The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-08

her spirit SHE had been so certain
Of what would happen that evening
that when her father between cigars
on the porch with IUdge Chalmers
and Doctor .S0uthaill bad searched her
out under a iiag of-truce. she had sent
him to the rlghiabout lsughinglF de-
cllning to depart before royalty. ilut
number followed number, and The
knight In purple and sold had not
paused again before her Now the
scarlet CLOAK TO longer iaanted
among the dancers and the white
satin gown and sparkling coroaal had
disappeared The end Of the next
"round-dauce" found her suhsidlngI
into the flower banked aiccye sudden
" distract amid her escorts saliies "
WAS at this moment hat she saw en-
terng the corridor from The eaFdea.
Che missing couple.
II was not the faint flash on Sl.ir,
lcys cheek--that WAS not deep-nor
was it his nealness o her, though they
stood closely ms lovers might But
there was in both their faces 4 some
thing that rcsrrgent conrent:onality
had not had tilae to cover rem
bling reelection Of that light that
never was. on sea or land which %as
Ike a death-stab to what lay far deep,
or than Katharines heart, her pride.
She drew swiftly back. dismayed at
the sudden vtrhcation. and for an In
slant her whole body chilled.
A craving for a glass of water has
served its purpose a thousand times:
ms her cavalier solicitously departed 10
fetch the cooling draught, she rose.
and eareessly humming the refrain
the music had just left off, sauntered
lightly out by another door to the open
air. A swift glance about her showed
her she was unobseryed and she step
ped dow n to the grass ard along the
winding path 10 a bench at some dis
lance In the shrubbery. Here the
smiling mask slipped from her face
and with SILVER she dropped her hot
face in her hands.
ahore we're no tears The wave
that was yelling over her was Que Of
bitter humiliation She had shot hel
b0lt and missed she. Katharine Far
60. For three years she had hello
| John Valiant, romantically speaking IN
| The hollow OF her shapely hand. Now
| she had all but thrown herself at hi.
feet-and he had turned away TO this
| Rame-haired. vivid girl whom he bad
not known as many months
Heavy footballs all at once APPROACH
| ed her--two men were coming from
the house There was the splitting
| cracklc of match, and "a she peeret
! out, its red fare lighted the massive
face and floating hair Of Major Bris
| tow. His companion face was in iht
| shadow. She waited. thinking they
would pass; but to her annoyance
when she looked again, they had seat
ed themselves en- a bench few pacei
| away.
To be found incoming in tho shrub
| berry like a schoolgirl did not pleas
her. but it seemed there was no re
! course, and she had half arisen. whei
| the majors gruT-voiced companion
spoke name that caused her to 81
down abruptly.
"Rristow, Shirley's magnificen
girl"
Finest in seven counties" agrees
the majors bass.
Whom do you reckon she'll choos'
to marry?"
Chilly Lusk, OF course. The boy
been in love with her since they wer'
i in bihs And he comes rs near being
1T for her as anybody.
Hump" said the other safdonieal
II ~. NO man ever saw VAS half goot
|. enough for good woman. But soo'
women marry lust the same. II ism
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