Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-12-13
They passed out on the veranda and sat
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dancers began to thin and the parlor clock
struck l.
81 really must go now" said Miss Vim
cent rising There is o'clock, and must
leave at g. Good night"
(Which way do you go tomorrow" asked
Lawrence.
East. must be at home by the GOTH"
"And where is home?"
! She gave the name of village about
! fifty miles distant from the town where he
lived.
"I'll see you in the morning." he said
II believe we leave this place on the same
train, so | won't say goodby. And now.
Just one more dance-the last"
Down the long gallery they hoated into
the shadow and out into the light, his clasp
gradually tightening as they went, her
face against his shoulder and his head bent
forward until his cheek touched her hair.
The music ceased suddenly, but the arm
about her waist did not relax She gave
furtive, upward glance, then dropped her
eyes.
With swift movement of his left hand
he drew her arm up until it encircled his
neck, leaned forward and kissed her. She
darted away like swallow, and he caught
last glimpse of her as she turned corner
of the stairway.
When Lawrence came down to breakfast
next morning it was nearly 0 o'clock. The
early train had gone. So had Miss Vincent.
1t was summer again. The work Law
renee contemplated year ago was fin.
ished. He had acted on the suggestion OF
his critic; he had turned Pegasus out to
Craze and given his attention to prose.
The result was a NOVELETTE, story of a
day-called, EN- Route" which he assured
his friends was suggested by an incident OF
his western trip.
The book had been published, and the re-
viewers, TO use his own phrase, had let
him down easy" and he was much sur
prised TO find himself gently and affably
treated by The Dispatch.
The writer was not surprised to find SO
Indifferent poet capable of producing a
tale so pleasing and graceful, so full OF
felicitous description, so fresh and unhack-
neyed.
1t was understood that the young man
was under a solemn promise never again
to attempt verse, and, in consideration OF
this assurance and the promise of success
held out by the latter work, it was but just
that the public should extinguish its re-
sentiment and take the author to forgiv-
ing and indulgent bosom.
There followed criticism in which the
, claims of the book were seriously treated,
and by the time Lawrence had finished the
perusal he was thinking that after all he
might have been little too fierce in his re-
sentiment upon previous occasion.
, There arose within him a desire to make
amends in some way for his own derision
of this person, who, however, hard upon
! him at first, was clearly without malice in
-. haI In aah in
: stance expressed an honest conviction.
He wrote a note in which he scknowl
edged the courtesy. and asked leave to cal
. and thank the writer in person. He had &
/ few copies that had been handsomely
bound, intended as souvenirs for his friends
He would be most happy to present one a,
a token of his appreciation.
. The reply to his friendly overture wa
written upon a card, across the upper lief
!, hand corner of which was the day Of thu
h week in gilt lettering; on the opposite cor
a ner was pen and INK sketch of st. Georg
D in the act of vanquishing the dragon. BE
a low was written:
. Miss Damon will be at home to Nh
Lawrence this evening at s o'clock. 20
a West Broadway"
n This sketch despite the limited space
n occupied, was spirited, and indicated
Il knowledge of her unhattering sobriquet
!. AS he looked up at his own sketch upo
il the wall he was conscious of a strong i'm
Is pulse to destroyit.
h AT O'Clock that evening Lawrence
r. bearing his peace Offering in gilt and me
b rocco. rang Miss Damon's bell. He wa
e ushered into the parlor, and in few me
ments he heard a rustling of drapery benin
E: him.
As he arose he encountered slende
d figure in toilet of black lace.
IS Miss Vincent" he said exultingly,
,e have been looking for you everywhere.
I have written you innumerable letters, an
d | have been four times to that horrid hol
[e of a town where you said you lived. VIII
e. did you deceive me so cruelty"
# why did deceive your Well, di
10 not think it would add anything to you
ce pleasure just then to know the truth"
A horrible presentment seized him.
in "Then-then-your name-is not Vii
b cent?"
t. Eyes; Alice Vincent-Damon."
es "You know me of course" he faltered.
Ii Eyes"
f"Don't you think you have taken rath'
~ q mean advantage of mey"
y. mo; think the truth would haN
n, spoiled very pleasant day"
A week or two later as Lawrence WI
r. sitting in his room. his friend Harrisc
came in, took seat on the opposite side
n. the table, and after gazing at his host fl
some time with most lugubrious EXPIRE
re sion, said
bs "old man, is this all true that hei
about your
What do you hear"
nv "That you have actually caught Il
On dragon"
Lawrence laughed.
What does it meanp persisted Harl
il son.
he ut means that at last am about to tai
my revenge. intend to marry her"
Lawrence made this announcement Wi
IL dramatic intensity, and Harrison, who hi
n. arisen, dropped Imply into chair.
We After pause he pointed to the sketch I
"a the wall and asked pathetically;
an II say. Lawrence, does she look III