The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-30
'.AUf wIEDEREAN'
BY EARL REED siLvER8.

1--WE haven't been together ct q
dance for five weeks" she said.
mo" he answered. mot since you
cut the last waits At the Assembly
ball"
"Are you still angry about thatr
YES" Cliff Hillman's lips were
compressed tightly.
~" didn't do 1t p~urposely." She
looked at him with big. appealing
eyes.
mo. 1t was worse than that. You
just forgot me-" p
"Wlll you let me explain1'
4 II don't see that there's anythins
you Gun say to better It"
"But there is"
"WhatT' He looked gioomily ovo
the rolling golf links.
Il didn't know that the last dance
had started. I was walking With Ar
thur between dances, and w went
just a little too far. We couidnt hear
the music where VI were"
"Do you know what the waits was
that you forgot?"
ut was :Auf Wiedersehn.'"
Eyes, our dance" He turned to her
directly. do you remember how,
when we first heard that piece. you
said that we should always dance II
togetherT
Eyes, / remember"
II was crazy about you that night,
and 'Auf Wiedersehn' was the most
wonderful dance / had ever heard.
You seemed to care q lot then."
II did" II he had seen the light In
her eyes, he would have thrilled at
the message 1t conveyed. But he was
looking into the distance.
"And still, just a week later. you
cut 1t to 60 walking with Arthur
Hale"
"What's past is past" she contin-
ned, Don't you want to be good
friends agaInW
"Of course. but 1t isn't much use
now"
"Whyr
Because Of something I heard"
"What was it,"
II heard this morning." he spoke
slowly, shat you are engaged to Ar
| thur Hale"
ut Isn't true; I'm not engaged TO
n oue," She looked fairly into his
brooding eyes.
"T'm glad" He smiled for the first
| time during the conversation. "Maybe
we might have .Auf Wiedersehn' to-
eether tonight" he suggested.
She glanced at the order in her
hand,
"It,s the tenth dance" she said heM.
tathgly, land I am to have that with
Arthur"
He scowled. Il
II knew 1t. And that was alwsys
going to be dance..
urn sorry"
..I,m sorry. too" .Ha rosa ns thu
orchestra struck nm q lixelv sor trot.
"Here comes Arthur now" h. said.
.This il probably his dance. too"
"Yes. II is" She hesitated "Mov.
/. be-" she began. But before she couId
sneak further Arthur Hale appeared
m the scene.
The girl threw a glance over he,
shoulder as she walked swav. but
MN did NOT sea her. Ia "a. think.
ina of "Auf Wiedersehn" and ali that
n had meant m him.
While the others were HANGING he
walked to tho and of tho norch and
seated himself in tho shodov.. Tho
music died AWAY. but he aid not ,tIr.
Suddenly he heard . cirl,s voice, II
was Mjidred,s.
"Do you mind" she was ssv,nr. III
I give the tenth dance avavT
T. "Of course I do" Arthur smoke
with The. s-elf-assuronce which was his
most notable characteristic. "That,s
.Auf WIedersehn., and ia mine" '
"No." the Girl said. mot I'm
sorrv. INT ri have TO rive II awav." {:
"What1" The man,s voice ranr ont ]
anprilv. Il
.Yon have ron others and 7 think ,
Won con varv eosIrv Give one away.
At any rate. f,m going to take T."
"Wal, ~ co,,rse Won can do what
Won want ton !
"And O won't he angrxw ]
eyes 7 shat, he" ,
"we,, von,ll hive n no th.n" She
snoke M - sha admit caro- Nrm %.
inc to uIve n n Clirord" Q
"Who2" +
"To Clifford H,lman. Y
"0b M. von,re ooIng hacr n him =, i
rbsra uyos . SMEAR in ~. vo,ce
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