The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-19

when the fun purport OF my tale dawne
upon her.
The idear' and she colored prettly. Mr..
Applegate deserving another girl for me!
Happily. I am quite Indifferent 10 him and
win Try TO give him a push in Sally's dlrec-
ton"
How will you do it, I inquired. eagerly.
Il must see sally first and talk with her.
Then I will send Mr.. Frank about his bUsi-
ness in short order"
save a place for me at lunch tomorrow"
I volunteered. bold as brass. and ] viii
point out Sally 10 you"
That Will be good OF you. What hour:
she asked. coyly.
'one sharp" 1 answered. rising and ex-
tending my hand
Must you Eor' asked Mss Lang. in a
tone that meant stay IL YOU like" And
and wonderful liar.
M, no." / expostulated: 7 have taken
too much OF YOUR valnab'e time already
Can you forgive me this intruSon%
She paused a moment. looking down
t~hsughtfaIly: then caught my eye again
Don't know" she answered. gently. that
viii depend on you Good night" placing
her hsnd in min for an instant
A minute later ! Mas out OF the house
One thing / will swear to. I never walked
down those steps l melted down. or was
waited, or something OF the sorc OF one
A4EL 4 Will El1hE odAn~ i vs. Al = IOGdLb
condition at the time.
Next day. on the stroke of / seated ny
self beside Beatrice Lang. With 4 guilty air
I laid a bunch Of yfOlets 1t her place.
For me?" she questioned. with sparkling
eyes and 4 rising color. 1 nodded. How
lovely and she buried her face in the
blooms. Happy ~violets,
Il wanted TO strengthen your interest in
sally" 1 said with a forced smile. This sort
Of smile is difficult AT times. At the word.
l indicated sally at the next table My
companion vas all attention IN a moment.
so that Is Sally She looks good l Ike
her and viii help her IL / can"
1 looked my gratitude The one thought
In my mind Just then was sally.
Il am going 10 speak to her after lunch
We shan be friends ~ she win let me" nv
companion announced, with go0d-natured
decision.
"when may I come for my reportg'' I
asked. a little dobutfully. I am afraid.
"Oh. l Sm TO report progress am - she
asked. demurely. We'll. then. call at the
house Thursday evening Mr. Armstrong. II
you will"
I managed to articulate that I thought I
would be able 20 b present Internally I
knew / would get there unless stopped by
an ~eartkquaks.
At that point Miss Ling rose hastily.
You will excuse me-. Will you nctT' she
asked. smiling at me- over the ~violets; she
Is going, looking significantly toward
sally. and must not miss her. You win
not forget Thursday
Forget Thursday, Sooner let my right
hand forget its cunning. Let the rivers run
back. but Ier me not forget Thursday.
Thursday, Why. that is the one day l have
been booking forward TO all my life and
shall look back on ali through eternity.
l meant 10 convey an these things with
my eyes: aloud I merely said: Il shall De
there without lad" Is I stood until she had
gone.
lunch had no further attraction. Until
Thursday the world must manage 20 was
on without me. During this knterval I be-
lieve most OF NY business dutes were per-
formed. but in 4 highly perfunctory way.
l was in a state on the bOnierland between
trance and dream.
On Thursday night I found myself at
Miss Lang's almost without knowing how I
got there. In the same condition I listened.
her voice sounding like a sea song. faint.
sweet. uninteIliGible to the err. yet entirely
significant 20 the soul.