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In Spite of Her Bonnet
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By JEANETTE IRENE ALDEN
Jm
M
"TII1BMETII0D
of making n fnrco
of tho courts hns
got to censo."
Judgo I'lko wns
nngry clonr
through. And a
Judgoof tlio Court
of llono, Nov.,
which mnkcs dl
vorco bo smooth
nnd easy for tho
rich Is no thin
skin, cither. Dut
thlB wns going n
llttlo too fnr hero
wna Mrs. Honry
Spies Kip of Now
Yorkbeg pnrdon,
of Rono getting
innrrlcd ngnln nf
two hours' freo-
dom ns MIbb Frnncoss Coster JoncB.
"Tho Ink Is hnrdly dry on tho do
crco yot," wns tho burden of tho angry
Judgo's remarks, when ho henrd that
tlio brldo vns now Mrs. Llttlo.
Dut why bo fast? If Mrs. Kip had
boon tho only possessor of n Reno
dlvorco to adopt nuch hasty proceed
ings there might havo boon soma
causo for nngor. Dut only tho othor
day thcro woro Mrs. Ellhu n. Frost
and MIbb Margarot Illlngton Mrs.
Daniel F?ohman In real llfo both pos
nossorn of Reno dlvorcos, doing tho
eamo thing. And what of all tho got-mnrclod-agalii
divorces of recent
times?
Offended at Judge's Rebuke.
Really, Mrs. Klp'a frlondB saw no
ivunuil' Wlljf tllU JUUUU BUUUIU IUUUHU
hor, particularly as ho had already
done bo onco before when tho caso
had como up In court. Judgo Plko
didn't Hko It becauso Mrs. Kip sho
is Mrs. Julius M. Llttlo now didn't
ask tho custody of her llttlo boy.
"I won't algn tho decrco," announced
Judgo Plko, with omphnslB, "unlcBB a
clause bo Inserted allowing Mrs, Kip
tho right to boo hor son at any tlino
bIio plcaBCB."
"Tho boy Is with IiIb father," nna
worod tho would-bo-dlvorcoo, "and I
think that as his father Ib wcalthlor
than 1 and abundantly ablo to caro
for tho child, It la hotter ho should
havo it."
"Havo you mado any offort to obtain
possession of him?" domandod tho
court.
"I have not," nnsworcd Mrs. Kip
jnveotly.
"Then thoro must bo an. understand
ing botweon .counsol,'!' nn,n,9uncod tho
3udgo, "JfUai Mrs. kip may boo hor
child whpriovor bIio gooa to Now. York,
whero ho la now!" '
WIMnnHH ... I. . . At ... 1 1 1 1 .
Happy with 8econd Choice,
Mrs. Kip assontcd gladly but thon
nho had. ho Intention of going to Now
York. Sho was thinking of hor second
wedding trip, Hor mind waB act on
California for her now honoymoon.
And Bho Id thoro now onjoylng tho Boft
nlr, on tho balmy Pacific coast with
tho. second man of hor heart. In fact,
bh Boon as tho amended decrco was
signed Bho nnd Mr. Llttlo wont to tho
county dork's ofuco In Rono and thoro
got fl'llconso to marry.
Mr. Llttlo 1b much richer than Mr.
Kip, who lives In Now York at tho
OBbornov, No. 207 West Fifty-seventh
street. Mr, Llttlo, Sr., 1b a retired cap
tain nf tho navy and young Llttlo la
tho western representative of Wondoll
Phillips, tho mllllonalro mining roan
of Now York.
Tho Klpa woro woll known In Now
York aocloty up to a fow months ago,
whon they suddenly parted. It waa
Bald that Mrs, Kip wanted to try hor
Buporb volco on tho stago, but Mr.
