The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-07-14

from his espionage only because ne
knows that no men ever come here be-
fore gas-light. He will appear with the
lighting of the first jet"
Doubtless! 1t is an ugly serpent in
this pretty Edenr'
"She walks too rapidly. She lacks
repose.'
Then opportunity for further criti-
cism was lost. Mrs. Norcross was COM
ing towards them, followed by tray
bearer She swooped down upon them
smiling:
"You are neither eating nor drink
ing! This is abominable."
mo; we were gossiping, and about
you"
about me?"
She clasped two jeweled hands to her
pink ears. The diamonds that flashed
upon them were priceless family gems.
at is the left one that burns You were
saying naughty things about me-"
ION the contrary. We were saying
that Eugene was always q most fortu-
nate man. But-Bennett is trying to
catch your eye. He has card there.
One does not need cards to-day"
| Mrs. Norcross turned towards the
butler, who was standing behind her
extending card and wearing his most
impassive facial expression. She flushed
under this implication of social ignor-
ance. and made no motion towards TAX
ing the card:
II am at home to-all my friends to-
day, Bennett"
'This is not friend, madam. 1t is a
person."
Then 1 am not at home to her."
"She insists upon seeing you. She
would not 60. She has written some
thing on the card. / have shown her
into Mr.. Norcross' study"
Mrs. Norcross lifted the card from the
salver. 1t was one Of the sort Bennett
always kept in the drawer of the hall
rack for emergencies. There was moth
ing written on it but name:
| Nora
A slight tremor, as slight as the wav.
ing of willow wand when a rude wind
I shakes it suddenly, passed through he,
frame, leaving her color shade fainter
i and her voice trifie less resonant in its
gay clear tones:
Presently"
She waved Bennett out Of her pres
ence with that one softly-spolken word
and once more gave her exclusive at
tention to Mr.. Norcross' relatives
She had favor to ask of both of them
"Would dear Mrs. Delany come to hel
on next Monday and dine en- famille.
She and Eugene could not agree upor
needed an umpire. Eugene was posi-
lively autocratic.
And
would dear Mrs. Norcross make ont
at tn, theater party she was getting VI
for Irving's first night?"
Then, with joyish thanks, and al
adieu waved from the tips of her pearl
sticked ostrich-fcather fan, she turned
from them flashing and smiling, and
gradually making her way to the ve1ve
portiers that separated the parlors from
the rear of the house, she disappeared
behind them
.'Wonderfulr' Mrs. Dclany exclaimed
in tones of genuine admiration, as tn,
velvet draperies fell softly together ono
more, shutting ont the radiant vision.
''What?''
''Anelia's self-control. The card tina
Bennett brought her agitated her ex
cessively. She had twisted it into per
feet corlscrew before you had made III
your mind about the theater party
The person is not welcome"
THAT, at least, goes then to prov
that Eugene did not marry provfn
cial.''
II yield that point. But one woul'
like to know little something of tn
antecedents of ones own brother
wife,
If it had been Mrs Delany's privileg
to go with her sister-in-law into tn
presence of the person who was patient
ly waiting in the study. her curiosit.
might have been amply If not agrees
bly, satisfied on the score of antecedents
1t was John Lorimer's wife who sa
there waiting for the tardy coming o
her sister Amelia, Ninette's mother. A
the radiant young thing who had jus
successfully run the gauntlet of severa
score of critical eyes fitted into tn
DINNER region Of Mr.. Norcross' study
Nora stood mp confused and bewildered
7 They kissed each other. and the
called each other s'Norrie" and me-
lie but. even - their eHhgacjpG arm
fen apart. Tie look Of pain and u
u1l1erment deereping "a Mra Iq1l
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