The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06


one? May L"
With some hesitation she laid her
gloved hand in mine.
Il think there is a resemblance,
yet-no; this is very nice, soft
suede, but not of quite SO soft
quality as"
She drew her hand away rather
petulantly.
1T doesn't matter" she said coldly.
81 can get"
ooh, but I beg of you!" I exclaimed
hastily, alarmed You owe to me,
think, an opportunity to restore it to
you, if you can satisfy me as to your
claim. Pardon me if l suggest that
the circumstances Of your presence
here"
"Well, there's the glove" she said.
you must know whether the other
is like it,"
"The glove 1 may perhaps have
found had a remarkable delicious per
fume. If l might be allowed to as
certain whether that one has the
same characteristic
please let me go before your man
comes back" she exclaimed, moving
toward the door at doesn't matter
about the glove"
Pardon mel" l cried "You have
explained your presence here, which
is such a pleasure to me, by saying
you came for glove, and if you can
not substantiate that by proving that
there is a glove belonging to you
here, I shall be compelled to call the
police and give you in charge for
being on enclosed premises with in
tent to commit a felony"
She laughed. 1t was such a de-
lightful, infectious laugh that l fancy
l smiled.
There she said, and held out
her right hand, with a very queenly
gesture, I thought.
l took it and bent over it. But it
was difficult to detect the fragrance
which characterized the other glove,
for | felt constrained not to bend my
face too close to it.
81 am sorry" l said, but l fail"
I'll take it off"
"No-please don't"
Then l must CO." she exclaimed.
"You must realize I must go!"
Reluctantly did l realize it.
But it seems a pity" I said, fol
lowing her into the other room. 4
am quite hopeful that in a minute
more l should have traced the identi-
cal perfume"
She scarcely seemed to hear me.
She looked flushed and anxious as
she hurried out into the hall. 1t was
painfully evident that the specter of
Mrs. Grundy had interviewed
Il hope you attach considerable
Importance to recovering the glover"
I said tentatively, opening the outer
door for her, and following her to the
ball, where she Immediately began to
breathe more freely.
ooh, no; it doesn't matter in the
least" she returned smiling and pre-
pairing to ascend the stairs q am
ashamed of having been betrayed
into such unusual conduct by such
trife, and"
But it should matter a great deal"
l said reprovingly; 1T isn't nice for
& girl to think of strange man,
perhaps, treasuring up scented
gloves which may be hers
well, will you fetch it while I
wait here?" she inquired, with an ex-
aggerated air Of impotence.
NO" l answered firmly. THAT
would close the incident, which I 90
not desire. You have said that YOU
dropped the glove out of the window
above mine, and, of course, l do not
doubt it, but should like some
proof. If you will accord it to me by
permitting me to call on you at your
fiat, shall have no further ex
cuse-"
"You are hopeless" she murmured
with a sigh, mounting two steps.
ION the contrary-most hopeful
don't see how you can avoid doing So
To refuse would practically amount to
a confession that you do not live in the
fiat above mine. and, therefore. that
the glove was not yours; hence you
could not have been in my fiat for the
lawful purpose"
My mother will be back by five"
she said softly, smiling down at me.
Il will give her fifteen minutes from
that hour, in case she should be warm
and tired, l exclaimed.
fancied she was about to speak
again. But she threw a swift look at
me, not callously unlind l thought
and fastened away. And just as she
turned the corner above me, Bright
rounded the one below I had never
resented his promptness and dispatch
so keenly before