Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-07


his hands forevet. In his pocketss
Estelle managed TO convey her opin-
ion of him TO Mary by a rapid little
grimace and shrug of the Shoulders before
he came up to them.
"How do you do, Matyp How do you do,
Mademoiselle-er-I really forget your
name"
He put out his hand in an unthinking
wdy, mitch 10 her displeasure: He, ought
only to hate bowedj and how dared he TO
forget her name Her reluctant little iingefs
Just touched his.
Rivers saw now, and his lips twitched
with amusement:
"Beg your pardon, TIN sure. m 6nly
bow another time,' he said, bluntly. Hats
shaking hands myself; it's barbarous Gus;
tom. suppose you aie bound, like me, for
Charlesworth's Mary?"
On her asserting, he turned and walked
beside her, without asking whether his COM
pany was deslted Or not.
"If you we're polite, Arthur, you would
offer to carry my racquet and shoes" OBJ
| served Mary, laughing. "You cant imagine
what bad opinion Mademoiselle Verries Is
| forming Of you"
CHANGING y up and down EsteI(e, who looked
bewitchingly pretty hhaef her tose-lined
paras0l.
"Quite right, too" he returned, with a
smile. "You see, Mademoiselle, I've no
sisters to lick me into shape"
Estelle was not sufficiently well up in
English slang to understand quite what he
meant by this; but gathering from the
pleasantness of his smile that 1t could not
have been anything rude, she eondescehded
| TO answer:
"Ive no sisters, or brothers, either, she
said naively.
"Ah! thought so."
| "Why?"
Rivers had Guessed it from her manner,
which was very much that of spoilt only
child, but he managed to escape blunder-
ingly from telling her SO. BY this time
they had reached Mrs. Charlesworth S
| lawn, and with q short, "Oh, can't say; in
tuition, suppose" he hastily crossed over
to where the fair, slender Eva Charles
worth was standing, racquet In hahd, talk
! ing to the favbrite and scapegrace of the
place, Hal Armitage. Neither of these two
particularly wanted him, and after a little
while Eva gracefully sent him back to Es-
telle, who did not play tennis: and who had
been left stranded on garden chair, while
the rest of the guests were occupied with
the game. She felt SO neglected and un-
| lluO IL Nub HuiNC ~ ANhSA NhNh
Rivers came ana sat down beside her.
ave ought to fraternize," he said, draw
ing his chair rather forward, SO as to get a
good view of her face, "since we neither of
us play this all-engrossing game. Are you
over in England for lungr"
Estelle allowed herself to be gradually
drawn into conversation, and was getting
quite interested In comparing notes with
him about the Riviera, when an amused,
approving little nod and smile from Mary
brought the color to her face. She was a
complete child in many respects, and hel
vexation at finding herself blushing was sc
great that the tears started to her eyes
Rivers wondered what on earth had hap
pened, but if his manners were abrupt
his good feeling was rarely at fault, and
he showed tact now.
81 brought home no end of memen-
tos," he continued quietly, "and among
them some flowers from Mentone-roote,
mean-which planted In the garden here
for Miss Charleswofth. Would You like
to see them?"
Estelle sprang up, ready to go anywhere
rather than continue to sit with her face
in full view of all the players; She wat
sure every one must be looking at her
But In very few minutes, thanks t.
Rivers tactics, she was herself again, anC
inwardly determined to pay Mary out.
This little episode had cured her of he
dislike to the young engineer, and befor
the evening was over her feelings hat
undergone q further revulsion. She anC
Mary were asked, with some of the othe
guests, to stay to the eight o'clock suppe
at Mrs. CharleswoTths, and later on ther,
was general vote for music. Estelle wa
known to have beautiful voice, but sh
was exceedingly nervous, and could not b.
prevailed upon to sing till Eva suggested
that she should be supported by violil
ObLiDdto.
"That would give me courage" Estell
admitted, "and l know this song for voic
and violin; but who is the virtuoso?"
"Oh, my fiddle and / are at home il
this drawing ROOM, said Rivers, coming NJ
quickly, and drawing-out the case iron
under low settee.
Estelle regarded him doubtfully, max
ing up her mind that she should stol
singing mt once if his playing did no
please her. She need not have BEEF
alarmed. He was a thorough musician
and soon she confessed to herself tha
she had never been accompanied wit
such instructive sympathy. Her mellow
voice gathered strength and evenness a
she felt she could rely on the response o
his violin to its faintest infections, and a
the end of the song their eyes met in
glance Of mutual understanding and ad
miration.
Hal Armitage turned to Eva Charles
worth with significant chuckle.
sour good Arthur is smitten, he said
Settled and done for"
Eva followed the direction of his eyes
and appraised Estelle critically.
81 hope it may be so, she answere
gently.
CHAPTER H.
{ For week or two Estelle went about il
r n frame of mind which is apt TO upset tn