The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-12

dozen affairs since"
"Oh, no. My heart has only known
one real love-" He threw this over
her head at Marjorie, but Kathleen
seized it, to his greater confusion:
"Oh. Harry, how sweet of you to say
it 1t makes me feel positively faint"
and she swooned his way, but he
showed chair forward and let her
collapse into that. Thinking an1 hop
ing that she was unconscious, he
made ready to escape, but she caught
him by the coat, and moaned: Where
am II" and he growled back:
In the Observation Carl
kathleen's life and enthusiasm re-
turned without delay: Fancy meet
ing you again. / could just scream"
so could l."
You must come up in our car and
see mamma"
rs Ma-manma with your" NAL
lory stammered, on the verge of i'm
becility.
"Oh, yes, indeed, we're going
around the world
Don't let me detain you"
Papa is going round the world
also"
rs papa on this train, too?"
AT last something seemed to en-
barrass her trifle: mo, papa went
on ahead. Mamma hopes to overtake
him. But papa is a very good trav-
eier''
Then she changed the subject do
come and meet mamma. 1t would
cheer her up so. She is SO fond OF
you. Only this morning she was say
ing, OF all the boys you were ever
engaged to, Kathleen, the one l like
most of all was Edgar mean CIar-
ence-er-Harry Mallory"
"Awfully kind of her."
You must come and see her-she's
some stouter now!"
"Oh, is she? Well, that's good"
Mallory was too angry to be sane,
and too helpless to take advantage of
his anger. He wondered how he could
ever have cared for this moIasses
and mucilage girl. He remembered
now that she had always had these
same cloying ways. She had always
the pawers, he hated paving.
1t would have been bad enough at
any time to have Kathleen hanging
on his coat, Strengthening his tie,
leaning close, smiling up in his eyes,
losing him his balance, recapturing
him every time he edged away. But
with Marjorie as the grim witness it
was maddening.
He loathed and abominated Kath-
leen Llewellyn, and If she had only
been a man, he could cheerfully have
beaten her to pulp and chucked her
out of the window. But because she
was helpless little baggage he had
| to be as polite as he could while she
| sat and tore his plans to pieces, en-
| Filtered Marjorie's heart against him,
! and either ended all hopes of their
| marriage, or furnished an everlasting
| rancor to be recalled in every quar-
rel to their dying day. Oh, etiquette,
| what injustices are endured in thy
| name!
So there he sat, sweating his souls
blood, and able only to spar for time
| and wonder when the gong would
| ring. And now she was off on a new
| tack:
And where are you bound for
Harry, dear?"
The Philippines" he said, and fol
| the first time there was something
beautiful in their remoteness.
| perhaps we shall cross the Pacific
on the same boat"
The first sincere smile he had ex
| perienced came to him: Il go on an
army transport, fortu-unfortunately
"Oh, 1 just love soldiers. Couldn't
| mamma and l go on the transport
Mamma is very fond of soldiers, too.
I'm afraid it couldn't be arranged
TOO bad, but perhaps We can STOP
off and pay you a visit. l just love
army posts. So does mamma"
| "Oh, dol"
"What will be your address?"
"Just the Philippines-just the Phil
ippines."
But aren't there quite a few OF
them?"
"Only about two thousand"
| (Which one will you be on?"
III be on the third from the left,
said Mallory, who neither knew mo-
1 cared what he was saying. Marjori,
had endured all that she could stand
She rose in a tightly Ieashed fury.
| I'm afraid I'm in the way"
Kathleen turned in surprise. Sh,
had not noticed that anyone was near
Mallory went out of his head com
| pletely. 'Oh, don't go-for heaven.
sake don't CO." he appealed to Mar
| jorie.
"a friend of yours?" said Kathleen
bristling
mo, not friend" in a chaotic tan
gle. Mrs. - iss-Miss-Er-er-
| er-"
Kathleen smiled: Delighted Il
meet you, Miss Ererer."
| "The pleasure is all mine," Mar
| Jorie said, with an acid smile.
Have you known Harry long?'
said Kathleen, jealousy, ''or are YOU
| just acquaintance on the train?"
| We're just acquaintances on the
train"
Il used to know Harry very we'll
very we'll inded."
so / should Judge. You won't
mind if I leave you to talk over ole
times together?"
How very sweet of YOU"
"Oh, don't mention It."
But, Marjorie" Mallory cried, al
1 she turnad away Kathleen started