River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

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Dorothy appeared to be counting
her money, in the little bag at her
side.
Really" she said, istlessly, "but
the world is so small, you know
One is constantly running up against
acquaintance"
He bit his lip angrily, and turned
| to demand of shy young man II
he would take a rattle ticket" in
tone so fierce that the unfortunate
youth dared not refuse.
"Thank you very much" he said
meekIy, as Dorothy handed him his
change with a kind smile. George
Fraser looked at her curiously, and
she turned her laughing eyes to his
dissatisfied young face.
REALLY, Mr.. Fraser" she said, re-
provingly, "you will brighten people
away if you speak to them like that;
[ was petrifed myself"
81 am awfully sorry" he said, hum
! bly,. "But"-in lower tones-"it real
ly was your fault"
81 don't see that" But her color
rose little, and she asked Tor an
explanation.
Another turn round the hot, crowd
ed hall, and he announced that there
were only two tickets left.
care there?' She counted her
money. eyes, here's % shillings.
Suppose we each took ticket, that
would finish it up. What are the
numbers 1eft?"
Twenty and thirteen. Which will
you have?"
She pointed to the number 20.
"All right, that leaves me 10.
Lucky number that, you know. But"
-stamering and hesitating-"what
name am to put on number 20?''
She raised her eyes to his, half in
dignant, wholly surprised. 81 should
have thought it just possible that
you might have remembered my
name?" 1t was impossible not to no.
tice tho culver in her voice. (
His eyes looked steadily into hers.
"Remember!" he said, a trifie un-
steadily. ''I wish to Heaven I didn't
y y
married name, l meant"
'My married name?" She gave a
little tremulous laugh. "But I am
not married." she said.
He drew a long breath. "But ]
heard it in Africa; some one wrote
it to fellow in our regiment. And
my letter, before / left England
You never answered that, Dorothy"
She did not seem to notice that he
had called her by her christian
name. "My cousin, Dorothy Seton
was married three months ago." she
said, with heightened color, staring
intently at the tea cosy. "And l
never got any letter at all-George.
Her eyes involuntarily sought his
now.
"Thank Heaven!' exclaimed the
boy, rapturously. ooh, can explain
everything now, Dorothy, darling
Let's go and sit on that seat by the
palms for just five minutes!" Ano
they did so. But Mr.. Fraser's ex-
plantations, satisfactory as they ap-
peared to be, were not condensed in
to so short space of time as that.
"What has happened to them?' ex-
claimed Lady Allenbury an hour
later. "That tea cosy seems to take
lot of getting off. All, here they
come"
The pair in question sauntered up,
looking delightfully."- bored and inno-
cent. Only Dorothy's friend guessed
that anything had happened in that
one short hour.
Here's the 25 shillings, Lady Allen
bury" exclaimed George, in tri-
umph, "NIiss Seton"-a slight empha-
sis on the name-"will give you the
money" And Miss Seton did so with
considerably heightened color.
Thank you both so much" said
her ladyship, fervently. "Now let's
draw a number and finish it off and
get rid of it. Dorothy, dear, put the
tickets into your little bag. Per-
haps 1 had better draw one"
The flashing rings went into the
holland bag and returned again hold
ing a tiny blue ticket. Number 49,
"NIine!" gasped Gorge, in tones of
horror. "What on earth can I do
with the thing?"
Lady Allenbury smiled a beautiful
innocent smile. "Keep it until you
are married, my dear boy" she sug-
gested. Dorothy, give him his
prize"
He held her fingers one moment as
he took it. 'My lucky number" he
whispered. The girl in pink watch
ing with jealous eyes, wondered why
Miss Seton blushed so.
And Lady Allenbury is convinced
that the whole affair is owing to her
own perspicacity. ST saw it from the
first" she announced, complacently,
when Mr.. Fraser turned up to tea
the next afternoon, and boldly stated
that he and Dorothy were engaged.
"And you really owe something to
the tea cosy. 1t really isn't''-point-
ing to the offending article which re-
posed on the sofa-"isn't so bad"
George Fraser's reply was emphat-
ic as he gazed from the resplendent
union jack and the scarlet soldiers
to Dorothy's little face:
"It's-it's lovely!" he said.-Lady's
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