The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-07-15
T Az. and 1n.elllsspesr
BEL AIR, Md, JULY 1904.

ter of fact nurse in trying to find out
her name. so | determined on anoth-
err plan | had never seen the girl, but
the voice seemed to float out Of win
dow just opposite me.
Il was becoming cOnvalescent rap
idly, and, casting about for something
to weight the bouquet with. my eyes
fell on pair of slippers. l struck the
flowers in the toe of one of the slip
pers and hurled it across with all' my
force l saw it sail in the window.
and then, the cXertion proving too
much for me. tainted and fell on the
floor by the window. l had counted
on seeing the girl pick up the flowers.
but tainted too quickly.
Il was removed to another room,
which looked out on an inner court.
and | never heard the voice again. |
recovered from the relapse quickly.
and while | was in bed l blocked out
the synopsis of my romance. The
zero, as you know, l made an art STU
dent in Paris and had him fall in
love with girl across the way on
account of the girls voice. He threw
her fiOwcry. just us | did, and they got
to know each other in that way.
'Rut both the young artist and the
young singer were poor. They driftcd
away from Paris and lost the sight.
but not the memory, of each other.
Ten years later the artist. now on the
top wave of success went to hear
new opera sung by Il new prima donna
of whom great things are told. The
prina donna turns out to he the girl
ut the other window The artist rush
rs out of the opera house, buys some
lilies of the valley and pair of slip
pCrs. sticks the flowers into the toe
of one of the slippers and hurts 1t on
the stage. She recognizes him by the
sign. They marry and live happy ever
aftcrward. And that's all there is to
the little story which the critics jump
cd on me for giving such Il prosaic
title as y Pair of slippers.
"And you are sure that If you met
the girl to whom you threw the flow
ers You would never be tempted 10 try
to turn your romance into reality:'
asked Anne.
Il have enough romance to last ne
for lifetime"
But suppose the girl was really
very nice girl and Il very pretty Sirl:'
"Makes 10 difference
'Did You know that l lived in lie
apartment house back of the hospital
at which you were Il paticnt:' AnneS
expression was rather mischievOu:i.
"No, I didn't Then it is possible
that you know the woman with the
contralto voice. Do you:"
"Yes. l knew her. In fact | have
the slipper and the bunch of lilies of
the valley
How did You get them? Your voice
is soprano"
Anncs expression was distinctly mis-
chievous now. In fact. she seemed to
have great difficulty in keeping from
laughing outright. as she said:
THE woman you heard singing was
orr old negro cook. whom we brought
up from the south with us. l had to
take the flowers and slipper off her
hands TO pacify her. She was going
over to the hospital to raise row
on the presumption that the negro JAM
tor had tried to firt with her. put
the flowers and slipper out Of her way,
and she finally forgot about them. and
so did l. When / read your book it
started me to thinking. and when l
met you determined to find out if it
was really you who threw the flowers.
So you need not worry any more about
my jealousy"
II think" said Tom slowly, "that the
joke is decidedly on me-"
Undoubtedly" said Anne. "But II
you had not thrown the flowers you
wouldn't have written the book, and if
you had not written the book l would
not have gone out of my way to meet
you. So 'all's well that ends WE'LL"