New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-08-22
By OHIO B. SENGA
Copyright, 190G, by Homer Spra0ue

bitterly, as the gaudy auto car dashed
by. He had received but the merest
bod of recognition from Miss Danvers.
Gross, my boy" he soliloquized, you
must have made mistake in thinking
you were invited to join this festive
crowd"
He took a small envelope from his
inner coat pocket and read portions of
the note in mumbling undertone, add
Ing caustic comments as he proceeded:
my dear Ross MN, dear Ross
feels pretty cheap-about % cents
worth at the present moment! There
will be !, small party Of us at Wiers
from the 10th to the 9th Well, I'm
only two days in the rear-not bad for
Il laboring man! 1T would be very
pleasant if you could be there at the
same time Mn, pleasant! I wonder
just where the pleasure comes in!
Well, here we are. Ross, brace upn'
He furtively ficked the dust from his
shoes and ran lightly up the broad ter
races to the hotel piazza.
He had hoped that Efie would wait
for him. She must have known that he
vas on his way to call upon her.
The tOrturing minutes seemed hours,
nfter he had sent up his card, and he
felt the scarlet flood mount to his fore
head again and again as some laugh
ing girl stole a second glance at his
handsome face and stalwart figure.
When Eftie came down the stairs
gowned in white she seemed to the
embarrassed young fellow the embodi-
ment Of GOODNESS and self possession.
Her greeting was hardly courteous.
in degree removed from cordially, and
she spoke with some asperity.
'Why, Ross Brady, where are you
staying? l expected you to register
here"
He crimsoned under the reproof of
her voice and manner; then the square
shoulders were set back, and the heavy
chin hardened.
"You knew, Efie," gravely, "that
could not afford the rates here I am
at farmhouse mile away. I can be
with you whenever you wish, Efe,"
pleadingly.
She seemed not to hear him.
"And your call just now, Ross" fret
fully, lis wholly without regard to Ell
Quette. I only came down to tell you
that you can come again tomorrow,
and be sure to send up two cards, one
for me and one for Mrs. Lyons, the
chaperon Of the party.
He laughed shortly.
"Efie, the card l sent up is probably
the last one l have. My vacation is
necessarily brief one, and"-
"Oh, Ross" in an excited whisper,
"here comes Miss Van Vance! Do go!
I mustn't be seen talking to you like
this. She is from New York and aw-
fully
formally to Effie and turned sharply
toward the door, meeting Miss Van
Vance on the threshold.
She looked squarely into his eyes as
they passed with an expression that
he afterward recalled and wondered
about.
She's a good deal older than Efie
and those other girls" he unused. 81
wonder Then he shrugged his shout
ders impatiently. 'What difference
does it make anyhow? I'll write Eff
fie note. 1 was donkey not tc
think about cards. I don't wonder she
was annoyed. She wants to be cor
rect about matters of etiquette, OF
course"
But Brady's honest heart was sore
indeed on the following day when the
messenger returned with no answer t.
the pleading little note he sent to Ef1e
He put on a rough suit of flannel an(
started for tramp. striding rapidly
along the country road. his handsome
face moody and forbidding.
The sound Of wheels reused hin
from his unpleasant reflections.
1T is country etiquette said clea
voice, ''for one who drives to ask on,
who walks to have lift"
He turned quickly. 1t was Miss Val
Vance, seated in a light Stanhope, driv
ing a high stepping bay. She smiled
down into his astonished face, reinet
and turned the animal with quicl
movement Of her supple wrist, glanc
ing invitingly at the seat beside her.
Brady had never before been chal
lenged in just such way, and hi
blood rose. His usual difhdence van
ished; he stepped promptly into tn
vehicle and seated himself. sayin;
easily, "Is it etiquette for the one VIII
walks to introduce himself to the on
| who drives?"
1T isn't necessary" coolly. you ar
Ross Brady; you were brought up on
farm in northern Vermont; you hav
studied all sorts Of ologies and isms
and you are now taking the advance
course in metallurgy at the Harvar
summer school,
'Who told you?" rashly.
"No one. simply put two and tw
| together The sum is seven! I WASH
sure, but your question proves it"
81 am easily trapped admitte
Brady.
He felt sudden sense of ease an
confidence and Of comradeship wit
this stately looking girl, and almost be