Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
THE DoMIEo DANCE

! ment, dear, before our stay is over. if Stanley rema4ns anchored yonder.''
 But t:.o1.sA had thrown discretion tt the winds. Every day Stanley thletic. She loved to watch him stTiding up the sands from the boat lanelng, his head thrown back the wlno lifting his thick brown curls, his keen, gray eyes watching her. She ltVcd to sail out over the bay with Ailn on some of his moonlight cruises. They would manage to evade the rest of the party and lean over the rail cl"ea UT m the prow. hardly speaking l but watching the curling waves part hclew them, and always there had 1 tcch tho quick. close embrace for an instant, and the touch of his lips on hers
 Yet he was Stanley Layton. a bachelor with plenty of money, plenty of leisure. plenty of amusement. Why and over, why should he look twice at 8 little Kentuoy girl who happened to be blessed with brown eyes and the most golden hair on the beach?
 The night of the Domino dance, Mrs. Nesbitt told Gloria for the first time what her plans were.
 You will accept Harraden tonight, my dear. He has spoken to me, and, of course I told him everything was most satisfactory. 1 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 and be very kind to you.''
 Gloria fastened on her little satin mask, raging inwardly. She did not even reply. Down the broad staircase she followed Mrs. Nesbitts stately figure, and took her place beside her at the lower archway in the hall. Past them streamed the dominoes, every tint and hue imaginable. It seemed to Gloria as though it were a travesty on life. this masking of forms and faces. and the mad whirI 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.
 Suddenly she noticed one domino that seemed to finger just behind her. Something in the walk drew her at Her own was of rOse-colored satin. Just as Mrs. Nesbitt moved away to speak to some one she had recognized the other domino stepped close to her, and Stanley whispered quickly:-
 Change dominoes with my sister. She is there in violet
 Gloria's heart beat fast. In half an hour they would unmask, and she would be deliberately given into Ferris Harraden's keeping. The violet domino came nearer, and as it pass ed she whispered. "Go into the dress ing room
 Five minutes later the violet dom ino had vanished from the guests, and also the black and yellow. When the unmasking came Gloria was missing, and after a hasty interview with MT. Harraden, it was whispered Gloria had been taken i'll, and retired.
 But out of the bay into the dark waters of the Atlantic sailed the yacht, ocean bound. Katherine Lay ton had gone below, declaring she would not sit up and dose. playing chaperon to them any longer. Stanley held his sweetheart close, there in their old favorite nook at the prow.
 We'll put in some little place and be married tomorrow, dear heart. Kit is brick. She's stood me through 1t all, and says we may take her place down at Isle of Pines for the winter. Are you happy? How fast your heart beats!"
 Gloria pushed back her hair, wind blown over his eyes and pressed her cheek to his as they looked back at the twinkling lights along the bay.
 q like to follow the real stars best,' she whispered.-St. Louis Globe- Democrat.