The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-03-19
BY A. Constance SmedIey

< look on bis face akin to that on II
face Of nurse who waits for a mol
than usually spoiled child.
e do you know I'm beginning to thin
I've gone the wrong way about maj
aging you?"
/ An involuntary dimple flashed an
disappeared In Miss Dennison's carr
fully averted face. Her betrothet
however, saw only a still abstracte
! back.
Suppose l were to take you at you
word and leave you to walk HON
alone|
"You are quite unmaDly enough &
do sou
"Unmanly"
rs 1t manly to wait round after me
at my heels, like little dog"
what, In Heavens name do yo1
want of me? If rebel you have hyS
terlcs and call me a brute"
"'vivyellap" read Miss Dennlsol
aloud. what ridiculous waists girl
have on fashion plates! Have you
nOticed?"
The man suppressed an exclamation
'But that's rather a sweet blouse
she's wearing. l wonder If could re-
member II. I must make mental
notes"
Miss Denniscon rested her elbows on
the railing and buried her chin in her
muff, refectively.
"If you think you are going to make
me miss that train by dawdling in this
insensate fashion, you are mistaken"
Sweet sleeve!" murmured Miss Den
nison. II like the cuff sou
II shall simply leave you here, you
know"
"But I can't see how it's put on. On
It's cut all in one with the sleeve" said
Miss Dennison, with q sudden burst
of illumination. mo, ! must learn
that"
Miss Dennison redoubled the fxity
Of her gaze.
II know perfectly well you hear
everything I'm saying. Are you COM
ing or aren't you?"
II believe it's arranged with a gus
set!' announced Miss Dennlson.
The man opened bis mouth, then sud-
denly turned on his heel and swung
down the road. He had cut the Cor
dian knot. Miss Dennison must make
her deliberate way home alone. He
had gone back to the station and his
city-bound train.
Miss Dennison found herself left
staring at the boarding in an attitude
Of mind that can only be described as
one Of stunned amazement. Then the
dimples reappeared, and Miss Denni-
son smiled into her muff with an air
Of happy power.
"The further he goes, the further
he'll have to come back, so | won't look
said the astute and expert
enced Miss Dennison; land the slower
he is coming back, the surer he'll be
of missing his train. If he thinks he's
going to catch 1t tonight, when want
him to stay here, he is very much mis-
taken, the ridiculous old thing"
Miss Dennison began to reperuse the
boarding; IT sheltered her pleasantly
from the wind.
"A hundred pounds rewardV'
An assuming little notice caught her
eyes. "Vlvyella" as a subject is cap
able Of exhaustion. Miss Dennison vel
coined a change in literature with alac-
Gritty.
AS she. read Miss Dennison's face
portrayed a curious panorama Of ex-
her cheeks paled gradually.
The little notice bore crown, and was
couched in terse and simple language;
It was an earnest invitation to d one
eyed gentleman to return to his sor-
rowing friends and guardians at the
convict prison across the marshes. 1t
concluded with q thoughtful warning
10 lonely and unprotected travellers as
10 the gentleman's unprepossesslng ap-
pearance and playful disposition.
Miss Dennlson reread the bill with
interest no longer histrlonic. The sea-
mist was rising on the marshes. The
autumn dusk was closing in. The
charms Of medltationinthe lonely land
scape seemed suddenly to have lost
their SAVIOUR. Miss Dennison looked
up and down the road; her desplsed
betrothed had vanished into the mist.
The lights Of the station glimmered
vaguely far on the horizon. On the
other side three miles Of deserted road
lay between her and her hotel. In the
direction Of the station lay nearer safe
ty-but humiliation; for well did Miss
Dennison know that her strength lay
in her invulnerabllity. Let her once
lay down her sceptre and her reign Of
tyranny was over for ever For six
months she had enjoyed despotism;
was she now to eat humble.ple and cry
put for protection? With Napoleonic
resolution Miss Dennison turned in the
direction Of the hotel.
She took five steps; then, far away
on the distant marshland, she saw a
moving shadow. For the first moment
she assured herself 1t was but fan