Burke, seeing the shine of a lover's joy in
Bailey's face, and the clear, unwavering trust of a pure, good girl in
Estelle's gray eyes, fell silent, and the shadow of her own sorrow came
back upon her face.
The ride seemed short, and the town at the end wondrously exciting.
Rivers met them at the hotel, and insisted on their being his guests
during their stay. They had a jolly supper together, after which they
all went to the little town-hall to see a play. Blanche sat beside
Rivers, and as she laughed at Si Peasley and his misadventures in the
city she was girlishly happy. It was not very much of an entertainment,
but in contrast with life in a sod shanty it was all very exciting for
her.
"Oh, I wish we could live in town this winter!" she sighed in Rivers'
ear.
"You can," he answered, with significant inflection.
Altogether, the evening was one of deep pleasure for Blanche. She
enjoyed the companionship of the Clayton girls, who had never been so
friendly and sympathetic with her before. They invited her to spend the
night with them, which pleased her very much, and they all sat up till
one o'clock, talking upon all sorts of tremendously interesting feminine
subjects.
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