Devils Lake inter-ocean., 1913-12-05

----------i him.
4 All the more reason why we should
not detain him when he wishes te
leave for town. = '.ss a. @#8
Let me send him an invitation, any.
way, please. = .$ 81 81 +,
Il would rather you did not.
& It had been wonderful summer
~nd fail at Hopedene, her aunt's splen.
sld seaside home at Narragansett Be
fore the house lay the green rolling
downs to the shore over the downs
and the great brown rocks with their
clinging ever swaying masses OF sea-
weed. 5s55
It was down there on the rocks ale
mad listened while he told her what
she meant to him in his life.
Every day Stanley managed to see
her. He was tall, and athletic. She
loved to watch him stride up the
sands from the boat landing, his head
back, the wind lifting his thick brown
curls. his keen gray eyes watching
her. She loved to sail ort over the
bay with him.. They would manage to
ssvade the rest of the party, and lean
over the rail close up in the prov,
hardly speaking but watching the curl
ing waves part below them, and al.
ways there had been the quick close
embrace for an instant, and the touch
kof his lips to hers y n.
II Yet he was Stanley Layton, a bach
Selor. with plenty Of money, plenty of
leisure. plenty of amusement. Why
ho,lld he, as her aunt told her cTer
and over, why should he look twice
at a little Kentucky: girl who happen
ed to be blessed with brown eyes and
the most golden hair on the beach?.
The night of. the domino dance. Mrs.
|Nesbitt told Glorla for the first time
what her plans were. q; 81 . &
gu will accept Harraden tonight,
my dear He has spoken to me, and Of
course, told him everything was
most satisfactory .sI will write to
Your mother tomorrow, and you are to
be congratulated. He may not be
exactly fascinating, but he will make
a good husband. z ~ 5.f }.. l.5
Gloria fastened on her little satin
mask raging inWardly. She did not
even reply. Down the broad staircase
she alloWed Mrs. Nesbitt's stately fig
ure, an took her place beside her
at the lower archway in the hall. Pasr
them s. streamed the dominoes, every
tint and hue ina ginable. 1t seemed
TO Gloria as though it were a traFesty
on life, TINS masking of forms and
faces. and the mad Nhirl Of the dance
beyond. Was Stanley among them
She had managed to let him know, but
the yacht had not been in the bay that
day. .2..s
Suddenly she noticed one domino
that seemed to linger Just sehind her
IsSomething in the walk dre.T her at
iztentioTI. It was yellow and black. Hel
issf,Er was Of rose colored satin. s1us1
as Mrs. esbitt moved away to speal
! 10 someone she had recognized, the
other domino stepped close to her, anG
Stanley Whispe qui ckly \:
Change your dominoes with my sis
! ter She is there in violet. =
Gloria,s heart beast fast. In hal
an hour they would unmask, and She
would be deliberately given into Fer
! $ris Harrad den. s. keeping &. The Yiole
domino came nearer, and as ii pass
5ed she whispered &C into the dress
Ing roo ''5E3 s5s#
five minutes later the violet domino
had vanished from the guests, and aist
tle black and yellow. Nv hen the un
masking came Gloria was missing, ant
4 after g hasty interview wi sh NJ i. Har
! radea it was WhisT Gloria has
1 been taken i'll and retired q.
But out OF the, bay into the darl
waters of the Atlantic sailed th,
yacht, ocean bound Katherine Lay
ton had gos- below, declaring sh,
would Ac. sit and doze,, pIayin;
lchaperone 20 them any longer stan
i ley held Iis sweetheart close, there il
their old faYnrite nook at the PROV.
M ell put In at some little plac,
/ and be married tomorrow, dear heart
KIT is q brick She's stood by hi
i through It All, and says We may taxi
her place down at Isle of Pines for th
winter. Are yon happy? How fas
i your heart beats
Gloria spsisia he'd back her hail, wind
blow over her eyes, and pressed he
i cheek to his al they looked back a
tlia twinkling lights along the bay,
like TO follow the real star
j j she whispe cred