Evening star., 1924-05-11

cisively: Il would very much like
to know what il is that's the matter
with you this afternoon Perhaps
you'll tell me?"
"Oh, we'll, if you want to know"
said Edward. stung, Tn not going
to the river with you in that hat, and
that's fat"
No rose in the whole of that gar
den was anything like as red as the
redness now seen upon the face of
the eight wonder of the world.
oh" said the eighth wonder; and
about a year afterward. II thought
there was something wrong" said
she
There's nothing, wrong with me-"
said Edward.
No ice cream in the whole of those
ice creams being eaten in those gar
dens was anything like as icy as the
iciness that now froze the voice of
the eight wonderf of the world.
Thank you" said the eighth won
der Of the world.
She arose and moved with icy dig
nifty, like moving pillar of salt,
through the crowded tables. Ed
ward followed her. He had let her
know Gas he expressed it to him
self0, and he was glad that he had
let her know and he did not care now
If two dozen Of her hats were to be
seen upon his head.
He travelled back with her in the
train and he conducted her to her
gate and in the whole journey no
| word was spoken. At the gate,
Goodbye" said Edward. Good
bye" said the eighth wonder OF the
| world and turned away.
"Oh, by the way" said Edward off,
handedly, II find I sha'n't be able to
| come in to lunch tomorrow"
''Oh, and I've Just remembered" !"
! said C1arry brightly. that I sha'n't
be able to go with you to that con-
cert Monday night. Hope you don't
mind"
Not a Bit" said Edward cheer
fully. Il expect I can get some one
else to come"
TN sure you can." said Clarry.
TIL send you the tickets"
Yes, do" said Edward.
THERE followed for Edward two
l. days and two nights (the nights
of length never known before except
in the polar regions during which
the stubbornness and contrition
waged terrible war within him, de-
vouring him utterly, so that he be-
came haggard and consumed. On the
third day, the battle being deter
mined, and the field wherein II had
been waged ravaged and laid waste,
the field was in the evening removed
by the faltering legs of Edward to
the pavement outside C1arry's Office
and posted there, Quaking; and at 6
o'clock precisely appeared the eighth
wonder of the world and saw the
wasted field and rushed straight into
it and with tears so watered It and
with happy cries 80 fostered it that It
sprang into blossom with q shout and
gave forth groans, laughter. peni-
tence, promise and love an hundred
fold
The round world and all tina.
therein is had at that moment no love-
lier sight
"rll never wear that wretched hat
again." cried the eighth wonder Of
the world. clinging.
II swear I'll never go out with
you il you don't wear 1t every day
for a year." cried Edward, clingtnE.
Now. then, please" said q police
man; cant stand here all night, you
know" tFor, mind you, this was
bang in the middle Of the pavement
in Basinghall street, city. at the eve
ming rush hour.)
Then there was the time when they
were married and set up in the tiny
little house in Clapham Common. the
interior, of which, Immediately you
opened the front door, came at you
! like q blow in the face with an over
powering smell of new linoleum and
new furniture, but with a blow, new
ertheless, that was to Edward inf
, nitely more fragrant than ever the
| watt of violets across a woodland,
and to the Eighth Wonder Of the
World lovelier far than any SAVIOR in
| the general opinion Of all Eighth
Wonders considered loveliest.
This was the time when Edward,
not yet quite arrived at realization
! that Clarry was the Eighth Wonder
of the World, advanced toward that
realization In daily progression. Ed
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