Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-04-11
Her Dream
Hero
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(Copyright.)
By EMILY Fl. GALLAWAY

was playing. 1t was gOCQ 10 IoTSe'
for minute and to drift luxuriously
She glanced at the gay throng in the
hotel cafe and then back again TO the
man sitting opposite her.
ITS awfully good land kind of you,
Jim. to dig me out of that studio and
give me a breath of this" she MUIR
INJURED. "And l know you grudge
every minute from your precious old
railroad"
mot these minutes" and the look
in the mans eyes made the girl glance
quickly Gown at her oysters.
"Do you know, Jimmie, I've done
nothing but work since our last party
three weeks ago. l haven't seen a
SOUL"
"Whose fault is it?" asked the man.
eff you will have cold-blooded career
instead Of"
''Now, Jimmie, dear, don't let's dis
Used not to ask me again." and the
girls brown eyes looked beseeching-
ly up.
The mans face settled into its ha-
bitual speculation.
The man hastily changed the sub
ject.
II wish you wouldn't wear that
jewel around" he began. Its too
valuable and too well known for girl
to keep in a studio"
r cfo rfn off
on my ideal lover, you have to inter
rupt with some of your practical ad-
vice." And the petulant curve of the
girls lips was most distracting.
I'm awfully interested, l assure
you. Do you suppose you'll ever meet
this ideal of yours?" The laugh in
the mans voice was belied by the
grim look in his eyes.
Every one has an IDEAL" said the
girl.
"rm going to tell you something
that's happened to mel don't know
whether you'll believe me or MOTT
certainly does sound queer-but it's
as true-as this bread and buttern'
81 was so tired" went on the girl,
81 thought I'd never get to sleep
when I finally did. began to dream
I couldn't tell you to save my life
what it was about. All l remember is
the man in it.
81 saw him just as plainly as I'm
seeing you-and I'd never, never in
my life seen him before. He was the
sort of man you'd turn around and
look at-tall and athletic looking, with
a face like a-well, like a Greek god"
YOU'D probably seen him some
where before" explained Jim.
"T could never have forgotten that
face if I had once seen it," said the
girl. "NOw comes the queer part. The
next morning l was going down to the
publisher with my illustration.
ST got out of the subway at Union
Square, and as I came up the last
stepfI tripped a little and almost fell
into q tall man who was starting down
the stairs. l looked up at him to
been dreaming about "
"FOr Heavens sake!" calculated
Jim, "what did you do?'
81 stood there and stared-and the
man stared back-then realized /
didn't know him from Adam and L
/ managed to go on
"He was sort of a gupe not to have
done anything-a chance like that"
grinned Jim.
HE wasn't that sort" said Aileen
severely. HE raised his hat and went
down the steps"
"Ts that the end?" asked Jim.
mo, it's not" continued the girl. II
couldn't work ali that day. couldn't
get that man out of my thoughts. |
wonder if you've ever felt that way,
limits awful !"
And the strains of La PalOma"
seemed TO stifle her.
Poor little girl, | know" said Jim,
and he looked as though he did,
THAT night" the girl went on 81
dreamed about him again.
1.-The next morning it was the same
i couldn't work. BY afternoon |
was so nervous put on my things
and started to walk down the avenue.
Jim. | met him in front of the Hol-
land House!'
go on" said the man intensely. go
on"
'Tve got TO speak TO you" he said.
and his voice sounded just the way
knew ii would-low-toned and vibrant
MAY I walk a little way with
your he said.
"Jim. could no more have pre-
vented him than could have stopped
breathing-we walked down Fifth ave-
nue-and | haven't the remotest idea
what. he said.
Il finally managed TO gasp that l
must go home. And he put me in a
taxi-and in a sort of daze / came
home Then / began to realize that
| didn't even know his name and he
didn't know miner
bad technique on his part" grunt-
ed Jim.
Aileen leaned forward.
slim. don't you understand this
wasn't m ordinary Irritation? don't
think he'd ever spoken ito a girl like