Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-09-26


' ~, won't into complete eclipse.
~ hoted dancing. as well he might,
soeinp that he danced so badly. George
Gilbert. contrariwise. might have been
Inc footed. so lightly did he move In |
- narfect time and tune. Music, In |
go was in the Gilbert blood. Estelle
da,ced II anything. better. When they
xoItzsd together other couples stopped
% zoe Indeed they kept on and on
and on until they had the whole crowd
staring as alone they whirieo ana
Wheeled over the waxed floor OK tho
ball.
stop. Estellsr' Bronson impiored In
Ioud whisper az the couple whirled
n,st ham. George smiled broadly. Els
telle. dismayed. put q hand up to her
Coco A she took 1t away two pimples
81 half a dozen freckIes came with 1t.
| George saw them and quickly guided
her out Of the light.
| "Go wash your facet" he commanded
,nnerativeIy. And the next time you
w,nt 10 20 masquersding let me help
Won make up. l know heaps Of better
d,sagurement Besides, grease paint
ia fearfully unreliable when one loves
dancing as we do"
~ forgot-I ought not to have
danced" Estelle said contntely; then
with a swift change of mood, But you
wouldn't have known If l had been a
little wiser" ,s,gs.sEs -. 81.
Indeed 1 would. 1 went 500 miles
last summer just to see you" George
half whispered. $50 L understood the
minute l looked at you tonight You
wanted to disgust me, to make me
lose a wife and a fortune. l don't
blame YOU. Women have to fight in
Justice with their own weapons. Still
wish you hadn't done it. You can
saw NO to me this minute If you like
and get back more than all the money
Won lose by saying it tomorrow
81 see. You want to invest in ORES
den china" Estelle interrupted auda
ciously. $50 of course l don't want t.
say it-not now, at least"
THAT must be quite as you please,
George said, smiling over her head
"You will have to go straight home,
he added masterfully. Changing low
i ers would be nothing beside the scar
dial Of changing countenances this wa
!. in the face of everybody"
81 know It," Hstelle said sorrowfu
Il ". Fate is playing me tricks-puttin
=. all the trumps in Adela's hands
l "Not quite You forget l shall max
Il your excuses and take you and MIR
Warren home" George said. don
= keep me waiting either. I'm all imp
. thence to see your real self"
y Grasshope had no end of sensation
III through the next six weeks. The mr.
As came when George Gilbert broke IL
prearranged engagement, the ne2
III when it was seen that he was dispu
lc ing with Reed Bronson for first plaC
in his cousins regard, and the Till
SC and greatest was to find the stfane
!" Gilbert girl truly a beauty, with L
end of fine feathers and most el
chanting way of wearing them. AIDE
Evans looked faded and insignihcal
u beside her, although away from h
III she was easily the prettiest girl
Ill town. But Adela was spiritless the
W. days. She no longer had hopes
NC catching George. He was eagerl
III desperately, in earnest about Estel
although she had given him back,
j. in duty bound, rather more than hs
the money. Reed Bronson was no lie
earnest, so between them they Ike
liz public interest at fever heat.
ny Estelle was nobly impartial. At fiji
Ut she had thought herself really in 10
with Bronson That was what had 1
~ PEELED her to the masquerading.
hoi somehow Georges grave, hurt ia
n"' had made her very much asham
although she would have died "a
ou' err than admit love at first sight. Th
lel his freeing her and settling down
Sln' court her anew appealed to somethi
leia in her of like fiber. Altogether S
nio was hard put to it to decide.
The strain Of it all bore hardest
Hau Bronson. His temper, never swe
became abrupt and uncertain. He Y
~ barely civil to other women. Geor
toi contrariwise, continued to be a b
" " IL terfy among the social flowers.
Icn- Upon one of those spring days t
u ~ seem made for love the three r
OIL together through blossomy laI
Bronson rode but clumsily, so W.
isn. presently his mount bolted it was
la. nou he could do to keep his seat. Geol
horseman born, was after the
? % away in a minute, caught him
checked him so sharply that the
~" creature reared, kicked savagely
% ~ at last fell backward, taking the OF
ppm horse with it in struggling, pluns
oAea heap. That anybody came out
{ alive was little short of miracle.
SUI there was nothing worse for Ell
W. than broken arm. AS Bronson s.
ruefully nursing it he said, 100
.nen straight in Estelle's eyes: You nee
az take the trouble to tell me anytl
ne1 l saw your face as we were 9
Ms . down. You found out whom you II
oio Just then-George."