Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-02-01

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on his hat and stick. She dropped the pur
titre and walked in, laughing under he
breath, but startled. The silence Of Tia
room was oppressive the air seemed &
hold its breath. She leaned her hand o
the table-ghostly fingers rising in the ma
hogany to decately touch her uwn-an
slowly turned her head, sweeping the room
with a long searching glance In an in
slant her eyes encountered pair Of yellow
sOles glaring upon her from the dusk
corner.
Mr.. Wentworth heard her quick, udrawi
breath. 1t pierced his soul and stuck there
! quivering like an arrow in a wound. HI
heard her approach her body, dark sill
houette against the light, came suddenl,
into his line of vision, and looking down a
him, she said, in Il voice hesitatng an,
tremulous. Mr. Wentworth, II believe z
The PROSTATE Wentworth saw agaius
the glare Of the window small head. tn,
outline blurred with ruilled flaments o
/ feathery hair, bare slender throat, belt
ed waist. The lady, peering down, saw
confused mass Of recumbent gentleman
| from the midst Of which dark face locke,
/ gloomily up at her.
Yes, - he said, IL am Mr.. Wentworth
/ And then there was nothing more to say
and for a space they dumbly regarded eacl
other in dire silence, Mr. Wentworth glar
| ing upward from his tube and bondage
| Miss Lowry downward from the outer all
and freedom.
1t was horrible Miss Lowry was trem
| bling toward hysterical laughter but Mr.
| wentworth was icily grave. He looked a.
If weighty matters engrossed his mind, $,
perfect were the Wentworth manners Il
seemed insulting and clumsy to offer him As
sistance, he looked so haughtily superior t,
his attitude. Something about him seemed
to suggest that the proper thing to do wa'
to ignore the situation-to stand there ano
talk to him easily, naturally, as if it wer,
the most ordinary thing in life for gentle
men to lie ON their backs with their feet il
the air. Miss Lowry had a presentiment
that if she offered her guest assistance ol
consolation he would answer with cold
surprised stare like the Scotchman who
was told not to eat the stalks Of the aspara
gus, "Nou are very kind, but always sit
so | prefer it. -
Mr. Wentworth meanwhile was very un.
happy. 1t was part Of his creed to be al
ways cool, calm, master Of the situation
moreover, he rarely took the initiative
Just now he felt that he could not make
the first advances on this delicate subject
The lady must notice it first she ought t.
apologize And anyway what could he say
81 look like fool, don't = or something
Of the kind. How could he say that to a
girl he had never seen before 1t was too
colluquial it was almost familiar If it had
been an old friend he might have been fun.
ny. have relieved the situation with an easy
Jest But as it was. the imputatiOn Of in.
sanity silenced his Wit, and like the man in
the poem he didn't dare to be as funny a,
he could At the first bDHnof she might
call IN the police He had hi- eye, fixed
>terny on her as all this flashed through hi,
mind, and suddenly dropping her eyeIids,
she said, coutrtely. "lm SO sorry.
This was sufficient
Pray don't apologize, said Mr. Went.
worth from his narrow cell - have uu
fortunately met with an extraordinary ac
cident, don't know what exactly per
haps You do His tone was slightly mean
ing. You have a letter introducing me
YOU know | am neither an imposter nor d
lunatic. brought you parcel from Mrs
Nernay. Its on the table. believe.
came in here to wait. and Here he
caught her dancing eyes, and broke off sud
denly. What in Heavens name is thi,
thing I'm in =
The dumb-waiter," " family.
The dumb waiter Z:
Yes she said. hreathlessy. pnching
,.,).,,, ii 'ia = .''e ''''''''s
the house is so small. Aud We make that
into a sort of seat it looks better. But
it : always bolted on both sides. | suppos,
Katie forgot it today. I'm SO sorry
I ~, P''u' '', " 81 a. ;
81 ' ~ ~ He' va .'',
IN, , T,i. =. - ~ 49,. -
with ,iriu smiI. II can't stonJ il mnrI
I,n,Iar What r.n do :"
Il MIGHT tr,. tn mil van out I'm var,
.tron,
II was too serious to he amhorrsssin,
now 81 de.n.rat. ,..r, th., ,.ira,,,,,,tanna,
of Wentworth that he cast dipnitv +" IN,
winds Tim strain ON his arms was aImost
uuLearable
..You MIGHT fry he said eveing tb,
Young girl doubtfully.
"Wber. will taka Won =" said she nj
rontrition and ragerness IN haln him
..Ynur hand - and She f,ra.nad il
..No no . LET ,,o ~ cri7 i tbs ',,,sst evcit
edlv .I'm bolding bv nv hands
.;Your foot tbnn ." her o,.as earnestly n,
his
He nodded and she seized his ankle il
bar cool Ettls bands
..Nnu. La,,in .be ,riad "Ora +,.o
three ."
They nut forth all THAR stran,,tb Tho,
s.t tbeir taetb and rrII.1 and bao,sd IN
/ LADY drag,ad him bv tb. foot tiII tho shoe
NOT IN mention the member was almost off
/ All was useless and he sank back nervou
snJ axbaustad Mis- To,yr, adinsted hi
/ shoe Win dahrata touches If bar soft fin
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