c*ri V47 comm mas. rsmT nomssn »■. 1'ae.

'‘StHirs,

o netr lUrntrolatf Vv >cai K«bu»an

“Ho* do about them

reconrll tl

ha\Inx mch an tnitmal ship »ith a cnuplr *

kn..*, murh! edition*, aoftly "ill aminlnr a Unit edition of Bdt^r

I -T il) ..Mild not j parchment shade* throttltli «hirh j SalMi*.

fact o! Thankful th • light fell on tin* Mndlnc of j “Down atkire. 1 Mippos •. That s ‘latino - < antioil.- viilum. Tnrkiab Monwc" 1 another aurprlse and the nicest -e m«t i and .-roahed levant. Owr the .of all!" ite declared. "TberV , j wbo )f »a* that intaagihk- oIni she pointed to a flight of steps

I nf books which Thankful had <1e- with a wrought iron railing, "you

They brought -oni-thing into • dared -h • liked so much and 11 *111 Btul the most perfect col tuy lite that was thrill and also Jotected a faint Ruatuan .n i.-ction of antlqu-s you "»»: btight ' ’eh • declared with a Ur- | cense which wtlrrad my »-ium nn.l'dreamed of. picked up mostly in away look in het ey ? and | carried mo back Into the pas: ! Italy and Franc.-' V •li Mich I ne.et y anything j Th* walls of the room had b -n and '« him." Sh* r, .about t . Saili". "i‘ ■ *toes g -t tirvd | pap.-re-l in orraps of Cnbiat pap-' step* and wrhile she t <■1 oil » II. ' glancing around at : ard th-v war.' several hhndr: d hearty beat at a rapid

1 rate.

and so pThasyd with my new r

the cupboard whtrh held the] pattern* of various six**

newly-made Jam. putting up shapes. The effect was at once, A book shop, with an exotic at-i-llv and making tak ami pies." aUraclive and blaarr**. A few mosph.ere. was apl - ' ' hu-1 original etchings, on - by Penn II. Ji»l *» anllque shor aa well! J.how

Why. Thaoklul.

Saltte Buys a Bookshop

Thankful returned and I knew j boes " I intlled. f**i in spit- »>} her flushed far * that .*>tn* -! myseif. the idea amused m- •

thing hwd gore wrott.*.. j much.

-trhBt dll! the baok de*t-r| "Yew." Thankful replied.

i queried, "dlt' you mak*

a date for us to gr down'" I!lor had made up my .min.1- that I ( pay

it will take .

• going to own that whop. ‘ *'A' terrible thing has happened." she r-plied, - T told you that the Ruaalan's wife was a Psriatennc and that she was most

unhappy hereT" let.

"Yea. ys*. Go on." I -orK-d

"Well." she continued no slow ly j W. •hat I thought she would ne'er J w a* Iroi get to the point, "his wife wits! she wa>

highly tatnperam mtal. and so sh

proposition

I danced oi.-r to her an I o* namented the wall* and on a turnad to look at a copy ol

hi-1 Jri utly little nqu icr* railing were a few choice pi-ces | Brocning in a p\er would ha\- suapect’d it.'of poetry and braase- of a” ique

i know we re going to have j design.

running this shop. Go get i An Oriental rug cov.tred th*

i your list: For I positively re- entire floor and here and there .... ji„.. -ow.il." i 0-I.....1 w^.nwmMtawe™™. ”-u-:^.W2;* , Ji!^2. l,,r ' b ' r *

nut chair*, richly upholsi-i d. “ ” "'~~

and footstools which **W on*j

■'"*mi ” " rur ^~™ . -s;

log. and was hold It in nty hand, when 1 heard th--»m ascending th.-

stairs.

The Russian was speaking. At

Sallie Visits "The Studio"

in th i * , " ,n '

in-v o*t' in feo"* of ’he book shop

know It was no ordinary pla* ' alfoget»«*r un.que and I wasi Thanltfu! opened th t door eno j reeded my greateat expectatioi

serlnuf again. "1 wonder If he j loved h.-r very much. Din you I eter see them together*" 1 asked I

had

on several o< vaslon-r. | mtual friend*. Hh*-| wonderful family bu' I o terribly spoiled. I*

tenial hoc.

Impatient with waiting

and has already ietutn-r<! borne." Thankfu) bad tbe air of one making a startling auuounce-

In their apartment and they hare been here /oi tea a great many Who was the man in the

"Well I must say 1 do anything tn totrRde in »i "But." ahe continued, haven’t h ard il all. She

with another man'

"Oh-h." I exclaimed. If your book-man iored her. then that >*

■loped

•Not only that, but i believe all they tah-1 on earth wa* her*. Bo paw 1 don’t know what hwil! do. Nellh -r do;j h- 1 auggest-.-d that he sell you th--shop and help run it with us. \Y> could use hi* ability for ' he I* . ope ol the most cultured p rsons

1 hove ever know

m-» if 1 get this! her because h--

alght. The man win- owns th -[her and because, op will continue in hi* place! herself, ahe V.

ines* only 1 shall be the] him.'

