The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-24
CHAPTER cLxxxVI.


/ left the wedding party about the
same time that Kitty and her hus'
hand did, and | found l could get
train that evening for the place
where Enene has established sum
mer home.
AS babe Mr.. Sanders good-by, 1t
seemed to me that he held my hand
an instant longer than was necessary.
at hope we shall meet again, Mrs.
Waverly," he said.
ooh, you will surely do that" broke
In Kitty, "as | am going TO nave Mar
gle with me as much as can. want
To get her interested In settlement
work"
any husband, Kitty, insists that l
shall stay with him most OF the time,
expostulated. II can't be tarmeu
out among my friends"
declined Mr.. Sanders offer TO take
mo IN the station. and | boarded the
train with the resolve never again to
sneak TO a man while travelling
need not have made such a fuss
ahont Il IN myself. for certainly | ala
nothing that could be construed INTO
the slightest neglect OF DICK IN
thought. word, or deed. ! only had
rattline good time OF my friends we'd
ding. and because that good time hap
nened 10 come 10 me when my nus
land was not present can't help feel
inc that in my case II was all right to
taix for hours with a strange man.
N wonder II am lying TO myself
Mr. Sanders must have known all
the time that was Mrs. Waverly, be-
cause Kitty has a number or pictures
OF me.
He never batted an eye when we
were introduced; but at the brides
table Kitty made matters rather UNI
comfortable by saying:
zone OF the reasons ! asked Margie
N he my matron OF honor was because
she Is the most puritanical OF all my
friends. and, as ! was becoming the
wife of minister and settlement
worker. I thought had better intro
duce his friends to not only the best
but the most conventional girl of my
am lust what set did you go in your
home town. Kitty" asked Mr. San
ders pointedly
docs that mean that you do not
think I am CONVENTIONAL ] asked.
under cover OF the general laugh at
his question.
"Well II depends on what your
standards Of convention are. Surely
they are not those of the woman who
sat In front OF you in tho car. !
noticed that she wore a wedding ring
~ uncompromisins color and weight"
81 don't consider that convention
AL" I answered.
"I think she was snobbish-one hf
these uncomfortable 'holier-than-
thou people" said Mr. Sanders, with
grin,
dMavbe she was" 7 answered: but
she certainly was not pure in heart
for all things we're not pure n her"
What are YOU talking about over
there7" asked Kitty You both are
looking as though II we're mighty In.
teresting'
eve were just discussing the mod.
ern and ancient definitions of the
nure In heart" answered Mr.. San
ders
Some way. ever since J saw, that
man. something has hammered thst
has set him apart from al the rest OF
men have ever met and right there
he established a secret between rs.
md In the most conventional wav.
He he's no physical attraction for ne
AZ all. but he keeps nv wits wor'dn~
every minute. He understands nc
the me that makes for intellectual anA
sniritusl Iife--hetter than any perso"
have ever met.
7 realized this In an instant as XII.
~ spoke ~ me and II shocked me q
little 70 know that here was a stranee
man who had shown mo. bv little
sneeches that we're snoken more 70
nv thoughts than what 7 SAID that
ne know me almost as we'll as knew
mvseif
7 decided that I would 20 70 Eliene's