The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-13

I" make AN exchange. Then she re-
mrlhtclcd that she had seen a wom-
an looking at the gray hat. Proi,-
ably she ha,i bought il. When she
realized that the brown hat WAS hers
irrcNhrihiN Amy wanted tho gray cue
NOR" than ever. She worked herself
int" u little storm over il, and when
Clement came ho,nc to- supper there
waS still tear rcrincss about her eyes.
Well" he hogan. checrfully. II
suppose tho new cl,apcsu arrived TO-
day"
Yes" Aniy's tonr vas l~istlesS.
Where is it,: Get il, | wan, to
soc it,"
Amy Trough, tho hat.
SAY. That's all right. That's 81
beauty" Clement was genuinely on
lh,lsiastic. Pm, II on. honey. Let's
SEC how y.'n look in it,
Amy put il on. Clement took. her
by the shoulders. tnrned her round.
hands in front 81 him in his ri,arac-
t~rri<tic pose. studied her sraNely.
Geo. that's SWELL Inc announced at
last.
III there was another ! wisI, I'll
,ak"n."
why didn't y"n take it. hen:
This WIS the ouA ! thought | wasn't.
I'd -tUl ] got II h"nt".
\ puzzled l"ok gathered ~ elem
cuts face. lie glanced from Amy tn
Tho hat aud back Igain. II scr,' he
said. "I:ut if Won had taken the 9th
cr this one probably would i've the one
YOU wanted"
ON. no" Amy flushed. "Tllat's
absurd. unl, I'm afraid didn't take
long enough Il, make up my mind
She was becoming clustered. There
was something disronrcrtiuslN person.
III in the way Clement presented the
aside the hat. 'Surper'f ready now"
she esid. hastily,
Opposite ca'., other at tn" dai1tilH
equipped table Amy alld Clement ate
little. a%lti1oug!, paIirc strict 3tten-
tion Z" the food before them. Neither
spoke. The silence was distinctly I'm
comfortable.
element a, last rlaspcd his hands
on the edge of the table and cleared
ont glass vase Of asterS. j &aw Fred
Lowe ar the street today" he said.
Amy started aud nearly upset the
;capnt. OH" $40. exclaimed. weakly.
Yes" Clement went an. quietly.
"lfc asked after yplI. I asked him TO
call. hui he said lac ,didn't hav" time
his stay was short. lie had Evelyn
Hall with him. Amy. So ! '%'rlicrc
there's something in that story"
'Prrllaps there is" Amy managed
To- say. She sot up and went int" the
Kitchen. turned around. aud came
back empty handed. Fred LnWc, with
Evelyn Hall, that inconseqileniial lit
tic blonde, And l1c had said when
Amy married Clement Beaumont that
he would never Look at another girl
as long as he lived. He had come mp
20 town 10 sec Evelyn. lie had no
time for paying Amy q friendly call.
She felt sick. stricken. For the same
principle held true here as in tho mat
tor of the brown and gray hats. Amy
had married Clement, and now that
she liad him she wanted Fred. More.
over she WAS beginning tn suspect
that Clement knew il.
She didn't want him tn know. She
liked Clement Immensely: she had
even believed herself in love with
him when she accepted him. Both lie
and Fred had woocd her furiously aud
Clement had Won. She might have
had Fred, but she preferred Clement.
Somehow, no sooner had she possessed
Clement than she hegsu to discover
new attractions in Fred, Surely he
would have suited her better. How
could she ever have made such 4. mis-
take Eut it was ~irrcparable noH.
SUe ndu element loE NE. ana fCeU.
having recovered. was dangling after
Evelyn Hall. the mink.
Supper came To- a silent. miserable
end. Amy withdrew. Clement stalk
90 about. whistljng in a brisk. loud
way, meant to conceal his feelings. At
last Amy heard him go into. the hall
after his coat and hat. He came back
with them on and too looking at
her from The dining room door.
Guess I'll step down town a min
Ute" he. said, c~arelessly. There's a
party I want to See"
"All right renlied Amy. She was
fussing over the table with something
and did not look up at him.
He hesitated a moment. She Won
dered II he expected her to kiss him.
She did not feel like kissing him aft
err what he had told her about E'red.
She felt relieved wFen he turned and
went away with merely n "By-by!"
h went into tho living room and
hudd1ed into the Morris chair. Near
her on the table Law the new hat. The
light brought out the sheen and shad-
nw Of the vc!rei and the exquisite
shading Of Inc brown rIumes. Put
she turned her oNcs away. h could
not bear T., see IT.. She hated IL.
She was. soaking m with a band.
kerchief \ second deluge Of tear.