Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

I plainly enough from the limp hand she
! gave him and the way in which she look
cd from side Ia side, anywhere, except at
I his fiat face with its little sly twinkling
( eyes. Then she seemed to make some eX-
+ cuse for leaving him. for he bowed and
| shot out bis cuffs till his hands almost
disappeared from sighr, and Mrs. Damas
( fitted away to another part IF the studio.
Harrington watched with some curl
! 0sity to see what the gallant major would
do next. and to his intense disgust he
saw him. after glaring round, shoot out
I his cuffs again and swaeger acFoss to
( whore Rachel was still sitting. He fan
1 cied that Rachel had seen the big bury.
/ numbering figure 20 across the studio
( for. as he ap', coached her, she turned
I still further a., from the general COM
/ pany and nearer 10 Mr.. Pharaoh, and
~eucd to be entirely engrossed in con
/ ye, Sation 50 interesting that she had
( neither eyes nor ears for anybody else.
And he fancied, too. from the laughter in
/ the painters blue eyes and his air of sup"
| pressed mirth that he perhaps had warn
ed her not - look around Major Pit
/ finger, however. was not a man to be
/ daunted by any show Of distaste on the
/ part Of the lady on whom he thought ft
to bestow his peatilential attentions. He
stopped in front Of her struck an atti-
tude, with one leg well out before him,
aud shot ont his cuffs again.
"Haw-h'e'r, HOW'D you-do, Miss
! Dudley ?-haw-- hsw" he remarked.
holding out the yellow hand to her.
Rachel looked up with an air of sur
prise.
oh thank YOU she said, frigidly. Il
am quite we'll"
Delighted. I'm sure" said the major.
in a very loud voice
For a moment he waited with the yell
low hand still nutstretched for Rachel TO
lay hers 10 il. Rachel. however, kept hers
still clasped within the other. and had
evidently 40 intention Of moving them
so much as a single hairs breadth, SO at
last the major h0urished his cuff out
again and began 10 tug at his mustache.
Delighted. I'm sure. to have the pleas
ure Of meeting you again" he began,
still in the storun-at-sea sort Of voice
Il don't think" said Rachel coldly,
"ibat ! ever had the honor Of speaking
to yoa before"
oh, yes-yes We met here one day
ley am quite SIRE OF it, because il
was the day before | went off to Wen
nah--haw. I-er-go a great deal TO vi
aEuah--and Berlin~-haw, Yes-yes-
yesp'
Il remember you being here perfectly
well, said Rachel, In an exasperatingly
civil voice. but you were never intro
duced to RE; that am quite sure Of
The major spread himself out into an
attitude Of aifaale explanation. "Ah--
er--excuse me, | remember 1t perfectly
Lady Bardinge did me the honoh--"
but she couldn't. l don't know her. Z"
interrupted Rachel, who had had so
many denuaeiatious Of this man hurled
ct her that she began to get desperate in
her efforts to be rid Of him
"No--haw, Ycs--you are right. It
was tho Duchess Of Pimlico--I remember
perfectly"
Now. Rachel did not know the Duchess
Of Pimlico any more intimately than she
knew ny Lady Bariinge but she was
prevented from saying so by the scrape
of q violin, which proclaimed that some
body was going to play upon that instru-
ment
With a sigh Of relief Rachel turned her
eyes whence the sound came. ID en-
countered Harrington's gaze She smiled
instantly. a smile SO friendly and 50 in
formal that nope went up high 1T once
and he felt all Ia a moment fully satisfied
with himself and the whole worid-even
with this blatant and boring MAJOR Pot
finger As they were but just behind
the piano. or, more correctly, to one side
Of it. the irrepressible major Fas COM
PEELED To step little aside so as TO allow
Rachel to have n view Of the player,
who was just then the rage in london
one Flip van OeStrrzee. a young man
from the I.ow Countries, who charmed
almost as many people by his good uatur-
cd dark face aud frank, genial manners
rs he did by his violin, Of wueh be was
a master.
To get from ;etween Rachd aud Flip
van Oosterzee, who stood sideways 20
them, Major rottinger squeezed himself
10 front Of the man 10 wh I'm Harring-
ton had been talking and put himself
into an attitude calculated 70 attract her
attention. aud then the music began.
"Haw-by the way. Miss Dudley" he
began, shooting out his left cuff. and
holding pencil over Il, Il don't remem-
her what you said your day at home
was"
Il have not a day at home" said Ra-
ehcl. getting mp from her low seat.
"Haw--then suppose may call ans
tlme~-cr, Al. yes, Lady Cottersham
promised to drive mc down to cali on
/ yoa one dag soon. hui
But / don't happen to know Lads
/ Cottersham," put in Rachel quickly
oh yes; she told me she know yoy
I we'll" exclaimed the major blandly
4 "And-er what did sou say your al
/ dress wasE'
/ II did not say anything about II. sails
4 Rachel. curtly,
Miss Dudley, may ask you Ia hav,
! some teaT" broke ia Harrington at tina
} moment: and Rachel, with a sigh Of 10
tense relief. said. "Ob. yes. please do,
ard took his arm.
The hrute." he burst out as the,
/ reached the entrance hall such men a
that ought 10 be put out Of every hous
they force themselves into
Il believe be is, every uew and then,
She answered. Ever since have heel
going out Il has been Mrs pamas' on
cry-'Wha;cser you do, don't le, tia
/ Major Potyiueer get hold Of YOU
How Aid Mrs pamas manage to-
Ire gal hold Of, finished Rachel wit
a laugh ooh somebody brought hin
one day. and she has never been realt
rid of him since oh, what 4 relief thi
is''--and >Ac sank down upon comfort
able Ioungc AMI closed Ter eyes YEARLY
AMI in the studio at that moment. Oh
major was tbiaking about Miss Dudley
+ at~. o.e NAY af bringing a cuaversatt1