Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-10-17

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 a little irri-
tating, this stranger in the Anderson
mansion had no vestige of the air of
Difference proper to a stranger in such
a 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 stonily at this mani
festation, responding neither by word
nor sign. "How's thnt for a bit Of
freshness?" he murmured.
"Nvhat wasp Miss Morgan asked.
''That queer-looking duck waving
his hand at me like that. Except he's
the Sharon girls uncle l don't know
him from Adam"
'You don't need to-" she said. "He
wasn't waving his hand to you: he
meant me-"
ooh. he did24 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, II must
say you don't seem to be much of a
prattler. They say it's a great way
to get reputation for being wise
never saying much. Don't you ever
| talk at ALP
"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 mans
college about a 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
SHOWS fine for sleighing: I'll come for
| you in cutter at ten minutes after
two"
81 can't possibly CO."
eff you DON'T" he said, "Pm 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 little,
too-he continued, seriously: IF you
think I'm not in earnest you're at lib
erty to make quite a big experiment.
She laughed again. 81 don't think
I've often had so large a compliment
as that" she said, especially on such
short notiee-and yet don't think
| I'll go with YOU" /.
"You be ready at ten minutes after
two"
mo, / won't"
eyes, you Wilt" th
"Yes," 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 hei
Il without any greeting, like brother
or a mannerless old friend. Bot
George and Miss Morgan talked mucl
more to everyone else that evening
than to each other, and they sale
nothing at all at this time. Bot
looked preoccupied as they began t.
dance, and preserved gravity of ex
preston to the end Of the number
And their next number they did no
dance, but went back to the CALLER.
stairway, seeming to have reached
[ an understanding without any verba
consultation that this suburb wa
{ again the place for them.
i well" said George coolly, whel
they were seated, "what did you sa
, your name wasT s
Il Morgan"
I'll "Funny name"
VI Everybody else's name always is.
81 II didn't mean it was really funny.
/ George explained. That's just on
: Of my crowds bits of horsing at Co
Z leges We always say funny name,' q