Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-17

foreboding fiutter in her heart.
The captain also saw the returning
partner, and, moved by the impulse of
the moment, stopped as near as he
dared to the ear of the fair girl before
him and whispered, "Why, why? Be-
cause | know your story, and cannot
rescue you; because L am miserable
and perplexed: because | love you.''
| Never to this day has the lady made
up her mind whether she suffered a
more exquisite pain or pleasure at that
moment. She was rot often fright
ened out of her self-control, but she
was woman enough to lose her head
on this occasion in whirl of sweet
and bitter confusion, and before she
could recover again the interview that
altered all her life took place.
Here you are, vanilla ice and ham
sandwiches cried the other gentle
man, arriving much out of breath.
"All the biscuits gone-had to bring
ham sandwiches. Will they doy'
'Oh, thank you so muchr' said the
martyr, smiling gratefully by strong
effort; Il fear they will not go we'll
with the ice; will you eat them for
me?" And then, turning to her COM
panion. she held out her hand and
went ON in a low voice: "Good-by,
Captain Danegarthr'
But surely l may have one dance
with you?"
II fear not
"Then may / come and see you
soon?''
mo"
You are angry with me?"
'Oh, don't know. | know 1 ought to
be-horribly, dreadfully angry. oh,
please do go-see how the people are
looking at us!" And again she held out
her dainty hand.
He took it and hesitated; he would
have liked to have kissed it, but dared
not, bending slightly over it instead,
and then, with heavy heart, turned
away into the crowd as she bid him.
A few weeks later the Ladies' Auxili-
airy to the hospital arranged Charity
Fair and Bazaar, and the popular
| IL
range booth with the war trophies
he had brought home with him. The
hapless lover was coaxed into taking
part in this by friends who were
trying everything in their power to
tempt him back into an ordinary,
everyday frame of mind, and he had
grudgingly consented, little guessing
how momentous the decision was to
be. Jacques was among the invited,
and, though she had at first refused,
yet she, too, in due time gave way to
the Establishments of friendly advisers.
it would have been more seemly if she
had avoided any place where he could
by any chance be met. But the cir
cumstances were exceptional, and a
bevy of friends would surround her,
so she, too, went to her fate.
The soldier was there, selling knick
nacks to fair customers as though he
had been brought up to it all his life,
and telling war tales in the same good
cause with an unreal cheerfulness.
And the false light in his face turned
to a touchingly real one when poor
Jacques, all the lovelier for the tell
tale paleness in her face, came into the
room, where few were yet assembled,
saw him, as was inevitable, and after
moment of inward self-repression,
came over to him with an air of as
sumed Indifference.
Have you any small articles, Cap
tain Danegarth," she said, smiling,
after the first greeting was over, that
one of little means but large sympathy
could buy?"
Really, | hardly know what to offer
YOU" he replied, the ardent lover in
differently yelled behind the shop
walker. Here are some shells, all
with their teeth drawn. That one
wrecked field cannon and then killed
man; it would make a good paper
weight. And here are pent-cartridge
cases, any number OF them, mostly
blood guilty, and ugly things at the
best for a dainty table, Then, glanc-
ing round the stall, and not knowing
how close Fate was at hand, he ex-
claimed: stay! There are a few
trophies | brought back myself, and
one of them, this silver locket, has
quite history attached to it. A
pretty thing, isn't itys he said, TAX
ing from its tray and holding up be-
fore her silver ornament, heart
shaped, and about as big as silver
dollar. with an involved monogram