, 1908-04-09

o'e soiuo SuDSlllule0 IOr tho
tam-o-shanter set up a barrier that
did not yield at all as | drew nearer
AT the last moment. as | crossed the
track and stepped upon the other plat.
form, 1t occurred to me that while 7
might have some claim upon the at
tention of Olivia Gladys Armstrong
Maynard school girl of athletic taste.
l a none whatever upon a nerson
whom 1t was proper to address an
MISS Armstrong-who was, felt sure
quite capable of snubbing me IL snub-
ping fell in with her mood.
She glanced toward me and bowed
instantly. and her young compa ions
Withdrew to a conservative distance
VIII say this for the students at St
Agatha's. A%nnandale: Their manners
are beyond criticism, and an affabl.
discretion is one of their most admira.
BILE traits.
! didn't know they ever grew up
SO fast-in a day aud a night"
l was glad l remembered the num-
ber of beads in her chain; the item
seemed at once to tecome important.
Its the air, | suppose. It's praised
by excellent critics." she laughed.
But you are going to an ampler
ether, a diviner air. You have at
tanned the beatific state and at once
take flight. If they confer perfection
like an academic degree at st. Az
atha's, then"
had never felt so stupidity helpless
in my life. There were a thousand
things | wished to say to her; there
were countless questions | wished I'd
ask; but her calmness and poise were
d~isconcerting. Her eyes met mine
easily; their azure depths puzzled mo.
She was almost, but not quite, some
one had seen before. and it was not
my woodland Olivia. Her eyes, the
sole curve Of her cheek, the light in
her hair-but the memory of another
time. another place, another girl, lured
only to battle me.
She laughed-a little murmuring
laugh.
"I1l never tell If you won't" she
said.
But don't see how that helps me
with you?"
1T certainly does mott That is a
much more serious matter, Mr.. Glen
arm"
And the worst of it is that I
haven't a single thing to say for my
self. 1t wasn't the not knowing that
was so utterly dull"
Certainly not! II was talking that
twaddle. II was trying to
with a silly school girl What
will do for 10 is somewhat acuous
for"
She paused abruptly. colored and
laughed.
81 am 27!"
And | am Just the usual ago." she
Ages don't count, but time is i'm
There are many things I
wish you would tell me-you who hold
the key of the gate of mystery"
Then you'll have to pick the lock!"
She laughed lightly. The somber
Sisters %patrolling the platform with
their charges needed us little.
II had no idea you knew Arthur
Pickering-when you were just Olivia
In the tam-o.shanter."
Maybe you think he wouldn't have
cared for ny acquaintance-as Olivia
in the tam-o-shanter Men are very
queer!"
But Arthur Pickering is an old
friend of mine"
$50 he told me-"
I'VE were neighbors In our youth"
81 believe | have heard him mention
IT,"
And we did our prep school TO-
gether, and then parted"
"You tell exactly the same story, SO
it must be true. He went to college
and you e to Tech"
And you knew him." began.
my curiosity thoroughly aroused.
Not at college any more than
knew you at Tech
THE trains coming" | said earn
estly. and I wish you would tell me
whsn | snail see you AGAIN.
Before we part for ever?" There
was a mischievous hint of the Olivia
in short skirts in her tone.
Please don't suggost II! Our umes
have been. strange and few. There
was that first night when you called
to me from the lake"
How Impairment How dare you
remember that?"
"And there was the snow storm and
at the chapel porch last night. Meth
err you nor l had the slightest business
there. But you spoke as though you
understood what you must have heard,
and you say you know Arthur Picker
ing. 1t is important for me to know
/ have a right to know just what you
meant by that warning"
Real distress showed in her face for
an instant. The agent and his helpers
rushed the last baggage down the
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