Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-01
1t Was a Lively
Evening
BY DUFORD JENNIE

Dorne mansion and told himself that
he was i'll for tame evening. His
ankle was lame from recent acct
dent; his friend, Gus Van Dorne.
would forget him promptly since the
tiancee OF Gus was present; and Dale
was practically unknown to the rest.
What chump | was to accept
Gus invitation" Dale grunted to him
self as he walked the corridor outside
the brilliant ballroom.
Then he saw her.
She had bent over huge bowl Of
roses, and was breathing their fra
GRANGE. With her dark head, her long
dashed eyes, the swift curve of her
throat and neck, she made an attrac
tive picture.
There is a girl l am going to know
if the heavens fall :" he decided, and
set out in search of Gus. Gus, how
ever, had for the time vanished with
his iiancee. So Dale returned to his
first haunt where he had seen the rose
girl.
She, TOO, had vanished, but as he
hastened through the door opening
INTO the wide hall of the mansion he
coliided with somebody, and, backing
away, found himself facing the rose
girl.
Il peg your pardon y he SAID bi'
too gratefully Il didn't see you !"
Her dark eyes twlnkied MS she said
sravely; Il think that Is evident. !
am sorry delayed YOU She started
TO pass.
washington told the truth because
lie did not have time to hatch 1t.
Dale said quickly. ITS the same with
me; The truth Is was looking for
YOU
for uie! she ASKED, ner darR eyes
growing DIT suspicious
ou' he answered irahkiy' J
Know that you are nor dancing ana
neither am |. Let's sneak out ana en-
JOY ms southern night.
she hesitated' then smiled ialhtiy,
Il vote with you Let's so-Dut
must not stay too long,
Outside In TIE fragrant dusk they
strolled back and forth chatting of
this and that; and Dale knew in few
minutes that he had found the sirl he
did not intend to lose-if he could
help 1t.
But suddenly she stopped. "Really,
l must 20 inside"
But he began.
But she WIS gone. He stood mo
ment disconsolate and puzzled, felt
for u cigarette then remembered that
he had forgotten his case, had hor-
rowed cigarette from Gus and had
seen Gus put his case in his top-ccat
pocket. So Dale started for the cloak
room.
When there he found some difficulty
in locating Gus coat. and looked
hastily through the pockets of two or
three of the coats before he located
the right one. Then he put Gus ease
In his pocket ana strolled out. AS he
~" - ~ 'N''' 49, -
vanished before he could hall her.
AS he walked the terrace outside
smoking ana dreaming lie saw ner
slight white form coming toward MN
men ne saw TWO hsures oehihu her--
burly ones she ana they stopped In
front OF him.
Here he is She sulu quietly.
pa'e iounu nus "r''s suuieiiS pun
'oheu ny TWO u,ue.oo"'eu men
Nha' Is 'n's' y JOKE i'"'e
asaeu, va. a.
II IT Is .'uv' u y" 'vu US" - va
uon was "Ss's"eu " . ','s "'"' "
Neep a" 'se Dn 'as ,''' '',,, ",H
s.'caN 'i'', - u''u 49, '1u d dSH
us' wy " Wv ,a,, ,,n,,'a ,hron.h ,ho
aas I ~, ~ s"" ,,, sTe s,,ais .
'V",s :" Wv " III,
h'sn,' pu',no.u vi n"ppen i"
ne ,o''eEe pu' Vi va" Do.'e' ~ 70"
ge' NM neli v'ea, '''S up p'ne s"'u
angry S'' a'iuseu'
me rose eirl Vn''sieu' ana Ie"
moments later she returned win Pus'
Gus looked MN over win cola eyes
81 lever saw this chap before In my
lifc" he said darkly, aud Dale got his
second shock relieved only by pales