The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-08-04

GRAND MARAlS, MIN
came to q standstill and the last notes
died wailing away. - j.
IT think 1t was about the same
length as usual" Ursula tried to look
unconscious: 1T was half over when
We began it. Perhaps that made the
difference" '..--.:.,s'-'
$50 it was. I was kept: It wasn't
my fault, needn't tell you. 1t was
the last thing Il wanted to happen. /
assure you.''
1T doesn't matter; only don't let it
happen again, please, If you can man
age. I Just hate to lose the first of q
really perfest waltz"
What makes your waltzes perfect
the music, or the partner, or WHAT"
"Oh, the floor and the band, and
score of things. Why do you want so,
much to know"
Because it it's the partner-and
this last one was perfect-do tell me
If that is what you meant" -
She cast little look up at him, as
different from Countess 1lka's lash
yelled upward glances as the violet, is
different from the cactus flower 1T
could not be perfect when some was
LOST" was all she would say.
It was 4 curious coincidence. and
one which at another time might have
struck Winstanley, that al those
dances Countess 1lka had selected
seemed to be just before the ones he
had with Ursula. More than once he
was held so long in a pleasant net of
talk that he had to hurry to find his
little sweetheart More than once he
had to repeat that breathless excuse.
was neither unreasonable nor
exacting. She was the kind OF girl
who could not suspect that the man
she cared forwould flirt with any one
else. Yet as the same thing repeated
itself, and it was always Countess
1lka whom he came from tardily to
claim herself, a new little gravity be-
gan to dawn on her face and she
seemed to wonder to herself Was it
only chance-or was Countess nka
SO charming that she made people for
get the flight of time when they
danced with her? yet it was little
discomfort, faint cloud on the sunny
horizon where, till now, no cloud had
reared it's head.
Supper had been the chief point of
attraction to chaperons for some lit
tie time, and the ballroom was clearer
for dancing and more seized upon by
the devoted waltzer in consequence.
The first of Ursula s. extras was at
hand. Conatess 1hta,y watching, saw
Captain Winstanley looking about the
room from side to side She seized her
opportunity. Her piercing look had
seen well enough this evening whose
influence was in the field against her
own and might conquer it. 1t was a
kind of combat dear to her very soul
when another woman was the foe.
She stopped him with a touch Of her
curious Oriental fan.
my supper partner seems to have
mistaken his arrangement" she said,
with pretty little air of mock en-
barrassment. would you do me the
great favor to take me to the supper
room? l am longing for something to
eat.''
*'Delighted." 1t was impossible to
o1c
lated that the act of escort would not
take more than. minute He would
find her place, commend her to the
care of one of her always eagerepart-
ners, then excuse himself and come
back for Ursula. He gave her his arm,
and they made their way to the sup
per rooms; by her guiding more than
his they found their way into the more
empty one. He found a cosy seat in a
secluded corner, and began to. say
something about being engaged for
that dance, and regretted that he must
ask her to excuse him, when she cut
him short with compassionate SMILE
"You were engaged to Miss Hamii-
ton, I know. l., saw the name upon
your card. But see, she is over there,
eating her supper with Mr.. FELTON,, of
the royal yacht. I saw her come in
with him, or I would not have asked
you to bring me- .Winstanley looked,
amazed. Ursula could never have
given another man the extra she had
promised him, or gone in to supper
without waiting for him: Yet, even as
he looked, he saw, her on the other
side of the room. :.
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