Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24

II
around the first corner OF the
Juare table sat a slight woman
dark eyes met young Barton's
hg glance with a smile lurking
depths. and whom, with the
ce OF youth, he promptly cata-
in his mind as old" Around
I corner and directly opposite
e figure Of June-like young
appeared, silent and impress
hc facade Of handsome build
{ his let "A dapper middle aged
hose hair showed a shameless
y to retreat by the back way.
hing his soup in a severely bust
manner.
er the young lady nor the little
owed tie slightest ripple of in
n the stranger at the table. and
he Chagr:I OF a warm nature
open friendliness has been 81
declined his wandering glance
ack ID Miss Milford.
tenure smile in her eyes seemed
e deeQeued. and whether it
sympathy or Amusement was an
question. AT any rate Stuart
reversed his decision and de-
hat she was not very old after
that she undoubtedly under
ad heard of people so cOngenial
ley were old friends before they
me to become new acquaint-
Before the meal was over he
bnvinced that Miss Milford and
Re persons of that description. To
2. they spoke only in platitudeS,
ere was a raillery in her soft
I'D in the smile that played about
IS which seemed to answer his
tut unexpressed derision of their
ltional companions.
n you are young, eager and am
and have come to New York to
you have an aching need of in
nt, sympathetic companiOnship.
Il week was past Stuart Barton
TO find Miss Mitford's society as
airy to his comfort as sleep or
listened to his arrogant, bOyiSh
of men and things with an inter
lich had not always been accorded
and which did not fail of its eff
After the jaded. cynical opinions
er men she really found them a.
rating as wine. Always the.
with a grudging sense of break
h at the most interesting point
parenthetical ITO be contin
like a serial story.
e than once she had surprised
pd glances on the faces of other
ers. and she was far too acute
b interpret their meaning accu-
But she remained tranquil, toe
and engrOssed to care what thu
ION, conventional herd nigh
suppose you know that they arr
O all sorts of things about us?
aid to him one evening when Mis-
vn's behavior at dinner hat
nted to nothing less than a repri
hn she went on mercilessly: "The
Rbly say that l am leading you OF
am ola enough to know bette
| am a designing old maid and
more nice things of that sort.
YOU to know all about it, becauS
lot older than you, sixteen lor
of $50 days each"
paused, with a queer, Breathe
ng that was an unpleasant su
to herself. She waited for his a
as If her life hung upon b
is.
other your agew he laughed gay
ne eyes are as young as-as :
lated, casting about for a simlle
Miss Selwyn'sa Indeed they re
deal younger. and so is yo
d. Your age is just right. 1t Is
am beastly young. Don't ev
tion it again, for 1 feel like a me
when you talk like this"
aving disposed of the suggestion
summary manner, he began
of other and pleasanter thin
before long Miss Mitford's Gle
rh was ringing out like a CIR
S Selwyn was passing through
heard it and wondered in a vag
lettled way what Mr.. Barton saw
old maid. There were times WI
half regretted her hauteur to
ing stranger. His eyes certai
re fine. Besides, it touched
lie that a man should deliberat
to another woman when she v
hand. The fact that the woman v
senior and no beauty only m;
offense more heinouS.
BY degrees. therefore, her man
ward him changed. thawing SLOW
surely, like ice before the spr
4. But. though she melted. Bar
S politely Indifferent, and Miss J
d looked on with a keenly femir
probation of the. byplay. She
1T the siren was singing TO
light in vain, and she reJoiced v
Ie wOmanly exultation.
What possesses Miss SEW!
hts what I'd like to know