The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-16

ter, thssuGh his nose In the game counted
'o W %sS" the So's wosshinssons opened the
Ratcs the players stopped by mutual COLI
Good evening. Mrs. worthington."
said Gladys fresh young voice. "Mamnaa
will bc very glad to see you."
u,rs S:o Sh; ss: jon @us SsrsS ' .S"w d do don"
In q sheepish kind Of way. A.
"Good evening. my dear-. replied the
s nss! ssSd NJ, lady sSn IMns x III" e cse.,c me aS no
Miss Dorothy ?'' Miss Crawford yosi know
already, LOUIS" And b bowed in nc
ssAnd this il Joe Chester,'' she added.
Louis turned with - good natu'cst
III am glad to know Joe he said. I am
going TO beat you AT tennis many u 'i'ne'
This reused Joe from his shy silence.
can play sosnc!'' and they all walked tn.
with Miss Chester, Miss Dorothy enter
tanning his mother and Mary talking with
"You must I've very glad to he hack
here, Mr.. Worthington,' Gladys was say
ing. '.cvcn though il is stupid after Eu-
.Stupid!'' he said. ~ don't think 1
ever put IL i'm that light. i am very busy
i'm getting the hang of things at the mills.
feel I had ~ mother to myself"
Gladys Thought il very nice i'm him to
prize tho coinpanionship OF his niotner
SO much, and decided imIncdiatcly that
she should like him. Mrs. Chester met
them oil the broad vcranda. and Louis
found her charming: nc ISme mt r,d
house. very plaiv outside and in, and he
was agrecably surprised to- find it with u
%s srsas Ssrsh i%pr @sSs.%h IN 1%rss si"s So.hs.
ing was costly or elegant. but everything
bore the impress of refinement and artis-
MIR. Chester soon came in, and Louis
found him fully up to TIA: family stand
ard. In person, Gladys favored. as the
der and dark. with a swift, easy grace
and % dash that carried everything before
is; dor na every Try one insisted mH. q on an, ch al;
AS slender. and had a quiet, bright way
that would doubtless rival Gladys bril-
fine sample Of the average d~ark-hairei
and dark-cycd boy OF his age. Mary
Crawford was lighter than the Chcstcrs,
Louis spent n very pleasant evening.
found him "~gproaShing the Chcstcrs in
the lawn, Joe and Gladys playing "a care
less game, while Deity and Mary talked
to Mrs; Chester: Mary did not. ear" to
somehow To play with Gladys. lie was,
or had been, quite an expert at the game,
sSS .d a,in as%art S.Ssy work rsa for a ~t girl. 'S anS
the game was very even. When mt last
the supper bell rang Louis had passed "A
delightful two hours and needed no urg-
ing 10 promise to come again soon.
Day after day Inc played there. ar they
all played at the court he had made AT the
called nSs p MARY Crawford was always %ass. Of the
party, and often one or another OF the
village youths. When il rnincd they
discovered that, after all, Louis could beat
him mt tennis or almost anything else he
su9Restc.i, and henccforth looked mp to
him ng a nlaslcl tf athletics and mnnIineaS
i'm general.
Thc days and weeks passed. but Louis
sweet reserve of Mary or the quick wit of
Gladys? He would have chosen the lat
ter, perhaps, but for his mothers evident
him most of all. and was by. no means AN
u~nimportant member OF the group; she
was so full OF life in the tennis court
Finally, about September 4, the Worth
ingtons decided, as their new house was
ready for them, To give u house
Louis told himself that he must settle the
question that night. Two months were
his wooing and winning. He felt sure he
could love either. but which The prclbar-
ations for the fete were extensive. as all
the cotton mills-were invited to- "a grand
upper ON the lawn, while the house was
r served for his own friends. Hc liked
the English way of doing that short OF
tang. and did il in "A very g...crous man.
uer. He had found. after all, that there
were other eligible girls i'm Trainvillc,
though hc had not turned toward any of
them with matrimonial views; and with
these, their brothers. and "a few college
friends, imported for the occasion. lac
thought tho affair might la "A success. II
was.
The night was RlorioIs-not moonlight.
but with "a multitude of stars. The lawn
was brilliant with Japanese lanterns, and
frequent fireworks delighted the young
and the older of the mill people.
After Louis had inauguratcd their sup
\ per with u mild toast-drrInk in
as he wasn't quite English enough To
think beer good for them he felt at lib
erty to join his other guests. These he
found enjoying the fine music of the city
orchestra. and. for the most part. having
thoroughly examined tho beautiful house,
making good use of the melody for dane
ing.
After greeting again various people.
Louis sought cut the group where the
Chestcrs and Mary Crawford were, and,
after u few moments, asked Gladys for "a
turn. Then Mary. Then he would have
asked Dotty, but she was nowhcrc to In
l seen.
"Whcrc is Miss Dorothy y" he asked
Gladys. The girl had told him once. with
vehcmcnce that amazed him, that she
| hated to bc called Dotty.
I'm SURF l don't know answered her
sister. ~ believe shc had some little mis-.
hap and ~ probably repairing IT,
nnd she swept away into n waltz with q
smile mt Louis.
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