Smyrna times., 1900-07-25


have imagined.
Her programme was filled ten min
utes after she had entered the ball
room, and as she danced it seemed to
her that life was never so nearly per-
feet as when the music trobbed, and |
everyone was gay-hearted, and the |
lights burned and the flowers perfumed |
the air, and she, Marie, could lend her |
self to the rhythm and the Joy and |
dance.
Miss Vanderpool, said one gentle
man, as he led her to her seat, [ have
danced with great many good dancers
IN my life, but have never enjoyed a
waltz so much as the last one. 1t is the
perfection of motion which ycu have.
and it is charming gift. Really. [
can call it nothing less than a gift. -
He had expected carless acknowledge
ment of this compliment, and was
amazed when she said, gravely.
"And gift is something which ought
to be used, 1 suppose. That is what
my sisters would say"
''Then they would approve of you,
surely, for have you not been putting
it to the best use possible?"
81 mean that it ought to be used for
others.'
ut has been-for as many others as
could avail themselves of it. [ regret
that it has not been used more for me.
One dance is short allowance, it seems
to me-"
The beautiful head was shaken with
yet greater gravity.
"Some time soon am going to show
you what [ mean, Mr.. Hadly," and
then smiling and dimpling, she went
away with her next partner.
1t was a month later when Kenneth
Hadley received letter from Miss Van
derpool, asking him to be at the Brown
street settlement ON a certain night.
Mr.. Hadley was not interested in set
Elements, but he was i'll Miss Wander
pool, and he accepted the invitation.
His cab took him along thronged
street, past tenement houses and sa-
looms and shops and stores till he came
to the brightly lighted tenement houss
standing tidy and serene-looking, in
the midst of block. He asked for Miss
Vanderpool, and was shown past the
crowded classrooms and lecture halls
and music rooms to a room on the
upper floor. The sound of piano, violin
and harp came out to salute his ears
with familiar tune, and he opened
the door and stood within large room
filed with young men and women.
But it was not party which he be-
held. He saw that at once. 1t was a
dancing class. The pupils stood in
line, awaiting the directions of their
teacher.
He looked about him for Miss Van
derpool, but the chasrs by the wall
were vacant. Probably he had ar
rived too soon. However, he decided
, to inquire of the teacher. At that mo-
ment he beheld her-Marie Vanderpoo
, in her pretty pink frock with its
; short dancing skirt, standing before
the class. 1t was he who was the
teacher. Her eyes had never seemed
9 brighter. The smiles which wer,
. never willing to leave her lips, played
about them bewitchingly. Her gol
: den head looked more adorable ant
. unkempt than ever. She seemed the
icarnated spirit of the Joy of life. She
came running toward him.
;. "Come, GOMEZ she cried 81 in
!, weighed you over here with purpose.
q wanted you to show us the masurka
a You dance it so beautifully" Sh
= called to the musicians to play ms
b zurka, gave the class permission to b
. seated, and poised herself delicately
: "Come, comew she cried again, 81 il
!, sist on your dancing the best you kno'
- how
y Kenneth Hadley, the dignified an
!, reserved, the man who had though
himself a little better than others an
had held himself somewhat haughtil
aloof, bowed to his destiny and entere
heart and SOU upon his task.
- Nearly the whole evening was sper
upon this dance.
- "We must getitiust right, Miss Val
derpool insisted. "You see, we al
a not learning in quite the usual way o
! account of a lack of the knowledge {
: the rudiments on the part of th
= = teacher. "And she laughed. ''But "
!, propose to dance as we'll as those WI
90 have learned in the regular, old-fasl
u ioned way"
" Hadley looked about him and saw
= every face, whether it was that of
" young man or young woman, of Je
:, or Christian, of German, Bohemia
y Scandinavian, or italian, of factor
70 hand or worker in the stock yards,
w look of admiration and respect for Mi
4 vanderpool. Moreover, her infectio