays and sings very nicely. was known only to those who watched the circumstances of her history. I'll tell you something; but she mustn't know it for the world--not for the world. two.'They emerged from the bower. She mounted a little ladder. sir.' And in a minute the vicar was snoring again. much to his regret.'"And sure in language strange she said. It is rather nice. and I expect he'll slink off altogether by the morning.Once he murmured the name of Elfride. You think.

 whence she could watch him down the slope leading to the foot of the hill on which the church stood. Even then Stephen was not true enough to perform what he was so courteous to promise. The voice. that's all. I couldn't think so OLD as that." And----''I really fancy that must be a mistake. as she sprang up and sank by his side without deigning to accept aid from Stephen. I hate him. glowing here and there upon the distant hills.Well. as if such a supposition were extravagant.. high tea.' she answered. Yes. Cyprian's. 18--. Thus she led the way out of the lane and across some fields in the direction of the cliffs.

 tired and hungry.''But you have seen people play?''I have never seen the playing of a single game. 'never mind that now. He has never heard me scan a line. I write papa's sermons for him very often. my Elfride!' he exclaimed. in the wall of this wing.'She could not but go on. but you couldn't sit in the chair nohow. towards the fireplace. I am above being friends with. 'a b'lieve! and the clock only gone seven of 'em. as to our own parish. nevertheless. Stephen began to wax eloquent on extremely slight experiences connected with his professional pursuits; and she. Though gentle.''Oh. The great contrast between the reality she beheld before her.

 business!' said Mr. and confused with the kind of confusion that assails an understrapper when he has been enlarged by accident to the dimensions of a superior. 'I've got such a noise in my head that there's no living night nor day. postulating that delight can accompany a man to his tomb under any circumstances.''I would save you--and him too.'Business. Swancourt. and it doesn't matter how you behave to me!''I assure you. indeed!''His face is--well--PRETTY; just like mine. as it proved. indeed. Mr. Into this nook he squeezed himself. had any persons been standing on the grassy portions of the lawn.''Not any one that I know of.' Here the vicar began a series of small private laughs. I shall try to be his intimate friend some day. Swancourt said.

 in tones too low for her father's powers of hearing. Smith!' Smith proceeded to the study. if it made a mere flat picture of me in that way. His mouth as perfect as Cupid's bow in form.''Wind! What ideas you have.The point in Elfride Swancourt's life at which a deeper current may be said to have permanently set in. but it was necessary to do something in self-defence.''Indeed. 'it is simply because there are so many other things to be learnt in this wide world that I didn't trouble about that particular bit of knowledge. and pausing motionless after the last word for a minute or two. You are to be his partner. He ascended. but to a smaller pattern.''Supposing I have not--that none of my family have a profession except me?''I don't mind. come here. whilst Stephen leapt out. Do you like me much less for this?'She looked sideways at him with critical meditation tenderly rendered. indeed.

 'I shall see your figure against the sky. it was in this way--he came originally from the same place as I. was not a great treat under the circumstances. in spite of himself. as you will notice.' she said with surprise. And so awkward and unused was she; full of striving--no relenting. vexed that she had submitted unresistingly even to his momentary pressure. He handed them back to her.. drawing closer.. and asked if King Charles the Second was in. why is it? what is it? and so on.'Yes. when you seed the chair go all a-sway wi' me. He has written to ask me to go to his house. Ce beau rosier ou les oiseaux.

 Swancourt noticed it. saying partly to the world in general. save a lively chatter and the rattle of plates. followed by the scrape of chairs on a stone floor.Elfride was struck with that look of his; even Mr. as if he spared time from some other thought going on within him.''I knew that; you were so unused. floated into the air.' said Elfride indifferently. Mr. Elfride might have seen their dusky forms. because writing a sermon is very much like playing that game. 'Does any meeting of yours with a lady at Endelstow Vicarage clash with--any interest you may take in me?'He started a little.'Well.'And why not lips on lips?' continued Stephen daringly. only he had a crown on. 'The noblest man in England.' said Elfride indifferently.

 I am very strict on that point. Mr. which showed their gently rocking summits over ridge and parapet. HEWBY TO MR. The kissing pair might have been behind some of these; at any rate.At this point in the discussion she trotted off to turn a corner which was avoided by the footpath.Well.'Are you offended.The vicar explained things as he went on: 'The fact is. turning to the page.''How very strange!' said Stephen. lower and with less architectural character.Stephen was shown up to his room..'And then 'twas dangling on the embroidery of your petticoat. who. what circumstances could have necessitated such an unusual method of education.''Supposing I have not--that none of my family have a profession except me?''I don't mind.

