Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-06-03
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Gouverneur remembered what the
porter had told him.
"Is your home in Louisville?" he
flung at her across the dark. He sat
on the floor, in the doorway, one foot
pressed against the doorknob to keep
him from sliding.
ooh, no, live in New York. Pm
going to Louisville to visit school
friend"
81 don't suppose you have any idea
where your belongings are," he sug-
gested. wPerhaps l had better feel
about for them; since when the boats
come, we'll not wish to lose any time"
"There are only my coat and hat"
she confessed, naively. 81 have no
luggage"
He let himself slide few feet near
er to her, and with his good left arm
reached into the berth, and then under
it, while he observed: 81 fancy you
must have left New York in some
haste. hope the delay will not SER
iously inconvenience YOU"
"No it will not make the leat diff
ference" he declared. "My friend
isn't expecting me. My coming, in
deed, will be great surprise. She
fancies l am very much engaged just
now at home. In fact she was to
come to me; but illness in her family
prevented her."
He found her things on the other
side of the little room, beneath the
sofa; the coat rolled into ball, and
the hat apparently no better for it's
recent ricochetting.
too left the city on the spur of
the moment" he told her. 81 m run
ming away from wedding" And he
fancied he heard her laugh, lightly.
"That's odd," she said, "because l
am running from a wedding, too"
aloud, whether, by any chance, it
might be the same one! Mine is what
they call an international alliance"
"The Drood-Shevlin affair."" she
gasped, in surprise. "Why, that's the
one Pm flying from. But l don't un-
derstand why you
81 happen to know what cad Shev-
In is" he interrupted. "And once up
on time Sheila brood was engaged
to me-"
"Really" The exclamation came
after an instant's pause. 81 never
heard she was engaged before"
"Oh, yes" he insisted, smiling be-
hind the dark. at was years ago,
though. Probably before you knew
her. She was six, ano | was ten."
The young lady on the floor was
silent this time for several seconds.
Finally she said, rather quietly:
"After all, you needn't have come
away; for there isn't going to be any
wedding"
'You mean it's postponed, because
of Shevlin's injuries?"
81 mean it's off together, because
Sheila brood rebelled, and ran away"
"Rebelled? Ran away?" 1t SEEM
ed preposterous, impossible, too good
to be true.
EYES," she emphasized. "To-day,
this afternoon. Just dropped-slid,
you might say, out of it all, and not
soul knows where she is"
A possibility assailed him; then a
suspicion, which grew, developed, rose
fullgrown to conviction.
"You-you-" he began. The light
of lantern flashed through a broken
pane, glared on a mirror, was reflect
ed back, swept her face, and was gone.
"Shelia!" he cried; and there was
a little catch in his breath. "Sheila,
the boats are here! If you'll manage
to put your arms about my waist, I'll
get you up to the door. After that,
it will be just matter of sliding"
And sc it proved. In the four hour
that interviewed between the rescue
and the arrival of the survivors in the
National Capitol, Sheila brood and
Lawrence Gouverneur slid into fond
and fast renewal of the old, youthful,
interrupted friendship. They had
much to say to each other, and the
congeniality of childhood kindled to
warmer, mature attachment.
So amazingly fast did the time pass,
spurred by the rare mutual delights
of this oddly restored companionship,
and in spite of minor physical dis
comforts, that it was not until the re-
lief train was about to cross the Po-
tomac River, that Sheila touched up
on the reason for her abrupt repen-
tance and precipitate fight:
81 never cared for him in the
least" she said, "but mothers heart
and soul were set on making me a
marchioness; and just for the sake of
peace / finally gave in. He was to
have lunched at our house to-day, but
| at the last minllte that odio,IS little