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Show : THE DIARY OF A SIREN r I CLARA'S WITCHING WAY By RING W. LARDNEB. APRIL 25. DIARY I am so excited I can hardly hold my pen still enough to write these lines. Lennie tiok me to the Palace last night and tonight to-night ho is coming to call and Diary we know the real purpose of his visit. After his actions and words of last night, what else can we think? He is going to ask me point-blank for my hand at the approaching ap-proaching meeting, and how shall I answer himf Time alone can tell. I will act on the impulse of the moment and trust my heart to guide me right. I am sure I love him, but not positive. Yet even did 1 desire to cast him aside, I am not sure I have the strength, so compelling is his way and so forciule his words. As we were about to part ad'ter he had brought me homo from the theater 1 saw that there was something some-thing on his mind and that only his becoming shyness held him back, 60 when he had tressed my hand and turned away, my heart melted and forced me to give him the encouragement en-couragement he needed. "Lennie," I said, "what is on your mind?" "My hat," he reilied, resorting to jest in tho embarrassment of the moment. "No, Lennie," I said, "you have something to say to mo and lack the courage to say it." " What have I got to savj Miss Wise," he retorted, again trying to treat the matter lightly. "You know best, Lennie. I will prompt you no further," said I. "Well, girlie," he 6aiu, calling me by the name he always uses when his feelings feel-ings are strongest, "are vou going to be,busy tomorrow night?" "ot if you claim my company," I said. So that is how we parted and tonight to-night ho is coming, and when he speaks what is 011 his mind how shall I reply? O, Diary, if I but knew. APRIL 26. DIARY, I am betrothed. In October Octo-ber I am to become the bride of Lennie and how strange it will be to be known to the world as Mrs. Lennie Gates instead of the name I have borne for these twentv-two twentv-two years. It' came about last night, as my intuition told me it would, and when the fateful moment arrived I could say nothing only yea and yield myself to Lennie 's embrace. Lennie had asked if he might come and call and when half past eight struck and he had not arrived I thought something terrible had happened, that he had been struck in the head by a baseball and kiiled or worse. Moving unsteadily to the phone I called up his boarding house and asked was he there. He was and when I heard his voice on the phone my heart leaped with ioy and relief that nothing had ! happened. I asked him had h forgotten for-gotten his engagement with me and I he said no but be wa r.ired out and : thought he would male it another i night, "ll r.ennie. " I ?ai. ban- ! tcringly. "how can mi,, a Trea big man be s.-arcd f ;, little'si'-p of a gir! like I ? " I ;' , m ;i.;nk T'm seared of you o- anvbodv el-c you got another ihink coaiiiina," H kissed mo before h went and O that firat K I Ha. he said, not seeing the humor of my remark. Then he asked mo would not tonight do as well and I told him about me haveing an engagement, en-gagement, for tonight. "All right," he said, "if it is not too inte I will come out now but can only stay a few minutes as I am dog tired.' ' C ne eamc. I had been to the hair dresser in the afternoon and the gown I wore was the one I had made for the St. Patrick's day ball. His eves were a sight when he entered he door and seen . me. "Well, big bashful boy," I paid, "have you got nothing to sav for yourself now?" "You look mighty cute," be replied. "How would you like to look at me all the time?" I said banteringly. "I would not mind it if you alwavs looked so cute, " he ?aid. "Do vou mean it, Lennie:" T asked. "Sure." he answered. "Why not?" "Then 1 am vonrs," said T falteringly. "I cannot resist you Lennie. ' He kissed me before he went home and O that f.rsr ki-s. We did not make -am- plans for the wedding. Lennie beiiii: backward about introducing thn'subirct and my heart being too full for words. Put I presume the nuptials will lake I place afmr the ha-i-b.i!' caon i j over when he will be at liberty to j rake me on our heavenly honev- 1 moon. For the present the cnao'e- 1 ment i- a secret a,l r, 1 1 1 -.- I,r.;,ui.- I and 1 knp it except you djary. j |