Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08

Il Nnab VIC Jaw IL OIl. ftcTIOAn0, replied
q very clear. decided voice, as a bright
looking. yellow haired girl advanced to-
ward them from the midst of q very
laxative group. "Did you bring Mr..
Massey here under promise that he
should have croquet?" she added, as
she shook hands with Philip.
"Well, we came here because we had
nowhere else to 60" he replied, with
hrotherly iHSOHctdHce.
THANK you both for such a flatter-
ing visit" said she.
"He perverts the facts, Miss Berg
haus. He brought US here because he
had been -"
"Now drop that" said Hermann,
good naturally; remember it was on
your premises that il happened"
What Is this mystery?" asked
Thekla.
"And have favor to ask of you,"
continued Philip, (which / hope you
will be good-raiured enough TO grant.
But there is no hurry about it. Any
time this evening""
Il shall be glad to grant it IL can"
she answered, land meantime listen TO
me. We are going to have game. 1t
is called 'clumps, and / want you TO
| Join, will you? It's so amusing"
% AS soon as / have spoken to Mrs.
Berghaus." said Philip, bowling, and
/ going across the room toward n sofa
on which was enthroned the lady of the
house. handsome, open-faced matron,
richly dressed and knitting away very
rapidly at some bright scarlet wool. A
/ few moments were occupied in paying
/ his respects TO her. and then Philip re-
/ turned to where Thekla Bergnsls still
stood talking to Hermann.
90 am now ut your service. Miss
/ BeTghaus; what is the gameP"
"Oh. really How am 1 TO explain?
Two people 90 out of the room, you
know. and think of a word"
$50 many games seem 10 me TO be-
/ gih in that way" said Philip, politely.
81 know they do. IL doesn't sound
original. but IL is most amusing. We
want a word now. Suppose you and /
90 cut now, and think OF one That
will be the quickest way of learning"
And the pleasantest," said Philip.
politely. as he followed her out into the
hall.
"Now for word!" said Thekla.
Let il be something very hard to
guess"
"But may / ask what becomes of
this unfortunate word. after it has been
picked out in such an invid.ous man.
ner?"
they have to guess il, you know.
You go To one 'clump' of people and |
go to the other; and they ask YOU all
sorts of questions, and the answers you
give are to be rs brief as possible; and
SO they have to try to find it out, don't
you see?"
with all my heart, so far rs the
brevity is concerned. But what about
the wOrd?"
A word, or an idea. Let il be
something uncommon" said Thekla,
eagerly.
Courtesy, or bashfulnessP" suggest
ell Philip.
"Fy, Mr.. Massey! How malicious!
Something abstract, mean"
1.-The music of the future, which
so often hear at your house."
"Ah, that might do. Just now we
had women's suffrage"
"Why not SUGGEST" suggested
| Philip again.
SUGGEST" repeated Thekla. and
j ~.
/ Only what is success? | don't see how
they are ever To guess, or we TO define
IL. oh, what n treasure of inventive
ness you arev'
cit is abstract and uncommon; that
Is why it struck me rs being suitable"
said Philip, mildly, as they went back
into the drawing-room.
"Iou are To sit there" said Thekla,
/ pointing out a chair in the midst of n
| group Of persons, "and / 90 here"
with which she left him.
Philip sat surrounded by q group of
almost entire strangers all eagerly
bending forward and questioning him.
while he tried To- keep i'm his mind the
idea success and define IL, on the
Socratic method. by means of question
and answer. An idle play. got up to
amuse n set of careless Young people.
IL was characteristic of him that he
overlooked the Jest, and went to the
root of the matter.
Now. old fellow, is IL animal.
vegetable, or mineral?" asked Her
mann, searchingly.
"None of them"
"Abstract?'
''In itself. not in its results"
"a quality?"
''MOre like an accident-sometimes
inseparablc. sometimes not"
| Good or bad?"
depends on how it is obtained"
'Oh. II Is to DO got, thenr'
Eyes"
by working?"
Sometimes"
"Is IL desirable?''
"Alost people think So"
docs Il eXist?''
| Yes"
Does il aPpertain to a MANI"
"WOmanP"
Eyes"
Not n qualityP"
II can't conscientiously say that it is
q quality"
lis il everlasting?"
"Far from IT,
''What is il like?"
Not a fair question, but I'll tell
you. IL has n different appearance TO
every one who looks mt Il.
"Would you like il yourself?''
81 should like what think Is it."
as il benehcial?"
sometimes sometimes the very rc-
verse;
What queer thing! Who dis
penses it?"
The goddess who dispenses every
thing in the nineteenth century. Her
name is Circumstance"
Nineteenth century? Then it is a
modern thingP"
1t IS as old as mans ambition"
said Philip. incautiously. upon which
Emile, the second Miss Berobans
bounced upon him with the word:
"SHcccSSr'
And, on his nodding. hands were
loudly and triumphantly clapped.
You are so very incautlous. Mas
sey, said Hermann; BLESS youl I
can keep them wandering round a THING
for an hour. You would never do 70
battle a clever Q. G.
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