The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-01
A FOOL FOR LOVE
BY FRANCIS LYNDE
AUTHOR OF "rHR oRArrERs," Krc
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Winton laughed.
you do Lord Chesterfield a very
great injustice; I cribbcd that from
The Indiscretions OF Marchioness,'
he retorted.
Here was another new experience
for Miss Virginia .arterct: to have
the trodden worm turn: to be paid
back in her own coin. She liked him
rather better for it; aud. liking him,
proceeded to punish him. woman-wise.
The coffee was served. and Mrs Car
teret was rising. Whereupon Miss
Virginia handed her cup to tho techno-
Logan. and so had him for her COM
panion in the tete-a-tete chair. leav-
ing Winton to shift Cor himself.
The shifting process carried him
over to the Rajah and the Reverend
Billy, to a small table in corner Of
the compartment, and the enjoyment
of a mild cigar and such desultory
racketing of the ball of conversation
as three men, each more or less in
tent upon his own concerns, may keep
up.
Later, when Calvert had been elm
mated by Miss Bessie Winton looked
to see the true inwardness of the din
ner- bidding made manifest by his host.
That Mr.. Somervile Darrah had an
AK to grind in the right-of way matter
he did not doubt; this notwithstand-
ing his word to Adams defensive OF
the Rajah's probable motive.
But Mr.. Darrah chatted on. affably
non-committal, and after time Win
ton began to upbraid himself for sus-
pecting the Interior motive. BY no
word or hint did the vice president
refer to the struggle pendent between
the two companies or to the warike
incident Of the morning. And when
/ he finally rose TO excuse himself on a
letter-writing plea, his leave taking
was that of the genial host reluctant
to part company with his guest.
GIVE enjoyed your conversation,
sch: enjoyed 1t right much Most
happy to have had the pleasure OF
your company. Misteh Winton. May I
hope you will faveh us often while
we are neighbors?"
Winton rose, made the proper ac-
/ acknowledgements. and would have
crossed the compartment TO make his
adieux to Mrs. Carteret. But at that
moment Virginia, taking advantage OF
Adams handshaking with the Rajah,
came between.
you re not going yet, are you. MIR.
Winton? Don't hurry. If you arc
dying to smoke pipe, as Mr.. Adams
says you are, we can so out on the
platform. 1t isn't too cold. is i?"
Not the words themselves. but nor
manner of saying them, warmed him
so suddenly that an Arctic winters
night would not have been prohib-
itory.
at is clear and frosty. a beautiful
night" he fastened TO Say. May |
help you with your coat?"
I She suffered him, but in the height
Of the heart-warming glow gave him
a cold douche in a word to Bessie.
Wont you come, too, Bessie, dear?'
she asked and Winton set the whole
battery of his will at work to fend
Of the threatened calamity.
| Happily, it avered itself. Miss Bes-
sic was quite comfortable as she was
and begged to be excused. Mrs. Car
teret in her capacity of chaperon
looked askance at Virginia, was met.
by a glance of the resolute brown eyes
which she had come TO obey without
fully understanding. and contented
herself WIZ, a monitory: Don't stay
out too long, Virginia. 1t is dreadful
~ cold"
So presently Winton had his heart s
desire. which was to be alone with
Virginia; alone. we say, though the
privacy OF the square rallied platform
was that Of the ear only. For the
/ gatherfngroom Of the Rosemary, with
Its lights and eyes, gave directly upon
the rear platform through the two
full-length windows and the glass
door.
Now In whatsoever aspect the noun
tain skyland presents itsclf--and its
aspects are numberless-,that Of a
| starlit winter night, when the heaven,
/ lights burn clear in a black dome for
which the mighty peaks themselves
are the visible supports. is not the
least impressive So, for a little
time, awe challenging awe in these
two had much in common. tongue and
lip were silent, and when they spoke
it was Of the immensities.
Does your profession often open
such wide doors to you. Mr.. Winton?'
1t gave him an exquisite thrill 10
know that her mood marched SO even
ly with his own.
Outside Of the Office work. which
I have always evaded when I could
the doors are all pretty wide. One
year was on the Mexican boundary
survey-you can picture those silent
nights in the desert. Another tin1f
! was with the Geodetic on the coast /;
since that winter the booming OF the
surf has been the constant nndcrtone
for me in all music"
"Ah, yes, in music. You must love
music if you can associate it with