The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-05-05

THEN SHE HEARD THE CHATTER OF HOOPS.
ward glance, the same lifting up his
lance, and Sally's heart beat more rap
idly as she bent over the piles of cans
which were to be wrapped and stacked
in the trays to go to the packing room.
That night the knight rode on and on
through her dreams. Always the same
he seemed to be, and yet ever he grew
more glorious in Sally's dreamy eyes
as he suffered untold miseries and
braved perils innumerable for her sake.
He was the hero of "1vanhoe" and
tales of the Round Table. He was of
all countries and times, but always he
was the man of the day before, and
Sally went to her work with eager
ness, because she knew that presently
the knight would come riding past
and that he would look up and salute
her with his lance.
And come he presently did. His
helmet shone gleamingly in the sun;
his chain armor displayed to the best
advantage the finely muscled shoulders
and set off well against the rich capari-
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theatrical advertisement embroidered
upon the trappings of the horse she
did not care. She was looking for the
silent lifting of the lance and wonder
ing whether the eyes were blue or
brown beneath the heavy brows.
She could shut her eyes and remem-
Der every detail of face and costume
long after he had passed, every detail
save that golden legend, "a Knight Of
Old, the Adelphi," that cleaned against
the crimson velvet of the saddlecloth.
She recalled the heavy flowing mus
tache, with its graceful droop, the clear
color of the skin and the ruddiness OF
the cheeks, and then remembered with
distaste Tim Holran's stubby, deter
mined chin, with it's blue black tinge
of clean shaven skin. Tim was al
ready In disgrace because he was out
of job, and when he called that even
ing the chill reception he received
abashed even that self confident young
man.
For two years they had been keep
ing company" and he had entered with
the air of one assured of welcome and
with light apology for the lateness
of his arrival, only to be Informed
that 1t was matter of indifference to
Sally whether he came or remained
away. Presently he slipped out of the
urrle parIor with the opr1mlsrlc sug
gestion that Sally would be feeling
better on the morrow and that ht
would try to get around early.
He was unprepared for the snap
pish declaration that she did not ex
pect to be home at all, and he fune
down the stairs in the heat of an anger
that rose as quickly as it fell.
Once down the cool street he tolC
himself that Sally had a headache, SC
he built castles in the air-four room
rastles in which Sally presided as mis-
tress and to which he came home
when his days toll was done to si
down to a savory mess of corned beef
and cabbage with Sally across the Ia
BILE from him.
But Sally's castles in Spain were
stately edifices, thronged by knight:
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the others in beauty, grace and dar
ing. She wondered how she had evel
thought Tim Holran good looking ant
shuddered at her own want of taste
She was glad that she knew bettel
now; glad that she had found out be
fore it was too late.
She did not even miss Tim when ht
failed to call for two evenings, for bel
anticipations were all centered abou
the knightly figure on the coal blacI
charger who spent the entire day rid
ing up and down before her window a
the factory and who always as he rode
gave silent salute.
The girls were held for couple o.
hours Friday evening to get out rusi
| order, and it was late when Sally hur
ried home. There was a short Gu
through an unsavory portion OF th'
town, and, unmindful of the leerint
glances thrown at her, she hurried
along, intent only upon getting hom'
to supper as quickly as possible.
She had almost cleared the section