Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-08-28
CHAPTER Tv--continued.

Give me the next and the one after
that" he said hurriedEy, recovering
some presence of mind. Just as the
nearest applicant reached them. "And
give ne every third one the rest of
the eVeaing."
She laughed. ~Are you skingy"
What do you mean, taskingT"
at sounded as though YOU were just
telling me to give yen all those
dances"
well. I want 'emE" Gesrge insisted.
Care you going To give zx1e-"
Good gracious" she laughed.
~Yesg"
The applicants focked round her,
urging contracts for what remained,
out they did not disiOdse George from
her side. though he made it evident
that they succeeded in annoying him ;
and presently he extricate1 her from
an accommodating siege-ssAe E4dst have
CGnRive& in the extrieaflsE-and bore
her of TO sit beside him upon the
stairway that led TO the musicians
gallery, where they were sufficiently
retired, yet had a view OF fhe ro9nl.
How'd all those ducks get 10 know
you 20 quickT" George SnQalrad, with
little enthusiasm.
"CA, I've been here q week"
locks as if you'd been pretty
Ousyw nc said. "Most Of those ducks,
I don't know what my mother wanted
TO Invite 'em here for"
Perhaps it was On account of their
parents" NESS Morgan suggested
mildly Maybe she didn't want TO
offend their fathers and Mothers
'0hr hardlyI L don't think my
mother need worry much abo1t Offend
ing anybody in this Gid town"
cit mnst be wonderful" said Miss
Morgan. at must be wonderful, Mr..
Amherson-Mr. Minafer. I mean"
"What must be wonderfyKT"
FL be SO important as ttat!"
TThat isn't important" George as
+aured her. Anybody that really is
anybody ought to be able to do about
as szagJ fire in their ezF,n town, l
sia0H71 ShiTk9~
She looked at hiTz critically from
under Her shading fasaes-but her
eyes grew gentier almost I'd once In
truth, c1ey became more STF~SeGiatave
thar ezSticsl. Georges f~EzperfsGs good
Hooks were altogether manly. get up
preached actual beaHfy as closely as
"A boys good Ioelrs should dare; and
.Ia~o ~nrrcfu anil AOtrnx-u I1- Cprn
affect upon nineteen-Year-osG girls as
well as upon eighfEeeaEear-Old boys.
The stairway was CRAFTY: the steps
were marrow and uncomfortable; no
older person would have rGznained in
such u place. Moreover. these two
young people were strangers tD each
other; neither had said anything in
which the other had discovered the
slightest intrinsic interest; sheEe had
Enat 2xzSza betweea them the begin
bninGs OF cOngeniafity. ar yen of
sfriendIlneSs-but s~taIrNSyS Tzear ball
srconas have more Ia aTxsver z1r shan
FaagFe Eaoonlit lakes and EHs8aEs9zin sun
!.setS- .
age, curfuyed by ifs aTzn bong ac-
C~1Tun1lafiOn of folIiezv Is erer1astingiy
ifnquiriEZ, swfat does she see in him?"
IKE K young love canse afs0Et through
tiiI9iny-0c through cohdaet- AT
eightsssa goes Go . daace. Sins with
a stranger on a stairway, feels pc
tcuIiaE, thinks nothing. sfRSf becomes
incapable of any ptSu whatever Miss
Morgan and GcGTge stayed SShuge they
we-e-
They had agreed to this In silence
and without knowing it, certainly
without exchanging G1anGss eof intclli
Ee3ee-they had exchanged no sssiancel
at aif- Both sat staring Maanely .ou
into the ballroom. and. for q time
taey did not speak. Here and Their
wcgc IN be seen c0zpEcs so carried
away that, ceasiMg 60 move at tn
<IecarszE, even glide. considered mos
knowing, rchey prance& and whirle'
through Che throng. fssna vizit 10 wal
gaEloplng boUntecsEsiy en- .aIandor
George suffered a shock af vague ssu
prise when he perceived tha4 bis saun
Fanry 1iinafer, wzs the ya<ly-ham o
Of those wild esarses She 1ae'
over tine floor I'm the capatAe arms 4
the queerlooking DICK for thls pei
was her partner
The queer-iooking dEek bad been
real dancer in his day. Il Appeared
and evidently his GAY m s1Ot ~
over An spite OF the ElessEisng, IA
rupidIty with which he bGre 7Gii
Eanny about tbs biz rocta he dzncs
an1fsrstnfiveiy. avOkisng xVlriEEnf e
fort the Nghtest enrEiznE with 9TH