Charlevoix county herald., 1921-03-25

her hand threw both arms up against
the doorjamb, dropped her curly head
upon them, and burst into tears.
Mr.. Randolph's northumberland
| cane fell with a clatter; his gloves
| fluttered to the floor, and his new top
| hat, emitting clucking, mirthful
| sound. hurtled across the room. In
| less time than ii has taken to de-
scribe these simultaneous events, he
had seized the sobbing girl in his arms
and was babbling as follows:
Miss ThO-Pamela-Pam, you
dearest and sweetest Of all the little
women i'm the world Oh, darling,
don't cry; but If you must, then cry
on me-so! That's right. my precious;
nut your arms round my neck and
| hold me close. S-strangle me, b
but never. never let me CO."
He stopped gradually, picked her up.
and made for the couch. Just before
| he got there. he reached small
prayer rug of Persian design and of
great value. one Of many such GASES
In the large expanse Of beautifully
| NdAtu HOOi Inv oPSN'hNu 'tS
seemed to take sudden offense at Mr..
| Randolph's rude football. 1t took to
| itself wings and flew from under HIN.
| The crash of two of the choicest bits
of ManhattGns humanity was terrific.
| Above the din of scattering furniture
could be heard the peal of girrs
| clear laughter, and presently voice
! ringing merrily through half-swal-
| lowed sObs:
"M-my-what q bump! "
They sat on the floor, face to face,
| and matched a treble: "Ha Ha
| Hal" with a heavy male: "Haw!
! Haw! Haw!"
The terrified Tomlinson burst in up
| on the scene and there are twenty-slx
| adjectives that would have fitted the
look on his cOuntenance, the first five
| being 'astounded," "scandalized,'
amazed" "deprecating," appalled,"
"M-Master Robert! M-Miss limo
gene"
Pamela pointed one finger at him
weakly, and was off again to tumble
| down another cascade of laughter.
| Tominson shook his solemn head from
side to side in a grieved and paisied
| motion.
"Such doings never-nO-I
neverr
"Tomlinson is right" said Mr.. Ran
| dOlph solemnly, as he rose and helped
| Pamela to her feet. 81 consider this
| ha iCl,i p,nln nf In-
| pertinent that has come to my immedi-
ate attention fOr-fOr ten years" He
| turned to the unmollified servitor,
| "Tomlinson," he continued, still sup
porting the laughter-weakened Pamela
with one arm, II think it is due you
to explain that Miss Thornton and l
were merely rehearsing, or, rather re-
viving the occasion of our first meet
ing. 1t was sitting just as you found
us that we first made each others ac-
| quaintance q decade ago, except that
| the encounter took place on the west
ern sidewalk of Fifth avenue at about
| the corner of Forty-eighth street. l
trust that this information will clear
up all doubts i'm your mind as to our
sanity, and that you will now leave
us to the settlement of certain per-
sonal affairs of great moment"
| TOmlinsOn withdrew, still shaking
his old head from side to side, and
mumbling his opinion that the expla-
nation, far from cOndOning an affront
to what had once been an orderly es-
Establishment, was in the nature of
| plant on his credulity. No sooner had
he closed the door softly but firmly
on the scene of wreckage than Mr..
Randolph turned all his attention to
the lady in his arms.
| After few moments, he laid his
hands on her shoulders, held her
at arms length, and forced her eyes
to a long and breathlessly solemn
meeting with his own. my dear girl"
he continued, when / came here this
afternoon, the sudden bloom of your
beauty swept me off my usually con-
fident mental bearings. l saw how
completely desirable you are and my
| courage sank and left me, as though
some one had said, You can have her
| il you'll just step up to Mars When
l was running away, so that / might
live to fight for you in many other
days, the flame of you swept down and
seized my coward heart. It's yours,
darling, forever-if you'll only take
itw
And then they kissed each other
one of those long, unhurried marriages
of the lips in which eye meets won
dering eye so closely that the bar
riers of flesh and space and time are
pushed aside, and all the whole wide
world together with seven heavens are
crowded into the tiny sphere of q sim
gle lucent orb. Look at them, oh,
you growing public; watch them do
it! For while 1t is customary to draw
the veil on these intimate first con-
facts of the soul, let IL be said that
such conventional literary hypocrisy is
herein abjured on the grounds that
the real thing in youth In love doesn't
give q whoop who sees.
Even such kiss as is under re-
| x,toxy hos an end az we'll as a bppin-