Show A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY t The night was perfect The crescent silver moon was v s low in the west and the twinkling stars in the heavens were reflected in the blue waters of the lake ruffled by a slight breeze from the north The music floated over the pavilion and the gaily lighted Saltair was thronged with people Two beautiful young girls stood apart part and gazed out over the glittering waters The breeze played lightly with the golden tresses of one and kissed her fair cheek as she leaned on the railing silent and abstracted Her companions companion's heavy brown hair shone in the silvery light of the moon anc and her dark eyes wandered wandered wandered wan wan- dered restlessly over the waters and then rested on the sad face of her friend as she suddenly asked How long is it Grace since Harry returned At the mention of Harrys Harry's name Grace raised her blue eyes until they met Mildreds Mildred's then let them fall again as she answered the question question question ques ques- tion How did you know I was thinking of him My dear I always suppose you are thinking of him when you look so sad and yet so defiant t o u r i i L t t d t i 13 f E Y LX J 41 ij f 2 j rl d. d a lh I 1 j l L i j o s l LM Ll i 2 rl Well Harry has been home a month It is just a mon month th today r since I went to Ogden to visit you and he was at our house the evening evening evening even even- ing after I left You know he was graduated from college with honors honors honors hon hon- ors and on his return had to stop over in the city one night and Papa thought that was just the time for us to meet but your kind invitation saved me Oh Ohl I was so glad because I do not want to meet him II Why do you object to meeting him Grace when you know you f were promised to him at your christening and it is your fathers father's dearest wish that you should marry this only son of his boyhood's companion Harry is rich well-educated well and you do not know but that he may be handsome II Oh Oh Mildred I just know he will be ugly and I want to marry a aman aman aman man that I can love and honor and who is my own choice as well as the choice of Papa and Mama I know I will hate Harry Clement and I am not going to meet him so long longas as I can avoid it 2 Graces Grace's escort having come up the conversation was quickly r changed and Mr Ray touching his hat asked permission to introduce r duce to them a N New ew York friend II Certainly both girls replied and lin in in- linth inthe th the ex excitement it ment of meeting the new friend Harry Clement was for the time forgotten The friend Mr Paul Douglas had a charming manner and after chatting a short time asked Mildred to dance Graces Grace's eyes eyes fol followed wed the couple around the pavilion What a handsome fellow What J. J b beautiful eyes and what a graceful dancer I wish he had asked m me me first These and many other similar tho thoughts flitted through h her r mind mind- I. I as she waited for Mr Ray to bring bring- her some water During the rest of the evening Grace secretly kept track of Mr Douglas The dances she had with him seemed so much shorter than any of the others J That night as she lay restless tossing g on her pillow living Jiving over over tr t- t r and over again in her mind the nights night's enjoyments she thought thought of the charming new friend and determined fo to become better acquainted T a at atwith with him It is August at a summer resort in the mountains mountains' The The little vale val f. f is most beautiful with s it-s glassy stream wandering about its tall tr trees trees trees' es i j jand and heavy underbrush its grim mountain guardi guardians ns a and ci the ih l large ge hotel in the clump of of- trees by the spring All nature natures nature's s smiles iles ile's this F bright afternoon The birds flit from tree to tree happy th that f the the little brood is now able to fly the and cottonwoods rustle in the fullness of their leafy glory and the gurgling of the spring fl tf rt f t i v t blends harmoniously with the music of the brook Mildred and Grace are sitting alone and Grace is telling her secret I I can not help it he is so lovely and to think I must go home in two days to meet that stupid Harry Hany There is no use trying to put it off Ive I've got to meet him Oh Mildred you should be so happy j a to think Jack loves you and there is nothing to hinder your loving him Paul is just my ideal and I can not think of giving him up If he should ask me to be his wife I believe I would although I know what that means to me and my parents I have been out with him so r much the last two months and after one meeting with him I live only for the next r She got no farther because Paul and Jack with a party of their theirE t E friends came out of the hotel down to where the girls were sitting r. r and joining with the rest they all went to gather berries In it is very easy for couples to lose one another and andt t Grace Arthur and Paul Douglas found it easier than ever before before to toI 4 stray from the rest of the party They wandered about occasionally I stopping to gather a few berries until they came to a beautiful clear clear- ing The heavy underbrush had been cut away by campers and the tall trees sent their shadows over the spot Above the spreading