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Show J D n it FALLING OUT I AND IN W By LOUISE OLNBY D i g H (Coprrtcht, 1911. by Associated Literary 'X Press.) il The couples failed to fall Into lino in tho order Mrs. TowiiBend had m planned when she asked tho dozon I M 3'otng peoplo to her southern coun- try homo for a prolonged house i ;V Among other girls, came Sallle, out fei t the west, demure, brown and i H swept. And Stnnton Solby catno, i 8 naw, and was a victim, the girl scorn- ! 1 1ng to flash Immediate answer to hla MS' iulck love. Hut Smith came also, W out of Sallle's own country, but a r? ctrangor to her; n blltho young man aM of confident ways and many millions, Bn Sclby, quiet gentleman' of tho south, iWjt fair nnd fine, felt n great Joy rising In IM his heart when the girl's eyes mot his, fl sis they so often did In quick undor-aftM undor-aftM standing, though no word of lovo had W9, Tasscd between them. And thon Iwijj "CcllpBo came. A foolish, ovorworkod, MW theatrical thing occurred as one fore mm noon they all stood near the llttlo lake wjM at tho end of tho great Townsond j W grounds. Sallle, Smith besldo hor, fx m leaned over to look Into tho clear waul wa-ul ill ter. Her foot slipped, and with a lit-U lit-U H tlo cry sho fell In, head foremost, as SB If sho had dived. Without a word, JUS Smith slipped in nfter her, hat, white M&j flannels, shoes and all. WK ll BCcmcd nKcs to tho others bo-iffm bo-iffm oro tho man's head ngaln appeared, &w nnd his strong arms pushed tho girl Hi beforo him nnd up Into tho arms of H !l Selby, who had run up from n little Wi y dlstnnce, nnd stripped oft coat and III it shoes, making ready to follow Smith. Tho whole thing had not taken four 1 minutes, and Salllo, whoso beauty, Ki even a ducking could not spoil, stood M M up In a moment, shook the water from 'fm le'' na'r' exc'n'm,1 ovor her carolcss-jiwM carolcss-jiwM ncss, and was swathed In coats and f' jgfl (ed awny to tho house. 7l n At, dinner she was her sparkling self (Ljffl -but Harold Smith was bestdo her. Oijl tt was deemed fitting to glvo tho res-Kin res-Kin cuer opportunity to reculvo her iSHBKC? mWk A Wet Brown Head Was Shaking Up l&PS' From the Waterl fflk9 natural gratitude The house was mWi nKB with sentimental excltoment. A SjlB bandsome, rich young man hud saved wmft tho "fo of a lovely young girl of un- jjjjflB' doubtcdly good family, but poor. It ' HH -would be a beautiful match. Mrs. 9HB Townsend fairly purred, nnd thoreaft- Hflu ' er gave Smith every chance to bo tho Ural ttlrl's partner In nil tho free and easy UU outdoor amusements that followed, at , mSfm (ho llttlu dances, on rides and drives Kn and wnlks, WVm Selby's star was dimmed At first BB tie made a desperato effort not to bo MM, banished from tho center of the Btago, In but Salllo herself seemed to glvo him Hal' no support. Ho could not understand K9 , It, and gradually ho quietly withdraw, HjB politely devoting himself to any girl HjSF vho seemed unattended at tho tlmo. Haw Harold Smith took advantago of HMJ every moment, ovcty opportunity. He BaW know the girl wns dlfllcult, and did Hj not mnke the mistake of spenklng too HBE noon. SI "' The days pnucd. nnd Solby grow HJ thin end nm.lous; tho other men told Hr Mm ho ur.R smoking himself to death. Kjf -and walking enough to kill a race Wmn "liorse He was alwnyp on the go. IK. f, -Coortly ho watched Salllo Horton nil Sri ho could, nnd teemed to discover hor Bk '( growing Interest In tho mnn Smith. iBl Selby's houit contracted. Hu hnd I H i -never beforo know n how lovo denied ymt can 'llirt! A few times ho got n walk Wt -or drive with Sallle, but sho was 'ah -few-eot and dletaut or was tho dls- raft, tnnco In him' He seemed to hnvo to M1' I begin over again in their acqualntauco, i M. I and she would givo him no help. It m ' 1 sas nlwnys In his mind to get her m K nwav troni tlio others and suddenly jl B pour 1'is whole heart out to her, nnd M K thon ich tlmo ho would rcmembor ''m R that ho had not wooed hnd bad no ;sl Wi change to woo, had been seemingly M W unable lo make his chance. He was ,11 ' a failure. '1 ,, He hated hlniHolt for what ho 1 a thougl t lack of courage. Ho wns dull ' "I ft and j'upld beforo her, wbero tho I .1 ft iiblqu tous Smith was contldeut, glib, ; j Interesting with his breezy western- 1 ? ibins. Another thing made It hard for Rl a Selby lovo was In the ulr! Two L)j ', 'couples had been engaged boforo Kyi ' coming thuro. Others should have M I ' been engaged if they woro not. Sorao I I wero flirting with reQued zest , One flno ovoiJlng, mooning about by I . lilmrelf beneath tho trees ot a little Wl- 'it 'imtttttUtt Vood, he cane suddenly upon Jack, m, .P y'JHvBBMk, ' the son of bit hostess, and llttlo Flor- once Barclay; tho man's arms wer about tho girl, her flosallko hair, silvered sil-vered by tho moon, bright against his shoulder. Ho