Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-20
Au,auru,as department.
A SUNRISE For Stella.

10 De alone WITH SOu'
Don't you think" she asked, that
Miss Rainsford Is perfectly beautiful?
shes a charming girl, but would
mt call her perfectly beautiful. l have
never seen more than one perfectly
beautiful girl, and She
But Stella's features are what you
would call classic, aren't they?
"I don't know. Perhaps they are
The fact Is, / have never been sufti-
ciently interested to make critical
study of her features. There is one
girl, however whose features are
And she's so graceful. She never
makes an awkward gesture. Have you
ever noticed what small and tapering
fingers she has?"
"I must confess that l haven't. But
there is one whose beautiful little
hands / would -"
stella Is really a wonder In ner
way. She stood at the head or the
class when she and graduated. They
say pretty girls never are very bright
but that theory doesn't apply In her
case. Did you ever know girl who
was as witty as she or who could be as
interesting on-on general subjectsT'
I've never had much to say to her
on general subjects, but there Is one
subject that 1 would like to discuss
with another girl, who is so much
lovelier than
81 don't believe you like her. Come
confess"
That's what I'm trying to"
But you and she have never quar-
relied about anything. have you?
mo. I've never spoken half a doz-
en- words to her. In fact, l haven't
thought anything about her, one way
or another. My thoughts have all been
Of"
"Tm going to tell you something that
1 suppose I shouldn't. Stella would
never forgive me If she knew, but she
really admires you. Do you remember
that night when we met at the wal
tons? She"
How can 1 ever forget that night?
1t was then that began to live. 1t
was on that night at the Waltons that
1 discovered"
well, she told me on the way home
that she thought you were one OF the
most entertaining men she had ever
met"
IT can't imagine why she should
have said that don't believe spoke
half a dozen words to her, and when
was saying them my mind was full
Of"
Stella isn't girl who raves over
men. you know. Really, she doesn't
seem to care for them at all, as a gen.
eral thing. She could have them at
her feet all the time II she wished to-"
VERY likely, and hope some good
man may get her some day. But what
wished to say was"
"Then you're not one Of those who
think 1t is always the girl who is try
ing to entrap the man."
mo. know of one girl at least who
do you know you're different In
some ways from any other man l have
ever known?"
IN what ways"
"Oh, 1 don't know that can explain
just now. But you have such funny
way of talking YOU"
'I don't feel funny, l assure you.
never was more serious in my life
Can't you see that"
It's too bad that the Waltons are
going to Europe. I enjoyed the musi-
Gales they gave so much. There is
nothing that will take their place and
-"
"Confound 1t! There's Joe Bingham
coming this way. 1 wish he were in
-"
Dear me, 1 thought everybody had
gone All, he hasn't seen us. See, he's
going into the library"
"Oh, well, suppose it doesn't make
any difference"
What doesn't?"
His not seeing u.s."
is that the way you feel about it?"
You don't seem to want to hear
what my heart prompts me TO tell
you?"
"T-I-what do you mean?"
Cant you see that I love you with
all my soul?"
"And-and you're not in love with
Stellar"
Stella? No darling. How could
love Stella or anyone else after 1 had
seen you%
1.-The only thing I'm sorry about
she unused, when she was alone again
sis that 1t couldn't have happened in
a conservatory. did so want 1t to be
just like they are in novels. 1 must
ring Stella up by phone and tell her
She'll be so surprised. She had ar
idea that he wouldn't for at least q