Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
Seeking a Hus-
band
By CONSTANCE CLARKE.

In the hustle Of saying good bye 10
a the crowd l didn't see Dick alone a
single minute. And when l got up To
the den I was too excited to think, SO
l got right into bed and closed my
eyes and ! thought I'd never go TO
sleep. People in love cont. as a rule
but guess | must have been very
tired, because / fell asleep almost as
soon as my head touched the pillow.
And / dreamed about him can't re-
member much beside whiri 81 wind
Anyway, we seemed TO be sailing away
on two clouds and every time DICK
came anywhere near me | called out.
please don't come any nearer, Dick,
but he didn't pay any attention; he JUST
tried TO bump his cloud into mine. ann
l was sure we'd both be killed. And
then suddenly there was cloud win
q big headlight coming straight for us
and ! wasn't a bit afraid and tried Ia
sail my cloud right into it. and It came
nearer and nearer. and IL was go bright
and II kept getting brighter and bright
er. and suddenly / woke up and found
II was the sun shining through the pink
cretonne curtains right on to my pillow
Such a funny dream, l thought, as ]
vawned and smiled at myself in the mir
ror on my dressing table, And then up
came Mary with a tray and big box
"Oh, Mary" | said, you shouldn
spoil me like this
But Mary laughed, and | forgot all
about my breakfast tray when held
the big box in my arms
American Beauties" ] sighed softly,
as / lifted them out and held them
against my hot checks And then
reached for the tiny white envelope and
promptly forgot everything else in the
world.
"A kiss upon each petal-Dick," were
the only words written on the card,
But Dick had no business to send me
all those kisses, and 80 perhaps l
ought,not 10 keep the roses and then l
laughed at myself. Oh, l was so happy,
and ] held the roses in one arm all tam
gled IN in the lace Of my night gown
and balanced my coffee cup with the
other and Just laughed and laughed.
And everybody in the world seemed to
be laughing. The sun kept grinning and
trying to poke his yellow fingers through
the window pane, and mother was hum
ming soft little tune downstairs, and
] was Peggy Dean, and yet | was quite
"a different Peggy, the Peggy | used
to know never felt Ike this And then
] wondered what / would do when he
came, and began to wonder II I were
not Just a little bit too happy.
ta,A ON
Of bed and looked at myself in the
glass. I'm afraid l looked too radiant.
] never knew any one 10 stay as happy
as that and yet 1t wasn't very much
to wish for, Just TO he happy.
do YOU think | could be, mother" I
Esld. breathlessly, rushing downstairs
with my hair all tumbling into my eyes,
and forgetting that she wouldn't know
what | was talking about
Gould be what, Peggy"
"Too happy" I said, backing out Of
the room. Mother has such very keen
eyes sometimes Some one I know told
me once that il was an easy matter to
read right into my soul, and the things
that she read weren't a bit nice. and she
IS so very wonderful and | wanted her
to like me so very much that 1 have
never quite forgotten about II,
"pid Dick send the nowers?" said
mother, not looking up from her work,
YES | assented, pausing in the door
way
"Aud that's why you're happy" she
went on Don't make the mistake of
falling in love with love, little girl"
And then went Upstairs very
thoughtfully and pat my roses In water.
What's the difference between falling
in love with love and falling in love with
a man? More problems. and just can't
stop being happy long enough 10 think
to-day. Dick. am | In love with you, or
am in love with love? Anyway, I'm in
love,