The Washington herald., 1921-11-06
By Dana Catin

BY Dana CdtGn
softly giowsd. but hat ddnt mean cfat ~
had softensd utterly. No: she was f.arty sure
ment.
After Q considerable wt0e abs locked away
the sentimental treasures which vsrS I'M
portant enough TO b carried On veek end
visits. and vsnt downstairs Again ahs hard
. mwmnrtns ssund out on . sids poreh md
followed ths sound That stds q tn houss
VS. unnshtsd. and she emsrssd o. ths
veranda rather ssruptiy-just In tine to -
in the moonlight MICA Immst ks.sns BECKY
Piatt
-weu-r she CALCULATED, and seartsd 10
withdraw.
-YoQ nssdnt sp.- saA Bscsy. we -
- wen ten 700 - the nrst one view -
Q terrific quarrel. but ve've made up
II was quite manifest that they hsd
asked, Where's AndyZ
why. dont-where 10 her BECKY asked
vaguely. Thought he was with you
We'll, I gues ia better look him up.
There were NO objections to the sugres
ton. 80 Corrina departed. She found the
fourth member Of the party in the precise
spot she had left him.
well. Becky and Nick have Just ros
themselves engaged she announced ami
ably.
Unexpected as this news was. Andy's first
sensation on hearing II had nothing 10 do
with the betruthed principals: seln.hly ig-
noring the happy pair and their dramatic
situation. he let a surge Of thankfulness
sweep over him because. now. Corinna
couldn't believe that kiss had had any real
significance. II surged up 30 hard that n
was on his lips before he had time 10 remem-
Der tact.
Then you know that kiss ditnt mean
snything-- he blurted out.
"Kiss-what kiss." asked corinna. resds
tering bewflderment-
"why-rI-
did yos see them, too.- she asked inter
estedly. Il stumbled upon them, but I
didn't know you'd been round on that side Of
the house"
Then. before he could take any advantage
Of this evident false inference. just as he
was consratuiatine himself that she surely
hadn't seen the incrtminatins cares After
all. she went on In q casual wy:
Or perhaps you mean when yos dssed
her. . while ago.
Andy grosned inside, but her voice con
tinued, light and ainiable. -oh, no. didn't
suppose that meant anything / knew they
were simply dippy about each other-Nicks
talked nothing but Becky all day. 1t w>s
queer thing for Becky to do. though
even just in fun. I was surprised that she
let you kiss her.
There was the slightest hint Of censure IN
her to1a Andy. an honest and perturbed
but .alrous soul, was trying to think
what say-what was the thing 70 say O.
Whether 1t was better to keep entirely Still
when she spoke again. She had the IN
personal, ruminative manner Of one discus-
sing an abstract theme.
"of course men are different from vomea
about those thinss." she said. They're not
necessarily In love when they fiss. For
them it's just 4 part Of . romantic setting
like the moonlight. They take thass thinss
more lightly than women
It was an adroit attack Andy wrstAsl
under the injustice Of II. but be didn't sss
the way To counter. Al any rata, un.uss
though it was. il did lessen his predsc.ment
somewhat. II demsaned him, but u sbsolyed
him from meaning anything And. thourh
she underrated him. II was only In the n,eas
ure she underrated all u,anitnd. he vourd
have liked 10 set her entirely right to clear
himself In hsr eyss and pour out his rsai
feehngs-but the noment was scarc~ky
fortuitous for rsopenins personalities. g.
was now amiable toward him, at least, even
gracaous with . csrtain oondsscsodtns
graciousness = that was something. sa,
though there were . thousand thtnxs IN hin
crying for expression, he held them IN.
From under her long lashss Corinna, sssm-
insiy unobservant, watched him. Ara
though she was not happy. though In a v~y
she envied Becky around on the Other porch
she felt the strange oontentment that oolv
q woman known: the oootsntment WITH
come from seeing the man she love- suffr
-mer1tediy-because she has ascre>d h
shall suffer. Her own degree e unhapok
ness she knew she could afford; this cha.
ter had ended with her triumphant-e,a
there were other chapters TO be wrsttsH
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