The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-13

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seemed worth knowing. He had a
classic profile and wore his clothes
properly.
Margaret danced across the polished
floor
isn't it fneY' she asked as she
came up to them.
"You do it so beautifully" Mary
murmured.
The Awkward Young Man did not
say anything, and Margaret, moved to
coquetry, took three expert steps to
the right and then three expert steps
to the left ITS so easy" she declared,
with some display of silk stockinged
ankles.
ut looks easy when you do it." Mary
sighed. "but am so stupid"
But Margaret held out her hands to
the Awkward Young Man. Let me
show you," she offered Now" and
they danced away together.
For the next fifteen minutes Marga-
ret held the Awkward Young Man at
her side. and Mary, practicing forlorn-
ly BY herself in the corner, watched
them and envied the ease with which
Margaret talked and laughed and
pirouetted in shine of black satin
and of copper colored hair.
When the music started, the Awk-
ward Young Man came back to Mary.
"How are you getting alongY he
asked, with smile that lighted his
face and made 1t very attractive.
Il shall never learn" Mary said,
never" and her lip quivered.
ooh. yes, you WILL" he said. 81 don't
believe You are the kind to give up"
But Miss Morton does it so beauti-
fully" Mary told him TREMENDOUSLY.
'"This is Miss Morton's third year of
training in the physical course at the
summer school" he reminded her. "She
ought to do 1t beautifully"
And then they struggled on as the
teacher counted, unfortunately:
Zone, two, three; one, two, three"
Every day Mary and the Awkward
Young Man had few minutes to-
gether. But the minutes were few,
for Margaret Morton had taken upon
herself the instruction of the Awkward
Young Man, and more than once Mary
was left to do the steps in her lonely
corner.
Everybody seems to know how but
me- she said despairingly. in the third
week, to the Awkward Young Man.
81 don't" he assured her
"But Miss Morton takes such an in-
.erest in you"
81 wish she wouldn't" he said
moodily.
A light leaped into Mary's eyes.
81 would rather be With you," he
added. with a look that changed the
world for little Mary.
"One, two. three: one. two, three"
counted the teacher, and Mary flew
around the room on feet that seemed
winged
How well you did tbatlr said the
Awkward Young Man Se she danced
up to him. her cheeks red, eyes like
stars, her little figure swaying to the
rhythm.
Il don't know how it happened" she
lduSuSO- Ou, lcl NtO IL lOStlhSA.
Margaret Morton watched them from
the other end of the room, and when,
In the intricate windings of the folk
dance she passed the Awkward Young
Man she whispered, Don't you want
to go with me to the lighthouse in the
morningT'
I'm sorry" he fibbed. "but have
other plans"
And when he passed Mary he asked:
evil you let me take you to the beach
after the class tomorrow? We can
carry our notebooks and study"
"Oh, 1t will be lovely" she said. and
all the happiness in her heart seemed
expressed in her tripping feet, so that
the teacher patted her on the shoulder
as she came up at the end of the les
son. you are getting on. Miss Cobb"
she said.
The day at the beach, with the
waves tapping the sands lazily and
the gulls dipping and rising against a
sky Of sapphire, gave an opportunity
for an Interchange Of aspirations and