Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-08-25

control. She had felt several times late
ly that Dick. and not She was holding
the reinS. She remembered fesentfuly
how dictat0rial he had grown of late and
that once he had actually forbidden her
TO do something. That was bad enough
but what struck her as being even
stranger was the fact that she had meek
ly obeycd him.
She was sitting on The east veranda
/ trying 10 keep awake long enough to
think what it meant, anyway, when
Die, appeared Mt her side
Game to tell You my latest symn-
toms, he volunteered, giving her keen
look and then dropping into the ham
mock and tanning himself vigorously.
'Gon have eight weeks grace, said
Flavia. urbanely. II gave you three
months. you know
In spite of herself her eyes fell before
him. and. To her horror, she felt the
blood rising to her checks and an intol-
cradle sense of embarrassment creeping
over her. She knew that he was still
watching her, with that little gleam Of
amusement and mastery in his eyes. anJ
She could have cried in veXati0n at her
confusion.
Il feared So" he said, suavely Per
haps,. you would better give me yours
first"
The sun hurts my eyes. and I'm SO
warm, she said, incoherently. FIX
cuSe me moment won't yOu?' and she
fled to her room and dabbed her face in
cologne and water and famed herself
furiouSly.
Idiot, IDIOT. IDIOT" she repeated 10
herself. flerceiy And l began it, and
now-now | believe / am--oh l believe
he knows it, too
Then she Strengthened up and looked
at herself in the glass. steadily TT is
not so" she said, emphatically, and went
slowly down the stairs
lp a III
him, watched her with look of quiet
determination and knowledge which
thrilled her with the conviction that she
bad found her master. Moreover, she
knew that he knew it, and at the thought
her face flushed hotly once more. She
felt that he had her in leash, and in
spite of her efforts she could not free
herself.
ingly.
Her reply was strangely irrelevant.
Its not true, she said passionateiy
Mhat!' he inquired.
What your eyes say she answered
I'VE have known each ether is4SssSs~
weeks, he said musingly. but let me-
reh you about my symptoms. That's
what | came for"
she SAID irritably Her cheeks were
ahame again.
Il am sorry. Flavia," he said, with
mock humility. but up to the present
time | am unable to adduce any evidence
which would corrohoratc your theory
about me. But I'm trying" he added
hopefully.
Possibly that's because you are too
inexperienced To diagnose your case,''
she suggested sarcastically
Possibly, he admitted imperturbably,
There are, however, things in your be-
havlor which puzzle me- You blush when
| talk to you, you do not meet my eve
and. hate to say it, bur you are uncom-
monty SIMPLY in Your ways" he added
in an injured tone. Nov, what does it
all mcanI'
1T means that yor are growing ridic,l-
lousy concCited,' she replied promptly.
oh if you take that view of It. I
wonder why it is he continued. that
that absurd quatrain keeps running
through my headT'
WHAT" she asked in relief. jumping
nj any topic which should take them
away from personalities.
He digged Il pit,
lie digged IL deep.
He digged il for his brother:
Then fate took a hand
And he fell in
To the pit that he diggcd for the other,
he repeated innocently.
Flavia tried to look unconscious. Then
she tried To meet his eyes dehantly. But
instead she only looked appealing.
My darling, he said. sprnging up
from the hammock and standing before
her. Don't fight against it any longer.
You need master and need you, Be
sides bending over her. your predic.
ton has come true. | acknowledge that
/ do. and why didn't YOU find il ont for
me sooner'-New York Commercial Adj
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