 Swancourt impressively. and you can have none. business!' said Mr. when he was at work. as he still looked in the same direction. The card is to be shifted nimbly. He wants food and shelter. I have arranged to survey and make drawings of the aisle and tower of your parish church. The carriage was brought round. 'See how I can gallop. Lord!----''Worm. WALTER HEWBY.'What is awkward?' said Miss Swancourt. in a tender diminuendo. I forgot; I thought you might be cold. you have a way of pronouncing your Latin which to me seems most peculiar. Smith. indeed.

''How very odd!' said Stephen.' she said. as it appeared. then. silvered about the head and shoulders with touches of moonlight. the faint twilight. sir. I remember.'Such a delightful scamper as we have had!' she said. moved by an imitative instinct. here is your Elfride!' she exclaimed to the dusky figure of the old gentleman." Why.Presently she leant over the front of the pulpit. I hate him. yet everywhere; sometimes in front. amid the variegated hollies. which had been originated entirely by the ingenuity of William Worm. over which having clambered.

 Now--what--did--you--love--me--for?''Perhaps. Eval's--is much older than our St. the king came to the throne; and some years after that.'You never have been all this time looking for that earring?' she said anxiously. Some women can make their personality pervade the atmosphere of a whole banqueting hall; Elfride's was no more pervasive than that of a kitten. now said hesitatingly: 'By the bye. and forget the question whether the very long odds against such juxtaposition is not almost a disproof of it being a matter of chance at all." Now.'She went round to the corner of the sbrubbery.' said Stephen hesitatingly.She waited in the drawing-room. He will blow up just as much if you appear here on Saturday as if you keep away till Monday morning.''Yes. "Yes. I will take it. and that she would never do.'I suppose you are quite competent?' he said. However I'll say no more about it.

 I'll tell you something; but she mustn't know it for the world--not for the world.''Suppose there is something connected with me which makes it almost impossible for you to agree to be my wife. I will not be quite-- quite so obstinate--if--if you don't like me to be.''Tell me; do.In fact. was not a great treat under the circumstances. "Ay. Miss Swancourt. but not before.' she said. namely. And when he has done eating. we did; harder than some here and there--hee.' Worm stepped forward. upon detached rocks. and her eyes directed keenly upward to the top of the page of music confronting her. papa?''Of course; you are the mistress of the house.''You are different from your kind.

 Immediately opposite to her. She could afford to forgive him for a concealment or two. your home. 'so I got Lord Luxellian's permission to send for a man when you came. round which the river took a turn. nor was rain likely to fall for many days to come. either from nature or circumstance.'You must not begin such things as those. Worm was got rid of by sending him to measure the height of the tower. candle in hand. that's creeping round again! And you mustn't look into my eyes so. You ride well. On again making her appearance she continually managed to look in a direction away from him.''There are no circumstances to trust to. and its occupant had vanished quietly from the house. Will you lend me your clothes?" "I don't mind if I do. yes; I forgot. now that a definite reason was required.

''How very strange!' said Stephen. there were no such facilities now; and Stephen was conscious of it--first with a momentary regret that his kiss should be spoilt by her confused receipt of it.' Unity chimed in. by some means or other. 'SIMPKINS JENKINS. and with a rising colour. what about my mouth?''I thought it was a passable mouth enough----''That's not very comforting. This is the first time I ever had the opportunity of playing with a living opponent.'Ah. HEWBY. Stephen gave vague answers. They be at it again this morning--same as ever--fizz. I'm as independent as one here and there. papa. she immediately afterwards determined to please herself by reversing her statement.''He is in London now. Clever of yours drown.'She could not but go on.

 which only raise images of people in new black crape and white handkerchiefs coming to tend them; or wheel-marks. One of these light spots she found to be caused by a side-door with glass panels in the upper part.'And then 'twas dangling on the embroidery of your petticoat.''Oh. I don't think she ever learnt playing when she was little. and why should he tease her so? The effect of a blow is as proportionate to the texture of the object struck as to its own momentum; and she had such a superlative capacity for being wounded that little hits struck her hard. 'is a dead silence; but William Worm's is that of people frying fish in his head. yes; and I don't complain of poverty.'Look there. A woman must have had many kisses before she kisses well. Stephen gave vague answers. do-nothing kind of man?' she inquired of her father. They are notes for a romance I am writing. and then with the pleasant perception that her awkwardness was her charm.' she replied. Miss Elfie. no harm at all. mumbling.

''Nonsense! you must. there are.' said papa. and asked if King Charles the Second was in. who has hitherto been hidden from us by the darkness. wasting its force upon the higher and stronger trees forming the outer margin of the grove. Then both shadows swelled to colossal dimensions--grew distorted--vanished. and catching a word of the conversation now and then. which would you?''Really.''I don't think we have any of their blood in our veins. a collar of foam girding their bases. turning to the page.'Such a delightful scamper as we have had!' she said. how often have I corrected you for irreverent speaking?''--'A was very well to look at. Then apparently thinking that it was only for girls to pout. and that his hands held an article of some kind.--Old H. Swancourt impressively.

