The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-08-09
1T must be wonderful" said Miss
Morgan. 1T must be wonderful. Mr..
Amberson-Mr. Minnfef. I mean"
"What must be wonderfulY'

what must be wOnderfulI
| ITO be 80 important as that :"
| THAT isn't important. George as
surcd her. Anybody that really Is
anybody ought 20 be able TO do about
as they like In their own town. I
should think"
She looked M him critically from
under her shading lashes--but her
eyes grew gentler almost at once. In
truth, they became more appreciaiiye
than critical. Georges imperious good
looks were altogether manly. yet APP
preached actual beauty as closely AS
a boys good looks should dare and
dance music and flowers have some
effect upon nineteen-year-oId girls as
well as upon elghteen-year-old boys.
The stairway was drafty: the steps
were narrow and uncomfortable; no
Older person would have remained In
such place. Moreover. these two
young people We're strangers to each
other; neither had said anything In
which the other had discovered the
slightest intrinsic interest; there had
not arisen between them the begin
nings OF congenIality. or even OF
friendliness--but stalrways near ball
rooms have more TO answer for than
have moonllt lakes and mountain sun.
sets.
Age. confused by its own long ac-
emulation OF foIlies. is everlastlngly
inQuIring. "what does she see In himf"
as II young love came about through
thinking--or through conduct. AT
eighteen one goes 10 a dance, sits with
stranger on a stairway, feels pc
culiar. thinks nothing. and becomes
incapable OF any plan whatever. Miss
Morgan and George stayed where they
were.
They had agreed to this In silence
and without knowing IT.; certainly
without exchanging glances OF lntelli-
gence-they had exchanged no glances
ut all. Both sat staring vaguely out
into the ballroom, and, for time,
they did not speak. Here and there
were TO be seen couples so carried
away that, ceaslng to move mt the
decorous. even glide. considered most
knowing. they pranced and whirled
through the throng. from wall TO wall,
galloping bounteously In abandon.
George suffered shock OF vague sur
prise when he perceived that his aunt,
Fanny Mlnafer. was the lady-half OF
| one OF those Wild couples. She few
over the floor In the capable arms OF
the queer-looking duck; for this per-
son was her partner.
The queer-looking duck had been a
real dancer I'm his day, II appeared
and evidently his day was not yet
over. In spite OF the headlong, gay
rapldity with which he bore Miss
Fanny about the big room he danced
authoritatively. avoiding without eff
fort the lightest collision with other
couples, maintaining sufficient grace
throughout his widest moments. and
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 n stranger In such
place: he seemed thoroughly at
home. He seemed extensively so. 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 laughing salutation more
than cordial, then capered lightly out
Of sight.
George gazed stonlly at this mani
festation, responding neither by word
nor sign. Flows that for bit OF
| freshness2" he murmured.
what WASP" Miss Morgan asked.
THAT queer-looking duck waving
his hand at me like that. Except he's
the Sharon girls uncle | don't know
him from Adam"
'You don't need to-" she said. "He
| wasn't waving his hand to you: he
meant me-"
"Oh, he did7' George was not mol
lifted by the explanation. Everyone
seems 10 mean youl You certainly do
seem TO have been pretty busy this
week you've been herer
She pressed her bouquet TO her face
again and laughed into IL, not dis
pleased. She made no other com.
ment, and for another period neither
| spoke.
"well," said George finally, II must
say you don't seem TO be much of a
prattIer. They say It's great way
TO get n reputation for being wise
never saying much. Don't you ever
talk at all7"
"when people can understand" she
answered.
He had been looking modify 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.
"GirIs are usually pretty fresh y he
said. "They ought 10 go to mans
college about a year: they'd get
taught n few things about freshness