Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14
THE LOVE LINK

lHfE professor DISCOURSE, Wner
he showed US round his collcc
tion of antiquities, was interest
ing. / mentioned it approviugly te
several people afterwards, l remem.
Der. l also remember that, at tn,
time, was very bored! am an ole
woman of the present world. pres
ent-worldly. | do not care what
happened 1000 years B. c.
l was relieved, therefore, when my
niece, Amanda, interrupted him in ;
dissertation about the bearing o.
some blobs on a piece of flower poi
he called them an inscription
upon the exact date of something
which happened to a Rameses or a
Ptolemy-I always confuse them.
She rushed upon us, and held UP
fiat ring Of dull brass; something
like the ring of big curtain pole,
only solid.
"Ohl" she cried. "They had cur
tains then, professor!"
"Curtains?" he said. "Yes; yesl
But that is an anklet, Amanda. Not
curtain ring; a peculiar sort OF
anklet'
What peculiar sort?" she wanted
to know.
at was what they called love
link" he told her. at differs from
the ordinary anklets. They were
mostly worn by slaves, and were
either plain or bore merely orna-
mental figures or an inscription
which was in effect: This young
lady is the property Of"
"But suppose she'd grown DID,
Amanda interposed, "and wasn't
young?"
Charming ladies never grow DID,"
he replied. Look at your aunt"
He bowed to me.
l will own that, when the profess
sor comes out of the past, he has a
present tact and readiness.
Anyhow" Amanda said, this
one isn't that sort"
"No," he agreed. "It is, as
stated, love link. What qualified
fragment of brass to exercise
magic powers don't know. 1t is
clear that the power was thought
to reside partly in the material, not
only in the inscription or the decora-
ton, though that little figure is the
Egyptian equivalent Of a Cupid.
"And what does the inscription
say she persisted.
Something like this. As-let me
see. / managed to turn it into verse
of equivalent meter. II | can re-
call it Yes, I can:
AS bee to flower,
As river to sea,
As slave to power
Thou comest to me.
"The translation, of course, is not
quite literal. For instance"
"Who is 'me?'" Amanda inter-
rupted. : =,
1.-THE giver," he said, naturally" !"
"Oh" she cried. Il see! It's a
charm! To make any one fall in
love. What a naughty little brace
let. Leg bracelet, | mean. l wish
you'd give it to mep
l laughed. The professor reflect
ed; laughed also. Amanda appeared
to reflect; but she never does! Then
she joined in the laughter.
"I shouldn't put it on, you know,
she protested. "And | suppose she
had to wear it towel, to be
drawn? You couldn't wear an
anklet nowadays; not while skirts
are so short; but I'd love to have It!
l suppose you won't give it to me!''
She looked at him with her head
on one side. Amanda is fascinating,
and I interposed to save the poor
man. He prizes his B. C.'s.
"He'li need it to catch his des-
tined sorrow" l told her. Leave it
to him, Amanda. You'd better beg
a bait that you can fish with"
"Ye-es," she welded unwillingly:
"It's a mans charm, of course; and
since he doesn't wish to use it on
me-
"You say you wouldn't wear it,
he apologized.
"If long skirts came in I might,
she thought. -
when they. do" he countered, "Tll
consider the question" .
"You nasty, mean-oh, we'll!
Aren't there any charms for wo-
men to draw men WITH"
II believe" he stated gravely,
there are 391."
y "As many as thatw She opened
her eyes wide. Then give me one"
"You have them ALL he asserted,
without twinkle in his eye.
"Bow for the compliment" told
her.
HE doesn't mean it for a conpli-
ment," she said mournfully; "only
that he won't give me any of his old
thingsl It's just an excuse; a mean
excuse" --,
She pouted. Upon my sord,
pity the man Amanda pouts at. |
don't know how he can be expected
to stand it. He couldn't.
"If you'll wait few days" he
promised her, while take a plaster
cast of the anklet, then I'll give it
to you. You'll put it on at your
own risk, you know"
And yours" l warned him.
"O," she said, "he's all right! l
haven't the charm for him."
ANY of the 39l will dot" he MUIR
INJURED.
1--WE tried about 50,' she declared,
and they haven't had any effect that
1 can see. Unless the chocolates
are due to them? They're awfully
rice chos. anyway; and the love link
is sweet! Ever so sweet! Thank
you so much. l shall love it. And,
i l run into your studio some day,
you'll know I've had it on! And
she sat back on the table with her
hands on it-"and wha. will vo,, do