Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-08-07

So"
II think it is deliberate" Danvcvs
said. When you came out of the dor
a moment ago your veil blew across
my face, and you did not even say
you were sorry"
Perhaps was not" she glanced
beneath her lashes, 'and besides--I
did not know that my veil had been
taking liberties"
Danvers waited long time before
he spoke again. He noticed, with
some irritation that she had tucked
the chiffon veil well within her coat
They were prettier floating in the
breeze" he said somewhat testify.
q did not want to annoy you" she
laughed back at him.
Danvers turned and looked straight
at her.
You are annoying me more and
more every moment l am with you"
he told her with a half laugh. -Four
days ago l saw you come up the gang
plank and 1 knew that l had seen you
before. For four days and four nights
your face has danced before me in
maddening persistency. and ! cannot
recall where I-what is it?" he broke
In abruptly. Are you ill?"
She had gone a trifie white and her
eyes had darkened. She smiled. but II
was a far away emile.
Mo- am only unhappy" she said.
IF you do not Inind l will go below.
Good night"
Danvers could only frown his dis
approval OF her leaving him 70 his own
reflections and lonely walk on deck
The next morning she was more
than ever reserved. A cool nod was
all that greeted Danvers. and she
seemed to have drawn completely
within her shell. He knew that she
was still unhappy Her dark eyes
were brooding. and her proud head
dropped.
Five days and my breakfast is
tasteless because a woman does not
smile" Danvers smiled whimsically
at his own plight then leaned across
the table toward her:
Tomorrow we reach Fishguard-
and I do not even know your name"
His eyes held her gaze and she col.
ored.
ut is scarcely worth while learning
a name merely for one day" she an
swered quickly.
But it is not for one day" Danvers
told her. Il want to know where you
are going-so that may follow"
The girl caught swift breath, then
laughed unsteady. She had never
before been wooed in so masterful a
way
But am the follower" A sparkle
Of fire had kindled in her eyes. "A
career is just ahead of me, and l am
running after it," She arose from the
table with laugh and left him.
Danvers' teeth came together with a
jerk. A moment later he, too, left the
dining saloon. His shoulders we're
braced and his step firm. He would
not look again at the woman who had
refused him her name. At least, he
would try not to.
When he went up to the writing
room to get his mail off for Queens
seated himself to wait for a desk She
was the first to finish writing, and he
took the seat she had vacated He
did not look at her. but he knew that
she was surprised and--yes, hurt.
II was not easy TO write letters
when his whole mind was rushing aft
er the girl. He glanced down at the
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name left backward on the blotter.
"Nida." he read, and with the name
his memory shot back some months.
Danvers did not at first realize that
the name he had traced was that OF
the woman whose identity troubled
him. Her face floated before him and
coupled itself with that name. Sud-
denly the story came to him. She
was the famous dancer VINO had been
the innocent cause of a great society
scandal. Danvers remembered now
having seen her picture in the western
papers.
Without apparent reason he scratch
ed the name from the blotter and
went in search Of her.
one was lar UP toward the DOW OF
the boat standing in the full sweep of
wind Danvers went to her and stood
close beside her so that she could not
escape.
do you imagine for one instant
that would care any the less for you
because of that?" he asked without
preface.
II have been trying TO escape IT for
months" she said with catch In her
voice. TT follows me everywhere.
am never going back TO New York"
she added. because cannot stand
it." She looked far back where, across
the great expanse of water. her own
country beckoned her. Danvers saw
the sorrow in her eyes.
YES" he said In a low voice that
seemed to turn the great ship about
by the force Of its appeal, you will
go back"