Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-25

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and wild alterations of expression
falling abruptly across the pinks and
blues, the gliding and lights of the
pretty, conventional theater. Some
thing in the suggestion Of unftness
appealed to Loder. 1t was the force
of the real as opposed to the ideal.
With a new expression on his face,
he turned again to Kaine.
"And how does it workT' he said.
''This treatment that you find So
French?"
His voice as well as his expression
had changed. He still spoke quietly,
but he spoke with interest. He was
no longer conscious Of his vague
~uneasiness: a fresh chord had been
struck in his mind, and his curiosity
had responded, to it. For the first
time it occurred to him that love-the
dangerous, mysterious garden whose
paths had so suddenly stretched out
before his own feet-was q pleasure
ground that possessed many doors and
an infinite number Of keys. he wal
stirred by the desire to peer through
another entrance than his own, to see
the secret, alluring byways from an
other standpoint. BE waited with in
terest for the answer to his question.
For a second or two Kaine continued
to survey the house; then his eyeglass
dropped from his eye, and he turned
round.
ITO understand the thing" he said
pleasantly, you must have read the
book. Have you read the book?"
mo, Mr.. Kaine," Mary Esseltyn In
terrupted, "Mr. Chilcote hasn't read
the book
Lillian laughed. Outline the story
for him, Lennie," she said. II love to
see other people taking pains"
Kaine glanced at her admiringB.
"Well, to begin WITH" he said amiably,
1.-TWO men, an artist and a millionaire,
exchange lives. SeeT
"You may presume that he does see,
Lennie."
Fright! Well, then, as I say, these
beggars change Identities. They're as
like as pins, and to all appearances n
chaps the other chap-and the other
chaps the first chap. see?"
Loder laughed. The newly quickened
interest was enhanced by treading On
dangerous ground.
"Wel, they change for a lark, of
course, but there's one fact they both
| overlooked. They're men, you know,
and they forget these little thingsw
He laughed delightedly. "They yer
look the fact that one of 'em has got
a wife!'
There was a crash of music from the
orchestra. Loder sat straighter in his
seat. He was conscious that the blood
had rushed into his face.
"Oh, indeed!' he said quickly. Zone
Of them had q wife?'
Exactly" Again KANE chuckled.
"And the point Of the joke is that the
wife is the least larky person under the
sun. Seer"
A second hot wave passed over Lo-
der's face. A sense Of mental disgust
filed him. This. then, was the wonder
full garden seen from another stand
point! He looked from Lillian, grace
full, skeptical and shallow, to the young
girl beside him, so frankly modern IL
her appreciation of life. This, then,
was love as seen by the eyes of the
world-the world that accepts, judges
md condemns in q slang phrase or
TWO! Very slowly the blood receded
from his face.
"And the end of the story? Z" he asked
n a strained voice.
"The end? Oh, usual end, of course.
Chap makes a mess of things and the
bubble bursts"
"And the end of the wife?'
"The end of the wife," Lillian broke
h, with a little laugh. "Why, the end