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Show I ONE DAY j K By MARY J. HITCHCOCK. Kg 10 Hit. r Mcflure Smvpir WrrdlnH Oliver Hryne ran his car down to the luni In the xvoodland road. Then his horn barked a greeting to t"e h,,,e clad llgure hurrying toward tho cur. The woman waxed her hand lu response. re-sponse. "Come, help me over the fence," she called. , With a conscious quickening of pulses the man lifted her oxer. She laughed up Into his face. "Did I keep you waiting? I tried to be on lime. "1 was afraid" "For me or of me?" With the question her laughter mug out. Her ejes challenged him "J he Queen rlde.s out today," he quoled softly as he helped her Into the cur. "YXI'ie?" us she snuggled dovxn beside be-side h til. He tunned nu Inn some miles uway. "Hut why go there?" "Well, one must eat; nnd I remem ber thai. )ii love to dance " "You wouldn't like It?" ' He leaned to her. "Not for a slnjle , minute, but " "We won't bo. then." "Well, where?" She told him nnd he slnrcd at her, wondering. "You told mo you never wanted to see Unit place .iguln that you wulitcd to forget" . "That was more than a month ago. "You mean Hint now jnu don't?" "What would you forget If you could?" "First of ull that my wife has decided de-cided hi dlxorce me." "Yiiu'ie sorry?" "As Hi- devil!" explosively. "And for nil the sins of omission and commission com-mission that made her think she would be happier without me." An I sum she could not look at hlui, thoiiuh she tried. "You mi these tilings and to me!" she managed In smoldered tones. "T.. .von tlrst of all! Allle ." He leaned 'to her again, his breath hot on her cheek. "Tlieie's the place!" she cried, conscious con-scious even as she spoke tbut It was u inltiikc. Then, lu a rush of swift confusion: "I'eibnps jou can't help being oui-self, but, 1 should think ou'd gel tired of our own wilfulness at times." "Do I need to confess It?" She glanced at him with slant eyes. "1 goi tired long hefore you showed me " "That your wife was tired of finding jou alwa.vs cross and Imputlent. You can be iixvfully .crabbed!" she Interposed. "I haven't a doubt of It!" The new-air new-air of humility sat well upon him. "Hut It's the nature of n crab to present pre-sent n hard outside they get softer and sweeter the deeper jou go." She smiled through humid eyes. "It's hc(iiuc I've begun to realize that-thai that-thai 1 am running nxvay xvlth ou like tills" "Are we running nxvay ?" Don't ou know?" "There!" He slowed for the stop as she leaned forward, seeking out xvlth eager glance the little rustle house iiniong the trees. "It looks Just us it did tbut first time we came here. Hut you've taken the name duvvn!" "Why not? Honeymoon Camp doesn't seem lilting now." "Hut It looks as if It might be tainted ta-inted to a honeymoon even noxv." "Open the door, please. I'm going In." "Don't you renllro that you can't you ought not?" "Are jou going to provent It?" "All right, but I warned you," sold. Hryne. "We'll havo lunch," she said, tugging tug-ging nt the side hampers. "Take them In n1fnp. "We'd better start bark nu soon ns j possible," be bald, ub they pushed back ( their chairs. Sho looked up quickly. "I'm not go- ,' Ing back." "Hut you can't stay here alone 1" "I planned on having you for company." com-pany." He checked the Impulse to draw her nto his arms. "If that'x ull we must get back be- i fore dark." I "You you want to go?" . "Only for your sake," us quietly as I his bounding pulbos would allow. "I'll i wait outside If you'll hurry." Slie let him go. Then, picking up a , magazine relic of their former visit she sat down ut the window, pretending I to lead. Presently, she .looked up. i smiling, ns she met, the accusing look , InMils eyes. He did not suspect that I she had let him, stand In the doorway, : whllu she appeared to be absorbed In the story, "The gusollne It's nil run out I" Ills tone licensed us well us hU eye. "You" "And, If I did?" she asked, sbilme-lessiy. sbilme-lessiy. "Hut, why?" Almost, be knew what her answer would be. Hut ho listened eagerly, breathlessly, thirsting for her broken uttcriiiKO n h the desert thirsts for ruin, "lleciiuse I I wanted to end out misunderstandings." "Then you leally don't 'vant to divorce di-vorce till'?" Hat he did not need to ask. Ilereyes were wiyltig wonderful things. "I'm the happiest I'! "No, I anil" sbo conccted. And this time he did not it'Mst the impulse that moved htm. His arms reached for her held her close. |