Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-28
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listen. 80" ni'n
q am sorry, but certainly do not re-
member you" he said. .sWhere have
had the honorP'' :
NO doubt you have forgotten. But
you are little changed
"Is it SO long ago, then, that change
must be expectedPf'
erland
Il have been therein my YOUTH
I'm my youth. Also" with twinkle
OF mischief. 'You once dragged little
girl out OF the water? 1t is hard to con-
iess that she was holden, perverse and
disobedient
II remember little girl who cer-
tainly did not behave too we'll.
Her heedlessness probably dis
her not to lean too far over the pierp
believe she was looking for the houses
OF the lake-dwellers or for merm aid"
81 really had forgotten the child"
smiling as his memory wakened. "She
know what witch she was!"
''Mrs. Glendenning was my aunt.
She took me with her over Europe in
gypsy fashion for many years.
s'But you would not have me believe
you are that child?''
"a Mr.. Adolphus Windsor certainly
fshed me out of Lake Geneva"
cit would require more of an effort to
do like service for you now
eyes. it might. And I presume you
would want to shake me as heartily as
you did them
~ 4 ~
81 remember the sensation perfectly.
thought you very severe"
''Let me see; that was-how long
ago?"
at was eleven years ago. 1 was
eight years Old"
Windsor was about to add: "And I
| was twenty-one," bnt refrained.
81 remember you wrapped a shawl
over my wet clothing"
"And l carried you onto the boat, and
Il held you in my arms until we
reached the landing. You see, after the
| ducking, and the-shaking, you had
need to go to sleep. You were a sound
| sleeper, too, for my arms ached before
we reached the pension"
81 did not disobey you again. Twas
more heedful after that" deprecatingly.
"Ah, did you not?' cried Windsor,
| captivated with his own "reminiscences.
sDid you not persist one day in patting
that strange dog contrary to my
| wishespf
THAT must have been-some other
child"
''No, indeed! 1t was lost dog, you
know, and had mild, hungry, danger
| Gus look. I told you to take care.
There was danger that he should bite
you. But you straightway put your
arms about his neck"
20, Mr.. Windsor, your memory IS
| supernatural"
Gas could not persuade you," he
| went on, regardless of her interruption,
81 picked you up-you were little then
| and carried you up to the first floor
veranda to Mrs. Glendenning.
She laughed gayly. 81 am sorry
I claimed acquaintance with you, you
| remember so much"
| ''Have you outgrown your per-
| versity?''-he had almost said bad tenn
per.
81 think I am much the same," she
said, quietly.
Their host, feeling that Windsor
monopolized, intruded with an irrele-
| want question. He had twice to re-
peat it.
'.Miss Maxwell and 1 find ourselves
| old acquaintance, explained Wind
sor, as an excuse for his non-attention.
what did you say, Brigham?''
| 81 have been rehearsing a single I'M
important question for the last five
minutes" said that gentleman, with Sc
verify.
It was Windsor's turn for embarrass-
| ment.
AS st. Leger passed Brigham's seat in
sofa corner the latter whispered:
| windsor has lost head, heart and all
his senses. to judge by appearances"
So it did seem. The supper was 60
| ing the rounds-sandwiches an oyster
salad, coffee. Windsor remained a fix
| ture at Miss Maxwell's elbow. He
kept up a running fire of reminis-
cences. How amusing and beautiful
seemed all those long-forgotten trifles
in the light of the present.
| When the hour for leave-taking came
Windsor again explained his long
standing acquaintance with Miss Max
/ we'll. St. Leger said aside to Brigham:
| windsor rails so at women-is such
an incorrigible bachelor-let's watch
him! Grizzie will lead him dance be-
| fore he has done, I'll warrant"
| Following this party came series
| of pleasures more or less ceremonious.
Windsor seemed to have gone back on
his record utterly, for he warmed into
the most genial and devoted of at
tendants upon the ladies; came out
| of that surly shell of cynicism and
took to trifies and gallant speeches
with the zest of novice. Brigham
and st. Leger exchanged much hearty
mirth over him. s.Benedick right over
again." Brigham said, and st. Leger,
sly1y: s.This can be no trick"
| And Grizzie-the Beatricep The per-
turbation did not reach her; in no way
| did she betray knowledge of the un-
dercurrent of the comedy in which she
| played her graceful part. Never hav-
ing rallied at marriage, she had no re-
fractions to make. She saw it all,
without doubt, but with such gay
| abandon that St. Leger, closely as he
watched, believed her both blind and in
different.
AS the two months of Grizzlies stay
came to an end it became evident to all
that Windsor was a changed man. He
| even grew pale, as a hero should, and
lost much of his nonchalance and all his
cautious philosophy. His devotion to
Grizzie was open and unchallenged and
his docility to her spirited whims quite
nathetic. She remained blooming and
needless, getting good out of everything
in her buoyant way. All the interested
| ones felt sure the crisis had not been
reached. Windsor called the evening
Il e. I4,> dayN orf