Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-06-03


perfect rows OF teeth that the smile
exposed,
- am going TO have friend with me
for month" Barbara had told Baird
Durham In preparation; "a girl that
particularly want you 70 meet. Shes q
raying beauty and as sweet as she can
be-"
II she had spoken all Of her thoughts
perhaps she might have added, 80
sweet that at the end o. n mouth you
will want to kill her or do something
desperate and outrageous" But, with
commendable self restraint, she ban
ished this unruly idea to the dark
chamber of unspoken thoughts.
In the weeks that followed she eff
faced herself. pushing Amy into Dun
hams society in every possible way,
but doing II so gradually and skillfully
that be scarcely realized how little he
was seeing OF his friend and comrade,
II she saw less of him, however, she
saw more OF Jack Lester, whose com
partnership was Il grateful balm, be-
cause he was not forever talking about
beauty, however much he may have
admired 1t.
At first Baird haunted the house like
a spirit. while his plans for Miss Aver
Ills entertainment fairly tumbled over
each other in their eagerness. These
plans, of course, always included Bar
bara, but with mastery skill she
withdrew from them more and more
until almost before Baird realized what
had happened he noticed that he ana
Miss Averlll were usually alone. win
Miss AverilPs exquisite PRONE beside
him, however, he was not In MOOD 10
complain.
Then, about the middle or the rourth
week, his soaring spirit suddenly toucn-
ed earth. lie was guilty or brutal
heretical thought. Right In the middle
of long afternoon that they were 10
spend together he was seized by great
WEAKNESS. For the lie OF MN ne
could think of nothing to say lie was
bored!
He stared at the beautiful MISS Az
erill with sort OF stupehed wonder.
II seemed Incredible that the society OF
30 exquisite creature couiu DO 81 u..
commonly Ike muggy weather. IL
seemed an age since ne had haa soou,
bracing talk with Barbara now 'hat
he thought OF II, barbara must Dc SEQ
ing soou zeal Oh thht Lester enap'
vaguely, as II ne hhd happeheu upon
them III Dream lie recaiieu naVihB
met them together several Times late'y.
u don't believe you are thihRlng oi
me at all! pouted MISS AVerlii, ivy
spoken to you twice ana you haVent
even heard me IL ism I nee Oh you
"En-Whatr eXciallleu buIlhahi' Wy
Ing to call his rowing thoughtS tose'ner
ana insisting upon nearing the renl"rA
he had inadvertently MISSED
asked II you doht tiiinK inc "ni,
dorf IL loveiyF thihK II JUST sweet
YES hssehted ne reckiessiy' Inn,
expresses IL sweetiy' its just s"eet'
Ana ne cast ABOUT III MS hiihu ioI
some excuse ny Whlch the hours 'hn'
stretched peIore tnein might De short
eheu' ne leit prec'se'y hS no ,"u onoe
IN MS chlldhooh' Wheh nc hhu surrep'
utlousiy pousnt ana eh'eh sA ei"r-
Iotte russes'
MISS Aver,l conhuea 10 nnrDara .nu'
night that Sne uldh IKE Mr.. human
80 wen aS she tnousnt she uu. -,
mes W uuii' 'oh you 'iinA SUI
Sne uemanueu'
lhere nave Deeh tunes wnen ne
seemed 80 barbara confessed airny
linen sne Wohuereu u bhlrus ours
were anaine' lhree unyS inter 'ne
r"uiant MISE h'eri'i Visit enine " III,
emu Soon uiter""ru human uroppeu
IN 10 sec n"rp"r"' qui'" III n'S o'u mum
her,
An tniS IL goou' ne salu sioatins
az no Sank INTO tne ueptns Oh MS
.a'ori.e enaar ncteS % inu'n '"'A
" inhho up ne went Oh III Behihi VII