Kip opposed. Frlonds hoped to tho
last for a reconciliation both wero
young, woll-to-do, popular In tho
smartest Bocloty, parents of a hand
Bomo llttlo Bon, with ovorythtng to
Uvo for. Thoy woro mnrrlod In Now
York In 1902 and their wedding was
one of tho events of tho aoason, Thoy
entertained brilliantly; Mrs, Kip was
ofton soou In amateur theatricals.
Matter Made Clear.
Rut whon sho appeared last May
In Rono and took a Iioubq these
frlonds of tho family know her mind
was mado up. Tho, minute hor legal
rcsldonco was gained sho lnstltutod
tho suit for dlvorco. Tho isdiuto sho
gqt tho decrea Bho started out getting
her marrlago license tho two papora
went through tho samo olllce, In fact,
on the Bamo day,
Dut that's nothing now for Reno.
Tako Miss Illlngton'a case. Sho oven
asked tho judgo 'who divorced her to
marry her again. Women of tho atngo
envied tho beautiful actress whon It
was found that alio had captured hor
manager's hoart-r-Bho becamo Mrs.
Daniel Frohman. Things wont bcnutl
iully for a while, and thon Miss Illliut-
ao
i. lwiet
r
ton, who had been fitnged In ninny suc
cesses, tired of tho Btago. Sho said
so. Finally sho cjult altogether.
Mystery Made Clear.
Dut nobody guessed whnt was tho
matter till one day tho despatches
wont out from Rono Mnrgaret Ming
ton hod como to llvo thoro. And as
soon a s sho hnd tho six months' legal
residonco buo brought suit against
Mr. Frohmnn. Ho would not discuss
tho enso; neither would Miss Illlngton.
Nothing but thtf forma chargo of non
support was mado. On November 11
Inst tho snmo Judgo Plko granted tho
dlvorco.
Tho next weok, In tho afternoon,
Miss Illlngton climbed tho stairs of
Judgo Plko's offlcoMn tho Reno court
house nccompnnled by Edward J.
Dowcs, a wenlthy business man of San
Francisco nnd ,Tacomn.
"I would IIlo you to mnrry ub," said
MIsb Illlngton, taking Mr. Dowcs'
hand.
Judgo Plko wns astounded. Thon ho
refused, point blnnk, when ho found
words to oxpross himself
"It was my duty, under tho law," ho
said, "to grant you a dlvorco on
grounds of non-support, but I cannot
consistently perform tho marrlago cor
emony. Doth Miss Illlngton nnd Mr. Dowcs
woro nonplussod; thoy hnd expected
no such setback. Howovor, thoy hurried
awny to tho olTlco of Juatlco of the
Poaco Soucheau nnd got him to tie
tho knot In short ordor.
"Whew!" said Judgo Plko when tho
door closed bohlnd thoro. "That'B
quick oven for Ronot"
Mrs. Ellhu D. Frost didn't havo n
Rono marrlago, though alio had a Reno
dlvorco. Instead sho hurried to Now
York and boenmo Mrs. Hamilton
Wllkos Cnry, wlfo of tho mllllonalro
clubman, Juat ns fnst as sho could.
And Bho got tho llccnso nnd hnd tho
coromony porformcd just ns sccrotly
ns possible
Now York society hna Boldom known
n handsomor woman than MrB. Froat,
who was Miss Mario Dow. Sho mar
ried Mr, Frost Boveral yenra ngo, and
soon afterward mot Mr, Cary, who Is
a rclatlvo of tho Aatora and woll
known In society In fact, moro bo
than Mr. Froat, who dovotea his time
to his lnw prnctlco nnd tho Eloctrlo
Float Company, which has bought out
tho Holland Biibmarlno boat patents.
Though nobody guessod It, tho FrostB
woro In matrimonial dlfflcultles. Mr.
Cary'a troubles woro mora public bo
causo his wlfo, who was Miss Nellie,
Dostwlck, daughter of n Standnrd Oil
millionaire, had been adjudged Incom
petent to manago hor largo fortuno
nnd had boon committed to n sanitar
ium. Thoro Bho died, ,
Quick Developments.
