Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-04
Chapter xxx

u Freeman n asked IT ne might
caE. ard that had given him
permission.
That al! right 1 don't tl.ink much
Of hmm. but he's an inofreusive sort.
You'll have To- to talk about Then
you can shCW him the Toy. so he can tell
your folks what a fine little man he
is fatherly pride shining in his eyes.
Indeed. l will. and he'll brag. almost
a. loudly as I should" laughed.
Ask him to your dinner party it-you
want to. it must he rather stupid here
for a man Of his type He'll miss New
York"
Tod came about 4: o'clock He apollo
Eized for coming so early-pleaded lone
illness With him came great box of
American beauties. As I held the box
i'm my arms l buried my face again and
aCain i'm their fragrance. When we were
first married Robert brought me flow
ers and candy occasionally, although we
could i'll afford IT, but since his finances
had improved, he had failed TO remem-
Der me in such ways. doubtless thinking.
that as he gave me more money l
could buy what l wanted.
Il was going TO bring YOU orchids
but il seemed TO me that red roses were
SO much more lively Tod remarked
with more intuition than l should have
given him credit for
And YOU think l need enliyening?"
Not you, perhaps, but your surround
inss. oh. l didn't mean your house, you
know l didn't. because l had never seen
Il. But il doesn't seem very lively
place after all" He finished looking at
the gloomy wall paper l so hated. and
which we hadn't yet felt we could al
ford to change.
so you brought me roses to make
the town seem more lively" laugh
ed. We'll, 1 don't care why you brought
them they are lovely, and l thank you
so much"
1 called Martha and had her bring
the vases into the living room so that
l could arrange my flowers without leav-
ing Tod. Then told her to bring Master
Bruce to me.
Isn't he a dear?' l questioned. all
embarrassment 1 had felt at Mrytle's
dinner gone now that l was in my own
home. as 1 held out my arms for my
boy.
"I should say he was a very fine
child" Tod replied stiltedly.
"Oh. how funny" 1 laughed. ANY
one would know you were an old bache-
lor, Do you want to hold him."
''No-I guess not! I'm not accustom-
ed to holding babies, and l might hurt
him. Again, laughed merrily, and
this time he Joined me. After a bit
sent baby away and we settled down
to a nice comfortably chat about the
people we both knew.
Nv father was growing young again,
he told me- and he guessed he would
have to marry young girl so he could
pass for a youngster. My brothers
were both fine fellows and were doing
we'll I'm business I surprised him by
telling him Bruce was coming to us for
his vacation.
why don't you marry him 10 that
stunning Miss lansing" he asked.
why don't you marry that stunning
Miss Lansing yourself?' I returned,
thinking that I didn't much care who
married her so long as they took her
away where Robert wouldn't see her.
Ne laughed and said something about
her not being ''his sort" and that ne
didn't intend to marry, as the only girl
he wanted had married some one else.
T pretended not to notice or TO unoer-
stand TO what he referred, but my
cheeks grew hot and ordered tea as the
hest way to get of dangerous ground
The time had flown so rapidly while
we were talking that when the CLOCK
struck five and he rose to go was sur
prised that he had been with me so
long.
''Don't forget you are to dine with US
next Fridayr' I cautioned as he left
"As though could" he returned, but
must I stay away until then? 1 shall
die Of loneliness in this town unless you
take pity on me-you, and Mrs. Cald-
we'll" he added SIS an afterthought
"Oh, come as often as you like" re-
turned. "I shall be only too delighted.
ia ask you to come some evening when
Robert was at home, but he Is such an
uncertain quantity don't dare make any
engagements for him
"Ill run in on the chance of catching
him some time" he replied as L walked
to the door with him.
"Mr. Freeman called this afternoon"
I told Robert, apropos OF nothing. There
was no use waiting for him to ask; he
never would.
did Won have a pleasant calf"
Eyes. indeed I did. He had so much TO
tall me that the afternoon was gone be-
| fore I knew it," Then told him what
Tod said about the baby. "He brought
me all these lovely roses" I finished.
"Ahr" was all the notice he took, his
mind already back on some case in which
| he was particularly interested.
Aren't they lovelg?" L asked, deter
mined to make him notice.
Very lovely" rousing himself. They
dress up the room considerably"
That was all 1 wished he would say
he didn't want another man to give me
/ howers-that he would buy them for
me. Anything rather than that calm,
undisturbed way of dismissing what !
I told him.
] really was hurt because he wa sn't
I Jealous of Tod Freeman.
CHAPTER XX.
TINE night of my dinner rolled
around. 1 had called on Mrs.
/ Mulhany and found her at home.
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