Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-02-24

Sduc-HOtnlng IS the Same-l don't
know what think ~,
When will you known huskily. Il.
r 1-oh, some one is coming! Let
me go, Jack!'s55 :. s}51 : :Z- - S
lf AS he released her hand she slipped
| by. him, and at the moment a louder
chord from the piano sounded through
the opening portie-e, and Won Ham
| mersteiD came into the room. He
flushed and smiled with an air Of
satisfaction at sight OF the slender,
white figure. Found at last, gna.
dtges Fraulein," he said, coming d.
rectly toward her, but including the
other man in his salute. ''You have
been a truant." u. ~ DO s4''->:' $.
Anne steadied herself to the in
stinctively rally every woman, old or
young, makes when hard pressed. She
managed to smile back, as she said:
And are you the truant of1cer?" %
Colt bewahr," laughed the lieuten.
ant, i am not in the civil service
But you-they are playing waltz.
| as ne spoke his glance grew keen,
passing from the girl to the man, then
became carefully observing. He had
paused, and Mr. Durham began to
speak, quickly, but in an ordinary
tone. So. it happened that both men
said, almost in unison:
This was my dance, Think" and
May have the honor?"
Then both stopped, and Strengthened
! involuntarily. The German flushed:
the American was very pale. In a mo-
ment the lieutenant turned with an
elaborate Formally to the other man.
I'VE are rivals he said, dramatically.
and with smile will either of US
withdrawn"
Not unless you wish to-" said the
other, with the same courteous intlec-
ton, but gravely. +, H.. .... .......
A CLEAN came into, the lieutenant's
blue eyes, and a direct look passed
between the two. After that neither
man looked at the other; each looked
at the girl, and both spoke in the tone
of accumulated lightness the lieuten.
| ant had used. The latter said: We
are in your, hands, fair lady, which
Will you honOr? -
But, meme Herren," said Anne,
| with touch of nervousness in her
smile, II cannot dance with you both
at once; you surely will not put me
| to the discomfort of denying myself
either pleasure?" But her question
ing look met no sign of the expected
withdrawal. in either face. Instead,
Jack spoke, his eyes. meeting hers
| squarely: 1T is too bad; but you see
Won Hammerstein and are such bit.
te' rivals that we insist on decision
from you" III. >A. " f..
Precisely" assented the German,
bowfng; I'VE await your choice,
gnadiges Fraulein." 5 .. 80 b:
! n vivid flush sprang to the girls
cheeks. II think l shall have to sit
out this dance" she said, her head a
little higher than it had been. t..s &
! Pardon me- interrupted Mr.. Dur
ham, quickly; don't say you won
play, please. The object of this game
is to choose your partner-and Lieut.
1 vcl Hammerstein and are very anx-
ious to play" ~
Very" said the gentleman re-
fewed to. 49,. 49, 't-..
Anne stood between them, every
natural and tactful way of dispos ing
| of the trifling difficulty made impos-
sible to her consciousness by the
electric atmosphere of disguised earn
estless and covered significance
| VIII oh cd fhn fur0
thing seemed all at once to drop away
from the world leaving her alone with
| those two men, waiting for more
| than her answer to the Insignificant
claim
There are rules for every game
she said, slowly, her head bent, as she
stood before them. This one is usll.
ally decided according to priority,
isn't it," She heard Jack take a
quick, hard, breath. I the lieutenant
had really begun his little speech
first. At the same time the latter
bent toward her eagerly Did | not
have the good fortune to precede Mr..
Durham, very slightly" he said, touch.
ing his mustache nervously. Anne
| moved uncertainty, Waverlngly, toward
him. A light sprang to his eyes as he
saw the little motion. Are we to
keep strictly to the rules?" he said.
with suppressed triumph in his
light tone IF so, think Fraulein
Gregory belongs to mel"
The girl started and lifted her head
sharply A strange expression fitted
across her face. It looked as if she
we're listening inwardly. What did
you say?' she asked after a moment,
very gravely and slowly. -
The lieutenant smiled at her with
more than a suggestion of claim in
his glance. II said you we're mine
for the dance, NIGHT wahr?" he said
with just hint Of lingering on the
word before the pause. l. RI ss~= 81
AS he said it. it seemed to the man
who stood cold and tense with dawn.