Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-07-04

"oH. IRIS GOING INTO THE wATEGl Saw
ri SAVE IT"
was quite ecstatlc as she cried, ooh, !.
do love the parkT
$50 do In summer"
But now, when the breath Of spring
is in the air"
more winter than spring In this
air." he retortcd grlmly. "There is
lot of ice still ia these sheltered walks
so do let me help you"
But she refused his proffered hand
and stepped dnintlly along. She even
hummed fragment OF gay dance
tune. Evidently her spirits were ris-
ing In proportion as his fell. Overhead
the bare branches creaked and sighed.
UnderfOot the walk looked treacherous
enough In the ftful gllmmer of the
gas lamps.
Now came bit of incline. She start
look at her silent escort. Lets see
who gets to the bottom first"
But on the instant her foot caught on
n bit of gravel She swayed and would
have fallen If his ready hand had not
stcadled her The effort, however, de-
strOyed his own equilibrium. Down,
down rolled the dignihed Mr.. Volght to
the bottom Of the slide His high silk
hat rolled even faster In an exploring
expedition toward the little brook that
ran alongside the path.
The girl clasped her hands tragically.
"Oh. IL Is going into the waterl Save
1t! Save it, Then she burst out laugh
Ing.
Mr.. Voight raised himself stlhly and
went in chase of the hat.
When he brought II back, she was
Il' laughing.
u am glad that afforded you 80
n,ucn umuspmont" His tone was very
f,.ezlpp I'D ! am happy to tell you
TINT ,be ha. has escaped injury. Your
anxiety about It Was quite remarkable.
As for my lnJurIes Oh tba; IS mat
ter Of no consequence to sou evident
~"
Her laughter had died away, and she
bent toward him contriteiy. "Forgiye
my laughingl If you could only have
seen how funny you looked! Another
paroxysm was threatened, but she
stcadIcd her voice ns she caught sight
Of his face but you are not hurt,
are you? Just let me brush you off,
and you will be all right, Will"
"Wilp refused 10 be placated. lie
had been laughed at, and ridicule
picrccs 10 the lnnermost core Of a
mans being.
Don't pretend an interest you have
just shown concluslyely you do not
feel. | am quite ready 10 resume our
walk hOmcward." And he turned and
bcgnn TO ascend the incline.
The girl was glad that the friendly
Darkness hid her involuntary expires.
sion Of panied surprise. william tho
meek. william the long suffering, had
rcbelled. She had leased him and
played with him. This. then, was the
last straw.
Then wave Of Indignation flooded
over her How rude he was. how I'M
kindl She stood still and gazcd at tho
tall figure hurrylng mp the slope. How
could he treat her sol She would go
home alone. But the park was very
I
dark and silent. A cold tremor seized
her. She was afraid.
with most undignined haste sho hur-
rIcd inter and caught up with him,
santlng. A glance at him brought bach
her courage. His bearing was any
thing but victorious.
Her tone matched his own as she
said: II cannot go home alone. w
need not have any further conversn
ton, however. and I won't trouble yo'
again"
Voight WINGED visibly at her words
There were signs Of yielding an he re
piled, you know that am Away
glad 10 do things for you"
Miss Manners laughed bitterly. "An'
yet you were going TO leave me alon
lust now II wasn't a kind, wasn't
genticmapiy, thing TO do"
His anlJ lamed. up again. Il coul