New-York tribune., 1911-01-08

She was instantly serious. On, indeed,
Mr.. Woods, thoroughly appreciated your
splendid intention. 1t was splendid. And
your horse must be supcrbly swift.
His pleasure returned like a homing pi-
geon. "Will YOU accept him, Miss Thurlcy
as gift"
oh. dear me, no." she answered girlishly
Il couldn't possibly ride two at once and !
shouldn't think OF surrendering Cataract
my wild Cataract that leaps in glory. /
think we could beat YOU in a race.
\ hope was flashed on his mind. " VIII
you try:'
Yes, on Judgment Day-at three.
THE music ceased. The evening had be
gun. 1t became another OF the triumphs
that Thurlcv made no effort 10 achieve. II
was brilliant, Intoxicating cOnclave Of the
goddesscs Of Music, Beauty, and Motion.
On the breath Of perfume and the wave Oi
rhythm al manner Of love crept Subtly forth.
the passionate with the tender, the bold with
the timd. the selfish with the pure. Youths
and men, the eager SWains who were granted
the ecstasy of holding Thurlcy in their arms
for a brief, bewildcring rotation in the maze
Of the music's spell. Succumbcd both with
and against their wills to the magic OF her
personality.
Stuvverant was there. He was miserable
and exuberant together, consumed with i'm
patience and despair as he watched her
dancing with and smiling upon her various
partners. and vibrant with rapture when she
spent a moment at his side. He was not
dancing. With his right arm suspended in a
sling the feat was awkward to extinction.
But Thurlcv had granted him one Of her
numbers. which he meant to spend in the
fcrnerv. apart from the dazzle Of the ball
room and the insistence Of the music.
MEANTIME for Thurley the one par
lNl tiCular variant OF the evening was sup
piled i'm the various speeches and devices
men choose TO divulgc sudden love. There
was a certain clOqucncc in awkward feet, aS
well as in a stammered speech or an all re-
vealing glance. With each and every sup
plicant She smiled and exchanged bright
froths Of nothingness. 1t was not altogether
amusing. except as q clever fcnCcr is amused
ar the thrusts and attacks of round Of an
tagoniSts. a few either clever or diabOlical,
but the many slow, uncertain, and unskilled.
She danced and fenced with Willie StctSon
and found him merely an oycreager boy
whose one idea was TO take her for drive, al
any hour she liked, 20 any place she pre-
ferrcd. and in any sort OF conveyance Of her
whin. There could bc no doubt of his pur-
blind alteration His very knees were aching
for contact with the floor anywhere about
her feet.
Another Of her more or less puplikc idol
atcrs was Algy Dearborn. bitten by the
malignant germ that incitcs its victim 20 the
generation Of limcricks. He held her in
rnginelike embrace and cranked all over the
fio0r. abandoning his trolley, SO to speak,
with cheerful and insistent disregard, and
thereby colliiing with everyone remotely
adjacent.
"You'rc an awful Jolly good dancer he
Unmarried dclightcdly. Il can really dance
myself when have such partner as YOU. 20
Thurlcv assumed her gravcst expression.
Perhaps can get you one somewhere.
"What for" he inquired in al earnest
ness. Am ! not dancing with YOU:
We are getting around, said Thurlcy,
DO YOU know, he continued, as pleased
%. Punch. you've inspired me ike the
dickens. wrote a new poem that very first
day We met
@Whv-how complimentary"
WAT till YOU hear It. Want to-"
II am diving with impaticncc-or some
thing. " Her eyes looked very much alive
lie crankcd about and nearly telcscopcd a