Show DAY Bobby Was Vas Usually sunny met lace I Wearing i a clouded ox ex- it If It had been Bobby Atwater Atwate anyone any one but bul ho be YOU would have looked said I bore or orSi To bo be did not know bored he I what that meant It was impossible look bored for him to tc I 1 am not sure that I know v just S ho be why wp Vas not enjoying this Class particular S Jay Day with his hia usual goin thorough S going energy Perhaps it was vas the heat crowd or the tho I or the tho fact become that Class Jay had bad S rather an old story to hIm I myself Si waS iL nm Inclined to think that It ii I that hint because T some blue me one had told him Sh She had left tho Spread just he m For or Hobby was vas In ln lov love lore Not ot th that t It tion Was wn an unusual condition condition condi- condi for tor him to b in Ever since I nn remember ho had been falling in lovo 1010 and out again with tho utmost cheerfulness humor l and Unvarying good eople had bad come to expect it of him as n. n matter or of course 1 ho he It la is worthy ot of noth nota however that latest had not confided the faCt of 01 f hIs h hisS attack I to S whom i bu t. t any OL ot of the ho I A. A ollo 1 i II S I o it j ue- ue or of of his heart That hat is why I II thought It was was was' moro moro mora serious sellous when I first lint suspected It it- l los Ing eg 1 hobby Bobby never fever Atwater thought of 01 considerIng consider consider- seriously moro than they thou thought ht of ot calling any him mm by his formal format name nama of ot Robert no Ho was a Do good looking rather clever clevel young youn fellow v. with a happy e easy y way of loosing looking at lire life That was wag be- be c causo ause life liCo had never treated him o other thep than kindly lIe He had ad passed his quarter cuartor of a century a year or two before beCore but bat you iou never thought of ot him I as ts being moro than a bo boy his face faco was wag so absurdly young and fresh fresh-col- c orel ored and his merry blue eyes were so free f ree from care Everybody liked him and he ho had n many Inny frends frend s. s but of them chem alL alt nono was vas a moro more complete completo contrast to him I t than han the man who had been his hs chum churn i in n college and with with- whom he be was 1 generally g to be seen This man whoso name was George Hamilton r was wa Bobbys Bobby's junior by two years but h he ie e looked 10 older years with his S stern tern dark fascinatingly ly ugly face a and nd his reser reserved Posers ed almost ai manners Bobby had just been talk talk- i in ing ng to him but ho had bad gone gono and l Bobby was standing alone looking j I d discontentedly as I 1 have ha said at the thes J t throng of ot dressed people passIn pass pass- l In ing ug in n and neil out of the tho gate gato and stroll stroll- ing l ug through the beautiful grounds of the place where his younger brother w with ith several other men was as having his spread he ho saw h her r. r She Sho was dressed in La a picturesque white gown with a bg big Gainsborough hat hats and some June roses stuck in her bolt belt She Sho was t tall all and very fair fall to look at I sho she was about 21 at this time and she had bad been considered a great belle j over ever since she came clime out Just now no her hor brown eyes were wore rather tired and I h heavy avy and her mouth had bad a weary I i l little ittle droop at its corners corner But when i j she cau caught bt sight of Bobby Dobby the listlessness list list- list list-I I l of her face and nd figure figuro van vanished shed and she came towards him i with her two 1 little gloved hands bands thrust thrust S out to him In Ia a 1 frank eager enger way and her hel lips parted gladly like liko a childs I II I Bobby Atwater she exclaimed I how go good d it is to see omo tomo one one really wants to see sea I Oh Ob come now Miss Sturgis I I I said Bobby boyishly flushing hushing with I pleasure isn't that laying it on i j rather thickly you know Besides I III one might almost fancy mary you were wele getting blase blase- blase He lie paused I The girl came and stood close beside be S side aide him smiling up into his eyes eye and inclining her hor taco face toward him I be-I with a n. pretty little le pretence of being S about to tell him a profound secret I Her smile was bewildering when I IsIle she sIle chose it had the effect of being a n. concentration of her whole thoughts ts and feelings on the person with whom she was