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By RUBY M. AYRES.
(Copyright. 19:1)
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Slowly. Violet ilied, Florm
Joijm lrcH mort iloly, and
presently Violet realized that it was
being tone deliberately; that the
ould have to take her drparture
iirit, or uy on indefinitely, but
when t Ut he lett the drrin
nom and hurried down the tair.
Ftorrie June followed quickly.
She wa but a lew yard behind
Violet when, turning the comer oi
the quiet itreet into which the ide
rmrance led. he aw Ronald Hat
UK coming quickly toward her.
Violet fluhed crimton, but the
burning color soon died away, leav
ing her deadly pale. When he raised
hi hat, ottering his hand, site U It
at il he mut turn and run aay
from him. She wa horribly, paintul
W conwiou of Florrie' shrewd eye
behind them. She thought of Ron
nie with desperation; she tried to
keep her thought, fixed on him: it
ti for hit take he wa doing thit
thing that was to hateful to her; the
was fighting Hastings with the only
weapon in her possession.
She forced herself to smile, to
answer hit greeting, but she felt a
if she were walking in a dream, as
if her knee must give way, and let
her fall to the pavement.
Masting giancra at nrr
:.. . miTilrrf manner. The
n .9. rt hr own tnakinu.
In the brief note he had received
from her. the had asked him to meet
her and yet. that the was ill at eae.
and mierably nervous he could
plainly ee. .
He tried to put her at her ease, ne
talked away cheerfully about nothing
in particular. He asked if she would
come and have -some tea. When she
agreed, he took her into the bes4
shop the district boasted.
He ordered toasted scones and
fancy cakes. He himself poured the
lea, leaving her to get over her em
barrassment .
t he handed her a cup. their
eyes met. and suddenly the burst out
forlornly. ... .
"Oh, what do you think of me,
what must you think of me?"
He looked distressed. For a mo
ment he did ritet answer; then he
said very gently:
"I think nothing except what s
nice and true. You said you wished
to see me; I am only too pleased to
come. I thought you never meant
to be friends with me," he added
Violet sat in torment, she dared
rot tell him the truth, it would be
like handing Ronnie over then and
there into his careless keeping, but
it seemed more impossible every min
ute to play the part she had set her
self last night. ,
She forced herself to smile; she bit
her lip to steady htr shaken nerves,
she spoke lightly, in a gay. frivolous
voice that sounded horrible to her
own ears. .... , ,
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.i mirM hut liff has never
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thought well, there would be no
harm if you if you" her voice
broke, her courage was dying away
with a rush, she felt bitterly ashamed,
she felt that she must burst into wild
sobbing. To deliberately have sought
out a man she despised and disliked.
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to pretend to with for hit locieiy
the felt tick with thame.
Iiatingt had dropped hit mon
ocle; he looked almott at unhappy
it she; he glanced round quickly.
They were tcreened from view of
the other occupant of the thop.
Their table wa in a troall alcove;
he laid a hand on her with Hidden
impulse.
"I don't underhand you in the
very lea.t." he said, boyishly. "I've
never met a woman like you in all
my life, but, it you think you would
like to have me for a friend well,
I can promise that you hall never
regret it never, and I am only too
proud to help you, or -or be a good
pal to you in any way, there," he
laughed. "It' not very eloquent, I
know, but it' incere. And now.
won't you have one of thee cakes;
they look jolly nice no, mean
those with the chocolate on ton"
it wa very late when Violet
reached Mr. H tuns'. After tea she
had allowed Hastings to take her for
a walk iu the park. She wa bound
to admit to herrlf that he had not
been to detestable after all. He bad
treated her with perfect courtesy and
friendliness. They might have
known each other for years.
He told her stories of. hi school
days. He spoke of his mother; he
said she wat the best woman in the
world. Then he led her on to talk
of madame and her life at Violette's.
Finally he asked her if the would
allow him to meet her again the fol
lowing evening. , -
Violet said yes there was nothing
else to say. She had put her hand
to the plow, and the was not going
to look back now, no matter how
much she hated walking in the fur
rows it made.
Olive Hale was in her room when
she opened the door. She looked
rather embarrassed. She laughed
rather forcedly.
"I thought you'd have been in ages
ago," she said. "So I came down to
see. I'm fed up with myself tonight.
Can I stay for a bit?"
"Yes, do." Violet did not speak
very graciously; she would have
liked to be alone alone and free to
take Ronnie out of bed, and kiss and
cuddle him, and assure, herself that
it was well worth doing what she was
doing, if only she might retain him.
Olive stayed till alter 11. She
smoked cigarets the whole time and
sat in the most comfortable chair.
She told Violet that she had defi
nitely thrown over Mr. Green of the
ribbon department, that he was too
short and not sufficiently well off.
Violet said she was sorry to hear
t. Mr. Green had been kind to her
in his pompous way when she had
been at Gatwick's; she thought
Olive had behaved shabbily; she
wondered who the man was that had
driven him out of favor.
She was thankful when Olivf took
herself upstairs yawning; she locked
the door, opened the windows wide
to In nut the tobacco tmoke, and
lined H"Hiiie to hrr artiit.
He stirred a Utile, but wat too fast
i.lrrp tj wake up, and for an hour
she tat in the low chair Ouv haJ
vacated, holding him in her arm,
kissing hi curly hair, and hi lushed
face, and hi small, dimpled band.
