Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-21

ing ali the while, 1t was love that had
made her world go round. The same
attraction that James Randolph long
ago had told her about All she'd &C
compiished in that bitter year since
she left Rodney had been to make an
other man fall In love with her!
It was natural, of course, that the
relation between them, after that,
should not prove quite so simple and
manageable. There were GREATNESS
days when the storm visibly hung In
the sky; there were strained, stiff, SELF
conscious moments Of rigidly enforced
politeness. Things got said despite his
resolute repression that had, as reso-
lutely, to be ignored. But in the inter-
walls of these failures there emerged
new thing-genuine frtendliness,
partnership.
1t was just after Christmas that Abe
Shuman took her away from Galbraith
and put her to work exclusively on
costumes. And the swift sequence OF
events within a month thereafter
launched her in an Independent busi-
ness the new partnership, with the
details of which, through Jimmy Wal
lace, you are already sufficiently &C
quainted.
Her partner was Alice Perosim. She
was the daughter of a rich Italian
Jew, a beautiful-really wonderful
person to look at, but a little unac-
countable, especially with tie gorgeous
clothes she wore, in the circle of wom-
en- who "did things" Of which Rose
had become a part. Rose took her time
about deciding that she liked her, but
ended by preferring her to all the rest.
But the fact that they had become
partners served, somehow, to divert
relation between them which might
otherwise have developed into a first
class friendship. Not that they quar-
relied, or even disappointed each other
t in the close contacts Of the days work.
But at the end Of the days work they
tended to fly apart rather than to stick
together. More and more Rose turned
to Galbraith for friendship that real
ly understood; gripped deep.
There were long stretches OF days,
of course, when they saw nothing OF
each other, and Rose, as long as she
had plenty to do, was never conscious
of missing him. But the prospect OF
an empty Sunday morning, for in
stance, was always enormously bright
ened If he called up to say that it was
empty for him, too, and shouldn't they
90 for a walk or a ferry-ride some
wheret
All told, she learned more about
men, as such, from him than ever she
had learned, consciously at least, from
Rodney. She'd never been able to re-
gard her husband as specimen. He
was Rodney, sui generis, and it had
never occurred to her either to general
ize from him to other men or to ex-
plain anything about him on the mere
ground of his masculinity. She began
doing that now little, and the exer'
else opened her eyes.
In a good many ways Galbraith and
her husband were a good deal alike
Both were rough, direct, little re
morseless, and there was in both OF
them, right alongside the best anC
finest and clearest things they had, ar
unaccountable vein of childishness
She'd never been willing to call it by
that name in Rodney. But when SHE
saw it in Galbraith too, she wondered
Was that just the man Of it? Did {
man, as long as he lived, need some
body in the role of-mOther? Tit
thought all but suffocated her.
One Saturday morning, toward TIT
end of May, Galbraith called up ant
wanted to know if she wouldn't COM
over to his Long Island farm the fol
, lowing morning and spend the Gay
= She had visited the place two or thre
T times, and had always enjoyed it i'm
mensely there. 1t wasn't much OF
+ farm, but there was a delightful Oh
Revolutionary farmhouse on it, wit
: ceilings seven feet high, and casemen
windows, and the floors Of all the room
. on different levels; and Galbraltf
I there, was always quite at his best. III
:. sister and her husband, whom he ha
: brought over from England when n
: bought the place, ran it for him. Ros
: accepted eagerly.
Galbraith met her with a dogcar
and a fat pony, and when they ha
logged their way to their destinatlof
they spent what was left of the morr
ing looking over the farm. Then Their
was a midday farm dinner, which RIOS
astonished herself by dealing with a
it deserved, and by feeling sleepy
the conclusion Of.
Coming into the veranda about fou
o'clock, and finding her, Galbraith SUI
gested that they 60 for walk. Iw
hours later, having swung her legs ove
stone wall which had a comfortabl
; inviting flat top, she remained sittin
there and let her gaze rest, unfOcuse
on the pleasant farm land below ther
After a glance at her he leaned bac
against the wall at her side and D
gan filling his pipe. She dropped n
hand on his nearer shoulder. Art
all these months Of friendship it WI
the first approach to a caress that na
passed between them. you're goo
friend" she said; and then the har
that had rested on him so lightly -
denly gripped hard. "And 1 guess
need one"
He went on filling his pipe. IAN
thing special you need one for?"
asked.
She gave a ragged little laugh.
ouoss NOT lust somebody strong al