The herald., 1917-04-05
How Mason
Was Surprised
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'Ss , - New YORK" said G,r-" Ma
70 % =, %. ~, nretty girl with Whom he
- ,ust been dancing -.1 I'm,
yes .s,rr Of going in for a while
!. MS too warm" ., D., ,..,.,,t
!us' "a 90 10 New York for some
't On' :, vas more to his liking to
zoe. a.rt of the day on the beach
s s's,0s with this same pretty Eirl'
rlAlus porks and to put in the remain
ens ,hs time dancing with her in the
s su.os did not live in New York, but
O s"d a cousin there, at whose nome
s y o o.cssIOnally visited. The prospect
~, - Given "a good time by young
o. U. had its allurements for the GIRL
Eas nod to help out her small income
~, ,' s music. Besides, she had
% want 10 see as much as posi-
% ~, !, Mason: to put it plainly he had
' y rather necessary to her happi-
Sook here. Grace" said her friend,
r,onch the next morning after
- 49, lance do you know who that Mr..
Mason is| .,.. o,,,o
Ioply know he's a pretty nice chap,
Al IKE him. He has just graduated
hOr Princeton, and-and-WeII' thats
.nIknow."
.Fo the amount Of time you two
srs been together that doesn't seem
,rpot deal to be found out. Don't
,0s know anything about his people"
q don't think we talked about his
,oOle" said Grace quietly.
q seems not" observed Miss Amy
srly Don't you think you'd bet
dop't know" answered Grace,
,,sine off into a kind of blisSful
a,su in which people played no
art whatever.
Inst before dinner Amy French burst
h,o the room bristling with news.
NY dear!" she exploded, ''it seems
Won have landed a whale"
what do you meanT gasped Grace
hutter amazement.
Why Mrs. Dean says Mr.. Mason
INST be the son of Daniel MasOn-you
huw-that millionaire MasOn"
Grace regarded her friend in a dazed
Wv without speaking.
We'll, what Is the matter? Is 1t
because he is q whale-Or you haven't
hnded him. Which,"
Alittle Of both, perhaps" answered
cne II certainly haven't landed
Nm
Well 20 ahead! Get busy"
MOL wish you hadn't told me. If
AGe are his people, they wOn't-care
m me. Oh, well, / needn't worry. /
don't know as he cares the least bit
IN ne. And, anyway, that Mrs. Dean
ian awful gossip, and half the time
tSent get things straight"
That's So" rejoined Amy. "She
nnt sure, anyway"
few days after this Mason told
Gnce he was obliged to run into town
ff little while, and as she had said
he might also 60 to New York in a
snort time, she must be sure TO let
I'm know II she did, and he gave her
hs telephone number, so she could call
lin up. Less than two days had
elapsed when Grace received q letter
ron her New York cousin, asking her
70 come to town for q concert which
ae especially wanted TO hear.
trace had an argument with her
Sf as to whether she should call up
NE telephone number that had been
gwen her. There seemed to her to be
several reasons why she should not,
end one empowering one why she
should. She wanted to see him, and
ne want held the fort, and conquered
ihere was an Enthusiastically glad note
70 me voice at the other end of the
sire which asked where he should call
for her.
Inc giad look was repeated In his
.ae when he met her. Mason had told
Nc At the beach he would give her O
s'0o ume, and when they met ut about
uiee o'clock, Grace was quite pre-
n'ed Tor II. He signaled q bus, they
uuoed to the top and went up River
''is orlve, along the banks of the Hud
e0a 70 Grant's tomb. Here they dis
@suu'eo, went inside, and viewed the
.,nes within. Next he suggested lit
NeSat ride from the Battery; so they
ssa'n boarded the bus, left it at Wash
"a square, took the elevated, ant
~ uuec AZ the other end of Manhattan
ssle ierryboat took them to Slater
sana and back. 1t wouldn't have mat
a. az nuen to Grace where they went
~ was too blissful to care. At 81,
insisted she must return to hel
nsenent 60
s,.s thought you might have dinet
~ me- said Mason, but, Of course
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