Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-16
The Argus Daily Short Story
A Mistake in the Many Edgar P. Yardley
Copyrighted. 1910. by Associated Literary

, frame a question to get this informa-
ton without making break?
''I'll bet you can'ts remember your
last words" I said playfully. ION the
day left you"
It cam" she said" don't forget the
candy"
what a memory
at was delicious. I almost made
myself sick"
/ was puzzled. Candy is sweet, but
I fancied the astswords of a young
girl to her lover before parting for two
years would have, more depth to them.
WELL" said. making another at
tempt to draw her out. ,>"do you feel
just the same as when we parted?"
About what?"
'"The most important thing You can
think Of"
1.-The most important thing can
think Off" she said musingly. "Oh.
know! No. indeed don't feel the same
about what was the most important
thing to me at that time"
ANY change thereT'
"Wherer"
why. in what you have just men.
toned"
Eyes. indeed! What was 1t we were
talking about? oh, yes! I'm so glad
20 see you that / can't think OF any
thing else"
"Well, about this change OF heart"
Change of hearth"
eyes. Weren't you saying you've had
4 change OF hearth"
mo! What put that into your head p
"Oh, tell me about that most impor-
tant thing 10 your
THE most Important thing when you
left; not now. Well, l was to have a
new dress, and was in a great guam
dairy as to whether I'd have it made
up with large or small sleeves. You
know, then they had been wearing
small sleeves so long that there was
sure TO be change very Soon"
] gave an impatient grunt- 1 was
not getting Cd. Here was 1 playing
sthe part Of another not knowing wheth-
er that other was cousin, uncle, brother
or lover. The situation was distress
ing. s s:-
do you mean to tell me- I said
that your heart has had no emotional
upheavals since 1 last parted with
your
She turned and looked me square in
the face. Emotional upheaval?' she
repeated. Aren't those words both too
big to be put togetherP'
what I mean is does your heart &C.
cupy the same position it occupied two
aon or. no ha 90
you remember that position was
equivocal."
81 understand that perfectly well, but
an equivocal position may become a
settled one.''
"Well, then, 1 don't mind telling you
that the position is settled. My mind
is made up"
was getting deeper in the mire
rather than getting out of it Every
moment 1 dreaded lest I would be
called upon to make some explicit state
ment that would give me away. / had
taken kiss from a stranger had no
the sin by endeavoring to extract from
that stranger her hearts secret New
ertheless pushed on.
we ELI WQaL Is the result
"'That things are the same as they
were before anything happened"
was getting red in the face.
Though the air was delightfully."- cool,
took out my handkerchief and mop
ped my face. Having lost my assur-
ance, began to fancy all kinds of I'M
pleasant happenings. Another train
might come in and bring the real
Wardwel. remembered that on con-
sulting the railroad time table before
starting there were two trains ] might
take fifty minutes apart. l took the first
I'm disappointed" said Miss FL
nson.
Disappointed! why?'' asked
al don't believe you are glad to see
me a bit"
"How can you say that? I was new
er happier in my life"
Ny looks belied my words. I was
never more miserable.
You seem to be bored rather than
happy"
This was said with an expression of
disappointment.
what you mistake for being bored"
. said, SIS really pain. When left
you 1t was under certain conditions.
known only to US two"
"And one other"
Another stumper
:.After an absence Of two years isn't