The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-01-21
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which breathos Of all things
fair
sang young girl riding 10 the park.
J And she smiled 10 herself ms she guild.
ed her mare through the Towering
4 iabyrinths-
Behisd her. powerfully mounted. am
bled the belted groom She was riding
alone 10 the golden weather because
her good friend Selwyn WAS very busy
In his Office downtown. and Gerald.
was downtown also. and there remain
7 ed nobody else TO ride with: also the
/ horses were 10 be sent TO Silverside
/ soon and she wanted TO use them as
much as possible while the park was
AZ its loveliest
II was near Elghty-sixth street that
a girl splendldly mounted saluted her
and. wheeling. Joined her. blond.
cool skinned. rosy tinted. smoothly
groomed girl. almost too perfectly
seated. almost too nawless and supple
in the perfect symmetry OF face and
figure.
upon my word" she said gayly,
you are certainly spring incarnate,
Miss Enroll. the living embodiment OF
all thisr' She swung her riding crop
IN circle and laughed. showing her
perfect teeth. But where Is that
faithful attendant cavalier Of yours
this morningi Is be so grossly mate
rial that he prefers Wall street. as does
my good lord and masterr
"Do you mean Gerald" asked Eileen
innocently. ''or Captain SelwynT'
"0h. either" returned Rosamund air
ily. "A girl should have something
masculine TO talk TO on morning like
this. You are continuing TO astonish
the town. hear"
"What do you mean. Mrs. FaneT"
why. first II was Sudbury. then
Drayniore. and now everybody says
that Boots
Boots repeated Miss Enroll blank
ly, then laughed deliciously. Poor.
poor Boots! Did they say that about
hImf Oh II really is too bad. Mrs.
Fame. II Is certainly horribly inperti-
nent OF people to say such things. My
only consolation is that Boots won't
care. and II he doesn't why should
II
Rosamund nodded, crossing her crop.
For awhile as they rode she was
characteristlcally amusing. sailing
blandly over the shoals Of scandal.
though Eileen never suspected it,
wlttIly gay at her own expense us well
as at others. fitting alrily from topic
to topic on the wings OF self assur- /
ance that becomes some women II
they know when to stop But pres
entity the mischievous peryersity In her
dubbed up again. She was tired OF /
being good She had often meant to
try the effect OF a gentle shock on
Miss Enroll, and. besides, she wonder
ed just how much truth there might
be In the unpleasantly persistent ru-
NOR OF the girls unannounced engage
ment to Selwyn
1T would be amusing. wouldn't itT
she asked. with guieless frankness.
But. 1 course. 1t is not true-this
report OF their reconciliation.
Whose reconciliation asked Misc
Enroll inpocenuy.
why. Alike Ruthven and Captain
Selwyn. Everybody Is discussing It.
you know"
"Reconciledr' | don't understand"
said Eileen, astouished. They can't
be. How can
But II would be amusing, wouldn't
III Aud she could very easily get rid
Of Jack Ruthven. Any woman could.
So II they really mean to remar-
ry"-
The girl stared. breathless. astound-
ed, bolt upright in her saddle.
oh" she protested, while the hot
blood mantled throat and cheek, ut is
untrue How could such
thing be true. Mrs. Fanef II ISIS
10 senseless"
Miserably uncomfortable. utterly un-
able to comprehend, the girl rode on In
silence. her ears ringing with Rosa
words And Rosamund. riding
beside her. cool. blond and cynically
amused. continued the theme with ad-
mirable pretense OF Indifference.
TITS pity that III natured people
are forever discussing them, and II
makes me indignant, because I've al
ways been very fond OF Alike Ruth
ven. and ! am positive that she does
not correspond with Captain Selwyn
A girl In her position would be crazy
to invite suspicion by doing the things
hey say she is doing"
Don't. Mrs Fame. please don'tr
stammered Eileen. IL really can't
listen, simply viii mott II you
Snew him as ! do. Mrs. Fame, you
would never. never have spoken as
Tou hsyer'
Mrs. Pane relished neither the naive
'ebuke nor the intimatlon that her own
acquaintance with Selwyn was 10 lin.
ted. aud least Of all did she relish the
implied Intimacy between this red
'alred young girl and Captain selwyn.
Dear Miss Enroll, she said blandiy.
I spoke as did only to assure you 9
hat also disregard such malicious y
,ossip-
But II you disregard II. Mrs. Fame,
shy do you repeat ItT'
Merely 10 emphasize 10 you my dis 6
,elief IN Il. child returned Rossmund.
DO you underxtsndY'
Yes. Thank you Yet ! should
ever have beard Of II al all II you had
'oi todd me ii
Ross smund's color rose one degree. n
III 10 better 10 bear such things from n
friend. 10 II no,Y q
= didn't know that one's friends l
aid such things but perhaps II is bet b
er thai way. az you say, only csnnos G,
nderstand the nec~ssity Of my know n
ag--of nv bearing becsuse II is Cap