The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-05
II mean to have IT, said the girl,
with true feminine desire for the thing

with true feminine desire for the thing
out of her reach.
Winston, 3. A., put down his books
and rose to his feet with a long -suffer-
Ing air.
position OF having to tell 'T,isbeth that
you have broken your neck" he said
dryly, Il will reach 1t for YOU. Which
Is tho particular apple you desire q nc
inquired, pcering up amongst the
leaves through his glasses.
This true daughter Of Eve silently
pointed to the one she coveted. 1t was
no better than any other on the tree,
save that It had the charm Of being out
of her reach.
winston, b. A.. stretched UP his long
arm and plucked 1t from It's stem. lie
dropped 1t into the girls outstretched
hand and carefully descended again
to terra firma-
"Thank YOU" she said.
ut Is now o'clock" said Winston.
~ lunch at 1916. ~. ). My landlady
is quite tyrant in her way, and great
Is resents 1t IL am unpunctual. With
your permission, I will now say good
morning."
Good morning. said Miss Eden.
When he had gone few steps ishe
OF Eden,.. she said, wasn't 1t Eve who
gave the apple to Adam?"
Winston, B. A., considered. To the
best Of my recollection you are perfect
Is correct" he said.
II thought so.'' said the girl. There
was a pause, then she added, saucily:
You won't forget. in this case. that
you gave the apple to me. Will you
Adam?'
She had gone, with burst Of laugh
ter. before Winston could either move
or! speak.
The following morning 1t rained.
Winston told himself that even had
1t been fine he would not have gone
into the garden to work. He stood at
his window, and looked at the grey
skies and wet earth. He could hear
the rain pattering down on the leaves
Of the apple trees. The top OF the
stone wall. where the girl had sat,
was dripping with raindropss
During the hours that had passed
since he saw her. Winston had told
himself many times that 1t had all been
a dream. That he. man OF ietters'
n writer of books, and. this above all.
hoter Of women, should have wasted
whole precious morning talking the
nonsense-no, 1t was she who nad
talked nonsense. he had only listened
to a mere girl seemed incredible. !
filled him with sense OF mortifica-
+tion to remember that he had ever
sat under the apple tree and listened
to frivolities for which he knew ne
would have condemned anybody else.
.Eve Eden!" He repeated 1t aloud. IN
tones of emphatic DISBURSEMENT, IN
spite or which the two little words
obstinately refused to sound anything
but pretty.
Having been indoors all day he was
not at all hungry. When the sister Ell
'Lisbeth. who was his landlady. came
in to remove the dish and bring the
sweets, only one OF the three devi1led
Kidneys she had prepared for him had
been eaten.
~ have no appetite this morning. he
said, apologetically, noting her sur
prised glance.
"Oh. well'' she said cheerfully. you
can't always expect to eat as much as
you did yesterday"
Winston, B. A., winched. Lisbeth's
sister was most excellent soul. but
she Jared his nerves at times in the
most painful manner.
She removed his plate. 1--WE some
thing nice for you this morning." she
said, with extreme satisfaction. setting
a covered dish in the place OF the des-
pissed kidneys.
Indeed" cried Winston. He was
extremely fond Of sweets. May one