- Ono day last May Mrs. Frost sud
denly nppearod In Rono and announced
hor Intontlon of joining tho dlvorco
colony, Sho was soon chums with
Mrs, Kip and Mrs. Frohman, nnd many
of tho othor women of Bocloty of Now
York nnd olswhoro, out thoro for di
vorces. Iu Reno sho soon mndo hor-
Ball ono ot tho most popular of tho
young set of matrons who found mar
rlago ut lonst tholr prosont ono
slightly galling.
In ouo season Mrs. Frost got her
dlvorco and two days later, on Decem
ber 19, took tho train from Rono to
Now York, Hor frlondB gavo her u
plcturoaquo "Godspoed" as tho train
pulled out for tho oast, deluging hor
with flowors nnd candy, tho entire col
ony going down to tho rallwqy station
whoro Mrs. Frost took tho Overland
Llmltod,
Rumors aoon reached Now York
that Mr. Cary waa on tho samo tftiln.
Then followed n despatch that thoy
had been mnrrlod In a Pullman car
whllo speeding east. This, too, was
donlod, Finally tho afternoon after
alio arrived In Now York Mrs, Froat
and Mr. Cary showed up nt tho mar
rlago llconso bureau In tho city hall
Just as tho clorka woro closing up for
tho day.
Knot Finally Tied.
"Nono; looking for n Job;" laughed
Mr. Cary whon askod his occupntlon,
hut not mentioning tho fact that ho la
a mllllonalro. Ho owned up to forty
sovon nnd 'Mrs, Froat to thirty-seven
yenrs. They had n hard tlmo finding
n clergyman, but finally secured tho
aorvlcoB of tho Rov. Wlnfrod R. Ack-
ort at a llttlo mission at Tenth avenue
and Fifty-fourth atroot, aptly named
for thom "Tho Holplng Hand." And
then thoy hurrlod away on tholr lion
oyinopn.
Mrs. Frost-Cary loft behind In Rono
at least two very dear friends who nro
still kopt by cruol Nevada law to aorve
out tholr six months' period ot real
denco Mrs, Keith DonaldBon and Mrs
Smith IlolUns McKlm. both soajetj
matrons of Now York. Thoy nro thcro
to avail themselves of tho easy Reno
dlvorco, hecauso under tho laws of
New York they could not freo their
llfo partners. What may happen af
ter then who knows?
Muddle of the Belmont's
Tnko tho stunning Mrs. Perry Del
mont of New York. No pooplo had
higher social position In How York
than Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry T. Slonno,
nnd fow hnd moro monoy. Dut thoy
woro unhnppy, nnd Mr. Slonno got tho
dlvorco nnd In Now York. And two
hourB Inter Mrs. Slonno married Perry
Dolmont, but In Oroenwlch, Conn. Tho
clergyman enmo In for plenty of con
euro, but tho marrlago was novor
questioned. Tho Dolmonts hnvo llttlo
ubo for Newport now nnd spend tholr
winter In Washington.
Tho dnshlng Freddy Gobhnrd, club
man and bachelor, of Now York, foil
In lovo with tho charms of tho vlvncl-
.pus nnd beautiful MIsb Loulso Morris
of Daltlmoro. Thoy woro married with
great ceremony nnd Jollltlcntion nnd
wont to Now York to llvo. Things
progressed smoothly for nwhllo, nnd
thon Mrs, Gobhnrd got a Dnkotn dl
vorco. Ono month later sho was mnr
rlod to Honry Clows Jr., seven yenrs
hor Junior, tho nrtlst son of tho mil
lionaire bnnker. And Mr. Gobhnrd ro
tnllnted by making Miss Daisy Green
of tho Florndorn soxtot his wlfo. And
to mnko It all tho moro distressing,
Mrs. Clows and her second husband
havo now decided to part.
