The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-05-23
Her Dream
Hero
4.
(Copyright.)
b EMILY H. oALLAwAY


for minute and to drift luxuriously
She glanced at the gay throng in tn,
hotel cafe and then back again to the
man sitting opposite her.
TITS ewfully good and kind Of you
Jim, to dig me out of that studio anG
give me breath of this" she muir
INJURED. "And 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 Down at her oysters.
do you know, Jimmie. I've done
nothing but work since our last party
three weeks ago. 1 haven't seen q
soul"
"Whose fault is it?" asked the man.
''If you will have a cold-blooded career
instead Of"
snow, Jimmie, dear, don't let's dis
agree tonight. You know you prom
Used not to ask me again." and the
girls brown eyes looked beseeching.
ly up.
The mans face settled into its ha-
ltuul SptCulutlOu.
The man hastily changed the SUBJ
ject.
81 wish you wouldn't wear that
jewel around" he began. "It's too
valuable and too well known for girl
to keep in studio"
Jimmie, just when was started 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, / 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.
"Tm going to tell you something
that's happened to mel don't know
whether you'll believe me or not-it
certainly does sound queer-but it's
as true-as this bread and butter!"
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 1t was about. All / remember is
the man In 1t.
( 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 Greek god"
you'd probably seen him some
where before" explained Jim.
II cou' never have forgotten that
face If had once seen it," said the
girl. snow comes the queer part. The
next morning was going down to the
publisher with my illustration.
81 got out of the subway at Union
Square, and as / came up the last
step / tripped a little and almost fell
into q tall man who was starting down
the stairs. looked up at him to
apologize and it was-the mans I'd
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 I
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"
'sNo. it's not" continued the girl. 81
couldnt work all that day couldn't
get that man out of my thoughts. I
wonder If you've ever felt that way,
limits awful J!
And the strains of la Paloma"
seemed TO stlfle 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
"The next morning it was the same
II couldn't work. BY afternoon !
was so nervous I put on my things
and started to walk down the avenue
Jim. met him in front of the Hoi'
land House,"
"Go on" said the man intensely. 60
on"
"Tve. got to speak TO YOU" he said
and his voice sounded just the way |
knew II would-low-toned and vibrant
"May walk little way with
your" he said.
elm. I 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.
81 finally managed to gasp that !
must go home. And he put 'me in
taxi-and In a sort of daze ! came
home. Then began TO realize thal
didn't even know his name and he
Admit know mne"
sBnd technique on his part" erunt,
ed Jim.
Aileen leaned forward
"JIm, don't Won understand this
wasn't an ordinary tlrtationY don't
think he'd ever spoken to girl like
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