The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-03-05

"Who told you l wrote poetryP"
asked he.
''Oh, know. | know a good deal
about you, Mr.. Philip Fields; and. if
you please. should like TO have my
racquet when you go back to town;
the one you took last year. sir"
1T is broken" he said. You knew
you could never use it again"
81 want to have it mended. 1t was
the best | ever had. l played the
Richhaven game with that one"
81 know that" said Phil.
Then you will send It to me?"
mo, | viii not. You gave it to
me."
''But want it. / really do"
Young ladies should not be Indian
givers."
Young ladies may be what they
please"
mo, they may not"
You think they may"
Indeed don't"
"Now come" said she; Il do not
know any one who allows women the
latitude you do"
At this Phil flushed up. IL do not
see how you can say such Il thing.
You know | dislike women who step
out of what consider is wOmanly."
That is the very point" urged
Regina, who seemed more in earnest
hkah nj
of 'womanly' is SO wide, it takes in so
muchi'
Il beg your pardon"
''Oh, but it does!
Il do not see why you say so. Miss
Fields"
Regina bit her lip. She meant TO
say no more
Have ever given you reason to be
SO unjust to me?" he persisted.
'.Oh no."
Then why do you say such things
to me?"
.'Oh, because" said Regina.
You are unkind;" and Phil looked
as though he really thought she was;
"you make cruel. unauthorized charges
against me, and refuse ID explain
them"
Indeed do not" retorted she. Il
have very good authority for my
opinions. and your taste in young
ladies is very peculiar. 1t may be ex-
cellent. but it is peculiar"
1T is very modest in you to say So"
You like professional women"
Il would am sure; but don't know
one; not even a woman doctor"
.'Oh, a woman DOCTOR Some of them
are lovely. Nobody would wonder il
you liked them"
pray tell me at what any one may
wonder"
Well" said Regina bodily, "a
young man who likes women prize
fighters must be considered as having
odd tastes"
Women prize-fghters"
Yes"
What on earth are you talking
Rbousf"
So then Regina was committed, and
she told him all his father had said,
and gave him sharp little lecture, in
which justice vas very little tempered
with mercy. on his duty 70 his parent.
She professed a good deal of regard
and sympathy for Mr.. Fields, and in
deed il was pleasant to see this pretty
girl taking the side OF the father, and
preaching the fifth commandment.
To all this the young man listened in
silence. He was hard to impress. 1t
seemed, for he made no reply. and then
suddenly he asked:
Who said all this?"
Your father"
But who told him?"
Your mother-Mrs. Fields"
And who told her?r
You told her Yourself. and you told
her more than / have spoken of"
Nonsense
Put you did. You told her you
were engaged to marry this person !
insist on having my racquet, Mr..
Fields"
And this person prize
fighter?"
so you said"
"Oh Lord,' cried Phil. and he lay
back on the grass and laughed until
Regina was so offended she arose and
walked back to the house.
After that she saw no more of Phil
until after supper, when he came to
her as she finished a most stupid game
of tennis, there being no one engaged
in it who could contest it with her.
Miss Scott" said he, Mrs Fields
would be glad If you could come to her
one moment"
Regina hesitated, and then said that
she would come presently with pleas