The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-02
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Bob Ellison was very young |
an Irish nurse. She was q
olleen, that nursemaid, her big
sh eyes fringed with lashes as |
q the glossy braids Of hair.
Bob idolized his Maggie, and
fterwards, when she was but a
the sight Of blue eyes trimmed
lack would recall her dancing
BIZ merry voice, her tales Of
and the "wee folk" He never
10 see Maggie again. Of course,
did hope, In some vague, sub.
ns way, to meet eyes like hers.
Ice like hers, sometime, some
All Of us cherish ideals
re know 1t or not, and most
have curious foundations. No
hid have been more surprised
lob Ellison at the suggestion
e ideal Of the girl he wished
~ was patterned after the be-
b Maggie Of his nursery days.
heless, 1t was so.
went through school and college
one Of the love entanglements
hitch his fellows suffered. There
kirls, Of course, some Of them
Ice girls with whom he liked to
and swim and occasionally hirt,
one Of them looked like Maggie.
Fish ones were red-haired, or
Eyes were brown, or they had
any freckles. It was not until
tas twenty-six years old and a
d "catch" that he saw a girl
irish eyes and blue-black hair, a
HON even Maggie might have
Fas at a dance that he met her,
ltante affair to which his mother
Jade him 60 with particular In
IONS to meet Miss Wayne, ''the
Wayne Of Boston" Bob's mother
bot unaware Of the fact that her
vas clever enough and handsome
th to marry whom he would, and
liked to fancy an alliance with
old aristocratic family. After
had gone to the dance, his mother
BIT home, picturing to herself a
hter-in-law, tall, distinguee, a little
and awe-inspiring.
for Bob, however, he shook of
Mothers injunctions as soon as he
left the house. Miss Wayne Of
on, indeedi He knew all about
Q Boston girls; he had had them
teachers. They were mostly thin
wore spectacles and liked to talk
it the English essayists. He had
Intention Of seeking an acQuaint-
J with Miss Wayne.
i'd as soon as he reached the ball
a he saw the girl with the Irish
!. She wore blue, a misty floating
that matched the blue Of her eyes,
her sleek hair was black as the
killing slippers on her trim little
Some one called her Maggie
O." Maggie-Rose, Of all Hitting
namesl Some one introduced
to Bob and they danced off to-
er. Maggie-Rose Flynnl He did
care who she was or where she
e from, except that she seemed to
. come from his land Of dreams, his
ne Of ideals. She danced divinely,
when she spoke her voice was
ne, too, a merry musical voice
| as only Irish maids may have.
was his Maggie to the life, only
more lovely. But Of this Bob was
rely unaware. He had forgotten
gle; 1t was only her essence that
lived to weave the fabric Of his
It's ideal.
aggie-Rose seemed to like him,
They danced together great
that evening, they had supper to-
Ter, they sat for a dreamy half
: In the conservatory. She talked
bod deal, but Bob was not really
'cious Of much that she said; 1t
the sound of her voice that en-
tied him, the curve of her red lips
n she smiled, the blue of her eyes.
he told him anything about herself
vas not aware Of 1t, she remained
i'm a mysterious fulflllment of q
cherished dream, a bewitching EN-
ment of all that was most charm
In women.
tier some one else claimed her for
ance, and Bob watched her from
shelter of q doorway until some
reminded him that he ought to be
ing with another girl. Reluctant
e turned away his eyes from the
eful form of Maggie Rose, and
girl with whom he danced found
very silent and stupid and q very
dancer; In fact, she said that he
r would look where he was going,
insisted on gazing over the heads
'eople as IL he were looking for
E one, which seemed to her very
Iterwards he tried to find Maggie
z, but she had vanished. No
'eful shape in floating blue ap-
ed on the ballroom floor, that is,
'hape that was graceful according
Sob's idea. Maggie-Rose had APP
nifty disappeared as completely as
the stroke of Il, her fairy god
per had changed her into another
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