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gcrley*s downfall
Gorley and Miss Jennifer had been
Setting along pretty rapidly. Their af
fair began across the lake in the sum-,
mer. A mighty pretty girl is Miss Jen
nifer. Gorley isn't such a bad sort of
fellow either. Nearly every one who
watched the little romance wished him
luck, and it really seemed that he was,
going to have it —all over but the an
nouncement, in fact. Then came the
first snowfall of the season and with
that the destruction of Gorlcy’s hopes.
Life, you understand, is uncertain,
and so is one’s footing on a well worn
#oal hole cover on the sidewalk when
thpre is snow on it.
Miss Jennifer found it so. If there Is
sufficient warning beforehand and a
girl has enough presence of mind she
may be able to subside easily and in a
decorous heap. Miss Jennifer had no
warning, and panic seized her sou! the
instant her heel slipped. Her descent
was anything but graceful. That is the
least that can be said of it and the
most merciful. To add to the horror of
the thing, she was carrying bundles,
and the one of them that burst con
tained articles that were by no means
intended for the public eye. The final
touch was Gorley.
That Goriey’s evil genius should have
led him to that particular spot at thut
particular time only shows how evil a
genius can be. But there he was un
questionably. Miss Jennifer saw him
out of the corner of tier eye when she
fell. If he had been wise lie would
have pretended not to see her and pro
eeede 1 on his way. As it was. he
rushed madly up and assisted her to
her feet. Miss Jennifer says he laugh
ed, but that is highly improbable. His
eye may "have twinkled, for be has a
certain levity of character, but it is not
likely that he laughed. If lie did it was
out of pure embarrassment.
Still, be certainly lost his head, for
when Miss Jennifer reached for her
bundle ho made a dash and interrupted
her. Then lie began to paw idiotically
at her skirts, with the idea of brushing
off the mud and snow.
“Please don’t, Mr. Gorley,” said Miss
Jennifer. As lie persisted, she stamped
her foot. “Haven’t you any sense?”
she cried. “Stop!”
Her face was crimson, and the tone
of her voice!
Gorlej- became aware then for the
first time of the interested crowd
•watching them and desisted.
“I’ll carry my parcels, thank you,”
said Miss Jennifer icily as they pro
ceeded, “and I think I jirefer to walk
by myself,” she added.
“But”—
“I hope you don’t intend to force
your company on me,” she said. As
Gorley stopped in amazement she walk
ed away and left him.
It was absurd enough, but it broke
up the affair as effectually as some
thing serious. Not ail at once, but by
degrees. Miss Jennifer was out when
Gorley called that evening. The next
time he called she was decidedly cool.
That made him angry, and lie decided
to stop calling, which lie did. As the
weeks wore on he heard that Jim
Bentham was calling on the young
woman pretty frequently. But what
could he do? It surely was not his
place to apologize.
It did seem a rather hard tangie
to straighten out.
One day Gorioy took his skates
and went to Washington park with a
friend. lie is a good skater and fond
of the exercise, and lie seemed rather
to need distraction. He didn't count
on finding Miss Jennifer there or lie
would have stayed at home—perhaps.
She was there, however, with a crowd
of her friends, among them the un
speakable Jim Bentham.
Gorley was warmly welcomed by the
party, with the exception of Miss Jen
nifer and Bentham, and ho started in
to make himself agreeable. Perhaps,
too, he tried to show off his skating a
little. If he did, that was only natural,
for he was a good skater, as lias been
said, and lie made a rather stunning
figure in his black sweater, knee
breeches and crimson skating cap.
skimming and circling here and there.
Mjss J thought so, and Bentham
jsutfered f- r it.
Then Corley raid be would show
them how to cut a, figure “8.” He did it
beautifully and then proceeded to exe
cute some flourishing initials. He was
Just putting tlie tail to a "G” when—a
cigar stub perhaps or a bit of stick—
his skates left the ice and flashed jerk
ily in the air, and he came down with a
jar that must have tried every bone i:i
his body. There was a howl of mirth,
of course, but Gorley was up in an in
stant. As lie regained ids feet ho heard
Miss Jennifer say to Bentham quite in
dignantly, "I think it’s absolutely silly
as well as unfeeling to laugh.”
A few minutes inter she skated up to
Gorley, who had detached himself from
the others.
“You are hurt?” she said anxiously.
“Oh. no,” lied Gorley.
“But you are,” she insisted. “You are
pale as you can be. Come, you must
take off your skates.”
Gorley looked at her and then held
out his hand, and they skated to the
bank together. The others may have
wondered, but they didn’t care.
The only thing that Miss Jennifer
said as they went was, “I’ll forgive
you—now.”—Chicago News.
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