The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-07-11

Ute this.
The young fellow held out his hand;
bis smile was pleasant and inquiring.
wait . moment" she interrupted
wickedly. II am not introducing you.
am simply asking you II you know
him"
Wasn't this . capital revenge!
Il can't say that I ever
saw the gentleman before" hs STAN
mered, nightly bewildered. Then all
ct once his face grew red with anger.
He even balled his fists. Has he
dared"
mo. no! I only wished to know II
you knew him. Since you do not there
10 nothing more to Be done about It."
But II be has insulted-"
Ssh! That's not . nice word to hear
In . conservatory" she warned.
But l do not understand"
1T 10 not necessary. II you do not
take me instantly to the ballroom you
will lose the best part Of the dance"
She rose. and then I saw two little
blue slippers peeping out from under
the silken skirts.
you might have told me-" said r.
proachfully. And now l do not BE-
lisve any other Cinderella will do.
Young man." said l. holding out the
slipper for his inspection. Il was Just
aging this lady the very great com.
pliment Of thinking that this might b
Asr shoe"
And It isn't" she returned. Nov,
In honor to yourself. what 10 ny
namef"
you are Nancy Marsden."
And your"
your humble servant.
Il shall soon find out"
1T 10 quite possible"
And then. with . hand on her 20.
cort's arm. she laughed. and walked
Tor should I say glided! 1t seems q
(sacrilege to say that 20 enchanting .
creature walke6 out Of the conservs.
tory. leaving me gazing ruefully and
mournfully at the little white slipper
In my Eand.
Now. where In the world was Gin.
dsrella?
I thrust the slipper into the tail Of
my coat. and strolled over to the mar.
BILE bench which partly encircled the
fountain. The tinkle Of the falling
water made . pleasant sound. Ten
years! ! had been away ten years.
How quickly youth vanishes down the
glimmering track Of time! Here
gas 1t thirty. rather old. too. for that
humber: and here was that pretty girl
q fourteen grown into womanhood. .
wlomanhood that would have stirred
the pulses Of many . man less suscept-
ible than myself. That she was un-
married somehow made me glad.
though why Icannot say. unless It be
that vanity survives everything.
had been violently In love with
AsI; at that time she hadn't quite
41sa SIX. Then I had lorded It over
her icHfer eighth year. and from the
serene height Of twenty had looked
down upon her fourteen In fatheriy.
patronising fashion. A. recalled her
new glory the truth came upon me
that she was likely TO pay ne back
with interest for all the snubs had
given her.
on to Heidelberg and Bonn and
Berlin! Student days! Heigh-ho! Ten
years 10 . long time. I might still
have been an alien. an exile. but for
my uncle's death and that the lonely
aunt wanted . man about. mot that
els much Of Q man to have about.) In
al these ten years ! had not onos Wis
TIED my native land. scandalous ~ II
may seem: but had always celebra.
tea. Ne Fourth Of July In my garden,
celebrated Il religiously. too. and FOL.
lowed the general elections.
All these people Tor nearly all Of
them) had known In my youth; and
now not one Of them recognised me.
There was . pang In this knowledge.
No one likes 10 be forgotten complete.
ly. save the absconding bank clerk
and the defeated candidate. ] had
made no effort to recall myself &c
those met. Ny hostess thoushtless
ly supposed that should take on my.
self the labor Of renewing acquaint
ancs; but ] found this rather impos
sibis. Everything was changed. the
people and the city: the one had add
ed to It's height and the other to its
girth. 80 simply wandered about the
familiar rooms summoning up thu
pleasant ghosts Of bygone dsys. Then
came the slipper episode-and Nancy'
Home again! No more should the
sea call. nor the sky. nor the hills: ]