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Show ITbow length -AND MORE Her name Is Dolly, and sho Is just tho fluffy, vlolety, dimpled nnd demuro sort of person who ought to bear that aamc. Tho night beforo sho hnd had a tor-rlblo tor-rlblo falling out with "Him," nnd Bho must havo boon nbsunt-minded when sho went up stalrH t lint afternoon to dress for n Billy pink tea. Sho didn't wnnl to go, In tho first plane, but sho knew that Ho would ho thero and it would novor do to lot him seo that sho j felt so badly nbout It that sho hnd lost her Interest In society. Hesldcs, of courso, she didn't feel badly about It. No, of course not. So sho dragged herself up stairs and put on tho vory smartest frock nnd brightest feathers she possessed, nnd all of her gold bungles and her gold chatelaine. It was n dusky, cloudy afternoon nnd she hnd to light tho gas to see how to gel. the powder on straight. When sho had finished the last touch and "saw Hint It was good," she turned out tho gas and went Innguldly down stairs. Heforo sho had reached tho bottom step she discovered that sho had forgotten hor gloves her lovely violet silk gloves which Just mntched her costume. Sho rnn up ngaln, vory much astonished nnd provoked that sho, tho enroful and esthetic Dolly, should have forgotten anything so vitally Important to to tho matter In hand. Sho would have to take off ovcry ono of thoso gold handles now nnd replace them on top of tho gloves. Sho remembered having seen tho gloves on top of her bureau, so did not stop to light tho gas again, but snatched them up and ran down tho steps, for sho was late. When sho glanced at the clock In tho hall sho noticed that sho wns oven Inter tban sho had thought, so sho decided that sho would wait and put her gloves on in tho street car. After a breathless run sho caught a car on tho fly, pushed her wny into It and found n scat, only to find Him sit-' ting opposlto and stnrlng at her qulto tranquilly. HIr hand went up to tho brim of his hat, but alio coldly turned her chin toward to-ward tho window nt her back and gazed Into tho muddy street behind her. Hut one cannot look behind forever, for-ever, and nftcr n while she began gradually to turn her head back again. It was then that sho observed everybody every-body In tho ear was gazing straight at her. She blushed a deep scarlot. They wore laughing! A messenger boy opposlto op-poslto her was so convulsed that ho was fairly sputtering. An old gentleman gen-tleman with eyeglasses grinned at her as though she wero his own daughter. And Ho ho was shaking with mirth or delight or something equally vulgar. Sho was on tho vergo of tears. What could bo tho matter? Had Bvorybody noticed how sho snubbed Him and wero they laughing no, It couldn't bo. Sho felt tho front of her dress. It wa3 carefully buttonod. touched her hat and hair and gazed down at her boots, and petticoats, nut thoro was not even a pin out of place. Then sho obsorved that her arms wero baro and that sho had forgotten to put on her gloves. With queenly dignity and her chin in tho air, sho mechanically thrust her hands into ono of tho violet silk things sho carried. car-ried. Sho drow and drew nnd drow it up without oven glancing nt It and then hor fingers struck something strange and sho looked down with horror. In hor lap, with its foot dangling to tho floor, lay a long, violet silk stocking, stock-ing, v.'hllo on hor forearm, In tho full view of tho wholo car, sho held another an-other violet silk stocking, its heel nnd too conspicuously covering her hand and her wriggling lingers. Sho wanted to shriek but sho couldn't. Tho rest of tho passengers nearly did so, however, as Bho took tho thing between her lingers and jerked It off us though It had been n poisonous snake. It was then that ho showed his truo colors and mndo hor feel that novor, nover could sho llvo without him. Reaching over, ho carefully picked up tho violet stockings from whero thoy hnd fallen on tho floor nnd stuffed them in his coat pocket. Then ho motioned mo-tioned tho conductor to stop tho car, and, without a smllo or a word, pro-ceded pro-ceded hor to tho door, helped her to alight, and silently took her homo. At her door sho put out her hand and ho laid tho stockings In it, and then In tho dusk sho flung hor arn?3 nbout ills neck and vowed ho was "tho bravost, bravest over." Ho believes I ho realty was. |