The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-10-16

10 yon say now OF Mamma Grahame's 1
angling for our millionaire with her
iaiaty motscl Of fresh bait?%
ii there were any answer Nofah ala
not hear IT, And whom. after a pause
she raised her head defaatly Che
shadow was goaa from the curtain
and the eyes she encountered were
two dark ones fixed earnestly upon |
her
A culver passed across her mouth.
and she bent down her head again.
plucking at the leaves as before, and
as If there were nocnlng Use worth
looking at beneath the balmy star
light. But her lip auivered again, IN
spite of herself. and tear glittered
on the lowered lashes.
Miss Grahame--' began Mr..
Brown.
III you would leave me alone" she
interrupted. passionately. Il am low
cred enough in my own eyes not to
need humbling in any one else's.
And when ! have tried to keep out OF
the mans way all the evening. tool
When hate him, and wouldn't look
second time at the old Whitley brown
article. for all his half million Of mon
eyi A dainty fresh morsel Of bait,
indeed wish it might strangle him
If he ever catches it,"
There was a puzzled expression in
the eyes lent on her. which present
ly gave place to a twinkle OF suppress
sed amusement; and then to some.
thing softer, as he said
you are hard on poor Hamilton;
nd yet he might care little for his
half-million in comparison with a
kinder word from you. win he never
have it?"
'Neverl" she repeated. with rosy
lips firm set.
Poor Hamilton! But Miss Grahame
-
I She tapped her foot impatiently up
on the floor.
Il assure you. | think him quite a
/ fine fellow, Miss Grahame," Brown
went on. with the old twinkle in his
eyes "and / would fain recommend
hing to mercy. If you will pardon me
Tor saying it, | am sure he has fallen
in love with you
Her eyes flashed as she lifted them;
but they fell again as suddenly before
-omething in his. That something.
which set ner pulses throbbing wild
/ ", made her also strive TO respond
I lightly and carelessly:
Have some mercy, Mr. Browni DO
yoa suppose you are sounding Mr.
Hamiltons praises for the first time
in my ear? Would it be very rude
to say that. when tale is told for
the hundredth time. it becomes just
a little wearisome2'
But when Hamilton tells his for
the first tlme-ah. Miss Norah! did
you ever hear of Highland Nora?"
She bit her lips until the blood
came; but she mastered herself to re-
ply, coolly;
The end of Highland Nora is a
myth. sir; but it is very true. She
said;
"'For all the gold, for all the
gear,
For all the lands, both far and near,
That ever valor lost or won.
would not wed the Earlie's SON %
And without youchsafing Mr. Brown
another glance, she gathered the train
Of her dress in her hands, and would
have swept by him and into the ball
room again.
But someone was standing in the
way before the window-some one
who turned and said to the man at
Norah's side:
"Ah! Hamilton. you there! was
Just looking for a vis-a-vis in the
iancers. May depend on your"
"Certainly-rll follow"
And then, as his friend moved OF,
Hamilton, alias Brown. looked round
at Norah. who had shrunk back into
the shadow on the balcony.
Miss Grahame
She did not movei and he went to
her. and drew her hands away from
her burning face.
'Norah. are you angry with me? II
was all your own mistake. Shall
/ go and ssno the veritable Brown to
you2'
She was laughing now, in spite OF
her confusion. She was tremSsing
too, for all he kept both her hands firm
IA his
rs the end of Highland Nora q
myth ?" he was saying "Do YOU know
the last two lines OF the poem sound