The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-12-29
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have 10 70 to all the dkl ess and "proms
and th,s,sr parties with Other men, wi
no, wear your ring. There wss an air
naaliy about Polly which very nue'
amu.d her companion, bot be had NOR
tact than TO give evidence Of IL.
You had better keep it, dear. be sAid.
Mia westcott, plesse, Polly corrected
her eyes flashing chsllengingly. Wha
right had be 10 take biz diimisssl so cool
lyl
Huntington took the rifg and fastened
It on his Kappa sgms pin pendant-wise
Polly watched him. hate football, th'
cried with yebemeucc.
/. was at a football game that We met
reml lded Huntington.
VAST; had forgotten.
Huntington hugged bis knee and watch
ed the d ,mes dance. He knew she had not
forgotten.
You became ergsged to me on the way
b ,me from football game, too, he persist
ed.
/ had forgotten, that, also, she retort,d
frigidly.
Huntington suppressed smile, which
had It been allowed 10 escape, might have
ended in uprosrious laughter.
And IL Ia over football that we have be-
come e-er-diserg temporarily. IL
was with treY iiation that the big halfbaeE
added the final word.
Temporarily, indeed Polly could not
summon voice for further utteiance. His
presumption was without precedent
Huntington nodded his head at her, and
dspgled the ring on bis waistcost.
want you to understand distinctly, Mr.
Huntington, that our engagement is at
a. end, d. lately and finally.
Aud may ask Why
For the good AID sufficient reason that
YOU refuse to take me to the dance on FIJI
day night, and all because you are In train
Ing for that wretched game. O5, have
plenty OF friends who will be glad to 20
with me, but will not put them to dis
advantage by asking them to escort an en-
gagged girl-so now! Polly's cheeks had
taken on some Of the more delicate hues OF
the burning logs in the fireplace.
Huntington was silent. Polly was In
earnest then. She had broken their engag.
mept because he must adhere to the rules
laid down for men in training for the big
game. His college team counted him
among Its strongest players; he could not
20 back on 1t. Surely Polly must realize
this.
See here, Polly, he began, but she inter:
rupted him.
will not listen, Mr.. Huntington, and ]
might add that you may close the present
interview as soon as you like. She leaned
back In her chair and hummed a snatch Of
song, utterly Ignoring him.
Huntington rose and took his hat. All
right, Polly When you are ready to talk
sensibly and wear this ring again let me
know. And before she could look around
she heard the big door close and he was
gone.
Alone she slid from her chair and sat on
the little hsssock he had left so abruptly,
How queer ard unadorned her left hand I
looked, and--yes-there was an odd, in
iescribable feeling somewhere else--on her
left side. Why did anyone invent football!
And yet, Polly soliloquized, had 1t not
been for the game she might never have
net him and loved Lin. 1t was his big q
handsome preserce on the field which had q
irst attracted her, and " was after q
'plendidly won game that che bad accept. p
d him. G
Polly buried her head 10 her arms on the
,ig chair and cried-because OF football, Of u
curse, and its evils. q
Huntington's playing the game OF bis al
ie, said Teddy Lathrop, when time had fr
cen called on the frat half Of the big inter- tr
1llegiate game. W
Yesf Polly westcott's reply was given In pt
faraway tone. She wished they had not 50
aled time. She did not want the players
leave ihe field at all. She could not see 10
en- during the btermission. d
He's been In strict training this seasor,
I'd he's In fine form, went on the Innocent an
sthrop, shifting about to see what Polly pa
IS staring st. He could see nothing inter- in'
ting in the vacant space on which her se'
ance was focused, but then Lsthrop was rel
Fl, sbman, and had not known. lIk
Now, watch him, lie cried, as the signal hg
: the second half was given. me
As II Polly would do anything else.
Cheer after cheer went up from the me
andstsnd az one good play after another
ok place on the iron, but Polly saw only sg'
e OF the two elsvebs, though she cheered 4
with the others. ter
How proud che was that Huntington
not gone to the old dsnces, bat had Mr.
pt In such good trim. Any way, tbe | c.
IIeved the daIces were not SO Jjlly ~ the
~ bad been formerly-.he bad 70. trj j,y ant
them very much. on
Hun,ir gtoni hurt cried Lathrop, switch are
Pollyi train Of thought suddenly. /
Kha,f Polly's eyes followed the little !,
,oession which WAS carrying man OF pla
neld. Take me Of the stand quick. 9
i.sthrop took her arm, and they hurried dist
N the grandsiaad. s
shall take yolf be asked, quite bril-
1 loss TO comprehend the situation. bee
there she cried, running out
he direction of the little shed which Ses
teams called the ''ho'Ii i.sl'. Without y
lng permission she entered and looked lou,
the man on the low cot.
s--I be much hur she asked. Let me vot'
Insisted, rubbing tiun.instoL's forehead emo
kneeiirg beside him while the Others oth'
Cd Arcurd 10 blaIk amsrsment. and