Show o o Copyrighted O 2 tho I Mv My Fight for Bobs Bob's Love and Win the First Contest So mv my rival had her campaign cam- cam I had to give Katherine Miller credit for or brains as ns well wen as beauty I followed tho the crowd crowd It It around tho the hostess house and there as I ex ex- ex I found Bob and Miss Miller Uller at lu luncheon I cant can't stand It It I cant can't stand It I whimpered as I rushed toward the edge edS of oC the cantonment the taxis were parked But got to endure It my common sense Bense admonished me Better finish what youve you've started You know you usually do do I went back to the hospital claimed my azalea toro tore off Its Us nice nice- wrappings s sand and returned to the the canteen Tho plant was a blaze of ot glory clory The women guests In tho room excl exclaimed in chorus as I entered After going through the form torm of an Inquiry at the desk I deposited m my pretty pos posy In inthe tho the middle of or Bobs Bob's table It would quite tulto shut off ort his hisIe view Ie of ot the tho flower face opposite him At sight of oC tho the blossoms my husband husband hus hus- band stopp stopped d talking abruptly Doubt and perplexity settled In the lines of ot othis his face tace he ho slumped down In his chair chaira a little little and and l looked very stupid Now ow seo what youve you've done donel Maybe hr- hr wont won't speak for a week you ou fool tool I muttered Katherine Miller Uller In my car ear But she needn't have tried to amid add I to my mv trl fright hl I was horrified terrified terri tern led fled until until m my husband turned turned and and looked straight into m my face And I something In tho quiet steady glance glanco I gave him made him hold on to his I f lf as and ho asked Who ho sent nt It If It I 1 ought to know know- but somehow I I cant can't remember I I think sir It was a standing order order order or or- der I replied Tho florist was to duplicate It for tor you annually Oh h Of Bob paid absent absently without taking his eyes from mine Then he hero ro rose o slowly as a man stands before a a. woman he respects his gaze sazo never shifting He Ho looked like one who Is hypnotized And my heart cried out for and I longed to throw or jo Joy myself upon his breast and wake the dead cells in his poor sick brain But such sucha a 8 shock might prove worse for tor him than an exploding German Gennan mine It provo prove fatal I dont don't know Except Except Except Ex Ex- for m my painted tan I am sure Burt I must have been quite pallid But Katherine Miller was almost almot as vivid vl In color as my red azalea Go along sho she commanded In alow a alow alow low tone Im HIm a nurse I tell you OU that youre you're hurting this man So I turned away vay my mr heart divided between present grief and future hope But before I had crossed tho the threshold of at the room heard Bob call S Send nd that girl sir back here I didn't go until so-until until a nice soldier boy spoke to me and Jerked his thumb toward Bob Then I went ca eagerly ery enough anxious to catch ono more glimpse of my husbands husband's face tace And Bob flipped me a coin coin coin-a a sliver silver dollar dollar and and luckily lucIdly I caught It Iter er very neatly and then I saluted with a swagger which made the people laugh And this mad escapade made me mo bra braver braver braver bra bra- ver and anti I said Mid Please sir Id I'd like lIko it If It you'd give hc me Just a little spray ot oft off tho plant sir Tho The sound of ot m my voice made m my husband hesitate then hesitate then he pulled hl hI wits together broke off a bunch of at blossoms and handed them to me And I made my best ballroom curtsey and the people laughed gayly and gayly-and and Bob stared It was as an old trick of at mine mine and and one that he had loved Out on the grounds by m myself once more my heart san sang for jO joy In spite In of oC the of ot m my embarrassment spite discovery ery that Katherine Miller was wason wason on Bobs Bob's trail I rejoiced And I kissed my precious portion had pi pt 1 I ruby ruby rub red blossoms The azalea had I I red d i Bobs Bob's brain In some mysterious way Tray 4 1 Ane ne ne cells which held tender memories memo- memo vies ries of ot his wife wHo were not quite dry and withered i Youre handicapped Miss oUss was my comforting comment comment- Theres to something deeper In true love lo than than superficial beauty Blonde skin o ot of dark normal or Insane Bob and I- I I call to each other To bo be continued |