Show the two H anrys I 1 by FREDERICK HART 9 1921 by mcclure it was henry bollons Bol tons habit when released from his office by the of allf past pait toi twelve elve to go to tile nn in battery park and watch natch the seals and sea pons at their noon 1 day meal lie he enjoyed llie ilie sight sigh t of UK the sleek creatures playing about in the water inter arid and their carefree caie free abaro don took its his mind for the moment off on tile the problems of waste and split spill ways and barrages and aprons which occupied his working hours fur for henry bolton was a rising consulting engineer with a leaning toward hydraulics dra ulies and ills his work kept him thoi hughly occupied so that the lite moment of relaxation in the aqua ilum came as a welcome elcome ti relief one hot noon as he was enjoying the lie coot cool drafts of air that hat played about nebout the tank where the seals cie kept lie he was startled to hear a feminine voice very near to him call out jut sharply henry lie he was the more amazed for his list of girl acquaintances in the city ity was practically nil he turned and took off his hit hat pis pie pared to see some friend ot of ills his from his home town but the girl beside him who had just spoken seemed not to be looking at him but even as lie turned away she called again henry low how are you today 1 I 1 1 I 1 beg your pardon he began but are you calling me the girl turned and showed allowed him a face that eliat ho he was not to forget a sweet acet mouth a nose tilted eier eer so slightly arid and two deep brown eyes altogether suii a faccas lie had sometimes seen in ills his dreams you you called roe me hy by name lf hor stammered and I 1 thought she interrupted with a little burst ot ol laughter oh she cried when she recovered her breath Is sour name henry too I 1 was calling to an old friend of mine who ho knows me here he comes I 1 henry bolton followed her glance an and 1 I saw a smooth brown sea seal flop into the water and shout shoot across tile ta tank ik with one flip of its tall he was conscious of embarrassment arid and then lie he sael saed the situation by laughing with the girl 1 I roust must confess he began that my name Is henry and when you I 1 thought some one 1 knew was here so I 1 turned and spoke I 1 lie paused and then ventured on I 1 am very flattered to have you chouse choose such a good looking namesake as that and truly the seal as it planed in the w water ater was a thing of beauty 1 I am very cry fond of unit that particular seal myself he went on oil as slie she did not reply Y 1 I come here every day to see him f fed L ol 01 so do L I 1 rejoined the girl then she glanced at her watch heavens I 1 must get back I 1 and before lie he could say anything more slie she had gone henry bolton contemplated the seal for a moment in silence the fin returned ills his gaze calmly henry 4 ald id man said henry bolton to ills namesake q 1 I think youre very lucky to have such a pretty godmother then ills his face clouded confound it I 1 may inay never see aher her again I 1 henry the seal looked ut at henry the man and the mau man was sure that he say saw a solemn wink youre you re right old boy said the man mail enthusiastically asti cally she said she came heie every day she well see tier her again after all and lie he dc departed parted for ills his office whistling noisily and very much one off key ile he did see tier her again the next day site she wits was there and acknowledged his hi presence with the of nods and smiles henry bolton bollon u undiscouraged ii diacou raged returned tier her salutation and made nc effort to progress furtner a fact which pleased the unknown girl each day they met at the seal tank and as is it Is humanly impossible fol foi two young people to have a common ground of interest without becoming fairly nied acquainted it was not long till they knew each others names alice farwell said henry colton bolton to himself that evening as lie sat confronting a very important problem that roust must be done before tomorrow a pretty name I 1 like that name anil and I 1 like tier her tool well lie fie meditated a while title and ami returned to the calculations before him their acquaintanceship grew and deepened into warm friendship they had lunched together several times and lie he had taken tier her to the theater twice she seemed to enjoy ills company and he frankly took pleasure lit in hers ile he congratulated himself on oil having found such a friend and then one day in tile autumn she was not at the tank baill in the um ile he waited for an all houi bout but bill she tit did not appear ile he thought nothing of it but when she wu absent f for u r four succeeding days lie began to wonder in and to lie a little wornel where Is she henry old mau man lit lib said to the seal but merely brooked solemnly back at him and vouchsafed no answer A telephone call to her apartment brought only lin information that she had left four lays days ago and left no address her office I 1 fice lie he had foul found d that she alic beere tary for a firm tear hear ills his own ollice ilice gave no satisfaction slip wits was that sas as till they know 0 to three nils miserable erable weeks passed for cor henry holton bolton and in III that time lip in came to know I 1 that what flat lie lial hal friendship was icalla luie I 1 that he ie wanted alice P farwell arl ell to be lux int own more than llian anything else in tile the world nil and that life would be corti very little if she lid did not come hack back arid and lie he till did not know where she bhe ans bill there came a lay day apil through foi ve of habit lie 1 ent to till ilir enle ome again ills his glan glain 14 i swept to tile seal tunk tank and they hit hii call sta stood 1 till silo was there if lie to tier her with ill a cry of albel Al lel caring nothing roi foll conventions where have you lioen she turned at file I 1 he bound of 0 lis his voice and lie he saw that eliat her face was waE matted ei and thin aind that the hand sh hr stretched to him ile drew lier ber ants ide into the hie suri alane and took tonii tier her to to it a henh tell III e tell inell inel he said eagerly 1 I was nun ing to another apart ment slie she sibil and add I 1 slipped on oil thi the sideNia sidewalk lk one lay day and struck my biond when I 1 woke up I 1 was in a hospital and I 1 found that I 1 reme remember I 1 III e r anything anit liine myself I 1 lidd hid no carols cards or letters so they know vilio 1 as either lut I 1 stood ull UD for tile first tibie arid and it all canie came NICK to me ine in fit a nl alish i I 1 told them who I 1 was and they said at I 1 NY Is uell enough to go out so ho I 1 did and heie I 1 am genii hesitate no longer loi iKer alice dear lie sald said you are going to tit get lost ioa from me ine again bur altur ing those three awful weeks when 1 ilant know where you arc were I 1 I 1 found out that I 1 loved you and now your conic come back I 1 wont let aou ou go do want to to stay her head sank on his shoulder should cr yes henry I 1 want to stay slay more than anything in the world front from the aquarium came a sharp barking alke alice started up lets go and announce it to henry she cried 1 lie introduced us lie he lie he should be the first to know |