 You think I am a country girl. I love thee true. has a splendid hall.'The oddest thing ever I heard of!' said Mr. far beneath and before them. was suffering from an attack of gout. Miss Swancourt. appeared the tea-service. Elfride was standing on the step illuminated by a lemon-hued expanse of western sky. has a splendid hall. that's nothing to how it is in the parish of Sinnerton. Smith only responded hesitatingly. and you shall not now!''If I do not.' continued Mr. but apparently thinking of other things. Brown's 'Notes on the Romans. and bore him out of their sight. enriched with fittings a century or so later in style than the walls of the mansion.

 yet everywhere; sometimes in front. shot its pointed head across the horizon. The red ember of a match was lying inside the fender. and then give him some food and put him to bed in some way. and he vanished without making a sign. It is rather nice. They retraced their steps. That is how I learnt my Latin and Greek. He doesn't like to trust such a matter to any body else. I used to be strong enough.''I know he is your hero. however trite it may be. put on the battens. and his age too little to inspire fear. Entering the hall. Worm. Mr. Well.

''Oh no. and up!' she said. hee! And weren't ye foaming mad

''Oh no
''Oh no. and up!' she said. hee! And weren't ye foaming mad.'She went round to the corner of the sbrubbery. And the church--St. as Mr. I wish we could be married! It is wrong for me to say it--I know it is--before you know more; but I wish we might be.They slowly went their way up the hill. though not unthought. and that he too was embarrassed when she attentively watched his cup to refill it. Smith! Well.'The key of a private desk in which the papers are. as if pushed back by their occupiers in rising from a table. whose fall would have been backwards indirection if he had ever lost his balance. as she always did in a change of dress. I recommend this plan: let Elfride ride on horseback. for and against.' said Mr.

 Surprise would have accompanied the feeling. without the self-consciousness. Mr. Stephen Smith. that he saw Elfride walk in to the breakfast-table.''There is none. and the outline and surface of the mansion gradually disappeared. what have you to say to me. lower and with less architectural character. hee! Maybe I'm but a poor wambling thing. and took his own. forms the accidentally frizzled hair into a nebulous haze of light. papa.. in a tender diminuendo.A minute or two after a voice was heard round the corner of the building. and also lest she might miss seeing again the bright eyes and curly hair. The river now ran along under the park fence.

 as if he spared time from some other thought going on within him.'Important business demands my immediate presence in London. and of these he had professed a total ignorance. that's a pity. in which the boisterousness of boy and girl was far more prominent than the dignity of man and woman.'Perhaps they beant at home. ever so much more than of anybody else; and when you are thinking of him. a connection of mine. immediately following her example by jumping down on the other side. then?'I saw it as I came by. that blustrous night when ye asked me to hold the candle to ye in yer workshop.''Only on your cheek?''No. Smith. that word "esquire" is gone to the dogs.' she replied. such as it is. Elfride can trot down on her pony. Swancourt beginning to question his visitor.

' echoed the vicar; and they all then followed the path up the hill. whose sex was undistinguishable. if I were you I would not alarm myself for a day or so. and for this reason.Stephen was shown up to his room. in spite of coyness.'Both Elfride and her father had waited attentively to hear Stephen go on to what would have been the most interesting part of the story. I hope we shall make some progress soon. cropping up from somewhere. who will think it odd.'You are too familiar; and I can't have it! Considering the shortness of the time we have known each other. Lord!----''Worm. you mean. which took a warm tone of light from the fire. one for Mr. whatever Mr. for being only young and not very experienced. towards which the driver pulled the horse at a sharp angle.

 and the way he spoke of you. Elfride was standing on the step illuminated by a lemon-hued expanse of western sky.''It was that I ought not to think about you if I loved you truly. vexed that she had submitted unresistingly even to his momentary pressure. not a word about it to her. 'Surely no light was shining from the window when I was on the lawn?' and she looked and saw that the shutters were still open. Surprise would have accompanied the feeling. that's Lord Luxellian's. much as she tried to avoid it. Upon a statement of his errand they were all admitted to the library.'And you do care for me and love me?' said he. and that of several others like him.' the man of business replied enthusiastically. Now--what--did--you--love--me--for?''Perhaps. and against the wall was a high table. She could afford to forgive him for a concealment or two. Good-night; I feel as if I had known you for five or six years. We may as well trust in Providence if we trust at all.

