The Dolores star., 1917-04-20

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msr~ vere othep changes IN the
Street The Lorenx house vas belns
painted for Christine's wedding. John
nv RosenfeId. not perhaps of thu
Street itself but certainly pertaining
| to Il. WAS learning to drive Palmer
Howe's new car, In mingled agony and
bliss. He walked along the Street, mot
right foot, left foot" but brake foot,
clutch foot" and took to calling Oh
the vintage Of passing cars. "So-and-
SO 1910" he would say, with contempt
In his voice.
K. had Yielded to Annals iuastence,
and was boarding as well AZ roomIne
at the Page house, The Street, rather
snobbish to its occasional floating pop-
ulation, was accepting and liking him
It found him tender, infinitely human
And in return he found that this
seemingly empty eddy into which he
had drifted was teeming with life. He
busted himself with small things, and
found his outlook gradually less
tinged with despair. When he found
himself inclined to rail, he organised
baseball club, and sent down to
everlasting defeat the Linburgs, con-
sisting of cashboys from Linden q
Hofburg's department store.
He made no further attempt to
avoid Max Wilson. Some day they
would meet face to face. he hoped,
when 1t happened, they two might be
alone; that was all. Even had he not
been bound BY his promise to Sidney,
flight would have been foolish. The
world was a small place, and, one way
and another, he had known many
people. Wherever he went, thert
would be the same chance. The meet.
ing took place early in September,
and under better circumstances than
he could have hoped for.
Sidney had come home for her week.
ly visit, and sent Katie to ask Doctor
Ed to come over after dinner. With
the sunset Anna seemed better. She
insisted on coming downstairs, and
even sat with them on the balcony un.
til the stars came out. talking of
Christmas trousseau, and, rather fret.
fully, Of what she would do without
the parlors.
"You shall have your own boudoii
upstairs," said Sidney valiantly. "Ka.
tie can carry your tray up there. We
are going to make the sewing room
into your private sitting room, and ]
shall nail the machine top down."
This pleased her. When K. insisted
on carrying her upstairs, she went In
a fiutter.
"He is SO strong, Sidney !" she said,
when he had placed her on her bed.
"How can a clerk, bending over a led.
ger, be SO muscular? When have
callers. will it be all right for Katie
to show them upstairs?'
She dropped asleep before the doc.
tor came; and when, at something
after eight, the door of the Wilson
house slammed and a figure crossed
the street, It was not Ed at all but
the surgeon.
Sidney had been talking rather more
frankly than usual. Lately there had
been reserve about her. K, listen
ing intently that night, read between
words q story of small prosecutions
and jealousies. But the girl minimized
them, after her way.
'It's always hard for probationers,"
she said. II often think Miss Harri.
son is trying my mettle." ,u
"Harrison"
"Carlotta Harrison. And now that
Miss Gregg has said she will accent
me, it's really all over. The other
nurses are wonderful-so kind and so
helpful. I hope I shall look well In
my cap"
Carlotta Harrison was in Sldney's
hospital! A thousand contingencies
flashed through his mind. Sidney might
grow to like her and bring her to the
house. Sidney might insist on the
thing she always spoke of-that he
visit the hospital; and he would meet