The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14
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MUCH ADO
By FLORENCE BRIGHAM.

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V Like a luxurious kitten, Doris Lee
sat curled upon the bed, watching her
hostess, Marion Keith. Suddenly Doris
gave sidelong glance at her COM
panion and said lazily: slave you
heard about Phil Sawyer, Marion :" .'t
I'LL What about him? 2" asked the other,
as she turned toward the speaker.
'Why haven't you heard, reallyY In
her excitement Doris fairly bounced up
on the bed. 'They say he's engaged to
Mabel Bradley! OF course, we don't
know for certain that it's so, but he's
been seen with her lot and we all
think IT'S terrible, if it's so, because
everybody knows he's been going
around with you fey perfect ages
and----!"
81 don't believe it." broke in Marion,
and slipped out, closing the door be-
hind her.
Across the hall Marion was on her
knees by the bed. Over and over She
yuG {. hi cpcrtnr hor 1,aod hnxvosJ IN har
+,1h4,, o,as,a,1 han,a ant - oo,,t no
so! Phil's not like thatI know" but
no peace came. She remembered hoY
little she had seen Phil lately-not
since their last dance when he had
twica WITH Aor Rn+ sbo had Thought
maj no lookad ,,+ired-st;,l hadn't he
danced with Afahhl more +l,an thar
Rack ana ,orth vooad tho hattie Of
1lnuht and ,ovoltv' mt, tho Girl wos
Won o,,t ~ lost she climbed waorilv
into bed to stare for long hours into
Z the dark thinkinp-t
waaL wen+shv with nd word from
pin perm n.ssha VAS owov hit rhe
aiwovsss wsir,ota oSfelenhoned - her He,
was MT n orssha would have heayd
4 ShaS falttt,Sst I 6 frionds an n;t,a, l,ar
She wouItls proSe - them flint she did
not care,s And so Marion ran to the
I talanh6na~ md ocolled nm her cousin
Harry. WHO was only glad to find
her in such a responsive need. For
days. shss slotored with him, canoed
. WITH hin, danced with him, laughed
with hih and did her best to quiet the
PERSISTENT ache in her, heart, but with
-iittlessuccess.
Then came the club dance. For three
yearS Phil had taken Marion to the
club dance, but it WIS Harry who came
fonherss tonight, and found her looking
yeffyS lovely lin chiffon dress, like a
/ rosy cloud. Her heart was a whirl Of
emotions. Would Phil be at the dance?
What would she say Or do If he were?
Al they entered the sreat hall to-
gether SIarion,s eager ewes looked
onick,v. sabo,,t and instinctiye,y she
shrank back against tie vail: for
thefa was phil di,ncinp with Mabel
and looking down into her ,u1pturned,
jauahine face with a smile.
.1,oma an ,at,s DANCE p, said Harry
bonnilv and .swnno hfar,on info Ethe
I crowd Is
mo sf.t, dsnco FOUND bor q 10 n wifi,
IIorry Sndda1iiv sho heard = NV
atIalio M.riont,, and looked mn n see
Doris smiling At her and above the
golden head. phils gray ewes looking
straight into her own. i, nj
:sba m;ssod bor sten ,nd Harry
,nokad ot her cnrionslv + iaWhat,s the
msatter. fired >" no asked
"A lille" said Marion. .I,et,s 90 out
IN tha balcony. it,s 81 cool and nuiet
thare
suddenly tho Dir, hoard footstens
COMING toward her The thought that
narbans Il was Harry come To And her
consed her to look mn and there stood
phi Marion sat very still. while her
hnart tickad ar tho seconds
.sNfav II sit down p" asked phil md
thnra WAS n trembIe in his voice. AS
Marion did not sneak. he pulled a chair
+ over and cat down beside her. Then
phi smoke. hesitatinely. "Marior,.n he
said 81 ,,on,t know as vo,,'ye noticed
tti or "a rod hnt I haven't been around
a.,nnch .Iatelvn
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