The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-03-06

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7 vaItzes foated through and filed the
rooms. He abruptly eEcIsed himself
to his sst0nished companion, who
/ had been counting on his asking her
. to dance; saying, as he did not waltz.
himself, be might Ie the means OF
preventing her. IS the dancers ? G.
gan TO sway through the rooms. ne
sauntered to the conservatory. Fan
ME Hadley saw him go, and followed
him. he was their guest, thus il was
her right, and the most casual observ-
er might see that it was her pleasure.
From the conservatory door, where
they stood, they had fine view the
dancers. Fannie was gay and lively,
/ and had bit of 4 Characteristic infOr-
( nation about each, as they glided
, past. Her fresh, schOol-girlish ways
for she was bgt sixteen, and not in
society. yet, evidently pleased and
amused him
Presently Hagar S0uthey noated by.
"That IS the most beautiful girl in
Buffalo, said Fannie, enthusiastical-
. ~; then added, every body is in love
with her; even Joe would actuallyput
himself out 70 win her, and y0u know
how lazy he IS"
He was Joe's visitor-they had been
friends for years; Of course, he asked
her name. a moment after, Della
Howe entered the conservatory on
her partners arm. They stopped to
speak to Fannie, and were introduced
to the stranger. Della did not recOg-
niZe him; he knew her instantly, and
before the evening was out she was
highly flattered at the attention he
gave her. Once, when she and Hagar
happened to be a minute together, she
went into ecstacies over this stranger,
Joe Hadley's friend, finishing with
the question:
"Hagar, who docs he look like? II
has puzzled me ever since l was in
trOduced ~
Himself" was the rather abrupt
reply.
'.But he must look Ike some one,or
his face would not be so familiar, for
L never saw him BEFORE" persisted
Della.
"You only think sou was the pro-
voking reply, and Hagar was gone.
I Della naturally took the answer for /
/ the first part Of her remark, and /
DOuted.
y few minutes later, Hagar South |
| ey was listening to a very sentiment |
al offer of marriage in the cOnseTvatO- /
Fy. She rejected the young fOp, and /
he went away with detected mien, his /
very mustache looking wiitcd. She
turned to retrace Agr steps to the
drawing-rOonl, and there, seated with
in full hearing, shielded by the shrub
berry, sat Joe Hadley's friend. Her
eyes flashed; he cooliy t@iried his
tawny mustache again, and arose to
let her pass. She swept by him, her
head erect, the folds of her silk dT3-
perry brushing his feet in the narrow
passage. Ee watched her out ufsight
then whistling low tune, c0mforta-
bly, took his chair again.
About an hour later, size met him
face 10 face on the doorstep. She
looked like white cloud in her Zeph-
yr wraps. He had just been assisting
the pdSSc beauty, who had come with
out an escort, to her carriage. lie had
On the identical great coat and fur
cap; even Della Howe might have i;
known him then. So surprised was
she at meeting him, that size failed to
notice the single step from the vestT-
bule; her escort had gone ahead, 50
she must have fallen the entire fl ght,
if he had not caught her; yeJ she
would rather have fallen than have
been thus saved. So annoyed was
she, that even her innate courtesy :
forsook her. She had actually been :
in his arms, and her unglOvsd hand, =
thrown wildly ont to catch herself,
had absolutely touched his tawny !
mustache.
He waited an instant; then, rs she G
did not thank him, saiu in the same !
cool way he had that other day in the !
snow, "NOu are perfectly welcome" I
and went into the house. (
On the way home she had not n | (
word to say. All that block she was 5
drawing on her glove, rs if thinking I
thus to cover up the memory of the :
touch of that long silky mustache. 9
But she must have failed signa!ly, for !
when she had reached home and e
gained her own room, the first thing {
She did was topull the glove of, which /
she had but just got on, and look at
the hand it had covered. a singular 9
y Cniiui7li at fOI si,s L-ii,;> - .s'-'-oTS-
tic Hagar SOuthey, but any one who Z
knows any woman well knows that 1
woman is a contradiction. :
After that, all winter long, she sell T
dom went out of an evening without
meeting him. he was very wealthy | c
and had been travelling abroad ever I
since he and JOe left college,; he had I
no home ties, so had very willingly / 2
allowed Joe Hadley to persuade him
to winter in Buffalo. Such being the T
facts of the case, more than one pref q
ty girl had found it remarkably easy | 4
to smile upon him. I
Hagar Southey had, of course, been
to him, but there their ac- s
quaintance seemed to enS that is, so t
far as conversation goes to make ac- 5
quaintance. Yet the girl felt, that i
this cool Mr.. Klemn, Joe Hadley's {
friend, knew her singularly well. /
Struggle against it as she would, he :
had an odd, irresistible fascination I
for her even on entering 4 crowded [
building, her eyes, as if by magnet /
ism, instantly singled him out. /
This girl had never received more c
or refused EaOre lovers,
than she did that winter. Even Joe :
lazy felleW that he was, d
made the effort to win her but when d
he failed, took it gOOd-naturedly, and 7
did not fret over it,sO their friendship I
was never suspended fer a moment. /
Once, in her hall-merry, half-earn- S
est way, she asked him, ''if his friend T
was as easy as himself ~ Joe came +
nearer being excited then than she /
had ever seen him. /
easy By Jupiter, Miss Hagar, s
wish you knew Bert kiemn his I
is enough to rouse anybody | '
If fire could b5 frozen, It would be =
like him 1t would serve you right
to lose your heart to him, Miss Ha-
gar, after all you have put rs fellows / S
this winter" =
"Why ." she demanded, CuTtly. {
because 1 believe you would have t
to find it again. He has his emotions '
so under his coIkrol, that [ doubt if t
he could love-!
After that one day Della Howe c
dropped in to have 4 chat with Hagar i
and entering her room unbidden, /
found her standing in the open win S
dow. Before her, lying on the Win T
dow-sill, was q live coal, that she had s
taken from the CRATE, and against it g
was a piece of ice ofsimiiar size. The (
two elements were cOntending; the 5
fire lived an instant the longer. q
"What are you doing ~ exclaimed
Della, looking over her shoulder.
"HOw do you do, Dell >" was the
answer she got, and the girl tossed /
the coal, with its almost extinct flame, 5
into the snow below, and closed the I
window. C
WHAT Hcssie-E Eau-Eeeu Icing 2ii 7 .
again demanded Della. q
Satisfying myself that yoa can't +
freeze fire that heat is stronger than q
cOld,u was the reply.
"What a queer thing to think sf ~
said Della, who set down the act as
one of Hagar's oddities, and in 4 few
moments forgot it. !
She had come for hel to go to the =
Rink, and skate. Hagar ordered Dan I