branches the cloudless sky was seen and to the west forming a background background background back back- ground were the beautiful Wasatch Mountains with their rocky summits summits sum sum- mits crowned with snow and the steep ravines dark and barren They f seated themselves upon a fallen tree Grace threw back her broad f brimmed hat and took from her belt some wild flowers and one by byone byone byone one she pulled off and threw away the tender petals Paul gazing at her sweet face thought of the night at the lake when he had met mether mether her of the moonlight ride in the park of the lawn-fete lawn and many other subsequent events and at last finding courage to speak he told his willing listener how from the first night of their meeting he had loved her In the happiness of those moments Grace forgot her being promised promised promised prom prom- to another she forgot her fathers father's wish she remembered she remembered she was wass was's s 's conscious only that Paul loved her and that she loved him f Never since he be came to the mountains had Pauls Paul's face wore such sucha a happy expression never before had he joined in the songs that were sung in the moonlight with such fervor as on that night but Grace with downcast eyes sat rather apart from the rest and her sweet voice took no part in the evenings evening's songs and her merry laugh was not heard in the frolics for Harry Clement and her fathers father's wish were now remembered The moon went down and the merry making ing ceased The me merry merry- ry- ry Y t makers went into the hotel but Grace still sat by the stream a and d its gurgling was the only sound she heard She must tell Paul she must ask him to forgive her and to forget the aft afternoon in the clearing She could not marry him and and- he must release her from a promise given from her heart but without without with withe out thou thought ht He Ha could go back to his eastern home and they never need meet again Her whole body trembled at the thought Never meet him again never see his face and clasping her white ha hands ds in the agony of despair she groaned aloud A l gentle hand was laid on her shoulder Instinctively she knew w I whose touch it was and in an instant she was clasped in Pauls Paul's arms Only a moment thus they stood then throwing off his clasp she lea leaned ec r against a tree for support With visible effort she spoke rapidly not trusting her voice to pause as she told Paul he must release her her from f from froma om oma a word passed without thoU thought ht and a word she could not honor honorably bly fulfill Then having told him all without giving him time to reply she ran sobbing from the spot 4 i The next morning Grace did not come down to breakfast Mildred J looked sad and to the questions of their many friends she only said that Grace was not feeling well and would not be down that morn morn- ing j jAt At noon Paul Douglas left the resort and nd Grace was not among the friends that waved a font foni goodbye nor did she come down stairs s 's sat at all that day At noon of the following day Grace left the resort for home heavily veiled and without a goodbye except to Mildred i y When Grace arrived at the city the carriage met her at the station and she was rapidly driven to her elegant home where the final preparations were being made for an at all but royal reception to the 1 Clements Her mother Mrs Arthur wanted to know why Grace looked so sad and why she was so opposed to meeting Mr Harry 1 and why her eyes were tear A violent headache and fatiguing fatiguing fatiguing ing journey homeward were the only causes offered After a short i talk with her parents Grace went to her room to dress for the introduction introduction introduction intro intro- and to flin fling herself on the dainty bed and cry The sun was low in the west when the carriage went to meet meet the Clements The parlors of the Arthur residence were beautifully decorated decorated decor deco and Mr and Mrs Arthur and their two sons were ready to re receive receive re- re their guests Just as the carriage entered the yard Grace came down stairs and seated herself in a large alcove where her presence would be concealed from the Clements when they entered After fter being received by the Arthurs Arthur's s and refreshing themselves f I r A I P M Mr and Mrs Clements and their son Harry entered the parlor just as the setting sun was throwing its last brilliant rays through the stained glass window Grace is summoned by her father fatherland land and comes from behind her shelter Her white Swiss gown hangs in gauzy folds about her herY t Y slender figure At the delicate pink throat clasped by a diamond pin z are some maiden blush roses The golden hair on the drooping head is unadorned and shines in the pale red light Not raising her blue blueeyes blueeyes eyes she advances into the center of the room and stands there the picture of disconsolate loveliness Grace this is our friend Mr Harry Clement II Miss Grace Grace- Harry says She lifts her eyes suddenly for the voice is not strange to her and crys Paul and to the utter astonishment of the two mamas and the smiles and exchanged glances of the papas she is is tightly clasped sobbing in Harrys Harry's strong arms For Harry Clement had won her er as Paul Douglas Anna Ann Hatch |