Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-07-22

| sion or pleasure iHtc ouc"
fort. The rooms were cool u spa
cioys. The elegant toilets or the iauies
were displayed to advantage, Tor tney
were not lost in a confused press. Inc
dances were delightful, Tor there was
space to move about In.
At 10 o'clock Colonel Greville was an
nounced, and he Immediately adv;tnceu
IN tho spot where Madame De Coucy
stood TO receive her guests. lie made
his bow. and was graciously received
by his hostess.
Naar them. with her back turned,
stood his angel. Her face was quite
oycrted: but he knew her by her spark
ling. golden hair. and the ineffable
GRACE OF her head and neck and falling
shoulders. She was receiving the norl-
! age Of q bcvy OF admirers.
T! Madame De Coucy laid the tip CT her
white-gloved finger upon the beauty's
arm. saying, I'm Il low voice;
.Ma BELLE and the young lady
turned. Permit me to present to you
Monsieur le Colonel Greviile. Mon
| sieur. Mademoiselle Astrea DE Glacie."
There was a low bow on the gentle
mans part and u slight curtsy on the
lady's. before they looked up at each
| other.
Yas, there she stood. the glorious
young creature, more radiantly beauti-
ful than ever. her dress more cllastely
| elegant than before. Ii was a dress OF
Transparent white lace, oyer a skirt OF
| shining white satin. Wreaths OF lilies,
| gemmed with dewdrops OF small did
| monds. festooned her skirts and rested
on her bosom, and crowned her gi0ri-
ous hair. AS their yes met there
| flashed into her lovely face a look Of
What? Recognition? This was scarce
X possible, yet it seemed very like II.
What could 1t mean?
In a voice. low and vibrating With
emotion, he asked If he could have the
honor OF Mademoiselle's hand o tic
| guadrille that was then forming.
She was engaged for that and for the
next half-Iozen. But she would prom
Use Colonel Greville her hand In the
| eighth dance.
She had scarcely given him this I'M
satisfactory answer before her hand
was claimed for the present quadrifle.
and she was led off to the head OF the
set.
And rs he watched her floating. light
Iy floating through the dance, ii seemed
TO him as IL her motions made the nru-
| sic. and she herself were some fair Dir
il waited down from 4 brighter worl1.
or some serapll ready to ascend to
heaven.
So, YOU see, he was very far gone in
the madness called love.
Dance after dance! Her hand raj
| never disengaged nor her feet weary.
| Would she never be free? And was he
tn wait there forever. attending upon
| Madame De Coucy. and watching the
beauty floating away with other gentle
men?
AT length, at the end OF the f. IN
qua,lrille. there was an interlude for re-
frpshmcntS.
She was led back To the side Of her
chaperone by her partner, Captain Ged-
ney. who had somehow manetivered
successfully TO get 4 late invitation to
the ball, with the especial purpose of
seeing the beauty.
He now fingered by her side, OH
ciously tanning her and talking a deal
Of rubbish. At least 10 thought the ex-
asperated Colonel Greville.
AT length. however, the band struck
up the music for Il waltz, and the cap
tain bowed himself off TO find his part
rer for that dance.
Then Mademoiselle De Glacie, turn
ing TO Colonel Grevllle, said:
You met me quite as Il stranger.
And | really do not think you know me
yet"
He looked at her in a~ston.shmcnt.
And all the blood rushed to his heart as
she said:
Il am Dancy."
You might have levelled him with a
feather. Daney? What
This beautiful, Respondent creature:
this blooming and radiant Hebe, with
the fair. roseate complexion. her full.
ruby lips her shining golden hair, her
sparkling sapphire ayes was this the
cnce pale, dim. faded little Daney?
This glorious girl, arrayed in all the
splendor of rank and wealth and sur
rounded by the elite OF the town-was
she the lately poor, obscure and name
less little Daney?
This reigning belle this queen of love
and beauty, for whose beaming smiles
the brightest In the land were suing
could she even have been the wretched
little Daney whose love he had de-
spised, and whose hand he had re.
jected?
"Oh, what an error.
He was utterly overwhelmed and
~confounded; he could not find a word Ia
say; he heartily wished the earth would
open and swallow him. he was even
glad when, the instant after she had
spoken and before there WAS need of
his reply, a gentleman stepped up aud,
apologizing for unavoidable delay.
claimed the honor of her hand for the
quadrille then formed, and waiting only
for her TO begin.
Il see You did not recognize me-
smiled Daney Tor Astrea, as we must
henceforth call bcr), us she novel
away TO join the dancers.
Recognize her. indeed. How on earth
should he recognize one so entirely
transformed in person that neither out.
line, form, color nor expression were
the same?
The outline of Daney's features had
been sharp; those OF Astrea were
curved. Daney's complexion had been
as pale as n crocps; Astrea's was
blooming as Il rose. Daney's form had
been fragile as a f~airy's; Astrea's we
softly rounded out to the fullness Of