Show THE BLUE DRESS By BERTHA DERTHA HERMAN Very well ell if you OU are going coing to bea bena be beas a as na snobbish no as that you ou can hare have your old ring rine hark back i SI So there Tossing ing a beautiful diamond ring from her and with a Il n hang bang of thE porch door May MaI flew new up ur the to her room There standing before the mirror her face aflame shame and her eyes oyes wonderfully blue she sail said I Well ell 11 Im I'm glad of itI It t Im I'm glad of it RI RITo I ITo i iTo To think I 1 might have married such a amean moan mean unreasonable thing I IThe I The rhe difficulty Wi Withe the eternal lovers lover's quarrel Hob nh was n going away awa for for sev several fey eral weeks on n a hm business trip tp to Detroit De Dc troit and lULl hud nl asked d lcd May Iny to cancel the bungalow affair that they had promised promis ed td to attend th the following week Now dad h had just Ju t given r May a n new summer outfit nil all the beautiful soft silky things a ft normal girl craves In special special spec spec- ial evidence e 1 was ras her hr dear clear little blue georgette evening f gown o n massed d in tulle in which May Ia looked more like an ethereal fairy than an nn ordinary girl girt To give ghe up the thought of ot wearing that dross dress was beyond hl r reason lson r II-r-r-r r IJ r ring The telephone bell tinkled loudly In an n excited voice olce Mo May answered on l the phone hon thinking It possibly pO t h bo be linh It If It were werl she Rhe shen n would would n no wouldn't yes yes the he would Just hang right up l Hello May In Yrs Yes this dots is III Id Ida Ida Scholl SchoU Did you Iwar what the club Is mining doing Didn't t you ou Oh Were We're going gong go go- ing ng to have a n camp Yes with tents n everything Yes out In Maine Sure all the girls will he be there You'll come too Great Grent Will I 1 sign up for you t For th the whole month of August That's fine Weve We've only one me week to wait walt t Im I'm so o excited I Isn't Int It thrilling May hung hun up after receiving this this' m news miens and c contemplated the result Yes les she hc was wn glad she he gave ga Bob nob back hack his ring She he wondered if It he took It She Sh had flung it out on the porch lie He might ht be he feel 11 enough to walk off oft and leave leavo It there thre Fame Come impulse prompted her to run out and s see e if It the ring were still th there thero r Of course he took tool it Well she he would go f away to lo camp nm have hn nn nl exceedingly good tood time with the girls and forget him He 1 was wn a nu menu an 1111 thing tiring anyway a Pos Pos- Ihl 11 lie he might meet ne t some other othet hero there Ah romAnce romance was stirring within with with- in her Wouldn't it be b wonderful to show how Bob Doh that she he could not he be trifled with Time The first l of Au August u t found a happy group of effervescent e youth at tt North Korth station Weren't the they going out ont to camp and 1 weren't they going to have ho havea hoea a wonderful time One little girl Inn in ina inn n a pink linen dress drees clr and big blue yes eyes looked a It trifle trine more serious than the tho others but hut she he too had the delightful look of tf expectancy 3 on her hf face On One perfectly Incomparable week full of delightful experiences with canoes Cannes cameras campfires gentlemen I and the like had bad already slipped by to the regret of ot most t of ot them Today To ToIny May day however ho it seemed R. R as though the the lay Iny were ere made of about 72 hour hoUri and the week of almost t days Her thoughts were constantly turning homeward and especially to the scene on her porch two weeks reeks b before tore Could she stick it out the four tour weeks away a from home and him Did he ever ver think of tier her Was he going out with nh other girls Should she write to him and tell him she he was sorry Oh Oh- Oh what 1 was she to dol do I Another week passed brimful of pleasure fo fl Ida Bess Hilda and the rp rest t but painfully dull for tor May The I next evening Ida laid l her hand on If Mays May's s shoulder and whispered something something some lome thing thins In h her r earIs ear earIs earIs Is that true truer asked May a new newlight newlight newlight light suddenly aglow Atlow in her eyes Yes Yea and he be didn't nn eyen r n have ha to go IlO goto goto to Detroit He hasn't gone fone out with anyone not even een the boys boy once since I you left lett and he feels feel perfectly mis c It'll do him hire good though He ne liec ill u-ill c Ill appreciate you More when hen you got get back hack although goodness knows you ou were pre the one who wh always alway started the quarrels The morning of ot the third week eek dawned bright and Ind clear Six o'clock they thy all went fOnt In for a dip Everyone eryon was ns there but May tin They The called for tor her blew the bugle time thue and time lI again but put no May IRY responded Dripping Drip pin ping wet from swimming they al all rushed rushed Into her tent Intending to awaken h her r and pull pall her dona o 1 to the stream The Th bed hEd II was empty but bu stuck up in her hT mirror 1 was a rote note which read Girls Dont Girls Dont Don't call me mp a quitter Bob BobIs BobI I Is lonesome and to so am I. I Just had bad to togo togo I I go 0 back You know Ma May They knew Copyright ht J 1914 McClure McClur N Neo lp Newspaper er Syn dine 1 |