The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-23

this time at Arkw0OQ serious manner.
..Well, you have been forcibly re-
Winding me of the days when you were
in such an unreasonable state about the
girl you,met,inuyeurf Camberwell~ lodg.
ings.y hfaet. You have been display
ing al The msrked ssymptoms of love-
sickness in an exaggerated degree-you
have capacity for taking that thing
very bad. wonder why there is no
compulsory vaccination act for the
troublesome disease"
because il is unnecessary. / sup
pose. don't believe even you escaped
calf-love."s e. IL -v-7z- 80
.sPossibly not; but you must have
done SO, and that accounts for the Sc
verify with which the cow-love attacks
you. Come, make clean breast of it;
have you caught it againP"
"No. not exactly"
4" That means desperately bad. There
is SO much of thee hermit-crab style of
gy mnastics in this love business that |
have no doubt of Miss Smith having
jumped out of the shell of your heart,
and some one else having jumped in
to it."
3 ~s.No, no other form has taken her
place" Maurice rose, walked to the
window. and looked through the dust
stained glass into the dull, gray court,
where the busy figures below seemed to
his dreamy eyes like ghosts in hurry.
"What then? You may as wen
speak out, for 1 know that there is
something in the wind. l helped you
before, and may do it again with my
sage counsel of scathing chat, as the
case may demand.n I'D 7ta}h .s q
Il wish could tell you. Arkwood;
but / cannot realize the thing myself"
shy at putting the case
plainly to me, then, and may be in the
effort you will get at it yourself i have
often known man who did not under
stand his case until he began to plead.
Go on" E.,.E AN ......'-.
latter a pause, and without looking
round, Maurice:
"sYou know Miss Cuthbert?'
"Perfectly-that is to say, as perfect
ly rs any man can expect to know a
young lady of our day. The study is
rarely an abstruse one. Let me see. l
have taken her down to dinner several
times, walked with her twice and
waited with her once-opportun ty
enough to enable any man of average
intelligence to understand anyswoman
of ordinary mold. Sum total: she is
very. handsome, rather clever. cursed
with vulgar hankering after people
with handles to their names, and de-
cidedly fast. don't think much Of her;
but if she is the new goddess-well, she
is good barga n. as girls go."N
"You do not understand her at all.
muttered Maurice, with an impatient
twitch Of the shoulders.
'.And of course you do. That's a
comfort. and I should like to have .
sketch of her from your point of view,
if she is the cause of your present dis
trrbance." ra ~
There is no chance of my being able
to tell you anything if you continue
this bant r. And vet can scarcely ask
you to be serious, for | know that the
affair is 30 insane that were it told to
me about some one else, l, too. should
chat, or become alarmed for the health
of my friends wits. There! We had
better say nothing more about it. Pass
the claret. Are you engaged this even
ingP .r.. .-
..No, nor this afternoon; WHY"
81 was. going to propose that we
should 90 to the iheater. or somewhere. :"
, 1--WE can arrange about that by and
by" said Arkwood. quietly, rolling his
cigar between his fingers. .'Mean-
while, we are to have this talk out. and
you are to let me into the secret of YOUR
lunacy. You know that i can be serious
when l know that you are in earnest,
although may consider your earnest
ness so much good nervous energy ex-
pended in ongadirectiUn."
Upon my WORT believe it is" ex-
claimed Maurice. with the air and tone
of a man who is sorry for somebody he
despairs of rescuing from an impending
fate. "But the whole thing is SO real
to me. and yet so vague. that it utterly
bewilders me- - - s.
BEGIN at the beginning; imagine
yourself pleading for client, and, new
er fear. you will come out of it Gear
enough .,r..
at begins with Miss Cuthbert. then.
What You have said OF her is correct so
far as regards one side of her character,
and it is the side which she appears to
think the best to show me. At times
she does say and do things which l
should consider fast if they were not
said and done by her." y. -rnE
1.-The eyes of a lover, YOU know, are
famous for seeing beauty even in de-
fects." 4LHl.a ate E
..But there is the droll part of it
am not her lover" '..7
You have been a good deal at Hol-
lvford during the last three months, I"
said Arkwood, significantly.
Eyes, and am as likely to be there
as often during the neXttiiree months"
(which plainly shows that you care
nothing at all about Miss Cuthbert.
lyon are bantering again. l am seri-
Gus. I do care for her, but not in the
way YOU think. We are friends, and
there is no thought on either side of our
becoming anything more. Yet l long
to be in her presence as ardently as any
lover could. Her voice is pleasing to
me even when she is uttering the most
ordinary phrases; her face and form are
in my eyes perfection, and every gest-
ure is full. of grace" "a -
So Bravo! A most friendly description
of a LAZY by an ardent young gentle
man who is not her lover. ! should be
inclined to say that my first opinion is
eorrect-you are desperately smitten."
-" No. for while am looking at her.
it is not her l see; while / am listening
to her, it is not her voice hear. Form
and voice belong to another; only the
thoughts belong to her, and l do not
heed them"
"You puzzle me; and if it were not
for your manner, / should fancy that
you were joking. How can you have
such strong liking for her without re-