Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-07-17
UNDER TWO LIGHTS,

without money and without price
Dean Stanton enjoyed these fireworks from
the French windows of his fathers spa
cious library He was lazily contemplat
Ing the marvellous beauty and wondering
in weary way if any one could calculate
the number Of tints in the glorious display
as his sister Doras voice, just outside the
library door, broke the reverie by saying:
"Come, girls, Flora, all of you, won'l
your Deans been sick so long and now
only gets out little each day He finds
the house SO stupid. Please come"
A minute later Dean found himself sur
rounded by half dozen fresh buds, all
near his sisters age, 15
He was inwardly bemoaning his fate
and scratching the dusty hay of his brain
loft to find something. to please dainty ap
petites. After discarding nine thoughts
he served up delicate morsel that seemed
to him might keep them busy for awhile
at least, until he could do some more
scratching.
"Well, girls said he, II suppose you
have spent the afternoon talking about
the boys. ("
"No, indeed" was the quick answer Of
Flora Glenday, leader among them.
"And does that settle the matterf" ask.
ed he, and his air of ennui was blown
away by the fresh breeziness of the fail
Flora.
"Of course it does We are not going
to give the boys any more time than they
do us, which Is none at all. F"
Flora's curls shook like polished coils Of
copper wire as they glowed and reflected
in the dazzling sunbeams that lighted the
room.
Flora's little imperious way made Dean,
old crusty bachelor though he was, want
to make his superiority felt.
"You are right, Miss Glenday, he said,
land, girls, let me give you all old fellows
advice. Men are queer set. You may
never meet the kind I will tell you about,
and again some of you may. There are
many true, good fellows in society, and
then there are some that think 1t great
sport to sit beside girl and let an arm
drop around her waist or take stolen kiss
and then 60 and brag about it to the other
fellows But let me tell you, girls, the
boys never really respect that girl. They
think more of the one who either slaps
them or treats them to q sound lecture.
just give it to fellow who is mean
enough to do 1t to any Of you girls. Take
an old mans advice"
One evening month later the queen Of
night sent some of her little pages to the
windows of the Stanton home to brighten
1t by their presence. Little rays were
their names.
But they met such brilliant reception,
the house all aglow with electric light,
that they shyly crept back into the big
were joined later by some Of the guests OF
the home.
Dora Stanton was having a birthday
party of all her young friends.
She wondered that her brother Dean
took such an interest in her guests. He
and Flora Glenday were the first on the
floor to open the waltz.
He had been very attentive to Flora for
some time. 1t was only natural that
Flora felt highly complimented, for there
were older girls among Dora S friends. A
girl with good sense always appreciates a
man somewhat her senior, who approaches
her as an Intelligent being listens to her
attentively and does not wear the air of q
spoiled child playing with toy.
miss Glenday," said Dean after the
waltz, "let us try dancing OH the porch. -
The ice and snow had been swept off,
but the boards were still very slippery.
At one end Of the porch the bushes were
very thick, SO the queen of night could
not send her pages to guide their feet.
Flora slipped and fell. 1t was only the
work Of moment, and she was standing
uninjured surrounded by the numerous
pages. One danced on curl as 1T strayed
from under the fleeoy nubia, one kissed her
lily brow, and another softly brushed her
cherry red cheek and downcast eyes.
Those eyes were at that moment glow
ing with light kindled by the thought Of
the kind consideration of men in general
and this man in particular, who she be.
Neved had lifted her up with as much I'M
concern as II she had been made Of wood.
But she was mistaken
He was trying to compromise with him
self, wholly forgetting his advice to the
girls month before. He thought: "She's
only child. Why not'''
just as she said to herself, "Here's a
man that docsn lifelong to the queer set, 7"
she felt herself drawn toward him, his
arms were around her, and her face was
very near. She looked up.
The shy, modest light in her eyes re-
treated before the playful, insincere CLEAN
in his, as the moons rays did before the
glare Of artificial light.
II an engine can feel when the lever 10
quickly reversed, it must DO much the same
sensation as Flora felt In that moment.
She had mentally been burning the in
cense Of kind thoughts before the shrine
Of man, and he, with touch, with look,
tore down the shrine and turned the in
cense to ashes There was no question in
her mind as to her action. She followed
under the dim light of the moon the ad.
vice he had given under the SUMS broad,
searching glare.
She put up her two hands aud showed
him from her with force that stunned
him and then ran, ran into the house, up
stairs and did not stop until she had look
ed the door and buried hcr head in the
pillow.
After . little while she raised up and
Thought aloud: They are---men are q
queer set, but he said there were good,
true ones. guess there must be. At ali
events" and she smoothed her tumbled
hair, II am sure did the right thing. I"
Cincinnati Post.
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