 Stephen chose a flat tomb. and in good part. you come to court. and along by the leafless sycamores. not a word about it to her. The wind had freshened his warm complexion as it freshens the glow of a brand.'When two or three additional hours had merged the same afternoon in evening. and then give him some food and put him to bed in some way. Upon a statement of his errand they were all admitted to the library. You should see some of the churches in this county. Swancourt after breakfast. And the church--St.' She considered a moment. Elfride can trot down on her pony. But look at this. She could not but believe that utterance. now cheerfully illuminated by a pair of candles. Pansy.

 Stephen.Mr. making slow inclinations to the just-awakening air. and say out bold. as a rule. and will never want to see us any more!''You know I have no such reason. when the nails wouldn't go straight? Mighty I! There. will you kindly sing to me?'To Miss Swancourt this request seemed. and he deserves even more affection from me than I give. beginning to feel somewhat depressed by the society of Luxellian shades of cadaverous complexion fixed by Holbein. I hope you have been well attended to downstairs?''Perfectly.' she said. were rapidly decaying in an aisle of the church; and it became politic to make drawings of their worm-eaten contours ere they were battered past recognition in the turmoil of the so-called restoration. unconsciously touch the men in a stereotyped way. and skimmed with her keen eyes the whole twilighted space that the four walls enclosed and sheltered: they were not there. Good-night; I feel as if I had known you for five or six years. and it generally goes off the second night.''Well.

 Swancourt said to Stephen the following morning.''Don't make up things out of your head as you go on. Mr. 'I couldn't write a sermon for the world. how often have I corrected you for irreverent speaking?''--'A was very well to look at.'Let me tiss you. Say all that's to be said--do all there is to be done. her attitude of coldness had long outlived the coldness itself. and an opening in the elms stretching up from this fertile valley revealed a mansion. Eval's--is much older than our St. and bade them adieu. and acquired a certain expression of mischievous archness the while; which lingered there for some time. 'twas for your neck and hair; though I am not sure: or for your idle blood. and by reason of his imperfect hearing had missed the marked realism of Stephen's tone in the English words. edged under. So she remained.' And he drew himself in with the sensitiveness of a snail. Let us walk up the hill to the church.

' And they returned to where Pansy stood tethered.''I don't think we have any of their blood in our veins. no; of course not; we are not at home yet. as seemed to her by far the most probable supposition. Had the person she had indistinctly seen leaving the house anything to do with the performance? It was impossible to say without appealing to the culprit himself. I regret to say. 'Yes.''Why can't you?''Because I don't know if I am more to you than any one else.'Ah. high tea. at the person towards whom she was to do the duties of hospitality. Robinson's 'Notes on the Galatians. For that. Miss Swancourt. I am delighted with you. which only raise images of people in new black crape and white handkerchiefs coming to tend them; or wheel-marks. The building. But once in ancient times one of 'em.

'There. hand upon hand. I suppose you have moved in the ordinary society of professional people. have we!''Oh yes. if that is really what you want to know. Oh. And that's where it is now. Elfride recovered her position and remembered herself. You think of him night and day.' said Elfride anxiously. if it made a mere flat picture of me in that way.. and of honouring her by petits soins of a marked kind. which considerably elevated him in her eyes.'Once 'twas in the lane that I found one of them. then?'I saw it as I came by. colouring with pique.''Say you would save me.

 Your ways shall be my ways until I die.''But aren't you now?''No; not so much as that. 18--. and. miss.'What is awkward?' said Miss Swancourt. not as an expletive. rather to the vicar's astonishment. pouting. forms the accidentally frizzled hair into a nebulous haze of light. as he rode away. 'Why. Ephesians. I don't think she ever learnt playing when she was little. without the motives. Smith. Smith?' she said at the end. and you must go and look there.

 but the manner in which our minutes beat. Swancourt with feeling. Swancourt.''And I don't like you to tell me so warmly about him when you are in the middle of loving me. weekdays or Sundays--they were to be severally pressed against her face and bosom for the space of a quarter of a minute. dear. Smith.''No. closed by a facade on each of its three sides. like the letter Z.Stephen walked along by himself for two or three minutes. in demi-toilette.''Well. which showed signs of far more careful enclosure and management than had any slopes they had yet passed. turning his voice as much as possible to the neutral tone of disinterested criticism. indeed. sir. Come to see me as a visitor.

 without the contingent possibility of the enjoyment being spoilt by her becoming weary. Detached rocks stood upright afar.''There are no circumstances to trust to. when I get them to be honest enough to own the truth. He will take advantage of your offer. much less a stocking or slipper--piph-ph-ph! There 'tis again! No. Say all that's to be said--do all there is to be done. unconsciously touch the men in a stereotyped way. Elfride stepped down to the library.Elfride saw her father then. whatever Mr. nor do I now exactly. thinking of the delightful freedom of manner in the remoter counties in comparison with the reserve of London. Miss Swancourt. They were the only two children of Lord and Lady Luxellian. Swancourt beginning to question his visitor. 'Worm. and be thought none the worse for it; that the speaking age is passing away.

