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did she!' Alice said,
sharply, but she recovered
herself in the same in


wanted to show you to the principal
business women, I suppose"
Il don't know. At all events, /
shouldn't give myself out to be so
much feted by your fellow-citizens,
after all, seeing these were both done
by my relatives, the Palmers. How
ever. there are others to follow, I'm
afraid. 1 was wondering-I hoped
maybe you'd be coming to some of
them. Aren't your"
L rather doubt it." Alice said,
slowly ''NIildred's dance was al
most the only evening I've gone out
since my fathers illness began. He
seemed better that day; so l went
He was better the other day when he
wanted those cigars. He's very much
up and down" She paused. I'D al
most forgotten that Mildred is your
cousin"
Not a very near one" he ex.
planned. MIR. Palmer's father was
my great-uncle.''
"Still, Of course, you are related. -
Eyes; that distantly."
Alice said placidly. TITS quite an
advantage"
He agreed. 'TYes. It is.
No" she said. in the same placid
tone. 81 mean for Mildred"
Il don't see"
She laughed. mo. You wouldn't
I mean it's an advantage over the
rest of us who might like to compete
for some of your time: and the worst
of it is we can't accuse her of being
unfair about it. We can't prove she
showed any thickness in having you
for a cousin. Whatever else she might
plan to do with you, she didn't plan
that So the rest of US must just
bear itr'
1.-The rest of your" he laughed.
IT'S going to mean a great deal of
suffering
Alice resumed her placid tone.
You're staying at the Palmers,
aren't you?"
NO, not now. I've taken an apart
ment. I'm going to live here; I'm per
marent. Didn't I tell you?"
I think I'd heard somewhere that
you were" she saba. do you think
you'll like living here?"
How can one tell?"
"If I were in your place I think
should be able to tell, Mr.. Russell.
"How?"
why, good graciousr' she cried
Haven't you got the most perfect
creature in town for your-youI
cousin? She expects to make you like
living here. doesn't she? How could
you keep from liking it, even if you
tried not to. under the circum
stances?"
We'll. you see. there's such a lot OF
circumstances" he explained. I'm
not such I'll like getting back into a
business again. I suppose most of the
men Of my age in the country have
been going through the same expe
rience; the war left US with a cOnsid
cradle restlessness of spirit"
You were in the WARP" she asked
quickly. and as quickly answered her
sell. "Of course you were"'
~ was a leftover; they only let ms
out about four months ago." he said
It's quite a shake-up trying to settle
down again"
~Ysu were in France, then?"
oh, yes; but I didn't get up to tht
AAOA4l A4uCAL OillS INO W iii &C N4AAASS
and then just for a day or so. I was
in the transportation service"
You were an officer, of course"
Yes" he said. They let me pla!
was a major"
Il guessed a major" she said
You'd always be pretty grand, o
course"
Russell was amused. well. yol
see," he informed her, 'as it hap
pened, we had at least several othe
majors in our army. Why would
always be something pretty grand?'
You're related to the Palmers
Don't you notice they always affec
the pretty grand?"
Then you think I'm only one o
their affectations, take it"