Tm sure 1 haven't the falntoat Idea. But I'm quite sure if someone • ante along .-hr liked belle 1 she would not bestial'- lo leave him. ]n*i as she did her husband helv. As 1 aid. she is thoroughly selfish to t How h-r •-motion* in "Did her p<>or husband scant! all hiok-n up'" 1 wanted to get! the a hole situation thoroughly limy mind before we w -nt to meet ( the tntervmitig gentleman who I had ■:auiltaneo!i*]y Inst his fur- •

tens and hi* wlf ■

"No. not e«p«cuiU> . Thankful I •piled. "I believe h ? married,

'And though I net i «ay anything abouIt. Sallie. one does ge' tired of—oh well, glancing aroun l at th* board which held thi

"putting up making cakes

friend*. 1 know it h*s open ,teribly ioncaomt for you here." 'Excuse me. Sallie dear Thankful broke In. "1 have an errand to do lor mother and while you and Captain Tchvrtkov talk things over I'll go and g’t

through with it."

"Rlghl-O!" 1 r.-piled. and when tyoO mum. 1 hop to have good new-* for ur both!" We exchanged smile* and she hurri -d

out of the vtoor

Then Captain Tchtrtkov told me. in hi* nai\foreign fashion how the Httl- night dub In Pari* had gon* on thr rock* and

long time he was

stranded without anything to do. n how the fascinating French girl, who had danced with him the cabaret, invited him to Ir home. Proplnqult} .had its wey and soon they were roarrird and on their way to America where he wanted to mak - a liv-

ing of his ow n.

"A man can not accept hi* wife's money you know and still feel himself a man." he frankly declared and 1 admired his determination to get along without her aid. "You have heard'

asked.

T nodded and tears car

my eye*.

•Tm so sorry. I wish there • ere something 1 could do) said, "you've had so many hard

wanted to know, when kiioeks that it doeyn t *e*-ni fair the first platitudes had been said j "Thank you so much, but and we were comfortably en- nothing *e-m* too hard after scondeo in the lovely chairs. ; after Russia." His voice for t! Tt w as the only place in the j At*!. time h.*ld pathos as it »!- 1 nited States that 1 knew, except ways did when be ai-ntioned hi* New York and we thought a shop ‘ former life. And yet hr of this typ-- would be more sue- hardened by tbe bitter experiressful in a small place. Now . 1 once he had undergonknow.' 'he exclaimed, “wher-.- I refugee from the Bolshevik reheard the name of Binuloghaui. gime. lor there wa* a gentlen* It wa* on the card you gave me j about him that is only given that night. I lost the card but | people who have tasted the dregs the naune Birmingham remained of life

sack officer and perhaps one of the Nobility of Old Russia, who could tell? Vest. It was absolutely

necessary that he remain.

When Thankful returned it bad all been arranged, lie was to r-matn on a salary which he had uam.-d and 1 had placed I a hi* hand* the ch-ck from my father which was t* be the- flest paymem. tbe rest to be paid in In-

rtallnmit* by th' month. ■ How h* your huabaad?"

asked me a* 1 was pr*paring

leave. It was the first tint* had mentioned hU nam'd _ Just b - >n (hinking I'd him com - down tomorrow

afternoon and^TT'' aurpriww for hla ,

and yon!

On aty way boa* ,. t*-. Pr-r^- ■ '■ had on the nighParis. 1 had kv,,.' >* tultlve monien- ^

Mill-*

Bean aboqt^fv-^. o the book fh-M,

iew werk.

*'l want jiimk. •‘•oner! "JuMif- - ■ Judge: tJuk., . ®^ber you're )„ „ ,

wa* something strangely familial j in his voice. Dike the Incen* took me hack Into th** part. How

Vladimir Tchertkov. tb- fascinat lug Cossack officer whom wi had met in Monttnort-'. wo* com Ing towards me anti, with

cordial recognition, h*

my hand.

irth did you ever

to Blmting-

liud.

in my

ed to say *om •thing, then HWiftiy changed his mind, ''because." hr stammered, “the^e is one in England 1 suppose. It did not occur to me that this wa* your home.'* "Oh. I'm sorry: vnirtlse and 1 would have been *o happy to introduce you to some of our

Thankful tell* me you would stay on wKh n* if you decld • to

let me have the shop." •'Yew, 1 would b.- to glad

do that." hi* eyes lighted with

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