Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-08-06
TRANSFORMING.
BY EMILY LENNOX,

BY EMILY LENNox.
wont you come and play tennis,
Voigt'" said the adorable Amy, tuck
ing racket under her shapely arm,
while she fastened bunch of timothy
and field daisies in her belt.
Voigt Van Dyck had seen young
Passavant give them to her, and he
answered GROSSLY:
"No-it's too hotl"
"Wel, you needn't be rude about it |"
said Amy, with superior manners. II
am sure only asked you out of polite
ness.'
$50 I thought" he said, flushing,
"That is the reason why declined"
"Voigt Van Dyck," cried Amy, turn
ing her back upon him, when you
want to be disagreeable, no one can
surpass you."
He watched her passing through the
buttercups and daisies, and the tail,
fragrant grass to the smooth shaver
tennis-court, where Leila Gray, Robert
Ransom. and young Passavant were
busy putting up the net.
"There is an end to the old days for
ever" he said bitterly. II haven't had
her an hour to myself since they came.
She could manage it we'll enough if
she chose, but she doesn't choose.
What fool was to imagine she cared
for me! Passavant has everything his
own way. There is a charm about a
half million, but I didn't think she
would let that make any difference.
There he lay in the long grass, lone
~, discontinued, bitter and Jealous,
while Amy, with flushed cheeks and
sparkling eyes, entered into the spirit
of the game.
GLOW we'll you bat, Mr.. Passavantl II
she exclaimed, when twisted ball had
won for their side the hardly contested
odds.
II am glad you think so," he an
swered with a sentimental smile. II
am always glad to appear we'll in your
eyes"
STEADY, Mr.. Passavant?" cried Leila
Gray.
And the ball came flying over the
net at low range.
AREN'T they the most prosaic low
ers?" murmured Passavant, as he went
to pick up the ball he had missed.
"They are more absorbed in tennis
than they are in each other, I believe.
Ransom never thinks of giving another
fellow chance. I've been racking my
brains for the last twenty-four hours,
Miss Amy, to make an opportunity to
speak to you-Ready, Miss Gray?"
"Poor felowl" said Amy, coquettish.
whenever I look at you, Van Dyck
glares at me furiously."
@Are you afraid of Mr.. Van Dyok ?"
Passavant shrugged his shoulders.
Hes bigger man than I ami" he
said, obviously. -~ '-~-~---~
Amy laughed.
II don't know what Mr.. Van Dyck
has to do with it," she said frivolous
~.
Hasn't he really anything to say ?"
was Passavant's eager query. "Some
one told me you were engaged to
him."
At another time, Amy would have
resented this impertinence, but she
was piquee now, and she answered
lightly:
II am not engaged to him. The
idea is absurd. We never should get
on together"
II wish you two would pay attention
to the game!' said Leila Gray, Grossly.
tits your service, Amy"
"a 11nw mop ovo7o;,,n1 Docooxonk
scrambling after the balls.
And as he put one into Amy's hand
he squeezed it (not the ball.)
"Thank your she said with height
ened color. "Is it thirty, Mr.
Passavant?"
@No; it's forty, love-"
This is what Voigt Van Dyck saw
and heard from behind the shrubbery
He know that Glove" was merely tern
in the game, but it vexed him to hea1
Passavant say it to Amy, just as though
it were term of endearment.
"The impudent puppyl" he muttered
and then got up to go away, just be
cause he could not restrain his temper
Amy had them all to supper, bu
Voigt did not appear, and he sent n,
apology.
After supper they went out again t,
that eternal tennis" as Van Dyc]
called it Che was no admirer of tn,
game,) and played by moonlight ant
the mellow glow of the Chinese Ian
terms which surrounded the court.
*This is lovely!" said Ferdinan,
Passavant, during little gap between
games. "That white null hat is i'm
mensely becoming, Miss Amy. 70,
look very well by moonlight, or an,
light for that matter. But to-nigh
you remind me of a nymph or
fairy"
@Why not an angelo" said Amy in
railing tone. do say an angel, MI
Passavant, or shall be dreadfully dis
appointed"
land I adore you'll"
@How charmingl" she murmured
half cynically. II have never had an
one adore me before" ~
"Don't laugh at mel I am despe,
ately in earnest. Miss Amy, I Low
you. Would you-could you"
swell I really don't know"
Glow can you be so cruel? If
should ask you to marry me, wha
would you answer dearest2"
"Nothing-herep said Amy, shortl,
"Mr. Passavant, for heavens sake sto
talking such nOnsensew
"Nonsensel Amy, you can make m
happy or miserable for life. Whicl
shall it be? Don't be angry with m
eagerness. You need not answer nov
Let me see you alone after the game"
Mr.. Ransom called Ready Their
and Amy took up her racket with ting
ling pulses. She did not believe muc
in Passavant's devotion; but if b
should ask her to marry him wha
would she saya Voigt and she were Al
ways quarreling. He was jealous an
exacting, and abe felt sure that the,
would not be happy together. Besidee