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z z v v v wtowhuy whujary ihu iui the actontkee press mom the message of the orchid br harriet xjuusob 0urr m in the hall moment i jthar u somsthln i to ask you toull hav to b qulok answend jojwa rm in rush it was hardly nscataary to my it for alnot antarinb high school joy mi habitually out of breath in har afforta to keep up with vsnu xfannlnc smiled down into har flowing fa joyce mi not axactly pretty but she waa ao intensely alive that bar ex uberant vitality eeemetf to tate the plaoe of beauty he abut the door behind htm and came promptly to the point is there anything- ruth needs especially joyoe atood atarlne at him feeder what do yen mean she needs a per manent wave u you ask me i want to send her something for a valentine x thought perhapa you knew what ahe needed joyce taw a little laugh tnate funny x nerer thought of valentines in the food and fuel class you wouldnt lauffhed manning you want your food regularly but you want something extra when it cornea to valentines dont you luckily ruth is mora practical i her giv are worn out if thats the kind of thing you mean finer exclaimed manning nobody needs gslb more than ruth does shes out in all weathers do you know her alae for a wonder joyoe did 9he wears a four- a shoe but you might get a few alaea larger in case i should happen to want to borrow them and say man- ning you know my taste in chocolates dont you the older brother laughed indulgently if you gec any valentines this year ltll be from some of your friends in the high school judging from what i see youll be looked out for without my put ting my hand in my pocket as a matteroffact he ordered joyces candy on the way down town and then cut his luncheon short to buy ruths galoshes he was rather particular about those galoshes insisting on seeing all the styles he purchased the pair that looked the most substantial and pulling out a card handed it to the clerk bend it to the address on the back and please take off the price tag i think x can give you the exact amount and then x wont have to wait he left in a hurry looking at his watch and congratulating himself on just having time to get back to the office he had tb postpone his visit to the florists until after five but he was glad he had attended first to rutha valentine ruth deserved her brother told himself the best of everything she was the sort of girl who always would run the risk of being overlooked because she never put herself forward when their mother had died she had stepped into the vacant place as though its duties belonged to her a woman came every mondsy to wash and on frdlay to help with the cleaning ruth did the rest we owe her a lot manning trent said to him self whenever he thought of ruth and after his visit to the deportment store he recalled with satisfaction thaw good substantial galoshes why thryll last her for years he reflected they knew him well at the florists al though he was not an extravagant patron enid fisher much preferred vtolets to chocolates and she frowned upon any suggestion of making her nore expensive gifts since this was a val entine rememnrancc however mann tug had made up his mind that she hould have an orchid along with the levied i violet she was going to a party the evening of the fourteenth and although i he did not happen to be invited he rather liked the idea or her wearing his flower on that occasion he made iui selection and found in his pocket the card he had written the evening before the address is on the other side he said and laid a fivedollar bill on the counter it was a little extravagant he knew but it was a pity if a fellow could ikk fonret about monry once in a while lun hr lud a furnd itk- knui milium iu a ulur ai tuiu hiui- to lurim i th ul imnw winn he nic uvi ti tin n 1 in her utr if hiu ituth eii men whirled uikifi manning kurt tun too ruth wiuldnt tit fli n nlhout you nd im nung to n i ilu m- lng you srem to be in a ralrut tal letn- ptr ajd manning judicially im afrmw you dklnl get any valentine oh didnt i thought ra an iong others notice that x say among others was box el my favorite rhocolutr she leaned forward and ktased him lightly on the cheek ruth then called tell father hat dinner is ready ruth was invisible when the rest of the family went out to the dining room manning stood behind his chair his mind busy with some problem connected with has work but his father looked at ruths vacant place with mild surprise dfcmt ruth say dinner was ready yea she did replied joyce roh tots sit down i shti be la right away in a rdgtapuched voice ahe then utter ed an earaamatsw that recalled man nings wandering attention well look who barer some one was coming in from the kitchen but lfwwitif had to look at her twice to be sure that it waa really ruth often at dinner ahe waa flushed- from bending over the stow but the color in her cheeks tonight waa differ- ent fine wore her best dress be noticed the dress of which ahe waa so ludicrously careful that only the moat special oc- casolns seemed to her important enough to merit it pinned tb her shoulder was a corsage tied with silver ribbon violets with an orchid in the centre with the epccephon of joyce the ob servers were struck dumb no shock ever produced that effect on joyce ruth what are you all dressed up for and where did the acrumptuoua flowers come from why this is my valentine said ruth and smiled at her brother x know its much too lovely to wear to dinner especially when rm the cook but xm not going out and i cant leave it in the ice box you might let me wear it to the party tonight suggested joyce ruth put up her hand to her flowers with a queer protecting gesture oh i couldnt joyce aha said not my valentine any other tune id be glad to i just thought it seemed rather a waste explained joyce carelessly but its all right if you dont want to she looked across the table at her brother changed your mind dldnt you manning did not reply- and for a very good reason not until joyce spoke did he realise that the