The herald., 1921-07-28

donIv ne remembered. I'm a1rdlu
Tva bored YOU awfully" he exclaimed
/ cOntritely.
| "No indeed-Tm awfuly interested.
/ Do teu me some more" And COLLINS
did.
Three weeks later the situation was
unchanged. That is, it was unchanged
AS far as Mr.. Hawkins govt was con-
/ cerned. but there was a decided change
in the affairs OF Edward Collins.
Formerly he had spent his even
ings reading or wandering over me
/ grounds alone; hut now he seemed TO
/ haunt certain spots. II was peculiar
/ fact that Miss Evangeline Hawkins
was nearly always near those Spots.
/ He WAS also given TO incoming about
| and Mr.. Hawkins found some cause
/ for complaint in inattentiOn. 1t might
| have been noticed, in addition, that
/ he cherished withered rose I'D
| drawer of his dresser. This rose had
| been worn by Miss Evangeline Haw-
/ kins at a small dance given at the
/ house one week end She had dropped
]
| It and he had picked it up. All these
| signs of course, mean nothing In par
| ticular
| And then one day he lost his note
| book and Miss Evangelne Hawkins
/ found il.
An hour after he had discovered his
| loss he came upon her in little sum-
/ mer house in the garden. She was
/ reading something-hiS notebook with
/ a sign of relief he approached. She
| rose. and smiled at nina little I'M
/ certainly. Here's your book she
| said.
Thank YOU" He was relieved that
she had found it.
what neat shorthand you make"
she said.
/ He bluShed crimson. 1--we had .
! good deal OF practice
/ did you know" she said idly, Il
/ went to a school once and learned
/ stenography? thought I'd be useful.
/ ! can still read it,"
/ The red in his face deepened.
/ LET me read some of yOurs-rve
/ been looking il over and | can read ii
/ very we'll" she was turning the pages
/ rs she spoke. He became conscious
/ Of wild desire TO grab the book from
/ her hands and flee; hut he remained
| rooted Ia the spot.
Here" she said. Dear Sir-YOur
/ letter of the 18th received love her.
! In reply would say that-she is the
| sweetest girl i'm the world. We are
/ unable To make any other terms than
/ those stated in our last cOmmunica-
! tion-Of course. have no chance, but
/ maybe
He found his voice. please. Miss
| Hawkins, don't torment me. |
| shouldn't have done ii. KNOW
/ haven't any right-but I couldn't help
| it-won't you give me the book
She handed him the book. and he
| left her without word.
That night as he prepared for bed
| he glanced once more over the pages
where. in neat curves and angles. were
| the damning words that had made him
| hopeless for all time. He stared at
| them duly as he read sentence after
sentence. Hawkins's terse business
| English interspersed with the thought
| Of his Own-aS he thOught-Secret
heart. And then his heart gave a bound
| and began beating madly; for at the
bottom of a page. In characters quite
| unlike his own, a new line had been
| Ial 10 Cd hraa thlnsSlu
| "Why say you have no chance? You
| never asked me-"
| $50 you've been making love to my
| daughter behind my back, eh?" Old
Man Hawkins glared at his blushing
| secretary.
| "WeT. sir-she-didn't seem to
mind"
ooh, she didn't Well, how do you
| know | wOn't?"
| The baited Collins could only gulp
and stammer But into the room burst
Miss Evangeline Hawkins, all radiant
and happy and overwhelming.
| Daddy, you're not to pretend that
you're angry when you're not. You
know you told me-"
Hush up" roared Old Man Haw-
kinds. But the mischief was done Col
Inns turned on him. do you mean to
tell me that you've been soaring me TO
death all this time for nothing? I'll
never he afraid of you again.
"There il Is! Run along, children,
run along. You've found me out, and
I've lost the best private secretary I
ever had, butt seem to have gained
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