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his way TO her presence, and taking her
by the arm led her to a deserted corner
Of the room.
II see you are fond Of a joke
with whom have I been joking?"
with me-"
Glow
ibid You not promise to place the
columbine in the hair Of the one who
loved me? You led me to believe that
you would wear it yourself"
81 do"
$50 do a dozen others"
"They must all love you"
"No, l am not wealthy, not an elegant
dancer, not an Apollo in face or form,
and modern young ladies require some
thing more than a commonplace, brief
less barrister to win their love"
"Oh, how 1 pity your most pitiful con-
dition! I would help you if I could"
'sThen marry me-"
ssImpossiblei"
"Whyg' (
Her merry laugh arrested the atten-
ton Of the dancers as she quoted:
Across my face, sir,
I'd have the grace, sir,
Or mother wit, to pull a gayer mask,
And wait to find, sir,
What was the mind, sir.
Before I'd grovel at her feet to ask.
When she finished he was standing
alone, and her laugh came back to him
from another part Of the room. He was
provoked. The spirit Of the place de-
pressed him. Leaving the party at an
oo-J.. I1.-. IL. cold fT mill bar-o n -11l
nights sleep"
Nothing is easier to do than to PROM
Use 1ne's self pleasant dreams. It is like
ordering a good dinner, and on the first
curse have your appetite destroyed by
a dead fly. Those unff5rtunates-the
bulk of manlind-who cannot look for
ward to a public execution in the morn
ing have nothing to do but place their
heads on the pillow with serious doubts.
He went to bed, tried to sleep, trying
first one side and then another, anon
again. At last he attempted Franklin's
experiment. Benjamin, you know, rec
ommends the sleepless to get up, make
the bed, dress in their Sunday clothes,
comb their hair, etc, and then retire.
Gilbert tried the experiment. The town
of Santa Cruz was wide awake, the sun
was high above the eastern horizon, the
bathers had already departed for the
beach and the children were playing
upon the streets before Gilbert awoke.
Nellie Alison danced until after mid
night. She was angry at herself and at
Gilbert. It was her determination to
see him in the morning and apologize
for her perverseness. Her thoughts were
of pleasant dreams as she unfastened her
hair, unbuttoned her dress, unbuckled
her shoes-turned off the gas. Night
was gone. Morning has come, and to
save the trouble Of buckling the shoes,
buttoning the dress and fastening the
hair we will meet Nellie in the surf,
where she enjoyed the luxury Of a bath.
Gilbert was also in the surf, and the
ladies who wore the columbines, and the
gentlemen, and merry, laughing chill
dren, who played at the waters edge
and ran a race with incoming and out
going waves. Gilbert approached near
where Nellie was, but the moment he
saw her his head was beneath the waves,
and his presence made a maiden feel
brave a hundred feet away. An hour
afterward he met Nellie on the beach,
not in a bathing suit. No, no; such a
sight has broken many thousands Of en-
gagements and severed the strongest
ties Of love. She was in a plain but be-
coming morning dress, and wore a very
sweet smile.
"Are you cross this morning.
'No, l have never been cross. / don't
get that way and he smiled blandly.
"Will you do me a favor? / have lost
my ring, and Oh, Mr.. Stockwell, if you
find it l will never provoke you again.
! will do anything for you"
~ will hunt it to the bitter end"
"But it has no end"
"Oura cquaintanceship will have if you
get off another such a point. Where did
you lose your ringF'
Fright here by the waters edge"
Together they walked toward the
water and at the edge the ring lay as
though it had carefully been placed in
it's position. Gilbert picked it up quick
~, and, handing it to Nellie, claimed as
a reward her hand. He received ito
place the ring on her finger.
1t was not until they had wandered
off by themselves that she apologized for
being rude to him the night before, and
then she quoted:
If YOU read. sir.