The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-01-08

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ant a thing 1t would be to awak
that fresh candid enjoyment o
hers with more durable sensation
than orange juice and ice cream
F'rocks, for example. Oh, he Ger
tainly was glamoured out of al
common sense; a man beside him
self!
Noel clenched his hand on tn,
napkin across his knee. Becaus'
he distrusted his own folly, he die
not speak at all.
Yet, when he was silent, tina.
ine2plicable excitement surged W
again, shaking him as a strong
wind shakes a structure which il
cannot overthrow. 1t was as il
some opportunity, muffled from
his recognition, were laundering
upon the closed door of his under.
standing.
"You said'-the girls voice
slipped into his reverie-''that a
princess lived in that house. 1t
was abroad, then? In Europe?"
"No," he slowly replied. How
she returned to that subject! 81
said that it was built for a prin-
cess. She never lived in it."
"She will?"
"Never. Some other woman
may
"And look across from the
mountains to the sea, and go
through the gate Of the little shoes
and walk in the deep garden? Oh /!
But you L spelling the play when
you say so You told me as a play,
didn't you? mean, as a play at a
theater is just to amuse?"
He checked the answer that
rushed.to his lips.
"You know all about theaters, |
suppose" he forced himself to
remark casually. "Of course, you
+ a professional dancer-on the
stage, | mean. Your beautiful
skill
NO" she denied. ono, | am
not"
David Noel experienced a sharp
shock OF disillusion; a revulsion
that overturned his heart and scat
tered all the winged impulses and
desires that had flown there to
nest since the morning when this
girl had faced him IN the street
For she spoke a lie!
He knew that only tireless
hourly practice, day after day
could have produced hat grace o:
hers; that exquisite supplenes
and strength masked in apparen
fragality; that trained, uncon
scious posing of even each slender
finger in action or in repose. I
was as absurd to deny that as tx
assert that some Italian garden 0:
fastidious cultivation had grow
up out of a wilderness alone ant
unaided, producing of itself tn,
contrast of snowy sun dial agains
! clipped turf c. the appllcaapp 81 foan
tains in the sun. She was a dancer
and she had lied!
Whyf
He was saved the embarrass
ment of finding speech by the APP
proach Of Deltaille with the doll
amid an approving murmrH from
those who watched. No one won
dered at the award, or desired fur
Their contest; the superiority o
this couple had been too obvious
too far beyond rivalry.
Miss Arloff turned in her chat
to meet the manager, and held ou
both hands for the doll with sucl
an innocent face Of eagerness tina
the delighted room broke into
little tempest of hand clapping.
THANK you so very much!" sh
sad to the smiling Deltaille. cit i
a very lovely doll, and | am yer,
glad!"
Against his will, Noel note,
again her natural self possession
at once SO modest and so higi
bred. She settled the doll in til
curve of her arm with the simple
ity Of alittle girl at play. But til
charm was broken. Why had sh
flung into their idyl the shatterin
mischief Of a lief
Well, it was done, and done i
time, He stood committed to moth
ing. Tomorrow he would ask til
girl on Long Island to marry hin
He met Miss Arloff's glance, whe
it returned to hin without d fiiicl
er Of expression in his gray eye.
His rather hard face was locke
IN GOODNESS as q winter lake.
While he wondered sullenl
how he WAS tosenda situation s,,e
denly grown distastefnl to hin
the girl forestalled his intention.
We may 60 nowf she ques
toned. shall neverabe able t
thank you enough, but / shall q
ways remember how kind You hay
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