Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-05-11
SEQUEL OF A MINUET

with the oh Thing, and now if you
dc:i't help ne shall give it up"
Poor To- 60 commiserated the teas
ing Peg. Who is to take part?"
"Oh. j.. the ones you know" replied
PoIly. Tnen she added abruptly, did
you know that the Thurbers had taken
a cottage here for the season" She
looked at Peggy curiously as she spoke,
but her friends face was as calm and
innocent as that of baby.
Peggy rose and said in a carefully
Indifferent voice:
II certainly did not, although it
makes absolutely no difference to me
where they are. But may as well tell
you now, Polly" she continued warm
ly, IF Jack Thurber is to dance in the
minuet shall not -
$50 they have quarreled" thought
Miss Dexter gleefully. NO wonder
poor old Jack looked so down in the
mouth. I've a good mind to help him
along bit"
Aloud she merely said: ooh, there's
not much chance of Jacks taking part.
1 asked him, but he said he would prob
ably be away. Joe Brewer is to dance
with you.
"All right, then" said Peggy, once
more, smiling cordially. I'D love to
take part. What are you going to
wear?'
1--WE will have our hair powdered
and wear masks" She gave n little
gasp as she said this, and Peggy look
ed at her astonished.
"Swallowed a fly" she asked.
"No! A new idea has dawned upon
me. Something most exciting! I'm
sorry 1 can't tell you what it is, but
1 can't possibly! Gracious me. Is it
IL o'clock already? l must fly. l
promised Billy I'd go sailing with him
at half past II. It's lucky he is well
trained to wait for me-"
With a merry laugh Polly ran down
stairs and out on to the board walk.
Peggy watched her a moment from
the window. and her eyes fingered al
most enviously ON the two figures that
presently cast off in the trim little
boat. Il never saw any one so happy
as she is since she became engaged to
Billy Scott" she murmured. "Oh,
dear. I wish hadn't said what I did
that day, but I'll never let Jack know
that I'm sorry" She shook her pretty
head, and her lips frightened firmly,
though there was a suspicious cloudi-
ness in her eyes.
Mercy! Were you ever so hot in
your lifeT cried Peggy the night OF
the ball as she entered the little room
where the dancers Of the minuet were
to assemble. Il am positively certain
that shall smother to death in my
mask
"You may be hot, but you are most
bewitchingly pretty" remarked Polly
Dexter as she applied a bit Of black
court plaster to the tip of her rosy
tongue "Oh, by the way, you mustn't
ask any of these men to answer you"'
she cried. II have put my magic spell
upon them, and they cannot say a
word"
1.-THE gods grant Jack doesn't forget
thought Polly gleefully. "He is an i'm
petuous soul Fortunately he and Joe
Brewer are about the same height and
behind all that black mask Mistress
Peggy will never know the change in
her partner"
Jack Thurber looked at his dainty
partner and blessed the quick witted
girl who had made it possible for him
to hold his sweetheart's hand once
more. This minuet would settle it. If
Peggy refused to listen to him tonight
he would cease to trouble her. But his
heart ached at the thought, and he put
the idea away from him almost fercely.
He waited until the stately march
and the first figure were over. Then
as they stood in graceful pose while
the second couples repeated it he whis-
pered softly:
Peggy"
The girl started.
"Are you speaking to me, Mr.. Thorn
TOM" she replied, slightly emphasizing
the pronoun.
1T isn't Mr.. Thornton. I am Jack"
came the reply.
Peggy bit her lip and half withdrew
her hand as she and Jack moved for
ward to the center Of the square. The
rich color flooded her cheeks, but some
how after her first movement Of angry
surprise she could not repress the glad
joy that surged in her heart.
"Bont be angry, Peggy" pleaded
Jack in low voice as they once more
stood together. But you absolutely
refused to see me, and you would not
read my letters, and I had to talk with
you somehow
The girl listened quietly, waving her
fan nonchalantly.
They were separated again before
she could reply, but in the next figure
as Jack knelt at her feet 1t was in real
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