The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-30
liked life ana esvety Eddie's mood

liked life snl gsyety: Eddie's moo
chilled and depressed him.
/ He had no sympathy for peopl
with the bluts.
j So he seught amusement else
where. If Eddie refused to return
visits, the mare reason that he shoult
visit vigorously.
| He was always warmly welcomed
at the house, 5f bis old intimates. The
Storeys, for Instance, made as much
of him as though he were still IN
married.
He believed those girls who would
do anything for him. He showed
Eddie with ssmewhst of school.boy
triumph a pair of slippers Minns
Storey had worked for him in sha
ded flosses.
Port Royal Ia. least its exclusive
circles--alwsJs left home in Angus
and Septembe
The LIE Ro3s from time immemo
rial had god to the Sweetbriel
Springs during those months. 1t wal
decided to cary out the usual pro
gramme, almoH without consulting
Mrs. George Is Roy.
She. for her part, detested the idea
of going, as indeed she had ended by
detesting all th lie Roy's doings.
Nevertheless Sweetbrier Springs
was pleasantplace enough, 10 the
heart of ths peaceful. serene mount
aims. 1t was rot 80 far from Por,
Royal but that tGeorge could join his
family once week, for which fac,
Eddie would hSve been more thar
thankful had she had the full benefit
of his society when he did come
But there were not many men at the
Springs, and Dr. lie Roy was hand
some and popular.
His weekly arrival was the sigma
among the idle girls at Sweetbrier
for a struggle to monopolize his at
tentions. And George was nothing
loath.
He came up hre to recuperate and
to have good tme, and when be
applied himself to having . good
time, it was with the same zeal which
he bad brought to bear upon the
study of his profession.
The Storey girls were his warmes'
admirers.
Minna Storey was as bewitchingly
beautiful as the typical Eastern hour
all rounded curves and dimples,
soft, tendrilly brown hair, and laugh
ing, mischievous hazel eyes. She
was girl who never hesitated to
follow the bent of her pleasures, al
though these at times led her into
somewhat devious ways. She geu.
orally had love affair on hand, al
though this was spt to be not so
much a Irritation ss . romp.
At least this wss the distinguish
ed characteristic q her present en-
counter with DR.. IIe Roy. 1t was
great fun, no douh. but it could hard.
ly be said to be disni6ed.
As the weeks slipped by, the fact
grew to be an established one among
the other girls thai DR. lie Roy was
Minns Storey . exclusive property.
Eddie was wretched.
Those women are perhaps to be en-
We'd who, in similar situations, culti-
gate a gayety which, if forced, at least
serves as sn esespe-valve. Eddie
not only was wretched, but looked
30.
And George became irritated. He
actually was at last 10 the condition
of believing himself to be the ag-
grieved party.
One evening, when Eddie had
hung over the children until they
were asleep, grooming soft airs to
them which always lulled them to
sleep soonest, she wandered down
stairs with the vague intention Of
finding George, and trying to dispel
the miserable cloud which had hung
between them now for 30 long. A
wish to do 50 had come into heart
as she kissed her babies goodnight.
She drifted down the great sounding
stairway, looking like pale ghost
with her sad eyes and her flowing
white dress.
She glanced out on the different
piazzas on her way ; the boarders
were apt to walk and cit about on
these during the long evenings. But
she did not see her husband. She
drifted through the parlors, where
there were csrd-playing, dancing and
music.
"Look at Mrs. LIE Roy. How
beautiful she is 7" one person exclaim-
ed.
"And how intensely unhappy !
Poor thing What a pity that any
one with q heart should have mar
ried George LIE Roy !"
She stood in an open doorway, and
looked up and down the piazza on
which opened the psrlors. Alb, at
last! George was seated with bis
back to her, in a lounging, negligent
attitude.
Facing him, in an attitude equally
negligent, was Minna Storey, her
dimpled Bacchante face upturned to
his her white arms cleaning out oil
the falling rose colored sleeves of her
dress, and wreatbed with Roman
pearls.
Perhaps she was posing for Lalla
Rookh or some other oriental char
acter, for whom strands Of pearls are
appropriated in tsbleaux vivsnts ct
all events, her graceful head was
adorned to correspond with her arms.
She made slight movement at the
moment Eddie appeared 10 the door.
way, with which her lily white hand
fell against DR.. LIE Roy's knee, and
lay there carelessly. Eddie's face
contracted as 10 pain. She came for.
ward.
Minna slightly changed her stti.
tude, but with no visible show of EN-.
barrassment
George glanced up.
will you join us 7" be asked in On
unsympathetic, superficial tone.
Eddie paused . moment, looked
down upon Minns. Then she said,
icily. "No, thank you," and moved
away.
She was combing at her long hair
presently, when George knocked ct
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