Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-21

told my coming to Damory Court. II
we had more time you could have
your fortune told"
How thrilling" she commented
with half-humorous irony.
He pointed to a great white house
set in a grove of trees, That Is
Beechwood," he told her, the Beverly
homestead. Young Beverley was the
Knight of the Silver Cross. A fine old
place, isn't it? 1t was burned by the
Indians during the French and Indian
War. My Observation-Disclosures
or =" He broke of. But then, those
old things won't interest you"
'They interest you a great deal,
don't they?" she asked.
YES" he admitted, they do. You
see, my ancestors are such new ac-
quaintances, l find them absorbing.
You know when l lived in New
York"
Last month"
He laughed a little-not quite the
laugh she had known in the past.
Yes, but l can hardly believe it; /
seem to have been here half a lifetime.
To think that a month ago l was a
double-dyed New Yorker"
TITS been a strange experience for
you. When you come back to New
York"
He looked at her, oddly she thought.
GryLy6x abo,,l5 7 o0 haoLo t
why? Because it's your natural
habitat. Inst it,"
That's the word" he said smiling.
TT was my habitat. This Is my home"
She was silent a moment In sheer
surprise. She had thought Of this
Southern essay as a quickly passing
incident, a colorful chapter whose
page might any day be turned. But
it was impossible to mistake his mean
ing. Clearly, he was deeply infatuated
with this Arcadian experience and had
no thought at present but to continue
it indefinitely.
They were passing the entrance OF a
cherry-bordered lane, and without TAX
ing his hands from the gear, he
nodded toward the low b~road-eaved
dwelling with its Towering arbors that
showed in flashing glimpses of brown
and red between the intervening trees.
"The palace Of the ~queen!" he said
Rosewood, by name"
She looked in some curiosity. Clear
ly. If not a refuge Of genteel poverty,
neither was it the abode of wealth;
so, from her assured rampant of the
Fargo millions, Katharine reflected
complacently. The girl was a local
favorite, Of course-he had been tact
full as to that. 1t was fortunate, in a
way, that he had not seen hel, Katha.
rine, in the grand stand until after
ward. Feeling toward her as she be
lieved he did, with his absurd direct
ness, he would have been likely tt
drop the rose in her lap, re
fiecting that, the tourney being a loca,
function, the choice should not fall UP
on an outlander.
The slowing of the car brought hel
back to the present, and she looked
up to see before them the great gate o.
GLADDEN. Hall. She did not speak til
they had quite stopped.
Then, as her hand lay in his fol
farewell, you are right in your de
cision," she said softly. This is you
place. You are a Valiant Of Virginia
i didn't realize it before, but l am be
ginning to see all it means to you"
Her voice held a lingering indefin
able quality that was almost sadness
and for that one slender instant, sh,
opened on him the unmasked batterie
of her glorious gray eyes.
y n
!, The tournament ball at Damon
/ Court that night was more than al
| event. The old mansion was an IRE
sistible magnet. The floor Of its We
! low parlor was known to be of delecti
: BILE ~hugeness. Its gardens were a IL
gend. The whole place, moreover, wa
t STEPPED in the very odor of old my
0 terry and new romance. Small wonde
that to this particular affair the cleo
the major was the high custodia
t of the rolls, his decisions being as tn
a laws Of the Modes and Persians-cam
e gaily from the farthest county lin
@ and the big houses of the neighbo
a hood were crammed with over-nigl
t. guests.
By half past nine o'clock the phi
It lanx of chaperons decreed by old Gu
) tom had begun to arrive, and the gre;
iron gate at the front Of the drive
d erect and rustless now-saw an impo
/ ing professional of carriages. Thei
passed up a slope as radiant with IL
,e fairy light Of paper lanterns as a Jap
nese ~thoroughfare In festival seaso
ID The colored bulbs swung moon-lil
a. from tree and shrub, painting the
rainbow lusters IN grass and driV
al way. Under the high gray columns
ID the porch and into the wide doc
g framed in its small loaded panes tn
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