Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-11-15


fshaw! covered my face with
the gray mask and descended to the
street.
The trolley ran within two miles OF
the Hunt club. The car was crowded
with masqueraderS, and for the first
tlme since ! started out felt comfort.
able Everybody laughed and talked
though nobody knew who his neigbbor
was. sat in corner. silent and mo
tlonless as sphinx Once a pair OF
blue clippers attracted my eye. and
again the flash OF a lovely arm. At the
end OF the trolley line was carryall
which was to convey us to the club.
We got into the conveyance, noisily and
good-humoredly The ordinations OF
the women were amusing.
Good gracicusl"
Isn't IL funi"
Lovely" And all that. II must
have been a novelty for some OF these
to act naturally for once. Nothing lasts
80 long as the natural instinct for play:
and We always fn1 ourselves coming
back 20 H.
Standing some hundred yards back
from the road was the famous Holly.
wood inn. run by the genial Moriarity.
Sometimes the members OF the Hunt
club put up there for the night when
there was TO be q run the following
morning. II was open all the year
round
We made the club at exactly 30
Fortune went with me. doubtless IL
was the crowd going In that saved me
from close scrutiny. My spirits rose
as espied Teddy Hamilton at the
door. He was on the committee. and
was In plain evening clothes. II was
good to see familiar face I shout.
dered toward him and passed out my
ten dollars
Hello, Teddy. my som" cried out
iovially
Hello'"-grinning Teddy thought
II was some one he knew; well. so IL
was. What's your card?" ne cried as |
! pressed by him
The ten Of hearts
The ten Of hearts repeated Teddy |
10 man who was keeping tally on a 1
bis cardboard.
This sight did not reassure me II /
they were keeping tally Of all the cards /
presented at the door. they would soon
ind out that there We're too many tens
Of hearts. too many by one, Wen. at
any rate. had for the time being es-
capped detection. now for the fun:
II would be spoIt-royal while II last
ed What a tale 90 give out at the
club OF Sunday night! | chuckled on.
the way TO the ball room. had dis
pensod with going up TO the dressing
room My robe was a genuine one,
heavy and warm 30 had no overcoat
10 check
Grave monk. your blessing"
Turning. ! beheld an exquisite Col.
Imbine.
Pax vobiscum!" replied. sol
smnly.
Pax What does that mean"
1t means, do not believe all you
zee In the newspapers"
Columbine laughed gaily 4 did
lot know that you were Latin
cholar. and besides. you gave me to
YOU we're coming as a Jes-
it, Billy"
Billy? Here was one who thought
he knew me FASTENED 10 disillusion
er {
MY dear Co,umbine. you do not I
now me. not the least bit My name
not Billy. II is Dicky.'
oh, YOU cannot fool me- she re- s
Irned Il heard you call out 70 Teddy
hamilton that your card was the ten v
hearts. and you wrote me, saying
lat would be your card" '
Complications already. and Z
admit put my foot inside the ball v
,oml n
Il am sorry" said. but you have n
ade mistake. Your Jesuit probably
Id you his card would be the nine. e
II the ten
Il will wager" 81
Hush! This is q charity dance: no II
lie makes wagers at such affairs"
But Why. my goodness there's
y Jesuit now" And 10 my intense
lief she dashed away. Of
I carefully observed the Jesuit, and ~
ade up my mind 70 keep an eye 81
on him II he really possessed the W
n of hearts, the man who kept tally -
the cardboard was doing some tall ~
linking about this time ! gilded %
'ay into the gorgeous ball room. "
What a vision greeted my eye! The -
corations were In red and yellow, W
d il seemed as though perpetual au. ~ ~
mnal sunset lay over everything. ~ ~
the far end OF the room was a "
all stage hidden behind palms and ,
INT ferns The band was Just W
liking up "A Summer Night in Mu. W
n, and a WONDERFUL Kaleidoscope pe
'olved around me. saw Cavaliers Wv
a Roundhcads puritans and Beel. -
pubs, Musketeer,, fools. cowboys. 30
Hans kings and princes: queens 49,,
4 expresses, fairies and Quaker ~
ids, white and black and red and -
zen dominoes. Tom Fools night, -"
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