Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-18
MN FCX-RUNT.
Tally-Eoi or, How an American Girl Caused
the English Game,

the English Game
am constantly accused Of being q
tirt. Unjustly, OF course, Certainly
them. Naturally, / liked certain men
better at first than after | had time to
know them really well. No mar has
the sense to understand his weak points
and to hide them. They all persist in
disillusionizing you, and then when
you refuse to chain yourself up to them
and their follies they call you ga CO.
quettc," "a heartless t"lirt," and all
that. Under the circumstances / in
sist l should be almost as silly as they
if ] married them.
Now take the case Of that young
Englishman | was said to have treated
so badly and judge if was to blame.
l met him at our tennis tournament.
/ had Just won the last set, and was re-
ceiving the usually highly sincere con-
gratulations, when | saw Mrs. Fan
shave bearing down on me with a
TO our club.
My heart sank as ne came. He was
SO evidently a case of mot beautiful
but good e." He was hidcous, but I
reflected that perhaps he was like the
noble beast, or fish, in his coat of arms,
in which case it was distinguished ug-
illness, and I bore up. Miss Ire
MAINE" said Mrs, Fansbawe, "allow
me to present to your favorable notice
Mr.. Fox, who has como to study the
manners, OF the lack of'em, and Gus
toms in America.h
"Now, really gasped MIR. Fox, as
she cast this .Parthian arrow, ''she's
too hard on me. By Joye! l assure
you, Miss Tremaine, I find much to adj.
mire on this side"
This side Of the lawnPn
81 meant this side OF the ocean" he
returned, pityingly. But especially
ating roll of his light google eyes;
'Ive been anxious 10 meet you for a
long while, Miss Ircmaine. You play
tennis SO awfully well -for-er-an
American"
''Then," / retorted, "you think
Americans cannot compare with the
English?"
"Wcll no. Except i'll the matter of
feminine beauty he returned, driving
out his heel and ducking his head,
which pleasing performance I after
wards found signitied a mental strug-
gle with a compliment.
| at one promised myself the pleas
ure of taking several extensive crises"
out of the youth. He was so beautiful
" literal-so English" you know.
'But our 'humor,' come now!n I
said, with my best air of innocent good
faith. "Surely you admit we are the
only nation that has a distinct and
characteristic wit"
''Well, l dunno. Suppose" he
suggested obviously, suppose you
were to give me q specimen"
Certainly" I responded cheerfully.
:'I'll take the first thing that NJ in
my head. Got it out OF q Western
paper;
"sTom Sawyer was warned Of the
danger of smoking in q powder-mill,
they collected II a and a button.
The funeral was a 'sbang-up" AFFAIR."
''Therer' said triumphantly, "Isn't
that the quintessence of humorp"
Eyes, devilish good" he gasped.
There was q pause. l was falling
JAIN Ao1 auOtllCt SiiOIi. 11C WAS eye
ing me furtively and, l knew, compar-
ing me with Daisy Miller" OF some
international horror by James.
Are you any relation to Fox's Book
of Martyrs?" l innocently questioned.
"Well, not exactly to the book" he
replied, with a patronizing smile; "but
we claim descent from the author"
'O!" gushed, "I'm so glad I've
met you; for, you know, ! always
thought his last name was Martyrs.
Like Observation-Disclosures Alden,
Up-Guards : and : at : 'em Wellington,
Don't Give-up-the-Ship Lawrence, and
all the rest OF those old Puritans.n
My English friends face was a study.
His appealing nos asked of his re-
treating eyes: els this the bright
American girl / have heard of2n It.