The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-03-11

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my dear lady" Danford said lam
guidly. do you know Penelope Dun
barr"
"Of course do" Mrs. Stanford re-
sponded; land she is a dear"
Il don't think that name quite ap-
plies" Danford murmured. "She is
goddess. and a wonderfully. but l
should never dare call her dear
Penelope"
Mrs. Stanford surveyed him scorn-
fully. That shows how little you
know about q woman Penelope Dun
bar is as tender and as sweet as a
girl can be, yet you think of her as
an fee maiden"
YES" Danford agreed. You have
found the name for her; she matches
the atmosphere of today. She is like
one of the fcicles hanging on the
porch out there or the frost on the
window pane"
IF / couldn't call girl something
else besides the frost on the window
pane" Mrs. Sanford said. Il should
stop trying. Imagine beginning a
letter to Penelope: Dear Frost Upon
the Window Pane"
Il should not dare under any cir
cumstances write to her." said DAN
ford
You're a coward" Mrs. Stanford
accused.
: Danford shrugged his shoulders.
Dear lady," he said. Il can face a
lion, but not Penelope Dunbar"
IF you loved her you could not
help telling her."
1T is because love her that do
not tell her. am afraid that my
blood would be CONCEALED within
me-"
silly" was Mrs. Stanford's re-
Spouse.
Then she went on seriously. Put
her to the test" she said. You see
her only on the surface. l know 1T is
her pride that makes her cold. She
Is afraid to show her feelings, and
you're afraid to tell her the very
thing that would make her show
them If you should say. Penelope,
love you'll love you,' you'd see her
light up. but you don't believe me.
and can't make you"
Your intentions are good" Dan
ford said, "but your wisdom is at
fault. Penelope never loved any.
thing"
"Oh, you don't know her!"
Danford rose. Il must be going,
he said. Il shall ride around and see
Penelope That is the strange part
Of It, l can't keep away from her
although she freezes the soul within
me. think 1t Is the memory Of what
she was when she was a little girl
She was friendly little soul then"
"She Is friendly now" Mrs. Stan
ford insisted, "but you can't expect
her to meet you more than hall
way"
| After Danford had gone Mrs. Stan
ford talked it over with her husband
| IF he could see Penelope as l have
1 seen her, grooming lullabies to the ba
bies up In the nursery. he'd believe II
her tenderness"
| We'll, why can't he see herr" Stan
ford demanded.
Then and there Mrs. STANFORD
made a plot. It was very simple
little plot, and Penelope walke<
straight into the trap.
'If you dol mind" Mrs. STANFORD
said plaintively over the telephone
If you don't mind. Penelope. I'd nk'
to have you come and stay with thu
babies tonight. while Jack and &,
to the Country club. know 1t IL a
imposition to ask you. but It is tn,
cooks night out, and the nufs
wants to go with her. and Jack vii
be desperately disappointed II ",
miss the dinner at the club"
| I'D love to come" Penelope n
sponded.
Il don't think you will be lonely,
Mrs. Stanford said YEARLY tina
night as, gorgeous In black velve
and pearls, she told Penelope goodby
The babies always sleep soundly
and there is the phone in the library
and I've asked Roy Danford to com
around and see II you're all right"
obi" Penelope said distressfull,
you needn't have done that"
We'll, did," Mrs. Stanford insis
ed. Il didn't like to think of you al
sclutely alone. There are some oyl
tiers in the refrigerator, and II you ge
hungry you might give Roy cham
dish supper"
IF she doesn't show him her d,
mestic side." Mrs. Stanford said. 4
she and her husband were whirle
away together in their big car, III
very much mistaken. Dottie alway
wakes at ten and wants q drink
water, and you know how beautff,
Penelope is with Dottie in her arms
You schemer." said her bic hu
band
Roy Danford didn't reach the Sta
. ford house early. He hadn't unde
!. stood Mrs. Stanford's message. I
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