The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-25

allied the dreariness of dull
winters day, she
GAN1T suppressed a sigh.
N Turning to her girl
CANnF CUES he said
SHONa plaintively:
N]~A~ 'Lctta, I've decid-
0AON ed that if l marry
Andrew Drew l shall
be getting blind bargain. 1t is a
town topic that Andrew spends con-
siderable time up to Bill Rand's,
and that Eunice is the attraction.
If didn't own this property Austin
would prefer Eunice. Sometimes 1
wish l hadn't cent" .
And if you hadn't a cent" re-
turned Lolita, you'd grieve because
you hadn't. At the Grange socials,
when you've been busy, Mr.. Drew
has given me most of his attention.
Here is Andrew now" Angelina
frowned as a car honked. "Wn
you open the door for him, Lotta?"
But when Lolita had slipped away,
Andrew turned eagerly to the tense
hammered Angelina. "You have
been hearing more tales" he said.
eyes; neither do you deny your
admiration for Eunice Randi" she
exclaimed holly, slipping off her
guard.
81 don't deny I like going to
Rands'. Bill and 1 were school
friends. 1t isn't likely I'm playing
an unfair game with Bills sister, is
it, Angelina? However, I s'pose I
can quit going to Bill's."
mo; you and 1 will quit playing
this game of chance with our hap
piness, Andrew"
"Then why couldn't we form a
trust company having a good bust
| ness contract?"
"You are always joking, Andrew"
I'm in dead earnest. HoW's this:
We, the undersigned, do promise to
put full faith and trust in each other
now and forever"
ITO sign such a statement as
that would indeed be making blind
bargain" she scorned.
Andrew concluded that it would
| be useless to hunt on a preserve
where a sly enemy had the right
of way. Apparently he gave up the
| chase.
The straw-colored February fields
had turned to the green of spring
time when Angelina paused again
at her window. An object in the
road attracted her attention.
ut seems to be burlap bag, but
it moves" she said to Lolita.
Lolita ran out and returned with
the wriggling thing. Somebody's
lost a pig in bag" she laughed.
Together they loosed the winsome
little animal and fed it milk.
''This pig must belong to Andrew
Drew" declared Angelina; cit is
one of his prize Durocs."
In the afternoon Andrew tele-
phoned asking for information about
a lost pig.
1--WE have it here, all right" as
sured Angelina.
"Then, if it will be convenient,
will call in on my way home," he
announced.
The color deepened in Angeline's
cheeks. She cared so deeply and
he had remained away so long. She
slipped into pretty new frock, and
when Andrew came, she opened the
door for him.
Il won't stop in today, thank
you," he refused decidedly.
Fear, like huge, crushing hand,
seized and held her helpless for the
moment. Lolita gaily came to the
rescue.
We've been making strawberry
ice cream, real Strawberries and
cream; certainly you will have a
plateful," she said.
cts a strange coincidence, my
losing the pig here" Andrew apol-
ogized. Il spose you think it's
odd, and l don't blame you. The
fact is, l was taking the pig up to
Bill Rand and had the luck to lose
it here"
Andrew was so serious and hum
BILE that Angelina burst into merry
laughter He regarded her curious
ly; he had never seen her in a mood
like this.
"You were wise to refuse to sign
that agreement, the one you called
a blind bargain contract" he re-
minded. "You certainly have your
credulity imposed upon today"
"Oh, I'm not doubling what you
say in the least" she assured. "Of
course you are honest, Andrew. 1t
occurred to me how oddly the tide
has changed Once you laughed at
my fears; now I'm laughing at
yours. Besides, all the time Bill
Rand would buy pig in the bag
from you, but wouldn't"
He went to her side. She respond
ed with both her hands and a soulful
smile. Then, like all trusting lovers,
they forgot the existence of the ma
terial business world and let them