The Washington herald., 1921-11-06

She drffted back, . slender, graceful my
im that pale gown. but q singularly cold.
naughty. disdatnful lily Andy, wretched.
wondered II being separated from that fellow
for just few minutes could mean % much
to her.
Please sit down." he urged.
She seated hersef. physically and spirit
uaily remote, at the farthest end Of the
bench.
"wen!" she repeated what 10 It you
vish,"
Andy did3t know what he wished. That
h. he knsy but it was all 20 chaotic. %
jurabled up and aswtrl within him that -
didn't know how to say It even it could -
said.
.Dsd you wish to ay anything in p@>
ticular7" with hint Of impatienes.
Then Andy b,urted out something tremsn-
aeusly particular" but the last thing In
the world he had intended saying.
Immet's In love with you, isn't hef.
For q long breath Corinna just stared 1t
him. Then. eoldly: That's q queer quss-
tson to ask
Becky says he is
%. Becky told you. did she' Did she
make any further revelations"
-Yo." rsckIessly. 81 she said you're In love
with him. too
%" said Corinna- A little hush. Then:
" She had no right to tell you that"
so it's true. then7" trying to control his
voice.
Il DIDN'T say So" her own tone more
warmly mild. -one doesn't usually discuss
these thines,"
She was gazing far OF with that flying
scanned 20 lovely rs then, when he knew
that her iovelinso was for another man;
that that look In her eyes was her thoughts
hyfng on 10 smother.
There followed q long silence. Unable TO
endure the tension Of it longer, and his
thoughts eiingins to the unp'easantest image
IT could conjecture In the odd way Of the
human mind. he haArded:
IT must have been pretty down on the
besch-
20. yes" responded Corinne absentiy.
I'm surprised you could tear yourself
awsy % soon"
Then Corinna broaEht her eyes back -
him. She had that queer smile again. But
she aid nothing until she had risen. slowly.
languorously; she stood for a second, still re-
sardins him with that strange emile. Then
she spoke:
%. one doesn't need a beach. specifically.
for holding hands and-things like that.
Don't you ind it so7-
Then she turned and disappeared into the
house.
Andy was LEFT limp on the bench. Dassdiy
he looked around him, turned. and then saw
that lighted window. Revelation burst upon
him. she had seen them! The only girl in
kissing another and thought he wanted to.
How could he ever explain? Then he gave q
sardonic laugh as It came to him that II
couldn't possibly make any difference to her.
since she cared for another man, how many
girls he kissed or how many times.
Kinder to leave him there. in his bitterness
and misery and shamed revulsion, and follow
Corfnna, calmly Ascending the stairs. But
its q pity Andy couldn't have seen her after
she had reached the seclusion behind her
oolted door. From one Of her bags she took
4 little box. The contents were not many;
withered. dried roe or two, q few souvenir
programs which had once been crumpled and
then carefully smoother out less than half
dozen letters. An unimposng assortment
and uninteresttng looking enough; not even
= word In the letters, could you have read
them' which mtghtnt with propriety have
been exhibited to any outside eye. Yet .
knowing observer could have told at once
that the contents Of this bog were of para
mount interest 10 the owner, and that they
were reserved for the eyes Of the owner
alone. Those lovely orbs were now nnist,d
over with starry dsw a. she unfoidsd q
sheet Of note-paper.
Dear Mn Fuster- she rsaA
A little smfs touched her lips. ths hind
Of smile that comes from the inside, crs~ps
up from the heart. II b In q way a. sweet
to read over those FIRST missivss, convsn.
tionaliy restrained In their tenor, but that
very restraint giving q subtle promis, Of
ardor to come. n II IL to read the more
fervent declarations when the hour for arcor
has arrived.
The reader smiled gently and her eyes