The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-05-11
MISS GAR.
BY FREDERICK HOWE MARION.

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pared to see a beauty. Everywhere he
had heard of Miss Gair as perfection.
He expected to find a woman of brilliant
personal appearance and suave deport-
ment. She was the half,sister of his
friend, Fay Somers, and the hieress of
Balsam hill.
He found her quiet, fair, and gentle
woman. with abreadth of white brow, an
inexpressibly soft and brilliant smile,
musical voice, and serious manner.
He looked at her as she gave him half
an hours tete-a-tete before dinner,
and could not imagine her either
flirting or receiving compliments. And
yet Miss Gair had the reputation of
breaking hearts by the score.
At dinner, she gave him scat at her
aide. There were half dozen other
guests. There was fountain jet at one
end of the long marble dining hall, and
the scent of roses came in at the open
French windows. There was water
lily in Miss Gair's dark hair, links of gold
on her white wrists. How softly and
unsteady she chatted with them all.
After dinner they went to the billiard
nall. MISS GAR dld not play, out she
selected cue for Egalie, wished him
success, and then went away to sofa,
where a proup of gentlemen Instantly
aatf,a,od oro,,pd har Tha so,,nd -. ~,
sasn as;aai io',ah d;st.,..aS 1 Tai;.' =. nef
o''aeio", rous" u's'," eu a',ee az
tentlon. ne Piayeu oau!y ana lost the
game "lll1gy, 30 t5at u le!t n1m az 10,
e!ty 10 seek ,her sue agaln. ne told
nlmsei1 mat ne was curious 10 see where
IN ner power laY. now was she prettier
or SWEEPER tnan hunareo other falr
women ne nao SnGwns
ne couI4 swear tnat sne was not, ana
yet ne sas 9esloe ner more contented
tn an re ha9 ~ Desn m nVe years:
furlty. ne thopght, ior g mo meet,
t Ma That was the charm which held him.
. " nen ne iau ~. hearu ner laugh ne
.s.ouEn. ~ M M.so sne sw? :se! Oh ner
merrlment. Inc next instant, as her
elance Wanaereu across tne lawns ana
i r. on me distant mus, ne oelleved
1t TO 6e ialnt tinge OF sadness which
reSIea on ne!: :. ,,,,
WhsteVer IL was, II heiq MN at her
sloe Ior three weeks ne had not
mean! 70 say so long. 10 10 sure, the
sn9otihg Was eooa' DuS II was Nttie ne
ha e, hau OF y.
ine inolnlng o! ms uePartuie came
anu as ile stpou upon .iie iong VINE sIa9-
gu piazza, sue came OUT ior rev Irleno-
~ "nroS on partlng' ne retained ner
hand. flguratively ne threw himself
at ner ieet anu oessseu Aor nope.
She looked startled for q moment;
then her 1ace looked pale ana constraln-
ed;
-! have made mistake"
You nave"
Her voice was hard, strain ed, and I'M
natural.
~ beg your pardon"
They STOOD apart. A servant appear
ed at the halt door,.
The carnage Is waiting for MIR.
Egallte."
The man departed. Egallte did not
venture to touch Miss CARS hand again.
she had never icoked so lovely or mac
cesslble: lie raised ms hat.
.Good-by, Miss Gair:"
Good-6y, Mr.. Egalite."
how rigid that was: how hard and
cold she had oeen, ne thought, when ne
was IN the carriage. Alter all, had she
no heart! -.
Inc next year ne spent IN Europe.
He saw the Alps, st. Peters, the Seine,
sent home wine from Bercy. He
watched Partisan coluets and sketched
Florence beauties, but he never saw one
Miss Gair.
he came nome at last: 10 be sure
home seemed little dull since there
was no one to welcome him but an acid
maiden sister: and Turk, his horse, but
one re-, must work to i've. w.,
There was news from Balsam Hill.
ray eunmers nad Deen Kliied py oelng
rom thrown carnage. MISS CAR had
lost her property ana gone TO i've with
an aunt IN vermont:
ne was vas vexec 70 ieel ms cneek grow
pare; why should ne SHRINK as II lash
l la1 oeen lald across MS neartf was he
sui 30 weak as 70 love 8 woman VINO
nau scorned MN! :,
All hignG nls eyes were SET vice open
IA inc d'rKness. NOW that ne Thought
OF ner, poor, sad,.no longer merry and
artlstically Deautlui, IN SIX ana costiy
4 iacesJ oaled 70 call her Madge." as
t 10 nau 5eara otners VINO loVed ner call
i hsl anu' US ne pronounced u the name,
I'M! nls heart nlelted over II. ~ ne might
see her once more ne would try again.
"a any S .nlnking .Hls, ~ came aoout tnas
one oep.emh:9}esr nsgnt iound MN among
tne green mis- OF Vermont. He was at
~ tnco G;L niue Inn, put near
AauSe caiT. MS lanalora salo:
+hot Mss hsomn et has ma MAJ mves IN
Una. orown mouse, WIN honeysuckies
oyer II: tnat ye IKE inc looRs OF SO wen.
SSn os,a young 'ady came mere IRON from
BOSTON 6o;I 1ase sprangLoid iaoys niece. MISS
T Thir hnow aAyuouy o. LIZA! manner
R nUugnS perhaps 70 m'gns' nailing IRON
ou mL
:, Inc purple twilight was growing over