Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-05-23
The Gentleman
From Indiana
BY BOOTH HARRINGTON
Fvyrisht. 1899. BY Dogkcdsy q Mcclure Co.
Cos,risht. 1902. BY Mcclure. PHILLIPS Go.

or me. IL was lot my Sdhe ue /
ted US to meet"
might have been hard TO convince |
roman II she had overheard this |
sch that Miss SherwOOd's humility |
not the calculated affectation of |
1ctte Sometimes a mans unsus-
ON is wiser, and HAIRLESS knew |
she was not flirting with him. In
ition. he was not a fatuous man;
did not extend the implication Of
words nearly so far as she would
% had him.
But l had met you" said he, ''lonG
WHAT she cried. and her eyes
heed You actually rememberY'
Yes. DO your" he answered. 81
|od in Jones field and heard you
ging. and | remembered. 1t was 2
g time since l had heard you sing:
II was a rufTier of Flanders
And fought for a FORMS hire.
You were the dame of my captain
And sang 10 my hearts desire.
But that is the balladists notion
le truth is that you were a lady at
court of Clovis. and I was a heath
captive. | heard you sing n Chris
ln hymn and asked for baptism"
She did not seem overpleased with
fancy, for, the surprise fading from
er face, "Oh, that was the way you
lmembered," she said.
Perhaps it was not that way alone.
on won't despise me for being mawk-
h tonightY' he asked. 81 haven't had
be chance for so long"
The night air wrapped them warmly,
nd the balm of the little breezes that
TIRED the foliage around them was
he smell of damask roses from the
harden. The creek splashed over the
pebbles ut their feet, and drowsy
ird. half Weakened by the moon. Groom
hi dangerously in the sycamores. The
kirl looked ont at the sparkling water
through downcast Iashes. as it be-
Pause it is so transient that beauty is
pathetic" she said, because we car
newer come back to it in quite the
Same way? | am q sentimental girl
If YOU are born so it is never entirely
teased out of you, is it? Besides, to
might is all a dream. 1t isn't real, y91
know. You couldn't be mawkish."
Her tone was gentle as a caress, anc
ii made him Jingle to his finger tips
~'How do you know?" he asked.
II Just know. DO you think I'm
very bold and forward" she said
dreamily.
at vas your song wanted to bt
sentimental about. l am like one 'wh(
through long days of toil'-only tina
doesn't quite apply-'and nights devG&(
of ease but | can't claim that on
doesn't sleep well here; it is Plattville'
specialty-like one who
"Stil heard in his soul the music
OF wonderful melodies"
Eyes," she answered. ito come her
and to do what you have done and t
live this isolated village life that mus
be so desperately dry and dull for
man Of your sort. and yet to have tn
kind Of heart that makes wonderfl
melodies sing in itself-oh." she crie(
Il say that is fine!"
'You do not understand" he return
ed sadly. wishing before her to be u
mercifully just to himself. Il can
there because l couldn't make a liviI
anywhere else. And the 'wonderf
melodies'-I have only kpsyn you o.
evening-and the melodies He 70
to his feet.and took a few steps iowa
the garden. Come" he said, "let I
take you back. Let us go before +
He finished with helpless laugh.
She stood by the bench, one ha
resting on It. She stood all in
tremulant shadow. She moved Q
step toward him, and single 10
silver of. Eight pierced the sycamo
and fell upon her head. He gasped.
What was it about the melodies
she said. 5:-.
"Nothing. don't know how to tina
YOU for this evening that you have
en- me. IL suppose you are leaving
morrow. No one ever stays here. L.
sWhat about the melodiesT
He gave it up. 1.-The moon makes
pie insaner' he cried.
eff that is true, then. you need not
more afraid than i, because people
plural. What were you saying aoou'
81 had heard them-in my ne
When l heard your voice tonigh
knew that it was you who sang Il
there. had been singing them for NE
ways"
'So!o she cried gayly. "All that
hate about pretty speech" Il
sinking before him in courtesy. i
beholden to you" she said do
think no man ever made a little
terry for me before tonightF
At the edge of the orchard, W
they could keep an unseen watch on
garden and the bank OF the creek u
Briscoe and Sfr. Todd were ensco'
under an apple tree. the former
armed with his shotgun. Nhen
young people got up from their De
the two men rose hastily. then saul
ed slowly toward them. Wheh
met. HAIRLESS shook each of them
daily by the hand without seemir
know it