The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-29
THAT TALL, DARK MAN
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON.

gone away.
The parting had been full of fore
boding for Don. Such trip was sure
to be prolific in young men. To make |
things more ominous, Lorraine had |
intimated before leaving that Signo- |
rina Lolita had foretold tantalizingly
vague things of tall young man with
brown eyes and dark hair. This was
thorns and nettles to Don, whose eyes
were gray and hair decided auburn.
He now searched her face anxious
ly. Had the dark young man mate
rallied in the fortnight's vacation?
There was nothing there to tell. Lor.
raine was as sweet and smiling-and
baffling-as ever. He sighed.
He was asked to stay to dinner and
accepted gratefully. He had a logged
determination not to leave until he
had verified, or dissipated, his fears.
Two things favored him-the moon
and the arrival of the preacher. The
back yard swing soon had two occu-
| pants.
Lorraine suddenly became talkative.
THE whole thing was heavenly, Don.
| From the minute we left until just
| now"
Thanks"
You're welcome, grouchy. I'd
think you'd be glad to see me back.
Instead you've been glooming around
like funeral Well, I'm going to tell
you all about it anyway. I've just
got to tell someone. Do you remem-
Der about Signorina Lotta-ail she
said about a dark man and every
thing?"
MOI" killing a mosquito. What
did she say? Surely you don't be-
lieve the rot a fortune teller gets
OFF,"
ooh, but l do. 1t all came true;
almost every word Of it. You see, it
was this way" gazing rapturously at
the moon. When we got to Balti-
more the city was all decorated for
the big centennial After we had seen
the decorations and all that dad want
ed to go on a battleship."
We'll, where does the fellow come
in"
, Ssh I'm coming to that! We
went across the bay to great whop
ping man-of-war that made you feel
all glorious and patriotic"
But when"
BE quiet! I'm coming to him
soon. They let us on that one. We
went up a funny little pair of stairs
they lowered over the side of the
boat"
But what has your brown-eyec
friend to do with"
' You're worse than Prince barking
e for a bone. Well, mother and | were
: looking all around everywhere. DaC
$ had wandered off by himself. and in
few minutes he came back with TIL
tallest, handsomest, darlingest, brown
= eyed"
. Don coughed painfully behind hi
J. hand
e Poor boyi What a cold, We'll
as 1 was saying. dad came back wit
the tallest, hand"
81 heard you the first time"
ooh, did you? Well. he was An
he treated us just lovely He too
a us lots of places other people weren'
allowed to go, for he was an Officer
.. His uniform was gr-r-a-a-nd."
IS Silence.
le And then that night we went
ID boat to Old Point Comfort and No
es folk We were at luncheon in til
ne hotel when who should walk in bu
re Lieutenant Erickson. He took u
- through the fort and everywhere
=. Eyes. l know. I've been there
in Then l suppose he went back to Al
napolis where he Belonged"
rs "Who? Oh, indeed he didn't! Da
re and mother and l got on the DO;
that night and went to Boston"
" "Well-tha.'s all. l suppose"
- mo, indeed! The best'-very i
No nocently-'is yet to come
nd .'Heavensl / suppose he sudden
he developed pair of wings and"
nd why, Don, you act so funny!
he don't understand you at all"
''Humph! Well, go on about yo'
brown-eyed god of Olympus. VIII
8 next?"
Why, that very day we were col
ing out of shop on fremont sire
.e- in Boston, when whom should we II
into but"
ial Lieut.. JUPITER Won Erickson, su
ed pose."
ill Yes" wopderingly. How did "
of guess? And his wife!"
rs .'His wife! His wife, did you say
f en ''M-hum. And she was as beau
mo full as he was handsome! Her ha
me was beautiful light"
40 But what her hair was like D
never heard you little tease!"
MT cried, holding her tight to his brea
nd Tell me what color of eyes you Ii
lat best, before I let you 60
GRAY" confessed Lorraine softly
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