The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-09-08
AN 1DYL OF ICE-CRnAM.
How tho Girl Absorbed Count ess Sau-
cors and Bankruptod Her Boau.
B,tringt0a. IIdWhcyc.

Duf0tYtGt iidUhcyc'
It was tho wild midnight. The
tamc midnight was off watch and
had gono to bod throo hours before.
A storm broodcu over tho eastern
hoavons 1t was IL thoroughbred
brood storm. Hopbrowed, for it
was coming from tho yeast. Hawks
oyo creek was rolling unanimously
in it's sandy bed. A 1.-the form cow
orod at tho garden gate. Many u
manly form has boon coward ut just
such gatcs, ever since summer
nights and gnats and beauty and
love and Juno bugs wcrc invented.
"Ho docs not" sho murmurcd,
softly, as ho pcercd into the dark>
ness. II cannot 500 him. T will
call him. -
She was wrong. If sho
couldn't SEQ him, sho certainly
couldn't call him with tho samo
hand. A manly stop camo scraping
down tho sidewalk. It was Dos
mond.
Sho threw opcn tho cato, md tho
noxt instant ho clnspcd in his great,
strong arms twonty- sovcn yards Of
foulard, three yards of ruching,
seven dozon Breton buttons and q
pompadour panior as big as dog
house. It was al his own.
"All is lost" ho exclaimed. "Con-
stance dc Belvidere, tho Russians
havo crossed tho Balkans. We
must fly" ,....
Constance was a noble girl, She
only said: "Whithcr shall We
Ay7"
Ho wanted to fly to somo lono
desert isle, but she submitted an
amendment providing that they
should fly to tho ico- cream saloon.
They flew.
In tho crowded saloon, where tho
soft light foil upon fair women and
brave men, and tho insects Of u
summer night fell in the ice cream
freezer. They spoke no word.
When two scntient human beings
aro engulfing spoonfuls ofcornstarch
and oggs md skinned milk, Ian
guago is a mockery.
At length Desmond broke the
tender silence. He said:
"NIore, dearest 2"
Sho smiled and bowed her lovely
head, but did not speak. She was
too full for utteranco.
Desmond gloomily ordered moro.
And moro whom TINT was gone.
And IN addendum to that. And an
xhibit to that.
Gloom sat onthroned upon his
brow. Constance saw it. She
said
"What is it, dearest 2
A dreadful suspicion stabbed her
heart like knife.
"Desmond," she said, "you arc
not tirod of mo, darling?
"By Heaven, no." he said, and
thon he looked (and thoughD mut-
terable things.
Her brow lightcncd up with ray
of celestial Intelligence.
II see," she said, tapping the
empty plate with hor spoon. TOO
cold. Signed, G.. Morbus'
I1O (tClloV AZ b1tICA1S3 ollSt bttitc
her remain where sho was whilo he
settled with tho man.
She, guided by tho umerring in
stinct of hor sex, peeped through
tho curtains of tho saloon. She saw
her Desmond holding earnest dis.
cussions with the man. She saw the
man shake his head resolutely in
answer to Desmond's pleading looks
and appealing gestures. She saw
him lock the door, take out the koy,
put it in his pocket and lean up
against tho door. She saw her own
Desmond draw from his own pock--
cts and pilo upon the counter pearl
handle pccket-knife, six nickols, four
green postage stamps, n watch-key,
two lead pencils, n memorandum
book, q theatre ticket (of tho variety
denomination), q pocket comb, an
ivory toothpick, a shirt stud, one
sleeve-button, a photograph of her-
self, q package of trix, two street.
car checks, o card with funny
story on it, Il silk handkerchief
and a pair of gloves, And then she
knew that Desmond was a bankrupt,
and when the man swept the assets
of the concern into q drawer and
opened the door she sobbed convul-
sively 'And it vast mino extrava>
gance which hath did this thing"
.ssa., They did not talk much on their