Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-27

4 - H!s oeet. cnAnCe OF happiness.
the two are married.
= couple take . house IN the Pail
ss.saea. ana move in. Anthony suddenly
The next morning Andy xets a job
er!v'ne a truck in his own fathers FAC
.r, I,hs s,oe eSn.inu. to ,,v. happily Tor sew
.r mss9 as ~ s e,;,s vs .s.,. s.iy,ns hi: motor
meets st. Mrs: Mseterson.
Tony. realizing hat ne should Ne
extra efforts in his work, and ie tempor-
shay placed in charge Of sending out
Masterson. seeking assistance for .
damased machine, calls at the little
house. He recognizes. Elsie. and asks
Tony goes, taking his wife with him.
CHAPTER xIv-Continucd.
A sharp, imperious clang Of Gym
balls rang out abruptly. hushinr the
murmur Of voices and laughter. FL
sic started from her abstraction, and
sAw all Eyes turned toward the centre
Of the room.
Demonstration dance" smiled Ad-
rance. "Now you'll see somethinE!''
A short, dark man ana a woman in
yellow sauze through which showed
her bare. dimpled knees. stood alone
on the floor. At a second clans Of
cyn1bals they foated with the music
Into q strange, spanish, half
savAEe dance; 4 dance. vigorously,
even crudely alive and, swift as a
hight. The woman was not beautiful,
but she was incredibly graceful. Her
small. arched. flashing feet in their
silded slippers recalled a half-forgot-
ten line to Elsie. Z
And her sandals delighted his
eyes-" she quoted aloud. do
o remember that, Anthony"
But Adriance We laughing at her.
Infant" he Knocked. r'Wdit until
you've Seen II Il often as have, ana
then you will not let your supper grow
cold. There. it's Overt"
1t waA. The dance ended With the
dancers in each others arms. elances
plAusA was courteous. The audience,
like Adriance, was too sophisticated
to be readily excited. 1t really pre-
ferred to do its dancing.
The preference was gratifed during
the next half hour. One.step. fox-trot
and a Lulu FAdo followed in smooth
succession. The room was very full.
now. One or two parties began to
show too much, exhilaration.
~ieAA ISsu WouIu come, Aorl-
ance remarked, with a FESTIVE glance
sou to be=here much after midnight.
I WONDER" x Z
He was interrupted by a second
crash OF brazen cyrnbals that struck
oovn the CHATTER and movement OF
the crowd. with the harsh, resonant
lar and continuing after 1t had
ceased, came the SOFT chime Of a clock
strlkfng Twelve.
Inh time a more decided interest
sree.es the announcement In fact
= oist,nct thrill 4 through tho room:
Men ana women abandoned forks ana
glasses, turning eagerly toward the
entrance: A marked hush continued
IN the place.
Some celebrity" Adr!Ance inter
pfeted, impattently. "confound Mas
terson's within Why couldn't he have
seen me At home? Nov ne can't get
IN until this - over"
the music had commenced trip
ping, languorous ballet suite from a
famous opera. Into the large, square
arch OF the doorway A girl drifted and
stood.
She was q sullen, magnificent creA-
ture. AZ she faced the audience. Her
full. fed mouth was straight-lipped.
returning no smile to the welcoming
applause. II wac not possible toa1n1 :
ag1ne a dinple breaking the frrh
curve OF her rouged cheek. Elsie
thought she never had cen a woman
so indisputably handsome, or So ut
terly lackinklin feminine allure. Heaps
OF satin black hair framed her face
n were held BY. 5ewelled bandeaux;
he corsAge was dangerously low, re-
tanned in place BY narrow strings OF
briiliants over her strong, smooth.
white shoulders. Her skirts were
those Of the conventional ballet: bill
AS h began to dance, her eyes, very
large and dark behind their dark
ened lashAs, swept b spectators
with Aombre A%lertness. Elsie felt
the glance pass across her and rest
on Anthony. Yes, rest there, for an
instant Of fixed attention! But Adri-
ancA showed no change OF expression
to his wife's questioning regard: he
watched the lancer with 4 placid in-
terest, without evtnotng any sign Of
recognition.
It was q curious dance, - sineulArly
stripped Of wornAnly allure a. the
gtrYs beauty. Yet It wA4 graceful
n Clever She bent and swayed
through the measures, circling the
room with a studied coauetry cold a.
indifference; posing nov ana then
with 4 rose she liftsd to touch lips Or
cheek. The audience looked on With
4 sustained tension OF interest that
the performance did not seem to war
rant: Elsie noticed that the mon