Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-06-12

Egyptian princess. but ns she STRAPPED
on the mold from the sides n appeared
10 be modern glass. After a little
effort she Embossed the stopper and
leaned over the bottle for the scent
there was no mistake about n. II was
souvenir d'amour.
Twelve dollars a bottie.- sighed
susnn 20 herself And then she fell 10
thinking Of what might have been.
She pressed back the sod under the
lilac bushes. carefully folded the
moldy bottle In handkerchief aud re-
aumcd her seat. She was really IN a
most unusual mood. In the magic
aroma Of that scent came rushing back
sentiments and illusions that she Ind
long forgotten. Tho sensible. perfectly
contented Susan went aud. IN her
place came n Susnn that was not en-
tlrcIy satisfied with the prosaic role Of
being Susan Beverly. and playing on
golf tournaments.
The truth WINS that Susan was being
tormented by a return OF the only SEN
tlmcnt approaching love that had ever
married the serene contentment Of her
existence; and tho fact that she had
successfully nut Il from her for Ave
years-eycr since she buried that bot
lie OF magic swectness-tlId not make
u any the less keen now that Il re-
turned with the sweet scent. She wns
thinking OF Tom Canton. Che won
dcrcd whether they would ever meet !
ngnin. Surely he must sometimes re-
turn 10 his houi,, town and sometimes !
he must think n tho hours under the |
lilac bushes that Ht,riuu time Ave years
ngo. Rut then. whv ah3ujd ne, eus.n |
herself had succeeded IN putting away
those thoughts and no vas no lea. SEN
sibie thnn she.
There wna n eoupd along tl,s rrrvci
wnIk md susan looked nm 10 k4{Iom.
She passod her hand across her ewes.
II occurred 20 her M flrrt thai Inn.
vision wns hut the Anal and most tor
mentInr cfrec, on the magic p.Tr.,,s.
Hut when she beard his voice cnIi,ne
her nv name she knew that n WINS 70
nlitv.
/ He chilled her Susan with all the ease
M Ave vcors hcsore and Susan suf
Their. On the long chaIr with Tom be-
side h.r ms, as thew had uat Ave vears
before ON n little r,stIc bench thai hnd
since heen demolished First tbex
,aIk.l ~ vener.II,I.s the weather IN.
war and mutual fr,cnds Then the ron-
versn,Ion dr,f,ed bock 10 The kev IN
which 4, had been n,,ched ON evenings
Ike This Ave wears hcfore Ths Ave-
ycnra that had gone be,wecn seemed
n. but n dov gone nv ana sensIbIe
tbirty.yenr.old susan found her mus
culnr. athletic hands held IN Toms
with as comnle,e surrcnder as IN she
dnys when thew had MAYED on fewer
roif ,ournamen,s and wer. herhapa
a little softer Tben--lt WINS No mora
Toms fnuI, thnn susan,s and surely
not susan's In the lenst-susan'. bend
leaned ON Toms shoulder and there
were some stammered monosv,lables
nbout love and ON FIRST regaInlng a
sensible wnv OF looking NJ thInea an
san wondered whether n ali meant
TINT they were engaged again.
cit Inns all come 40 quickly" she
told him 81 thought N N ever dtd
come there would be so much expInip-
ing and n would he 40 hard for m.
both 10 get back into the old mood
again. You see. with me n cams
about this wny. I chancSd 10 rct
Whit OF perfume like n bottle thar
Won once sent me. five wears aro. lam
nfrnId I didn't rrnilze then that Won
really cared for me. After we nhnd |
that MISUNDERSTANDING I returned the |
letters and the gifts, but this perfume |
well. didn't want 20 throw n away. |
That would have seemed sacrtlege. |
and couldn't bear 10 use n because |
YOU had given Il 20 me. and II remind
cd me OF you. SO I buried Il here I'M
der the lilac hedge. And today I came
out here and. lust ont Of curfoufty. I |
l A., a. 80 ag.,n r,.x. -. . tt.tf.