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Soainst the wall, there would be swirled to hilements of other scents, a faint, faint hint of heliotrope and then Julia would be bornehim And sometimes, out of the medley of all other sounds, there would reach his ear a little laugh like a run of lightly plucked harp strings, and he would see her shining dark hair above her partner's shoulder as they swept again near hiht be concealed from him, he could only too painfullyhead of the tall Clairdyce was never lost to view The face on the front part of that disliked head wore continuously a confident smile, which had a bad effect on Noble It seeross a smile should be allowed to dance with Julia And that she should smile back at her partner, and with such terrible kindness--as Noble twice saw her s to her white soul without her knowing it If she should ever marry that man--well, it would be the old story: May and December! Noble shuddered, and the drums, the fiddles, the bass fiddle, and the saxophone seemed to have an evil sound

When the h the roouests when he arrived, and for several --almost intentionally, it seemed When Noble tried to place himself in a position to attract Julia's attention, this back moved, too, and Noble's nose but pressed black cloth And the noise everybodythat, in order to be heard, Julia herself was shouting Finally Noble contrived to squirm round the obtrusive back, and protruded his strained face aot to----" he began

But this was just at the cli at the sa one of them, and he received little attention

"Julia," he said hoarsely; "I got so I want to _tell_ you about----"

He raised his voice: "Julia, coo out on the porch!"

Nobody even knew that he was there Nevertheless, the tall and solid Clairdyce was conscious of hi to rest upon His elbow, a little elevated, was at the height of Noble's shoulder, and this heavy elboithout its owner's direct or active cognizance, found for itself a comfortable support Then, as the story reached its conclusion, this old Clairdyce joined the general mirth so heartily as to find hiht to depend upon the supported elbow Noble sank like feathers