The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-02-02
81 {;;f!gt98tdjt1e

/ on the occasion o. the ball IN quest on.
/ had the honor Of presenting his cousin
with her boa net. Of facing her in the
carriage ana OF following her up the
/ broad. rcd-carpetcd steps into the fes
/ tive halls,
The scene that here met her ewes
was as new a. all the rest had been to
the little Highlander. but, true to her
self, she now wake demurely through
I e banks OF flower and shrub. and be-
tween the long lines OF siIvery lamus,
looking neither to right no to left lest
Cecil should see aught amiss in her de-
rOrtment. They were rather late. and
dancing had begun.
Truth ComIcis Us TO state that Ger
aldine was not god dan CT. Al the
running and climb NJ iii the world VI |
not teach the swing OF the waltz with
out some pains being taken in its ac-
IOmplishment: and. accordingly. al
tho Oh partners were rife, as we hare
said, they speedily discovered that the
pretty heirees did not care to be long
upon the floor. and that they mig ht
.Oyfuliy exchange the fatiguing eXer-
else for ,uiet stroll through the gal
leries or, better still, q lounge under
the awning Of the balcony.
The latter was the most affected by
the lady.
She had never done anything Of the
kind and never seen anything of the
kind before.
To he sitting Or standing o ft-ile Il
London ball roo n, amidst Il croEd 81
ball-gOera, in her brilliant bal.-nress,
on a warm. swuet-stentc ,ummcr
night, while the music went tinkliug
on within the vast sa oOns, and the
RI ut ON pli no
voices and lang ter and light patter-
ing feet filed the air on every side it
was like fairy and. She wondered if all
the gir,s there were having as good a
time as she.
Some 0, them looked at her ra her
hard, She though and SO, for that
ma ter, did the men. What was it
they saw?
With all her shrewdness and her in
/ torn share of native self-imEortancc it
did not Oc, III 10 her that they were
saying. That is Mis-; C-InphciI. That
Is the great ; Otch hciress and that,
thcreupon, some fell amusing. an 1
some to picking her to pieces.
My dear, YOU must positively site k
a little closer 10 your grandmother. or
to me her Aunt Char,0ttea mOnished
her somewhat sharply ii last. 81 o as
your con in do. tthrI ami Alicia are
always coming arkWards and forwards
TO Us, they slow they are under our
charge by staying with lis when they
are not dancing
! But | have been engaged or every
dance"
"Where then have yOi bc. n You
have not been in the ballroom"
",u1siGo. n the bal ony - began
JtlD Ia inc hrt rol,'I lrnranl p9 finn
thcr.
THAT does not do. my dear: it does
not do, Drowned her aunt, with a
terrific whisper. II though VOu won q
have known better. Ethel and Alicia
never go out on the baIs onics never.
ought to have told Won. Cecil ought
to have told YOU
WHY, have ,Ust been there with
Cecil. sal cry. 0 en- NJ her owes.
"Ch =" and Lady Raymond WISHED
she had held her tongue. "Oh?-Oh :
- Oh " She said. not knowing what
else to say. "lN ell. Of course, my dear.
Of course, that ahem' makes differ
encc. to be sure in an entirely al
tereu tone, TO lee sure that ahcm
completely alters the ca .. Ii is only
my anxiety that YOU should hc tie
sa e a. one of my own daughters, You
know. Geraldine and. no doubt. &c Ill
Cecil, no DOUBT loundeFing on. II
dare say he took care a. 10 whom You
were with concluded, tamr!y.
lie introduced nearly ali OF tncm.
Tn" net moment, however, brought
new Introduction. Gerald he. my
love SAID her grandmother voice,
General l)a"ft wishes to know YOU.
He was friend o IO1r poor fat her :,