The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-08
First, Last, and Supper"
By BOOTH HARRINGTON
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Illustrated by Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock.

, At the foot OF the stairs he became
! part OF the file OF young people who
were moving into one OF the large rooms
, where Julia stood TO receive. And
I then. between two heads before him.
, he caught a first glimpse OF her. 1t
! was like flash of white jewels In 4
: sudden highland. at tho sight. all the
| young birds rluttcrinE in his chest
: burst into song; his heart tainted; his
head hallooned; his feet seemed to be
+! dangling from him at the ends OF two
strings. not legs.
! There stood julia
The group closed. shutting out the
vision. and he found himself able 10
wipe his brow and get back his breath
before moving forward in = cold and
ar!stocratiC attitude Then he became
incapable of any atitudc-he was be-
. fore her. aud she greeted him. A strong
buZzlnG In his ears confused him: he
spoke to her thlckly and would have
stood forever. but pressure from be-
hind pushed him on. and so. enveloped
in n deep but scented cloud, he passed
into corner. He tried TO think what
he had Sad 10 her. but could not: and
perhaps 1t would have discouraged him
10 know that at so vital moment MI
he had said was: "We!E",
Now there ratified out challenge OF
drums: loud dance music beat upon the
air Starting instantly to 80 To Jul;a.
Mobiles left leg first received the cleo
trio impulse and crossed his laggard
, right. but he was no PAGER. and thus
stumbled upon himself and plunged.
Still convulslve. ne came headlong be-
fore her again. and was tho only per-
son in the vicinity who remained un-
aware that his charging dispersal Of
an intervening group had an appearance
Of extreme unconventionaltty. Noble
knew nothing in the world except that
: this was His dance with Her. He re-
covered his balance and presented him
/ self. ppen-mouthed and breathless, his
! arms plaintirely wagging for her.
Then heaven Gushcd over him. She
; came close and touched him cNquisitely.
! She placed one lovely hand upon his
I shoulder. her other lovely cool hand in
! one OF his. The room filled with burst
/ ing stars.
They danced.
! Noble was conscious OF her within his
, claspinG arm. but conscious of her as
! nothing human. The fluffy white bodice
/ pressed BY his hand seemed to be that
: of Some priceless. tnefrable doll: the
charming shoulder that sometimes
1 touched his was made Of a divine mist.
. Only the pretty head. close to his. was
! rear, the DiaCh-SaPpnITe eyes bahe MIN
little h!ue-black glance. now AMI
] then. and seemed to laugh.
=! In truth. they did, though Julias lips
remained demure. So far as Noble was
able TO comprehend what he was doing.
ne was afoat in Unreasonable heights.
drifting Ihythmically to a faint. far mu-
sic: but he was almost unconscious,
especially from the knees down. Never
theless. to the eye OF observers incapa-
; bic of pcrceiving that Noble was really
floating, II appeared that he was out
OF step most Of the time. and even when
he was in step he danced rather hop
pingly. However, these rnannerisms
were no novelty with him. and 1t cannot
be denied that girls at dances usually
hurried impulsively away to speak TO
somebody when they saw him coming.
One such creature oven went 80 far as
TO whisper to Julia. during a collision:
How'd you get caught?"and others tit
tered TO her Contidentaily, with the
same meaning.
But Julia was loyal: she gave no sign
OF acQuiescence to these considerations
and valantly swung onward with
Noble. bumped and humping every
where. in spite OF the most extraordin-
ary and graceful dexterty on her part.
That's one reason she's such ter
rible belle" damsel whispered to an
other.
What ls?'
The way she'll be just as nice to