The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-11-17

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said finally 1--WE do it all the time,
only tonight happens to be the an
nual something or other, and ne
trailed Off into silence, trying 70
buckle my belt around him. "A good
six inches. he sighed. 7 never get
into hanson cab any more that l
don't expect to see the horse fly up
In the air. Well, Allie isn't going
either She turned down Granger this
afternoon, the Annapolis fellow you
met on the stairs, pigeon-breasted
chap and she always gets a head
ache on those occasions
He got up heavily and went to the
door. Granger is leaving" he said,
II may be able to get his dinner coat
for you. How well do you know herr
he asked, with his hand on the knob.
III you mean Dolly"
ALLISON"
Fairly well" said cautiously.
| mot as well as | would like to. l
| dined with her last week In Washing
! ton. And--I knew her before that"
Forbes touched bell instead of go
| ing out, and told the servant who an.
swered to see If Mr.. Changers suit
case had gone. If not, to bring it
across the hall. Then he came back
to his former position ON the bed.
you see, we feel responsible for
Allie-near relation and all that" he
| began pompously. "And we can't talk
to the people here at the house-all
| the men are in love with her, and all
the women are jealous. Then-there's
lot of money, too, or will be"
"Confound the money!" / NUT.
tered. THAT is--nothing. Razor
slipped"
Il can tell you" he went on, "be.
cause you don't lose your head over
every pretty face-although Allie Is
| more than that, of course But about
month ago she went away-to Seal
Harbor, to visit Janet Mcclure. Know
! herr"
mo"
"She came home to Richmond yes.
| terday, and then came down here
Allie, mean. And yesterday after
noon Dolly had letter from Janet
something about second man--and
saying she was disappointed not to
have had Alison there, that she had
| promised them two-weeks' visit
| What do you make of that? And that
isn't the worst Allie herself wasn'i
In the room, but there were eight
other women, and because Dolly had
! put belladonna in her eyes the night
before to see how she would look, and
as a result couldn't see anything near
| er than across the room, some one
read the letter aloud to her, and the
whole story is out. One of the cats
| told Granger and the boy proposed te
Allie to-day, to show her he didn't
care tinker's dam where she had
| been"
Good boy!" said, with enthusi
asm. liked the Granger fellow
since he was out of the running. Bui
Sam was looking at me with sus
picion.
BLAKE" he said, eff I didn't know
you for what you are, I'd say you were
Interested there yourself"
/ Being so near her, under the same
roof, with even the tie of dubious
secret between us, was making me
heady. / pushed Forbes toward the
/ door.
Il Interested" l retorted, holdine
him by the shoulders. There isn't q
word in your vocabulary to fit my
condition. am an island in a sunlit
sea of emotion, Sam, Am empty
place surrounded by longing-a-"
IAN empty place surrounded by
longing!" he retorted. You wan
your dinner, that's what's the matter
with you"
| shut the door on him then. He
seemed suddenly sordid. Dinner,
| thought! Although, as a matter O
fact, made very fair meal when
Changers suitcase not having gone
in his coat and some other mans trou
sers, I was finally At for the amen
tiles. Alison did not come down t.
dinner, so it was clear she would no
go over to the clubhouse dance.
pied my injured arm, and fictitious
vaguely located sprain from tn,
wreck, as an excuse for remaining a
home. Sam RECALLED the table will
accounts of my distrust of women
my one love affair-with Dorothy: t.
which l responded, as was expected
that only my failure there had ken
me single all these years, and that i
Sam should be mysteriously missin,
during the bathing hour tomorrow
| and so on.