Evening star., 1932-11-27

managed: You sent me down here to repre-
sent Mr.. Ea-dolph. So I'm sure you're exc
pecting me to remind you that 1t was he who
actually got the Macdonald family into an
advertising frame of mind" e
You see, Cyrus" John Rufus said Mr.
Macdonald said he saw and Mrs Rufus in
sisted on kissing Mary goodnight. They did
not seem to realize that after all she was only
Mary Smith from the Office.
4 dARY woke to a morning Of sunshine and
lVl birdsong and decided that it would be alb
surd to miss an instant Of Glen Cove and
June. So she dashed through her bath and
into her clothes and ran down to the terrace
and there was Donald Macdonald coming up
the pebbled path
why, my goodness" she said. GOOD
morning"
so it is" he agreed. But I was afraid
you'd be gone"
80 was l." she confessed. But tina. was
before met your father"
Good for dad Know why he insisted on
keeping you here?"
"Of course I'm needed for the conferences
Its not that and you know it,
What is it then?"
"It's not this, either" He came to the edge
of the terrace and put his hands on her
shoulders. He was SO tall that now his eyes
were just level with hers. Il wanted to be the
one TO tell you because I thought you'd rather
hear it from some one who understood"
Mary's heart began to pound dizzily. The
thing she had always feared was now come
upon her. Her eyes were very wide as she
asked: Why don't you tell me?"
Here it is then. When Lefty Braithwaite
breezed away from Rufus Court yesterday she
ferried over to Greenwich and Randolph
skipped from Duds Country Club and met
her"
Mary began to laugh She supposed it was
Mysteries coming and was grateful for the
steadying clasp her shoulders. And did
you get to Connecticut in time to forbid the
banns?"
No" And he put an impersonal and con-
forting pair of arms around her.
Mary pushed him away II hope Brad and
Lefty will be very happy" 1t was true 1t was
gloriously, mercifully true. For years she had
been dreaming that some day Brad would want
more of her than a kiss and a casual love-word
and now she didn't want anything of him.
Young Donald stood off and looked at hen
81 chased over to Connecticut yesterday my
FOOLS errand because 1 thought somebody
owed that much TO you after the way you
fought for Randolph and his advertising plan
all afternoon
Mary stared at him I'm fight for him and
his plan today. More than ever. You see I
piling up for more than six years. I'd like to-
help him get his chance. He gave PoSie Smith
hers"
"Posie Smith?"
You don't know her. Mr.. Macdonald She
was chriStened Mariposa and was II before she
knew it was Spanish for butterfly. Brad
taught me that You've no idea how much he
taught me-helped Posie Smith be Mary
He smiled suddenly. And not butterfly in
any language; though it's really very pretty
name"
Not butterfly in any language she said,
smiling back at him
Then Donald Macdonald said, "The thing
we've got to do now is start ahead. I finished
things in Connecticut and raced back here to
take things up where we dropped them yes
terday. Give me your hand Mariposa."
She gave him her hand and they ran down
the hill and the tall bushes screened them
from the big white house on the knoll
(Copyright. 1922