The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-26

you are going 70 belong to me. I'm
almost afraid 10 believe it"
"Don't be-" she told him quickly
and caught his face between her
slim hands, and pulled It down %
that she might kiss his lips.
They stood 20, for . brief in
slant, wrapped in each others
arms. then they went out into the
November twilight.
A sharp wind whistled around
corners and scuttled up alleys
carrying with It bits Of paper and
. scurry of dead leaves; lights
twinkled in shops and houses and
on street corners; and people hur-
ried homeward, arms full Of bum
dies, coat collars turned up, faces
lifted to the night, tired but oddly
eager.
II like this time Of day." Stan
ley said softly, slipping her fingers
through John Harmon's, ut holds
. sort Of promise-of food and rest
and companionship. don't you think
SOL"
II think I'm always going to like
any time Of day or night that has
you in it," answered John Harmon
huskily. Then more matter-of-fact-
": But isn't . marriage always
celebrated with . feast7 Where Do
We dine :"
They decided on Lisette's whore
they could have sweetbreads / d
Napon and watch . lasy cat stretch
it, sleek blackness before IN open
fire. II was = place they had dis
covered early in tho fall and they
had haunted it regularly ever since.
Tonight they crossed the Square
and turned up m alley and went
down shallow brick steps into q
room filed with the warmth Of
much candlelight, suffering drs
on . wide stone hearth. and tn
smell Of cooking food.
LAST week We came here and
We weren't married." STANLEY
thought. preceding John Harmon;s
tall figure to their own particular
corner. "and now we are. I'm soine
home with him tonight-"
I'VE mustn't b % extravasant
very Often" she said, trying Is
make her voice sound light-hearted
and only succeeding In making Il
sound thin and sweet and rather
shaky. I'm sure ! can manage the
cooking quite easily. It's really SIM
pie enough when you have once
learned what to boil and what %
|fryl"
Wen eat ont . lot. I can't let
you In for too much Of that sort
OF thing. Il isn't - II you were
used to It" said John Harmon. and
10 thought, "she is frightened-but
then. 50 am I. Badly"
1T isn't always being used "a
things that makes them easy. Cant
you sec that. John Harmon? It's
wanting to do the m. don't you
think"
"Perhaps. All the same. I wish I
could do more TO- you bettar
place to live, for instance"
Stanley looked him STRAIGHT n
the eye. shook her head slowly.
"You don't really mean that. dar.
ling. You know perfectly well you'd
hate living anywhere else. You'd
hate TOR instance, . modern apart.
ment with m elevator and an elec.
ttic refrigerator and ! tslephonel
Besides. W found something rather
wonderful in that old room No
other place can ever give % auite
- much!"
"When you talk like that. Stan.
Icy. you make II very hard for me-
70 eat my dinner
I'm sorry. won't any more. m
talk about-things. Don't you think
the chint5 curtains are very. very
successful, John Harmon?"
Exceptionally so.s replied her
husband sravely. and they both
burst into laughter. Stanley had
demanded m answer to this oues.
ton every day for : week.
"They'rs 50 gay and defiant look.
ing-I'm quite sure they don't mind
the old wall paper and the funny
ceiling. It's going to b fun living
with them, | expect"
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