Drummond; "fuliill your en -acre-
menu
The music began agjiin. The hand
some j ouhg couple Stepped from the
llo'.ver screened corner into which they
had letii-ed to have their unpleasant
talk, and in a. moment Mr. Drummond
wai whirling around the room with
hi- arm about tho pretty Miss Merle's
waist, while Estelle sat. on the sofa be
side that superior old, Mrs. Jackson,
who, having aroused herself to re
ceive Mrs. DrummondTs introduction,
had nodded off again, and was snor
ing behind her large black feather
fan.
And this wasMio. Drummond's first
ball. The dausrhtcr of a clergyman.
"L1 uw, couuirmeu iucas oi wnai
use
s.
opnnn.
t5l ollly really important personages
ui iic scene.
The awakening was sudden and
. ... Tr , v , . , ...
r . V", 7 , ' a "y lover, but his name was
with popular opinion while they still jonnnv Craft, and he was roily polv
remained among her kinsfolk and ; ancl yellow haired. A roll v liolr, yel
indced he had no temptation to leave l0w haired boy could never have be
hcr for she was the sweetest, prettiest ; coulc this startlingly large and showy
and most charming person whom he exquisite. As he thought of this roi at,
ever met. Besides, the glamour of Artlmi.f,n n ;.,i;., J.r
the hoiiej-moon was still upon him
In those rural scenes the girl he had
called his white rosebud seemed sweet
er and purer than he could express in
words. For three or four months his
life was a sort of idvl. and so was
;ers.
Not until the last red leaves of au
tumn were upon the trees did he
ransulant' his blossom to the city.
