Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-06

dents to him: to her they are episodes
So, when the children came in and
asked if she was going to the park
with Them she sprang to her feet and
said that she was, and that they were
the only creatures in the whole wide
world that she cared one whit about,
anyway While the remark and her
seeming enthusiasm appeared to the
small boy and girl to denote happiness,
and added to their glee, the mother felt
as if there were tragic gloom over
the whole afternoon, and that she was
using actual physical force to keep
from succumbing to it.
Still the hours in the open air, the
sight of the children's enjoyment and
their pleasure In her society quoted
Beatrice's nerves, and she slept so well
that night that the next morning she
forgot to listen as anXiously as yester-
day for the telephone bell. At II o'clock
special delivery letter came for her
from Robert, asking her to drop him
line saying whether she would drive
with him the following day. Send it
to my house" he directed, for l shall
not be at the office until tomorrow"
A Woman's Reply.
81 think" she wrote, that l. can ar
range to get away tomorrow afternoon.
If not l will call you up in the morn
ing"
The man could not know that moth
ing less than illness or catastrophe
would keep the woman from accepting
his invitation.
The sun shone brightly the next day.
Maynard was not to call for Beatrice
until o'clock, but by 1880 she had
begun to dress for the afternoon She
wanted to be sure that every detail of
her toilet was just right, for Robert had
remarked during their last talk together
that il was delight to look at wom-
an as well groomed as she always was
She would not disappoint him by not
being suitably dressed today, and she
did up her hair three times before She
thought that each lock lay just as 1t
should She tried the effect of low
shoes, high shoes and pumps before de
Gliding upon the last; she remembered,
after donning these, that ones ankle
was often very evident in stepping into
and out of trap, and drew on a pair
of silk stockings instead of the fine
isle thread ones she had at first Sc
llected
The pinning of her hat and adjusting
of her veil gave her cause for mucn
study. for while the white chiffon veil
was most becoming. it would dazzle her
vision when she was in the glare of the
sun. and she would not be able to note
the expression in Roberts eyes as he
looked at her and talked to her, Final
Nv. she chose what the saleswoman from
whom she had bought it had called "a
complexion veil" explaining that it was
thus termed because it made the Wearer
look young and gave her a pretty COL
or" BY the time it was satisfactorily
adjusted the present wearer had so
much "color" from excitement and an
ticipation that the veil was not needed
to enhance it.
She knew that her tailored suit fitted
her to perfection, and she was ready in
time to have her gloves on and fastened
before Robert drove up in his trap with
a handsome horse that looked spirited,
whether it was or not. She did not
keep him waiting for moment. She
recalled Toms opinions about women
who were not prompt and thought that
perhaps sail men held the same radical
views Maynard sprang from the driv-
ers seat as she came out of the door of
the house, and he barred his handsome
head as he bent over her hand.
The day and you are perfect he
exclaimed in reply to her remark about
the weather Both are just as l would
have them
AS he assisted her to her seat and
sprang into his, she wondered if she
was mistaken in fancying that she de-
tected slight smell of liquor on his
breath. But, even if she did, what diff
ference did that make? Most men oc-
casionally take a glass of liquor. Then,
as the horse started off at a brisk trot,
the fresh wind blew the faint odor from
her nostrils as her pleasure banished
the fleeting thought from her mind