She never felt the ache iu her
slender arm was not rontcious of
hit weight. The feel of hit small,
warm body brought peace and rest
to hrr heart. It wat well worth
while to tight for him, the thought.
She fell asleep in the early morning
with a contented mile on her face.
Upstair Olive Hale threw oil her
skirt, let down hrr long hair, and
drew a crumpled paper from her
blouse, Jihr had searched Violet'
room for half an ' hour, more irom
curiosity than because the really be
lieved there wa anything of inieret
to rind. She had chanced upon thi
paper accidentally. Violet had left
the drawer unlocked.
She held it close to the light, and
read the faded word again with
, eauer eye.
I am tnc wue ot Konaia tlast
itiK. He deserted me thi it our
child. If 1 should die, someone
please be good to him."
Olive laughed, a low, triumphant
latich.
' 1 iturs I ran afford to quarrel
with Green now," the taid softly, a
she locked the paper carefully, away.
Florrie Jones wat one of those
peculiar women who are jealous of
everybody and everything for no
particular reason.
She liked to be first wherever she
was. A toon a the saw that
Madame evinced a liking for Violet
Ingleby. she made up her mind that
he could never like Violet herself.
Without any actual reason for so do
ing, she would have gone quite a con
siderable distance out of her way to
get Violet into disfavor.
It drove her to a kind of fury
when she saw Ronald Hastings wait
ing for the girl. She would have
given a great deal had he even cast a
glance in her own direction.
' As soon as she arrived at Violet
te's the next morning, she told every
body what had occurred the previous
evening. She elaborated on the ac
tual incident, and declared that Violet
and Hastings had driven away to
gether in his motor car. She called
Violet a designing minx and Hast
ings a fool. .
Lena Adams defended Violet
hotly.
"I am quite sure it isn't true." she
said. "Violet told me herself that
the only time she had ever spoken
to Mr. Hastings was when her hat
blew away in Oxford street, and he
stopped it for her. She isn't a bit
that kind of girl. I like her very
much."
Florrie Jones sneered she disliked
Lena excessively.
"Ask her then!" she shrilled an
grily. "Ask her if she didn't meet
him outside here last night; ask her
before me, and then let her deny it
if she dare."
"I am quite willing to ask her,"
said Lena quietly. "And you will
just see what she will say. Here she
comes."
Violet came into the dressing room
quickly. She was-late because she
had stayed an extra five minutes to
play with Ronnie. She was flushed
and breathless with running.
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She shut the duor behind her and
ihrn sti'd limiting round at the
group of girls in surprise, Florrie
wa powdering her nos at the glass.
She wuiig round, dropping the putf
la the flmir.
"Lrn Adamt ayt you didn't inert
Mr. Hatting tatt nighr," he beitaii
shrilly. "1 told her I taw you and
she a good at called mt a liar. Per
haps you'll jut tell ber "
Lena came forward.
"Florrie alwayt tay thins like
this," he explained kindly. "1 don't
believe a word of it. Never mind
what she say."
Violet grew scarlet. She drew her
hand away when Lena would have
taken it. She held her head high.
"1 quite fail to ce what poihle
interest Mist Jonet ran hud in my
affair," she aid coldly. She began
to change her frock with finger that
trembled. She hated Florrie Jone.
She wat ttingingly conscious of her
light, mocking ga.ee.
The other girl laughed. Nobody
wa Florrie Jone' friend. Thry
were glad to tee her snubbed.
Lena waited behind for Violet.
"I knew quite well it wasn't true,"
he aid a they went down the stair
together. "As if it could be." '
Violet stopped. She half-turned
and looked at the elder girl.
' But it i true quite true." he
said painfully. "Mr. Hastings did
meet me last night and he's going
to meet me again tonight."
There was a little silence. Lenas
beautiful face grew pale. She stared
at Violet uncomprehendingly.
"But but you told me you didn't
know him." she exclaimed. "You
you said that " she broke off.
Violet tried stammeriugly to ex
plain. "I know I know but but he
wanted to to be friends and oh.
you couldn't understand even if I
told you."
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Lrna dnw her arm away, tier
month grew hard.
"1 thought you aud I were fn'ends,"
she said chillingly. "But 1 don't ca'e
tor a friend who doe not tell me the
.truth. Of course, it nothing to me
who you go out with, but"
"Lena!" Violet eiied her hand
ragrly, but the elder girl drew it
away, and walked on without an
other word or glance.
A fluffy-haired slip of a girl, with
a dimple in her chin and smiling
face, came running along the pa
tage. She (topped when she taw the
turprised distres in Violet's face.
"Have you quarelled with Lena?"
the asked interestedly. "I'm not ur
prised, I saw you with Mr. Halting!
last night. Lena' jut mad about
him, didn't you know? She knew
him year ago. I rather fancy it
wa he who got her ia here. Poor
old Lena!"
She did not wait for an antwer.
She darted off again with clicking
heel.
Violet felt cold and wretched. She
had instinctively liked Lena from the
lirst bad hoped to make a friend of
her and now thit had occurred.
An eager thought tilled her mind.
She would go to Lena and tell her
the whole story tell her that the
cared nothing for Hatting that
the was jut pretending just play
ing a part. She would tell her about
Ronnie tell her that Hatting wat
. The warm impulse died; the
thing wat manifestly impossible.
How could she tell Lena the sordid
story of the deserted flower girl
and Lena loving Hastings herelf!
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