Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1903-08-06

sooo humor. rsveied In the purchas.
ana making Of q real white satin frock.
nut the day OF the ball Ellen could
naruiy' keep her mind on her work. Her
glance would wander toward the sky
scraper whore he was working. She
teit that he'was whistling. his move
ments were % brisk. And John was
trying. with the best Intentions, to
marry her Oh solely to maintain the
nonor OF the Mulvihiil family. She
mad thought Of day when she should
marry, when the skyscraper was done
perhaps and he become q contractor.
She would not wear those nasty high
stocks which she designed for othe.
women. but dresses turned In at the
neck and edged. with soft lace, and he
would tell her that she had the throat
OF lily. Young husbands In novels
always said that.
AT night John led her the length of
the hall with pride stamped on his face
and his walk. Men were introduced to
her and asked her to dance, but she te-
came Possessed Of strange terror and
slipped back among the wallnowers.
Mrs. Mulvihill watched der with risin:
anger. What was the use OF worryin;
over real satin dress for a stupid girl
like Ellen?
Ellen was thinking Of Trixie and
how late they would reach home and
now loud the music was when she
heard hearty voice at her elbow:
Sure. I'd be glad to meet the sister
OF John Mulvihill, an It's odd I never
knew you had one"
She swung around. and suddenly the
lights In the room leaped into bewilder.
Ing flames, the dancers mingled
strangely as In q broken Kaleidoscope
In the confusion one fact stood forth
clearly. There was just one man I'm
the world who could stand like that.
one man who had such a pair of shout.
ders. and he was the man who wrought
every day In the skeleton Of the sky.
scraper.
She heard her brother say II WIS
Dennis Gallagher, president Of the
Shamrock association. That was
quite real to her. OF course he would
be the president. Then John drifted
away, and Gallagher sat beside her.
1t was quite awhile before she glanced
up into his face. She was trying to
realize the beautiful truth that they
were no longer parted in midair, but
sitting side by side In q noisy. heated
ballroom. She was glad 1t was noisy.
otherwise he might hear her heart
beating.
When she looked into his eyes she
started. and the color came and went
prettily In her cheeks. Dennis Gala.
CHER smiled. He had seen girls look like
this before. But Ellen was utterly in
genuous In spite Of her twenty-five
birthdays. He did not speak. and final
" she said almost breathlessly:
IL thought they would be blue. an
they are brown-no. hazel"
So Of course II came out. She didn't
mean he should know all. and he didn't
know ADJUST enough to make him lin
ger through two dances and set John
Mulvihil's heart swelling with pride.
.s-.Ss.nca..-- Later Eller ! ~. 6 the
quiet. shadowy church on Ler way to
work. There were so many .'all halls
to say this morning. and the church
was quite empty. so with clasDed hands
and eyes full Of happy tears she looked
Into the benign face Of the Woman of
Many Sorrows and murmured:
Blessed Mother. do deserve so much
happiness? Am I good enough 70:
him? He Is comm every Wednesday
an Sunday night to see me. an by
an by IL will be every night. He said
so. Every day an every night we will
he together so long as we live. You
who have suffered much. teach me tG
be strong an brave for him.
And all thSt day man working far
above the din Of the mighty city looked
across the gap to the great factory
building where he knew she bent over
her work. His heart sang within him
AMI his blows fell full and clear. for q
wonderful light and happiness had
come into his life.