Other Prominent Cases,
It wob n doublo dlvorco nnd remnr
rtago for Irene Dentloy, tho musical
comedy Btar and bonuty, nnd Honry
D. Smith, tho playwright. MIsa'Dont
loy divorced hor lnwyer husband, and
Mrs. Smith No. 1, dlvorcod hor libret
tist husbnnd. Then tho two woro mnr
rlod and nro now living happily In
Now York.
And who doesn't recall how Prince
Hollo do Sngan followod Anna Gould
to Now York nftor alio had divorced
Count Donl do Castollnno, nnd by his
porslstont wooing finally won hor
hand In London, following hor back
across tho ocean again? .
If do Sngan had had ills way ho
would hnvo mnrrlod Mmo. Gould tho
day after hor dlvorco, but alio would
hnvo nono of that.
FROM INSIDE THE SANCTUM
Editorial Work as It It, and as
8eems to Be, from a Humoroui
Standpoint.
It
MIbs Deatrlco Spnrerlb, tho editor
of "Hints to tho Lovelorn," lost his
corn-cob plpo ono day this week while
ho was out having Ills whlskors
trimmed. Thero Is no clow, but Mmo.
Gnzuzzn. editor of tho "Deouty Do
partmcnt," Is undor suspicion, as ho
Is an Invotorato Bmokor.
Tho religious editor, who was
pinched lnat weok whllo out Joy-riding
In anothor man's automobllo, got off
with n wnrnlng from tho court; but,
na It la IiIb third offonso, no lonioncy
will bo Bhown in tho future.
Tho financial editor, who has ro
contly boon very busy predicting tho
Btock mnrkot nnd advising thoso who
have monoy to invest, lost his piano
last wook for non-paymont of tho In-
otallmonts, and his wiro talks of Btart
lng suit for non-support.
Tho city editor got lost Inst Tues
day flvo blockB from tho oluco and
was loented Inter by tho pollco whllo
studying n map of tho city In n corner
drug storo, trying to find his wny
back.
Tho nportlng editor hns been obliged
to glvo up 'his Sunday school class on
account of 111 health, nnd tho society
editor is covering tho bnll games and
prlzo lights temporarily, in nddltlon to
his regular work.
Our culinary export, Mmo. Uneeda,
has been mado dofendant tit a dlvorco
proceeding brought by hor husband,
who clalma that ho la n victim ot
chronic Indigestion contrnctcd alnco
his marrlago.
Miss Euphemln do Couraoy, editor
ot tho Mother's Department, says sho
Is tired ot being a bachotor and hopoa
1H
mi
m
to scrape up nn ncqunlntance with
soma marriageable young woman
whllo on his vacation nt Long Drnnch.
Do Lnncey Montgomery, tho dra
matic critic, who hns been writing a
series on his personal observations of
tho new plays now being produced In
London, expects to bo nbBont from
tho ofllco for tho first tlrao In a year
next Thursdny, when ho will enjoy
his nnnunl vncntlon nt Conoy Islnnd.
Wo regrot Jo nnnounco that Prof.
Germ, tho eminent specialist who has
boon conducting tho Health Depart
ment of this papor for sovoral years,
Is taking nn extended course nt n
snnltnrium for acuto dyspepsia, but
will contrlbuto occasional nrtlcles on
proper dieting. Roy K. Moulton, in
Judgo.
The Cautious Lover.
Tho young law Btudent, having pro
posed nnd hnvlng been nccepted, ob
serves that tho party of tho second
part Is looking up at him with an ex
pectant air end that her Hps aro in
vitingly puraed.
