Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-04-02


which filled his heart and came near
tlling his eyes
$50 you've stuck the poor old gov
ernment at last, have yOuf look EN-
all in-forts. fleet and the marine cav
airy"
sure thing" said SelwyU. Inughing
in tie crushing grasp of The big fst.
How are YOU, Austin? Everybody's
in the country, suppose gIancing
around at the linen sbronded fnrni'
ture How is Nina? And the kldsf
Good business? And EieenE
She's all right" said Austin Cad!
She's really superb specimen this
summer. Where's yonr lugGagef On,
is it all here? Enough, ! mean. for us
TO catch a train for Sllverside this
afternoon"
Has Nina any room for me" asked
Selwyn
"Rooml Certainly! ! didn't tell her
you were coming because If you
hadn't the kids would have been hor
ribly disappointed She and Eileen
are giving q sbindy for Giilgs-thats
Gerald's new acquisition, you know
So if you don't mind butting into n
baby show wen run down. It's only
the younger bunch from Hitherwoo1
House and Brookminster. What DO
you say. PHILIP"
Selwyn said that he would go, hest
tating before conserving. curious
feeling of age and grayness had sud
denly come over him, hint Of fatigue.
of consciousness that much Of life lay
behind him
SO Austin went to the telephone and
called up his house at Silverside. say
ing that he'd he down that evening
with guest
Nina got the message just rs she
had arranged her tables, but woman Is
born to sorrow and heiress to all the
unlocked for idiOces Of man
Dear" she said to Eileen, the tears
of nxorial yeXatiOn drying unshed In
her pretty eyes, Austin has thought
fit to seize upon this moment to bring
man down to dinner So If yon arf
dressed would you kindly see that the
tables are rearranged and then tele-
phone somebody 10 fiji in-two girls.
you know: The oldest Craig girl might
do for Ole Beg her mother tc lei he;
come"
Whom is Austin blingng?" Eileen
asked
He didn't say Can't you think Of
second girl to get? Isn't II veXinG'
OF course there's nobody ieft-nobody
ever fills in In the country DO you
know, III lie driven into ietting Drna
sit up with US for sheer lack Of ma
teriai. suppose the little mp will
have q. fit if J suggest II and probably
Perish Of indigestion tomorrow
Eileen laughed. "Ob. Nina, do let
Drina come this once! It can! hnr'
her
And so it happened that. among the
Jolly thrGng which clustered around
the little candle lighted tables in TIC
dining room at Silverside, Drin0 IN
ecstasy, curly hair just above the napc
Of her slim white neck aud cheeks Ike
pink fire. sat between Boots and
vacant chair reserved for her tardy
father
For Nina had waited as long as she
dared. Then Boots had been summoned
to take jn Drina and the youthful
Craig girl, and, as there were to havc
been six at a table, at that particular
table sat Boots decorously facing Ell
leen, with the two children on either
hand and two empty chairs nankin3
Eileen.
At dinner Drina and the younger
Craig maiden also appeared to be bent
upon self destruction, and Boots eyes
opened wider and wider in sheer
amazement at the capacity Of woman
in embryo for ratons sufficient 70
maintain a small garrison.
''There'll be a couple Of reports" he
said to himself, with shudder, like
Selwyns chaosite, and then therell be
no more Drina and Daisy. Hello!"
He broke off, astonished "Well, upon
my word Of words! Phil Selwyn, or
Pm broker"
phil" exclaimed Nina. "Oh. Aus
TIN and you never told us!'
Train was late, as usual" observed
Austin philip and ! don't mean to
butt into this very grand function
Hello, Gerald! Hello, Gladys! Where's
our obscure corner below the salt,
Ninai Oh, over there!"
Sewyn had already caught sight OF
the table destined for him. A deeper
color crept across his bronzed face as
he stepped forward, and his firm hand
closed over the slim hand offered.
For a moment neither spoke. She
could not. He dared not.
Then Drina caught his hands. and
Eileen's loosened in his clasp and fell
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