Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-11

arrived too late for the music The hour of
arias was past. His hostess plump little woman
in Jet with alert that it almost glittered,
impaired to him with gesturing gloves that the
soprano had been quite-oh, but quite charming,
ctarmdtae, adorable Reeve masked his thanks
giving, process which was less easy when, in the
second salon. he upon Miss Arnold He knew
that it she directly he caught sight of her little
fowerv blue gown and the slim distinction of her
figure and her hair that SUMMER than the mock
suns of the lights 1t pleasant surprise to
find Hoen Manor harboring the little country
mouse who worked in the city
He crossed to her Mrs Mari went to
make some pretty devor to an old grande dame
holding court in orner And Miss Arnold
miracuous1y rememb red him, and presently
Reeve actually had tt pastime of holding aside
floating curtain ar following ner to the veranda,
dim-lighte,I It's swinging little lamps They
stood where rift in the trees showed a length OF
open sward ct with tiny silk pavions, like giant
glow-worns tanned to the uses of the summer
night. The veranda was, by the mercy of Heaven,
deserted
In the talk that drifted idly content to anchor
nowhere ION such night Reeve, whose thoughts
of late were never far from "Tete-a-t6te, was
reminded, with pleasant glow of self-conscious-
ness of the first act of his piece, wherein his hero,
Bay-Fortescue, to sit at summer-night fete
upon the Casino Terraces with Miss Penelope Elm
and plan what they would do if they were royalty
in the absurd little duchy where in the third
act they virtually would be. That setting would
not be unlike this Hoen veranda, he reflected
little lights, silk pavilons and bright property
moon And this little creature of slim distinction
and fowery blue among the wild-grapevines was
exactly the sort of girl he thought, with whom his
Baly- Fortescue might have fallen in love Yet
here she buried in the country or, according to
the verities of Mrs Appegate, working in the city
q have new to be grateful
to Mrs APPLICABLE" said Reeve then,
though thought of Mrs. Apologize
by no means monopolizing his atten-
ton at the moment.
Miss Arnold laughed at something
that this suggested-and again her -rA
laugh was mellow wandering, genuine. re
-" But suppose l to tell you" she lT1=
laid it before him, that only this III
morning Mrs. Apologize told me that r.
she afraid you ungodly LSez
man, with confused principles "
"I?" calculated Reeve. Good 49,
Heavens! how did she find out?"
The girl drew tassel of the wild
grape across her cheek. She said,
she averred lightly, that you scoffed
at all millinery and believed in church -
choirs." ~
Reeve considered Did she so?" g
he demonstrated. " How unjust I've E
listened to some abominable chors,
and I've seen hats that l adored."
"Yes?" she questioned you adored
the hats?"
Il don't see how l could acknowl-
edged Reeve, his eyes straying to her iI4
sunny uncovered hair These
little country mice, Reeve reflected,
were, to quote his jet hostess, charm
ing, charnrdne, adorable" -
Then suddenly, she looked in the h
lamped, enticing dusk, Miss Arnold TO low
completed Reeves allurement by burst Toaue ST.
ing into little snatch of song; and
Reeve who knew music, listened in delight