Show what a relief I 1 I 1 saw I 1 was no longer to be the greatest influence in peters life I 1 sometimes it bad been pretty wearing fond as I 1 was of my little boy friend some one else could do it tar far better I 1 knew HOT wonderful peter and the bookplate 01 1 I had bad to watch her I 1 help it he be resumed simply she sha hurried forward toward the counter then suddenly she ebe bounded back as it if she had bad been bit I 1 there WOO was nobody at the counter except that man and be had his back toward herand her and was moreover completely absorbed la in examining the cover coter of the book which he was waa holding open she dashed behind a big caso case of china and disappeared well I 1 looked at some chinese snuff bottles and hooked rugs and then decided it was ume lime for the other fellow to leave so I 1 asked tor for the book again and the clerk told me that a young lady was examining it now and would I 1 wait and sure enough up the counter was waa the same young lady having doubt doubtless lesi from her coign of vantage behind the case of chlima beaten me to setting that book the J fian aff oa visitors treated to relay dinner party george arlies in his reminiscences up the years from bloomsbury describes a noyel novel farewell dinner party given to him and mrs mis arliss arless to in boston at the end of the run of als rnell As there was not time to pay leisurely firewell farewell visits to all of our friends the latter a arranged tor for a sunday dinner to be partaker partaken par taken aken of in five or six separate and ana distinct establishments we were ignorant of the conspiracy until after the soup had bad been 8 served e pvc d at the first fIrs bouse to which we were invited we were much surprised when after soup our hostess ho stes got up and the whole party of eight wished us goodby good by we were bundled into a waiting limousine and driven to house no Z 2 where we arrived in time for the second course fish having been consumed we were whizzed off to house bouse no 3 and so on until the sixth house where coffee was served and all the parties from the other houses were ware assembled |