Show Shattered Love Give me the ring Lurline McCaffery stood in an oriel wjndow with the sunlight beaming in warm golden waves above her slight form and at her right his hand outstretched in eager expectancy while a half imperious half pleading look shot from his big brown eyes was Marmaduke Short The girl had been standing there nearly thirty seconds without speaking the light streaming in upon the soft waves of hair the fathomless eyes and the calm sweet mouth It was not a youthful face the bloom and flush had faded long ago but it was so graad acu womanly there was such an I knowhowtodoup myhair look upon it that in comparison mere girlish prettiness lost immeasurably immeasur-ably At this moment Pansy Perkins entered the room She had twisted an azurehued scarf around her shoulders and her yellow hail fell about her like a cloud Throwing Throw-ing a kiss to Lurline whose silence she did not at all understand Pansy flitted away to the piano at the other end of the room and began to lower rents in the vicinity Snatches of the soft murmurous music filled the air and made the place seem strangely sad The twilight was approaching and as the dark shadows fell the music sobbed and surged through the room Lurline listened intently and finally she spoke Yon really wish to break our engagement en-gagement then she asked Marmaduke spoke no word but the inclination of his head showed that the girl had not guessed amiss And you will marry Pansy Again the head was bowed and the dimpled chin hit his shirtfront shirt-front Then I give you the ring with pleasure said the girl I could wish for no sweeter revenge What do you mean T asked the man his face pallid with an undoubted un-doubted fear I mean she says her every word falling upon his tinted ear as fall the earthclods upon a coffin that in addition to playing the piano she sometimes sings Chicago Chi-cago Tribune a 1 |