Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-08-12
CLASS DAY.

EOODy AtWater usually sunny lace
was wearing a slightly clouded ex-
preston. If 1t had been any one but
Bobby Atwater you would have said
he looked bored" 10 be bored-he
did not know what that meant-con-
sequently it was impossible for him to
look bored.
lam not sure that l know just why
he was not enjoying this particular
Glass Day with his usual thorough
going energy.
Perhaps it was the heat or the
crowd. or the fact that Class Day had
become rather an old story to him. /
myself am inclined to think that it
was because some one had told him
that She had left the spread just
before he came.
For Bobby was in love.
Not that it was an unusual condi-
ton for him to be in. Ever since
can remember he had been failing in
love and out again, with the utmost
checrfulness and unvarying good
hunor. People had come to expect it
OF him as a matter OF course.
1t is worthy of note however. that
he had not confided the fact OF his
latest attack to any OF the people
| whom he usually entertained with de-
scriptions of the state of his heart.
That is why thought it was more
serious, when first suspected it.
People never thought Of consider
ing Bobby Atwater seriously any
more than they thought OF calling
him by his formal name of Robert
He was good looking, rather clever
young fellow with happy. easy
way OF looking at life. That was be-
/ cause life had never treated him
other than kindly. He had passed
his quarter of century year or two
before. but you never thought OF him
rs being moro than boy, his face
was so absurdly young and fresh col
ored, and his merry blue eyes were so
free from care.
Everybody liked him. and he had
many friends, but of them all mono
was II more complete contrast to him
than the man who had been his chum
In college. and with whom he was
generally to be seen. This man.
whose name was George Hamilton
was Bobby's junior by two years but
he looked 10 years older with his
stern. dark. fascinatingly ugly face
and his reserved. almost brssque
manners. Bobby had just been talk.
ing to him. but he had gone. and
bobby was standing alone looking
discontentedly. as | have said at the
throng of gayly-dressed people pass
ing i'll and out of the gate. and stroll
ing through the beautiful grounds oil
the place where his younger brother.
with several other men. was having
his spread"
Suddenly he saw her. She was
dressed in a picturesque white gown
with big Gainsborough hat and some
June roses stuck in her belt She was
tall and very fair to look at | think
she was about 81 at this time, and
she had been considered great belle
ever since she came out just now
her brown eyes were rather tired and
heavy, and her mouth had a weary
little droop at its corners. But when
she caught sight OF Bobby the list
lessness of her face and figure
vanished, and she came towards him
with her two little gloved hands thrust
out to him in frank. eager way. and
her lips parted gladly, like child $
Bobby Atwater!' she exclaimed.
"how good it is to see some one one
really wants to see"
"Oh. come now. Miss Sturgis! "
said Bobby, boyishly flushing with
| hat IL
rather thickly. you knowp Besides.
one might almost fancy you were
getting blase-" He paused inquir-
ingly.
The girl came and stood close be.
side him. smiling up into his eyes.
and lnclining her face toward him
with pretty little pretence OF being
about to tell him profound secret
Her smile was bewildering - when
she chose it had the effect OF being
"a concentration OF her whole thought:
and feelings on the person with whom
she was talking. ]. too used to be
under the spell OF its subtle hattery
Promise you will never reveal tn,
dreadful fact" she said tragically
but this is my fifth class day."
Then she drew back to watch tn,
effect on him. smiling still. Her eye,
were very bright and the sun wa,
making gold out of her light brown
hair, Bobby drew sharp breath in
ward but his voice was quite stead,
when he spoke
ut is my seventh and / missed on,
last year. when / was in London.
fear | am getting old. because | wa.
beginning to find it tiresome Now
He paused looking at her suggestively
You find it altogether charming!'
she finished for him. and before h,
could reply she went on:
Il confess l find u while day OF thi
sort OF thing rather trying aud l an
sure poor mamma is quite exhausted
You see her over there pouring GU
the trials chaperone must undergo
in her stern devotion to duty. 10 poo
little Mrs. Stevens, who has beer
faithful to us for the last two hours
We are going on to Book In a few
minutes but have half mind not Il
|. stay in the evening The Gym" /.
always SO crowded. one cant dance =
and IL is SO warm that 1t will be aw
fully uncomfortable and yet"
Bobby had feeling that she wa,
talking against time for she wa!
looking absent indedly about her
and the bored expression han crep
into her face again. There was lit
tie silence
Then she looked up at him. finger
inc her roses and said. II havan'