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and Phil'a For the first time ii [ my life knew what beatifio visiol meant. l have seen on earth. blis' such as that of angels and saints il heaven"
 What do you think. John." said Anne Tracy, "this foolish boy say hs must do. You must have heard him cough . few minutes ago. Well he says he must % away from me and get hold of himself. Heswill moi even let me take him to my hotel and install . nurse in his room which l am sure he needs"
 Phil turned to Major Aukland. I'll is rather humiliating. sir. to have to .onfess that my nerves arc still . bit ragged from shell shock. How. ever, am sure you will acknowl- edge that . meeting as unexpected as this ono with my mother hai been is some excuse for my condi- ton. I want to be alone, sir. before I forget myself and % all to pieces"
 The boy was trembling violently and beforo his mother could say an- ether word. he turned and fled.
 Frantlcally Mrs. Tracy tried to catch up with her son before he reached tho door. but tho little knots of men who impeded her way had made way for him. All the officers about tho hotel had seen these emotional outbreaks among their temperamental young sol- diers before and they respected their desire to be alone at such times.
 "wait, Anne" John Aukland put a detainine hand upon her arm.
 Don't stop me. John." comman- ded Mrs. Tracy. as she pulled away from him. Phillip is ill-you must have seen that he is very i'll, and he did not leave his address with me-"
 "When did he say he was coming to see you. Anne? He knows of course that you are at the Ritz"
 T don't know. I don't know If l told him or not" Her face which was terrified, suddenly cleared up and she smiled. But he is alive. John, he is alive. Please God, I shall never be separated from him again."
 Major Aukland said nothing. He knew that the knell had been rung upon his love story, but he also knew that life held nothing for him except the knowledge of Anne Tracys continued happiness, at whe tcver cost to himself.
 What are you going to do the rest of the day, Anne?" he asked.
 T have not the slightest idea. After one has gone through such an emotional upheaval as has just been mine, it leaves one rather unsettled. doesn't 1t? think perhaps I'll go on a clothes buying jag"
 "Good Lord!" Aukland exclaimed. what is that?"
 "I think I'll go and buy me some Paris gowns and hats and stockings and gloves and slippers and any other thing that strikes my fancy" John Aukland stopped still in his 1 tracks.
 DO you mean to tell me. Anne. that you will be able to clear your mind of all this unprecedented ex- perience just by buying a lot of clothes? I was going to suggest that we take a motor out to Saint Cloud"
 Mature would not give me any satisfactory soporific today. John Nature is very beautiful at times and at others very terrible, but it is never very sympathetic"
 Do you mean to tell me that you will find contentment in going to the shops, Anne?"
 Certainly, John. Surely you have heard of the woman who said. There is satisfaction in being we'll dressed that religion cannot give'."
 No, I never heard of that be- fore, Anne. Let us go over to Ciro's for luncheon and then I'll put you in a taxi and send you on your way to financial ruin, for woman who not only buys clothes to cover her body but to calm her soul is lost"
 CHAPTER XLIn
 A Shopping Jag
 "I'll come around and take you out to the theater tonight"
 But, John, want you to go with me to the great dressmaking houses on the Rue de la Paix. think they will interest you. If they do not. I am sure their models and manni- kins will"
 "Anne. I wonder what you would say if should tell you that no woman, young or old, beautiful or clever-in short. no woman in all the world except yourself-would have the slightest interest for me? Dear. must I go through the years that the remainder of my life holds for me. alone?"
 Mrs. Tracy did not answer until they were seated side by side on the velvet -colored bench behind a table at Ciro's.
 Then. after the luncheon had been ordered, she turned to the man beside her and said:
 "John. I am very fond of you. You have been kinder to me than any other man have ever known. and yet feel that it would not be fair to you to try to give you a place in my heart which you must have seen Is entirely occupied by Phillip. I did not know how much I loved him until today. did not know how utterly cheerless had been the months that have just