The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-06-10

come. Davaris put It In his pocket and
quickly went TO bis room. lighted the gas
tnre ~ himsef % & chair. and opened the
letter with trembling has de-. He knew
the Writing; To had seen u many times
before. 4r read the letter; his face grew
rale. as he proceeded and grim lines
shaped themselves around his mouth.
wnen be linishe reading be threw the
paper down.
so she has cone to New York, has she2'
ne said. And sac Is coming, here, and IL
going to surprise mel Bahi< But what
can lido? Nothing nothingr'
Fofa l,,nK time he sat there, his face
coyete with his hands. Then he picked
ur 10 paper from tie floor and burned it
Over the gas jet. He watched the letter
shrivel ard turning from white to brown.
glow aud drop In ashes; he saw the smoke
cured W. aud at last, when the paper
was completely destroyed, he slowly pre-
razed for lei.
Langford did not see Davaris until they
met the next morning for late break
fart. The September sun was shining
brightly into the windows OF the long din
Ing bail when Langford. who was already
seated. was Joined by his friend.
Good morning, old man." was his
greeting. You are looking tremendous
y PALE
Am II" returned Davaris, languidly.
He sat down and was silent
Tell me ABOUT those people / am to
meet this IpoEning,H be said suddenly.
Tell you ab3ut them2 What do you
want tQ, kl2Bi Fhsysares quite Tie FeRp-
var thin with one or two exceptions,
ItR sort Of house-party very small
house-party-a very jolly hogse-party.
NzIo begin: There is Mrs. Hamlyn. fair,
very fac and fifty, mother Of the most
adorable but. form. your own opinions;
there Is her daughter. Constance
wcn'tlike her-too sarcastic and all that
sort Of thing; and then there is Gladys
Montague, dazzling, dark and extremely
fiirtaiious Hope no one il overhearing
me, by the way, But II you don't fall
head over heels In love with her Ill have
Nothing more to do with you. She is by
all odds the most glorious creature you
ever saw You'll like her. know. Let
me give yol q pointer"
Don't mind about that, but tell me-"
" "Uh, you want TO know about the rest.
Well, there Is young Charlie Havermeyer
IA harmless idiot, who lisps and makes an
all around fool Of himself; Mrs, Haver-
meyer, his mother who is a cipher pure
and simple, aud Lawrence and Thurston,
the appendage. Thurstons is not bad
sort Of d fellow, and Lawrence--well he
writes for the newspapers on the sly, so
that settles him. They are jolly enough
fellows, know how to play tennis, ride
well in the paper-chases, can talk and
fiirt-I suppose that is about all that is.
required OF them. / think you'will al
init that It's very congenial sort OF a
crowd. however"
When the two young men mounted the
steps Of Q Hamlyn cottage some time
later. Davaris was about to ring the
door bel, but his compaLion told him not
to do 81.
1T Is too awfully formal he said.
Lets walk around to the corner of the
piazza. Constance is usually there in the
hammock and then everything will come
out naturally as you always say. These
people are the most hospitable in the
world. They won't think it at all peculiar"
So they weat along the broad piazza and
turned tie corner by the side OF the house
Then they saw pretty picture near the
hammock Standing erect, with her arms
above Ter head TRAINING off few sprays
OF the honeySuckle blossoms whica cover
ed the lattice work, was young woman
Her trim, 1.-THE figure showed to the best
advantage as she stood there partly turn
ed away from the two young men, raised
upon her toes striving to reach q particu-
larly tempting blossom. Back OF her was
an arch OF these vines. through which the
hills and mountains could BE- seen LOOKING
glorious in their brilliant verdure aud far
to the southwark. dim and blue in the,
distance was high mountain. The girl
had not heard the two as they came
along the piazza. Slightly averted from
them, they could plainly see her fine pro-
file, her clear olive complexion glowing
with health-not yellow or sallow, bat
mingled with a smooth, delicious damask,
her luxuriant black hair, and her red lips
slightly parted. For the instant they
stood there, Langford looked at Davaris
rather than the girl. He wanted to see
how his friend acted when he saw Miss
Montague. II hehad planned and connived
most skillfully to take Davaris off his
guard he could not have been more sue
cessful.. For when he first saw her, he
stopped short, clinched his hands tightly
together and recoiled a little not notice.
able but to Langford's eyes he seemed TO
& snrink back. For an instant in thesilence
all three stool there and Langford could
hear Davaris breathing loudly and il
seemed to him that he could almost heir
the beating Of his heart. .Taen tae girl
turned; looked slightly surprised, ana
came forward with cordial smile, saying !:
am very glad to see you, Mr.. Lang.
ford. Aunt Mary viii be here in mo-
Inent, and she looked as if she was going
TO leave them there, when Langford re-
piled T. her greeting ana stepped forward.
Miss Montague, Sinay present Mr.. Da-
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