"Paul, whatever do you think you are going to do?"

Her husband ignored her and spoke to the waiter brief ly in the ear. The man bowed and was off to the manager's

office.

Paul sat back with satisfaction. "Well, we'll see what we shall see. If the name Heplin still means anything around here we shall soon moet Miss Mirine Tige personally." He giggled then, "Whe rover do you suppose the so girls dream up those names!"

"Well-!" Konalia said, "Well!" She rose from the table and Paul leaped to his feet looking frightened.

"Darling-"

"I am going to the ladies' room, if you don't mind." Paul sat down and watched his wife make her way to the ladies' room and felt warmly how she really could go along with things when she wanted to.

When Konalia came back to the table the singer was seated and Paul was holding a one-sided if animated conversation, Paul stood up as his wife came up, grinning happily.

"Darling my wife."

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this is Miss Mirine Tige. Miss Tige this is

"How do you do," Konalia said cooly and sat down. In the second she took to look at Mirine Tige close up she wLS startled to see that the mirage on the olub floor was real and true. The young woman had apparently removed some of the heavier performing make-up, and Konnie could soo that she was at least as young as Paul had insisted.

"Your command of French

Paul rushed on conversationally. is simply marvelous. My wife and I have spent a great deal of time in Europe since we wore quite young and I daresay our accents can't compare to yours, even though Konalia speaks it beautifully. Did you study it as a child, perhaps?"

Konnio watched the woman lift her eyes to Paul with cool, dry, indifference, "On a share oropper's farm in Georgia?"

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