Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-11-08


Pauline rose to her feet. Amos
as mysteriously as the manseryant
had appeared a few moments before, a
black-robed maid fastened toward her.
Pauline shook her head.
This afternoon / do not wish TO
rest" she decided 81 shall walk Ia
the gardens"
Pauline descended the stone steps,
crossed the drive and plunged into q
narrow footpath which wound its way
through a plantation OF stunted but
understanding pine trees, downward
toward the sea. The path was not an
| easy one, and Pauline's shoes were
scarcely designed for such an adven-
| ture. Nevertheless, she persevered.
At last she gained her end She stood
upon the little strip of sand, besprin-
| killed. with rocks, which bordered the
| sea. Only few yards away the SHIN
/ mering blue water rocked toward the
land In little wavelets. She turned
and looked back. The villa from
/ which she had come seemed like a
| dolls house shining out OF its shelter
/ Ing clump Of expresses. More directly
above her now was the far more extern
siye residence of Lord Hlnterleys. She
looked toward 1t searchingly. There
were several people upon the broad
yeranda. amongst them the slim figure
Of a young man al its farther edge
gazing intently In her direction She
smiled little as she picked her steps
| across the yellow sand to the edge OF
the sea and clambered on to a rock.
A queer fit Of heedlessness was upon
her. She stood upon the top of the
slippery rock, finding a strange pleas
IRE IN the salt-laden air and the wind
which brought a thousand ripples Of
| light to the trembling blue sea, which
blew her skirts about, and even
brought disarrangement TO her smooth
ly bound hair. This tempering Of the
sunshine brought a new Joy to itn
warmth. She stood there basklng IN a
| purely sensuous pleasure, forgetful for
moment of the depression of the
morning The sound of tumbllng
stones in the little gorge behind
scarcely disturbed her. 1t was not
until she heard footsteps upon tho
strip of beach that she turned her
head. Coming toward her, already
only few yards away, was a young
man Of personable appearance and I'M
vontedy determined expression. For
once in his life Gerald had made up
his mind
Although he was in reality brimfuI
of confidence in all his relations with
i the other sex, Gerald had sometimes
& not altogether unattractive appear
ance OF shyness. He stood bareheaded
for q moment, looking up at Pauline.
~ am sorry If / startled you" he
said. 81 was looking for my sister. l
know this is a favorite place of hers,
and when l saw you standing there l
rather jumped to the conclusion that
| you must be She"
"Really?" Pauline replied. "Are we
so much alike, then?"
mot in the least" he declared
frankly.
THAT seems to make your explana-
ton little insufficient, does 1t not2"
Pauline remarked.
Gerald settled down to business.
IL know that ought to have turned
back" he said, but, after all, wasn't
1t much more natural of me to come
on2 l have been trying, ever since
first saw you. TO get someone to intro
duce me-we are. after all, as | have
| just discovered, to my great delight,
nelghbors-and this is the Riviera, not
Berkeley square May / tell you that
my name is Gerald Dombey, that my
| father and sister have the villa up
there, and that, from the moment
saw you. I have been anxious to make
your acquaintanceT
She looked at him in silence for a
moment, half critically, half thought
fully There was nothing absolutely
dlscouraging In her attitude, and yet
| Gerald somehow conceived the Idea
that this might not, after all. be 80
easy an affair as he had hoped.
Are you used to enlarging your &C
qualntance In this manner?" she asked.
Il very seldom feel the desire to do
So" he assured her. Don't be an
noyed, Please. am really quite a re-
spectacle person. I will call upon
your aunt, If she viii give me permits
sion"
For the first time Pauline smiled
Il was rather a cold smile, but the fact
that 1t was a smile at all was encour-
aging.
II fancy that you had better dis
miss that suggestion from your mind
altogether" she said. My aunt does
not receive here, and she certainly
would not welcome you as a caller"
why not7' Gerald inquired, little
perturhed.
Because you are a young man."
Pauline replied. There are two things
which my aunt breads more than any
| thing else in life-a bad throat for
herself. and young men for me-"
II don't see how she can hope TO
keep young men away from you alto
gether," Gerald declared. You don't
mind my saying. 90 You, that you are
the sort of girl whom young men would