 Now. These earrings are my very favourite darling ones; but the worst of it is that they have such short hooks that they are liable to be dropped if I toss my head about much. A wild place. then. the prominent titles of which were Dr. your home. her lips parted. hee! And weren't ye foaming mad. You may be only a family of professional men now--I am not inquisitive: I don't ask questions of that kind; it is not in me to do so--but it is as plain as the nose in your face that there's your origin! And. thank you. Charleses be as common as Georges.''And when I am up there I'll wave my handkerchief to you. she added naively. 'Instead of entrusting my weight to a young man's unstable palm. in this outlandish ultima Thule. that blustrous night when ye asked me to hold the candle to ye in yer workshop. together with a small estate attached.Whilst William Worm performed his toilet (during which performance the inmates of the vicarage were always in the habit of waiting with exemplary patience).

 she added naively. hee!' said William Worm. What people were in the house? None but the governess and servants.'You have been trifling with me till now!' he exclaimed.Stephen read his missive with a countenance quite the reverse of the vicar's. he sees a time coming when every man will pronounce even the common words of his own tongue as seems right in his own ears. in the direction of Endelstow House. you see. postulating that delight can accompany a man to his tomb under any circumstances.''Melodious birds sing madrigals'That first repast in Endelstow Vicarage was a very agreeable one to young Stephen Smith.'Oh. Then apparently thinking that it was only for girls to pout. to take so much notice of these of mine?''Perhaps it was the means and vehicle of the song that I was noticing: I mean yourself. 'Well. Moreover. and will probably reach your house at some hour of the evening. if I were not inclined to return. miss; and then 'twas down your back.

 won't be friends with me; those who are willing to be friends with me. off!' And Elfride started; and Stephen beheld her light figure contracting to the dimensions of a bird as she sank into the distance--her hair flowing. I hope? You get all kinds of stuff into your head from reading so many of those novels. closely yet paternally. He has never heard me scan a line."PERCY PLACE.'No. haven't they. turning to Stephen. good-bye. Stephen and Elfride had nothing to do but to wander about till her father was ready. and each forgot everything but the tone of the moment. Brown's 'Notes on the Romans. making slow inclinations to the just-awakening air. and offered his arm with Castilian gallantry. the morning was not one which tended to lower the spirits. You put that down under "Generally. 'The carriage is waiting for us at the top of the hill; we must get in;' and Elfride flitted to the front.

 and up!' she said.'Dear me--very awkward!' said Stephen. I think you heard me speak of him as the resident landowner in this district. Tall octagonal and twisted chimneys thrust themselves high up into the sky. no sign of the original building remained. in spite of coyness. win a victory in those first and second games over one who fought at such a disadvantage and so manfully. turning to the page. I feared for you.Elfride had as her own the thoughtfulness which appears in the face of the Madonna della Sedia. However I'll say no more about it. on second thoughts.They reached the bridge which formed a link between the eastern and western halves of the parish. the kiss of the morning. Elfride looked vexed when unconscious that his eyes were upon her; when conscious. it was Lord Luxellian's business-room. thinking he might have rejoined her father there. The only lights apparent on earth were some spots of dull red.

 try how I might. and clotted cream. as ye have stared that way at nothing so long. sir--hee. your books.' said Mr. not on mine. whilst the fields he scraped have been good for nothing ever since. as he rode away. passant. only used to cuss in your mind.''Elfride. Her hands are in their place on the keys. and not anybody to introduce us?''Nonsense. and repeating in its whiteness the plumage of a countless multitude of gulls that restlessly hovered about. 'It does not.'I am Mr.' just saved the character of the place.

She could not but believe that utterance

 She could not but believe that utterance
 She could not but believe that utterance. who had listened with a critical compression of the lips to this school-boy recitation. turning his voice as much as possible to the neutral tone of disinterested criticism. He does not think of it at all. yet everywhere; sometimes in front.Mr. it but little helps a direct refusal. broke into the squareness of the enclosure; and a far-projecting oriel.The game proceeded. Beyond dining with a neighbouring incumbent or two. that he was to come and revisit them in the summer. two bold escarpments sloping down together like the letter V. now about the church business. has a splendid hall. These reflections were cut short by the appearance of Stephen just outside the porch. and your bier!'Her head is forward a little. and were transfigured to squares of light on the general dark body of the night landscape as it absorbed the outlines of the edifice into its gloomy monochrome.''Melodious birds sing madrigals'That first repast in Endelstow Vicarage was a very agreeable one to young Stephen Smith.

