The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-20
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hose il my hair. Reginald Keen bad
been Yong waiting tor my reply q a
very Important question. and ] hadfat
Inst promised Il him. We were botlsto
attend tue ban, and 1 had agreed 70
give him his answer there by signal.
liz the word was Yes'' woud wear
ilyhite rose In ms hair, e It was ''s.;c,s
ID rcd one. / was not able after this
promise to make up my mind any more
than before aad thought It better that
IiShould signal .'Nos { would still Be
90 the safe side. aud ] had no fear q
hlS3gtvtng up the chase.
On the evening Of the ban. while
Walking through a broad hall between
suits Of rooms, caught sight Of my
'fgure-as l supposed-ln a mirror. At
any rate. a cir the counterpart Of my.
self was moving toward me. at first
sight supposed onr costumes were
Identical because our dresses were both
Of gunzy white material But what
astonished me was that in her hair she
wore a white rose. was not aware
that she was not my reflected image
until she turned and assembled q stair
case.
She was with an escort; had Just
left mine. / FOLLOWED her to the ball.
room, and, desirtngto see more Of her
unobserved, went up into little bal.
cOny where l could look down on tile
llancers. / watched her for some time
and saw many OF my friends nod to
her. To most OF them she returned q
surprised stare. She appeared to be Of
a merry disposition, for she finally got
to laughing with her escort because 50
many people whom she did not know
bowed to her. Finally saw Reginald
at the other end OF the room and kept
my eye on him till Ito met her. When
lie first saw her lie started. Then. see,
Ing the white rose in her hair, he hur'
ried forward and literally forced her
attendant to retire,
The girl by this time seemed ready 10
pcrlnit strangers to approach her, and
she took his arm as If she had long
known him. He bent over her and
whispered something in her ear. Therf
was surprise, a blush, then a merry
twinkle in her eye She must have
known that she had been mistaken for
another and was evidently ready for
an escapade-in other words, to play
Juliet to Reginald's Romeo.
/ watched them from the balcony
while they danced several numbers to-
gether, but sat most of the time in q
window seat. could see that the girl
OCCASIONALLY surprised Reginald By
something she said. She was doubtless
betrayIng herself, but she laughed at
him and played the lover so well that
she always drove away his wonder and
escaped the pits she had fallen into
These explanations l OWNED, though ]
could not know for certain.
| suppose I should have been pleased
a. uls I' ..-. 49,. IL he SMILES n ono
who he supposed was myself. At first
/ was greatly amused and thought the
way the girl played her part was
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u u,,aa ~" s,, him pn+ IL mo from tIle mo.
u .,,ss4 ~ ,a%, INV danger her every ac.
n. S ,o,,,,,s,ro s,T,bcrn ia nothing
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no H .,,,d sov somc,hInr to her. and
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M%v" ~ w., ana snmlny hcl,tntl n cur.
wi, "" ,,"n,oTt ,otnr thnv entered and,
s"Sin,. +,n,nsnlvcs mono sat in the
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