The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-03-04

spar and funnel and contour of hull
I and superstructure twinkling IN jew
eled brilliancy
I On a great improyised open payil-
Ion set up IN the Hlther woods, gar.
landed aud hung thick with multi
already begun. but Selwyn and Ell
4 leen fingered on the lawn for awhile,
fascinated by the beauty Of the fire.
works pouring skyward from the Mo
I brara.
"They seem to be very gay aboard
her." murmured the girl "0nce you
said that you did not like Mr.. Neer-
gard DO you remember saying itf'
He replied simply, Il don't Ike him.
and ! remember saying So"
ut is strange" she said, 'that Ger
I'D does"
Selwyn looked at the illuminated
yacht. II wonder whether any OF
Neergard's crowd is expected ashore
here. DO you happen TO know
She did not know. A moment later
to bis annoyance, Edgerton Lawn
Fame up and asked her to dance. and
she went. with smile and whis
oerei "wait for me. II you don't mind;
II come back TO you"
At intervals he caught glimpses OF
Eileen through the gay crush around
him. He danced with Nina and sug-
gcsted TO her II was time to leave,
but that young matron had tasted Just
enough TO want more, and Eileen, too,
was evidently having most delight
ful time. So he settled into the har-
ness of pleasure and was good to the
pink and white ones, aud they told
each other what dear" he was and
adored him more inconveniently than
eve,.
Truly enough, as he had often said,
these younger ones were the charm
lngly wholesome and refreshing anti
iote to the occasional misbehavlor of
the mature. They We're, us he also as
serted. the hope and promise Of the
social fabric of nation, this younger
set.
Supper and then the Woodland CO.
tillon was the programme, and almost
all the tables were filed before Selwyn
had an opportunity to collect Nina and
Austin and capture Eileen from very
rosy checked and indignant boy who
had quite lost his head and heart and
appeared to be on the verge OF head
long declaration.
"It's only Percy Draymores Kid
brother she explained, passing her
arm through his with little sigh of
satisfaction. "0h. here come Nina
and Austin. How pretty the tables
look all lighted up among the trees.
And such an uproarr' as they came
into the Jolly tumult and passed in
among labyrinth Of tables. greeted
langhingly from every side.
Under vigorous young oak tree
tbickly fesiooned with lanterns Aus
tin found an unoccupied table. There
we're great deal Of racket and laugh
ter from the groups surrounding them,
but this seemed TO be the only avail.
able spot; besides, Austin was hungry,
and be said 50.
Nina, with Selwyn on her left, look
ed around for Gerald and Lansing. |
When the latter came sannterlng up I
Austin questioned him. but he replied 1
carelessly that Gerald had gone to join
some people whom be. Lansing, did I
not know very well
"Why, there he IL nowF' exclaimed 4
Eileen. catching sight OF her brother 1
seated among very noisy group on 4
the outer edge Of the illuminated zone.
"who are those people, Ninai oh,
Rosamund Fame IL there. too; and
and 4
She ceased speaking so abruptly that
Sciwyn turned around. ard Nina bit /
her ilp In vexa,ion and glanced at her
husband. for among the oveanimated
and almost boisterous group which was
attracting the attention Of everybody
10 The vicinity sat Mrs Jack Rnihven
And selwyn saw her
For moment lie looked at her-look
I'd at Gerald beside her. and Necrgard
on the other side. and Rosamund OPP
l,osite, and at the others whom be had
never before seen Then quietly. bur
with helglIened color. be turned his
attention 10 the glass which the sery-
ant had jusi fillei Tor him aud, rest
!ng bis hand on the stem, stared st the
bubbles crowiing upward through Il
to the foamy brim.
Ninn and Boots had begun ostenta-
tionsiF an exceedingly animated eoA.
versation. and they became siposi az
gressire appealing 20 Austin. who fas
bach wiih frown on bis heavy face,
snd 70 Eileen who was slipping her
mineral water and staring thcughtfuily