Show VERSE AND SENSE by ELIZABETH ELIZABCTH C Q NICHOLS I 1 a 0 issi by ky fellure sYndi syndicate cat I 1 kor teroz two acks the atmosphere la itle davia bote liau liaa been beed charged talu a I malit excrement aalto 1 was ram new nesy A all J bud iwer kimn lila lite wife marble to keep from him a secret lie ito was becoming 11 asp alcious of her tier be harlor bel belleran leral times lines t the telephone lid lind runs runt and an d lie bad had hastened to answer it 14 only to hear the same voice each time say I 1 hao tile wrong number and in hut shut oft off immediately tv twice ice when be he had arrived home earlier than fc had beard heard hie his v i ife answering the telephone llon lon that he was as in the tile next room slit had bad bur hur gedly left the telephone and had add ed td to hie his suspicions by blushing em barra edly one morning when margie margle had gone to town all alln n had bad been obliged to return t im to for or some important pa ra rs he ile saw on the table in the reta not lees less than a dozen letters all idar ed to lite wife but not as lier tier dinall always read these hall hn been sent to margie gray layle allen instantly decided to watch her lie would confide la in no one that night when margie margle returned from town she wondered what in the world had bad happened to allyn that he should be 0 to o talkative he ile had always been a dignified stern man preoccupied with thoughts of business but kind to her even in hia his moments alln wa was practical and never hesitated to gay say so at the same time he was sensitive because of bis his lack or of aesthetic culture which was to highly developed in have vou von been lucky tode deary dearr margie margle asked allyn had been so carelessly traber and so defru ef fule he that she he had decided alint lie be nutt must have had bad a or of food good luck 1 oli oh no not I 1 be he assured her only our regular business an they left the table he watched her nar narrowly roily as a phe harried hurried to the reception apon a to get the mall she tore open excitedly one envelope eni elope 1 after another and mith each one hei bei die 1 was reflected on her face fae alth the last one rame a gosp As he hairried tn to b hr br r side elie she lipped slipped it into the pocket of her dresa dress and mild tile others beligni it bowl of roses on the table for three conditions dd did not chance ana margie 1 nas biding something alwn always allyn VMS wits su 1 but carefully corL palIng hie his feell feelings by bin his attention to her tier et leep tur match of hir fin ricilly illy at fit hend nd oc of three margie oa 01 emppy blew blev inlo tn o hip onich fitl the first fall of snow and a hoffr his big ee ees ive niale rante tile antal inquired allyn tt arts ale Is achita 1 om tt what do 74 yn 11 elloit tl airik of mour v stife ife I 1 no am in the en contic conti 1 ulora head neni what it puff I 1 hiell u I 1 she said mald ati csink the be pitied ji tied alin alon the 11 and I 1 ifill been innuse se I 1 liae linie written a son nef 1 19 onnet d alivn do you mean to tell ine that oa on have hare been boen spending your time writing fol ierg clarg e 9 heart turned a track or 0 MO o ns if it had a it aty of doing when he rhe r a am happy rui o 0 ri si e W wis lit too near heaven for Bin thing which allyn vav tn to bring her dov n to in hia his pt practical plane of life of 01 cour courie c I 1 hae bait you dear clear old thing ive I 1 been writing writ for 1 I vir firt fir t check three months monts ago it tw KIWI good to be ile true so I 1 to nit until the tile so sonnet ne t u WB all chell bet ire tilling citing you but now lt it bealh in te atlanta 1 int tilt it glorious Alor loui I 1 i borla week meek talkad of noth ing but tile until allyn wa was despe inte she repented the nort 1 oer mer aej oer at elp P at out what she tas it its gang ti to do with future son aits nits tn at lat fait alivn could stand it nn no longer 1 ile would go to yew new york for a week nut but he ile did no nartie to go with ith him as he always hil h 0 done lie ile packed him hi hai and hale bale her good by when he retired that night at the hotel in new york tork he opened hill 1 tag and pulle I 1 out lit his pa jarnae nas forne hine thing h ille paper As he turned off tte ile light he bald mid now low for a peace ani bleep 16 0 o Xon sonnet nett I 1 aa an he turned on hia left elde side hp ht felt Mm Itom ething stift his heart feeling in n hia his pocket and turning ani ning nn on 1 I 1 light he found a aaret of violet pap inper r neatly foldal opening it he read SONN 1717 by p largle gray davis daylo I 1 1 and aero the page wn anns penciled come back eoon soon dear I 1 shall miss MW you f do read th sonnet carefully i 1304 W III lie Is hanged hange tV ne lie cx ex tho next mornant margie received a long 1 a it AAA her tier annet word for word but another anith cr line tine ciul t been addi addid d by allyn tm rin waiting alfing for you barele conje at one marl warie dmd othen if it the joke could mild he have tern on an her thy the dintler and the raynn were perfect |