Evening star., 1937-09-26
Mauziss Ssesies

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tomato red. His eyes protruded. Suddenly he
bolted. It had come over him with the force
of an earthquake that on the back porch of
that house with the smdial he would never
again see woman. matmed though oomely.
1t would from now on forever be twig of
girl in dresses lowered with pink and blue, with
eyes like morning Rlories at dawn.
And the idea was 90 sudden that it seemed
to him outrageous. He knew nothing of this
girl. What was her name, was she a girl Of
means amusing herself with job. was she an
orphan supporting 4 widowed mother and
several younger brothers and sisters? He knew
nothing.
If she was just girl like any other girl,
with the usual relations and friends, then
mqnestiooahly some other young man had
spoken for her. She had not the look of the
unwanted. On the contrary
How would he 60 about becoming acquainted
with her? She was not the kind of girl you
sit next to on bus and make date with for
that evening. The delicate little nose of her
now! The way it lifted when she read that
about the sundial. Was she really smiling or
controlling laugh?
He went to movie Saturday night Aad
couldn't have said whom Or what he saw.
Sunday he went to double header ball game
and hissed the umpires through twenty one
innings, and turned and went and sat on
a bench in the park until midnight. James
Aloysius Regan. Was a s.mdial the hand Of
God pointing OF trap Of the devil set to undo
a steady young mans mental balance?
On Monday Henry McIlvaine. the boss of
his gang. handed him a sheet of yellow paper.
From the Office" said McIlvaine, with a
lift of his eyebrows.
James took the paper with that half-tmn
of the stomach and quick review of recent
errors with which one always receives an office
memorandum. Then. as he read. he stared:
MI. Reeam:
Yon letter is ,0rittex, bsa yo~ failed to
lease a. address 10 whick yox scisked tie
S. d. forwarded M. c.
N. c. ker xasse seas Mary Mas4de >.
Mavtha MabIk 80.
will you step on the truck now?" said
McIlvaine. ''Or have you been fred without
notice to me?"
''You failed to leave an address to which
you wished the 9. d. forwarded. "s d." There
was discretion and a woman's good sense. But
his address, now. ISIS Almack Street. Who
ever heard of sumdials in such place? He had
a mind to give up the whole silly business,
leave it where it stood
M. c..
On Saturday noon. for the second time,
James Regan stood before Maween Cooper's
desk. A fine moisture was on his upper lip.
The girl was prettier and daintier than ever
in a dress Of pinkish linen trimmed with
white braid in small points It had the look of
a schoolchilds apron for simple freahness and
it was very right for Mameens white skin
with a few golden speckles about her nose.
She feckled. Good. Therefore she would wear
a sunhat - when she stepped out to hang up
tea towels.
A sweat was On James, upper lip and a
desperate light was in his eyes.
"H1o. sister," he said hoarsely. Thinks
for the note. didn't stop by sooner on account
9TH address i Is Normandy Lane,
Woodland"
This was not quite 80 uetentious as it
sounded. though pretentious enough. Again
James had found what he wanted in the path
of duty - setting new poles and lines. The
lane was q uOssrOad that had been over