Show II A AN OLD FLAME h j Ii By Harris JennS n s I II I had 31 not seen scon Kitty Kilty for tor nearly a ayea year yea I so that her smile had the the- a added added add add- ded d- d ed fascination of novelty By Dy Jove jo- said I. I Wo Yo shook hands gravely and anti she laughed The Tho last Jat we had met It had hall been heen to elope hut but the motor had brol broken brokon cn down clown anti nOlI it Jt had rained and and well well we met ruet again as I sa Ea saat say at Lad Lady Troutbeck's s dance clance No sho she said Interpreting m my glance not for five dances That is absurd said I firmly besides besides besides be sides It Is 15 the tile duty Ul or your partner to timid find you ou I suppose It is she sho admitted My partner will nee need to have a Kitty strong sense of or duty cluty suggested when she sho eventually shook her skirts skim out out- outWell Well naturally I was not going to sit out with her hem in a mob I II I doubt if It ho he will search for a year ear said I Kitty Kilty looked ed at me mo provokingly Have you she asked Yes I said Fancy Fanc said she That is her great groat fault She Sho hasn't an un ear car for a felicitous phrase In an any case a a. woman woman woman wo wo- wo- wo man should rather be bo dowdy dowd than sarcastic A weary wean heartbreaking year ar I sai l l s I Idid did not flot intend to i no e do dono out out out-of ou t o m my r 0 ot You Yo loot look older she sho said t i-i i at I en I ly You are arc older too sal said I firmly a year car Do I look It it she cried in alarm Yes 1 said regretfully I am afraid you ou do o. o Kitty Jool looked e at me with wide eyed reproach Then rhon she sho smiled with re relief re- re lief Oh well one twenty Is not so vcr very ol old she reflected You are not po posse passe se yet et I was torce forced fore forc e ed to confess s. s She clapped clappe her han hands s Joyously You dear she abc cried I 1 mean thank you OU I put my han hand towards her fan and anti as as she slipped her hand away 1 was compelled to take tIm the fan Have you ou an any regrets I asked opening it Please she said stretching out outher outher outher her han hand It Is a satisfactory s. sign when a a. girl Sirl needs the defence o of a n. fan faim Have Havo you all any ammy regrets I demanded demand demand- it rained ed 01 again Are you sorry oaTY that night I I 1 got ver very wet she he murmured looking at Inc over the tho fan Fancy Fanc not even cven an umbrella I asked If It we had hal had one Kitty Kilty looked e at mo me from lom the time corner cornea of oC the tho eye ye I Well TelI wo shouldn't have hac got wet should wo we vo she sho remarked And Amid I should not want ant to kiss deliberately you I 1 sal said Why Vii Vh not she cried We e should have been married man a year ear I 1 reminded her hem Oh she he said Then suddenly an idea struck her hea Oh but you should not want Want ant to what said I. I Why Why Vh why kiss me Why not I asked ed I crossed my mv legs I 1 was prepared to give hive full consideration con comi- to her hea argument Well roll it t was yas all aU a n long time ago she sho explained That Is the tho very ery reason I informed in informed informed in- in formed her Absence mal makes makes makes- es- es she began Dont be iO quite so obvious I pro pro- tested Besides I am am not any f fonder That flint would bo be an impossibility Anyhow She sito i ald decidedly you must not A statement is no argument Besides Besides Besides Be Be- sides I know I That Is wh why I want to I wonder she cried suddenly if if my partner is looking for me Vcr Very probably I said compos compos- edly She rose roe to her hea feet Dont worry I added ho he wont won't find you OU But I want him to sho she protested Who ho Is he lie 7 I asked I r dont don't know knots she rejoined I looked ed at her reproachfully Had HadI I become so familiar that tho the unknown was as preferable Ah Ali well I reflected doubtless this is a n ver very humiliating position for you ou Humiliating sho flashed But she resumed her seat Humiliating she repeated She tapped her foot toot angrily Surely I said addressing a large Jorge palm which stood near a near a most respectable re re- re and elderly palm It must be bo humiliating to have to confess to an error errOl of Judgment to have said trial one loves a a. man to discover but buta a mere three hundred odd lays das later that one ono was as mistaken en But perhaps I 1 added turning to It Jt W was lS not nota a 11 mistake Well It was not said saM she There But Dut of course I had md to see It through Darling I cried caled seizing her hel hand I r mean I did not love you ou in the first place she explained trying to draw her hand awa away It was only a young oung girls girl's foolish tane fancy And I have matured I said dole dole- I fully from fm rom a foolish fancy to cm a hideous hideous hide hide- 1 ous r reminiscence minic nce Kitty reflected for tor a moment I Hardly that she said lt at length say sayan an amusing error I Oh I said And really there was not much else I could have said suld You took it Jt allf aW so sello seriously sly too I she sal said amusedly While all tho the time you 1 0 were ver laughing laughing laugh laugh- ing hiS up your yom sleeve I suggested She nodded brightly bi That I said Mid bitingly was why you ou carried a a heavy portmanteau for half halt a mile and left lefta Jefta a a noto note on your yom dressing table was U It mt 1 She Hushed When hen you got goot back k th J had discovered dis covered the note I continued and York York- you Ou were sent souL to an nn aunt in s shiro By Dy Jove jO you ou have a strong sense e of humor Kitt Kitty Kilty hummed t soul to herself I 1 dont don't l' l remember member anything about that she sho ad at length I r am ant glad I said pleasantly otherwise It would rob rot the joke joko of Its rich humor wouldn't it Kitty rose to h her l' l feet I think she sho said ml that you h have he e grown from a n silly bo boy to an ant young young- man You had a a. lucky escape then themi said r. r So had J I. I Vixen You I continued have ha grown from a girlish girl into a a- a womanly woman Kitty Kitty turned her back to me I That she sho he said over ovel her shoulder as she bho walked awa away Is meant to bo nast nasty I su suppose No I murmured It Is meant to tobe tobe tobe be a truthful appreciation That Is 18 the of or lr trying ing to re rekindle rekindle re- re kindle a dying fire It generally smokes cs I |