The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-14
BY consent
By FLORA A. MONTY.


She suited her type to her dress, and
thereby kept her friends guessing as
to her moods and manners.
In the days Of her, small grlhood
the Shelbys had lived next door to
her at Yorktown, and had later moved
to Norfolk. Now Elolse was making
her first visit in many years to Miriam
Shelby, and instead Of being enter
tanned, owing to the piquancy Of her
ways and dress, she was herself the
entertainer.
Big, breezy, man-of-the-world Tim
Darcy invited her to be his guest at
the races within half an hour after he
met her. Miriam's brother, Dick, told
her about hearing Darcy remark to
Edgar Herdon that he was going to
morrow. drop around to the box and
meet her."
In answer to the invitation Herdon
dropped around" during lull In the
activities, and found big Tim, for once
in his life, ill at ease and obviously
anxious. The girl who was his guest
was "some LOCKER" round-eyed, ador-
able, timidly endeavorlng not to ap-
pear shocked at the dreadful spec
tacle of horse races and betting. Dick
Shelby, who had made 1t a point to
be there, realized that she was having
the time of her life in playing the
unsophlsticated, sheltered damsel that
she appeared today.
Herdon, who, although q close friend
of Darcy, was, strangely enough, a man
of the old-school type, and his heart
warmed to the quaint maiden he had
just met. She refreshed his soul, and
he promptly begged her to attend a
studio tea that he was giving on Sat
urday to group of dlgnitied friends
Of his mother and his stately married
sister.
On Saturday the older guests assem-
bled early, and to them HerdOn boast
cd of his find, a dainty, fragile BIOS
| som of girl, absolutely foreign to the
usual type of society butterfly, and all
innocence and unworldliness.
When she entered everyone gasped,
for golden, glittering siren glided in,
| strikingly arrayed in next seasons
style. Her dress was of shimmering
| golden silk, smartly short. Around the
| ankles of her silken hose were EN-
| broidered tiny green serpents, and her
| left wrist was inclosed by bracelet
| wrought in the semblance of a SER
| pent. Her hat was the last word in
Paris style, and accentuated the dark
ness of her alluring eyes.
The bored, Indifferent male members
of the party nearly annihilated each
| other In the effort to devote them
selves to her, in spite of the frigid
manner of the ladies present. Dick
Shelby kept In the background and
made no effort to talk to her. But
when she arose to go, he, with quiet
assurance, presented himself as her
escort. For a moment she hesltated,
and then, bowling accepted his arm.
"Now look here, EloiSe! You are a
sumner, and you know it, and you've
| got everyone up in the air about you,
but there is no sense in making people
think you regular Lorelei, and
that's the impression you gave them
today. A joke is all right, but I'm
| not going to have that kind of a no.
ton spread about you. If you're do
ing 1t for excitement, let ME provide
you with some of the real kind for to-
| morrow"
"All right, Dick, What time shall
1t be, and what shall we dor
Good !" was the response so fervent
that it startled her. Ten, sharp, in
the morning. AS to what-that is the
excitement. You are not to know
until the time comes"
Promptly at ten Dick swung his run
about around to the veranda, and was
pleased to find Eloise already there,
trim, quiet and more enhancing than
ever, in simple tailored suit that
made her look like a seventeen-year-
old schoolgirl.
Dicks satisfied gaze enveloped her
like caress. Eloise felt herself yield
ing to the insistence Of 1t. AS the car
sped away, and along cool country
road, she tried to recover her poise
by monopolizing the conversation.
Suddenly he stopped the car. They
were near the entrance to a lane that
led to a country church.
"1'm glad you are fittlngly dressed
for the trip, Eoise."
1.-THE trip?" she questioned, puzzled
"Our wedding trip" he explained.
"Our what" Her eloquence faileC
her.
"We're going to be married, yor
know. I've arranged everything. TIL,
minister IS up there at III" church
now, and after he's said the word!
We'll jaunt along to our ~ottage at tn,
Dells."
"Dick Shelby, you despicable crea
, turep Her wrath blazed white. "St
this is your boosted excitement! !
cheap kind, ! call it. I'll never MARI.
you, and | want you to take me back
instantly" Her anger beat agains
, him as fruitlessly as wind against
:, rock.
, Elolse jumped from the car. "Il
= walk back" she announced, with scor
supreme, as she noticed him folloy
. her
Just then placid COW ambled slow
~ down the lane and into the road bt
=, side her.
, "Oh, Dick, Dick" she screamed
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