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you, she SAID.
You look 20 white, 20 tired" I an.
swered. "where IL all your tanr'
Melted" she laughed. Have you
business In town. It's awfully hot
here, you poor man."
"Yes," said I, II have business here,
very important business. But first
some supper and 4 spree. I've got
most two bushels of peas to spendr'
We had q gay supper, and then took
q cab, left my grip at my college dub.
where I had long maintained q non.
resident membership. and drove thence
to Broadway.
"How like Bentford Main streetv' ]
laughed, as we emerged from Forty.
fourth street into the blaze Of gro
tesQue electric signs, which have q
kind Of bizarre beauty. none the less.
where shall We goT'
There's q revival Of Patience AT
the Casino" she suggested, land there
are the Ziegfeld Follies-"
mot the Follies," answered. "Tm
neither a drummer nor a rural Sunday
school superintendent. Gilbert and
Sullivan sounds good, and I've never
heard Patience"
We found our places in the Casino
Just rs the curtain was going up, and
I saw Patience" for the first time.
I was glad It was for the first time,
because she was with me, to share my
delight. As Incompatible tune after
tune doated out to US the absurdest of
absurd words, her eyes twinkled into
mine, and our shoulders leaned to-
gether. and finally, between the seats.
squeezed her fingers with unrestrain-
able delight.
"Nice Gilbert and Sullivan" she
whispered.
"It's q masterpiece: it's a master
piecew I whispered back. Its as per-
feet in its way as-as your sundial!
oh, I'm 80 glad you are with mel"
els 1t worth coming way to New
York forT
"Under the conditions. around the
world for" said I.
She colored rosy, and looked back at
the stage.
After the performance she would not
let me get a cab. "You've not that
many peas ON the place." she said. 30
we walked downtown to her lodgings
through the hot, dusty, half-deserted
streets. into the older section Of the
city below Fourteenth street. said
little, save to answer her volley Of ca
ger questions about the farm. At the
steps Of an ancient house near Wash
nufon anna ro cha pouuod
Here is where 1 live" she said.
1--WE had a lovely evening. Shall I
see you again before you 60 back"
smiled, took the latchkey from her
hand, opened the door, and stepped be-
hind her, to her evident surprise. into
the large. silent, musty-smelling hall.
She darted a quick look about, but l
ignored it. taking her hand and leading
her quickly into the parlor, where, by
the faint light from the hall, could
see an array Of mid-Victorian plush.
The house was silent. Still holding
her hand. I drew her to me.
IT am not going back-alone," I
whispered. You are going with me.
Stella, cannot live without you. Twin
Fires Ia crying for its mistress. You
are going back, too, away from the
heat and dust and the town, into a
house where the sweet air wanders.
into the pines where the hermit sings
and the pool is thirsty for your feet"
heard in the stiffness a strange sob,
and suddenly her head was on my
breast and her tears were flowing. My
arms closed about her.
Presently she lifted her face. and
our lips met. She put up her hands
and held my face within them. $50
that was what the thrush said. after
ALL" she whispered, with a hint Of a
happy smile.
ITO me, yes" said I. IT didn't
dream it was to you. Was it to your
THAT you'll never know" she an.
swered. land you'll always be too stu.
pid to guess
Stupid! You called me that once
before about the painters. Why were
you angry about choosing the dining
room paint?"
She grew suddenly wistful. "I'll tell
you that" she said. 1T vast was
because you let u third person into oul
little drama Of Twin Fires. II was
fool. maybe. But was playing out
a kinda kind of dream of home build
ing. Two can play such dream, II
they don't speak of 1t. But not three
Then it becomes-it becomes, well
matter-of-facty, and people talk, and
the bloom goes, and-you hurt me g
little, that's ALL ... .a... ....
could not reply for a moment
What man can before the wistfu
sweetness Of q woman's secret moods
could only kiss her hair. Finally
words came. .The dream shall b<
reality now" said. land you and
| together will make Twin Fires thu
loveliest spot in all the hills. Tomor
row we'll buy stair CARPET, and