The Glenwood post., 1919-11-01

toward Him, and, al one OF MS feet
rested on the iron step Of the machine,
in mounting. she began to clean the
snow from his shoe with her almost
aerial lace handkerchief. you mustn't
catch cold!" she cried.
"stop thatI" George shouted. and
furiously Withdrew his foot. For
heavens sake get inl You're stand
ing in the snow yourself. Get in"
Isabel consented, turning to Morgan.
whose habltual expression of appre-
hensiveness was somewhat accentu-
ated. He climbed up after her, George
Anderson having gone to the other
side. you're the same Isabel / used
to knowl" he said in a low voice.
You're a divinely ridiculous woman"
"Am I, Eugene1" she said, not dis
pleased. "'Divinely' and ridiculous
just counterbalance each other, don't
theyf Plus one and minus one equal
nothing; SO you mean I'm nothing in
PARTICULAR
mo" he answered, tugging at Q
lever. "That doesn't seem to be pre-
cisely what I meant. Therep This
exclamation referred to the subterra-
mean machinery, for dismaying sounds
came from beneath the floor, and the
vehicle plunged, then rolled noisily
forward.
Behold" George Anderson e1-
claimed. "She does move! It must
be another accident"
Accident2'" Morgan shouted over
the din. mol She breathes, she
stirs; she seems to feel thrill Of life
along her keell" And he began to
sing 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"
ANDERSON Joined him Justify. and
sang on when Morgan stopped. his
nephew, behind, was gloomy. He had
overheard his mothers conversation
with the inventor: 1t seemed curious
to him that this Morgan. of whom he
had never heard until last night,
should be using the name isabel" so
easily; and George felt that it was not
just the thing for his mother to call
Morgan Eugene" the resentment Of
the previous night came upon George
again. Meanwhile his mother and
Morgan continued their talk; but he
could no longer hear what they said;
the noise of the car and his uncle's
songful mood prevented. He marked
how animated Isabel seemed; twas
not strange to see his mother so gay.
but 1t was strange that man not Of
the family should be the cause of
her gnyety. And George sat frowning.
Lucy turned to him. you tried to
swing underneath me and break the
fall for me when we went over" she
said. II knew you were doing that,
and-it was nice Of you"
"Wasn't any fall to speak Of" he
returned brusquely. Couldn't have
hurt either of u.s.
"Still it was friendly Of you-and
awfully quick, too. I'll not-I1l not
forget It'll"
Her voice had sound Of genuine
ness, very pleasant. and George be-
gan to forget his annoyance with her
father. This annoyance of his had not
been alleviated by the circumstance
that neither of the seats of the old
sewing machine was designed for
three people, but when his neighbor
spoke thus gratefully he no longer
minded the crowding-in fact, 1t
pleased him so much that he began to
wish the old sewing machine would go
even slower. George presently ad-
dressed Lucy hurriedly, almost trem-
ulously, speaking close to her ear:
II forgot to tell you something ::
you're pretty nice! / thought so the
first second I saw you last night. I'll
come for you tonight and take you to
the Assembly at the ANDERSON hotel.
You're going, aren't your
Eyes, but I'm going with papa and
the Sharons. I'll see you there"
"Wen, we'll dance the cotillion to-
gether, anyhow"
I'm afraid not. promised Mr..
Kinney"
"Whatl" Georges tone was
shocked, as at incredible news. "Well.
you could break that engagement.
guess, II you wanted toI Girls always
can get out Of things when they want
to. Won't your"
II don't think 30"
"Why notf"
Because l promised him. Several
days ago."
"See here |" said the stricken George
"If you're going to decline to dance
that cotillion with me simply because
you've promised a-a-a miserable
red-headed outsider like Fred Kinney
why we might as well quitl"
"Quit whGtT
You know perfectly well what
mean," he said huskily.
II don't"
"Well, you ought tor
But I don't at alli"
| George, thoroughly hurt, and not {
| little embittered, expressed himself