Judge — December 7, 1918 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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IA “Pur Your Arms Asout Me 1x a Loving Way!” A Lover’s Artifice By J. A. WatpRron Illustration by Lawrence Fettows APTAIN PHILIP DISSTON was convales- cing in a great house in a famous Paris fau- bourg transformed into a hospital to accom- modate English and American soldiers. It was just before Christmas, preparation for the celebration of which was making. The captain had gone into a lounging room to smoke when a nurse, a late arrival on the staff who had been assigned to him, passed up the hall and glanced in. He beckoned to her, and she entered. “Tt was very strange, Mary,” he should have met her “Very. And fortunate in holiday time. But our meeting was not so strange as your wish that we should seem never to have met before.” “You were keen enough to sense that wish and to preserve your composure when you first saw me.” “T knew you so well, dear, that I interpreted the look you gave me then, although I have wondered about it ever since. I was impulsed to kiss you the said, “that we moment I saw you. Do you care to give me your reason now?” “Not now. I shall let you know in good time. Please don’t distrust me.” “Why should 1? Yet you know a woman’s curiosity is sometimes a compelling thing.” “Tt will be satisfied. But I want you still to keep the secret, and still do as I wish. I may make a strange request at the proper moment.” There a voice in the hall—the rich, full voice of a woman. The captain seemed excited. “There comes the head nurse,” he continued. “Quick! Put your arms about me in a loving way! gg Don’t ask why! His voice had fallen to a whisper. She was standing behind him, and was too surprised to speak. Yet she did as he had asked, blushing more with excitement than with emotion. Miss Roberts, the head nurse, stopped at the door and looked in. She was a stately young woman, usually without color, and always with a native dignity that comicbooks.com