Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-02-15

the OF her. W nat docs INIT H'A't p'hSi
girl have TO say about IT,
"Oh. well. she didn't quite like ii nj |
first. hut the more we talk about 1t to- |
ccthcr the better the plan seems to |
her"
Il presume likely you and she tax
about it good deal:" There wasn't
the slirhtet flavor of sarcasm appar'
ent in this question. 80 bradley admit
ted that he and Gus did have good
many talks on the subject.
Ana this statement wasn't an exag-
geration. II had become a regular
thing for the junior partner In the
anchor dragging concern to drop in NJ
the Baker homestead uf an evening
after supper was over and discuss nap
pcninvs and plans with Gus. The feel
ing that the girl was not 81 wholly at
one with him in his hogeS ana am
billions aS sh, used to be h1d called
BRADLEY. He resented her criticisms
of the new venture on the evening
when he first told her of 1t. Five
vp1rs before. he knew. Shr would have
thought It ">pIcldid" simply ecauSe
he thought 50. lie had come home eX-
pectmg II find her unchanged, forget
ting h wv much n had chan"cl himself.
and now he determined that he would
compel her to believe In him and his
work
Dancing was one Of the subjects on
which they didn't agree. Bradley
considered dancing nOnSenSjcal and a
waste Of time Gus, on the other hand.
was very fond of it.
"Td rather saw wood myself de-
clarcd the former one evening.
"Therr'd lie about rs much work in it,
and considerably more fun"
but. Brad, do like dancing, and
there are dances here once In awhile,
such as they are. and-well wish
4 you danced"
/ II suppose could manage to navi-
/ gate through Quadrile without
! wreckiuc mere than half the set, but
waltz would have me out Of sound
+ lncS in 10 time"
"Wnl you try to learn II | teach
you"
/ "Thiuk twill pay for the wear and
tear on your nerves--and the furni-
turef"
"Ill risk TIE nerves. and we need
some new furniture anyway. Come.
wc'n begin now. I'll hum the tune.
and you can imagine that Rennie D.
Three piece orchestra Is playing Annie
Rooney with their own variations.
and that you're watzing-well, with
Georgiana Bailey"
Great Scott, Let's imagine some
thing pleasant to begin on. All right,
hero GOES, Get out of the channel.
Winfield"
One evening toward the end Of the
month Gus said to him: BRAD If you
We're ! would YOU % to the hall on the
evening Of Decoration day ut the
town hail? I've had two invitations"
"Uumphr' The answer was some
what hesitatng
II supposed you didn't know. Other
wise. of course
II should have invited my dancing
teacher |. ~ with me. Gus, woult
you have liked it If | had lnvltet
y0u;"
II should"
"NeIi. rten. Miss Baker. may hav,
the pleasure Of escorting you to tn,
grand fandango to be held in the Or
ham Crystal palace, under the super
vision Of his royal swelledness, Mr.
Solomon Bangs"
You may, sir. oh, Brad. OF cours,
I'll rather - with you, because
because WHAT"
because want to see how nv M
pill loo&s dancing with somebody else.
q Gus was rrcttier than ever the nigh
of the ball. She was dressed simply il
white, bat when she came out of TIN
/ dressing room at the hall and took hi
arm Bradley noticed that the eva Q
n half dozen young men followed he
p ana that they whispered to each other
/ Gus "0rder' was filled in few min
utes after the first number was over
|. there were more applicants thai
!. dances. Bradley danced Quadrill
r with Clara Hopkins, who was prett.
i ana Jolly. and he enjoyed it thorough
~. He lahored through a contra dane
|. With Georgiana Bailey and didn't en-
JOY it as much, although that effe,
g veScent young lady puTed that sh
had had Il ''perfectly lovely time" am
''lnnivfh' .nllt
:. didn't he call at the house.
$ Miss Bailey's blue silk gown had a,
i imposing and very troublesome train
:. ana she smc,t like Il perfumer's shop.
J. Captain Titcomb came up the stairs
lie had dripping umbrella in hi
;, hand.
: "Nhy, hnllo." exclaimed Bradley. -
: didn't know you We're coming"
, Hello YOURSELF" rctorted the car
r tain. Il didn't know you was com:l
either so were square on that hitcl
!. It's BLOWN up regular shorter out
side" he added.
q "Eeorgiana'S Gaycr'n a tin peddler'
), cart. amt sheT continued Titcoml
y "Cap'n .ahe's the only moulin pulle
h in that coop"
q He broke off suddenly and was sleu
q for minute or more Bradley aske
Y him what the matter was.
"Ch, nothin" was the hasty repl,
Y quite Il crowd here tonight Who
. the little clipper in the white with blu
- rennantS in her fore riggin'-the on
>. dant,n with Jonadab WiXon's sister
boy
THAT'S Clara Hopkins"
# "Humph. You don't say! Jim HoJ
kinS' girl | Wonldn't have knnu