New-York tribune., 1920-09-12

that scorched him all the way down
to Centropolis (they were painful
because he had no one to express
them toy was an unjust rage against
& wholly innocent party-namely,
Herbert Sheldon. jeremiah saw
the whole thing. The professors
plausible excuse for staying over
till the 6 o'clock train had been
fictitious-the product no doubt Of
a conspiracy with Dorothy.
a T o'clock, with sigh that
IN time had sped so fast dor
othy sighed, too, at just that
hour), the professor gave over his
labors, left the library, and, with
his satchel and portfolio, made his
way to the station. He arrived at
twenty-five minutes past 5. He
shared with jeremiah Pruyn the
feeling that there was something
reckless, disorderly, almost immoral
about catching a train by a narrow
margin. His train, you will remem-
Der, left at 6 o'clock. He accepted
with resignation the gateman's state
ment that his train wasn't ready
yet, and took a seat in the waiting
room. He had at least given notice
that he was ready for it. He was
at peace with the world.
He had still five minutes, if he
had only known, in which to prepare
himself for the most disturbing, be-
wlldering emotional experience of
his life. But he didn't know, and
he let them drift away in rumina-
tion on the validity of a coniectural
emendation on one of those texts.
During the last fifteen seconds of
that time his eyes were resting
absently, unfocused, on young
woman who was walking straight
toward him. 1t was virtuous of him,
he was aware loyal to Dorothy,
that he never did focus his eyes on
women like that - butterflies Of
frivolity and fashion, if no worse
lures that none but fools allowed
themselves to be enticed by. But
this enc, coming nearer and nearer,
stopped yard in front of him and
said in a voice which amazingly he
recognized:
Don't you know me? II didn't
go back on the 1 o'clock train with
father"
However, she laughed at herself
for that-a little, not quite inaudi-
BILE Observation-Disclosures her back a
trif1e and began again:
Father was to have taken me
shopping this morning, you know, at
10 O'Clock. But he was late and |
had to go without him. That is, we'd
started without him before we saw
him coming. But we pretended we
didn't see him and ran away in
taxi"
At this point Herbert said in be-
wildermcnt: "We?"
Dorothy nodded. "Bob and I.
You don't know Bob. That's the
main thing I've got to tell you. He's
IN the office. And he saw how hope
less | was because father didn't
come, so he came instead. He told
me could have all the money I
wanted, and whenever / wanted
more he got it for me. He was
dreadfully worried at last and said
| was spending like a drunken sailor.
But I don't think ] was, really. 1t
was only for once, you see, and it
was being such wonderful day."
There fell a little silence here: ::
his of stupefaction, hers, patiently,
of, reminiscence. She reused her
self, with little shake, to go on.
That's why I didn't go with
father. I didn't exactly miss the
train. We'd got the hat and ulster
And the first suit / found would
have done perfectly | really liked
it very much. And those were all
the things needed, and there
would have been time. But-but
Mr.. Hallam had given me Bob for
the whole day-to do anything l
liked with him. 'And / knew he
didn't mind, because, you see, he'd
seen father just when I did, and if
he'd wanted to he could have given
me up. But instead of that he pre-
tended not to see him, and we ran
away IN taxi. And when I con-
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