Cheyenne record., 1916-04-20

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Il had It OF the other day. alwayl
meant to- hs explained. 'befors tn
end Of the voyage. wasn't going b
land like . wild man Of the woods
you knowi"
Weren't youi call It mean"
Her scrutiny became severe. bu,
softened again at the sight Of hii
clutched wide-awake and curiously
characterless, shapeless sur. ,
You may well look!" he cried. dc
lighted that she should. "rhey'r>
awful old duds. know. but you would
think them wonder II you saw where
they came from"
I'm sorry to interrupt" said
Blanche. laughing. "but there's your
taxi ticking up twopence every quar-
ter Of an hour. and can't let 1t go on
without warning you. Where have you
come from?"
He told her with q grin. was round
ly reprimanded for his extravaganza
but brazened 1t out by giving the
smart young man sovereign before
her eyes. After that, she said he had
better come in before the neighbori
came out and mobbed him for a mil
lionaire. And he followed her indoors
and upstairs. into . little new den
crowded with some of the big old
things he could remember in a very
different setting. But II the room was
small 1t had a balcony that was hard
ly any smaller. on top Of that unduly
imposing porch; and out there. over
looking the fine grounds opposite. were
basket chairs and table, hot with
the Indian summer sun.
Il hope you are not shocked at my
abode" said Blanche. I'm afraid
can't help it l: you are. It's just big
enough for Martha and me; you re-
member old Martha. don't you? You'll
have to come and see her. but she'll
be horribly disappointed about your
beard!"
Coming through the room, stopping
to greet a picture and bookcase (fll.
ing a wall each) as old friends, GAIA,
let had deserted photograph Of him.
self with that appendage. He had
threatened to take the beastly thing
away, and Blanche had told him he
had better not. But 1t did not occur
to Cazalet that It was the photograph
to which Hilton Toye had referred, or
that Toye must have been in this very
room to see 1t. In these few hours he
had forgotten the mans existence, at
least In so far as 1t associated itself
with Blanche Macnair.
The others all wanted me to live
near them," she continued. .::but a. no
two of them are In the same county
1t would have meant q caravan. Be
sides, wasn't going to be transplant.
ed at my age. Here one has every.
body one ever knew, except those who
escape by emigrating. simply at ones
mercy on bicycle. There's more golf
and tennis than can find time to
play; and still keep the old boat in
the old boat-house at Littleford, be-
cause 1t hasn't let or sold yet. I'm
sorry to say"
80 I saw as l passed." said Casa-
let THAT hit me hard!"
THE place being empty hits me
harder" rejoined the last Of the Mac
nairs. IT'S going down In value every
day like all the other property about
here. except this sort. Mind where you
throw that match, Sweep! don't
want you to set fire to my pampas.
grass; it's the only tree I've goti"
Cazalet laughed: she was making
him laugh quite often. But the pam.
pas-grass. like the rest of the ridic.
ulous little garden In front, was OBJ.
scured II not overhung by the balcony
on which they sat. And the subject
seemed one to change.
1T was simply glorious coming
down." he said. Il wouldn't swap that
three-Quarters Of an hour for bale Of
wool. You can't think how every NOR.
tai thing on the way appealed to me.
The only blot was a funeral at Barnes;
it seemed such q sin to be buried on
day like this. and fellow like me
coming home to enjoy himself"
He had turned grave, but not graveI
than at the actual moment coming
down. Indeed, he was simply coming
down again, for her benefit and his
own, without an Interior trouble until
Blanche. took him up with long face
Of her own.
We've had funeral here. | sup
pose you know?"
Yes. l know"
Her chair creaked as she leaned for
ward with an enthusiastic solemnity
that would have made her shrek Il
she had seen herself; but 1t had nc
such effect on Cazalet.
(TO BE CONTINUEDJ
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