The Mount Holly news., 1919-12-02

lueaI vanished Only fiirtl" he told
himself in suppressed undertone. 1t
was the rude blighting Of q possible
romance In its budding that so crushed
Bruno. BE had woven fairy fabric
of ideality and 1t was humiliating, de-
pressing. disappointing to have it thus
sent asunder. Armstrong, coming in
to his Office the next day, found him
seated, morose and hollow-eyed at the
window, staring out blankly at nothing
ness.
whats the trouble Bruno?" he hail
ed In his CHEEKY off-hand way.
"Oh. fired of life and its false prom
ises," returned the other dismally.
don't seem to reach any goal in my
experiences. Tell you, Pm almost sui
cidal In my present mood"
"That so?" rallied Armstrong bland
ly. "Well, over in my Office I've got
a real ghttering stiletto, a true and
honest, deadly revolver and a bottle
of sure thing cyanide. Want to make
a choiceY
"Thank you, no." answered Bruno
sourly, nettled at the badinage, good
natured as 1t was. IF / ever step OFF
abruptly the water route is the surest
and cheapest"
There seemed to be satisfaction In
nursing his dark ideas. Bruno did not
cheat himself by trying to believe that
he had been hcurably captivated by
the lady of the roses. The verge OF
romance Land had attracted him, but
he had only glimpsed its confines when
fate had abruptly transformed 1t into
a dreary desert.
"Oh. for one true sympathetic soul y
he pondered as dejectedly he made his
way homeward.
It was warm and he took OF his coat
He was restless and irritated and
began pacing up and down. He got
directly up to the edge of the EN-
bankment overlooking the stream.
''Ah. placid waters. not so cruel as
a harsh, disappointing world" he ut
tered melodramatically.
"No-no-surely you are not think
ing of-of-"
Bruno started. A slender, winsome
woman had seized his arm. He did
not know that 1t was she who had
thrown the lilac spray in his path and
had followed him. She was fair of
face and graceful of form, although
as far up In the twenties as himself,
but there was gentle sympathy in
her eyes that somehow won upon him.
IF you mean / was goir to jump
in" he said. mo- I'd ought to
though"
Think of your friendsl"
u have none. Nobody cares for
me-"
"And you never noticed the lilac
sprayr' feproachfulIy censured this
sentimental spinster-"after bowling
to me In the garden and responding
With a smile TO my waving from the
Window
"Oh, it was your exclaimed Bruno.
Il haven't confided In my sister,
Mrs. Martin" continued Miss Bella
Weston, .'but 1t has been very pleas
ant to think I was making a manly,
sympathetic acquaintance"
She hung her head now Bruno took
another look at her, understanding his
error as to the roses. He pitied her
embarrassment. He appreciated her
! interest in himself.
"We seem to be two lonely ones,"
he said. "Ne come together in a queer
way, don't we? Well, maybe 1t is
fate.''
you wouldn't ever think again Of
that horrid river, and all that, would
your" pleaded Bella.
mot as long as you care about it,"
responded Bruno tenderly.
Movies Set Distance Record.
Two moving picture records were
broken recently. according to the Pop
ular Mechanics Magazine, at the CEN
tenary celebration of the Methodist
church In Columbus, o. An ordinary
projecting machine equipped with a
special lens. rapid shutter, and a
150-ampere light, was used to throw
pictures 100 by 70 feet, on screen
$50 feet away from the machine. The
light employed was three times the
strength of those commonly used. 1t
generated so much heat that 1t was
necessary to operate the cinemato-
graph at great speed to prevent burn
ing the film. The screen on which the
pictures were thrown was 115 feet
square.