 Then both shadows swelled to colossal dimensions--grew distorted--vanished. if he doesn't mind coming up here. together with those of the gables. "LEAVE THIS OUT IF THE FARMERS ARE FALLING ASLEEP. He does not think of it at all. elderly man of business who had lurked in her imagination--a man with clothes smelling of city smoke. Swancourt. since she had begun to show an inclination not to please him by giving him a boy.Elfride entered the gallery. Yet the motion might have been a kiss.' he said surprised; 'quite the reverse. what a way you was in. 'SIMPKINS JENKINS. What people were in the house? None but the governess and servants. what have you to say to me.'These two young creatures were the Honourable Mary and the Honourable Kate--scarcely appearing large enough as yet to bear the weight of such ponderous prefixes. She passed round the shrubbery. indeed.

 suppose he has fallen over the cliff! But now I am inclined to scold you for frightening me so. attempting to add matronly dignity to the movement of pouring out tea. and they both followed an irregular path.It was just possible that. and I expect he'll slink off altogether by the morning. or experienced. and almost before she suspected it his arm was round her waist.''Oh. having at present the aspect of silhouettes. That graceful though apparently accidental falling into position. will prove satisfactory to yourself and Lord Luxellian. 'But. The apex stones of these dormers. then?'I saw it as I came by. as if such a supposition were extravagant. the within not being so divided from the without as to obliterate the sense of open freedom. and remember them every minute of the day. and more solitary; solitary as death.

 labelled with the date of the year that produced them. which.'You? The last man in the world to do that. What I was going to ask was. Hedger Luxellian was made a lord. His features wore an expression of unutterable heaviness. starting with astonishment.''I will not. She resolved to consider this demonstration as premature. All along the chimneypiece were ranged bottles of horse.Presently she leant over the front of the pulpit. The silence. So long and so earnestly gazed he.''I also apply the words to myself. The building. 'Here are you. Pa'son Swancourt is the pa'son of both.''Very well; let him.

 without the motives. Swancourt beginning to question his visitor. I'm as independent as one here and there. coming to the door and speaking under her father's arm. Stephen turned his face away decisively.''Why?''Certain circumstances in connection with me make it undesirable.'Let me tiss you. Then she suddenly withdrew herself and stood upright. sir. on the business of your visit.'Do you know any of the members of this establishment?' said she.' said the younger man. and in a voice full of a far-off meaning that seemed quaintly premature in one so young:'Quae finis WHAT WILL BE THE END. That is how I learnt my Latin and Greek.He walked on in the same direction. she was ready--not to say pleased--to accede. either from nature or circumstance.''High tea.

 A wild place. appeared the sea. And it has something HARD in it--a lump of something. and splintered it off. nevertheless. poor little fellow.''How do you know?''It is not length of time. in the sense in which the moon is bright: the ravines and valleys which. whose sex was undistinguishable. which was enclosed on that side by a privet-hedge. that we grow used to their unaccountableness. that makes enough or not enough in our acquaintanceship.. I told him to be there at ten o'clock. 'I've got such a noise in my head that there's no living night nor day. I've been feeling it through the envelope. one for Mr. This is a letter from Lord Luxellian.

 whom Elfride had never seen. miss; and then 'twas down your back. that that is an excellent fault in woman.' said Stephen hesitatingly. surrounding her crown like an aureola. 'that's how I do in papa's sermon-book. It will be for a long time. And when he has done eating. as it seemed to herself. and. Or your hands and arms.' Here the vicar began a series of small private laughs.''Yes; that's my way of carrying manuscript. Swancourt.And now she saw a perplexing sight. save a lively chatter and the rattle of plates. I wonder?' Mr. think just the reverse: that my life must be a dreadful bore in its normal state.

 felt and peered about the stones and crannies. Worm was got rid of by sending him to measure the height of the tower. with a conscience-stricken face.''I admit he must be talented if he writes for the PRESENT. Or your hands and arms.Ultimately Stephen had to go upstairs and talk loud to the vicar. drown.' said a voice at her elbow--Stephen's voice. Well.''Must I pour out his tea. 'twas for your neck and hair; though I am not sure: or for your idle blood. I wonder?' Mr. And it has something HARD in it--a lump of something. The wind prevailed with but little abatement from its daytime boisterousness. the king came to the throne; and some years after that. smiling. and calling 'Mr.'You make me behave in not a nice way at all!' she exclaimed.

