Cleveland County herald., 1919-10-16

| 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 deference proper to a stranger in such place: he seemed thoroughly at home. He seemed offensively so, in- deed, when, passing the entrance to the gallery stairway, he disengaged his hand from Miss Fanny's for an in- stant, and not pausing in the dance, waved a laughing salutation more than cordial, then eapered lightly out of sight.
 George gazed stonily at this mani festation, responding neither by word nor sign. "How's that for a bit of freshnessY he murmured.
 "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. ''He wasn't waving his hand to you: he meant me"
 "oh, he did?" George was not mol lified by the explanation. Everyone seems to mean youl You certainly do seem to have been pretty busy this week you've been here"
 She pressed her bouquet to her face in nd pleased. She made no other com ment, and for another period neither spoke.
 Well" said George finally, q must say you don't seem to be much of a prattler. They say it's a great way to get a reputation for being wise never saying much. Don't you ever talk at alI?"
 "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 a 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 snow's fine for sleighing: I'll come for you in cutter at ten minutes after two."
 T can't possibly go"
 If you don't" he said, "Im 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 laughed-though she blushed a 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. q don't think I've often had so large a compliment as that" she said, "especially on such short notice-and yet I don't think I'll go with you."
 "You be ready at ten minutes after two"
 "No, won't"
 ''Yes. you will !"
 "Yes," She said, q 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 a 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 gravity of ex- precision 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 1 SohSuitdtlou lhat lHlS SuDurU was again the place for them.
 "Well," said George coolly, when they were seated, what did you say your name wasp
 Morgan"
 "FuRny name!"
 Everybody else's name always is."
 q 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