The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-15
LIE JOURNAL. MoRNINo DEcEMBER

shs's fat a. q partridge Won't you
AZ down and ief me thank sou Tor
fndinE her You are Mr. Pat npnnla
are you not
Dennis sat down dunhiy and bowed
his head In mute acknou iedFment 81
the invitation and tns truth q ne
sErmlEs
I've heard sfFu. surrs speak ~ you.
you are the younE lawyer down tfe
hall. and you are from F1orida. I. eco
am from The Land 80 Flowers and !
arr particularly Glad Co meet ycu.-
she waited but DcnuIs made 10 re-
ply. Suddenly be- rut Que his band
e. if ward.nE OF bios. and t1rn hIF
red bead dropped 81 hls arm.
bennia had tainted
When BE- came ~ she uav standing
over him. bathing his face In cold
si7r, ard FnidiuE glass &C vine tH
pie Fps 1c drank frr wiuf and tHFu
sat ~ and stared nf har aEaIn.
- YOU are res' De- said AHI
taen Be rose. s.rFEerlrFT. q tsE
your pardon Mis- Miss
'Southgafs.' che supplemented
a1ut know what Tnu must think
of ne. FIFat time ever a.rrsd fH
ny Hfe tt DON'T know what z could
have been thinking o.
II was aufuI1 impaNfr" shr satd
unFEperf IaurhIrF. You must
t1 to make amends 81 aHE.ua .lT
81 tea Hifh mf don't EnaU that
ever created quite that erect "a
anyone before. r can't .ef sou 50 ln-
~ ] an sure that Eoa have fully re-
covered nom o. The kettle u sing
inE SO head or. end 90 wlN he only
q few minutes. and Il have IA cup nf
tea for you. anu a puacled eEr Don't
You Ike paached eEEs o. taust
II am not hungry said nfunis.
mendaciosly. You see Z have dlned
$50 recently. A. restaurant you
know"
"oh. q restaurant Now. what a.
you know about that TCotsT" The
SLAMS from her upa sounded divinely.
O. DNnnia' befuddled brain.
Think % comparing q restaurant
10 my cookinE WY. dont know
anyone can poach an esq o. make
such toast as I can nont you think
Tor one minute am golnE 30 lst you
leave until ! show you 80 right
sfil and hsre-koep Toots from under
my feet until come back"
she deposited the Ercy kitten In hla
arms and disappeared behind a big
screen when sae returned presently.
ahs no longer wore the yellow satin
eown or the pearls Instead she had
on a Gun blue Eown. and Vas almost
covered with a hiE HOUSEKEEPING apron
-and she vas prettier thau ever
A AmNW HaH A.
stumbled down % hiss room 1e was no
longer hungry. and he vas 100 tired
90 be ashamed he vaH too tired %
even think o. the yellow haired Eirl
for longer than q minute IN spite o.
tie tee he sank into a heavy sleep and
did not wake until the morning sun
shone IN his eyes And then ne
found that he had slept al night with
bis clothes on.
He sat up on the edge % the bed
ard stared about him.
Slowly thu events % the night be-
fore came back % him The grey
kitten-ths Eiri in the yellow gown
she had fed him. And be had eaten.
rot because he had wanted 70 BE-
courteous. but because he was hungry
-WAFNeaAN nAmhfNs ~ IAe4 20 TO-
membsr how many slices % toast Ae
had consumed. We knew he hadn't
been himself He wondered-oh. he
Wondered n she knew n that was
why she had offered him her hospital
ity. he Dropped his head on HE arms
and Eroaned
He had been hungry and 4 Fri bad
fed him. Him. Patrick Dennis. rising
attorney -nt-law. who had come %
New York because the state of FLOR
ida wasn't hig snouEh 20 hold him.
Eiri had fed him because ne vas
hungry.
Al first that fact doomed 80 large "a
shadoWed Al others. And then sud
denly he visioned the Eirl az be had
seen her the Night heforcs--tall regal
exquisiteiy Eovned IN satin and
pcaria
what was she doing IN this house
Even such q respectable apartment
house a. Mrs. EuEEs' would hardly hs
pafruufred ~ woman % such wcnlta