Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-24
mo and said she didn't remember
whether I'd ever called her Rose or

mo and said she didn't remember
whether I'd ever called her Rose or
not. but she'd like to hear someone
call her that, and wouldn't I bekin ?'
Jimmy explained there hadn't been
any chance to talk much. 1.-The cos
just then Con chorus girls. of course).
and she was up over the runway in q
minute. talking them over with Gal.
braith. When she'd finished, she came
down to me again for q minute, but II
was hardly longer than that really.
She said she wished she might see me
again. but that she couldn't ask mo
to come to the studio. because 1t was
a perfect bedlam. and that there was
no use asking me to come to her
apartment. because she was never
there herself these days. except for
about seven hours a night Of the hard.
est kind of sleep. II could stay
around till her rush was over.
couldn't"
And you never thought Of asking
ment was, so that the rest Of us. II
we were in New York. could look her
up, or write to her from here?"
No" Jimmy said. II never thought
Of asking for her address. But it's the
easiest thing in the world to get Call
up Rodney. He knows"
What makes you think he knows1"
Violet demanded.
We'll. for ono thing" said Jimmy,
''when Rose was asking for news Of
all of you. she said: I hear from Rod
ne, ney 9L regularly: l, Only no doesn't tell
Hears from him!" gasped Violet.
Regularity" She was staring at Jim-
my in dazed sort Of way. "well.
does she write to him Has she made
it up with him? Is she coming back?"
asking her all those questions? Casu-
ally, in the aisle Of theatar, while
she was getting ready for a running
jump into a taxi?"
The color came up into violet's face
again. There was maddening sort Of
jubilant iocularity about these men.
the looks and almost winks they ex-
Of the things they said to her.
"Of course she said coolly. 'ff
Rose had told me that she heard from
Rodney regularly. although he didn't
send her much Of the gossip.
shouldn't have had to ask her those
questions. I'd have known from tho
way she looked and the way her voice
sounded. whether she was writing to
Rodney or not, and whether she meant
to come back to him or not: whether
she was ready to make it up II he
was-all that. Any woman who knew
her at all would. Only a man. per-
fectly infatuated, grinning. =. :.
See If YOU can't tell what she looked
like and how she said it,
Jimmy. meek again, attempted tho
task.
We'll" he said. "she didn't look me
in the eye and register deep mean
ings or anything like that. / don't
know where she looked. AS far as
the infection of her voice went, 1t was
just as casual as II she'd been telling
me what shed had for lunch. But the
quality of her voice Just richened up
a bit. as If the words tasted good to
her. And she smiled, just barely, as
If she knew I'd be staggered and
didn't care damn. There you are!
Now interpret unto me this dream.
oh. Joseph"
violet's eyes were shining. "why,
it's as plain" she said. Cant you see
that she's just waiting for him; that
she'll come like shot the minute he
says the word? And there he il eat
ing his heart out for her. and in his
rage charging poor John perfectly
terrific prices for his legal services.
when all he's got to do 10 to say
! please in order to be i1appy.r