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We ought to tell her it's all right for her to go ahead." "I can't, Allison; I'd break down and cry, I know I would. I tried up there just now, but the words wouldn't come." "Well, then, let's write her a letter! And we'll both sign it." "All right. You write it," choked Leslie. "I'll sign it."
Forrest and this fair, joyous girl sat and talked while the sun went down over the Jura and turned to purple and gold and crimson the dazzling summits of Mont Blanc and the far-away peaks up the valley of the Rhone. Elmendorf was enjoying a week's leave, Mr. Allison was sampling the waters at Carlsbad, and auntie and Florence had Cary on their hands. The boy adored Forrest by this time.
When he came home, he knew he had not long to live. He used to sit out here and watch her as she moved about. He never talked much, but the look in his eyes was," Aunt Lucretia stated in her quiet way, "very moving." Mark heard a step, and glanced up to see Miss Allison Clyde herself standing beside them, looking down at them with a smile. "To whom am I indebted for this honor?
She turned over slowly, fired twice, idled, then fired again. Sweat broke out over Stan's forehead. Below him the faces of Domber and his men blurred. The engine kept on rumbling and sputtering. Stan relaxed as he pretended to be working on the gas adjustment. He gave the valve a turn and the Allison smoothed considerably. Leaving it that way he looked down at Hans, a deep frown on his face.
"My dear, I feel as though I had just begun to live," answered Mrs. Allison. "The past has been one long dreary blank. If you only knew the years of agony I have passed through. When you hear my story you will understand why this reunion is little short of miraculous. "My home is in Denver. Mabel was born there," continued Mrs. Allison.
"Be careful what you're saying," put in our hostess, with a laugh. "You're in dangerous hands." But Sylvia would not be warned. "I want to know more about it," she said. "You must tell me what I can do." "Take her at her word," said Mrs. Allison, to me. "Strike while the iron is hot!"
The curtain-shifter had answered the signal of the prompter's bell, which at Miss Allison's direction was to be rung immediately after the last applause. Neither knew of the dilemma. A long-drawn "O-o-oh" greeted the beautiful tableau, and then there was a silence that made Miss Allison rise half-way in her seat, to see what had become of the interpreter.
You just go on and keep the fuel bins well supplied and the red corpuscles busy and pretty soon we'll see what's doing." The twins were late in coming, because they had had a long discussion as to the propriety of wearing their sable garments. Romeo, disliking the trouble of changing, argued that Allison ought to see that their grief was sincere.
Clive was thinking that certainly Allison had changed, as that unmannerly chump on the train had said. Changed most perplexingly and peculiarly. But Allison had forgotten almost that Clive was there.
"Your aunt has been here telling me what passed between you this afternoon," said he, repeating his caress, "and I am much pleased with this proof of your obedience; and as a reward I will give you permission, not only to read the letter she offered you, but also the one I retained. And I will allow you to write to Miss Allison once, in answer to them, the letter passing through my hands.
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