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"I wore that hat," said Kate, "as an ascension stalk wears its

crown of white lilies, as a bobolink wears its snowy courting

crest, as a bride wears her veil; but please take this froht Mrs Jardine felt tired enough to propose resting in

her room, with Jennie Weeks where she could be called; so for the

first ti her best white dress and

the hat, attended a concert At its close she walked back to the

hotel with so there, talked a few

minutes in the hall, went to the office desk forintently What she thought was:

"If I aht" She stepped to her rooe the clothing she had discarded when she

dressed hurriedly before going to the concert, then, the letters

in her hand, she opened Mrs Jardine's door

A few minutes before, there had been a tap on that sa Kate or Jennie Weeks She

slowly lifted her eyes and faced a tall, slender

there

"John Jardine, what in the world are you doing here?" she demanded

after the manner of mothers, "and what in this world has happened

to you?"

"Does it show on me like that?" he stammered

"Was your train in a wreck? Are you in trouble?" she asked

"Soh, but I don't understand what it