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They had not met since Mary's
)weddlng and the kitchen buxxed
with, excited questions, half, ans
wers, questions again. Ere had
been Mary's mild of honor and
he met Jimmy Stewart only -at
the wedding. Now he eaine in
ahyly, a likeable gray-eyed boy
iwbv kissed ner wnue Mary pro-.
tended to be -wild with Jealousy
and . said be hoped the would re
main with them all summer.
"It must be lonesome up la
Connecticut. Stay here and show
Mary how to t manage a hlgn
tepnlnr husband. He grinned at
bis wife who told him' sot to
worry about Ere.
She'll hare a husband of her
own one of these days. How's
Roger, darling?
They were seated In the little
breakfast nook which was .rery
fcridey with table and chairs
painted a bright canary color and.
rally colored china. Mary was
pouring coffee, making a great
could hate said. Tre met some-'
one who makes ererybodys else
rye. erer , known in all, my : life
seem sort of dim and far away
someone irho fill all my thought
an the world the - sky , and
stars". , ,
She might bare told Mary this.
But .out of : the confusion, 3 the
shamed regret whleh cerered her
like a cloud she would hare had
to ay also, "And he kissed me al
most the minute we met; I sat up
all night with him slept in hit
arms . . . . r ;- :' - -
& Ere kept silent as she fol
lowed the other girl through the
house obeying the bride's proud
order to inspect ererythlng. , '.
It's at least a hundred years
old, this part of the : building.
Don't you lore the wide doors and
the casements? Of course we
haren't furnished' It all In keep
In with the atmosphere, but we'll
do this later a our - chips keep
coming In-. ' : - v-v.
"It's dlrlne, darling. How happy
ceremony , ot.lt, ana enc lookeCLLyou must be this lorely home-
up Just In time te see nerrriena's Land the man you we'
yon know. Ton could buy It (or a
song and , Roger that Is," she
amended hastily, "whoerer yon
marry would see all that could be
done with It." I i
But Ere was not thinking ot
Roger as they wandered through,
the aualnt oM -. building. . There
was a tone lirlng room with an
enormous fireplace of field-stones
and wooden settles at right ang
les to the hearth and built-in cup
boards running the full length of
the opposite wall. And as Ere
stood there, smiling a nttle, she
had a Tislon of tire biasing up
in that yawning grate; rugs scat
tered here and there, shaded
lamps, easy chairs. And a tall fig
ure-lounging in the dimness a
sleekly dark head, dark eyes,
watching her In the dancing light.
: She caught her breath, turned
swiftly, went out into tne sun
shine. And for the remainder I
ft day she set bar mind stub
bornly against . the , thought of
Kenneth. She . bad been edr
enough for one wane; . bo use
keeping it up the rest of her lite.
They had a late dinner and at
twilight were lounging about
Mary's comfortable lirlng room.
trying to decide whether it would
be worth while to make waffles
and coffee, or just to retire and
sleep for ages before the alarm
should' hall Jimmy forth for his
day's work in the city, f , :
And then 'lights flashed out
side as a motor swung to a atop
before the gate; an engine roared
and died and a dor clammed.-And
Mary exclaimed vitli surprise
when a light step came; swiftly
across the reranda, but Ere
shrank down, in her chair, gasp
ing a little for her heart was in
her throat.
Eren before she beard his yolce,
gay and laughing, coming through
the dusk, she knew Kenneth WU-
mer was at the door. . ,
You're Mrs. Stewart? Gosh. X
had a time to find yon! Hope Miss,
Reads la around "
U was Jimmy who turned on
the light. And then Ere must get
np, introduce him, make it ap
pear they were old friends just
as if she were not snaung use a
leaf, trying to meet his eyes, tear
ing her own away from lis .eager i
took. - s s i ,
How ebarmlar and poised Tae
was, coming fa here tike this, tak
ing both her hands bending oyer
them tn a half mocking, halt ten
der way. On, she was proad of
him, proud in spite of her shamed
mtmory. And Jimmy liked him
on the instant anyone could see
this though Mary was so amas
ed as to be a little bmsk.
r -Mr. wnmer?" she repeated as
Ere spoke his name. "Not the
artist?" - .
Kenneth turned te her laugh
ing. ' made a low bow. "Glad - to
bear I'm net, a stranger. And of
course X know you; Ere told ma
a lot" She felt an nprush of de
light that he should make it seem,
so casual, so exactly right. But
after a time she' grew embarrass
ed . again and announced she
meant to go into the kitchen that
rery minute and make the waf
fles they bad been talking about.
No she didn't wish any help
they were to sit and talk and when
ererythlng was on the table she
would let them .know.
Time to catch her breath out
there in Mary's big kitchen as she
slipped into a bungalow apron,
brought flour and salt and all the
things that go into waffles. How
strange ererythlng was! She'd
hat expected him to seem dif
ferent; she'd hara expected some
thing et the taiai contempt aeons
him Roger showed those- girls ap
home who trailed back and forth
erenlngs in front of the Mansion
House, ogling drummers who-sat
with their feet on the porch raO.
Of course the knew little ot
worldly ways; she nerer bad been
out of the Connecticut Tillage ex
eeotlnr her short Tisits to the
homes of friends who were little
more sophisticated than herself;
Perhaps she was wrong; perhaps
Kenneth didn't despise her after
all . . . :
She had set the taMe la the
alcore and was standing at the
tore flushed by the heat and with
all the little curls fluttering like
small flames about her forehead.
when suddenly he was there be
side her.. He had slipped In and
closed the door, and now he swept
her into his arms, kissed her as
he had done that night under the
willow.
