Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-10-01
lane And THE NET
BY MOLLY MIMAsfEH.


tered her life that James heart was
seriously affected: All gneenseieusiyf
while Turing the big seetehHlaH inte
her net, Jane tFiRHea and fell head
leng int it herself The sensation
was at first startling and finally nest
alarming, fer the Ssptehmaa seemed
perfectly ehliFi9us t9 the fact that
lane was his fer the asking
@ldfashiened Belly sitting back
completely eHFeleped in the lsFe Of
willard Wright watched the proceed
ings with Infinite enjoyment: She ans
Jane had never broken the silence
that SCANNED an interval OF TIRES
menths, vet PellF was perfectly aware
of all that TRANSFERRED In the life ct
her eFstwhiie Intimate fFiena,
aMFhe TIVE giFis were efteH IN the
ae hailreem attending the sans
anees, yet neFthef seemed go much
SIS to knew that the ether was theFg
and never by Wera or ieak conveyed
the seefet knewleaee that each b9Fe
q gna#iRg Raia-the pain OF seYeFea
friendship
Jane tried desperately to SENEGAL
her interest in Jehn 9gthfie, but her
eyes fellswed his eVeFF movement;
He Aifted lazily and mildly with nest
Of the girls, but nest OF all he h9F:s
cred ever the ela-fashisaea, s9ftseFea
Polly.
And Pelly, locking swiftly aeFess
at Jane, smiled In such q way 90 to
make yane's bleed stand still: PGii8
was gaing to break heE lifelong habit
eEdemure, naialeniF meaestF aHa aift
openly and shamelesslF with the
seetehMaR:
James lips epFled ia seeFn In spite
| Of the fear and pain that was gFiRs
ping her. She knew that belly with
her absHFaly Trusting eyes Of blue ana
her gentle, persuasive manner, to-
getheF with the tepeh Of aiiaFiag e9s
| guetfF she was new employing, W9aid
| break the heart OF any nan.
However, Jane had sufficient Of
| pride and sslEeeRtFei TO carry on her
| own aiFtatisHs with g very apparent
supply OF blindness to Pelly's ma
| newer. HeF smiles were plentiful
| and no one in tbs ballroom suspected
that her heart was weli-nigh break
ms. She net 8Rly regretted the taet
| that GuthFie found interest In ether
women, but mere than that she Ia
meRted the fallen idol that Polly Feps
| resented:
ut is all Fight for me ts-te aift,8
Jane told herself: aBAt Pelly is diff
| fereRt. Polly is far too gfeef9Hs g
! tyne Rewadays to lose sight Of Shs
| simply Mast net be allowed to sHeaF
her beauty with gaeh m9deFR eRafs
aeteFisties.8 Jane smiled wfstfHily at
her own SHORTCOMINGS, and sent g
swift glance Of something akin te
| love into Pellys eyes. .
| Polly was ebliyi9ps, However, and
eeRtiRHed her tactics with renewed
yim. Guthrie followed her lead until
| the entire number Of dancers in the
room realized that something unusual
was In the air, for The most part they
1 were Of the epiaieR that it was Wiz
Hard Wright who was suffering BY tbs
Irritation 50 elevef %as Jane at jig
/ sling with her emotions. She had
at Least concealed her hurt frsm the
| pqbiie.
| She sRent 2 sieegless night, hews
| eyer, thinking Of the lost iaasal lR
Pelly.
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