Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-28
By Horace Stanhope

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small, high-heeled. dainty. He turned
it over and over in his hand, somewhat
admiringly> Then he reused at the echo
of a rustling sound. Where a portion
of the wall was gone and there was q
breach like a gateway, q graceful femi-
nine figure had appeared. One foot
slipperless. Here was the owner
of the innocent missile.
About to advance and tender the
slipper, barlow was a good deal disap-
pointed as it's owner uttered a scream
and, turning, flashed back out Of view
like a nimble sprite. A great hubbub
arose beyond the wall.
"What scared you Normal bearg"
cried out an animated voice.
"Worse than that"
"a horrid MANI"
"a man, but not particularly horrid-
Rather distinguished looking, I judge,
from the fleeing glance I got. But oh!
me hmping on my %stockinged foot !!
Quick, Melba, grab the ball and let US
vanish"
There were mock EXPLANATIONS of
fright and dismay. barlow reached
the wall and waved the slipper over it,
but, scurrying from the field, a group
of half a dozen girls paid not the
slightest attention, while with a
shocked expression of face the denuded
one, she who had lost the slipper, ran
| the fastest, her white s~ilk-cevered foot
cleaning In and out of the grass entire
ly fascinating in Its nimbleness and
| ~gracefulneSs of form.
"H'm!" observed barlow, '"she must
have footgear galore to disdain the re.
turn of the slipper. l SIZE, a bevy OF
! girls playing at football, a wild kick
and hence the slipper. And my bump!'
and barlow %ruefully rubbed the
abraisel spot. GAS to the slipper, ri
keep it as q memento. 1t may suggest
q romantic pencil sketch, or a story"
He threw the pretty satin-bowet
trifle into his sketching case, closed i
and pursued his way. Reeves Darlow':
way just now was the way of an idle
stroller off on a hit-Or-miss jaunt. HI
forgot about the slipper by morning
It's owner ceased to fill his thought
before the close of the day following.
Meantime, she of the lost slipper
Norma E~dgeworth, and her breathles
associates cleared the field and settle,
down to rational progress.
cts a pity to leave that slipper be
hind, Norma" spoke one of her com
panionS.
ooh, you know I'm bound with tn
morning for an environment where sa,
in slippers and the like will be a neg
ligibie quantity"
"Surely you have got that FOOLS
scheme of yours out Of your heat
dear:"
Never" dissented Norma wit
vigor. at isn't a scheme, it's a test
"And you are bound to go throug
with it,"
Barring the possibility of some c
you chatterers betraying the fiction
ooh, We'll be true blue, Norma !" prt
claimed an urgent chorus.
All this wmlld have been Greek t
the unadviSed. All would have bee
mystery for that same class, had the
seen Norma Edgeworth twerty-fou
hours later. Whereas, she had born
the p~resentmcpt Of a faShiOnabl
dressed young lady and surrounded h
companions suggesting the same orde
. the next day Norma was installed in a
OldfaShiOncd farmhouse ten miles di
tant, as pretty as ever, though arraye
!. in calico, but engaging in active h0us
work, and seeming to enjoy it.
1t was lining Il hedge that markC
the farm limit on one side that Reeve
Darlow found himself two days aftt
: the incident Of the slipper. Was
fate, or merely natural and coinciden
: al, that, glanring lMyon0 ii, he noted
graceful girliSh figure hanging son
j, lmndk"rchicfS on a line to dry. A 0ui
Zical expression came into 1he face
This ~Strolling artist as he discover,
something else. The girl in Wow wol
odd slippers. ON one foot was a blat
slipper, and on the other one Of viii
satin, the counterpart Of the one res
G Ing within the Skc;ching case he ca
ried at that momcnt.
81 declare :" communcd Reeves Wi
: himself, Il token Of rare interest In Il
intonaliun. "l'vc found the mate Of II
Cinderella acquisitions"
There could be no doubt Of il. /
had cnuglt only II momrntnry glimpi
, Of Norma Edgcworth back ~ she tow
meadow. She WAS now IN Gallo
+, whereas the mnidcn OF the field h,
been nrrayed IN silk, but he was sur
despite The puzzllng transition, tn
this girl was the one who had calla,