The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-04-06
NUMBER IA.

'"They are missing you" he declared
with all the responsibility of a sue
cessful Snowman. The governor and
his wife. Senator Ailerton, the mayor
and a dozen others have been inquir-
ing about you. You are this years
prize beauty" and he laughed proudly.
Embarrassed by the display he ap-
parently wished to make Of her, Molly
followed him into the maze of gor-
geous drawing rooms, where the aris-
tocracy of Ring county and the state
dispayed its evening clothes in con-
stantly shifting array
The mayor himself. keen eyed
young man with preternaturally
bald head and reputation which fol-
lowed him about like black cat, came
hurrying up to her with her dance
program in his hand. With him was
a gangling old beau with profession
al lady killer smirk, whom he intro
duced by in unintelligible name and
handed to Fern as d penance for all
her misdeeds.
''They're already forming for the
grand march," the mayor informed her
as he led the way to the big ballroom
with the magnificent pipe organ. which
Molly had coveted for year.
The line was half formed. and tho
parade was filing rapidly and with
much laughing confusion as the may
or hurried with her down toward the
Of ho ha1I
already stood with his lady.
"Where is our placer" asked Molly,
figuring rapidly There was q state
senator, world famous sociologist, q
musician of international reputation
| and three state representatives. The
mayor probably would be about No. 8
"Oh, I'm not your partnerw he re.
| gretted. I'm not so lucky. l don't
even get to dance with you until No.
g." And, to Moily's breathless delight,
he led her straight up to the eminent
| sociologist, who stood Immediately be-
hind the governor.
The eminent sociologist, who under
| that title had sounded so forbidding,
| proved to be a young looking man
| with a dancing eye, who hailed her
tention solely on his merits as Give
member
She found it difficult as he smiled
so frankly and boyishly at her to re-
member that this was man whose
name was known throughout the civ
| cz, -.
political economy in it's broadest sense,
and the astounding part of it was that
he was so good looking, graceful and
self possessed and, most astounding Of
all, that he Immediately began to talk
to her about baseball.
| The equally eminent musician. just
behind him. claimed Professor Watts
attention for Il moment, and Molly
| glanced conp!acentlv back along the
| line. Mrs. Allerton. the wife of the
senator. was just behind her. looking
hot daggers into her shoulder blades,
and Molly. suppressing giggle as she
noted the purple coincidence ribbons
nailed on with furniture tacks. gazed
calmly through her at the other social
Lucrezia Borgias, whom she had pass
| ed at one ruthless bound.
Also she cast her eyes downward.
with much satisfaction, at her own
extravagantly simple frock Of pearl
woven white chiffon. Only youth and
good figure could dare frock like
that, and, happy in her new enemies.
| Molly glanced at the dance program
| which had been made out for her.
| She caught her breath with incred-
ulous joy as she saw her allotment
Every notable in the gathering was on
her card. beginning with the governor.
No. was Sledge. and she wondered,
with dawning horror, what sort OF fig
| ure he would be in the dance.