The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-02-04


All the moro reason why we should
not detain him when he wishes to
leave for town"
Let me send him an invitation. any
way. please"
II would rather you did not"
1t had been wonderful summer
and fall at Hopedene. her aunts splen-
did seaside home at Narragansett. Be-
fore the house lay the green rolling
downs to the shore over the downs
and the great brown rocks with thar
chng1ns ever swaying masses of Sea-
wssA.
n was down there ON the rocks she
nd hstsned while he told her what
she meant 70 him in his lifsl
Dvsey day Stanley managed 10 -
~. H was tall. and athlete. She
lo~od - watch him stxids up the
sanAs from the boat landing. his head
beok. he wind lifting bis thick brown
eaxh. his ksen gray eyes Watching
hW. me loved to sail out over he
~ with HIN. They would manage 70
sva1s he rsst OF the party. and lean
0vsr t1e ran close up In the prov.
hardy speaking but Watching the curl
inG waves part below them. and a.
ways thsrs had been the quick oloss
embrace fsr an instant. and tbs tnash
Of his nps TO hsrA
Yet he was Stanley Layton, . ba6k
sloe With plsnty Of money. plsnty e
lslsarA. plainly Of Amusement WV
shoa2d he. - her aunt told her oVr
and over. why should he look tWtss
At . little Kentucky girl who haopen-
- 70 be blessed with brown eyes ~
ths most golden hair on the beachf
ne night Of the domino dance. NM
Nssbitt told Gloria for the flrst time
wAAt her plans were
You will accept Haxradsn tonight,
my dear. He has spoken to me. and Of
course. / told him everything was
most satisfactory. l will write 70
your mother tomorrow. and you are 70
BE- congratulated. He may not b
sxAotly fascinating. but he VIII make
. oood husband"
Gloria fastened on her little satin
mask. raging inwardly. She did not
even reply. Down the broad staircase
she followed Mrs. Nesbitts stately ng-
ure. and took her place beside her
1t the lower archway In the hall. Past
them streamed the dominoes. every
tint and hue Imaginable. 1t seemed
to Gloria as though 1t were a travesty
on life. this masking Of forms and
faces. and the mad whiri OF the dance
bsyood. Was Stanley among them7
She had managed to let him know. but
~ 10 H. a. h. ~,
day.
Suddenly she noticed one douins
that seemed to linger just behind her.
Something in the walk drew her at
tentton. It was yellow and black. Her
own was Of rose colored satin. Just
~ Mrs. Nesbitt moved away to speak
to someone she had recognised. the
other domino stepped close to her. and
Stanley whispered quickly:
Change your dominoes with my SIS
ter. She 10 there in violet
0loria's heart beast fast. In half
An hour they would unmask. and she
would be deliberately given into Fer
ris Harraden's keeping. The violet
domino came nearer. and A. 1t pass
ed she whispered: go into the drsss-
ing room"
Five minutes later the violet domino
had vanished from the guests. and also
the black and yellow. When the un-
maa1tng came Gloria was missing. and
after . hasty interview with Mr.. HaE-
raden, It was whispered Gloria bad
been taken Ill and retired.
Bat out Of the bay into the dark
waters Of the Atlantic sailed the
yacht. ocean bound. Katherine Lay
ton had gone below. declaring she
would not sit up and doze. playing
ohaperone to them any longer. Stan
ley held his sweetheart close. there In
their old favorite nook at the prov.
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