The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-03-19

She accepted with thanks. Lawrence
handed her into the carriage, and
thought, as their eyes met, that she
was not an u~npromising companion.
He was a gregarious animal. He hat
ed being alone, especially in a crowd,
and a chance acquaintance was not
to be despised. He handed her his
card. She looked at the name, raised
her brows slightly, dropped the card
into her handbag, and then, looking
squarely at him, said:
"My name is Vincent"
He called her Miss Vincent at a ven.
ture. She did not correct him, and
they fell to discussing the points of
interest on the way.
1t was a delightful drive and neither
regretted the circumstance that
brought them together. They dined
at the same table, finished up the
sights in the afternoon, and, getting
IN rather late, took supper tete-a-tete
In a corner Of the deserted dining
room.
"There is to be ball here this even
ing, / believe" said Lawrence.
eyes; quite an immense affair. The
guests from all the other hotels arein-
vited."
"Are you coming down."
81 think not" she answered, laugh
ing. "Just imagine being at a ball
where you haven't a single acquaint-
ANGEL"
81 do imagine it with the deepest
concern, for that will be my forlorn
condition unless you take pity on me
and give me a dance or two. A man
can't go to bed at S O'Clock, and what
to do with himself for the next four
hours is a problem that is quite be-
yond me-"
you'll be down presently-as soon
as you are restedY" he asked, as she
left him at the foot OF the stairs.
Perhaps"
Two hours passed, and Lawrence,
waiting in the great empty parlor,
found the Denver paper very stupid
reading. He tossed it impatiently
aside and looked at his watch.
E'Ten o'clock. She'snotcoming.
He walked toward the door and
met her coming In.
II had quite despaired of YOU" he
said.
81 was very tired and / fell asleep"
She wore a dress of black lace, with
a sleeveless corsage, that displayed a
pair of superb arms and smooth white
neck. The sharp contrast of her hair
and dress with the singularly fair com
plexion made her look like a black.
and white cameo, and he thought as
she stood there looking pastshim into
the ballroom that no carving could
be more purely classic than her profile.
"Shall we go in there?" she asked.
at seems dTeadfully crowded.
''Then suppose we stay here"
81 believe it is pleasanter here" she
answered.
The floor of the ball room was full
OF promenading couples, and along the
wall sat an unbroken line OF mammas
and other relatives serving in the ca
pacity Of chaperones, and already be-
ginning to exhibit signs of fatigue.
"What a nuisance chaperones are"
said Lawrence. Don't you think
so?"
81 know very little about Them"
| she replied. II never had one"
Her manne was frank, and free
from any suggestion of priggishness.
She displayed a fearless candor that
might mean anything or nothing, and
was tantalizing to the last degree.
Why had she never had a chaperone?
Did she always travel alone? Was
| she as easily accessibleto every chance
acquaintance as she had been to
him? Did she suspect, as she stood
there impassive and demure. that the
impulse to reach out and gather her
in a compact embrace was fast becom-
ing irresistible2 If that should hap
pen what would follow? Would she
object to a quiet Irritation? Was she
not wen expecting it? Lawrence was
not conspicuous for timidity or undue
reserve himself. Why was he dallying
with opportunity? These questions
were formulated in his mind, but for
! obvious reasons he did not give them
| voice. He only said: II think it is
much pleasanter here" and came a
step nearer.
At that moment the opening meas
ures of a waltz floated to them from
the ball room. With a simultaneous
| rhythmic movement they fell into 30
| sition and glided down the long empty
room. When tho music ceased they
went out on the gallery. Like the
parlor, it was deserted. There was a
| rustic seat in an angle where the shad-
ow of a'tree made silver flagree of the
moonlight on the white-wood floor.
rs it too cool for you here?" in
| uuired Lawrence, with extreme solici-
| tude, as he adjusted her scarf.
"No, it is quite comfortable with a
wrap
80 kind Of you to come down to-
night" he went On. "Bub hope you
are not fatiguing yourself in this char
liable effort to amuse me"
vDo / look like q martyr" she ask
IL f,~n;ru ,.rop hin, with a niouanf