"Ono moment, darling," ho begs,
nnd tnkeB sonioypnpor nnd n fountain
pen from his pocket. Sho wnlts nnd
watches In bowlldermcnt until ho nsks
hor to sign tho following document:
"Do it known by thcao presents that
I, Lucilo Penchoy, Bpinster, for nnd in
consideration of vnlunblo property this
day Intrusted to my caro, to wit: tho
heart of Colto Dlackstono, bachelor,
do heroby sell, glvo, bartor, trado, ex
change, dollvor and tender to tho said
Colto Dlackstono, ono kiss, buss,
smack or saluto, tho samo being given,
sold, bartered, traded, exchanged, de
livered and tendered of my own free
will and accord, and without any un
duo suasion, duress, restraint or com
pulsion. And I do hereby bind my
self, my heirs, successors nnd assigns
to frooly nnd fully return to tho Bnld
Coko Dlackstono, his heirs, successors
or naslgns, tho snld vnlunblo property.
to wit: Ono heart, In caso I shall de
mnnd, Insist or roqucst of him tho
said kiss, buss, smack or saluto, Wit
nosB my hand and seal this dny of
, 19."
Forest Rangers at College.
"It 1b not gencrnlly known thnt for
est rangers In tho west aro allowed to
tako couraoa In forestry and conservn
tlon work nt tho colleges nnd unlvorsl
ties of that section of tho country, but
such 1b tho caso," Bald O. L. Kcnnoy of
Seattle
"Rocontly aovornl hundred forcat
rangers woro dotalled by tho govorn
mont to study forest subjects nt tho
University of Washington. Thoy nro
thoro now, taking special courses. Tho
course lasts for threo months, nnd ot
courso la mostly practical. Tho ran
gora contlnuo on tho pny roll, just tho
snmo ns if thoy woro nt work in tho
forests. Tho government bollovos thnt
thoy will bo bottor flttod for tholr ac
tunl work by soma thoorotlcnl Instruc
tion nnd tho benefit ot tho oxperionco
of oldor nnd experienced forestors
Whllo this is nn experiment, It is bo
Moved that It will becomo n pormnnent
mnttor, nnd tho rangora- will bo sent
to tho unlvorslty ovory wlntor to learp
moro ot tholr profession.
Muslo Charms Sea Gulls.
That music has charms tor seagulls
was bollevod this morning by a nura
bor of people who watched a largo
flock of tho birds In tho vicinity ot tho
rollor skating rink nt tho foot of
Fourteenth street.
As nn accompaniment to tho skaters
thoro 1b nn oloctrlo organ of consider-
ablo powor, and na It plnycd tho son
gulls assembled about tho edgo of the
tent, paying llttlo or no attention to
tho people Astoria corrospondenco
Portland Oregonlan.
WKr
BOH
(Copyright, 1909 by Associated Literary Press.)
Karen was hurrying past Miss Fry's
window with downcast eyes, not dar
ing to glanco at tho bowltching mil
linery displayed within lest her heart
fall her, when sho ran right ngalnBt
Fanny Reld, who was Just as quickly
approaching from tho opposlto direc
tion. "Why, Karen!" Fanny said. "I
didn't know you with your head down
lllo that. Come on Into Miss Fry's
with me. I'm going to get ray now
hat?'
"0n'Jcnn,t." Kj"!" faltered, but
Fanfly Lao Eer by tho arm. "
. "Como on," sho said, and Karen
went
"la jtny hat done, Miss Fry?" Fanny
asked.
"It la." Tho milliner Jerked open a
drawer behind tho counter nnd took
therefrom an cxqulslto Gainsborough
shnpo, all -vjnallno nnd vnnlty, with
handfuls of sweet pens to further be
wilder tho senses. Karen gavo a llttlo
cry.
"Oh, Fanny, it Is beautiful I"
"Isn't it? Miss Fry knows oxactly
whnt I like," Fnnny replied, com
plncently. Miss Fry smiled In hor superior wny.
"Just set it upon your head, my
dear," sho snld, "so that I can got tho
effect. very becoming, don't you
think?' sho turned to Knron. "Dy tho
way, Miss Ives, I never seo you in
hero. Havo you bought your hat yet?"
Her Face Glowed and Sparkled.
"N-no," Karon stammered, watching
Fanny, who, with n handglass closo to
hor eyes, was turning every wny bo
foro tho big mirror, absorbed In her
reflection.
