Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-10
CHAPTER u.
ne Way Il Bsean.

The Way lt Began.
i 0a2s0 no angry every time thi1k
Nv I t1tod 70 make that dinner Q
success. I Cancelled . theater en-.
Ga0e0Gn&. and took the Mercer girls
u tAs electric brougham father had
given No for Christmas. Their chaaf.
fsur had been gone for hours with
tAst1 machine. and they had tele-
DAoood all the police statioas without
success. They were afraid that there
hsA bsen an awful smash; they could
easily hase replaced Bartlett. % Lol-
No sa16. but Il takes 90 long to get
Asw Parts for those foreign cars.
Jim I'D . house well uptown. and Il
Stood lust enough apart from the
okhsT houses to be entirely madden
aaG htar. Il was . tAree-story af2ir.
N3tA basement kitchen and servants
dining room. Then. Of course, there
Neee cellars. ~ We found out after
ward. On the first floor there was q
Largo square hall, formal reception
room. behind it a big living room that
vas also . library, then Q den, and
back Of I'll . Georgian dining room.
VIII winaows high above the ground.
On the top floor Jim had . studio, like
Sveey othef one ever saw-perhaps
q N&4lo naussier. Jim was really .
S5lnA ct his painting. and there were
,dgarseto ashes and palette knives
ana bu&Alo rugs and shields every
Whore. e 70 strange, but when think
e that terrible house. always see
tho halls. enormous, covered With
OF Ah~x
havo taken six housemaids to keep
IN proper condition. I dream about
those stairs. stretching above me In
Z Jacobs ladder Of shining wood and
Persian carpets, going up. up, clear to
the root.
Tho Dallas Browns walked: they
lived IN tho next block. And they
brought with them . MAJ named Har.
bison. that no one knew. Anne said
he would be greet sport, because
1e was terribly serious, aAd Aad the
most exasgerated ideas Of society. and
loathed s1travaganoe. and built
bridges o. something. She had put
sway her cigarettes si1ce hs had besn
Win tAsm-he and Dallas had been
college h1snds-aDA the only chance
she haA % smoke Was Whsn she WAS
gst&ang hse hair danA And she haA
staged OF quite . 1ot-a burnt Offer
Ing. she oaded T.
NY l@z,s ~ saia qy.r tie tele-
pho0e, vAsa ! fuvitsd he. II want
you % ksv hsm. Hen b crazy
abon yoa That yps a naa, bag aaa
dsadly earnest, always tain n love
with your tyDe Of girl he a01saaing
sork yuu know. Ana - has been
teo b1sy. up to now. % know what
love b. Hut mfnA Aoat hurt him;
hsb dear bog. IN hs3 n Iove WITH
hin uysel1, and D1ilas troEs around
At ~ heeIs hko Dood1e.s
But IN An1oS eeeoo ase swans. %
i thoug1t Httlo of IL Harrison nan
eDospe . hope thst hs DlayeA respect
abls bssdss. s1d vuu,6n't nask the
oas1s With . sessa susing under his
aaesr mn, - Une q her sn16s'' had
done.
We al arrived about the sane time.
ana Anne and I went upstairs togsth-
sr 70 take OF our wraps II what had
been Bsllat dSesstng rooA Il was
Xnao Who noeiceA tAe violstA
! aLouk at thas!s she nu1Ssd me-.
Nhsn the maad va sxazaaning her
wrap bs6osU she lsid Il down what
IA I ten you. KIT Hes Sun quite
nal aboat 30.
; Jim had painted Bells's portrait
.wAile they were CotnS up tho Nile o.
their wedding trip. It looked quite
lfks hsr. II yoa stsol vel sR IA the
t-aAAS> - q A~AA
ieaAe ton the right And Just b.
ipsakA 4. IN . silver case. was .
l6uneA of vfc1eta, Il wss really touch
hne. a1A vioiees vs1e fshme1s. Il
MalD ~ Ws1k q CT. al . shake
lDsua soundly. and % % down and
ipat Jlm On his generous shoul6sr. and
ten him what good fellow I thought
,hin. and that Bella wasn't worth tna
dust under his feet I don't know
much about psychology. but It would
- Interesting to know Just what q.
feet those violets and my sympathy
for Jim had In influencing my decision
half-hour later. It is not surprising
under the circumstances. that for some
time sitter the odor Of violsts made
me Ill
We an met downstairs in the living
room, quite Informally. and Dallas
was banging away at the pia0oaA
tramping the pedals with the delicacy
and 1selinS Of football oentse>EusA
doa1ng . goal. Mr.. HARRISON was
etaAAtng near the dre. little away
from tie others, and he was all that
Anne had said and moro in appear
ance. He was tall-not too tall. and
very sratght. And after one got
past tho oddly Of his face being
bronze colmed above his white collar.
and q his brown hair being sun
hlsachsd On top until Il vas almost
1ollow, ono realised that b was very
Aandsome. He had Whist ono might
oall . rooolste nose and chin. and .
pleasant rsther humorous, nouth.
Ard - had blue eyes that were. a&
INST moment, waadering With interest
over the lot Of N. Somebody shout.
"a his name to me above the Tristan
and Isolde music, and held out my
hand.
Instantly I had the 1sslias ons
nounstimes has, Of having done just
that sane thing. with To same sur
1oundin9s, IN the same place, yoaS0