Why, Jinny, I gained five votes for my next
election every timethey saw me go round! Once, for two weeks, she had thought that
she wasin love with the brutal powers of Dr.
The city hunched its shoulders now to the long
winter blast.
But with Jinny, even his jealousies ran
jaggedly.
Cass fumed that she did not resent this, but let
him go on.
He got off the merry-go-round as soon as possible.
In that mingled state he said quietly, Darling, you know how Iwant to marry
you.
To Cass, it looked like a very bad paper doll. But
he did not think of her only in terms of divinity, of altarsand silver wings. She
even kept on smiling when Juliet Zago yelled, Oh, oopsums, wedot Baked Alaska for
dessertums!
Dear Stella Avondene, teaching in your
Sunday-school class at St.
I ever tell you about the time I had a row with her
beforeI went off to the Arrowhead?
Cass told himself that he was pleased that she
could command allthis wealth. Do you ever have French toast for His
breakfast?
I thoughtyoud enjoy roughhousing with me, he
puzzled.
Then Stella mended the lining ofhis coat, poor
girl.
Hubbs had told her, and Cassmustnt let it go any
further. He wassorry; he liked them both, and in their informal and impersonalhouse
he was comfortable. Oh, Cass, Icant stand it, if youre going on like
this!
The student of precedentssighed, Overruled again.
The city hunched its shoulders now to the long winter blast.
Im simply not going to stand forsuch insane
jealousy! Would you really care if I didnt come back? It had its Romans like General
Sibley and, in GrandRepublic, the Avondenes and Grannicks. He isnt a heavy eater,
youmight say, but the way He can shovel in the griddle cakes! Hubbs had told her,
and Cassmustnt let it go any further. The student of precedentssighed, Overruled
again.
The Quiet Mind that he had always sought he had
found now inJinnys cool presence.