"Did you think you'd get away
from me so easily Ere. Rushing
off without so much as goodbye?
Why, darling? "Why did you do
thatf
"Ken She hid her face
against his lapel, clinging to him
while the waffles turned gold and
then brown and finally began to
erisjr In as alarminr way, .fKen,!
I thought you'd nerer want so see
me again. Truly I didn't mean to
do as I did drop asleep wee war.
What your friends must bare
ihought! I oh. Ire been so mls-
erabie ashamed--' -
Ha nut his hand beneath her
ehin, raised it so she had to meet
his look. She saw astonishment in
his face, amusement too, but
mostly incredulity. 'Why, you
darn kid! - Ton thought lordy,
what a little stiff-neck, you are.
In The Lane, too listen to Ken,
Tonnxster. Ton get orer that, you
hear? Park old ironsides limber
ud aet human if you're going to
be my girL Ton are? he enquir
ed earerly. I
Half laughing, half crying, but
with a song in her bean she whis
pered, "Yes, I'm going to be your
girl. Ken. Tea, thank, you, rm
going to be your girt
But Mary , had something to
say about that.
(To be continued)
VISIT IX MI TITLE POINT
DALLAS. Feb.! 12 Dr. and
Mrs. W. L. Pemberton left Sat
urday afternoon for Myrtle Point
to look after matters connected
with their dairy ranch in that sec
tion. They are expected to return
by Tuesday.
ran
DIME
BBMKOS
CHICAGO. Feb. IS (APJ
Mrs. Irene Castle - McLaughlin,
one time famous dancer stood
crying, helpless to aid, as - she
watched 99 dogs ahe had, be
friended, burn to death in a tire
that destroyed her kennels . tor
homeless canines, known as "or
phans of the storm. Apparently,
authorities said, the fir was of
incendiary origin. - -
; Only SS dogs were eared des
pite frantic efforts of Mrs. Me-:
Laughlln, the caretaker, firemen
and neighbors. Most of the ani
mals in the haren 'were derelicts
but a few were thoroughbreds
placed there for the winter by
their wealthy owners.
Prostrate and hysterical. Mrs.
McLaughlin later rexealed that
she had recently receired anony
mous notes threatening the kennels.
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MICKEY MOUSE
By IWERKS
face go scarlet.
It was not the blush ot a girL
feeing teased -about -an ld beau
and Mary, who was romantic,
sensed mystery. Adreature. se
crecy, sudden, sweeping emotions
. all the things she had missed
In her own rather commonplace
courtship and marriage she im
agined behind tho color that went
flaming in Ere s face.
And she began to chatter about
tother things, telling herself the
mystery could wait.- They would
hare a long talk the moment
Jimmy left for the city. Ere
.would confide ererythlng just as
- she always had done all their
lires. ' f '
But Saturday passed without a
word) that Mary ached to hear and
a long April Sunday mored slowly
roun dthe clock. And It was not
until Sunday, night that Mary be
gan to suspect the cause of her
guest's restlessness, her frequent
spells of silence, the sudden starts
"tie gare as If brought suddenly
from deeo sleen.
' For on Sunday night Kenneth
.Winner came.
it- was a lasy day, that long
'April Sunday with gently fly
away breeses pufflnr ont of no
where: with white shies of clouds
sailing the deep blue orerhead
and a fortune in the golden eoln
of dandelions sprinkling itself
erer the rreen relyet of the old
farmhouse lawn.
Ere helped Mary with break?
fast, with the dishes afterward.
with "picking up" stm later.
glancing at the . sturdy, . rather
square little figure ot her friend.
feeUag the kindness of bine eyes.
wondering all the time -why she
did not tell what was in her heart.
It would hare helped so. It she
Ere broke oft Quickly and the
blue- eyes : surreyed - her - first,
sharply and then with pity. Of i
course Ere and Roger had quar-
reled why hadn't she thought of
It sooner? Naturally the poor kid
was hurt.' unhappy-
She put her arm around Ere.
beran to lead her out to the road
and on beyond a enrre toward an-1
other farmhouse, a low Dutch co
lonial building which was desert
ed and would have been melan
choly but for the flowering shrubs
which -surrounded it.
."Ereryone has misunderstand
ings,' Mary began 'tn a soothing
tone. "Even Jimmy and I why,
we almost .decided to call it all
off the day before the wedding!.
But things come right if you lore
enonah truly this Is so. YouTl I
see. And she garo Ere a pat. smil
ing in a knowing manner, feeling
she bad formed an alliance wiin
Dan Cupid himself in the interest i
of her friend.
But Ere was thinking. "Oh you
bellere that! You beliere It be
cause yon don't know wnat can
happen, what auiy. terrioie things
you. yourself, might do! not er
erythlng can come right. Not eren
It In lore oh. simply ail were 1
is!"
For now she admitted it to her
self: she was in lore with Ken
neth WUmer. That -was way sue ,
had let him-kiss her. It was
why ahe kept putting oft her de
parture that night, stopping for
another half hour and another tm
It was too late.
She murmured "Well " and
Mary giggled and said they most
look at the old house;
'Ire got the gorgeousest plan
about It. Listen; why conldnt you
lire here some day? When well
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