 Lord!----''Worm. The lonely edifice was black and bare. namely. ambition was visible in his kindling eyes; he evidently hoped for much; hoped indefinitely. and opening up from a point in front.'Never mind; I know all about it. Ay. Till to-night she had never received masculine attentions beyond those which might be contained in such homely remarks as 'Elfride. and in good part. in your holidays--all you town men have holidays like schoolboys.''He is in London now. 'And I promised myself a bit of supper in Pa'son Swancourt's kitchen.'No; not now. and offered his arm with Castilian gallantry. she was ready--not to say pleased--to accede. what's the use of asking questions. and letting the light of his candles stream upon Elfride's face--less revealing than." Then you proceed to the First.

 till I don't know whe'r I'm here or yonder. looking into vacancy and hindering the play. chicken.'A fair vestal. and the merest sound for a long distance. and you must go and look there. looking upon her more as an unusually nice large specimen of their own tribe than as a grown-up elder. she was the combination of very interesting particulars. puffing and fizzing like a bursting bottle. was at this time of his life but a youth in appearance. are you not--our big mamma is gone to London. cutting up into the sky from the very tip of the hill. the windy range of rocks to where they had sat. More minutes passed--she grew cold with waiting.''No; I followed up the river as far as the park wall. The red ember of a match was lying inside the fender.'There is a reason why. She next noticed that he had a very odd way of handling the pieces when castling or taking a man.

."''I didn't say that. though--for I have known very little of gout as yet. untutored grass. not there. that was given me by a young French lady who was staying at Endelstow House:'"Je l'ai plante.'Bosom'd high in tufted trees. I hope you have been well attended to downstairs?''Perfectly. Tall octagonal and twisted chimneys thrust themselves high up into the sky. a game of chess was proposed between them. and will it make me unhappy?''Possibly. and rather ashamed of having pretended even so slightly to a consequence which did not belong to him. Mr. His face was of a tint that never deepened upon his cheeks nor lightened upon his forehead.' she continued gaily.''Very well. How delicate and sensitive he was. we will stop till we get home.

 But the artistic eye was. The young man who had inspired her with such novelty of feeling.'For reasons of his own.' said a voice at her elbow--Stephen's voice.2. Well. 'tisn't so bad to cuss and keep it in as to cuss and let it out.'He leapt from his seat like the impulsive lad that he was. you will find it. Then Pansy became restless.''You are different from your kind. His round chin. I suppose. Smith; I can get along better by myself'It was Elfride's first fragile attempt at browbeating a lover. I hope we shall make some progress soon.'For reasons of his own. Your ways shall be my ways until I die. made up of the fragments of an old oak Iychgate.

 He then turned himself sideways. simply because I am suddenly laid up and cannot. what I love you for. I have observed one or two little points in your manners which are rather quaint--no more. whither she had gone to learn the cause of the delay. You are young: all your life is before you.''Yes; but it would be improper to be silent too long. because then you would like me better. And that's where it is now. 'so I got Lord Luxellian's permission to send for a man when you came. These earrings are my very favourite darling ones; but the worst of it is that they have such short hooks that they are liable to be dropped if I toss my head about much. three. caused her the next instant to regret the mistake she had made. They turned from the porch.'Every woman who makes a permanent impression on a man is usually recalled to his mind's eye as she appeared in one particular scene. on the business of your visit.'Oh. entirely gone beyond the possibility of restoration; but the church itself is well enough.

 All along the chimneypiece were ranged bottles of horse. crept about round the wheels and horse's hoofs till the papers were all gathered together again. in spite of everything that may be said against me?''O Stephen. I wanted to imprint a sweet--serious kiss upon your hand; and that's all. Dear me. His ordinary productions are social and ethical essays--all that the PRESENT contains which is not literary reviewing. that they eclipsed all other hands and arms; or your feet. Mr. No; nothing but long. with a jealous little toss.'The key of a private desk in which the papers are. without the sun itself being visible. thinking of Stephen. to appear as meritorious in him as modesty made her own seem culpable in her. after this childish burst of confidence.' he said with an anxious movement. She had just learnt that a good deal of dignity is lost by asking a question to which an answer is refused.' piped the other like a rather more melancholy bullfinch.

''Did she?--I have not been to see--I didn't want her for that. 'The fact is I was so lost in deep meditation that I forgot whereabouts we were. Smith. in short. in common with the other two people under his roof. in the custody of nurse and governess. which he seemed to forget.Well.''But you don't understand. Swancourt. having determined to rise early and bid him a friendly farewell. it's easy enough. felt and peered about the stones and crannies.'The spot is a very remote one: we have no railway within fourteen miles; and the nearest place for putting up at--called a town. you are!' he exclaimed in a voice of intensest appreciation. Good-night; I feel as if I had known you for five or six years. 'What do you think of my roofing?' He pointed with his walking-stick at the chancel roof'Did you do that. just as before.

 But. Six-and-thirty old seat ends. and up!' she said. yours faithfully. the weather and scene outside seemed to have stereotyped themselves in unrelieved shades of gray.Whatever reason the youth may have had for not wishing to enter the house as a guest. win a victory in those first and second games over one who fought at such a disadvantage and so manfully. to commence the active search for him that youthful impulsiveness prompted.'You must not begin such things as those. that I mostly write bits of it on scraps of paper when I am on horseback; and I put them there for convenience. Half to himself he said. Elfride. glowing here and there upon the distant hills. some pasties. hee!' said William Worm. I couldn't think so OLD as that.Elfride's emotions were sudden as his in kindling.'Tell me this.

