New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
NEWYoRK TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT

the usually quiet little town while in \ morn
open space near the church roundabouts and
sWlHg ooats were attracting large crowds of
Aarh iaos ana lasses. Above the din Of shouts
and laughter came half-frightened sb-iI
screams from the girls in the swinging hoa+s
and half drowning it all the constant roar of
the orchestrone playing popular airs with un-
tTlhg Visor- Jane Anne entered with zest into
all the pleasures Of the fair Johnnie C;aorga
. thought he had never seen her so CAV Pm
still the thought Of the girl she had heard Of
that morning haunted her. She wondered If nv
any chance she at the fair As If in answer
to her thoughts. her eyes fell on a slight figure
standing q little back from the crowd. She
seemed to be alone. and she leaned against the
church wall in weary and listless attitude
but she was watching some one in the swings
with close attention.
Jane Anne followed the direction of her ewes
and saw they We're fixed upon Johnnie George
She was about TO cross over and speak 70 the
girl when the crowd moved and she lost sight
e her
All day. amid the shifting. noisy crowd lane
Anne kept a sharp lookout for her rival. It
. was getting dusk when she saw her again. and
naphtha lights were beginning TO flare on the
cneap jacks stalls The crowd was .-atting
rougher. noisier. more hilarious; here and there
( a drunken man reeled across th. street The
girl vas standing near a fortune teIIer's tent
and Jane Anne left Johnnie George and went
up TO her.
'Yo be a friend o. Johnnie Georges" said
Jane Anne, accosting her abruptly
The girl shrank back before Jane Anuz-s
rough greeting. she was smaller than Jane
Anne. with large. soft, pathetic eyes and very
fair hair She was pretty, but IN a more fragile
way than Jane Anne. She looked like flower
that had been beaten down by heavy rain.
Tell yer fortune said the gypsy oman
behind Jane Anne
stop yo' herr wan minute" said Jane Anne
peremptorily 10 the fair haired girl.
.Yis,' she said turning TO the gypsy. look
30 sharp an yo' shall say ny fortune, here be
sIxpence. an doant yo say no stories mind
vo''
The gypsy. sayly dressed dark woman with
a villan0us squint. took the sixpence and
James hand. and bending over it. with a divided
attention and a rowing eye for fresh clients
muttered a certain formula she had repeated
many times that day. Jane Anne listened with
strained attention; 10 her this was d very
serious undertaking. II was not easy TO make
out the gypsy's gable in the noisy street. and
Jane Anne was used 10 slow Welsh English
and not this cockney-remany lingo. but she
managed 10 make out that she was being FROM
sed q rich dark husband and many children
and that she would walk with many Iad
before she found The right one"
DO you want to marry Johnnie Cfeoree2"
asked Jane Anne. when the fortune tell
ing was concluded, The fair haired girl
bIushed furiousIy and turned away: but Jane
Anne was relentless. her feelings were not very
fine. she spoke openly Of things another girl
would hardly have whispered. She repeated the
question impatiently.
No" said the other, driven 10 bay and show
ing fight as even the gentlest creatures VIII
fYo can have him an welcome; yc' did draw