The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-22

he IL the Tom Lynn who used to bull,
sand castles with me-"
i know there 10 a Tom LYNN I,
the building because have seen hi
name"
Did Lynn imagine 1t or was Their,
Just a suspicion of eagerness in tn,
voice. She jumped up suddenly.
Let US telephone to him righ
away and ask him in to tea" sh.
suggested to the black-haired one
whom Tom Lynn was trying in yair
to catch a glimpse Of 81 really mus
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 I am. Didn't I 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 sudden swift tact:
But where are you? May not come
and have tea with you? l was Just
about to have my lonely bachelor
cup" He smiled to himself. Eyes.
In ten minutes. Thanks, goodby. !"
He hung up the receiver and went
again to the window. The girls were
not on the balcony. "Primping," he
surmised.
When he dropped the brass knock
er on Peggy Mackey's studio 1t 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
he had watched so often, Tom Lynn
felt supremely happy. She seemed
very shy and the color came fitfully
into her cheeks.
did you know-about the stamp"
she asked him.
Il cannot tell lie,' he quoted,
with a laugh. 81 dropped it down to
you"
Tommy Lynn" cried Enid, 81 be-
lieve you are still romantic-as you
were in sand castle days. But l sup
pose that is what has made you a
successful writer" She tripped away
on to make the tea, and Peggy looked
up at Lynn. There was a mischiev.
GUS expression in her eyes, and she
said. with lowered eyelids:
"The vine from my window box
makes a very nice frame for a face"
She glanced up swiftly and watched
the color mount to Tom Lynn's tenn
pies. Then she laughed outright and
came confidingly nearer him. do
you know the reason why l keep my
paint box so shiny? 1t is because l
wanted it for a mirror. / have seen
you up in your window looking at
me-
your are fraud" laughed Lynn,
recovering from his embarrassment.
Then that Is why the roses came into
your cheeks one day in the elevator,
isn't IT."
Perhaps" Peggy said. but all I |
could get was a worm's-eye view"
And mine was a bird's.eye view.
much prefer this" he told her.
If my little brother did not have a |
craze for stamps" put in Enid, you
,wo would not have met. And judy
ng from expressions, would say that
'uch a possibility Is too dreadful to
ak about" She turned appealing eyes
lpon Lynn. "And have tried a dozen
lines to find the right man for Peg
~"
"You should not forget sand castle
lays, when you are looking for men,"
aughed Lynn. After this am going
o write my name on the back of
very stamp buy"
Copyright. 1912, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)