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"Great Scott, there goes che girl who
was mixed up with Major Christopher
in that rotten scandal at camp!
at seems" Anne continued, that
Curtiss. had gone out from New York
to Camp Donaldson to say goodbye to
his brother before sailing for France.
He reminded him Of the day they
were at the station and he pointed out
a. girl who was boarding a South
bound train. Then he told him that
she was the girl who had caused
Major Christopher to be denoted and
transferred. Well" Anne gave an
exaggerated shrugg of the shoulders,
''to make long story short, ms
brother swore | was the same girl.
Did you ever hear of such nerve.
Never was gathered together such
a group of attentive girls. They lis
tened spell-bound to her every word.
"He' didn't believe him, of course?"
someone finally asked, anxious for
her to resume the tale where she had
left off.
"Well," Anne continued, when l
first met Curtiss, he thought that
he had seen me somewhere before. l
remember him saying so and told
him at the same time that it was abb
surd. However, when his brother re-
minded him of this ridiculous tale, he
thought he'd put two and two togeth-
er in his clever brain and think he
really believed that | was the same
girl"
'Did his brother know her name?"
Marjorie asked. -
Anne blushed.
eyes, funny coincidence. He said
her name was Anne, but for that mat
ter, it's as common as Mary or Jane"
"Any way, he said there must be
some mistake somewhere and asked
me to meet his brother so that things
could be Strengthened out. l refused.
From what I've heard, his brother is
Puritanical in his ideas and is just
the kind to go digging around in rec
ords of the past and cause lot of
talk. So" Anne tossed her head in
the air, 81 gave Curtiss Wright his
ring back instead"
"But Anne, he couldn't let his
brother go on believing that you, were
the 1ge.iirf who Had beer" ST. terribly Cos
siped about. Don't you see that?"
someone explained ~ & s.=
"Well, 1 should worry what his
brother thinks" Anne flippantly re-
piled.
How'd he take it," another asked.
ooh, he was pretty much cut up.
He fell on his knees and cried"
.Well, the whole thing is the sill
Hest mixup I've ever heard" Valerie
declared, "of all people, think of
Anne being a woman with past!
And they all laughed.
A COSTUME BALL AND A NEW
ANNE
Of course the story told by Anne
was whispered about town. There
were various interpretations put to
the episode at the Camp. The con-
census of opinion, however, seemed
to be that if the story had been true,
Anne would not have told it herself
and thus started unnecessary talk.
Others said she did it as final bold
stroke getting, in her version of the
affair before the truth Of it event.
ually leaked out.
The story went the rounds and for
bidding dowagers at the Bridge Clubs
shook their heads over their cards.
"Still water runs Deep" they said
with knowing mods.
l do not know how l analysed An
mes description of the way she had
broken off with Curtiss Wright. 1t
was impossible at times not to feel
moments of ecstacy because there had
never been the slightest doubt about
my love for him. On. the other hand,
if Anne's story were straight, l sor-
rowed a little that it should have
taken scandal to bring the engage
ment to an end. 1t would have been
more soul-satisfying to know that
Curtiss could not go through with the
wedding because, well-because of
his love. for me, perhaps. After all,
he had. looked at me with the glowing
alteration Of the old days when he
found me in the Clancey's house that
late afternoon at the plant.
A few days passed.
Then came the night of the OPEN
ing Of JacksonWille's most$beautiful
Country Club in Ortegagon the St.
Johns. 1t had bene decided that
costume ball would celebrate the
event and because father was the
president of the club, he and I had
been asked to lead. Costumes had
been planned weeks ahead and the
members were on tip-toe of expecta-
ton for more than one reason. 1t was
said that Anne and Curtiss would
both be there.
With flutters of pleasureable ex-
citement, I dressed for the dance.
Days before they had sent my cos
tune from an importer in New York.
1t was Oriental in feeling and very
lovely. The Mandarin Jacket was