The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-06-08
A CRIMSON VICTORY.

drive from the city out to Soldiers
field as agreeable as h. had eX-
pected.
Kathleen Duer, smiling upon him
IN preference to any one of the
crowd of young men. SO called the
"gang'-when Mr.. Forester was
in college less vulgar phrases had
been used-accepting his invitation
to the game, promising to wear his
colors, had been charming to be-
hold; Kathleen Duer, unsmiling and
taciturn, keeping her promise in
deed, wearing the blue, but wearing
it most ungraciously, was altogether
q different person.
| MIR. Forester did not like college
boys. They were SO disgracefully
young and go little ashamed of it.
They had 30 much more nair ON
their heads, SO much less on their
faces, than he could boast of. They
we're SO exuberant, so inexcusably
cheerful, they had SO little money,
and yet seemed quite unconscious Of
the vast superiority of his wealth.
1t had been one of the many
charms Of Miss Duer that she had
been appreciatiye OF his claims to
consider alton; never was she more
attentive and delightful than in the
presence of those young cubs. There
was one young Grant, whose mere
! appearance at the door always SEEM
ed to make her especially interested
IN Mr. Forrester's good stories which
he related SO often and SC well. At
such times he felt he had never de-
Lighted more absorbed listener.
But today Miss Duer gave scant
attention to his anecdotes; yawned
a little when he quoted poetry; was
Indifferent to the details of the
games Of his youth. She looked out
of the window when he dropped his
voice, and asked if he would mind
sitting opposite instead of beside
her; she did not want to crush her
skirt. MIR. Forester had not known
that tailor made skirts were crusha.
BILE.
He had studied tho girl carefully
all summer and all fall, and the out
come of his study was a certain blue
velvet case in his waistcoat pocket
at that moment, containing II ring
with u diamond in it big enough to
block the horizon of any girl. He
wouldnot speak yet. 1t would be
tantalizing to have her SO near and
yet so far during the game, but
driving back triumphantly, his col
ors victorious on the field, he would
say the important words sitting by
her side. Then the skirt, the great
occasion being over, might he crush
ed with IMMUNITY Of course, it ,yas
just as we'll to have it eft" now.
Mr. Forester was an authority On
women's clothes and liked every
thing correct about the girl ho hon
Ored with his attentions. There was
almost q thrill under his waistcoat
as he looked at Kathleen and real
lied how near he was to sober rap
ture.
But Kathleen Duer's calm exterior
covered perfect volcano Two
weeks ago, OH the night when Don
aid Grant had been go particularly
and objectionably II sheep" ha;.
first glowered over in the corner and
then been unnecessarily attentive to
hcr pretty cousin Sarah, it had
seemed II simple matter to suy that
she would 60 to the game with Mr..
Forester. Spurred on by the indig-
Dant glance sho had encountered,
che had gone still further, had
promised to wear the Yale colors-
this, however, in tone not to DO
overheard.
Two minutes later she would have
given her pretty head to bo released
from her agreement, but she could
not. She had had such q miserable
time since! Her cousins had been
kind to her, but she had felt that
they and "all the rest, +" which gen.
erally aneant gang" had been kind
with plying tolerance that was
simply maddening. The crowning
enormity had been known to them
only two days-since the Yale vio-
lets began to arrive, ana since then
the gang had never been men,
toned in her presence. Coming into,
tho room, upon perfect babel of
voices, her advent mad hacIi tho sig
nal for sudden silence. The gang"
all except Rex. wlo was too kindly
of heart to crush her completely,
i,nd gone back ffomxtho familiar
exit" to"Miss Duer' was no
longer of them, she was II stranger,
almost an outcast, pepiiaps d traitor
in the camp.
The two fat horses trotted sober
Iy on. If there was anything Kath-
1een hated it was sober, well !, be-
haved, fat; middle ageI lorses-nnd
their owners. Past tile ladef, oars
they trottetl. cars laden with ei,gci,
excited girls and students of today,
and almost as eager and excited