vas talking I. I too toa used to be I I the spell of its subtle Cattery i Promise you will never neveL reveal the I dreadful fact fact she said tragically but this is my fifth class day dayl I r Then Bho sho drew back to watch the effect on him smiling still stilt Her lIer eyes eyes eyes' I wore were very bright and tho the sun wa was I j i making gold out of her hel light j hair Bobby Dobby drew a sharp br bro i ward but bat his voice was quito quite steady i when ho spoke I It Jt is my seventh and I missed one ono I last year when enl wh-enl I was in in- London I I i fear lear I L am m getting gettin old because I was vas beginning to find it t tiresome Now Now Now- I j i Ho Do paused looking at her suggestively i You find It t alto altogether other charming j I she elm finished for him and be before oro ho he I could reply she went wont on j I I i 1 confess I find day of this thu I J sort of thi thing g rather trying and I am I sure euro poor mamma is quite exhausted You see her over 31 there pouring out the trials a a. chaperone must undergo I I in her bel stern devotion to duty to poor poet i little Mrs 1 Stevens Steens who has been beon faithful to for tor the last us or two hours bours I Iro u aro ro f I. I on n to l Beck eck in fn a tow fow I minutes but I 1 h ha U a mind not to j in the even evening in Tho The Gym is ii i c 01 crowded cant can't dance dance- always ways so one S cud and it is so 80 warm that it will vill be bo awfully aw DoW S 1 fully uncomfortable and yet yet Bobby had a feeling that she was wat I t I talking against time for she was wat I looking absent mindedly about her f and the bored expression aaa crept into her face again There here was a little lit S tIe tle silence Then she looked up at him S rn fingering fingering finger finger- S ing lug her ber roses rosea and aud said I 1 haven't haven t tsee see seen Mr Hamilton once day to-day today isn't isn't he here hore One expects to see him with I yon yen t tHe He was a few minutes S a ago o. o and said he s oW you you youat at tIt pla places and dodged after atter you cut but you seemed to es escape apo hla every time I told tod hm you yot weren't horo t ho I R Ee En J I stopped d dismayed at the keen in her face Saco Then ho he blundered on apologetically Somo Some one told me you had ironer gone so 50 Ha Hamil- Hamil n. n S J S I S SS 1 7 1 S S Ston ton said hed he'd go home he hates bates all I this you know S Oh I Ob I I she thought thought- faltered I out quite quito forgettIng her well bred bred I calm and clasping her han hands with a little despairing gesture pasture The low lowS S iiD jin shinin shining between the tho trunks of the trees struck into her eyes oyes There were tears oars in them S Bobby Dobby Atwater looked carefully beyond beyond be be- yond her as If It absorbed In Ia contemplation contern- contern of some distant object Ive been thinking you know ho he began meditatively that they have bave awfully awfully awful awful- ly rood good frapp here het-e and I am sure sue you will like me to get you some som some some- shan't shant 1 Uy By this time Miss Sturgis bad had quito quite quite otten rotten gotten back her composure If you will 1111 please sho she sho answered smiling at him again as ho he moved away und and turning to speak to two men who had come up Bobby passed leisurely through the crowd nodding and smiling to various valious acquaintances until ho he reached tho the gate Then he turned Miss Sturgis was vas still chatting gaily where he be badI bad had left her She did not see ceo him So I as soon as RS ho hoVas was Vas outside he be broke broko Into a run cutting through side streets and across lots until he be paw George Hamiltons Hamilton's ta tall 1 broad I. I dered figure swinging along ahead of him i r say old man he called I ly Hamilton started d and looked around with a preoccupied frown then thon his face fa-ce cleared and ho he I walked hastily back Bobby Dobby went nt on Thought Id I'd tell you that 1 I was mistaken about Miss Sturgis Hadn't gone because she hadn't come coma Just been talking to her Shed She'd there yet you yet jou know She she She-she sho asked for you He lie looked away lie He could not bear to see the light that had flash el I I into hIs friends friend's eyes They walked s slowly lowly back down the str street ot Hamilton I I 1 r j I I i i j I i I I I I I I I r wt with one one arm aria thrown around Bobby Bobbys 1 S s shoulder houlder Bobby he ho began I I I well