The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-12-18

HERE ARE THE COPIES OF SOME TELL
GRAMS. READ THEM"
opposite him, and he held his eyes
stifly averted. because he was also
subtly cognizant of the fact that 1t
was a tailor made young lady, with
sunny curls and an exQuisitely modu-
lated voice as she addressed the
walter
After several embarrassed moments
he permitted himself surreptitious
glance toward his vis-a-vis. Her face
was averted, but there was no mistak-
ing the pink oval cheek, with its
sweet, familiar curve; the golden mass
of cobweb hair, the scarlet, tremulous
lips.
The girl turned swiftly under the
spell of his eyes, a river of crimson
running from throat to brow. But
suddenly she stiffened, and the color
forsook her face.
Kendall was looking at her very ear
nestly. very pleadingly. The quarrel
had been terribly bitter, but the after
math was much more bitter. There
had been only six months Of that, and
a lifetime stretched drab before them.
"Marjorier' He leaned half across
the table, his glance full of passionate
appeal He seemed to have forgotten
altogether that half year ago they
had parted for good and all, with the
promise never to speak to one another
again.
Tho nj rf nd fo,.
ond. Then her lashes fickered and
fell. Her lips were held taut to con-
ceal their trembling, and her breath
was coming in little jerks But she
controlled herself quickly. and when
she looked up again her expression
was quite calm, whatever 1t may have
lndexed
Personalities" she forced herself to
say, will have to be avoided, Dick
We settled all that long ago. did we
not?"
Her words had final ring, and Ken
dali felt himself going white under
the stab of them. Could it be possible,
after all past asseverations. that she
had ceased to care so entirely? Surely
she could never have suffered as he
had done the past six months and sit
facing him now with so cool a de-
meanOr He was on the point of
speaking when the waiter reappeared.
Marjorie welcomed his coming with
a tremendous sensation of relief Self
control was fast getting away from
her She raised a glass of water to her
lips and drained it feverlshly. Ken
dali noted that her fingers were shak-
ing, and his heart gave a sudden throb
Perhaps, after all. her GOODNESS was
mere assumption. He sought her
glance eagerly but it was frigidly
withheld.
After a trying silence Marjorie took
up her knife and fork and tried vainly
to eat The food stuck in her throat.
Kendall finished his dinner mechan-
Ically.
Marjorie" he broke out abruptly,
don't, for heavens sake, treat me this
wayl Cannot we be at least friendly ?
Will you answer one question:"
The girl lost color again, though she
met his eyes openly. almost probingly.
Certainly" she said after little.
Am l, then, utterly odious to your
She WINGED, and her snowy chin lift
ed itself imperceptibly, but unmistak-
ably.
II hardly thinksthe occasion or the
circumstances warrant that she an
swered. the shadows deepening in her
eyes.
KendaH's heart gave a-great lurch.
Had she heardi He would be frank
with her anyway.
IF you mean the circumstances sur
rounding our-disagreement," he said.
decidedly they do"
She made no answer, but the hurt
look in her eyes told him the truth,
and he hurried on eagerly:
Marjorie, will you listen to my side
of 1t? Listen! l was desperate-craZy
when | thought had lost you.
threw myself into anything-every.
thing-all sorts Of thlngs-as means
J OF getting little relief from the eat.