Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-10-10


well tried.
o, each a worthy lover!
E. B. Browning.
The warm, fragrant summer night
had closed down with long line of
silver ripping across the lake and a
glitter of stars in the purple sky. But
the gay crowd in the great dance pavil-
ion Of the most fashionable summer re-
.aSSaSt on the Michigan coast apparently
cared little for the external loneliness
encompasslng them.
The music rose and fell, quite drown
Tag the gentle FLASHING of the waters
on the beach. The place was ablaze
with electricity. Young women in the
ARREST of summer gowns, men in the
rigid monotony of masculine attire,
whirled and circled and revolvsd in the
Kaleidoscope convolutions OF two
step" and waltz.
Perhaps of them all not one expert
-enced the same fresh and enthusiastic
enjoyment that flushed rose-pink the
soft cheeks of lisa Verden. She was
only 18. She had Just graduated. She
had not yet been introduced in the
world OF leisure and OF pleasure. But
already she was sought, flattered, adj
mired.
Jack Lindsay, leaning against pill
lar and following with gloomy eyes Of
jealous concentration the bewitching
young figure in the girlish, beribboned
gown, felt his heart grow hot with
wrath toward the man with whom she
was dancing.
Halo, Hamlet" cried hearty
voice. hand came down on his
shoulder with friendly slap. Been
seeing your fathers spirit this even
ing? You look as though you had"
Lindsay Strengthened up, turned,
looked into the ugly, cheerful face OF
\ lisa Verdens brother.
See here. sam-this things
deuced shame!"
"Comrade of my boyhood days
what thing?"
lisa is dancing with that-that cad.
Second time tonight"
mo? Is she?" The twinkle went
out OF Sans merry little eyes, and he
looked anxiously around the room.
Sure enough!''
!. .5sf- s Jysssstr iraen lisa fi6ared by them a
bewildering vision of youth and beau
ty. Her dress of silver gauze was cut
to show the full throat-the slender,
half-bared arms. There was love-
knot of baby-blue ribbon at her bosom
and cluster of field daisies in her
brown hair. She nodded to her broth
err and Jack Lindsay--her red lips
smiling, her eyes like blue stars. Then
she was swept away in the firm guild
ing grasp of the best dancer and most
dislikedl man at the hotel
IF che only knew the kind of chap
he jsi" groaned Lindsay. He's moth
iDg but an adventurer-a card sharper
He has boosted that he would marry
the daughter of a millionaire. | know
two rich girls who have thrown him
over"
Hes widower. isn't he?"
"Yes. Gambled his wife's money and
broke her heart in the bargain. Tell
you what. we've got to think up some
scheme to stop this intimacy"
Bet your life" said Sam. He
Strengthened his big, awkward body
and looked determined. He was fond
OF his innocent little sister-proud of
her. too.
Once out of the heated, glazing hall,
they walked towards the lake, went
down the flight of steps leading to the
beach, paced there side by side in the
pleasant silence possible only between
close and tried friends.
Guess who's here-came to-day?"
said Jack Lindsay at last Garment"
Carmen? Who's Garment"
Don't you remember that handsome
cashier in the Clark street restaurant
when you and were cubs clerking in
the Monadnock-bef your father
made his pile in wheat?"
"Of course do. The Castilian beau
ty. The one for sake of whose smile
we ate steaks like shoe leather and
underdone pie. Six or seven years ago,
isn't Il? And she's here. Did you
speak to the old girl? Has any one
left her fortune?"
81 spoke to her-yes. She's mighty
handsome yet. Rouges, though. She
used not need to do that She's at the
same old place-same old work. She
was rather embarrassed at meeting me.
Asked me not to say anything about
the cashier business. Said she had
always wanted to get in with swell
crowd and fly as high as the best of
them. Think of it! She's been saving
for four years-saXIng on her beggarly
salary--to buy clothes and make a
splurge She says she has three
trunksl Poor soul.r Lindsay's arlsto-
cratic face was gentle with compassion
ia the moonlight. THE shabby little