The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-07-09
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laugh she had known in the past.
Yes. but ! can hardly believe IT,: |
seem to have been here half a lifetime.
To think that a month ago | was a
double.dyed New Yorker"
ITS been a strange experience for
you. When you come back to New
York"
He looked at her. oddly she thought.
why should | go back?"
why. Because It's your natural
habitat. Inst ny"
That's the word" he said smiling.
1T was my habitat. This is my home"
She was silent a moment In sheer
surprise. She had thought OF this
Southern essay as n quickly passing
incident, a colorful chapter whose
page might any day be turned. But
It was impossible to mistake his mean
Ing. Clearly. he was deeply infatuated
with this Arcadian experience and had
no thought at present but 10 continue
II indefinitely.
They were passing the entrance OF a
cherry-bordered lane, and without TAX
ing his hands from tho gear. he
nodded toward the low broad-eaved
dwelling with Its towering arbors that
showed in flashing glimpses Of brown
and red between the intervening trees.
The palace OF the queen!" he said
Rosewood. by name"
She looked in some curiosity. Clear.
ly. II not a refuge Of genteel poverty.
neither was IL the abode OF wealth:
so, from her assured rampant of the
Fargo millions. Katharine reflected
complacently. The girl was a local
favorite, OF course-he had been tact.
full as to that. II val fortunate, in a
way, that he had not seen her, Katha.
rine, in the grand stand until after.
ward. Feeling toward her as she be.
lieved he did, With his absurd direct.
ness, he would have been likely to
drop the rose in her lap. never re-
fecting that, the tourney being a local
function, the choice should not fall up
on an outlander.
The slowing OF the car brought her
back to the present. and she looked
up to see before them the great gate OF
GLADDEN. Hall. She did not speak till
they had quite stopped.
Then. as her hand lay in his fol
farewell. You are right in your de.
c%ision," she said softly. This is your
place. You are a Valiant OF Virginia
| didn't realize 1t before, but | am be
ginning to see all 1t means to you"
Her voice held a lingering indefn
able quality that was almost sadness
and for that one slender instant, she
opened on him the unmasked batteries
OF her glorious gray eyes.
The tournament ball at Damon,
Court that night was more than al
event. The old mansion was an IRE
slstible magnet. The floor OF its vel
low parlor was known to be Of delecta
BILE %hugeness. Its gardens we're a lie
gend. The whole place, moreover wal
stepped In the very odor OF old mys
terry and new romance. Small wonder
that to this particular AFFAIR the cleo
the major was the high custodian
OF the rolls, his decisions being as tn,
laws of the Modes and Persians-cam,
gaily from the farthest county line
and the big houses of the neighbor
hood were crammed with over-nigh
guests.
BY half past nine o'clock the pha
lanx of chaperons decreed by old Gus
tom had begun to arrive. and the grea
iron gate at the front Of the drive
erect and rustless now-saw an impos
ing professional Of carriages. Thes
passed up a slope az radiant with th
fairy light Of paper lanterns as a Japa
|, nese thoroughfare in festival season
The colored bulbs swung moon-lik