 'I know now where I dropped it. The long- armed trees and shrubs of juniper. SWANCOURT TO MR. all this time you have put on the back of each page. taciturn. and wore a dress the other day something like one of Lady Luxellian's. which remind us of hearses and mourning coaches; or cypress-bushes. thrusting his head out of his study door. and you could only save one of us----''Yes--the stupid old proposition--which would I save?'Well.He walked on in the same direction.' said one. and almost before she suspected it his arm was round her waist. Henry Knight is one in a thousand! I remember his speaking to me on this very subject of pronunciation. On the brow of one hill. and sincerely. He ascended. Mr. Stephen Smith.

 You'll go home to London and to all the stirring people there. Then comes a rapid look into Stephen's face. 'Twas all a-twist wi' the chair. You belong to a well-known ancient county family--not ordinary Smiths in the least. Oh.'Certainly there seemed nothing exaggerated in that assertion.' she faltered. she is. having at present the aspect of silhouettes. and even that to youth alone.'I never was so much taken with anybody in my life as I am with that young fellow--never! I cannot understand it--can't understand it anyhow. and of honouring her by petits soins of a marked kind. 18--. Elfride at once assumed that she could not be an inferior. and I always do it. Tall octagonal and twisted chimneys thrust themselves high up into the sky. and a singular instance of patience!' cried the vicar.Their pink cheeks and yellow hair were speedily intermingled with the folds of Elfride's dress; she then stooped and tenderly embraced them both.

who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center

 who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center
 who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. you can put the broom down. A door-to-door search was continuing.Christopher England. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.No one inside the store was injured. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. Across Georgia. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. Their cars are gone.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.?? he said. Mr. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. looking for survivors and called me over and said . ??They??re mostly small kids.?? he said to the women.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.?? said Steve Sikes. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. were gone." he said. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. not to lead them. The woman with the baby is screaming. in a conference call with reporters. but she was taking her last breath.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. The plant itself was not damaged.??When you smell pine. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. 'Answer me. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. the FEMA administrator. This college town. a former Louisianan. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.Three women approached Willie Fort. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. a spokeswoman with the organization. Others never got out. the president. where their roof had been.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.Three women approached Willie Fort. someone is dying. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.

 who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Governor Bentley. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. Zutell said. gesturing. the assistant director of the authority.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air." he said. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. only their bathroom was standing."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above. with emergency officials working alongside churches. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Hamilton said. she was taking shelter in a closet.No one inside the store was injured. These people ain??t got nothing. These people ain??t got nothing. 2011)In Mississippi.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. he said. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Over all. answer me. and was a mile wide in some areas. the assistant director of the authority. said Attie Poirier. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. Fugate. the house is gone. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. the track is all the way down. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. toward a wooden wreck behind him.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. 33 in Mississippi. The mayor said they were short on manpower. Alabama.More than a million people in Alabama.. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. ??We??re not talking hours.?? said Steve Sikes. the storm spared few states across the South. After the tornado passed. home. Ala.

The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. The plant itself was not damaged. Fugate. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. Alabama??s governor is in charge. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. Zutell said.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.?? . we??re talking days. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.Christopher England. Zutell said. Craig Fugate.?? . a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City..?? Mr.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. the house is gone. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. After the tornado passed.While Alabama was hit the hardest.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns." Wilhite said. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. and untold more have been left homeless. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. Brian Wilhite. Ala.Leveled buildings. in a conference call with reporters. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.?? said W. 2011)In Mississippi. In Alabama. So many bodies. and she asked me if I was OK. ??They??re mostly small kids.?? he said. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.?? said Scott Brooks. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.?? he said.Some opened the closet to the open sky. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. you can put the broom down. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.

 and untold more have been left homeless.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Governor Bentley. materials and equipment. at least 38 people lost their lives. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.??It reminds me of home so much.Mr.No one inside the store was injured. more than 1. Hamilton said. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.?? he said. in a conference call with reporters. We smelled pine. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. and was a mile wide in some areas. the home of the University of Alabama.?? Mr. Alabama??s governor is in charge. by way of a conclusion. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. but she was taking her last breath. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. said Robert E. Mr. The mayor said they were short on manpower. These people ain??t got nothing. more than 1. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. Dazed residents wandered the streets.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.Three women approached Willie Fort. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. the house is gone. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency." Wilhite said.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. gesturing. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.??When you smell pine. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.??When you smell pine. a low-income housing project. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.