Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-27
CHAPTER X.-Continued.

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her to reply
81 am afraid you are, Sir DENIS MY
programme is quite tuili
She looked at him with smile which
,.emed to say that room might yet be
80 for him-if he cared. But Denis
- bowed with an expression of formal
sarret and Ianthe was claimed by an
.aanotient partner and disappeared in the
O II was little enough of this youths
..,,orsation that Ianthe heard. She was
s CHING with Indignation. Denis was not
49, yeTv least what she had remembered
va axneeted What man on earth but
S;msef would have been calmly content
- rpsicn all hope of dance with her
soraIv because she said that her pro-
0Tamine was full? She imagined Gervase
e similar case Why, he would simply
have taken his pencil and substituted
his name for somebody else's-and he
would have got as many dances as he
oorod to claim. Then Miss Macqueen!"
Wbv she had never thought of him as
onvthiug but "Denis."
Then a wave of understanding rushed
ovpr, her. No doubt he had adopted this
manner so as to let her understand from
tbe very first that they met ds compare
five strangers, and that he looked upon
her merely as Miss Macqueen," his
nearest neighbor. and nothing more. AS
il she would be likely to imagine for one
moment that he cared for her still The
girls cheeks glowed as she circled round.
How insufferable he had been! She
could never like him again after this
In the meantime Denis thoughts were
ali of her The first sight of her had
been revelation. Pretty he had always
thought her, but he had never imagined
she would turn out SO lovely as this.
what a mercy she uld not bind her
self to mel" was his bitter thought. "She
has become part of different world"
Denis, in fact, left himself little out
Of it ALL All the strangers seemd to be
on terms of the greatest familiarity
with one another, and, although Ianthe
made valiant efforts to mix the two ele-
ments, it seemed as if they were like oil
and water refusing to combine. Denis
confined his attention mainly to the
country families, among whom he was
an old-established favorite. Ianthe, en-
deayoring to divide her attentions equal
", was inevitably more at home among
her personal friends, and obviously en-
joyed most the dances she had with
them. Lord Duly had been her closest
attendant. The infatuation of this noble
youth was patent to the entire ballroom.
and it was also pretty evident that
Ianthe was finding him little trying.
Finally, Fate accorded him an oppor-
tunity for distinguishing himself, which
was destined however, to cover him
was concerned. He had taken her in for
some refreshment, and as they were
sitting together at one of the tiny tables
lanthe inadvertently stretched her arm
across the top of the fairy lamp which
4 iormed the center of the decoration, and
moment found her chiffon sleeve in
blaze. In an instant half dozen men
Il had whipped off their coats and were
rushing to the rescue, but before one of
them could reach the terrified girl some
one had sprung across the floor and with
bis hands had crushed the flames.
"lanthe are you much hurt2"
The voice was tense and eager. Ianthe,
through her pain, saw white face
looking at her with wild concern.
Not much, 1 think" she answered
with laugh; ''but, Denis, l might have
been if it had not been for you.'
Not with all these men in the ROOM"
answered Denis, with an involuntary
look OF contempt at Lord Duly, who
Aaa stood by all the time, too much
petrfed with astonishment to make a
single movement.
one OF the girls had put scarf over
1Shthes bare arm and shoulder, and
~" the girl was led away to have her
arm attended to. The untoward acct
eeht brought the ball to an end. In
Jew minutes, Ianthe, with a change of
uess, descended to bid their guests
eCoq-oye The burns were only of the
shgntest description; owing to the finn
material the flames had scorched
iather than burned All the same. she
1 au got fright, and could certainly
=; vance no more. 1t was now O'Clock
~, Tue morning, and many of the guests
WIZ mad long way to drive had al
st; S1y departed. Denis, however, was
stnl there when Ianthe descended to
'" o1,-, mat she had not been really hurt.
ss, what about yourself, Denis2" she
%ol MN, her eyes full of concern.
aatS oA ! am all right" he answered.
v ny SKIN is good deal tougher than
yours, remember"
a aRd then of course you had gloves!"
rem, VI course, said Denis, emitting to
. rrlno her that the incident had oc.
b sIieo IN the supper room, and that he
HI. Iemoved his gloves. The palms of
b,rr HShos were really rather painfully
sr r,ned; and Ianthe did not know that
ca n the soft pressure of her fingers
gave Ne MIN horrible pain.
terlu rive glri finally reached her bed, ut
fs,;s worn out with excitement and
last mas. Ias been splendid day" were her
san5 thoughts as she closed her ewes,
for !. am glad my. sleeve caught fire,
to lr ~ eoia me the thing / wanted most