Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-10

| otd the nervousness engendered by his
| sudden recognition caused the bit of
| battered iron to fly from his fingers.
! For one horrihed instant he hardly
| dared look Then he saw that 1t had
! only grazed the arm of the girl enter
! ing and detecting, had crashed into
| the Venetian mirror.
"Oh, what bad luckp' she cried, re
garding the shattered fragments.
but my horseshoe would have
! brought good luck, Aunt Viva, If he
hadn't let it fall" protested Jimmy in
dignantly.
Pm SO sorry" apologized Herbert
In q low voice. II was unpardonably
! awkward"
The girl, exquisitely attired, young
and graceful, glanced from one to the
other, then at the broken looking glass.
She sank down on a rattan divan and
burst into helpless laughter.
"Its too absurd. The idea of break
ing a mirror with u horseshoe. What
a combination of good and bad luck"
For the time being she had forgot
ten the peculiarly of her present re-
lations with the culprit.
Its all his fault sturdily insisted
Jimmy, picking up his treasured pos
session. my, won't mamma give 1t
20 you, Uncle Bert, when she finds out
you've broken Miss Sibley's mirror"
Some of the pink bloom went out of
Miss Grants face.
! did Laura Sibley give Minna-giye
your mother-that JimmyT
Her voice sounded so cold Jimmy
looked quickly up In intuitive interro-
cation.
"Yes-last Christmas. Why, Aunt
Viviaf"
"Oh, nothing returned Viva Grant
A strange, swift suspicion shot
through the mind of Herbert Barrows.
He leaned forward eagerly. Thoughts,
recollections, were crowding up in be-
wildering succession.
"Viyia, tell me-" he half pleaded, half
commanded, was it because Of my
my attention to Miss Sibley at the
commencement dance that you sent me
back my ring? Frank Lennard was
away that night, and he feared Laura
would feel lonely, so. as we both had
belonged to the same fraternity
Frank Lennardp' Viva exclaimed.
You don't mean to say
why, of course! suppose you knew
they were to be married in October,
dearest. What's that-youre hurtY'
A thin red line showed through the
pale, transparent stuff of her sleeve.
He had pushed the material up in an
instant and was binding the slight
wound with his handkerchief.
Its only a scratch, Bert" She was
laughing q trife Historically. We've
we've both been-at least I've been
awfully foolish
Jimmy" said Barrows. I'll give you
90 cents If you'll take that broken glass
out and throw 1t In the ditch"
"Betcher life" responded Jimmy. He
loaded a basket and started off.
ITO think that broken mirror should
bring the girl was saying.
Hello, Jimmy! Back SO soon? Here's
your halfw Herbert dipped the one
hand at liberty into his pocket. He
brought out dollar. Say" he bar
gained, "Tll give you all of this If you
stay out and watch, sentry fashion
like u soldier, you know-that no one
takes that glass out of the ditch!'
"Will l." replied Jimmy. Put it
here! knew my horseshoe would bring
me good luckr'
The face against Herbert's shoulder
was lifted mischievously.
"Is 1t good luck. BertT" she question
ed qulzzically.
1.-The best in the world" he declared
emphatically. He concluded his sen
tence with a lovers period.
Gee" said Jimmy softly, looking
back over his shoulder "Geep
THE APPOINTING POWER.