flowers ruth was wearing were those he himself had selected in fact when ruth had emerg ed from the kitchen so radiant that she was hardly recognisable be had realo4 with a shock that some fellow was send ing ruth flowers for st valentines day joyces assumption that he was the eender led him to look it them more closely and he saw at once that lus sister wss right these were his flowers he flattered himself that he would iecognlge that orchid among a thousand that meant that meant as he realized his colossal blunder that he must have exchanged the earns in his vest pocket he almost dropped bis glass of water in that case enid bad the galoshes i curiously while he thought so well of the galoshes when he regarded them as a valentine for ruth he was over whelmed with embarrassment by the real ization that they had been delivered as his valentine to enid the blood rushed to the roots of his hair his ears were burning when at last he came to him self he was eating roast beef and mash- j ed potatoes just as though hls world had not been turned comoletely upside j down joyce had returned to ihe ques tion of borrowing ruths corsage listen ruth i think you might let me wear your flowers you dont wear orchids when youre washing dishes ruth was shocked of course not i ill take lhetn off while im doing the dishes and my drees too but i can put them on again later but wholl see lhetn probably man ning will be going somewhere and daddy wouldnt know if you wore wreaths of flowers the way they do in hawaii but til know said ruth she look ed really distressed for pitys sake cried her younger slsurr why i never knew you were so crasy about flowers you never talk ed that way before but i never had such flowers beforr said ruth momentarily manning forgot the galoshes and his concern over what enid probably was thinking he spoke with an accent of authority that made joyce look at him from under arched brows stop teasing ruth infant she cant lend you her flowers if you want to call it lending because shes going out with me oh the irrepressible joyce recog- nisrd the finality of that ruth was looking at him wtth an in definable expression oolng out man ning where mighty curious arertt you suppose you wait to see he spoke teaalngly in order to gain time he thought there was a ncltal worth hearing somewhere down town but he would have to look at the evening paper in order to be sure hu impression proved correct ruth slipped out of her best dress into a print frock while ahe mashed the dishes and then back into her beat dress again when her brother joined her at the foot of the stairs she had pinned her coraagn to her coat i never thought that you and joyce looked a bit alike manning exclaimed but tonight youre as alike as peas i in a pod all at once he realised the reason ruth had suddenly come alive she was gknrtng vital radiant the next evening he called on enid per the first time since jhe- hid known her he dreaded the ida of seeing her he had made any number of attempts during the day to formulate a satisfac tory apology and finally had decided to leave it to the inspiration of the moment someumoa he wondered whether or not any apology would be ad amis is as his he was almost sorry whan sold young brother who answered hie ring aald that xnld waa at home without waiting for him to inquire you alt down said oeorge and to find her he began shouting xbv bntd manning trents here coming a oay mica shouted and enid ran lightly down the stairs ahe walked into the room where man awaited her then at the sight of his crestfallen face ahe dropped into an armchair and went into a paroxysm of laughter u a minute before either df them poke finally manning began haltingly x dont know what to say enid wiped her streaming eyes oh manning 1 she gaaped what happen ed when that box came addreased to me i ooutdntimajhne what it waa and the eight of those galoshes almost petri- edme then when x ifound you card she began laughing again that noiseless laughter that ends by being actually painfull when at last ana found btaaoi enough to speak her cheeks were wet withjaars oh dear ahe said wiping away the traces of emotion i dont know anything that hurts more than to laugh that way now tell me how it happened just an idiotic blunder of mine 1 wrote two cards at home and exchanged them at the stores i meant the galoshes for my sister enid looked at him you dont mean for a valentine she said incredulously why yea that was my idea but ut why did you make such a funny choice ruths a practical sort of girl said manning uneasily yea i know enid was silent a moment but that isnt fair she ex claimed suddenly what unit fair thinking that just because ruths practical she doesnt want anything but whats necessary shes a girl like other girls she may need galoshes out dont imagine for a minute thats all she needs x dont say you ought to spend a lot of money on a valentine for her any more than for any body else but if youre going to send her a valentine at all have it a real one manning remembered ruths face as his sister came in from the kitchen with the corsage pinned to her best gown as she had sat beside him at the concert still wearing the flowers she had worn that same uplifted look a look that seemed to transform her plain features and make her almost beautiful just because ruth spent so much of her life with pots pans dusters dish towels and vacuum cleaners it did not mean that she was uninterested in a girl a birth right of beauty manning looked up and found enid watching him gravely i dldnt mean to criticise you she said i know youre a wonderful brother but just the same you only told me what ought to have had sense enough to know he in terrupted when i mixed up those cards i made a silly blunder but not nearly so silly as what id planned in the first place no good there business man well if it lsnt john corcoran the man i met up in maine one rainy night six years ago at the mooseriver junction railway station sales retreating co 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