Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-01-15
FLIRTING FOLLY.

say thai we sna8i be detained here some
hours. There has been an accident on
the line beyond, and we cannot get
through until toward evening"
There was no help for it, and the
gruabling passengers got out of the
carriage with various expressions OF
ANNOYANCE.
"oh, Molliel what shall we do here
thiseafternooneT ~E gfEnsl
NY dear Nina, we'll have SOM good
fral We're in a strange place, with
nobody to play prcpriety, ana weql
make this a day long to aforementioned,
Ina going to get up a Irritation with
somebody, and you must do the same.
We can have rare fun if you only will .
Nina does not fall in with this plan
very heartily, but proposes to go 60 q
hotel for dinner, and they start imme-
dately- 40
Noble is small, fair, bewitchihg Nina
tall. dark and rather stately looking
Just opposite in appearance and disposi-
ton, yet tho best Of friends.
There's a large park in this place,
! for I've heaui Cousin Viii speak of it, I"
Nina remarks to Mollie, who is before
the mirror preparing for the afternoon
campaign, Suppose we walk out and
find il" IL HMEf##W
"Just the thing" assented Mollie.
Well have fun here If anywhere" -
They have no difficulty in finding che
park, and a very pretty place it is.
They find a rustic seat, and sit down
"to wait the coming man." as Mollie
expressed 1t.
Oh, here comes two Of. the noblest
of fellowsH" she whispered, presently
Nov, Nina, you must do just as l do"
"Mollie, please be CAREFUL remem.
Der"
But they are pear row, and auda.
cious Mollie smiles and bows.
Both gentlemen lift their hats, pass
On a few steps, aud turn back.
"tMoliie. don't be reckless"
"Nna, don't he prudishl"
Foolish Nina hates to be called prud-
ish besides, she is catching the intec-
ton end when the gentlomoa pause on
their return, she sustains her part re-
markably well for az amateur. 1t is
only for onee, and no one will eve
know of IL, she reasons,
A little distance back of them, Nina
notices a gentleman reclining on q rus
tic bench. His face attracts her-a
strong, handsome face, with piercing
black eyes, that might look tender II
their owner so willed, Nina imagined.
He must h,tye seen the whole perform .
ance, and there was a half-smile of con-
tempt On the firm set lips, which Nina
observes.
sIollie, she finds a chance to whisper
a side, "let's get away from these men:
We have carried it far enough. DO You
zee that gentleman over there who is
Watching usl'
Pooh! be is only wishing be had the
same opportunity" aud reckless Mollie
gos4on with the fun"
V nv h"S SolA"AANo bAOHtoN VI kb
for refreshments, at the restaurant near,
and even Mollie hesltates.
"ltbiuk we must return to the hotel
now" Nina, saws quickly.
She has learned. from their CONVEX
sahon, that they are not the sort Of
company she would like TO appear in,
and she determines to take the matter
10 her own hands,
They insist on ACCOMPANYING them to
the hotel, and Nina, growing more dis
quoted every moment, has not the cour.
age to peremptorilv refuse them.
AS they leavet the park, Nina cannot
iofbear CHANGING at the handsome gen.
tleman behind them, and she instinct
iyely feels tiint he despises them all.
A year later, Nina Black is in the n
-hoteA With a party of friends, Mol
he GorGon not being one Of the nun
Der. Nma is at a window, observing
th< new arrivals, Suddenly she starts.
Surely there is the face, which having
once seen she has neyer forgotten! 1t
is the gentleman who witnessed that
foolish Irritation in the park at Newton.
The same piercing eyes, the same firm
set mouth, but the contemptuous smile
Is gone. VIII he recognize her, she
wonders? She fervently hopes not,
for she is heartily ashamed Of her con-
duct on that occasion.
She dresses herself with unusual
care that evening and smiles t.iumphs
antly as she takes a parting glance at
the mirror; the reflection of the tall,
NilIoyy form, in pale pink ~draperies,
is evidently Satisfactory.
She meets Philip Cameron. and is
introduced a few moments after enter
ing the drawing-roSm. Nina almost
looses her self-possession as the black
eyes rest on her so keenly; but evident
ly he does not recognize her and in q
few moments they are chatting in a
very friendly n
shall we waltz p he asks, as the
music strikes up. And they are soon
gliding through the lighted rooms.
They stroll ont in the grounds after
the waltz is over.
Your face seems very familiar TO
me. he says musingly, looking down
into her dark, expressive eyes, as they
stand in the moonlight. )"Can ID be
possible we have ever met before to-
night 2" :
SHE laughs lightly, perhaps q little
guilty, for she remembers it all so
well.
%Once having observed q face.
| never forget it" he goes on
without waiting for a reply. For
instance / met a gentleman in q
restaurant a few weeks ago who
impressed mo as some one i had
seen before. butI could not determine
when ar where. This morning ] sud
denly remembered that he was in q
train witlfme two years ago and occu-
pied a scat opposite $780,
"You woulk make a good detective
shcsays, feeling that It was only aques-
ton of time when he will remember
that unfortunate afternoon. Why
should L carePp she thinks impatiently.
1T is n9 than hundreds of girls
az. esery-aay andthink nothang OF ID"
. kut she does care, neyerthsless. ~
is that skeleton at the feast of good
thIneyn xr}ttch nllnssaaa spienips drives.