Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-08-17

By Anna Katharine Author ss. IF s,s. so''.asn
COPYRIGHT. 1880. ~ RosrRr soNNER's SONS.

| eLuOtlOH WHICH Ills CuuulcuduCc SO lOI
chilly betrayed. 1t was as IL he had
received shock in which there was
something like fear, but the step he
| took forward and the gesture Which
| he made showed that the fear was not
| for himself, but for another; and the
question Immediately rose in every
mind: "Who is this other, and what
Is there to fear?"
The gentleman whose introduction
had aroused all this curiosity was
meanwhile standing in courteous
way before Miss Asplnwall, who, after
the first instant of hesitation, had
greeted him with genuine warmth and
one Of her frankest smiles.
"You must pardon u.s." said She
"the seeming discourtesy Of your wei.
come. But there Is another Hamilton
Degraw in the room, and the name
being an unusual one, my first thought
was that you We're seeking an intro
duction to him. Will you sit. Mr. De.
graw, while read Mr. Morris note:"
The stranger smiled and bowed aud
took the seat offered him. He was il
no degree embarrassed, and if con
scious of all the glanccs lcvclcd rppr
him, did not show it. But perhaps lie
was not conscious of them. For. Tho
moment his attention was released
by the ,preoccupation Of his hostess
he turned at once toward the window
seat with an eagerncsS that made tho
indignant blood leap into the cheeks
Of the watchful artist, and though
there were no impertinence in his
manner nor any recognition beyont
that which is accorded by an apprc
ciative nature to suddenly revealed
beauty, all those who had passed suci
ciently beyond their first youth tt
have any insight into life and the hu
man heart felt that trouble had Ell
tered the room with this second Ham
iltOn Degraw, and that in the very
moment of his introduction. the first
scene in n drama had opened, that
would ere long occupy all their
thoughts.
Nor was this seemingly unfelt even
by the object of his interest. Though
her agitation was natural enough when
we consider that her heart and pos.
sibly her lips We're trembling with
the name he so uncercmoniouslv an.
nounced to he his own, there was sill
something in her attitude and the
agitation which Informed her whole
figure, that expressed the presence of
a fear similar to that expressed by
the artist. Was It that she felt the
burning ardor of this strangers
glance, and realized the complications
which new love at this time would
occasion? Or had she become in some
way aware that the name she had Just
heard was not only that of her lover,
but the man who had wrought mischief
with so many Of the name of Jenny
Rogers? Whichever be the truth, she
showed an emotion almost greater than
that of her lover. though it did not
last so long. BY the time Miss Aspin.
wall had finished her note, the sig.
norina's face had become calm, and
her figure rcgained its poisc, and
though steady pallor had taken the
place Of her fitful bushes, not a face
In the room looked more composed
or mind more at its ease than hers.
II am much obliged to Mr.. Norris"
was Miss Aspinwall's remark, as she
folded up the note. II am always glad
to receive any one upon his recon-
mendation; and in this case his recon.
mendation Is very pressing And
turning toward her friends, she OBJ
served, IN her own gracious. dignified
way: Ladies and gentlemen allow
me to introduce to you Mr.. Degraw, of
Cleveland; a friend of my friend, and
soon. hope, TO be a friend of each
one Of U.S."
The young people Immediately
crowded forward, for the stranger.
while not handsome, that is, in COM
parlson with the gentleman usually
associated with his name, possessed q
figure and bearing likely to attract I'll
lovers Of elegance and culture. Two
Of the company only remained in the
rear, and these We're the signorina and
her lover, who, not relaxing one i6ra
Of his defiance, stood at her side as If
on guard, while he sought to catch
Miss Asplnwalps eye, as If to warn
her to be careful in her demonstra-
tions toward person with whom
were connected his gravest doubts.
For in the rapid glanccs which he
had bestowed upon this interloper since
his first entrance, he had noted that
the stranger was tall, casy-manncrCu
and possessed not only OF the gray
eyes which had misled the police in
his own case, but of the black mus
tache also; and, belieying that he had
before him the man who had occa-
stoned so much mischief in the city
he had just left he neither could sup
press, nor did he endeavor to, the
spirit of antagonism and rage which,
without these reasons for dislike,
would have been sufficiently aroused
by the persistent delight which the
stranger manifested in contemplating
the woman whom the artist now re.
garded as his future wife.
AS Miss Aspinwall, therefore guided
her new guest from one person to an.
other, he followed them with n burning
gaze, that presently took on n new
fire as he perceived them turning to-
ward himself and his now self-pos,
,sesscd and apparently expectant com.