Evening star., 1922-02-05
A New Story by Sophie Kerr

tell you. Only there were involuntary
tears running out Of it, because my
arm hurt so.
mo, she didn't" said DR.. Blaine.
Then that's all right" I said. and
proceeded to give my whole attention
to crying with my good eye.
For had twisted an ankle, broken
my arm and cut my head neatly open
on one side. as I presently learned.
they thought I'd killed myself. And
the wedding party was all gone. Let
tie and Edgar with many protests, to
be sure. but DR.. Blaine had shooed
them off and told them to run along
and have their honeymoon and he'd
take care of me-
After q while Temple came sneak .
ing in. and we had word or two
Il had to tell the doctor. Miss Kathy,"
she confessed. He wormed it out os
me. for I was that excited right after
the accident I said some things
didn't intend to. But no one else
knows. do assure you. And l lust
had the prisince of mind to whisk the
cake away and lock 1t up in the silver
chest where no one would get it. and
me with the key. I knew what you
were UP to, me brave dear, when I
heard you screech-and 1t wasn't a
second too soon. Everybody thought
you'd tainted. and it made quite a
fine wind-up to the party. gave them
all something to talk about more
than they expected, you might say
Well, that was one way TO look at
it. and as I got better l found out
that Temple was pretty near right.
I was SO dead tired. too, that 1t was
a luxury for me to lie still, for all
my aches and pains. But I did hate
to have the doctor know 1t. He'd
stayed on after the others had gone
back to Providence. He said he
might just as well spend his vaca
ton seeing that his patient got proper
attendance. He also said he never
abandoned a case he'd begun.
He came over a good bit and read
to me and talked. He was brusque.
but it wasn't a very bad brusqueness
OuCe 1 u Sol uSeu " <tAu oho
day 1 was SO well he carried me
down into the garden, and when I
came in sight of the pergola I knew
I'd have TO own up about tho eAKe.
was just going to begin when he
said something about it himself.
You're an awful fraud. you know.
he said when you fell down the
steps there every one thought you'd
tainted. but fainting young women
don't give out war-whoops to adver-
tise their Intentions"
He looked at me and smiled. and |
could see that he knew all, and. like
the French proverb, he understood
all. too.
"I had to do something" I mur-
INJURED. meekly enough. Il wasn't
going to let all those people see that
Lettie's wedding cake was q. sham.
! was l."
TIE had put me down in big cusA-
IL ioned chair and was sitting on
the grass beside me. The bandage
was off my head and 1 had on one
of Lettie's old negliges. a pretty one.
and I felt quite Lettie-ish, sitting out
in the garden with a young man III
,, attendance.
wedding cakes are fool things
he said Ridiculous survival OF a
ridiculous old custom. Irdigestible. too.
All the same -"
He stopped and looked at me calmly,
and though it hadn't occurred TO me
before, I knew exactly what he was
| going to say.
| "All the same" he went on, "just
as soon as that arm of yours gets out
of the sling, and you can bear your
weight on that bad ankle. then. right
| away. I'm going to order you on diet
Of wedding cake. tn be yours and
mine. I've already got Temple engaged
to make it,
He knelt beside me and put his check
against my well cheek. He didn't look
! at all brusque now. I put my unhurt
arm contentedly around his neck.
! .wedding cakes my favorite food"
said.
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