Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1896-12-11
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THE GIRL.


the moonlit terrace. Behind them in
The distance sounded tho band playing
soft, dreamy waltz music, But what
cared they for dancing, and the hot,
crowded ballroom9 In all the world for
him there was only ono woman. and
sho stood, her hands olasped in his. her
brown head resting on his shoulder, lost
in happy dream.
lyon won't forget me, darling, no
whispered, when l am thousands of
miles away, ut the other side of the
world. and letters are long in comingg
You II remember that am coming back
in two years, at tho latest, to claim my
little wife.
ooh, ID can't really DO true, Geoifrey,
that you are going tomorrow II Is too
dreadful 10 think of And itsnot that
will forget. shall think Of you night
and day till you come back. But you II
most likely meet with some lovely
American girl--all American women
are lovely, you know--and then You'll
forget all about poor little Mysie Traf-
ford, who is waiting for you in Eng
land. -
when am out on the great lonely
prairies," he said dreamily, II shall
just shut my eyes and think myself back
to this night. | shall hear the band in
the distance, l shall feel you once more
in my arms, and shall smell the faint
smell Of that heliotropo you are wear
ing.
For answer she took II piece Of the
heliotrnpe from tine bosom of her dress
Here's little ut Of il, " She said
And when you meet that lovely Amer
ican, aud you wish that you were free
md that this evening had neYnr been.
thnn you ran put thar little flower IN aii
envelope. AAd you noedn't write word
~ put in with it, but just address IL TO
nio, and when get it shall know
what it means, and you will be free. -
"Wlat nonsense, Myself he said
angrily. "Why do yon talk like thatY
You know"
"Oh, hero you aroi' cried shrill
voice. II have been looking for you
everywhere. Mr.. Castleford is as cross
an ever he can be, Mysie. He says you
promis ed him the last two dances, and
then you disappeared and no ono
could find you; while as for you, Mr..
Hamilton, think you had better keep
out of tho way altogether, after disap-
pointing Lady May and goodness knows
who besides "
And Gertrude, Mysie's sister, chat
tered on totally unconscious that ehe
was most unwelcome intruder.
She and Mysie had always been
taught that it was their duty TO make "A
good match. and Godfrey Hamilton,
with no money, and just Off TO America,
wns 30 entirely ineligible that she sus-
pectcd nothing, and ruthIessly insisted
OH their Immediate return To tho ball
room.
And she looked often ut the little
hoop Of pears-the pledge of her be.
trothal--but never put IL on, except In
her own room just for few minutes.
Somehow ~ tho days went by it seemed
harder matter to speak of that evening
to her mother, tho more 40 that her
mother had not the faintest suspicion Of
anything Of the sort And SO month
passed.
Then one evening Mysio returned
from walk and saw letter lying on
the hill table. Ono glance at her own
name and the postmark-"N New York"
and she snatched up the letter. won
dering If any one had noticed 1t, then
ran upstairs to her own room, and lock-
ed the door to enjoy II in peace.
The fire burned brightly and looked
inviting, and shs drew up low easy
chair, and seAted herself comfortably rs
she broke the seal OF the envelope.
What was the faint pcrfune ~ she did
so? She drew out piece Of blank note
paper from the folds Of which little
bit Of dead heliotrope slipped aud foil
to the ground
MyAie, yOu must come down, said
Gertrude. Mr. Castleford Is down
stairs and mother says you are TO come
--as Mysie looked rebellious. "But you
must change your dress; you can't come
down in that. Has anything happened?
You look very queer.
ono" said Mysie, with strange lit
tie laugh; Eat least, nothing Of impor-
lance. ! will come down in u few min
utcs
And in very short time she WAS In
the drawing room, and Herbert Castle
ford, ~ he looked mt her, thought he
had never seen her no beautiful. lie had
loved her for years, but had received 80
little encouragement from Mysie that
ho had never spoken, but tonight he had
determined to put his fate to the test.
while Mysie, with pain at her heart
that seemed almost physical in Its in
tensity. was saying TO herself that IL
GeofFrey could forget 80 easily why 10