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4, shrilly. She kissed Iris suddenly.
you cunning thing!" she said. "You
and are going to be great friends"
Iris was not a fool. She did not
trust Georgia. But she had been
reared to a courtesy which had at
least to seem to accept such friend
Illness as the girl offered. She said
something, she scarcely knew what.
One thing she did know. If Georgia
nad had any real rights over Allan,
she'd have said so. Iris pulled the
fur closer.
"But what / came up to say was
that most of the crowd are going"
Georgia went smoothly on. 81 sup
pose Mrs. Morgan sent Williams to
tell Allan so. as forgot to. But after
they're gone some of us are going
t, drive somewhere and dance and
have something to eat; we want
you along. And Allan. of course"
my aunt" began Iris, but
Georgia said, "Oh, your brother and
the Silverwheels girl are coming. Of
course. Run along down and say
nightie-night to the old lady, and
come back up here to wait"
Iris was glad to escape from AL
lan's room, and get away from
Georgia for little while. She ran
down the narrow winding old stairs
tc change her dress, find her hostess
and say good-by to her.
Don't forget. I'll write your
aunt" was old Mrs. Morgan's last
word. She made her final farewell,
and slid up the back stairs as
Georgia had told her to do. Her
brother and Sigrid. Dicky, and a
couple of men and "a girl she did
not know. were sitting, a bright
colored flock with black patches. all
over the couch and the floor.
Presently they were all flocking
out to the ears. Allan laid the snow
leopard fur shout her shpuideFs.
How does it feet to have furs
from the Hirf1alayas drop down the
chimney" he said in her ear as he
put her in a low racing car.
They were the symbol of her vic
tory over Georgia. And yet some
thing stuns her at his phrase. Some
one had said that before. Suddenly
she remembered Morgan.
That first day she had met Nor
gan. And he, innocently, thinking
her a girl of fifteen in her short
dresses, had said, Let me give you
money for dress, say it's dropped
town the chimney" And she had
been angry, been insulted.
I"COMFY?" he asked her, breaking
~ into her thoughts.
She smiled at him brilliantly. /.
"Quite. Where are Owen and
Sigrid?"
Behind in the Andersons' car"
lie said. She was relieved to find
that Georgia was not with them
nobody was in the rumble seat, In
deed-and sat happily silent while
the car made its clever way through
a westbound street and up the west
drive to Riverside. She had not, so
far, been to any of the Harlem
cabarets, and she thought that must
lie where they were going NO
it must be Arrowhead Inn
they were on Broadway, finally turn
Ing north.
where are we headed for?" she
d.manded finally. Wont it be late
when we get there?"
1T will indeed" said Allan, in his
amused soft voice. "We're late now.
Does it matter?"
why, suppose not" She was
being a country-mouSe again. After
all, there were no early engage
ments tomorrow She drowsed a
little. They were still sliding
swiftly along the silver ribbon when
she wakened. Aren't we there yet?"
she demanded sleepily.
Almost" said Allan. You're a
wonderful child. The only girl ever
drove with who could stop talking
and enjoy all this in silence" She
s.ared at the trees. the low hills at
one side. theEmeadowss stretching
out on the ether-aM silvered and
SIN and beautiful. Suddenly her
dreamy delight was. broken by a
low damn" from Allan.
She knew enough. about cars to
know that the jar. and the grinding
roise which followed 1t, was prob
ably the sound of a broken differ
entail.
He was all right in a moment.
Something wrong with the car"
he said. It'll take us as far as the
r.adhouse. anyway"
That was all right, then. They
wCul. get lift back in one of the
other cars. They went carefully
after that. finally landing at a queer
turreted sort of place. a roadhouse
Ugh up from the road.
The warmth and light of the ode
little place were comforting. 1t had
none of the ornate luxury Iris ex
pected She supposed 1t was liked,
then. for being quaint" Allan or
i red bacon and eggs. and when Iris
came back from checking her wraps
said. I'VE might as we'll eat when
the food is ready"
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