The Carlisle independent., 1915-11-18

had closed Tn satirical mischief Now they were rapt. What a stunning collie!" she suddenly exclaimed
 Allison. who had followed her with admiring attention, his mind accom- panying hers in eager leaps, laughed in relief. After all, she was a girl and what a girl! The exhilaration of the drive, and of the snow beating in her face. and of the animated conver- sation, had set the clear skin of her face aglow with color. Her deep red lips, exquisitely curved ana half part ed, displayed row of dazzling white teeth, and the elbow which touched his was magnetic. Allison refused to believe that he was forty-fvel
 You're fond of collies," he guessed surprised to find himself with an ea- ger interest in the likes and dislikes of young girl. It was new expert ence.
 ''I adore them!" she enthusiastically declared. Back home, I have one of every marking but a pure white"
 There was something tender and wistful in the tone of that back home" No doubt she had hosts of friends and admirers there, possibly a favored suitor. It was quite likely. A girl such as Gail Sargent could hardly escape it. If there was a fa- vored suitor Allison rather pitied him, for Gail was in the city of strong men. Busy with an entirely new and strange group of thoughts, Allison turned into the park. and Gail uttered an excla- nation of delight as the fresh, keen air whipped in her face. The snow was like filmy white veil against the bare trees. and enough of it had clung. by now, to outline with silver point ing, the lacework of branches. On the turf, still green from the open win. ter, it lay in thin white patches, and squirrels, clad in their sleek winter garments, were already scampering to their beds. crossing the busy drive with the adroitness of accomplished metropolitan pedestrians, their bushy tails hopping behind them in ungainly loops.
 The pair in the runabout were silent, for the east drive at this hour was thronged with outward-bound ma chimes, and the roadway was slippery with the new-fallen snow. Steady of nerve, keen of eye, firm of hand! Gai! watched the alert figure of Allison. tensely and yet easily motionless in the seat beside her
 Perhaps feeling the steady gaze, Al lison turned to her suddenly, and for a moment the gray eyes and the brown ones looked questioningly into each other, then there leaped from the man to the woman a something which held her gaze a full second longer than she would have wished.
 Airs great" he said with a smile.
 "Glorious!" she agreed q don't want to go in."
 Don't" he promptly advised her.
 That's simple enough solution '' and her laugh, in the snow-laden air, reminded him, in one of those queer flashes of memory, of little string of sleighbells he had owned as a young. ster. However, I promised Cousin Lucille"
 We'll stop at the house long enough to tell her you're busy" sug. gested Allison, as eager as a boy.
 .Let's!" cried Gail and, with a laugh which he had discarded with his first business promotion, Allison threw out another notch of speed. and whirled from the Seventy-second street entrance up the avenue to the proper turning, and half way down the block, where he made a swift but smooth stop, bringing the step with marvellous accuracy to within an inch of the curb.
 She flashed at him a smile and ran up the steps. She turned to him again as she waited for the bell to be an swered, and nodded to him with frank cOmradery Two viva S-lookiD Q