tried to got away unseen, un-seen, but thoy started apart Young Townsond went aftor him, taking him Into their confidence, asking him not to mention a suspicion of what he had seen, as hla mother had other plans for him, and would mako things troublesome. trou-blesome. Then, slnco life had become unbearable unbear-able to him, a matter of dying of thirst with tho water of love" all about him, he decided to leave. It was Wednesday, and at breakfast the next morning he told her ho must get back to look after things on his estate, and would be obliged to leave tho next day. At luncheon sho spoko of his going, go-ing, and every one regretfully begged him to stay on, Ho was seated opposite oppo-site 8alllo, who said nothing, but her brown oyes met his bluo ones In a long gaze, and a sudden burning blush swept over her faco and neck. She seemed unable for a momont to tako her gazo from him; then she began chatting and flirting outrngoously with Smith, who had, as usual, managed man-aged to get a plnco beside her. But Selby's heart lenped for a moment only. What, after all, was a blush? And was It for him? Girls blushed for nothing often perhaps Smith had touched her hand beneath tho table I Nevertheless, Selby mado up hla mind to ask her, boforo Smith If necessary, to give him a fow momeuts. Ho would tako her out under tho trees Into tho flowers Into tho garden, and toll hor all his heart Ho would at least mako hor say "No." But after aft-er breakfast boo disappeared, sent down word at luncheon that sho hnd n headache, and at dinner camo In languidly nnd was unwontodly silent. Selby had spent tho afternoon taking tak-ing Maude Hunt for a walk and trying to bo Impersonally nice to her for her unappreciated and very personal Interest Inter-est In him, which he hnd chivalrously tried not to acknowledge oven to himself. him-self. And aftor dinner, Sallle, lovely In a white drons, devoted hcrsolf to a sweet old lady on the porch, and slipped off early to bed. Sho had not given htm a glancot Solby went to his room late, and fell Into a troublod sleep. In tho gray of tho morning he awakened, restless nnd miserable. Ho roso and dressed Blowly Onco ho thought he heard something brush at his door, but when ho opened It saw no one. He had closed It, and was passing his window his room was on tho first floor-when floor-when something wot and fresh a i pink rose, still dewy struck him full In tho fnce. Ho stooped to pick It up. nnd by tho tlmo he thought to reach tho window there wns no ono In sight, though a protoctlng corner was closo by. He slipped downstairs nnd out of doors, around tho house. Who could have played bo preuy a trick 7 Was It a farewell? 1 Still holding the1 half-oponcd roso, ho wnndcrod about, finally giving up I bo search, and walking on toward the llttlo lake, Ho went down to Its edge unseelngly, romcmborlng how Smith hnd fished her out. And ho almost stumblod ovor something on tho sand a long brown rloak. a pair of little shoes, an enormous towel. Then a laugh rang out, and a wot brown head wns shaking up from the water. Sallle shooK her dripping hair. "Shame, for spying on my morning's morn-ing's swlrat The water's flno I I suppose sup-pose you, for Instance, wouldn't caro to risk your lite saving a lady with soveral medals and a Carnegie life-snvlng life-snvlng decoration to her credit?" She began to clamber out In her trim bathing suit, and ho gave her a hand In help and forgot to let go. With tho other arm he wrapped hor,. cloak about hor, still holding to the ' wet hand. Thon he stooped for his I fallen roso. I "Did you throw me this?" ho . asked. She nodded her head, her faco hid-I hid-I den In the towel. I "Yes, 1 dldl It was for goodby, and I because you were so stupid all these mornings to have slept while t gloried In the wet fresh outdoors!" Then wrath nnd a man's impatient love broke bounds. "Aro you engaged to that to Mr. Smith? I love jou anyhow" "It's none of your business," sho said, demurely; "but I'm not engaged to anybody, which U not my fault" . Without a word ho snatched her up against him. and hold her. protesting. "I'm too wet to be klased again'" sho pleaded. "I'leaso, Stanton! Stan-ton! Yes of courpo, I do' No, stupid, stu-pid, of courpo, I don't! How could I lovo a man who boasts that he camo hero to mnrry mo?" Sho broko Into ringing laughter "And of nil tho party ot slow coaches! I foil Into tho wator purposoly on n bot that ho would sorlously rescuo me me, who can swim circles around half the fishes I that swim! He'll never hoar tho last lot It out west I've written It back! It was a planned fnlllng-lu " "And nn nlmost fatal falllng-out It caused!" said Solby, happily. "You let him absorb you; you gavo mo no chance, you tortured" "Myself!" Solby, as In a dream, saw tho sun I como gloriously up to meet his happl IncBS. It was selfishly human ot him I to forget all about Smith. |