"I J Hko to soli you one. This Tus-
can straw, now," MIbs Fry lifted it
from tho standard and twirled it deft
ly upon hor hand. "I'm suro this will
bo becoming. Just try it on nnd step
up to tho othor glass."
Sho proffored tho hat and Karen
gasped ns sho saw tho price mnrk upon
tho dangling tng.
"Oh, 1 can't buy such nn cxpenslvo
hat," sho began. Then temptation
seized her. She snatched off hor shab
by old toquo and set tho Tuscan straw
upon hor head.
"Juat as I thought," Miss Fry said.
nodding. And Karen, boholdlng her
se In tho long glass, gasped again.
Whnt hnu that hat dono to her? Why,
sho wns protty ten -times prettior
than Fanny I Color snranK to hor
cheeks, light to hor eyes. Hor faco
glowed nnd sparkled. Sho wns radiant
ns sho turned nnd mot Fanny's stnro.
"You should buy that hat, Miss
Ives," sho said. "It is Just what you
want."
Fnnny did not spenk. Karon turned
again to tho glass. Nover in all her
young llfo hnd sho wanted nnythlng
as sho wanted that hat, yot Bho could
not havo It. A hundred reasons why
Bho could not Hashed through hor
mind. Only that morning btir fa,thor
hnd said, sadly:
"They aro going to cut down the
hours nt tho fnctory, dnughter, nnd
wo shnll havo to go a llttlo moro care
fully if wo can. It's hard times, you
know."
Karen know, nnd undor stress as hor
fatUor's housokeopor end solo helper,
sho dealt carefully with tho flour bin
nnd sugar box, trying to spend na lit
tle no sho could ot tho money earned
by auch hard labor. It was wicked for
hor oven to' want a hat that cost so
much ob this ono, yet she loved protty
things us well ns did Fnnny, who waa
Indulged In them to her heart's con
tent And she saw suddenly that sho
could look ns woll in them ns Fanny
did. If to-morrow morning sho should
go Into tho choir wearing this beauti
ful hat and looking as sho did now,
Dan Euataco would porhapa seo that
sho waa there, and to havo his eyes
upon hor in admiration would havo
chnngod tho wholo world for Knron.
"Woll?" Miss Fry promptod.
Karen took off tho hat, tenderly, but
rosolutely, hor faco dimming with in
ward atrugglo.
"I can't tako it," aho said, firmly,
"bocauso I can't afford it." Sho laid
tho hat upon tho countor and resumed
hor toque, Jabbing in tho hat pins with
unnecessary vlolonco. It aho had
n r
pinned tho toquo to her scalp instead
of her hair sho would not Just then
havo felt It. In giving up tho Tuscnn
strnw it enmo to her that sho waB giv
ing up a great deal bosldes hopo nnd
tho possibility of hnvlng nn oven
chnnco with Fnnny nnd other woll
dressed girls in winning what sho so
much wanted to win Dan Eustaco'a
regard.
"I'm 8orry," MIsb Fry said. Sho un
derstood, but sho could not of courso(
glvo hor hatB away.
jRXfcy toughed, sho felt glad that
Karen could not havo tho hat, for sho
saw for tho first tlmo that Karen
would Jjq altogether too pretty were
sho fittingly ndornod.
"Knron is awfully economical, Mlsa
Fry," sho said. "How much Is my
hat? Seventeen dollars? Papa will
send you n check."
Sho took her purchase, which Miss
Fry had 'lncnsod for hor in a papor
bag, nnd went out with it, holding hor
chin high, whllo Knron folowed so
bcrly. They pnrted Immediately and Knron
went homo to prcparo her fnthor'a
supper, Twlco sho hnd to leavo hor
work to fling horsolf down upon tho
old loungo nnd cry, but when nt last
her fnther camo homo tired nnd hun
gry ho found tho supper wnitlng nnd
Knron unusually gay to greet him
with n loving kiss. Dut nfter Bho wna
In bed sho cried ngnln, nnd morning
found her looking so blg-oyed nnd palo
that her fathor waB nlnrmcd.
