The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-10

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all the while laughing and talking
with his partner. What was most re-
markable to George, and little irri-
tating, this stranger in the Anderson
mansion had no vestige of the air of
Difference proper to stranger in such
a place: he seemed thoroughly at
home. He seemed extensively $50, in
deed, when, passing the entrance to
the gallery stairway, he disengaged
his hand from Miss Fanny's for an in
slant, and not pausing in the dance,
waved a laughing salutation more
than cordial, then capered lightly out
of sight.
George gazed stonily at this mani
festation, responding neither by word
nor sign. "How's that for a bit of
freshness?" he murmured.
s'What was?" Miss Morgan asked.
"That queer-looking duck waving
his hand at me like that. Except he's
the Sharon girls uncle I don't know
him from ADAM"
"You don't need to-" she said. she
wasn't waving his hand to you: he
meant me-"
"Oh, he did," George was not mol
lifted by the explanation. Everyone
seems to mean you! You certainly do
seem to have been pretty busy this
week you've been here"
She pressed her bouquet to her face
again and laughed into it, not dis
pleased. She made no other COM
ment, and for another period neither
spoke.
"Well," said George finally, 81 must
say you don't seem to be much of
prattler. They say it's great way
to get a reputation for being wise.
never saying much. Don't you ever
talk at ala"
''When people can understand" she
answered.
He had been looking moodily out
at the ballroom, but he turned to her
quickly, at this, saw that her eyes
were sunny and content, over the top
of her bouquet, and he consented to
smile.
"Girls are usually, pretty fresh!" he
said. "They ought to go to a mans
college about year: they'd get
taught few things about freshness!
What you got to do after two o'clock
tomorrow afternoon?"
"a whole lot of things. Every min
ute filled up"
"All right" said George. "The
SHOWS fine for sleighing: I'll come for
you in a cutter at ten minutes after
two"
II can't possibly CO."
''If you DON'T" he said, "I'm going
to sit in the cutter in front of the
gate, wherever you're visiting, all
afternoon, and if you try to go out
with anybody else he's got to whip
me before he gets you." And as she
aughed-though she blushed little,
too-he continued, seriously: 'If you
think I'm not in earnest you're at lib
erty to make quite big experiment" ~
She laughed again. ST don't think
I've often had so large compliment
as that" she said. especially on such
short notice-and yet 1 don't think
I'll go with you."
'You be ready at ten minutes after
two"
mo, l won't"
"Yes, you will! !"
eyes," she said. 81 will" And her
partner for the next dance arrived,
breathlesS with searching.
Don't forget I've got the third
from now" George called after her.
When "the third from now" came
George presented himself before her
without any greeting. like brother
or a mannerless old friend. Both
George and Miss Morgan talked much
more to everyone else that evening
than to each other, and they said
nothing at all at this time. Both
looked preoccupied as they began to
dance, and preserved a gravity Of ex-
preston to the end Of the number.
And their next number they did not
dance, but went back to the gallery
stairway, seeming to have reached
an understanding without any verbal
consultation that this suburb was
again the place for them.
well" said George coolly. when
they were seated. ''what did you say
your name WASP"
Morgan"
"Funny namei"
Everybody else's name always is"
II didn't mean it was really funny"
George explained. "That's just one
of my crowds bits of horsing at col
lege. We always say funny name no