Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-12-18


broadcloth suit of the window display.
Like one in a happy dream Miss
Adriana put on the things and pres
emily DeImar came in wearing his eve
ming clothes.
Would she go with him to see the
play the young people of the town
We're giving, "A Rose of Old Dixie"
With her face like the dawn Miss
Adriana watched the players. Iva
Ellsworth was the Dixie Rose, witch
ing heroine; Paul Nelson, her lover.
Iva played her part with brilliancy,
but Paul's heart prompted his acting.
1t was fervent, real.
Delmar's mind was torn with indie
cisiOn. But near the end OF the play
he looked at the little lonely woman
beside him, for the time pathetically
happy, and quite suddenly his mind
was made up.
"Auntie," he said abruptly to. her
when they were again in her living
room, 'will you let me come live with
you? Mother doesn't need me; she
going to be married soon to DIR. Ash
ley Wyatt. We'd be company for each
other. If you'll let me III move my
desk and other things over tomorrow"
Miss Adriana's happiness Of the eve
ming, compared withSthe new joy, was
as drop of water to the ocean.
That I've EIIc,,nrtI
bouquet of pink carnations and
note that asked her to pardon the
writer for breaking his promise to call,
and begging her to accept his congrat-
ulations ON the success of the play.
Il didn't get what l wanted for
Christmas" the note ended. Il didn't
dare, in the face of things, to ask
for it."
For several months the world held
no happier creature than Miss Adrl-
ana. Then she observed that Delmar
had occasional fits Of abstractedneSs,
| unnatural to him. Gradually it
| dawned upon her that he was troubled
over something
where is that pretty Ellsworth
girl now, Del do you know" she
! asked him tentatively one morning
| early in December
He started at her question, and she
noticed with a sinking heart that the
paper he had shook a little.
Bryce Garth told me yesterday Pau,
Il 10.
land though Bryce didn't know tC
whom, II think it must be to Miss
Ellsworth, auntie."
Later in the day, searching for a
lost cuff button of Delmar's, she came
! upon a picture Of the girl.
"He loved her--he gave up asking
her to marry him." her troubled mind
reasoned, ito make home for me
And now he is grieying for her!"
AS the weeks passed Miss Adriana
paled under the weight. of her secret
trouble. Delmar became uneasy for
her, and few days before Christmas
of his friends, Il fine young physicial
there.
That afternoon while crossing the
street to the railroad station Miss
Adriana felt herself caught and pulled
back just in time to escape being rur
over by a heavy truck that came
around the corner. The girl whc
saved her helped her to the ladies
sitting room of the station, but wher
her train came few minutes lateI
she was too shaken and nervous L
attempt to board 1t.
"Oh, what will Delmar think when
don't come" she exclaimed.
"Delmar!" The pretty girls cheeks
grew deeper pink, and Miss Adrian;
knew her to be Iva Ellsworth.
"My nephew, Delmar Halstead, will
whom live in Review" she explained
"Why, Review is only twenty
miles," cried the girl; "L'll telephon,
him and he can come for you In al
automobile"
When she came back Miss Adriana'
lips trembled over question.
care you-are you married m,
dear"
When Delmar came Miss Adriani
was able to smile in wan gayety a
him.
"Where is the lady that saved you?
he asked presently as he knelt besld