The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-07

Hell came to Il pause OF ulSul"!, PIN
colorcd crimson. snatched her mana
from I.als arm. and fled into the draw
ing room. I.al hcsitated. He also
changed color. Finally he made Il very
formal little bow and followed hi, SIS
ter without speaking. Dolly and Der
nard had just beef admitted to the
hall.
IL guess that chaps gone cracked.
said Bernard, soto vocc. Blt Dohs
held her peace.
There were present at the dinner
only the house party, the
and Mrs. PrideauX, besides DIR. u
whose faint. %acidulated cynicism, sa'u
ELLA Merton, was like IA sauce pl-
uuante. The voice of justice told DOL
ly that she must let Lal know he was
out Of disgrace. but it did not say that
she was bound to explain herself anu
so. after smiling at him and taking Ills
hand when they met in the drawing
room. she cschcwcd his society ike
the very plague. She set herself TO
! behave nicely. She said little. and mat
little LiScrcetly. and kept under the
wing Of her hostess. She was amuseu
to see that An: ella ~I.aurcnson was pur-
suing the same tactics, except that
she had chosen Maud Pridcaux for her
house Of defense.
Dolly went down with Norman Me
ton, and found herself placed ut ia
bic between him and Lal. h gave
I.al the view of ii neck as white as
milk and Il rich sweep OF chestnut
hair CLOSED With light like the rolI
of n stream a. a Weir. and she talked
to her host all the evening. Mertol
was shrcwed and pleasant and
plenty to say. Twice Lal addressed
her. To his first speech she gave a
brief. cool answer over her shoulder;
to the second she gave no answer NJ
all. I.al did not repeat his words nor
did he again try to catch her atteh-
ton. He turned quietly to his part
ner. He could afford to be patient be-
cause he was resolutc.
Bernard also vas content to he pa
tent. but within reasonable limits,
which he felt that Angela had ever
passed. She wore his roses. but she
had not given him q word that even
ing. His PARTNER at dinner was Maud
prideauX: and, following that simple
strategy which goes by the name OF
check, lie took her INTO his confidence
and besought her help. Maud was al
ready pledged to Angela. but that die
not hinder her from DESERVING to Ber
nnrl's side. She was Il born match
, maker. AS soon us the men came III
j.. after dinner she proposed IA moon
light excursion to sec the lake. Mrs
. Merton sighed forth a %rapturous as
sent. sent her husband for cloaks ant
a~postrophiZed the stars in an impromp
I tn verse. \ French window led on
to a balcony, from which steps raj
down to the garden. Mrs. Merton
u went first to show the way: Angela
whose eyes We're quite blind i'll TIT
1 dusk, was Il few steps behind. Maut
PrideauX shot Bernard a mischievou
glance of invitation. stopped down ant
carefully tied up a bow which hat
not come undone. In an instant An
yela found her chaperon's place usnlp
ed by Il tall figure. which bent dow
and said in Il moving whispers:
Il guess you'd better. take my arm
or you'll tumble down the steps.
" This time Angela did not refuse
Z She laid her fingers on his sleeve Wit
Il queer. wild thrill of feeling. hal
! pleasure and half fear. Bernard pu
| his w hand ovcr hers. I'm 40 cn'
glad" he said quite simply.
Then he led her, trusting to his guild
ancc for every step, down Il lionel!
messy path through Il copsc Of trees
TO Rcrnaru's eyes the darkness wa
clear as daylight. When they were a
far from the moonlit lake as the siz
of the garue. would permit he hc-a
to talk.
Il expect you're pretty shy of tai
. ing mt. aren't you?' he said gently.
"Ra,!ler. IL should be-alWays-
! whoever it was
Il suppose girls are made like that.
Bernard paused to contemplate tn
s]trangcncss of feminine nature "Rl
what | mean is that YOU feel its Sp'
cial!y risky taking me. because yo
and | are so different. Don't YOU"
Angela said nothing.
" dolly WAS trying to lecture Ii
about that his evening"" Bernard ut!
sued. "She was saying YOU aren't liz
!, her. Well. | should think anybod
. could see that who wasn't al as
q Dolly could walk twenty miles IL
comc up smiling, and l shouldn't |
You do more than about two. NJ
it's Just tho same With your feeling
You want looking after. and takil
. care of. and that sort of thing.
I'm used to taking care of mysc
and Ial. too Angela pointed out,
well. of course. you won't do In
amy more" Bernard assured her, wi
calm authority. 'Laurens"n II ha
-, to shift for himself: he's old cn"n9
and | shall look after you. VIII
Wv were married. you know. l shan't
" YOU do the dairy work or any of t