Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31


through the things to which mine and which
yours 1t would be much quicker with help
eyes. suppose it would, admitted Cardyce; then
turned and glanced at her. hesitated, mumbled some
thing, squared his jaw, and stiened his back, and
walked to where she sat And for the first time he
something that the position of the box had hitherto
concealed, little heap of odds and ends, few letters
kid glove. faded flower, and one two other things
that evidently were not to be destroyed.
WOULDN'T it be better to put the box on table?"
" he suggested stifhy. u beg pardon? No. I-er-of
don't object if it is comfortable for you;
but it such asnine business squattng the
floor like couple of kids that Oh, WELL if you prefer
it. certainly and sat down beside the box st1y
china Mandarin, and ungracefuly. @You always
doesn't matter"
4No, it Doesn't she agreed uncompromisingy.
aTheres something of yours Do you want it saved
not?" and put paper in his hands with air of placid
indifference.
NO. said Cardyce glancing the thing and toss
ag upon the pile d OF torn things beside he d fdd
buttonhole flower, and" ne stopped, and flash OF
quickly alternating heat and cold zgzagged through
him from head to foot The glove of those he
had on his wedding day. the flower the flower
that had been in his coat when they two walked to the
altar and took the forgotten, lightly held
today.
II shant want those things-throw them in the pile
with the rest!' he said reaching to do it. but, his
hand moved hers moved also:
struck his hand aside. "They mine. You gave
them to You've taken much that THAT you
Never mind! You can't have those things: they're
mine!"
ooh, very well, keep them if you want to; but you
needn't get in such huff over it. don't care what be-
comes OF them, assure you Now lets see What's
this? Hum-m-rn! Deed of the Long Island property.
| shall want that saved of course Letter from Phil
Morrson-dont want that. What's this Ole? My
dear Miss ss Fordham that's passing it over to
She glanced it and gave little cry @Save it," she
repeated excitedly. @Wel should think did! It's
its your very first note to me- the you wrote that
VIII mt hat of to
at the Staffords dance. Oh! and they such
beauties! Huge, shell pink la Frances that went SO
heavenly with my silverblue frock Don't you remem
ber?"
aYes," said Cardyce, fighting hard to speak off
handedly, as Memory, thus evoked, conjured up
picture Of that far off night and of her radiant fairness
she came dancing forward to meet him. 3That is
no. don't altogether. Seems to me that the
yellow ones And the frock-dark blue wasn't it?"
@No, it wasn't" with a flash of mild indignation.
Fancy girl of seventeen going to her first ball in dark
blue! 1t lght-very lght-quite silvery-just off
white. How could you forget it, Dick, when you said
Oh, excuse me! spoke before thought. didn't in
tend to be SO familiar"
4It's of consequence said Cardyce, fumbling in
the box and picking up things ind, Unfortunately
"You used to-. very well remember how you laughed
that day when first called you Richard and how
xiouS were for to turn it into Dick and how
Oh, well, it doesn't matter"
mo, it doesn't Times change, and people with them,
and jolly good thing too! But is there any necessity
and was gancing over it. 1--WE shall be the whole morn
ing at it, if you do"
aWel, l can't tell whether want to save thing or
not until I've looked at it, II Only would
make silly suggestion like that"
@And only woman would Oh, well, never mind.
Read the whole lot, it you: it's nothing to
way the other. At all events, l needn't stop
after I've sorted out my effects. That's of the
blessings of life needn't stand things he doesn't
want to-"
@And must-or pay for her daring with the
wreck Of her happiness and the loss of the worlds
esteem"
@Wel, she can't expect eat her cake and have it,
I'm sure"