The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-11-28

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for a moment and then came with a
rush-"do you know that you are the
most adorable girl on Gods earth? I
love you. love youl There-I've said
1t. | had meant to say a lot more first
work up to II by degrees. you know
but 1t has carried me away of its own
accord ! love ~you-dear. dear Cilly"
There was a long stiffness. All ma
ture seemed to be watching with bated
breath for the mex step. Only above
their heads the branches of the oak
tree cracked gently. Cilly's head swan.
Something new and tremulous was
stirring within her. She closed her
eyes. lest the spell should be broken
by the sight of some mundane exter-
nal object. A purely hypothetical fairy
prince. composed of equal parts of peer
Of the realm. life guardsman. Mr..
Sandow. Lord B-ron and the bishop of
London. whom she had cherished i'm the
inmost sanctuary of her heart ever
since she had reached the age ut which
a girl begins to dream about young
men. suddenly rocked upon his pedes-
tai. Then she opened her eyes again,
and contemplated the homely features
Of the Rev. Godfrey Blunt.
Not that they appeared homely any
longer. Never he'd a mans face under
gone such a transformation in so short
a time. To her shy eyes he had grown
positively handsome. Cilly felt her
whole being suddenly drawn toward
this goodly youth. The composite par
agon enshrined in her heart gave a
final lurch and then fell headlong. to
lie dismembered and d~isregarded, Da-
gon-like. at the foot Of his own pedes-
tai.
Slowly their hands met, and they
gazed upon one another long and rap
turously. How long they did not know.
There was no need to take count of
time. They seemed to be sitting to-
gether all alone on the edge of the uni
verse, with eternity before them. The
next step was Obvious enough. They
both realized what 1t must be, but they
did not hurry. They sat on, this hap
by pair. waiting for inspiration.
1t ~came-straight from above their
heads.
kiss her, you fool" commanded a
hoarse and frenzied voice far up the
tree.
Crackle, Crash! Bump!
And Nicky, overestimating in her en-
thusiasm the supporting power of an
outlying branch, tumbled headlong, but
unchanged. a medley of arms and legs
and blue pinafore, right at their very
feet.
A few hours later Daphne, preceded
by n rather incoherent telegram, drove
up to the rectory in the station fly.
She was met at the door by Cilly, and
the two, as IL by one impulse, fell into
each others arms.
Daphne, dear Daph," murmured the
impetuous cilly. II am the happiest
girl in all the world"
And t. said Daphne simply. am
the most miserable"
The scene is the Restaurant Interna-
tional. a palatial house of refreshment
III IktStl Filttlf "a tAitt AatA HhGh ."
At a table in the corne of the grand
sale "A manger. set in a position cal
culated to extract full value from the
efforts of a powerful orchestra. a
waiter of majestic mien. with a pow
dercd head and "A gold tassel on his left
shoulder. stands towering owe two re-
Gently eyrived patrons with the menu.
The patrons, incredible as 1t may APP
pear. are Stephen Blasius Vereker and
Veronica Elizabeth Vereker. Stiffy. in
the gala dress of a schoolboy of eight
cen. is perspiring freely under the gaze
of the overpowerire mental at his ell
bow: Nicky. in a new hat of colossal
but correct dimensions (the gift of Ter
eldest sister, with her hair gathered
into the usual ne plus ultra of the
"fiapper''-a warped and CONSTRUCTED
pigtail tied with a large black bow OF
ribbon2is entirely unruffied.
How they got there viii appear pres
entity.
viii you lunch Il Ia carte or table
d'hote. sirT" inquired the waiter. much
as an executioner might say, "Will you
be drawn or quartered?'
The fiustered Stiffy gazed helplessly
at his sister.
"He means will you pay for what
Won eat or eat what you pay for, dear"
explained that experienced but Flip
pant young person. You must ex-
cuse him. she added. turning her
round and trustful orbs upon the
waiter '.He is not accustomed to be-
ing given a choice of dishes"
The waiter. realizing that here was
A worthy opponent, maintained a u
tenapce of wood and repeated the ques-
ton.
You had better give me the MENU
said Miss vereker. How much is the
table d'hote lunch!'
-Four shillings. madam"
Madam unused.
LET me see" she said t~houghtfully.
..can we run to 1t. dearE'
..nf courSarf eaid Sfiffys in an under-