The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-11-24
MOVING DAY.
BY ISABEL FROST.

the uESh LIdL llt1 hAShA
lease; but 1t was pouring pitchforks'
and she had to make a train therefore
she trusted to luck and the landlord
intuition.
When she returned on May l she en-
countered large packing cases In her
hall, also a young man in shlrtslee'eS
wrestling with the same.
"Tll have these put of the way III
just a minute, so you can get by' ne
told her, pleasantly.
But l don't want to get by salu
Alice frigidly. THANK you. mereiy
wish to get into my apartment.
He looked at her In surprise.
There seems to be some mistake
here. / rented this apartment unuer
the impression that 1t was vacant, ne
explained. From May l for one year.
I'm just moving In"
Alice's face turned a shade paler.
Manners were instructive second na-
ture TO her, and she forced herselt 10
speak very quietly.
May / phone the officer" she asked,
a bit helplessly.
Paxton's voice was suave but firm.
He reminded her hat they had written
several times, inquiring her intentions
on the renewal of her lease, and she
had calmly ignored them.
Have you anything else left In the
building?" she asked.
"No, | am very sorry, but there Is
nothing at all left. We waited until
the very last moment for your decision.
but Mr.. Reeves wished the apartment
on the first, and we accommodated
him. If there is anything that we can
do"
No. there was nothing they could do.
She thanked him and hung up the re-
ceiver. Drawing off her gray suede
gloves, she looked around her a bit
tiredly.
"Tn pack up my things right away"
she said.
"You won't do anything of the sort.
l shall not retain the apartment" he
told her %resolutely. at was beastly Of
them to rent it without your knowl-
edge. I'm going to throw the whole
thing up"
But you can't, you know. Not II
you've signed a lease" She laughed
rather YEARLY. eff you don't mind, l
think I'll make a cup of tea for myself
before l pack my dishes. Won't you
join me?"
pafora tha fmpromntu Ton uaS half
over, she made several enllghtening
discoveries. First, Mr.. Reeves was a
Yale man, the same class as her broth
err Tom. This in itself would have war
ranted her In accepting almost any fa-
vor at his hands. The time slipped
away while he told Of Toms initiation
into their fraternity, and then she
found herself reading to him Toms
last letter from France, where he had
joined the aviation corps.
"Of course, you understand" he told
her, when they had finished tea, that
l can't possibly let you go out of here.
If they won't let me step down and
cut, l shall sublet to you"
She wrote to Tom, telling him of the
accidental meeting, and asking him IL
he remembered Dick Reeves, class
10, Yale. The answer did not come
back for nearly two months, and In
that time Dick had securely estab-
lished himself as a landlord who be-
slowed remarkable attention upon his
tenant. He called frequently.
Then came the letter from Tom. She
never forgot the moment when she
opened 1t, just after Dick had gone.
Hes one Of the finest old chaps
ever met, but he got into a mix-up at
college with a girl who blew into town
with a road show. l guess she was a
square little kid, all right, for she new
er tried to hold Dick, and told him he
was making a fool of himself for moth
ing. His old man went mad over the
affair and cut Dick of without a cent,
He stuck It out, though. working his
way through his last year, and took his
degree. 1 don't know what became OF
the girl. l believe he's working now In
his cousins automobile factory, learn
ing the business from the ground up
I'm mighty glad you've met him."
1t was two weeks later. He sat or
the window-seat looking down al
Gramercy park. "Alice," he said sud
denly, with a touch of desperation II
his tone, I've got to tell you some
thing. Something I'm mighty ASHAMED
OF. now hat I've met you and known
the real thing. Maybe I'm wrong, but
II seems to me you ought to know be
fore l ask you to be my wife,"
Alice bent a little lower over her EN-
broidery as she sat In a d~ark-green viii
low chair beside him.
"Pve heard all about Peggy" sh'
said, quietly. TON told me. / ik'
you much better as a worker, Dick
than as you must have been befor,
she switched your life into the mantle
way Of independence. Wa that ALI
She glanced up at him with a littl