White County record., 1922-07-06
HARRIET and he PIPER
 By Kathleen Norris Illustrations by Irwin Myers
stIHIIiIIIlIllIIliIiillllIliillillillliI Cooyright by Kathleen Norris
CHAPTER XVI.

hour of 1t an lnL0Xlcdllou .o lhc Lhdo- .o. and mistress of Crownlands. The ,.ct that their secret was all their own ,rss all the more enchanting. To the domestic staff, to the children, to the m,tside world, life went upon its usual smooth way. MT. Carter would be in town tonight, Mr. Carter was detained .t the office, Mrs. Carter was chaperon- ing the young people, there were flow ors f,r Ms. Carter. That was all Bot tomley and Pilgrim and Ward and Ni- ma saw.
 Rut 10 Harriet and Richard the de- ljcious. secret game of hide-and-go-seek made everything else in the world in- significant Harriet opened the boxes of flowers he sent her with heart suf- focating with joy. Richard consented to be absent from the dinner. table over which she presided with an az ony of renunciation that almost made him feel III. When he chanced one day to meet her with Nina, In a breezy, awninged summer restaurant, the sight of the slender figure thrilled him as he had never been thrilled by any woman he had ever known. He was to speak to her, to hear her voice One day he bought her shoes; in the shop she looked at him for approval. He thought the shoes, low shoes with buckles, that showed the sllk-clad an ke, very suitable and pretty. He was l thrown into sudden confusion when i the shoe clerk turned to him with a 1 mmmured mention of the price.
 Ten dollars? Richard fumbled for his purse He had met her walking alone in the Avenue; she had said that she must get shoes. Hundreds of other men were presumably buying their wives shoes, up and down the bril- liant street. But Richard found the adventure shaking to the soul.
 They're lovely shoes," Harriet said, as they walked out into the sunshine. She told him that she was to meet Nina at his mothers at five. Richard, with sudden eagerness, wondered if she would spend the interval in hav- ing tea somewhere, but instead they went into bookshop, and she carried a new book triumphantly away. Its a frighttul day in town" Harriet said, "and if we're little early we may all get away to the country that much soOner"
 She established herself contentedly beside him when they did finally start TOT Crownlands. Ward, beside Han sen, did most Of the talking; Nina was silent, and Harriet noticed that she was very pale. Richard was repeat Ing to himself one phrase all the way; phrase that he found so thrilling and absorbing that 1t was enough to keep him from speaking aloud, or lis 'eflng to what the others said.
 T love her--I love her-I love her [" thought Richard. And sometimes he sahced sdewise at her, her beautiful lair rippIing in thick waves under the lnih veil, her face little pale from .ne neat of the day, her glorious eyes iailtiy shadowed. When the swift movement of the car brought her .nouider against his, their eyes met ,oi smiling second, and 1t seemed to .achafu that his heart brimmed with 'ne most delicious emotion that he had ever known. ....
 Niha complained of headache when they reached home, and went .aiiy to bed. Harriet, when she had .uopeo and changed to an evening sowh, glanced in at Nina, and thought Ae sirl asleep. There were men suss,s Tor dinner, and afterward there ra ca0 ofluge, Harriet sat with Madame 'er lor awhile, for the old lady had
 '9' tuned upstairs, went about the so, sOuse upon her usual errands, and, s0ms to her own room, found Nina d,s is at about ten o'clock. Nina came In. ~ ' -"i io'
 me door that led to Richards room .ta. aS not only unlocked, but actually r,. , harriet gave it a surprised
 se' ana spoke to Nina, in the next
 .yn, mlna, did you unlock this doorY'
 ., "hat M door" Nina called. "Oh.
 's, so, she added. "r did"
 on' Harriet murmured. And she ',aa .Sped to the door, and looked into
 oa. ~ was sort of upstairs sitting IssS, ' furashed simply, in man
 s','on, ssh n with deep leather chairs on k,rr,,a m que Of the fireplace, broad tables
 sb,s.s b"s only the essential lamps and
 nd ~ass, . shabby desk where Rich
 h,.p' aep' personal papers. and book
 es crammed with novels. Har- Esc a,s n'a1lng timid round, saw Bal (ssSera, v ~p' Dickens Dickens Dumas and Fielding, ,,raa, a Shakespeares and complete por', oi'h' Jostlng elbows with modern Fraa e's In bright Jackets, and yellow eoYera. ''sihs .heir paper
 Sud-
 "ue Try so1n1 In the silence warn, SH. ag her 'hat s5a,ss. one had entered, raD'. 'ue inrnee discosefeos>. here In the r re'y ceh;er of his own nr sa,.s onart-