The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-07-27


out, or others that will do as well, at
Lessings. think that saving will be
decisive with them"
i "But do you know costumer?"
Rose asked.
you're the costumer," said Cal
braith. "You design the costumes, buy
the fabrics, superintend the making of
them. AS for the woman you speak
of, wen get the wardrobe mistress
at the Globe. happen to know she's
competent, and she's at loose end
just now, because her show Is closing
when ours opens. You'll buy the fab
RIGS and you'll nay her. And what profit
you can make out Of the deal, you're
entitled to. I'll finance you myself. If
they won't take what we show them.
why, you'll be out your time and
trouble, and I'll be out the price of
materials and the woman's labor"
II don't think IL would be fair" she
said, and she found difficulty in speak
ing at all because of sudden dispo-
sition of her teeth to chatter-'I don't
think it would be fair for me to take
all the profit and you take all the
risk"
swell, can't take any profit, that's
clear enough he said and she mo-
ticed now tinge of amusement in his
voice. "You see I'm retained-body
and soul--to put this production over.
can't make money out of those fell
4. lows on the side. But you're not re-
tained. You're employed as member
of the chorus. And, so far. you're not
even paid for the work you're doing.
So long as you work to my satisfaction
there on the stage, nothing more can
! be asked of you. AS for the risk,
don't believe It's serious. don't think
you'll fall down on the job, and don't
believe Goldsmith and Block will
! throw away a chance to save some
money"
! And then he pressed her for an inn
mediate decision. The job would be a
good deal of scramble at best, as the
!. time was short. They had reached the
i Randolph street end of the avenue, and
n policeman, like Moses cleaving the
Red sea, had opened a way through
:, the tide of motors for q throng of pc.
!, destrians.
: "Come across here" said Galbraith
: taking her by the arm and stemming
this current with her. "We've got to
: have a minute of shelter to finish this
: up in" and he led her into the north
lobby of the public library. The stale
baked air of the place almost made
them gasp. But, anyway, 1t was quiet
and altogether deserted. They could
hear themselves think in there, he said
! and led the way to a marble bench
alongside the staircase.
4 Rose unpinned her veil and, to his
= surprise, because of course she was
going in a minute, put it into her ulster
pocket. But, curiously enough, the
sight of her face only intensified an
impression that had been strong upon
him during the last part of their walk
, the impression that she was a long
way off. 1t wasn't the familiar con
templative brown study, either. There
, was an active, eager excitement about
1t that made it more beautiful thar
he had ever seer 1t before. But Il
was as If she We're looking at some
! thing he couldn't SIGHTSEEING t
words he couldn't hear.
"Well.' he said little impatiently
'are you going to do It'll"
1 And at that the glow of her wa:
4 turned fairly upon him. EYES," sh,
said, "I'm going to do it. l suppose
mustn't thank you" she went on, "be
cause you say it isn't anything your,
doing for me. But it is--a great thin,
for me-greater-than could tell you
And won't fail. You needn't b,
afraid"
He counted out hundred and TWEEN
" dollars, which he handed over t,
her. She folded it and put 1t away II
~ her wristbag. The glow of her hadn'
faded, but once more it was turned Of
~ something--or someone-else. 1t WASH
ne until he rose little abruptly from TIL
- marble bench that she reused hersel
~ with shake of the head, arose toe
II and once more faced him.
You're right about our having +
!. hurry" she said, and before he coul
- find the first of the words he wanted
10 she had given him that curt farewell
~ nod which from the first had stirre,
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toward the door.
n. And she had never seen what wa
N fairly shining in his face.
She couldn't, of course. have misses
ID. thing as plain as that but for com
it. plete preoccupation of thought an
he feeling that would have left her OF
N. livious to almost anything that coul
llv happen to her.
I'D The flaming vortex of thoughts
hopes, desires which eIyeloped he
lid was so intense as almost to evoke
a sense of the physical presence of tn
ed subject of them-of that big, powerful
mt minded, clean-souled husband of hers
ng who loved her so rapturously, and VIII
nd had driven her away from him becaus
Ter that rapture was the only thing h