, "Aro you sick?" ho asked, anxiously,
turning from tho glass whero ho was
taking his Sunday morning sham
"My head aches," Karen Bald, feebly,
"If you don't mind, fnther, I won't go .
to church this morning."
"I don't mind, but tho 'choir will.
They need your volco to hdlp out."
"Oh, there's' lots thoy enn got bo
sldes me," Karen said, trying to enso
tho blttornoss of tho words by smiling.
So her fathor wont to church with
out her, nnd sho remained nt homo
and rubbed camphor on -hor temples.
"I'll glvo up," sho thought. "Fanny
will get him of courso. Thnt now bat
of hors will Just finish the business for
mo."
Sho propnrcd dinner carefully. -AVhllo
her fnther ate It bo gave'hor nowa of
tho sorvico. What a nice looking girl
Falny Roid was I Sho had a new hat.
All tho girls in tho choir hnd new hats.
"I wnnt you to havo ono, too, Jen;:,"
ho ended. "You go to-morrow rtfid
get it."
"I don't wnnt n now hnt, fnthof,"
Karen snld, stoutly. "My old ono will
do. It is ns good as your coat When
you can havo a new coat I'll havo a
now lint, but not before."
"Dut you nro young," hor fnthor pro
tested, "nnd I'm old. Old things nro
suited for old peoplo. And I'm rnthur
fond of thnt coat."
"Oh, you dissembler 1" Karen cried,
laughingly, tremulously. And sho
went round tho tnblo to him nnd kissed
him.
Tho nfternoon dragged. A smnrt
rnln had como on nnd tho streets wero
forsaken. .
"I won't havo to go to church to
night," Karen thought, drenrily. "This
ram will bo nn oxcuso for my not go
ing out."
She rend diligently, but hor book
did not ontertnln hor. Hor father dozed
in his chair, nnd prosently, tired from
tho conflicting omotions of thnt nnd
tho previous dny, sho, too, fell asleep.
When sho awoko tho rnln hnd ceased
and tho door bell was ringing. Hor
father went to answer It A Sunday
callorl Who could It bo? She heard
her fnthor tako a mnn into tho parlor.
Then ho camo nnd called her.
"Somebody to seo you, Karon."
Wondering if tho director of tho
choir bad taken tho pains to look her
up, Knron wont into tho pnrlor. Dut
It wns Dan Eustaco who stood besldo
tho llttlo center tablo waiting for her.
"Pro como to tnko you to church,
Knron," ho said, in his grava way.
"You aren't sick, nro you, that you
stnyed away from rehenrsal last night
nnd sorvico this morning?"
Ha hnd noticed her absence, then!
Karon's faco lit Her heart leapod.
"You'll go, won't you?" tho young
man persisted.
"I will indeed," Karen laughed.
Dcslde him sho wnlked to church
that night on air. Nover had the way
semed so short. At church tho muslo
sounded heavenly. Karen, carried out
or herself, forgot, hor old clothes, Sho
was conscious only of a great now
unexpected happiness. After church
Dan walked homo with hor. Tho moon
shone. Tho air was fresh after tho
rain. In a burst of confldenco Karon
told Dan tho wholo tragedy of tho hut
told it laughlugly, for it seomed
trivial now.
"But don't you know," ho Bald, when
sho had finlshrJ, "that a man cures
nothing for n woman's clothoa so long
as tho woman herself Interests him?"
They lingered long nt tho goto nnd
ho hold her hand.
"You'll lot mo como again?'' Dan
begged. Karen noddod, too happy to
speak. "Often?"
"Oftou it you wish."
"I do wish, Karon." Ills volco was
tender. "I nover know until this
morning when you woro for tho first
tlmo missing how big a ylaco you
tilled-"
"In tho choir?" Karon breathsd.
"No. in my heart." Dan snlfi i.ni,n.
(confessing all. '