The Globe-republican., 1890-07-23

me for bluff. so I did, Marry moth.
ing. You're a milksOp dude. You
pretend you love me because you want
summer girl. l wouldn't marry you
now if you got down on your knees and
begged me till you wore two holes in
the grass each big enough to bury you
in"
This was too much. In another min
ute the unfortunate youth had grabbed
both her hands and poured out his story
about the two years lease and the dead
ly anti-matrimonial compact. When he
had finished, her face was still whole
pucker of frowns. ''Go them" she said.
dramatically, ''go back to your friends
and your lease and your compact and
leave me here. Go. tell you." and the
two and half slipper hit the turf with
a dainty thud. Slowly. therefore, the
crestfallea youth moved off with the
cute straw hat pulled far down over his
eyes. When he had disappeared the
red-haired girl leaped to her feet like an
antelope and sped in the direction of
the train for home, ripples of delighted
laughter falling from her lips.
| And when she, too. had vanished. a
tall form, with its lower extremities
encased in lavender trousers. emerged
from the bushes, mounted bicycle and
| flew swiftly nOrthward over the dust :
road.
| At the dinner-table of the four that
night a gloomy silence prevailed Dick
was sulky and said nothing. Harry and
Jack seemed in low spirits. while look
| of awful sternness overspread Toms
| blonde features. It was relief when
the meal was concluded, but as they
rose Tom said, gravely: Gentlemen.
will you kindly step into the parlor for
| a mOment?"
Dick gave him quick look, but the
grimly set face afforded him no COM
fort. When all were seated Tom rose.
advanced to the center of the room and
announced: ''Gentlemen. we have
traitor in our midst-or at least one who
stands in danger of becoming traitor
Gentlemen, to-day l saw pointing at
Dick whose face had grown ghastly
white-''to-day saw"
''You saw something very interesting,
no doubt" interrupted musical voice,
and 10! in the doorway was strange APP
partition. 1t was the red-haired girl in
the very sweetest of complicated sum-
mer costumes, and as she moved for
ward there appeared in the rear three
other girls, the statuesque beauty from
hn
diminutive blonde, with u dimple in
either cheek.
my Paw" went on the red-haireG
girl, without deigning to notice the
daZed aStonishment of the devoted four,
wants to buy this house, and he sent me
over to find out who the owner is? (''Oh
Tot, may Heaven forgive yOu"' gasped
the Vassar girl) didn't quite like to
come alone SO brought some of my friends
for company. What? Are you acquaint-
ed? Why, how funny! l do declare,
there's my old friend Dick! Its too nice
for any thing. Say, who does own the
hOuse?''
In about five minutes some one had pro-
posed a dance, but the red-haired girl OBJ
jected because there was no chaperon.
An appealing glance from the Vassar girl
sent Tom hurrying into the kitchen
whence he presently returned with the
antiquated colored lady who, ne said,
would take great pleasure in chaperon-
ing the party.
So. while one couple supplied the
music the other three danced, and the
antiquated colored lady sat in big
armchair grinning like a Cheshire cat
and beating time on the carpet with her
big old feet
When four people enter into COM
pact and all get sick of it at once there
is no special sin in smashing it.
The lesses of South Side residence |
will soon be trying to sublet it-Harold |
T.. Vynne, in Chicago Journal