The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-05-03

he had caught her hair. He had as
sumed Irritation, and his cutting re-
marks had ended in the return of his
ring and misery for them both. In his
hot anger he had not liked to ask his
host to cash a check and had gone
away without a thought of emergen-
cies.
There is no time to consider the COM
monplace things of life when one has
just lost the girl he loves, and all would
have been we'll enough had he not
feared Fay Gressit's ridicule.
He made pretense Of reading a
book he found in his hand bag, but he
could not interest himself in the story
and long before the dusk began to close
in he was thoroughly miserable.
He welcomed a knock at the door. 1t
could only be the porter with coal or
the chambermaid with towels but
somehow he felt as If he had been
stranded on desert island, and he
welcomed the advent of any one. He
sprang to his feet as he cried "Come
in!' and confronted Frank Jordan.
you will pardon my breaking in up
on your Solitude" began Jordan, "but
Miss Carver sent me for you"
''How did you know was here?" he
demanded suspiciously.
Miss Gressit sent a telegram warn
ing us that you were still in town and
asking us to look you up"
''Have you the telegram?' asked Bob
Jordan shook his head.
"NIiss Carver has that She just asked
me to look you up. I say, old chap.
feel awfully cut up over last night.
There really was nothing to it. Oh
course know how you feel. When a
fellow is first engaged he is jealous OF
the rest of mankind. Good Lord, when
was first engaged to Fay used to be
jealous even of her riding master"
You engaged to Fay Gressit?" shout
ed Bob. II thought you were-well, in
terested In Alice'
"Sure I'm Interested" agreed Jordan
shes been sort of fairy godmothel
to Fay and me. You know, Mrs. Ores
sit does not approve of me; thinks I'm
not a good match for Fay, and if il
weren't for Alice l don't know what
we would have DONE"
II suppose everybody is laughing al
my staying behind said Pelham
weakly.
Don't know anything about it," de
clared Jordan. II can let you have
what you need and you can go right OF
fn fOHr ho wifi, me-
and simply explain that you changed
your mind. If were you I'd go back
Alice says you have ring that belongs
to her."
"Tll go" said Bob. "Help me gel
these things together
Some hours later Bob and Alice sal
in the music room while Jordan was
doing his best to hold the rest of the
crowd in the library with parlor magic
I'm awfully glad you came back, >
whispered Alice as she slipped her hant
the one with the ring on it-into his
know"
But what made her think was go
ing to stay oyer?" he asked. 81 told hel
was going down on the next train"
''She saw you buy your ticket ant
that there was only the one bill in you
purse. She knew that if you stayed
over there would be chance for al
explanation, so she borrowed every
cent you had and telegraphed us from
the next stop just what she had done.
Il think" said Pelham slowly, ''tha
owe Fay great deal more than sh'
owes me-"
81 should hope,' said Alice, chat 70,
value me at more than $2O'
Dear" he whispered, you are with
out price"
without money and without price,
she quoted. "You without the none!
and without the price,"