Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-12-16

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ltearful, - i ought to be, perhaps, un..
der the circumstances. ! used to be,
iSbut I've pasted that. u have been 80
placed that men were making love to
me at an age when other girls were
playing dolls. It's partly because I'm
pretty, and partly, largely, because
there are so fewwomen out here. When
have been in the east, haven't made
much Of q sensation. I've crowns bit
hardened. perhaps. Custom has dulled
the edge which was fearfully keen and
cutting, at first-of being told that i
am breaking heart. But, though am
only %, I've lived to see dozens Of you
marry and be happy. You'll do the
same. N5a.
"Oh! no. shall not moaned Lor-
ing. Ed Il 81. s.:
"Oh! yes, you will, Jack. And
sha'n't mind. Now I've promised to
dance this with the new Mr.. Ardsley,
and If we stay out here any longer.
everyone will guess what has hap
pened." 5sss
They'll know, when they see me"
Don't be goose, Jack. It's only the
heart that is trying to take itself seri-
ously that exhibits the pain"
Don't discuss subject you know
nothing about. You have no heart.''
He left her, with an exaggerated bow,
as young Ardsley came up.
AS Miss Hampden waltzed off with
Ardsley, she knew that Loring was
wrong; that this tall boy, fresh from
West Point. as new in experience of
the world as the brass buttons on his
blouse, was the man she was going to
! love. He would love her, of course.
It is to be feared that It did not enter
her head that he might not. She like,,
his strong, .rough-cut face, and his
jolly, stone-gray eyes, and his drawl-
ing, heavy voice. and his waltzing, and
the way he held her. After the dance
she determined that she liked his hands,
| and when she looked at them, she saw
ring. m
us that your class ring?" she said.
Yes he told her, ssgszs A. ss
''May see it ~ S 3ar % an.S
| He gavesit toAher, and while she ex.
amined it he sat aud admired her. On
his part, he liked the women who car
ried themselves haughtily, he liked tall
| women, esliked straight, black hair
and olive skin aud dark eyes and large
features and q neck Of statuesque pro-
portions. In short. he liked exactly the
things he had never fancied up to then.
Miss Hampdcn raised her eyes and met
his. She smiled, but 1t was like 20 smile
she had ever, bestowed on a man before.
HE looked at her very gravely. and her
hand closed tightly over the ring. In a
moment she was studying it again.
II like this. It's unusual" she said.
81 nm glad you think SO, as con-
ceived the design" He expected to be
told that he was clever. %~'
"Indeed!" was all she said, and that
indifferently:: III. 81. -.
"How cool! lrather thought you'd
express surprise and give me some cred
1t. You are1not addicted to flattery, it
would seem" - ~ = .-@a.r
II am not. But don't think it would
have been hattering to be surprised that
you have done it. It struck me as being
quite the thing you would naturally
| do 49,
'That is very pretty"
1T is perfectly true" ~
1t happened, oddly enough that Ards
ley CHANGED not to have heard of Miss
Hampden's reputation by the next
night. He was rudely awakened to a
knowledge of it. There were private
theatricals in the hoproom, and Miss
Hampden was the leading lady. Now
the sutton was quite recovered, and he
meant to play joke on those in the
audience who were not-and these were
some eight or ten, three of them mar
ried. He proposed to the heroine in
nicely read lines, and was rejected by
her with a perfection that spoke her
practice. So the audience thought; and
it laughed. When the laugh had SUBJ
sided. the hero arose from his knees.
He walked to the footlights and sighed.
| "Ah! WELL" he said" have one crumb
OF comfort. I am not the only man in
this place who is in the same AK
The astounded Ardsley looked about
him. and he picked out the entire num-
Der by their faces. Miss Hampden
dropped her head in her hands and
laughed with the rest.
Between the acts. Ardsley made in
quiries. and learned the truth. He was
bitten with desire to obtain the un.
attainable, and he was not one to daily.
He went behind the scenes. ,a
Whom are you going home with, Miss
Hampden?" he asked. . e..
II fear no one will take me after the
light Mr.. Graves has put me In"
May I do so ?''
She nodded, and Ardsley went back to