Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-01-14


Wrlnkling her dainty brows in curl
osity, What, for goodness sake? You
look like triple tragedy in bronze"
| Then, as suspicion took shape in
her mine, she laid her fork down and
faced him fearfully. you're not
| Words failed her.
He nodded solemnly. st certainly
am, to my everlasting SORROW" he re-
| piled with feeling.
Jeanette sighed. "Then, we're two
of a kind she said, 'and we were put
together for purpose. I'll really have
to ask your name. My thoughts were
wool gathering when you were-'
"Rhyme-g gathering, more probably"
he interrupted, laughingly It'll con-
TESS that I've been trying in vain to
find a suitable rhyme for
ooh, don't!" she exclaimed, "as if
I didn't have troubles of my own. And
the name?" she asked suddenly.
'Wainwright-Orrin Wainwright
mot the Wainwright she asked in
aWed tones.
The same, please your ladyship,'
he bowed with exaggerated difference.
And here, I've beehive been just
/ too impairment for-Oh!" she STAN
mered
Let's form a truce and declare the
subject barred" he offered. She smil-
ed an eager assent.
MAY I ask where you are staying? '
'You may" she rendered.
''Then Where-' Her soft laugh
c%n h;
i live here,' she offered conciliating-
".
eyes, and where? I mean to CALI
he said quietly.
NO" interrupted Jeanette, hur.
riedly, Il don't receive callers-I have.
mt time" she explained.
80 be it, your ladyship." She
glanced furtively at his strong face
and scolded herself for the interest
it evoked.
Did you ever have an ideal?" he
asked irrelevantly.
Heaps of en- she responded read
lily.
i mean, did you ever cherish the
likeness Of a possibility and suddenly
discover that it was a real flesh and
blood creation instead of a figmen.
OF an unstable lmagination?''
She looked at him. curiousIy. NO
Then you can't understandshOw one
would feel under such circumstances
Or that one would have the desire
to" He paused and looked into he1
eyes with meaning. Jeanette laugh
ed and stirred in embarrassment
You don't mean" she began with
her customary straightforward direct
ness, that I am the unspeakable-"
THAT is precisely what l do mean,
ne replied, gravely. 81 didn't recog
nlze the likeness at first. 1t was sew
eral minutes before you unbent sui
fciently to bestow your smiles
MIR. Wainwright" Jeanette bris
tied in simulated INDICATION
1t was spring day in early May,
he continued dreamily, ignoring he
exclamation, "a bevy Of school girl
with long braids down their backs
were parading the park. The hat @
the fairest one Of them ala slim
childish, elf Of a girl-blew down tn,
street, and lad of tender years CAV,
pursuit and rescued the offensiv.
piece of headgear. He returned it
trembling with the holiness of hi
daring, to the owner, who would no
even lift her long lashes as sh,
thanked him family I've always ha,
an overwhelming desire to find tina
young lady and see for myself wha
kind of eyes she possessed, that sh
was so unwilling to use them
And that was you'll should neve
have believed it, Jeanette laughe
a bit absently.
I And now that I have found tn
eyes," he continued, new determine
ton in. his voice, 'I mean to follo1
them up and see what lies back O
| them" x - ~
/ The hostess had given the sign. A
they rose, she said, laughingly. 81 sur
pose you two have decided to collabc
rate on some great work or other"
Wainwright questioned Jeannett
with steady eyes.
I'VE have, have we not?" he asked
Jeanette flashed quick look int