The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-30

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 with an air of cold surprise which each admired in the other.
 Good evening"" they murmured, stfhy.
 But the young man Che young, but not quite the ~swell dresser" they had dreamed of) not so easily put off,
 May sit down?" he asked.
 Certainly" they said together. chair stood by Calla and another by Lily and the twins perienced a moment of narrowing suspense. But he took neither. He seized another chair and sat at the end of the table. The girls exchanged . glance of approval
 'eWhatn you have1" he asked politely, as the next step in their acquaintance The twins has, tened to decline any further refreshments, but he called the waiter and ordered two 1emonades. The twins exchanged look of delighted horror at such extravagance. They adored lemonade
 / For while conversation languished The young man did not to be especially gifted in that way, and while a close observer migh. have dis covered that the twins were not quite chilly as at first, they did not encourage him openly. But their cheeks got red their began to shine and their mouths made ready to smile in the cor ners in spite of them. Lily sorry to Cala giving herself away completely and Calla had precisely the same thought about Lily. Those passers-by who were accustomed to the twins on Saturday night surprised to discover all at once that they very pretty. As often as they dared they darted little glances at their new acquaintance. He appeared to be muscular lad, we'll hardened by physical labor; little under the average height but quite big enough and dangerous enough to the twins. At the present moment he had an air nothing less than ferocious; but at Hilgenreiners that is a wellknown cover for bash fulness Young assorted by the twins into three great classes: "swell steady, and fresh" This one undoubtedly of the middle kind They telegraphed their thankfulness across the table that he was not of the third division while secretly reservtng little sigh that he did not como under the first head.
 Presently, with a preliminary moan, the band overhead slipped into one of the slow waltzes be. loved of Hilgenreiner's. Each twin felt tight ness in her breast and looked steadily at her glass. What would he do next? For precious moments he did nothing-but squrm uneasily his chair. Finally he blurted out
 Well. here's fix! Whom I going to dance with?-
 "Cana" said Lily. instantly.
 Lily" said Calla, just as quickly.
 T don't care to dance" added Lily.
 "Pd rather watch" said Calla.
 'Ttn be before decide" said he. "Wen have to toss for it! Heads I dance with Gala, tails with Lily!"
 He produced a quarter from his pocket and dipped it onto the table.
 
 She got up slowly, as she had seen the popular girls do and. giving her skirts shake, walked languidly to the dancing floor with hand to her back hair. He grasped her firmly, she laid her face comfortably against his shoulder and they swept out into the throng
 How different it from her uncomfortable self conscious circlngs with Calla. Far from being put out if people stared, she hoped they staring. For the first time there was no need for her to trouble herself about their course through the crowd with strong arm to support her and pilot at the helm she could close her eyes and give herself up to it. Lily was glad it waltz As she told Calla afterwards she hoated away its slow notes like speck of dust in a sunbeam. It seemed to her If the ugly common things of every day were made over and made right; Hilgenreiner's became pal of the stage with her for leading lady and he- partner for the hero.
 As they approached the end of the dance 1t again became agitating question what he would do next If he evinced disposition to leave her, Lily prepared to hang to him and insist, in the interest of fair play, his dancing the next dance with Calla- Fortunately it not necessary, for when the music stopped he accom- panied her matter of course. They had more lemonade in spite of protest from the twins, and when the band struck up again the young man and Calla were among the first couples on the floor. As she watched them appearing and disap- bearing in the shifting throng, Lily lived it all over again; and when they compared notes on the way home the twins found that allowing for the difference between two-step and waltz time Calla's sensations during her first dance with young man were exactly the her sisters. They learned his name parting-Burton Shevlin. He was shipper at Mandel & Cohen's big department store He pronounced his name "Buyton," just as the twins said "cuytain1y" when he asked them if they would be at H1genreiner's the following Sat. urday.
 The twins had little sleep that night; time after time as they were about to drop off, one of the other would remember something and turn over in bed with eyes shining in the dark