The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-14
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When 4 Girl MarTies
By ANN LESLIE.

I n1itted to take the mysterious trip for | which she seemed to be yearning. Evvy insisted on packing that very night in order to be ready to start off bright and early in the morning while the going is good" as she put 1t.
 Tom suggested that the Senior Ma | sons and he and I might take 8 bit of drive and inspect Hidden Brook. which he was just opening for the season, Once upon time | might have hesitated to go-impelled by a supersensitiveness which has always been part of me, but which running my own business seems to be helping
 me to conquer. Now I was perfectly
 satisfied to leave Evvy to her packing and to join the party of four proceed ing Hidden -Bro olcWaHNd, The trip over was without incident, But the
 minute we got there I found myself in for a surprise, Instead of taking out a latch key, Tom cIattered the old-fashioned knocker and jingled the doorben as 8 real summons. And
 in a minute or two the door was open-
 ed by Mrs. Hill. his dear old house. keeper.
 "'So you did get out. after allV'
 she cried. Ut will be a nice sur- prise for Miss Daisy, We two women have been havihg~a very quiet week. end, That's all right for an old wom- an like me. hut it won't do very we'll
 for young thing like Mias Daisy" Somehow at her words I felt my
 temperature dropping, There ia no
 reason in all the world why Tom Ma
 son shouldn't send Daisy Condon for
 a weekend at Hidden Brook with l dear old Mrs. Hill to ohaperone her. But at the very mention of Daisy's name I found myself picturing Trma Warren I'd seen her last-with & youthful-looking blue and white fou-
 lard and Q little white sailor topping her glintfng hair.
 Daisy came into the room so hard upon my vision of Irma that she seemed to superfmpose herself on the | spot where it had been. And Daisy was in her usual sophisticated black satin and wearing the gorgeous chain | of hammered gold and black enamel | and pearls which she'd told me was her reward from Tom for getting him
 a wonderful contract to decorate 8 | home out of Southampton.
 The Masons accepted their neph- ew's guest as they accepted every thing which had to do with Tom-ap- | provingly, yet with moderated en- | thusfasm. And Daisy had for them l an eager, animated air such as she seldom troubles to show. She seemed | to be making a bid for approval-to be making it, moreover, with an air of bravado and of wanting to impress | me as well as the Masons.
 This was evidently Toms first visit to Hidden Brook for some time and he found a number of housekeeping matters to discuss with Mrs. Hill. This | left to amuse ourselves as we liked. I chose to wander about at will, ex- | amtning the unusual bits of pottery and tapestry which Tom had about | the place This left Daisy a free hand with the senior Masons.
 l Sudden1y-in @ far corner of the room across the hall from the one where the others were chatting - came upon 9 familiar piece of furni- | ture It was the old oak chest which | had been in Toms studio apartment when Jim and I Sublet it from him. | Automatically my fingers strayed to 1 the lid of the piece of furniture which | had so long been mine, suppose
 was acting almost hypnotically-re- spending to the suggestion of the chest which had always meant so | much to me. Perhaps I was thinking | of the blue robe which had caused | me so much worry and difficulty. l Hardly noticing what I was doing, 7 lifted the lid.
 (TO Be COntinued)