Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-12-01

be considered as having odd tastes. .i
Women prize fghtersf"
"YeA Va
"what on earth are you talking
about2r 4 isf., lslM
So then Regina was committed, and
she told hirn ali his father had said, aid |
gave him sharp little lecture. in which |
Justice was very little tempered with
mercy, ON his deity to his parent. She
PROGRESSED good deal Of regard and gym
pathy for Mr.. Fields, and indeed it was
pleasant to see this pretty girl taking the
side Of the father, and preaching the
Fourth Commandment. TO all this the
young man listened in silence. He was
hard TO impress, It seemed, for he made
no, reply, and then suddenly he asked;
Il WHO said all this2'
"YOur father"
s.B1t who told hfrnT
s.vour mother Bfrs. Fields"
ssAnd whO.told her2'' M
'sYou told her yourself. and you told
her more than have spoken o."
''Nonsensel'
.sBut you did. You told her you were
engaged TO- marry this person. ! insist
ON having my racquet, Mrs. Fields.
Sand this person is-is-a-priSe
fighter2"
| 80 your said"
"Ob Lordr' cried Phil, and he lay
back on. the grass and laughed until Re,
gina was so offended she arose ana
| walked back to,the hcsase.
After that she saw no more OF PM
until after supper, when he came to her
Ms she finished most stupid game OF
tennis, there being mo- one engaged In II
who could contest it wTth her.
miss Scott" said he, "Mrs. Fields
would be glad if you could come to her
for one moment"
Regina hesitated, and then said that
she would come presently with pleasure.
would he be kind enough TO say so3
II think she. wished me to bring your
replied Phil, boldly and so, not wishing
to expose their quarrel to the public, she
was constrained to so with him, but
+ she did not speak to him. and IN
deed he did not ask her to do SO. he
was perfectly silent, and seemed humoled
and quieted enough. ID.
Mrs. Fields was not i'll the house, bur
J over by the well-a forlorn and weed
, grown place, where only the servants
went. She was sitting on the stump OF
a tree. She turned when she heard foot
! steps. II have waited ages for you,
a Phil, " she said
a miss Scott was engaged" replied
b Phil, sand I,waited for her. You mus
: pardon me- said he. turning to Regina
G flor my mother did not send mo To-
YOU. but wanted to ask her question
4 before YOU, and / had no alternative
You would not have come had ] asked it.
d ssCcrtainly mott" and Regina turned t
a 20. Phil laid bis hand gently on he
Il arm. g.f
Surely" he said, ''you will not b
N unfair TO me?'' And then. all in
e breath. he turned to his stepmothcr
a do YOU remember, ' he said, ''whe
10 YOU onco asked mo about glove yo
- found in my room2 You teased me.
Is Mrs. Fields laughed. "Certainly. ID
< YOU want me to tell you what you saidf
ut II do"
50 .It wouldn't be polite, Phil.
"a "Indced you arc mistaken. 1t woui
r be very polite and true"
q. ..You slid it belonged to the prettie'
lis girl in America.
1T II cannot see," said Regina, tho
ne this interests me-
no Phil made no answer to her.
n ''Then you asked mo who she was.
Il, .Yes, and you said she was some SO
of q professional character"
,st "A prize fighter2' said Phil.
o. "Mercyt no. Your father calls b.
that, because hc is so indignant with 20
al but YOU never said SO. understood yt
". perfectly. Some kind of athlete; not
,as teacher Of calisthenics, but somctiir
hike it." t} o @
lid Again did this young man burst in
laughter, but he controlled himself, ~
ed it would not have been wise to have lri
I tated Regina much farther.
a., .sOh. mother" he said, ''now th
on Mrs. Darlington is dead, why do y
net want to play her Elisha9 Did / say cal
on, themes and professional"
II do not care what you said, cri
CIV Regina; and again she turned. and q
time ran away, leaving poor Phil looki
,as like the stupid she had called him.
cl,. Now Mr.. Fields always said when
was congratulated on his daughter-in-l
that he had made the match. He
tainlv never made the explanation, q
g." convinced Regina that Phil had said
glove belonged to ga champion, " and
ian never showed the glove to Regina Q
made her confess it was hers, and she ]
hey missed it. 1t was very true that the
gentleman knew that Regina had pla.
match games of tennis, and had carr
of the title and honors of a ''champiol
but he never COMPOUNDED her witt
not '.prizc fighter" He always held I
the vague belief in tho existence OF rel
hensiblc young woman from whom
zee rina had won Phil, and that he had
You duced her to do so, and when Phil ca
of her. by way Of pet name, q SynonlI
he asked for no explanation of the Jc
ina. If Joke he considered it. 1t
was Phil only who could have told what
nly' uphill task he had in convincing Res
flat if he loved her now, so had he 20
her always. How many times be-
the summer was over did he hold
Miss breath thinking Of his stepmother's
agination and his fathers creduhty'
saw have said he was engaged to her