d do o you think theres there's any chance for forme me mei S Bobby jerked away from him Yes Yes ho said Something in his tone tono or his S manner made Hamilton peer sharply i into nto his face Then ho stopped and l laid aid his hands gently on pa Bobby's Bobbys shoulders s Tho rho two men looked at e each ach other In silence Hamilt Hamilton's Hamiltons ns nB v voice oice shook a little when ha ho finally s said ald I I And ADd you are giving ivin it to me this me-this this c chance hance Thank you old fellow I Dont Don't mention it it said Bobby I A Atwater They did not say anything m moro ro i u until they reached the gate I Then en B Bobby obby looked up and put out his h hand and to his chum and said very s simply imply I 1 wish you good luck luek H Hamilton amilton The youn man gripped his h is hand hard but he ho did not answer ans a and nd they separated When Bobby came cacao up a few fow minu minutes es l later ater to Miss Sturgis holding the tho g glass lass of frappe sho she was sitting down w with ith Hamilton leaning over o the back backof of o f her chair and the tho other two men s standing beside her het There was a b brilliant color in her cheeks and she w was as lau laughing at something Hamilton w was as saying Thank yo you so much she he said Jean l f n f n. n l Sl tl py wrapped a little little doyley about tho the g glass lass and ga gave ve it to her I began bezan to f fear ear you had been annihilated in your s struggles for that cafe frappe W Well it was pretty hard bard he admitted ad pd sd- sd mUted eaily Cally but I finally succeeded i In n rescuing some somo for Cor you from those these v vandals and am going now t to tJ try a and nd get some for your mother Well o old ld man malt ho ito o went on nodding nodding at nt Hamilton I 1 thought you were going homo home Hamilton felt keenly the tho touch of bitterness and jealousy y that had crept i into nto Bobbys Bobby's tone but ho he answered l li lightly with a si significant look ionic at him I I was but I 1 happened to meet meeta a good Samaritan who told me Miss Sturgis Sture-is was here hero so I 1 changed my decision And I 1 thank that man manfrom manfrom from f rom the bottom of my heart Ho lie Hovas was vas smiling now at the girl but she only bent her head and tilted the little litie little lit lit- t tle ie spoon she sho was holding looking at atIt atit att i it t with absorbed interest I 1 hope you'll change chane yours yours about about staying shying in the evening Bobby said l looking at her because I 1 want vant to see seo you again and I shall have havo to tear myself away nr for the presen present But ho he did not see her again during the next tow fow hours which seemed endless while ho he devoted himself Unsparingly unsparingly un Un- sparingly to the mammas looking up their wraps and nod their carria carriages es and their charges dancing with the wall wall- and trying after alter his usual unselfish manner to make mako It pleasant for as many people as possible possie- His Ills reward was this He was standing th steps of too the Gym about 10 o'clock fanning fan fan- ning nIna him nth his handkerchief and Deling rather used and Ung up He lIe i 1 lf Ir sonic some one behind him say sui Why theres there's Bobby Atwater He's Hes b beginning to show his ago DoZe isn't h ho Ho a few steps irresolutely irresolutely- then he stopped short and drew back into the shadow Coming up the steps stepa full in Ia tho the broad of ot light from the wide wido doorway wore were a a. man and a girl Irl in a n white gown o with her little gloved hand band re resting ting within bis his arm They did not see Bobby They had a certain look upon their faces and they were ere not talking Ho He ha bad sean seen that kind kiDd of look before and I he ho knew what it meant I So they wen won on Into the light an anti and I the crowd and the heat beat and the tha buzz buz of the han ball I IA A And d th tb man standing outside watched them until they disappeared Then he be turned away He took a cigarette case from Crom his I I pocket selected oco and slowly and deliberately struck a match against RJ the solo olo of 01 his bilt boot lit the tho cigarette and stood pung at it until he be he had gotten it to the tho desired state o of satisfactoriness satis satis- v 4 Then still slowly and deliberately he went down do the steps n and d stroller strolled a away in into to the darkness The Tho American AmeriC Ameri Amerl C can Cultivator r. r S |