The Washington times., 1920-10-03

mo, better not" she almost
sighed the words.
why noty" he sxpostulated. do
YOU like to NOPE sloner"
"N-po; but coming home with q
man, and my sister OUT
'Shucks!" he broke In. you, .
busii ess girl! You look as though
YOU could take care OF yourself. l
won't eat you. you know-thoush
Id like to-"
~You can 90 up with me . ways
In the car" she finally Yielded, III
you care to-"
Il care to-" be declared decisive
ly. "Now for some coffee and were
on"
"You do want to get rid OF me,
don't your" she archly chided.
"I'm not going to get rid oflyou,
he informed her
Outside they had almost strus-
gle because Anthony insisted upon
taking her home In q taxi. she be-
ing equally Arm for the elevated or
the Columbus avenue car.
Cars make me seasick and ele-
vateds make me diszy." he ban
tered volubly. I'm an invalid and
/ need q cab-c-a-b. cab"
"Then you ought to 80 right
home and go to bed. I don't care
TO have the neighbors see me come
in a taxi" she whispered to him.
ut looks"-
That was q point of view that
had not occurred to him. But he
understood instantly.
81 see." he was serious now. II
hadn't thought of that. OF course"
And she liked him immensely for
understanding so readily.
"I1l tell you what we'll do.
Grace" he added quickly. "WeIl
have the taxi stop a block away
from your house. You tell him
where to stop"
She knew perfectly why he In
sisted upon a taxi and she was
tremulous with a strangely agree
able little spasm Of fear; and An
thongs hand upon her arm as he
helped her in was even more tremu-
lous than her own. The powerful
current that was passing through
them drew them together like steel
and magnet.
Again and again during the din
ner at O'Brien's, as she watched
the mobility Of his smooth. hand
some young face, the curve OF his
lips, sic had thought how nice 1t
would be to kiss him and be kissed.
She knew he would kiss her in the
cab. And infallibly he did kiss her
as the taxi sped up Sixth avenue;
and she kissed him responsibility,
and rested In the curve OF his en-
circling arm with her head delic-
iously against his shoulder. The
contentment on her face and In her
heart s ,med to whisper that since
all this was SO sweet, why. oh, why
should 1t be forbidden?
Anthony was troubled by no such
speculations. His pulses were
throbbing. His hat lay beside him
In the seat as he pressed the girl
to him. He had entirely forgotten
Joe Shelburn. He was living life.
This girl Grace was q Joy. And he
thought his eyes were playing him
a trick when he looked out Of the
cab window at Forty-second street
and encountered the face OF Joe
Shelburn peering- into his own.
The window in Joe's taxi was
broken. +
1t is notable that neither An
thony nor the girl Grace had taken
any alcohol with their dinner.
Anthony had completely forgotten
it. In truth, they required none.
The delirium in their youthful
blood was quite enough without
that well-known Arabian stimu-
liant.
In the dingy little nat in Colum-
bus avenue there wasn't any music
box either. Yet Anthony. after the
first moment of awkwardness in a
strange and mysterious environ
ment, seized her round the waist
and whirled her round In a sort OF
dance as though to the crash Of an
orchestra. simply for the sake Of
having her in his arms. Breathless,