Show shot an arrow into the air ar by HAROLD 6 HOWLAND 1 if Bb Dub ledy laday rage P to co landoll glanced at the enclosure before reading the letter hello 1 that fool letter of his conte come back well velt what had bad lie he expected for two tivo weeks now lie he had been busily denying to himself that lie he expect expected etl anything from froin that wild impulse of lila his you ilont dont get results in this strange beslu bua luesa ess of life ity y such simple simpio means as writing a iro proposal dosal of in marriage arriage and dropping it into the post box bor nt at the corner the offer of a chaps heart and hand and bank account and everything needed a little inore warmth than that to get across aaros S such a dumb proc proceeding dIng even deserve an aa answer but by the ar great L tt lied hed got an answer r or something here it was alon with ills his proposal chicken aule come ti hi as ae to roost aint on curili could if say ile ho I read cad ille lie letter with feelings g that would haye lone done credit to aci a chai chameleon on onn it patchwork quilt dear mr landor lie rend 1 I dont i know inow now how to justify tuy myself self indeed I 1 hardly know how to explain myself avet liere here goes I 1 once lived I 1 nt at lot bark avenue oh indeed 1 was that so eric landor was not used to being I 1 title more than a paine to the people of ills his world ite ile quite like the implication but lie rend on it until I 1 had fished the torn envelope out of the wastebasket waste basket that eliat I 1 realized iball bcd what I 1 had done lie ile picked the torn tori envelope up him bilm sek sef and rend the addre nd dregs ss aliss eye eve lyn it n an park avenue new york tork seemed nil all right nice name lie thought half automatically lie ho turned tunic d over oer tho the jett letter or which lie he had been reading gand and looked at the signature peggy anstruther nice name too hat but obviously not the same not evena doting doling mother or a tongue tied brother of two or so could have turned uvelyn into Jei peggy gy ite ile began to suspect that the addressee addressed of his im pett ioui proposal of marriage and the girt girl who was as now returning it were botone not one ond and the saine in pleased enjoyment of ills his detective skill he read on 1 11 I blushed from froin head fiend to foot foo t with the arror of it what could I 1 do I 1 send the letter back to its rightful owner and let her know that a stranger had read the lovely things you ou had written ti lie her hut but I 1 must 10 lo do sone lhing how impatiently jou you mastbe must be waiting for your answer I 1 must let yoa you know immediately why you bad not had it so here Is your nice proposal sadly marred by my iny illicit alien hand and eye pray forgive me inc it ia nil 1111 that I 1 too say except may 1 i avery happy I 1 know lenow she slie will she lie signed herself lier faithfully his this interloping inte Inter doping loping peggy Ab anstruther then there was it a postscript ile he read the lie letter again slowly nice letter he thought not even evelyn could have written a nicer one lie he decided indeed would rive lyns haye have been so nice hice lie questioned anyway peggyj peggys letter deserved a nice answer lie he con concluded chidO ile he let the ilia poor girl go on blushing from head to toot foot for lack of his forgiveness lie he wrote lovelys Lovel Loye yb lyl fraudulent of sly my hearts outpourings I 1 am eager to forgive forille you hut but forgiveness on on paper Is so cold slay may I 1 not dolt do it in person do you drink ten tea he e signed lihn self faithfully hers JE erie c landor then lie contemplated with calculating eyes lila his pro proposal postil to evelyn ile he did not send it forth agastri 4 two impatient days brought a bri brief ef icely the ritz tuesday at five I 1 shall wear lilies ot of the valley to symbolize the life fi penitente penitents peni nl tents white gown I 1 would carry n tall candle but you know the alltz while they waited for the tea lie he for forgiove gilve her 11 would 1 iclyn evelyn forgive me too do site she wondered wo no one would forgive you quicker lie he said iino and t old her what intriguing letters slie silo w wrote rote nicer er tha alian n r evelyns Ye lyns she lias has never written me one he said and told her lier what lovely eyes eyed she had nothing like eve lyns silo she bugge suggested st ed when I 1 look yours irs there Is no evelyn velyn h he c sala sal 1 and asked tier aie r fi maryh hian tm 1 I would she answered straight ht and fair talal tal rl i f f there afier e bierd no nd evelyn there lie he said iam a poor devila of ri iv writer riter 11 needed to know how hou it felt to propose 0 it a girl if I 1 should in person she might accept tue ine I 1 take the ji was ans po no I 1 loved so S I 1 I 1 wro broto t 0 it ft to a mythical Eyel and na bent t it to hn an address where I 1 f im cw ria I 1 thought thon then that I 1 hild had learned how it felt to propose to t a girl now it now that 1 I will you marry toe ine 1 i eliy hy 4 ol 01 11 yes afie said will you bight 11 light my r etal f i 11 1 l cant ant lie said in a moment sly hand wont top its trembling anve to ask he waiter ahen 5 hen ahli willer walter who whose E e it and was wag at addy as a church had finished his tak fask eric landor asked tier her a ques alou ly why did you come to tea with ruel niel atu co beath teath how bow tt it fell to propose to a 9 lil site she said 3 you oll know that I 1 IT ap asked froin your letter to evelyn he i said id your hand tremble when 0 v t hi now how lid did iou you know that I 1 would apropo ho hi asked bieyl Ti eyl 40 she said when KV j |