The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-12-05

ne is the Tom Lynn who used to built
sand castles with me-"
4 know there is a Tom Lynn IL
the Building because ! have seen hi,
name
Did Lynn imagine it or WAS there
just a suspicion of eagerness in the
voice. She jumped up suddenly.
Let us telephone to him right
away and ask him in to tea" she
suggested to the black-haired one
whom Tom Lynn was trying in vain
to catch glimpse of. Il really must
thank him for his timely sending OF
stamp, whether he is the Mr. Lynn
you know or not"
Both girls went within the studio.
and presently Tom Lynn went to an
swer his telephone. He felt suddenly
very much elated and his heart leaped
at the prospect of meeting the girl
with the coppery hair
Hello. Yes. Am I? Well. /
guess l am. Didn't | used to tease
the life out of you by calling you
eeny, meeny, miny, mo, just because
your name is Enid?" Then Tom
Lynn said with a sudden swift tact:
But where are you? May | not come
and have tea with you? | was just
about to have my lonely bachelor
cup He smiled to himself. Yes.
In ten minutes. Thanks, goodby."
He hung up the receiver and went
again to the window The girls were
not OH the balcony 'Primping, ne
surmised
When he dropped the brass knock
er on Peggy Mackey's studio it was
Enid who opened the door She greet
ed him shyly, and in her smile he rec
ognized the little Eny of sand castle
days
The same happy dimples, he told
her, and glanced beyond to the other
girl whose eyes were saying some
thing that he could not fathom.
When he held the slim fingers that
lie had watched so often, Tom Lynn
'elt supremely happy. She seemed
very shy and the color came fitfully
nto her cheeks.
did you know-about the stamp"
he asked him.
Il cannot tell lie, ne quoted,
With laugh. 81 dropped it down to
ou'
Tommy Lynn" cried Enid, 81 be-
Ieve you are still romantic-as you
'ere in sand castle days But | sup
ose that is what has made you a
uccessful writer" She tripped away
II to make the tea, and Peggy looked
p at Lynn There was a mischiev-
us expression in her eyes, and she
aid, with lowered eyelids:
THE vine from my window box
lakes very nice frame for a face"
he glanced up swiftly and watched
lie color mount to Tom Lynns tenn
es. Then she laughed outright and '
tme confidingly nearer him. do
~ know the reason why l keep my Z
lint box so shiny? 1t is because l I
anred st fer mirror have seen +
~ up in ycnr window looking at '
e."
Your are fraud laughed Lynn, c
covering from his embarrassment.
hen that is why the roses came into ,
ur cheeks one day in the elevator Y
1T it?" C
Perhaps" Peggy said, but all b
uld get was worm s-eye view" E
And mine was a bird 's-eye view. a
much prefer this" he told her S
If my little brother did not have a n
ize for stamps" put in Enid, you n
o would not have met And judg- te
: from expressions, l would say that CT
I'll possibility Is too dreadful to "
k about She turned appealing eyes g
On Lynn. And | have tried a dozen y
les to find the right man for Peg
You should not forget sand castle TT
IS, when you are looking for men, We
ghed Lynn. After this I am going dc
write my name on the back of W
ry stamp l buy" Of
pyright, 1912, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate) sc
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