The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-03-01
THE ROMANCE OF
THE WHITE CURL
By A. M. Kreeker.

tne IarlHeTInOSt parts of Gaul, but to q
commonplace boarding house, where he
tarried during his sojourn in a certain
inland town.
This boarding. house was by nature
weary wildeEness-in the drawing room
overgrown with weedy gossip and at ia
BILE under the surveillance of the propri-
etress revealing barren stretches of ST.
ience. But from the moment of Frederic
Yale's arrival it all blossomcd as the
rose. Merely his presence wrought
metamorphosis, for he sat at the table
like a king and looked as handsome as
Adonis and in manner showed himself
a veritable William of Orange caressing
and familiar, yet civilly dignifed.
lie talked, too, delightfully."- Evidently
man of wide travel interestingly and
picturesquely he intersperscd into his
conversation sundry anecdotes and recol-
lections of many lands. Although far
from proving the old fashioned literary
eonvcrSationalist in monologuc, he evinc-
ed cozy chattiness with every one indi-
vidually. 1t was sports with the youn-
ger fellows, business and cigars with the
ncn. matinces with the young ladies.
cards and books and news with their
n""l'il"H' " "iie even Win tHe SILVER halr-
81 uoWaSer III the corner II dWelt with
ehilFe"inS 'oq"acitE upon her maladIcs,
- COMMISSIONERS anu lhe caprlccS OF the
eliiIlate'
as cIo" nlns luS'er' however over
ahu ""o,e an MS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ana
eiae'S' tN' newcomer at'rat'rd attention
d ul"" 81 S'rretS' for VINO does not
- a." "u''hT Surat III the uhfaVeIlnS
'"' "''i'l'uH'I hi"''d' uhhh"Wh by
eo"F> "se'' " inru dpout the heait "t
p "9-g'' ~" Oh Su'h stranger!
i"' vas my S''i'ouS u Two
= '''I1' pi''y'p%i'E "'C'"SG oI 'ne
''i',u'SS " t"e "nUHuaht mar
'.'- ""'", "'r S""'ii"' i''c' VINE
po'-','u' S"'9'"'il"'e interest Attached
= ','",So.'',I EGNln''" IoeN't' HelICate-
"I" "''"i"ut.N''H feminine III outline
"""~''" nun MS "attH SuaFd Us
"'St "i.o u"u scr 'Inl"'u tH' irlIlE,t
'','l""y rtPoF''u .H"t one sue
- ''i'"oSN'u lin i immature oil
- woman race, lr"'il'u III re-
NUM- P'ui,l'G'H hl'' hut ms
po'H"uS 10 al. aH",T Oh lHr hr2't' therc
- muse ol the household VINO would
- "'S'Ie.'t'
VI S9,' iiiu'huoeS were dIready aIoat
vi aH "illahce between Mr. Yale ana an
encaslns sylph of the boarding house,
W. nau whispered TO inc doWager h2r
Vplhioh OF nm; lier conhdanl' reliShing
w gentleman advances upon herself
nau PROMISED h'r most mastery tactics
p'nai oi lne girl VINO inexperienced
lnatfiihohial campal@nlhg' would GER
AMY never have essaycd the suhjugation
50 rlch an empire as ne unless aided
lhe couhSciS OF some veteran comman-
uo, suoh as the aged lady.
-AS women are pfoVerblal romancers, 1t
80 WITHOUT saving that the Iocket ana
w snowy curlS ana the lnclplent IN
49, became pet themes OF conversa-
wv around the 1aShlon plates ana the
io'"erE OF the houSchoid. BUT with
49, "S' were theH discussed IN the
slioN'ng room, at the billiard tables,
80 1iio.@ the rev juveniles suffered
ur ahulauv they proNoked an excite
"illch filaue thelr poor mother qulv-
~, III some uhGuarded moment they
snouiu execute thcir resolutions OF APP
p'vStnlnS Mr. lale on the topic. She
~ 'heni II might VeH nm, evoklng Sc
III felroolS oeiore Others although
iu'Nea WITHIN her the suspicion that
WIS alter an TOO sweet tempered
~ 10 oecoihe incensed at small offend
Fauuaiiy. however, 1t became appar-
~ '"ai an the mousse We're harborlng
idF designs TO those OF the children
49, u 'h't an shared on their own account
",o'ner expectations OF lenIency IN
.neir queries should prove unwel-
10 MI ale.
some DAYS they mad hoped that his
q cohlnluhicatlveness respecting MS
soIuH'ary disclosure of the mystery;
SS none taxing place ana the time of
' stay beng limited, they determined
"Nalt no longer upon his pleasure lest
ne should some day leave and his secret
soTith him, they being none the wiser.
% whenever the gentleman was abb
sent the others fell to plotting for some
way of femeting out the mystery, if pos
s'pR without laying themselves open to
reWoach. The chosen plan provided that
At thc close of some dinner certain
member of the company should begin an
entertaining. exciting and prolonged tale:
mai the ladies should propose to with
uIaN to the reception room to hear its
eonc usion; that this story should lead to
9eneral desire for each one present to
relate the most thrilling adventure to
Whieh he or she had ever been party:
snnf the lights should be snugly lowered