Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-11-20

years he had been thus intimately NJ
sOciNilng with total stranger. Never
before had he met the passionate
lady with whom he had just held
conversation in the hall So she want
ed to get married And wanted
Georges mother TO help her with this
Understanding wldowerl
well, will be shot !" he muttered
aloud. 81 WE'LL certainly will be
shot" And he began to laugh.
Lord mighty!
But presently. at the thought of the
understanding widOwer's daugh-
ter, his grimness returned, and he re-
solved upon line Of conduct for the
evening. He would nod to her care
lessly when he first saw her; and
after that he would notice her no
more he would not dance with her;
he would not favor her in the cOtil-
llon-he would not go near her!
-. He descended to dinner upon
the third urgent summons of the col
Ored butler, having spent two hours
dressing-and rehearsing.
The Hon. George Anderson was a
congressman who led cotlllions-the
sort of congressman an ANDERSON
would be. He did 1t negllgently to-
night, yet with infallible dexterity,
now and then glancing humOrOusly Mt
the spectators, people of his own age
George had carried out his re-
hearsed projects with precision. He
had given Miss Morgan a nod studied
into perfection during his lengthy tot
let before dinner. "Oh, yes, l do
seem to remember that curious little
| OutSiderw this nod seemed to say
Thereafter all cOgnizance of her evap'
GRATED: the curious little outsider was
permitted no further existence worth
the struggle. Nevertheless she flashed
in the corner of his eyes too often
She seemed to be having wonder
full timer
An unbearable soreness accumulat
ed in his chest his dislike of the CIR
and her conduct increased until hi
thought of leaving this .sickening AS
sembly and going home to bed. Tha
would show her! But just then hi
heard her laughing and decided tina
1t wouldn't show her. So he remained
When the young couples seated
themselves in chairs against the WALL
round three sides of the room for tn
cOtillion George Joined brazen-facet
group clustering about the doorway
youths with no partners, yet eligible
to be "called out" and favored. II
marked that his uncle placed the in
pernal Kinney and Miss Morgan, a
the leading couple, in the first chair
ut the head of the line upon the lead
er's right; and this disloyalty on tn
part of Uncle George was inexcusablt
for in the family circle the nepheN
had often expressed his opinion 9
Fred Kinney. In his bitterness Georg
uttered significant mOnosyllable.
The music flourished, whereupo
Mr.. Kinney, Miss Morgan and six
their neighbors rose and waltze
knowingly. Mr.. Amberson's whist
blew; then the eight young peopl
went to the favor table and wer
given toys and trinkets wherewith
delight the new partners it was mo-
their privilege to select.
George strOlled with bored air
the tropical grove, where sat his eli
ers, and seated himself beside HI
Uncle Sydney. His mother leane
across Miss Fanny, raising. her voi(
over the music to speak to him.
"Georgie, nobody will be able to sc
you here. You'll not be favored. Yo
, ought to be where you can dance"
, Don't care to-" he returne
"Bore !!
'rBut you ought" She stoppe
I and laughed, waving her fan to dire
his attention behind him. LOO
. Over your shoulder"
He turned and discovered Mi