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kissed her. his arm

he stopped and kissed her. his arm
enclrcling her and drawing her close
Whatever you think best, dearest" he
whispered back.
is that YOU, mamma" With a hap
Ply smile she turned back to the phone
Dear Mammal. Yes, I'm all safe and
happy, and I'm 50 sorry you have wor-
RED. We won't let you do it again
But listen; I've something to tell you
a surprise-mamma, L did not marry
George Hayne at all. No, | say l did
not marry George Hayne at all. George
ftayne Is Il wicked man. | can't tell
you about it over the phone, but that
was why | looked 50 sad. Yes, L was
married all right. but not to George.
Iies Oh, so different, mother you ant
thlnk. He's right here beside me now
and mother, he is just as dear-you'd
De very happy about him if you could
see MN. What did you say? Didn't |
mean to many George? Why mother,
l never wanted to. | was awfully un-
happy about it, and 1 knew | made you
feel so, too, though j tried not to. But
IN explain all about it. You'll be per
fectiy satisfied when You know all
ABOUT III. No, there's nothing
Whatever for you to worry about. IIv-
erythinS is right now n life looks
more beautiful to me than it even did
before. What's his name? on" she
looked up at Gordon with a funny little
expression of dismay. She had for
gotten and he whispered ii in her ear.
"Cyril-r
It's Cyril, mother, Isn't that a pref
ty name? When name Oh, the trst
name, of course. Tbs last name"
Gordon" he supplied in her ear
again.
cyril Gordon. mother" she said,
slsgllng in spite of herself at her
slrahse predlcament. Yes,
mother. am Very, very happy. L
couldnt be happier unless | had you
ana Jcff, too, and'-she paused, hest
tatlnS at the u~naccuStomed name-.and
CSfll says We're coming to visit you
tomorrow. Well come up and see you
ana explain everything. And you're o
10 worry about George Hayne il he
comes. Just let jeff put him off by
telling him you hav sent for me, or
something OF the sort, and don't a
any attention to what he says. What?
You say he did come? How strange
and he hasn't been bach? I'm so thank
full. He is dreadful. Oh, mother. YOU
don't know what I've escape And
Cyrll is good and dear. What? You
want to speak to him? All right. He's
right here. Goodbye, mother, dear, till
tomorrow. And you'll promise not to
worry about anything? Al right. Here
is-Cyril."
1oluoH look the receiver.
Mother, I'm taking good care of her.
Just as L promised, and I'm going to
prlng her Tor d flying visit up TO see
you tomorrow. Yes. Ill take good care
OF hef. she is very dear to me. The
pest thing that ever came into nv
life "
Then a mothers blessing came thrill
ing over the wires, and touched the
handsome, manly face With tenderness.
101nk Won - ha CliI. .I .L.11 .
always to make you glad you said those
WORDS ~
Ihey returned to looking in each 9th
ers eyes, after the receiver was hung
up, as II they had been parted a long
llne. 1T seemed somehow as if their
Joy must De greater than any other
married couple, because they had all
their counting yet to do. 1t was beau
tlful to think OF what was before them,
There was SO much on Doth sides to
De told, and to be told over again he
cause only half had been told: and
thefe We're so many hopes and experi-
ences TO be exchanged; SO many opin-
IONS to compare, n to rejoice over
because they We're alike on MANY es-
sentials. Then there We're The rooms to
De gone through, and Gordon's pictures
ana faNorlte books to look at and talk
about, and plans for the future to be
touched upon-just barely touched
upon.
The apartment would do until they
could look about and get a house, Cor
don said, his heart swelling with the
proud thought that at least he would
nave a real home, like his other mar
RED friends, with a real princess to pre-
side over it.
Then Celia had to tell about the hor-
ror of the last three months, with the
unpleasant shadows of the preceding
We NC hnrk- 4 Ma AL L. ,
dusk OF evening, before Henry had
come IN 10 light up, and before they
NAG realized that it was almost dinner
time. She told it with her face hidden
on her husbands shoulder, and his
arms close about her, to give her COM
tort at each revelation of the story.
Iheys tried also to plan what to do
about George Hayne: and then there
was the whole story of Gordon's jour
hey and commission from the time the
old chief had called him into the office
untll he came to stand beside her at
TIE church altar and they We're mar
RED. 1T was told in careful detail with
full incidents of white dog and little
neWsboy; but the strangest part about
1t all was that Gordon never said one
word about Julia Bentley and her i'm
aglnary presence with him hat first
gay, and he never even knew that he
q iSll ool an Important detail.
Celia laughed over the white dog
and declared they must bring him home
to live with them; and she cried over
the story of the brave little newsboy
n was eager to visit him In New
York. promising herself all sorts of
pleasure in taking him gifts and per-
manently lettering his condition;
and it was in his way that Cor
don incidentally learned that his wife
had a fortune in her own right, a fact
that for a time gave him great UNI
easiness of mind until she had soothed
him and laughed at him for an hour
or more: for Gordon was an indie
pendent creature and had ideas about
supporting his wife by his own toll.
Besides it seemed an unfair advantage
to have taken a wife and a fortune as
1t We're
But Celia's fortune had not spoiled
her. n she soon made him see that
1T had always becn a mere incide.N in
her scheme of living; comfortable and
pleasant incident to be sure, but still
an incident to be kept always in the
background. and never for a moment
to be a u for self graduation or
pride.
Gordon found himself dreading the
explanation that would have to come
when he reached New York and faced
his wifa'S nntha. and hrD{Lo,, E ~: