Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-04-27

| laII-uOzen hard brown rings when
were draining on a plate.
"Why, what ails them?" she cried.
He shook his head.
"They-they're hard as rocks and
fiat as pancakes" she gasped, picking
one up and dropping it on the table.
Perhaps you didn't mix them
right"
Il made them straight according to
rule" she returned with dignity. at
must have been your frying"
"Oh, but 1t couldn't have been," he
| demurred. II never left them alone
a minute. 1 Topped them over and
over all the time"
A peal of laughter interrupted him.
| "Oh-Oh-you don't mean to say
that you stood there and turned those
poor things over every secOndr she
cried, as soon as she could speak. mo
wonder their spirits couldn't rise
and just look at your fat It's so hot
it burned up what little life there
was left I"
Dear me, children, what a good
time you are having" called Mrs. Ken
ton from the doorway. "When one is
young and in love one can find enjoy
ment anywhere"
Dorothy choked into instant gravity,
while Rainsford made low bow.
81 am in disgrace, madam" he said
meekly. II am guilty of too devoted
an attendance upon doughnuts and
err"
yes, you are" interrupted DorO-
| thy severely, vanishing into the pantry.
At two o'clock a man from the no.
tel, in response to RainfOrd's tele
phone message, brought a suitcase
filled with the various articles he had
sent for. The man laid the bag some
what gingerly down on the extreme
end of the walk and hurried away /;
then Rainsford went down and picked
it up.
"How perfectly FUNNY" exclaimed
Dorothy nervously, as he came back
to the steps.
at does seem queer" acknowledged
RainsfOrd.
Don't you two look contented!"
called a merry voice, as three girls
stopped at the end of the walk. "HOw
is Mr.. KentOn, Dorothy. dear?"
"He is very comfortable" replied
Miss Kenton with studied politeness.
How absurdly idiOtic some people
can be- observed Dorothy, after a
time.
Very" agreed the man.
Dorothy looked at him sharply then
she sighed and fdgeted in her chair.
81 don't like this deception" she
protested.
NO? Then why not tell?"
She gave him a sCOrnful glance.
CAS- if I could call out across the
lawn to those girls: we aren't en-
gagged any longern"
Hmm; well, there's your mother"
Miss KentOn frOwned. "She has
enough to trouble her now. AS things
are she'd be dreadfully distressed.
| shall have to wait until father is bet
ter and you are gone"
ooh ~ murmured Rainsford.
There }Sas long silence; then Dor
othy sprang to her feet. She was al
most hysterical with the tension Of
the last few hours. Things had scarce
ly improved since the morning. Rains
ford had grown quite grave, and scru-
pulously polite.
GAS hostess, l feel it my duty to en-
tprtoin ,, oh cIuaofIu
"If you'll look under the table on that
shelf there you'll find some games.
Make your selection and Wen play"
DIR. Kane arrived on the five o'clock
train and went directly to the sick
ROOM Fifteen minutes later Mrs. Ken
ton appeared on the veranda.
"Well, Jack, you are free" she said
smilingly.
"Eh y what - how" stammered
Rainsford, growing white and red by
turns; there was but one kind of free
dom in his mind, and that he had al
ready most unwillingly received at the
hands of Dorothy. He glanced at the
girl now, but her face expressed only
unallOyedD joy.
"You mean the quarantine? It's
Over| she asked eagerly.
Mrs. Kenton nodded. Eyes; that
fussy little doctor was all wrong It's
not diphtheria at all, and your father
will be all right in few days"
"How perfectly glorious !" cried Dor.
Othy. Il never believed father was
very sick. Now We'll go off-let's see
: what shall we dO-ride?"
eRainsford caught his breath. "Yes
or we might go on the lake." he said
in voice that he tried to make dipio-
matically unconcerned.
"Or we could play golf"
Hmm; or we've got just time to
see the sunset from Peaks hill" he
further suggested with a swift side.
long glance at her face.
Just the thing after being cramped
up all day! I'll get into my walking
skirt in no time" And she hurried
through the hall door after her moth
err. The next minute she was back
again with dismayed face.
"Why, II forgot" she faltered.
"ForgOt? Forgot what?" he asked