Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-13
The Daily
Short. Story
QUEEN OF HEARTS.
By Mirabel Devereaux.

How lovely" murmured Nads.
Burrell, in real rapture.
1T is more than a beautiful scene.
uttered Merton Bland, at her side. "A
he would have liked to have told he,
how more than lovely was she her.
self.
He had determined to tell her more
than that before the evening was over
and was awaiting the Opportunity
Now they were in the midst Of 4 cha
ting group. He and his companion
we're promenading In the beautiiul
garden OF palatial summer home,
Bland had never met Miss Burial
until week previous She and her
mother were guests at the pretty Re-.
sort hotel on the lake. like himself. h
learned that they lived in the civ
where he did. Her family was In com.
Portable circumstances and socially
well connected. She had attracted
him from the first and on the present
occasion circumstances had favored
him. 1t was "a heart party" given bv
a widow and her daughters who oecu-
pied a sumptuous home. and who had
invited nearly all the hotel guests to
the junction.
The rooms in the house were strung
with paper hearts, each guest wore
one as an occasion badge. A cluster
of electric lights formed q heart
shaped symbol over the porch. The
ball room entered into the sauna
scheme of decoration, and CONNECTIONS
and viands harmonized to carry out
the general heart effect.
There were heart features as to at
tire and some pretty coneeits in heart
coiffures, blazing with diamonds
scarfs in heart shapes, robes in heart
patterns.
Madge and Merton had been dis
| tinguished and the latter made fair
augury from the circumstances. At tha
start of the festivities a king and
queen Of hearts were selected by lo..
Madge drew the lucky number and be.
came Queen Of Hearts" A great wave
of glowing delight swept the spirit nf
Merton aS he was awarded the prize
Of the kingly crown. The emotion wds
wildly enhanced as he caught a shy,
pleased expression in Madge's lovely
eyes. The light crowns they were re-.
qu.reu " wear were VI A~ory unsei.
ence won became an element Of haf-
mony and pleasure.
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