Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-01-22

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de Leon, and there was much specula- !
ton upon the chances for reconcilia- |
ton Monty, however, maintained a !
strict silence on the subject and refus
ed to satisfy the curiosity Of his friends. |
Mrs. Drew had brought down q small |
crowd, including two pretty Kentucky
girls and a young Chicago millionaire.
She lived we'll and sensibly and with
none of the extravaganza that charac-
terized the cottage. Yet it was in
evitable that Brewster's guests should
see hers and join some Of their riding
parties. Monty pleaded that he was
not we'll enough to be in these excur-
sions, but neither he nor Barbara cared
to overemphasize the estrangement.
Peggy Gray was in despair over Mon
tvs attitude. She had become con-
|, WINGED. that behind his pride he was
cherishing a secret longing for Bar
! bara. Yet she could not. see how the
walls were to be broken down if he
maintained this icy reserve. She was
sure that the masterful tone was the
one to win with girl like that, but
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vice. That he was mistaken about Bar
baras feeling she did not doubt for a
moment, and she saw things going
hopelessly wrong for want of word
There were times when she let herself
dream of possibilities, but they always
! ended by seeming too impossible. She
cared too much to make the attainment
of her vision seem simple. She cared
toe much to be sure Of anything.
At moments she fancied that she
| might say word to Miss Drew which
would straighten things out, but there
! was something about her which held
her off. Even now that they were
thrown together more or less she could
not get beyond a certain barrier. It
was not until sunny day when she
had accepted Barbara's invitation to
drive that things seemed to go more
easily. For the first time she felt the
charm Of the girl, and for the first time
Barbara seemed unreservedly friendly.
1t was a quiet drive they were taking
through the woods and out along the
beach, and somehow in the open air
things simplified themselves. Finally
IN the SOftness and the idle warmth
even an allusion to Monty, whose name
usually meant an embarrassing change
Of subject, began to seem possible. 1t
was inevitable that Peggy should bring
it in, for with her a question Of tact
was never allowed to dominate when
things of moment were at stake. She
covered before the plunge, but she
took it unafraid.
1.-THE doctor says Monty may go out
'driving tomorrow" she began. isn't
that fne?"
Barbara's only response was to touch
her pony little too sharply with the
whip. Peggy went on as if uncon-
scious of the. challenge.
"He has been bored to death, poor
fellow, in the house all this time, and"-
Miss Gray, please do not mention
Mr.. Brewsters name to me again. in
terrupted Barbara, with a contraction
Of the eyebrows. But Peggy was seized
, with a spirit of defiance and plunged
, recklessly on
''What is the use, Miss Drew, of tax
, ing an attitude like that? 1 know the
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lieve that either Monty or you have lost
in a week a feeling that was so deer
seated. 1 know Monty much too vel
: to think that he would change so cas-
q lily" Peggy still lived largely in bel
! ideals. And you are too fine a thing
+ not to have suffered under this misun
1 Outstanding. It seems as if yer!
n small word would set you boil
! straight"
! Barbara drew herself up and KEEP
q her eyes on the road. which .lays Whit
= and cleaning in the sun .Ishaye no
, the least desire to be set straight
And she was never more serious.
But it was only a few weeks ag
: that you were engaged"
Il am sorry" answered Barbara
: .sthat it should have been talked abou
:, so much Mr. Brewster did ask me t
. marry him, but / never accepted. L
fact, ii was only his persistence tha
!. made me consider the matter at ALL
: did think about 1t. confess that
rather liked him. But y was not lon