The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-02-23

So But why not make it JulyiH
| Can you fit him int Thought you were
fulLn
II am, my son, but there are a few things
lett you to learn, and one is that / can al
ways mako room for Spencer Sherwood"
Even il you have to turn away some one
else, prosume.n
"Exactlyi Even II have to turn away
some one else" replied Madame Madge,
sereaely.
mice thing for husband TO hear. And
pray how long has this undying, never.to-
be-obltterated.and.allt hat-sort OF thing az
lection for Spencer Sherwood been buried
In your heart"
Ever since we made mud pies together
and he rescued me from the Jaws Of 40
ayenglng but long suffering calf which
had leased into rcbelliou.n
'Aly dear, do you mean to assert that that
calf would have eaten you upif Spencer
Sherwood had not played the part of de-
voted knight
ringing laugh was Madge's reply.
swell, no, hardly. But, Jack, 1t would
have knocked me down.
"And il recollect the circumstance at
all, Mrs. Wilding, with all due Difference
to womanhood even in pinafores, l must
say it would have served you most un-
common right" and the gentleman under
discussion stepped gaily into the room.
"Hcllol old fellow" shouted Jack Wild
ing.
1T was an awful mean hing, no doubt,
to be housekeeping, but Indeed i didn't
listen long. lust heard enough to permit
me TO recognize the calf That calf had a
! good many fine points and was likely TO be
4 20, al,
"Yes, remember two especially fine
points it had Just between its ears,n
| laughed Mrs. Wilding.
but, bless mel we're so interested in
you that we have forgotten to introduce
Katie. Miss Rinway-Mr. Sherwood Now
won't we just have jolly time for the next
! two or three days before any one else
comes" ratified on that laxative little
woman, not noticing very peculiar ex-
| precision which swept ovor Sherwoodis
face as she introduced him to Miss Rim
way. Jack noticed it, but the utterly I'M
conscious expression OF Katie's face routed
| the notion that had entered his head that
! these two had met before.
II don't think l can stay just now,n an-
swered Sherwood, rather confusedly.
''Well, III just like TO see you go away
| Spencer Sherwood; you know perfectly
we'll there isn't one thing to stand in the
way of your remaining here for the month
| of July, and IL there is it shan't stand"
spoke up the Brigadier General
THAT settles it, my dear boyi Just give
| in at once. If you had been married TO
that young woman for five years, as have,
you would not even have dared TO look OPP
position in the first place.
So Sherwood, with much inward opposi-
ton, was induced to remain.
1t became evident to all hands, however,
that there was something wrong with him
in regard to Katie Runway, and to none was
! it so apparent as to poor Katie herself
"Whatever have / done TO the manlf
asked she of herself. 'Nothingl never
saw him before, and yet in these three past
days he has managed TO impress me most
effectually with the fact of his strong dis
approval, but as have never pinned for The
reverse don't know as / need care much,
though it is somewhat uncomfortable when
there are but four OF u.s. And one does not
like to be disliked for no cause. even if one
doesn't care any thing about it, she added,
rather incoherently, it must be confessed.
SIT certainly is detestable," Sherwood
was saying as she came into the parlor be-
fore dinner one evening.
able.n answered Jack. ''Of course it isn't
just the thing, you know, a fellow wouldn't
like TO see his sister engaged in that kind
of thing you know"
"Or his wife, interpolated Spencer.
swell | should think not" answered
Jack, emphatically, "but don't think they
mean any harm half the time, it is only
| little thoughtless fun" he added, chart
tably. "What DO you say, Katiei"
"If knew what you are talking about, !
perhaps would be better able to give an
opinion,'' laughed Katie, little dreaming
| how much hung upon her reply.
s.We were discussing the subject OF pub
lie firtations, street fiirtations, ETC., and
Jack, here, feels anxious to know your
opinion of any woman who does such
things. confess myself curious to know,
| also.r
There was certain meaning tone to his
voice that made Katie regard him quickly
with vague sense of discomfort, but the
expression Of his face was inscrutable.
"Iagree with Mr.. Sherwood, decidedly
she answered, scornfully ANY woman
who could condescend to do such a thing is
more than thoughtless.n
"Ah, hypocritical as well, chr comment
ed Sherwood, mentally.
Though do think that some very young
! girls may be led on to such thing by bad
influence, and, as Jack says, the desire for
what they falsely call fun. y
"By Joyc! she carries it of well,n again
commented Sherwood, mentally. "Then
you think, Miss Runway, that after girl is
| eighteen, she is old enough to know bet
terlr he asked, aloud, in calmly. discursive
way, under which lurked the ring of cyni-
| cism.
"Most assuredly sou replied Katie, in a
tone Of such genuine disapprobation that
Sherwood was for moment Dewildered
"Can be mistakenin he asked himself.
'Isn't she the same girli She must be,
never could be so Mistaken
! Just here dinner was announced, and the
subject was dropped. But all through din
ner Sherwood was evidently occupied with
his own thoughts, which were OF a very
j mixed character, truly.
Dinner over, a sudden resolution seized
/ him. Turning TO Katie, he said:
Il am going into the village, will you not
walk with me!'
Katie's breath was nearly taken away,
but intuition led her TO accept. So of they
started, while Jack winked, Eyes, l am
sorry to record it, but he actually winlRed)
/ at MauSe Denlhu Intir oackS, perform
ance to which that lady replied with a
grimacc, which would have sadly distorted
most any other face than hers, and a muir
mured 'sWell upon my word and they
fairly seem to detest each other, toon
''All signs fail in dry weather, my deara"
remarked her astute husband.
81 presume you wonder why asked you
to walk 10 the village this evening, Miss
Rinwayl" remarked Sherwood, after they
had sauntered along in oppressive silence
for quarter OF mile
''And l presume you wonder why /
should have accepted with such alacrity,"
replied Miss Runway, question for question
To tell the truth, IT had not struck Sher.
wood in exactly that way, and he found
himself little embarrassed at her direct