The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-02-10

respectable And as he knows you, You vi
have some one to Xix to-.
Yes. | know Dare 4 thereon, whose office is
directly opposite, very well. From tine to
time he has shown me slight attentions, and
the prospect OF meeting him makes me
doubly anxious to accept Mrs Carson in
vitatiou.
| am quite ready when Mrs. Carson's neat
little carriage stops at the gate. and | run
out; arrayed in my best dress lace trimmed
India muslin adorned with pale pink ribbon,
and with a pink bow nestled in the soft,
wavy hair. of which | am unpardonably
proud, think myself passib'e. and am just
little elated with my own good looks but
when we reach onr place OF destination, and
find myself in the midst OF the gay com
pany of fashionably dressed strangers, |
have an uncomfortable consciousness that
| am not 10 their set, and feel strangely out
of place
There are three or four girls present with
whom | am slightly acquainted, but they
accord me little notice, and / overhear Lois
Arden say to Olive Wintersette,-
Il wonder why Mrs Carson invited that
little simpeton? To be sure she is pretty
but she hasn't any style y
Olive laughs meaniDgly.
'If she had, my dear Lois, she would not
be here. 1t is you who are the smpleton
Can't you see that our amiable hostess wants
a cover to her Irritation with Vernon Dacre?
This unsophistcated lass answers the pur-
pose admirably. The game is quite amusing
to the initiated"
Miss Arden fushes angrily. 1t is an open
secret that she is in love with Dacre. and her
friends revelation hurts her even more than
it does me-
shrink away, my eyes filed with tears of
wounded pride. Can what | have heard be
true? So far Mrs Carson seems to have for
gotten me, and no one pays me the least at
tention. Dare Atherton seems engrossed
with pretty Minnie DAILY, and though he
looks toward me once in while, notices me
no further. | feel very miserable, and hearth
ly wish myself at home.
! Presently MIS- Carson brings Vernon Dacre
to me telling us to be agreeable to each
other, and become the best of friends The
memory of what | have heard causes me to
! treat him coldly, a fact of which he is evil
| IDENTIFY oblivious, being too much occupied
in watching Mrs. Carson, as she fits from
one group to another to give any considera-
ton to such an uninteresting individual as
myself. However, he is forced by perverse
circumstances to remain by me through the
impromptu luncheon, after which Mrs Car
son gayly summons him to her side
you will spare him to me for little
while, Lallah?" she asks, in her high light
voice: and | rather bewildered at being sup
posed to have any rights in the matter, com
posedly assent.
A moment later Dare Aatherton comes
over and drops quietly into the vacant seat
beside me.
you look bored, he says kindly "Sup-
pose we stroll down toward the water? The
salt air will do you good
| rise hastily, conscious OF a wild desire to
escape from these people who evidently look
upon me with contempt.
They are going to explore the old tower, ?
Dare says, ''and as it is no novelty to either
OF US, we will wander down the beach"
forgot my aunt's Injunction, and thank
him for the delicate tact which has con.
strained him to make this offer.
'Until today, thought cruelty and COW.
ardly rejoicing in the sufferings OF others, be
longed wholly to savages"
"The stream of life does not flow in the
sunshine always Miss Gordon, he answers
kindly, Perhaps, too it is possible to i'm
agine ones troubles"
las you think have done?''
"Well," smiling rather quizzically, "yor
could not have shown much greater grie
under any circumstances, you know"
''Is it nothing to be slighted-insulted-
made cat's-paw OFF,
He shrugged his shoulders.
THAT depends, as our English neighbori
say. These people are nothing to you-why
be hurt at conduct which they have already
forgotten
Il know | was silly l answer humbly
But am not accustomed TO this sort o
thing. You will let me thank you for com
ing to my assistance, Mr. Atherton?"
Indeed | shall not, for l consulted only
my own pleasure in the matter And now,
glancing at his watch, "as you are quit,
yourself again, and it is growing late, W,
must go back to the others
But when we reached the ruined lighthouse
we find it deserted. There is no CLEAN 0
light, no sound of voices no sign OF human
beings anywhere.
eve will sit down and wait, Dare Ather
ton says calmly but his dark eyebrows ar
drawn together in an impatient frown
| They cannot have forgotten us: they INNS