The Detroit times., 1914-02-27

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the party, and . few minutes after
his arrival Fielding had lost his two
friends and was wandering alone
through the brilliantly lighted rooms.
He found them filled with many ex.
hllarated men and more wonderfully
dressed and sprightly women from the
musical c0medies.
He notico1 that many OF the men
|and not : few Of the women were
smoking, and 20 he lighted q cigarette,
and accepted the prefer Of . glass
Of champagne from passing waiter.
While he had but slight desire to
mingle moro intimately with the
crowd, he found much pleasure In
watching it, innocent, II somewhat
botsterous, antics. Some Of the men
no knew slightly, but they welcomed
him with enthusiasm, and although he
had never met any Of the women.
many Of them greeted the cookbook
linz newcomer with marked signs Of
friendliness. And Fielding. with
smiles Of gratitude and pleasure. &C.
knowledged their welcome.
II WAS much more gay and anus
Ing and brilliant than any dance he
had ever seen. In addition to the
sensuous music, the golden glow Of
the warm rooms. the real and artin.
cial beauty q the women. and their
gorgeous and exquisite clothes. thGfe
was an air Of natural gaiety abroad
and = spirit Of abandon that appealed
Ito him Sreetly and sptistieA bis senses
completeIy His tzVables became
purely imaginary, ana then vanished
completely before thio vision Of false
|fsiry-land. Supremacy happy and
coatoat again, he continued to smoke
hie cigarette, sip HE glass Of cham
payne, and look on with wide-open nd.
miTing eyes ct the brilliant and
|sensuOus passing show.
Eventually tt occurred to him that
he had not yet met his host, and his
slowfy moving mind having reached
the conclusion that this social tradt
tion, however trivial, should b. ac..
complished e once, he started In
search Of any mutual friend who
would introduce him. He had gone
but Z few steps. however, when he
was confrontsd by pink and white
faoo and pair Of large, blue, pathetic
eyes. She was very pretty girl with
II small slight figure which was but
i1l.Ccncealed In o. cling1ng dress OF
black tulls and jet. and which seemed
to have been made especially to show
|oR her wonderfully white and Per
Ffsctiy nodded arms and exQuisitely
rounded throat. Her manner was far
from bold but rather intensely plead
Ing.
.NWfeast yea please dance with mar.
she begeed. II do 20 want TO dance
and nobody seems to care for me any
moro"
Under the circumstances further
words were quite useless, and smiling
|his extrsme pleasure, T1elAing put his
arm about the Girl, and they started
o dance. When they had reached the
far end Of the room no unconoci0usly
looked over his partners shoulder,
and his glance fell upon . girl with
wonderful red hair and white dress
|conSpicu0us Tor tt SimpIIcIty. AT the
next turn Of the waits he looked again
| and then hO kneV that II was Fay.
! She WAS sitting against the wall on
one Of the long rows Of chairs that
| lined the room. and Was smiling
gaily and chattering volubly to the
young man next to her. Fielding sud.
denly stopped dancing. and mumbling
| q few words Of apology, led his un.
known partner to seat ct the other
end Of the room, and then, without
further ceremony, left her there, sur.
prised and indignant.
| Fay did not see Fielding until he
stood directly before her. aud then
she looked up at him with wide-open
eyes of surprise and astonishmeut.
why, Porter" she gasped. what
are you doing here?
ignoring her question, he squared
his shoulders and looked her straight
1 in the eyes. May speak TO you for
!! 4 moment?" he asked.
His manner, a. we'll 40 his speech,
twas % abrupt, even rude. that Fay, in
| fear Of 3 scene, turned quickly to the
man 20 whom she had been talking
ana asked TO be excused. PROMISING
70 return to him IN = few minutes
Somewhat surprised and confused By
Weddings sudden appearance on the
scene, the young man quickly got up
s,niled and bowed his ascent To the
unexpected interruption Of his tete-a
lteto and then calmly settled back In
his seat to walt for Tay's return.
Fay took Fielding's arm. and In ri
Hence he led her slowly through the
whirline mass Of dancers to . LITTLE
room. directly scross the hall from
the ballroom, and where they were
quite alone. She leaned agAinst {
table anA folded her arms. Expert
ence had taught her something Of
how 90 deal with meo whose nerves
were on edge from too much cham
saUne. and 1he IVES NOT afraid.
well. Porter" she sajd, what ID
ne face Was hsrd-sst and white