Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17


served. boxing ut her fetlectively. "A
fellow li1w has dif@crent names for
her Mo1llight. =. h.tc Eose, Laughing
Water Ge..t-} crs. nelitY. Wisdom.
The fclloT Ed> admired her when she
was say and when she was serious, but
never before has he seen her when she
was unrea enable"
The chrysLnthemum girl shifted.
"Will you kindly eXplainT' added
Arthur.
Il had always been so proud of your
strength of character" she began
"Thc first time | ever saw you was in
trolley ear. You sat opposite me, and
when the car turned the sun shone
into your eyes. There was plenty of
room on my side, where the sun
wouldn't have annoyed you, but in
stead of changing your seat you got up
and pulled down the curtain. l thought
to myself There is man who will be
master of circumstances, no matter
what they are and
Rose stopped in confusion as she re-
membered other things she had thought
about this finely formed, handsome
young man.
"Go on" he said, leaning forward
with great interest "What else did
you thinkT'
"And now to find out that you are
nothing but chameleon after ALL"
she walled.
"a what?" Arthur exclaimed in
amaZement.
"A chameleon" she repeated tear
fully. "If you are on a brown leaf
you're brown; if on green tree then
you're green"
"Well, green | acknowledge l am,
for bless me If can see what you are
driving at"
"The other day when auntie was talk
ing about the sin of wasting your time
in dancing you said that you agreed
with her that when there was work to
do folks ought to do it. You said you
were not going to the masquerade for
that very reason"
well didn't intend"-
you said you had several hours
work at the office that night Then
Grace Hereford came along and asked
you to go, and you went!
There was a flicker of amusement OH
Arthur's face which Rose did not see,
being too busy winking back unwel-
come tears.
Miss Hereford had nothing to do
with it, Rose" he said gently. II went
to work, as / said About o'clock Mr.
Jones, the president came in and said
that if I could find Hasson and get his
ciOnntJ1ra n a
back by IL o'clock he would make it
worth my while. | had an idea that
HaSson was managing that masquer-
ade, and that's where | found him. He
buttonhOled me ut once to be judge of
the concern and wouldn't sign the pa
per unless | agreed. l saw | could get
back by II. so | stayed"
And had plenty of time to dance
with Miss Hereford" supplemented
Rose sweetly, but unjudicially.
This time .Arthur's smile was certain.
II looked for the chrysanthemum girl
first and couldn't find her." he said
truthfully. Il danced only once. But
what made YOU think Miss Hereford
asked lie to gOE'
''She said she would wager she could
get you to 20 and that YOU would
dance with her first. 50 | went to see
if-I didn't think you would when you
said you wouldn't, but
:! see" said the young man quietly.
IN inborn !p"altY to womanSind kept
him from trllil1 Rose that just as he
had started away Miss Hereford had
run II him, eXclaiming that as he was
g., "a hat mi. S,n
iuiniy must reward him with the first
dance, etc. With sudden impulse he
took Roses little hand in his.
She spraa NJ ana started for the
fireplace. but he held her gently back.
'Listen." he whispered.
On the glowing Goals smoked Evan
Seline Bell. and on the rug, with eyes
turned to the ceiling, knelt Henrietta.
80 God size was saying, now | lay
me down to sleep. | give my precious
dolly, so you will make the faiwy queen
wiv the cwown of her golden hath to
bwing Mr. Arfur the little heaht he
wants for Kwismas. That's all, God,
only please let me see her when she
comes. Amen"
Amen echoed Arthur fervently
Grace Hereford has black hair" OBJ
served Rose inconsequently.
''She may have green hair for all it
matters to me-" said Arthur, with i'm
politencss. Rose, darling"-
Il wonder if God will Henrietta
was murmWing with sad eyes fixed on
the mound of ashes which was once
Evangelinc Bell
Rose went over to the fireplace and
kissed her small sister. Il think God
WILL" she said reverently; then she