Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-18
CHAPTER KY

'iiN luNtltS anu li4cll NlFtS. HeOE
 giana, now at home and at the head
 of her fathers household, was read,
 to receive with him and do the honors
 as hostess.
 As she paced the floor, her long skirts
 sweeping about her, her thoughts
 serious, as usual-were occasionally
 broken in upon by the fippant re
 marks of Daisy, who, also in gala at l tire, was ready to assist her this even. - ing to receive her fathers guests. T Hadn't l better go and tell uncle to | hurry up, GeOrgiana? They will be.
 gin to come soon,' Daisy suggested from her place on an old davenport which stood against the wall He will be down in time, suppose.
 He has watch" Georgiana answered abSently.
 But can he tell the time?" , Georgiana ignored her Because I've always suspected he couldn't he's so invariably late to ev-
 erything"
 Georgiana's gaze was far away.
 You look stunning, Georgiana.
 That's serum gown"
 What adjectiyes, Daisy"
 "lf the combination of you and that
 robe of snowy white doesn't roast Kin
 ross, then he is fireproof, as they all
 say he is"
 Georgiana laughed indulgently.
 T do hope, Georgie, that you'll be
 quite cruel to him to avenge the rest 1 of them"
 Daisy Gcorgiana gently chided her, you put it on such low planer'
 "'ItT What's 'it%"
 My prospective acquaintance with Dr. Kinross."
 "Oh, Georgiana. Why, I'm expect ing it's going to be most inspiring and uplifting-to see you jilt him, you know"
 'I'm not even sure that he's going .o be here tonight"
 "Oh!' said Daisy blankly. "Gra- cious! And here I'm standing on my hind legs in glad expectationr'
 He wrote me that he had an en- gagement for part of the evening with a Miss Wolcott, who was passing through town on her way to New York, but that if he might come early and leave early he would be delighted to do so. The tone of his note," she added critically, was manly"
 Dear me. How did he manage to be manly in a note like that?"
 There was an atmor0here about it" GeOrgiana insisted.
 Why do you keep walking about Gcorgie? Are you nervous?"
 Georgiana came and stood in front of the davenport.
 Daisy" she said earnestly, he will probably be the first one to arrive. and
 Meaning Kinross?" Daisy inquired 
 "Dr. kinross, yes. fancy he will he here before any one else comes. Tell me, if you were I, would you be In the room when he comes or would you enter after he is here?" II
 Which do l think would impress him mOre?" fl 'I merely mean" Georgiana explain cd, would 1t seem more easy and Eraceful-to he already in the room or to come in after he is here-or perhaps to enter from the piazza? Which would seem well''- , Effective? Suppose you advance from under the piano. GeOrgie!" Daisy I iirpantly advised, growing hilarious. Daisy. why cant you look at the ( serious side of life sometimes?" n
 Well, then. to be really serious. [ ieorGiana. don't think Kinross will I 'e here first. That poor poodle, Gates lead. will present himself at the earli- | st possible moment and stay until {, 7ou will have to hint to him to flee. as :, bird to his mountain. that he may lot lose one second of the time per nitted to the faculty to gaze upon :, our charms. And you. GcOrgiana, :, lear. will bc meaner than ever to the - ."or suffering wretch now that you a ave this Kinross on the brain sO''- 2, Absurd! Why. I've not even met s )r Kinrnssg , :, But Gcorgiana." said Daisy. with .- invented earnestness, it seriously T oes wound me q am speaking quite - ! earnesn tO see the way you handle ' hat long suffering Gateshead. Be |" icer to him tonight than you were at ., ln Gar,lnerS' dinner. won't you? OrI ~ hall he tempted to console him by yI ltching his heart on the rebound and flowing him to fall in love with me. nd think of such fate-to let a man lnsOie himself with simple me after aving loved the complicated GeoT- lana, 'Twculd he an awful strain on To. He couldn't heip realizing con antIy the lofty height from which he h' ll tumblet and how he had stopped, Io ou know. really. Genrgiana. you are 'n -uel. might say brutal. tO Gates .ai-- "' His plane of life is so common sU ace-' said Geo-giana imDatiently. Ie does not stimulate me He is not -en receptive ro Hes a dear honest biz hearted feI- VI and loves you devOtetiIy. and you Vi .ub him and sheer at him until my sn 0osI Foils--
 Tt is n0t he loves. for the real I O1 . does not know 0T comp-ehend-- T suspect that Isn't grammatical. w scrEiana. is itZ said Daisy doubt Iy- He does not know or com no ebe1d IF To te sure. vou ought to Eent thrQugh Wellesley" -