The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-02-11

| rs ne not Ill.
"Not very "
She lay still moment: then With
the slightest gesture. Come here"
He seated himself uear her She laid
her hand fearlessly on his arm
Tel me. she demanded And as
be remained silent. "Once." she said
~ came suddenly into the library
Austin and Gerald were there Austin
seemed to he very angry with NY
brother heard hun say something
that worried me. aud slipped out ur
fore they saw me
Selwyu remained silent
: "Was that ~
II don't know what you heard" "
DON'T you understand mer'
Not exactly"
"Ven. then"-she crimsoncd- has
Gerald m.misbehnved againT
What did you hear Austin sayY he
demanded
~ heard something about dissipH
ton He was very angry with Gerald
/ II is not the best way ! think. to he
come angry with either OF us elthel
me or Gerald because then we are
usually inclined to do II again, what
ever Il Is "
They laughed little Her tngrrS
which had tightened on his arm re-
laxpd her hand fell away. and she
/ strTlightcned up. sitting Turk fashion
| and smoothed her hair which contact
| with the pillows had disnrranged so
that II threatened TO come tumhlng
over eyes and cheeks.
| "Oh. hair. hair" she murmurrd.
you're Nina's despair and my endless
punishment I'd twist and pin YOU
! tight II | dared Some day ! will too
! What are you looking at so curiously,
Captain Selwyn--my mopY
ITS about the most stunningly
beautiful thing ever saw" he said.
still curious
| II was new note In their cordial
! Intimacy. this nasccut Intrusion OF the
/ personal To her IL merely meant his
very charming recognition Of her MA
turity that she was fast becoming u
woman like other women. TO be looked
at and remembered as an individual
and no longer classed vaguely as one
among hundreds of the newly emerged
whose soft unexpanded personalities
all resembled one another.
For some time now she had cherish.
ed this tiny grudge in her heart--that
he had never seemed to notice any.
thing in particular about her except
when he tried to he agreeable con.
/ m ha gk
had become the sharper, too. since she
Lad awakened to the admiration Of
other men And the awakening was
only half convinced happiness min.
gled with shy surprise that the wise
world should really deem her so love.
ly.
"A red headed girl" she said teas
ingly. 81 thought you had better taste
than-than"-
Than to think you a ravlng beau
typ -yrA-.
"oh," she said, "you don't think
thatw -
AS matter OF fact he himself had
become aware of II so suddenly that
he had no time to think very much
about it. II was rather strange too,
that he had not always been aware
! OF II. or was II partly the mellow
light from the lamp tintlng her till
she glowed and shimmered like a
young sorceress. sitting so straight
there In her turquoise silk and misty
lace?
When Drina had gone 10 bed Boots
also took his leave, and Selwyn rose.
too. troubled, careworn expression
replacing the careless gayety which
had made him seem 80 young In Miss
Errolrs youthful eyes.
Walt, Boots" he said. I'm going
homo with you" And to Eileen. al.
most absently: "Good night. I'm so
very glad you are well again"
Good night" she said. looking up M
him. The faintest sense of disappolnt.
ment came over her-at what she did
not know. Was II because in his com.
pletely altered face she realized the
instant and easy detachment from her
SELF and what concerned her? Was Il
because other people. like Mr. Lansing
-other interests. like those which so
plainly IN his face betrayed his preoc-
cupatlon- had 50 easily replaced an in.
timacy which had seemed TO grow new.
or and more delightful with every
meeting?
What was II, then, that he found
more interesting, more important, than
their friendship, their companionship? :?
Was she never 10 grow old enough or
wise enough or experienced enough TO
exact = without exacting his para.
mount consideration and interest? =?
Was there no common level OF mental
equality where they could meet-where
termination Of interviews might be mu-
tual, might he falrer to her?
Now he went away. utterly detached
from her and what concerned her, to
seek other Interests Of which she knew
nothing: absorbed in them to her ut
ter exclusion. leaving her here with
the long evening before her and moth
Ing to do because her eyes were not