The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1915-09-14

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hands 49, ns.ily tss ssuis a. ths
shIi"hess - toe ouurh dfsprrtss "a .
haiLi lrius hfusn aud HaFIus. naHa
bod frvn be forehead uts . crest
ana be CARA bross aud lashas made
ihe unly note ~ balances about him
70 tt8llaH bsaafB -letlns syes BE-
seemed ~ perfect an lmaFr thaf shs
could have satshed him ~ houra.
'ltfrss hss hraithNaits. mo- poor
daflIns. said he muthrf 'Ths
," unF lady ss have been tslkins
about o. long
Tue Cnlsadsr lfsd hls eyslids AID
i'i them fan again
u shsf" hs said usilsssly.
Don't yuu sant 20 taik % her. OAR
linE boy hls mother persisted. half
uut - breath. bat sui fun - that un-
f"hunahls loving snerEy and 10.
Hsi"nce which she would probably
s''p to the las, minute ~ her NE.
No. said the Crusader. still In
ih"s" empty. ils,icSA tones. IA
rather not talk. I'm tired"
liis mother seemed not AZ all put
out
or course. darling" she said. kiss.
ing him. She sat BY him still. how
ever. and poured out sentence after
sentence ~ question. inHistence, i'm
plofation and pity. elicitinE no answer
81 all, Phyllis wondered how II
would feel to have go lie still and
have that done 10 you for term OF
years. The result 81 her wonderment
vas a decision 10 forgive hsr unen-
thusiaEiic future Bridegroom for
what she had at FIRST boon ready 10
Presently Mrs Harrington's breath
Tagged. and tho three women went
away. back to the room they had been
In before. Phyllis sat and let herself
be talked Ia for a little longer. Then
she rose impulsively.
May l 40 back and see your son
again for Just n minute7" she asked,
and had gone before Mira Harrington
had finished her permission. She
dartcd In the dark room before her
courage had time Ia fail. and stood by
the white couch again.
Mr. Harrington" abe snld clearly.
I'm sorry you're tired. but I'm afraid
! am going 10 have TO ask you TO
listen To me. You know. don't you,
that your mother plans To have me
marry you. for a sort OF interested
head nurse5 Are you willing TO have
u happen Because won't do It I'M
less you really prefer g."
The heavy white lids half lifted
again.
II don't mind" said Allan Harring-
ton llstlessly. II suppose you are
quiet and trustworthy. or De Guen-
Their wouldn't have sent you. II will
give mother little peace and II
makes no difference to me-"
he closed his eyes and the subject
at the same time.
well, then, that's all right" said
Phyllis checrfully. and started TO 20.
Then. drawn back by n sudden. ner-
- a
on him. And let me tell you" she
added, half Laughing. half imperti-
nently. that N you ever ret into my
quiet. trustworthy clutches you may
have an awful timel You're a very
spoiled invalid"
She whisked out Of the room before
he could have gone very far with his
reply hut he had not cared to reply.
He lay unmoved and I'M
moving.
Phyllis discovered, poislng breath
less on the threshold. that somehow
she had seen his eyes. They had been
a little like the wolfhounds. n sort OF
wistful gold brown.
For some reason she found that
Allan IIarrinFton's attitude OF abso-
lutte detachment made the whole af-
fair seem much easier for her. And
when Mrs. Harrington slipped n soil
tnire diamond into her hand as she
went. instead OF disllkinr II she en-
ioyed Its feel on her finger ana the
Nash Of II In the light. She thanked
Mrs Harrington for II with real graf
tude. But " made her feel more
han ever engaged 10 marry her
nothere- in law.
She walked home rather silently
with Mrs. De Guenther. Only at the
loot of the De Guenther steps she
made ono absent remark.
HE must have been delightful" she
,ald. when he was alive"