The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-05-29

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Don't he look az II he was think
ing?" said Hazel In q whisper. 81
wonder what's on his mind"
Probably that Mondays payday
and he don't know whether be can
scratch through" said the jocose Josh.
Berny did not say anything. She
felt the interest in Cannon that she
did in all conquering, successful peo-
pie, and in her heart It gave her a
sense Of added importance to think
that the family she had married into
and who refused to know her was on
friendly terms with the Bonanza King.
A half-hour later they had found
seats in front Of the band stand in the
park, and, settling themselves with a
great rustling and preening Of plum
age, prepared to enjoy the music Han
nah and Pearl were given two chairs
at the end Of row, and Hazel and
Berry, with Josh as escort secured
four on the line Immediately behind.
Dominick had not yet appeared, so the
sisters spread their skirts over a va
cant seat between them, and Berny, in
the intervals OF inspecting the people
around her, sent exploring glances
abous for the tall figure Of her hus-
band.
She was very fond of the park and
band stsnd on such Sunday afternoons.
To go there had been one Of the great
diversions Of her girlhood. She loved
to look at this holiday gathering Of all
types, among which her own class was
largely represented. The outdoor am
phitheater Of filed benches was to her
what the ballroom and the glitter1ng
horseshoe at the opera are to the wom-
an OF society. She saw many old
friends among the throng, girls who
had been contemporaries of hers when
sne mad first gone to work" and had
long since married in their own world
ana now dragged children by the hand
She looked them over with an almost
passionate curiosity, discomfitted to
see the fresh youth of some, and
pleased to note that others looked
weighed down with maternal cares
berny regarded women who had chill
oren as fools, and the children grouped
about these mothers of her own age
three and four sometimes, with the
husband carrying baby-were to her
only annoying, burdensome creatures
that made the party seem a little RI
oiculous, and had not half the i'm
pressiVeness or style Of her elegant
costume and lilac frills.
The magnificent afternoon had
Drought out a throng of people. Every
seat In the lines Of benches was full
ana loot passengers kept constantly
coming up, standing for a few meas
ures. and then moving on. They were
OF all kinds. The beauty of the day
nad even tempted the more fashion
able element out, and the two sisters
saw many elegantly-dressed ladies of
the sort on whom Hazel fitted hats all
day. and that evoked in Berry a deep
and respectable curiosity. Both wom-
en-, sitting high In their chairs, craned
their necks this way and that, spying
through breaks in the crowd. and fol.
lowing attractive figures with lodging
movements of their heads. When
either one saw anything she liRsd or
thought interesting she laid hand on
the others knee, giving it a slight dig.
ana designated the object Of her at.
tent1on in few broken words. de-
tached and disconnected like notes
for sentence.
Ihey were thus engaged when Ha-
eel saw Dominick and, rising, hailed
MIN with beckoning hand. He made
his way toward them, moving delib.
once or twice pausing to greet
acquaintances. He was taller than
any man In the surrounding throng
and Berny, watching him, felt a sense
OF proprietary pride swelling in her
when she noted his superiority. The
son OF an Irish laborer and a girl who
mad begun life as the general servant
IN miners clearinghouse, he looked
as II his forebears might have been
the flower of the nation. He wore a
loose'ntting suit Of gray tweed, a wide.
gray felt sombrero, and round his
waist belt of yellow leather, His col.
lar turning back from hi neck exposed
the brown strength Of his throat. and
on lifting his hat in a passing saluta-
ton, his head with its cropped curly
hair, the ears growing close against
1t, showed golden brown in the sun.
light.
With phrase Of greeting he Joined
them, and then as they swept their
skirts off the chair they had been hid
Ing, slipped In front Of Berry and sat
down. Hazel began to talk to him.
Her conversation was of a rallyingl
Joking sort, at which she was quite
proficient. Berny heard him laugh and
knew by the tone Of his voice that he
was pretending and was not really
She had nothing particular
to say to him, feeling that she accom-.
plished enough in inducing him to Join
hem, and, sitting forward on the edge
If her chair, continued to watch the
people. A blonde coiffure some rows
N front caught her eye and she was
its intricacies through the in
.erstices that came and went between
he moving heads, when the sudden
into view of an unusually
striking female figure diverted her at.
:ention. The woman had come up
rom behind and, temporarily stopped
" the crowd, had come to a standstill
few rows in front of where the sis
ers sat. She was accompanied by
young man dressed in the Sunday
lignity of frock-coat and silk hat. AS
le turned to survey the lines Of filed
hairs. Berny saw that he had a pale !
kin. small black mustache, and dark
yes.
But her interest in him was Of the
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