Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-06

the deuce to pay Ii n sooner or ESer.
Put into good hpmor by this jest, Theo
serves an easy ball and loses the stroke.
advantage out" he calls.
ssNow ara going to win" Gladys cries,
incauticusly, and tho result Is q ball which
goes past hsr like hot from a cannon.
'Deucel"
sob, how mean a you'll"
Then you sheuiA not have boosted. You
know can beat you any time on that swift
service"
"But think that is not fair. You know
a girl cannot serve like that"
THAT isn't my lookout"
"Chivalrous."
81 have never observed that you girls felt
at all bound to show any mercy to my sex In
| the lines where we cannot begin to match
| them"
"But that is altogether different"
"How is it differentg"
"You know it Is different"
"But how is it!'
"Are you going to finish this game or are
you notr'
| "Oh, can finish it at any time. l am in
| no hurry, thank you The pleasure OF hav-
ing you to look at across the net is too great
to be ended by finishing the set prematurely."
''But this game would not finish the set,
anyway"
'Who said it wouldp
"WW you plAy7"
"Play. then, If you are in so desperate
hurry"
Fault"
The second ball falls lightly at the feet Of
| GLADYS, who lightly losses it back. Theo
catches it just as it is ready to strike the
ground for the second time, and for a mo-
ment they have quite a lively little rally. In
the end. however, Theo sends the ball flying
out Of the court.
'That is mine" cries Gladys. Advantage
out. It was over the line here"
'Then must have this one,n he returns,
raising his racquet with the evident inten-
ton of pounding the ball
"You are too mean, Theo. I won't play
with you any more if you serve that way"
''I'll promise never to serve so in my life il
you will promise not to dance the german
with Will"
THAT is taking advantage, too. shouldn't
think that you would be willing to take ia
vor from girl when you know she does not
want to grant it."
"Then you do not want to grant me ia
vorg
"On the contrary, am charmed to grant
you anything in reason, but when 1t comes to
giving up the best partner there is to be had
to the german, that is quite another thing
That is simply tyranny ON your part; to ask
it, 1 mean"
1.-THE idea of anybody's being able to tyran-
nize over you is simply ludlcrous.
"Thank you"
"Oh, don't mention it, beg. Are you
readyr
Eyes; only"-
"Only whatP
"Only If it is to make any difference with
your service l may as well tell you-but no;
on second thought it isn't worth while"
''But what is it?"
"Oh, nothing 1t was only something about
Will Wadleighly, that is all"
"Confound VIII WadleighlyI What about
him?"
Hadn't we better finish The game first and
talk ABOUT him afterwards"
Just as you please. Do as you like.
Play"
mo, wait, Theo Perhaps I had better
tell YOU now You know how you're always
jumping at conclusions without anything to
found them on"
Certainly do not know anything Of the
kind"
'But you are"
.Is that what you had to tell me about
Will?"
mot exactly, but it leads up to it."
ooh, it leads up to it."
'Now, Theo, if you get cross, l won't tell
you a single blessed thing more"
.More Mother of Moses! Have you told
me anything yets"
"More than you understand, and less than
you think"
SIS that a conundrum"
mo; it is an oracle"
The young man regards her with an air
wholly perplexed and more than half angry.
He is evidently divided between a desire to
shake her and an inclination to regard the
whole matter as of no possible consequence.
AT last he says stif1y:
''Do you happen to know what the score
isl"
Certainly 1t is my advantage. But
speaking Of VIII, you know that you always
fly out SO when speak of him that you never
know exactly what l say about him. Now
you really do not in the least know what
told you about him this afternoon"
'sOf course do. You said he came over
last night to ask you to dance this german
with him and that you accepted"
'Now see to what lengths Of willful mis-
understanding mans jealousy can lead
himl l said nothing of the sort"
''What did you say them"
81 said he came over last night to engage
a partner for the german. You asked II
your most sarcastic voice if he succeeded il
engaging one, and l answered that he did
Wasn't that the conversational"
well, what if it vast Isn't that the same
thinga'
That is as you look at it. Whom do you
suppose he asked to dance with hlmF
why, you, Of course"
"Oh, nothing Of the sort. he invited cous
in May, and she accepted the invitation"
"Honestlyf'
Certainly. Do you think I would b
guilty Of anything in so bad form as to danes
the german with another man while yol
were called out Of towns"
"Gladys Aplostl You're the most aggra
waiting girl that was ever made"
Then you viii perhaps finish the game"
"Oh, bother the camel I'll give you that
Come round behind the trellis SO that may
kiss you"
Certainly not. This was not love set"
But nevertheless she goes.-Jane G. Quinc,
In Boston Courier.
Recorded in the Bible.
Apropos of the opening of school the fol
lowing story is told: Among the applicant
for permit was young child, accompanie'
by his Scotch mother. The committeeme
ohiac.aj To granting the child requisite aU