Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-11-14
ssere you gong to the park,

sssere you gong TO the park,
RaYswere you on your waS?n
Raymond shrugged his should.
ers, Smiling.
.sEshall go presently. But shall
ywaitsfll thevbrass band and the
speeehs1akiug are over. | don't
wishto5be deafened and Disguised
at tflassame time"
BdThSofthe girls laughed at his
unmistakable look ofdistaste. Rose
nodded at him from over hershould
er, her little white hat, with it's
bluesbell and snow drops, making
a shadow for her eyes to shine out
of intoshis..
aOhsquerulons musician! won
der That a young man who has
suchSanear' for discord can't make
betterInusic Of his own, especially
whensne is the owner Of, beside a
cat, ~ genuine Paganini violin"
CHAPTER III.
Th;sssstwo young people swent:aWay..
in opposite directions, and Grace
left alone sat for a long tilnein the
littleSToOm in the lowering sun
shlnes silent, but quite sad; at least
her smile was stronger than her
tears. and held rs place on her
placid mouth. For it was Rose
She was thinking of, the pretty.
young, brown.haired maiden, be.
tween whom and utter loneliness
and helplesSness in !. hard world
only her frail lite-and Raymond
For Raymond loved the charming
Rose; Grace was sure Of that
But Rose? All! she WAS the "weisse
Blume,n truly the white flower
about which the swan might circle,
singing its plaintive song till it
should die.
81 wish, Oh, 1 wish"--and Grace
clapped her hands together with
nervous force--"I wish Rose could
love him. could die happy then"
Tile large-tears rose and fell.
"Surely a girls heart is not so
hardsto win if one knows the way"
And the trouble was that Ray
did not "know the way.n He'was
good, he was gentle and kind; he
would flush and stammer when tho
merry little maid asked him out
to dossomething for her; then he
would rush and stumble over his
own feet dozen times in the eft
fort to obey her, and Rose would
laugh at him.
"Willst dut mir nicht enen knss
geben7"
81 think" said Grace to herself,
Il think il Ray would say that to
her some day III earnest and claim
the kiss and take it as his right,he
mightwin my little Rose"
1t vas late when Rose returned,
Graces had been sitting gloomly
alones in the room, where shaded
lamplight aud flooded moonlight,
poursags through open window and
i door, made inc place Doweror
golden dusk.
Tossing aside her hat and little
white shawl. Rose flung herself OIL
the floor at her sisters feet. Grace
placed her loving hands on the
soft, brown, cnrling locks yelling
the bright head.
"Did you have happy dayW
"Oh, yes" was the answer, given
with magnificent Indifference.
land was Ray there7"
"Wray-you mean old Wray,the
band master, of course he was
there. How could there be a BRASS
band without Mr.. Wray to lead itY'
replied Miss Rose,
Grace touched with finger of
gentle reproaeh the naughty lipsof
the speaker.
"Do you think 1 should inquire
after such a person as that?"
Cob, then you mean your friend
Raymond-the one who makes
quotations in German to show that
he is learned. Yes, certainly he
was there, but l did not see very
much him."
"But wbym And now Miss
Wilmott's face grew grave, her
voice fell. "But why, my DarIing9
Surely"
"Oh, I don't know" Rose
stretched up two slender white
hands, clasping them lndolently
over her head. "You see, Grace,
when the first made his appear
auce on the scene, we had left the
grounds. Most of our girls were
in the big pavilion getting our tea
at the tables; and that horrid Mel
ly Drury was there, and Ray stop
ped at her table and stayed there a
long time"
aWell, what then?" Rose had
paused in her recital, and was ly
ing half-kneeling. her soft, flushed
cheek resting on her sisters arm.
She smiled a little gravely when
Grace spoke.
aWhat thenY Oh. nothing but
this; first l suppose l should not
have minded it, but got a hateful
I fancy that it was only because Of
her dress that be fingered by her;
and that he was ashamed to be
seen with me-"
HRose!n
"Oh, 1 know it was mean Of me;
but she was beautifully dressed
She is dark, you know dark; and
she was all in dark blue, with bits
nf snnrlat ON her wrists and waist