Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-08

thought Again She covered an awk
ward pause Dear me, wonder
\ where Ruta IS this very minute"
When saw her last dancing wifi
/ young Ransame-a harmless youth
assure YOU" ho added whimsically al.
( Mrs BUius otde motion to rise
Don't go pelso. until hive some
thing / must tel SOU before we bud
It was copilg The Guilty chapeyor
closed her eyes dguratively and pre-
pared 70 take the plunge She would
pledge her ala and give a.
Leslie
She started Five years had passed
since she had Heard that lame from
his lips. Vaguely she wished he bad
commenced some other way.
do you remember when father sent
me abroad? ! was fresh from college
not much more than boy knew lit
tie Of life-women least of all. My ex-
periences abroad with fellows I liked
first bewildered and then fascinated
me and when father wrote | might
make another year Of it 1 was wild
with delight
"But you remember / wrote to you
regularly. I supposed you understood.
When I read of your coming out / was
tremendously proud think l ordered
lilies Of the valley for you by cable. I
remember too. thinking that when
you'd had a season of that sort of
thing and I'd finished my jaunt we'd
settle down and be-very happy. I
never dreamed that you were waiting
for me to say SO thought 50 clever
a girl as YOU could read between the
lines Of my letters, and somehow 1
wanted 20 hear a certain little word
from your own lips"
The woman at his side started TO
speak, but he waved her aside. The
crimson glow Of his cigar had turned
to gray ashes but he still clutched it
between his fingers.
THE letter announcing your engage
ment reached noe to Madrid I've new
er been i'm the place since When
reached America v0u and your hus-
band had gone abroad For year 1
tried life on the street but ! could not
stand for it Then ! tried shooting
lions In Africa and tigers In India
That went better chan neecing lambs
ia Wall street was visiting with a.
mighty good fellow on Curzons staff
when l heard-quite by accident-that
you were-free Two days later I
turned my face westward / did not
intend to stop in Paris, but you were
there thought-great heavens, how
l hoped-you'd be glad to see me, but
you were not And Leslie" his tone
was actually commanding. 81 want to
know why"
The woman had been listening with
bowed head but with a strangely hap
py light cleaning ia her eyes, Hesitat
ingly, incoherently she explained her
conduct in Paris, in London and
aboard ship. Before she finished Hack
EFT, possessing himself Of both her
hands, exclaimed.
"And you really thought it was that
child Oh, Leslie Lesliel Couldn't
you read the truth in my eyesT'
Mrs Burns suddenly recalled her
duties as chaperon She withdrew
her hands from his masterful grasp
"How could / look you in the eye
Ns 4r-r's ..syx vas gnfaithful to the
trust imposed ON me 6y MS ~
den2"
The old piquant humor rang in her
voice. She had risen From the sa-
loon came the Naturalization of light
music. The deck was free from prom
enaders They were alone for the
first time in five years.
"Oh, what will Mrs. Cuscadden say?"
Hackett bent over her to gather up
her wraps.
81 really don't see that she has any
thing to do with our little affair, pro
vided you return her daughter heart
whole and free from International en-
tanglements," he answered joyously.
A shadow fell across the bar Of
light, then another, and the figure Of a
girl was sllhouetted against the bril-
liant interior of the ship,
"AIrs. Burns, where are you? We're
to have a good old fashioned Virginia
reel to celebrate our last night on
board. DO hurry upl We have a part
ner waiting for you"
Then as Hackett's dark figure sud
denly loomed UP behind Mrs Burns he
glanced mischlevously at Ruth and eX-
claimed, with a happy ring of owner
ship i'm his voice:
Wont / do for her partner2 rath
er think this dance is miner
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