Show DOLLYS STORY rei were cast aside and the por porlie polly daily entered A very fetching dolly dark blue gown witt wit etwas it ws ina in serge the P bodice covered with ith ecru the sleeves composed of 0 tiny its she wore a spray ot of goldenrod at herbell her belt dolly was quite q delighted witcher with her world that was evident her eyes were sparkling and the dimples about her mouth were visible even through her white lace veil s 1 I 1 determined not to 10 tell you shu began that Is why you got up so early and dropped in I 1 said laid alf if you are arc going to be horrid I 1 wont built Is i really amusing said dolly as the she raised her veil and the dimples stood out in bas relief you remember I 1 told you about that youth who was so 60 nice to us last year in florida when auntie broke her ankle and you repay his devotion by making him miserable for life I 1 suppose I 1 answered dolly made a brave effort to be de mure but the dimples threw down the barriers birr lers and ran rampart over her small chin let us not anticipate she said ih a wave of her hand to begin at the beginning he was quite attentive to untie and me wilh heavy emphasis on the annale darlne hat awful time I 1 could not leave auntie to suffer alone in a hotel sitting room so I 1 was as anch confined as she he suggested I 1 getting a hammock and nd putting it in a sunny corner ot of the balcony which was shut in by stained glass windows lie he superintended super intended the langing hinging of the hammock and every morning he would see auntie safely en before he went to breakfast afterward erward he would come up with the papers mall mail and fruit or flowers and tay with us instead of bueling or playing tennis or attending the morning garman he Ile knows a lot af nice people particularly in the literary set and hl mil was usually very interesting gossip which his clever correspondents wrote him and auntie quite swore by him you know I 1 could not fancy her haughty aunt at anything not even by her mott most distinguished ance ancestor tor but I 1 did not interrupt do dolly ay auntie called him quite a pleasant person continued dilly daly and that was saying a great deal for her when he found we would have to return to new york alone since jack could not come for us he left two weeks earlier thin than he intended because he feared luntie might jar her foot in changing cirs cars we lost tight sight of him when he returned of course auntie made it a point to im incite lie him to her first dinner and nd sent him cards for her regular at hornet homes he came to dinner I 1 belleve bel feve and called just before he tailed sailed tor for europe the next week I 1 had forgotten his ex licence till I 1 went to stay at the blank fords last week lie he Isa ie a cousin of mrs airs blankford it teems seems lie he was there and was w quite ill so ill 11 in fact that once ithe the house party came near breaking up but he got better soon now I 1 thought here Is the time lime to eburn the kindness he be did ui AT my y dear exerted myself and I 1 fancy I 1 can be bulte lie agreeable when I 1 try said fall do dolly ay dem urey quite quit t e I 1 answered briefly thinking of the poor souls to whom dolly had been agreeable 1 arote I wrote him a little note each day be ore going on some expedition the host eis had planned anti and I 1 marked the new books book and sent them to him one day when I 1 heard he was worse I 1 tent ent him ny my photograph COLIM coula mortal man ask ak more I 1 said when he came down said dolly 1 11 I tried to amabe him in fact I 1 grew to like ille him as aa one would a dog doff one feeds but on in my Y honor there was not the vaguest shadow of a flirtation between w and I 1 fancy T know what hat a flirtation 16 with pardonable pride I 1 suppose he based hoh suspicion on a converth lion we had ibisi matrimony ah I 1 ia d dull doll i re nt i i fl alon 11 1 1 I 1 wit nou in ihre n ah no flirtation w h an tap of nf the high heel of tin olt liitle foot font wi were just dis cursing in a purely analytic anal tic way the cause of so BO many happy marriages and so 60 drifted into our own men idea of a happy marriage ile he said alid te ie would prefer to marry a literary woman lie ile writes you know but is an arlist 1 I said I 1 would like to marry a man I 1 was good chums with thinking what capital pala jack and andla I 1 arc as he e isaye sa y a lien hen I 1 thought it would b be nice to marry a literary man who understood all about publishers and such and said so eo ay my iy dear lie he acted very st strangely rangel y al lay and when we c came arne to break fast fact the next morning we found he had gone the featherbrained feather brained teddy came in like a whirlwind the other day and roared with laughter so that I 1 thought the I 1 ling ng expected expect iid hid happened and he had gone crazy at last ile he said dolly burled buried her face in her fahd chandker ker chiefs and I 1 lost the rest of the sentence do not imitate him I 1 said ampa tient gently ly that I 1 was war a nice girl but growing too fond of him some men would be bad enough to lead the little thing on but not he ile he pulled out when lie he could do to so with honor gasped dolly behind her handkerchief now I 1 suppose the world Is full of idiots jutt just as conceited conce ltd who think women who barely tolerate them are in love with will them if H he met me now hed think me consumed with grief as she he away the tears with her excuse of a handkerchief exchange |