The Twin City star., 1918-09-28

emily took her to the subway and SAID
good-by-at the same time slipping
into her hand his business card that
bore the phone number Of the office.
I'm case you want to see me again."
he said-and she slipped through the
gate and entered the train and was
gone. s,9l
week later she did phone him.
She had put it off as long as she pos
sibly could, but George didn't know
that. All he knew was that late that
afternoon she again sat opposite him
at small table and smiled upon him
in that delightfully."- cool manner Of
hers-and that was enough.
Several times these little dinner
meetings occurred during the next two
months, but George found out no more
about Airline than he had known in
the beginning. Airline was wise enough
to wear her plainest, simplest clothes
and she took advantage shamelessly,
for she quizzed George until she found
out all about him from the time he'd
learned to walk-on up. But eventu-
ally George got insistent.
''Why can't come to your house
and meet your mother" he asked.
Airline shook her head.
''You don't seem to realize how
much this means to me-" he accused.
1T can't be that you are marriedr' he
said desperately.
Whereat Airline laughed outright.
"Of course not, silly!"
'Then why CANT come to see your"
he persisted.
"You are an impetuous young man,
and if you don't behave-Tll never
meet you again." Which was of course
a threat which she never could have
carried out.
The next time he saw her 1t was
purely accidental. Clad in all her
splendOr she was stepping from her
limousine on the avenue in front of an
exclusive shop.
"Arline!" he spoke, and there was a
world Of hurt protest and appeal in his
voice and eyes.
She turned and met his look with
that little fascinating quirk of her eye
brOwS which he loved so we'll. His
eyes Travelled from her own stunning
person to the expensively appointed
car and then back again to her. The
whole story was there. Her beauty
had caught the fancy Of some rich
beast-and like SO many other girls
she had been unable to withstand the
lure Of luxury. His Airline! 1t was
hard to believe.
"How could your he murmured.
standing close to her there. "How
could you when loved you so? Fifty
week isn't much, but we could have
married and been happy, Airline. All
the limousines in the world, dear, are
not worth the soul Of one girl like you,
DEAR"
She was startled at the break in his
voice-the tears that stood in his eyes
and then suddenly his meaning
famed over her. From shopgirl to
limousine in the space of few weeks
was hardly legitimate possibility.
"George-you dear, sweet thing"
she said with her hand on his arm,
"I've only been teasing you. I'm just
a naughty venturesome poor little rich
girl whose father INDUCES her extrava-
gantly. I'm Airline Granger, George"
"Pm glad was mistaken about that
other, Arline-you don't know how
glad" said George, "but I can't help
being sorry about all this" he added
with gesture toward the car. You're
used to having everything you want
and-and couldn't give it to you"
eyes," she laughed, ~ am used to
having everything I want-and L
want you, George, for my husband"
Now you can't kiss a girl on the
avenue in broad daylight-it isn't
done! So George and Airline climbed
into the limousine and-drew the cur
tains.