The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-29

ONE DAY HE CAME ACROSS THE GRASS
SILENTLY
ial and unaffected kindness of the Re i.
| field family most delightful, and he 10 /
no opportunity to leap over the fen .
I and awdle for hours in the tennis con 1
or on the lawn with Dudley and Eliza-
! beth; indeed, as time passed he begs 4
to find the society of Dudley somethin ,
/ of superfuity. He was more than
satisfied to play Othello and relate his
I wanderings and adventures to Eliza beth;
i he had travelled much, and somehow the
presence of silent Eliza beth was a never
ending delight to him.
One day he came across the grass ST.
/ lently; under the dense shade of the
dropping. swaying branches of the elm
! tree, Elizabeth lounged on the broad
| bench, trying to endure the heat of the
late July afternoon.
He caught sight, as he approached, Of
/ an illustrated book Hearing him, she
sprang up and whipped the book under a
/ big blue denim cushion embroidered with
white fleur de lis, and sat upon it,
! turning confused and blushing face to-.
ward him.
! 'What is she reading, that she hides
( it sof' he reflected his heart full Of
/ pain that his lovely, young, and wholly
1 innocent Elizabeth should he reading .
/ book she must hide from him.
i Ten years of drifting about the vorl
a rich Young man had shown him much
wickedness. and the pure wholesomeness
/ without ignorance of these young reopls
had been such as is rarely met, and he
! loved Elizabeth with all the strength and
( fervor of vigorous, cultivated, and fas-
tidious young manhood; he had been al.
ways sought after, and many young wo-
men of all degrees of social prestige
would have been willing to have become
his wife. Perhaps the fact that Mrs
/ Redfeld did not regard his attentions t,
her Youngest daughter with unmixed fav-
or had some effect, for it certainly was
new to him to have mother carefully
guard girl from him.
He could not discover the faintest in
dication that she cared for him. even
Dudley, who read her like an open book,
could not discover the love that NAV have
been in this shy, proud maiden 5 heart
Going to play tennis this hot day''
was her original remark, as she noted the
sad. reproachful gaze and moved uneasilv
upon the book, which made disagreeabls
hump under the fleur de lis.
No; ! put these clothes on because
they are thought cooler than some 9TH
ers. How is Lady Clare getting on'''
Dudley and l are doing it so well
that if we rehearse any more shall ruin
it. The costumes came yesterday; they
are perfectly heautiful my 'russet
gown is the most artistic and becomin,
thing ever had on. and Mrs. SouIe has
had her diamonds set in q necklace for
| ever saw, and to think of me wearing
seven thousand dollars around my neck
is sitting in the lap of luxury indeed.
She shifted the book a little TO one
side He sat down beside her on the
bench.
" DO you care so much for diamonds7'
looking at her in way that caused her
to he cor scious of strange uneasiness
" for II raise Mrs. Soule's diamonds
and 60 her ten thousand better, he
thought, as he pictured diadem in the
pale fluff of Elizabeth $ bonny hair and
a necklace around the sweet, white throat.
"Oh, | wish Dudley would come with
that lemonade. he went after it ages ago.
Oh YES, I like diamonds because they are
SO beautiful. but if had the money they
represent. ID have such library, and
Instruments and laboratory oh, if /
only could have a laboratory
Dudley came singing across the lawn
with pitcher and glasses and there WAS
the refreshing tinkle of ice in the pitcher
as he walked
"'Drink, weary pilgrim, drink and
pray
For the kind soul of sybl Gray
He handed a Drumming glass to TIE
agitated Thomas ard another TO Eliza.
beth, Who in few minutes said rapidly
to Dudley, in child sh gibberish they
used when small, " Take care of MY
book ="
Gan right, he answered. understand.
ing without explanation. and she left them
aud went into the house. As she rose, lie