Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-11
"AuF WEDERsEnA'
BY EARL REED slLvERs.

dance for five weeks" she said.
NO." he answered, mot since You
cut the last waltz at the Assembly
BAN"
"Are you still angry about thatT
"Yes." Cliff Hillman's lips were
tightly.
II didn't do 1t purposely." She
looked at him with big. appealing
eyes.
mo, 1t was worse than that You
Just forgot me-"
"Win you let me explain?"
II don't see that there's anything
you can say to better it."
But there is"
!. "WhatT He looked gloomily over
the rolling golf links.
II didn't know that the last dance
had started. was walking with Ar.
thur between dances, and we went
just little too far. We couldn't hear
the music where we WERE"
do you know what the waltz was
that you forgot?"
1T was 'Auf Wiedersehn.
Eyes, our dance" He turned to her
directly. do you remember how,
when we first heard that piece, you
said that we should always dance II
'togetherT
Eyes, I remember"
: II was crazy about you that night
and 'Auf Wiedersehn' was the most
wonderful dance I had ever heard
You seemed to care a lot then"
II did" If he had seen the light in
her eyes, he would have thrilled al
the message it conveyed. But he wal
looking into the distance.
"And still, just a week later, YOU
cut 1t to 90 walking with Arthur
Hale"
whats past is past" she contin
ued. Don't you want to be goot
friends againY
"Of course, but 1t isn't much u.s.
now"
"whyr
Because Of something I heard"
"What was itf'
II heard this morning." he spok
slowly. that you are engaged to Al
thur Hale"
ut isn't true; I'm not engaged +
any one" She looked fairly into hi
breeding eyes.
I'm glad" he smiled for the iirs
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we might have .Auf Wiedersehn' Il
lgether tonight" he suggested.
She glanced at the order in be
hand.
Its the tenth dance" she said hes
tatingly. ''and I am to have that wit
Arthur"
He scowled.
II knew 1t. And that was alway
going to be our dance"
I'm sorry"
I'm sorry, too" He rose as Il
orchestra struck up q lively fox tro
"Here comes Arthur now" he sal
''This is probably his dance. too"
Eyes, it is" She hesitated. Ma
be" she began. But before she cou
lspeak further Arthur Hale appeart
ON the scene.
Its our dance" Mildred" he a
nounced. Come on-it's q wonder.
The girl threw a glance over h
shoulder as she walked away, b
Cliff did not see her. He was thin
ing of "Auf Wiedersehn" and all tn
1t had meant to him.
| While the. others wsfe dancing.
walked to the end of the porch al
seated himself In the shadows. II
music died away, but he did not st
Suddenly he heard a girls voice.
was Mildred's.
do you mind" she was saying.
] give the tenth dance away?"
"Of course I do" Arthur spo
with the self-assurance which was
most notable Characteristic. "Tha
.Auf Wiedersehn,' and it's NINE"
NO." the girl said, mot yours.
sorry. but I'll have to give it away.
"Whatr The mans voice rang q
angrily.
"You have ten others, and thi
you can very easily give one avn
At any rate, I'm going to take it."
swell, Of course you can do WI
you want to"
"And you went be angryr
Eyes, I shall be-"
"Well, you'll have to be then"
spoke as II she didn't care. I'm
ing to give it to Clifford"
"WhoT
ITO Clifford Hillman."
"Oh, 30 you're going back to hin
There was q sneer in his voice.
II think you've said enough,
thur" She spoke quietly.
II beg your pardon" Hale accep
his defeat like a man. "Tn see 1
can find him for you"
Thank you'll I'll wait here"
After he had gone. Cliff emerl
from the shadows.
y Mildred" he said.
. "Ohw She blushed deeply. u
. you hear what I said"
= "Yes," he answered.
When Hale came back to tell ]
e dred that his search was in vain.
+ could not find her, for she was hids
= IN the shadows which bordered
= golf links.
!" The ninth dance was just start
when she and Cliff returned to
veranda. She glanced at her card.
This with Arthur" she said.
u must tell him."
b "And the next II 'Auf Wiedersehr