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st 81 And down that lane you get to, the
bungalow OF Tom Stanley, the water
lily man-water lilies, pond lilies or
whatever. you call them. He calls them
nymphac ae, If that is the way syous
pronounce the botanical name." This
Was part Of the information that Mrs.
hob Manning gave her house guest.
Fay Mcleod, on the. first Of her week
ends at the Manning country cottage.
10, you see. we haven't very many
eligible bachelors for you, Fay,"ss she
went on, though, truly, imagine that
llr. Stanley is nice enough aside from
Vie perld Niles He's asprofessor at
Sne Of the colleges in the winter,
Aeugh his PROPERTY would make him
Independent II he chose. At least, he's
harmless and quite good looking and
You can see how you like ahfm.- We've
ieked him up for the little dance to-
tSqht." p SStaas> '&@$3..5 i r
akPerhaps the fact that Fay was get.
ting all her vacation in those week
Hhds at the summer place of her old
Aiend, Mrs. Bob Manning, that sum-
her, and that what diversion she had
from the grind Of directing play
found In. one Of the crowded city
height 0rhoods had to be derived from
Saturday noon to Monday morning, &C.
tbunte6s f6f thef fa Sests that fsh4 showed
Mss than her usual reserve when she
net m: Tom, stanley and the other,
6dests at the Bob Mannings' Saturday
night dance. r. .,,sy' Il :. 80 & - : ~
SIT must be fascinating study" she
told Pom; as she brought up the sub
3ect Of his hobby that her hostess had
ibid her about. There are some that
NOON only, at night; aren't @there7'
1om uttered an Affirmative, but With
out DEPRESSION on the subject Of ny1n-
hacae, for at that particular mo-
lAent the delicate curve :pf Fay Nc
Heod's lips and the delicate rounding
IL her chin seemed Of vastly more in
terest than all the night-blooming wa
ter lilies In the world. He had an
absurd desire to tell her about it.
tsH II have always longed to see a
lotus" went on Fay. heroically trying
70 continue the conversation Usually
when all other devices failed one could
talk on mans hobby with results.
but this time the rule was failing.
t.rhere must be something inexpressi-
bly, lovely about them. Yet, suppose
they never grow in this climate?'
p $50 you are interested in them, too"
said Tom Stanley. recalling. himself:
eMost people find them rather stupid.
Really, l do wish you could get up an
interest in the subject, because If you
did then perhaps you wouldn't find me
10 dull as am afraid you would other
wire What i Jolly thing ontd e5be.
II could make myself Il .FeS1fysin
esting friend toto a girl like you" =
II II really do wish some nice girl
could take that. Mr.. Tom Stanley in
hand and marry him." sighed Mrs. Bob
Manning over Sunday morning break
fast with her husband and Fay. She
had told her husband, her plans be-
fbrehand and had coached him on
what he should say.
T.. HE really is a fine chap" he ex-
planned. But he had been much alb
sbrbed in his shaving when his wife
had coached him. and he had forgotten
The details Of the instruction. "Say
ray," he said, "why don't you marry
hlm3 He seemed immensely taken with
YOU when he asked me when you were
komlng again and all about you. You
might As well 'be spending his money
% having him squander it all on those
internal water weeds Of his. He spends
IN his stray time moping through the
marshes looking for them and not
content With what he gets that way
Ne spends thousands OF dollars having
RIOTS imported from Egypt: and other
God forsaKen places. Is why what he
spends on those weeds would support
half q dozen wives" - e ..,'.-" 4 =
G; The days that followed were gloomy
ones for Tom Stanley: He was pessl,
lnistic from the first about Fay. He
knew we'll enough that she was the
GIRL whom he would want to marry,
but he felt no security at all in his
method Of courtship.
u Now, If it was new sort of water
nymph that he was In search of that
would have been different. That was
matter Of patient search through the
marshes communication with his agent
and then careful cultivation on his own
part. But wooing a. wife was some
thing that he felt he knew nothing
about. g. .-,.-- -
q It was after they had known each
other for three week ends that Stanley
decided he could endure~the suspense
no longer. He determined to ask her
that week end to be his wife. Stanley
met Fay at the small station where