The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-27

"OlQ Green-yOu know ma was worried
about me, and she sent for him to come up
from New YOrk-let me off with a week,
and l am coaxing mother to curtail it TO
five days 1t seems that five days OF this
deadly quiet viii wear me to bone."
1T is terrible.n
Terrible"
isn't it ~
isn't it 2"
Don't you think this he's been stupid
summer, anyway. Dorothy n
'No. don't, Margery, I've had an ele-
CANT time. It's been just full of all sorts Of
lovely excursions-and that's what's the
matter with me now. I'm tired out-just
dead tired. Haven't you enjoyed yourself .
| thought you were having a desperate
Irritation with that young doctor-you were
with him all the time. surely. Wasn't he
kind Wasn't he attentive9 Didn't you
have good time 2"
"Ye-esn
why, what was the matter-that you
didn't really enjoy yourself! Wasn't he
entertainingn
"Yes. he was entertaining enough-it
wasn't that"
why was it then? Was it oaramels, or
ices or champagne fizz or anything like
that which was lacking?"
30, dear, no. He bought us everything
that he laid his eyes upon, and his eyes
Travelled everywhere. l have nothing OF
that kind to complain of"
why, you simply amaze me. What
could it have beenln
"Wen, Til tell you exactly. But you
must promise never to tell. You see
wouldn't think of divulging the secret, if il
were not the close of the season, and fee
sure that you will never tell. Besides 1t is
so desperately lonesome here that feel that
we owe something to each other by way OF
diversion. 1t is really my duty to tell you
why found that doctor stupid
DO proceed, Margery. [ am oil curios.
ity."
ITO tell the truth / hardly know how tc
begin. 1t is really so peculiar-and then
you mustn't think l am dreadful girl. y on
really must not, though | am going to be
perfectly frank with you and tell you what
was the trouble. You see when we first
came here, Dr. LIE Moyne was presented tc
us, and | liked him right away. His
name sounded SO grand-like Bourgoyne
or some OF those foreign names thai
we American girls love so much to hear.
But TO go on with the story. After a few
days DR.. lie Moyne and | were together G
great DEAL We used to take our morning
walks together, and we rode and drove and
danced and played tennis together and
flirted desperately all the time. l really
didn't have anything to do with any other
man-there wasn't time you see, because
whenever any of the other boys of our sci
asked me to go anywhere, was always en-
gaged-just about to go somewhere with
DR.. lie Moyne. After q short time
began TO notice that he never
treated me quite as the other fellows did
and it hurt my feelings dreadfully. / die
not care so much only it wounded my pride
hurt my self love, 30 to speak"
Here, Margery hesitated, and her voict
trembled little, just as if she were goini
to cry.
"Why what can you mean Margory y ex
| claimed Dorothy. ''Wh hat do you mean b,
saying that he never treated you as tn
other fellows did?'
why, | mean just this,n broke fortl
Margery afresh, 'he never helped me OF
with my cloak; he did not always even ash
me to take his arm when we we're walking
in the evening, and / give you my word Of
honor, Dorothy. that as often as we were
out together he never by any accident Oh
| chance put-or attempted to put-his arm
| around my waist. Now you can soc, Doro
thy, that in the course of the season thii
would become awfutly embarrassing. One
does not expect man to do that sort Of
thing constantly, nor to be "spoony" MOI
in the least obtrusive with his demonstra
tions of affection, but neither does one ex.
pect him to keep off at arms length. There
are plenty of times, you know how it i:
Dorothy, when a man holds your cloak anC
gives you ever such little squeeze as b,
puts it around your shoulders, and then you
know when he buttons your glove he give
your arm tiny pinch so small that YOU'RE
not sure whether he has really pinehed it OF
not. And you know, too, Dorothy how b,
Will hug you ever such little when he il
trying to find the sleeves of your Jacket
Nothing obtrusive about it, nothing tha
| you can notice--only it is there all the same
Anyway you think it is.
"Of course-of course" exclaimed tn,
| sympathizing Dorothy.
LAS | was saying, Dr. LIE Moyne never
! did any of these things. He would often let
me carry my own coat and he always lei
| me put it on alone. | used to put nv right
arm in one sleeve, aud then fish around for
the other in the most awkward wav imag
Unable, and he never, never offered to helI
me. With my cape it vas just as bad. And
| sometimes in my embarrassment, one end
| OF it would drop and l would turn around
| to look for it. forgetting that was holding
the other end and making myself ridiculous
as kitten chasing her tail"
"How did he ever explain such thing
for you must have asked him for some ex-
| PLANTATION"
Eyes, | did. l was driven to it. But
waited until the night before he went away
and then | asked him to tell me why it wal
| that he always acted as if | were covered
with thorns and would prick him if he came
too near"
"What did he say"
HE laughed and | laughed, and then ht
told me that | had hit upon the solution O
the mystery the very first time that | hac
guessed He said that he had carefully cul
tivated the habit of keeping young wome.
| 10 al -
count of the pins which they wore in theil
clothing. And then he went on to tell m,
that 1t was very important for a doctor tx
keep his skin whole, because il
handling so many sick people dreadful
things might happen if there were
breaks in the skin, and the doctor
should become inculcated with the diseases
of his patients. When he had explained il
felt quite at ease and realized that it wa:
all right and that l had not been snubbed.
| Why Just think Of it, what terrible risk;
those poor fellows take when they go with
us girls, Suppose l had stuck DR. LeMoYne
with this pretty little brass hat pin which
wear in my toque, or had run this steel SER
pentis fang into his hand, or had punched
him with any of these gold arrows that you
see sticking all along the front Of my dress
and by which close this gown Or fancy il
had run that great silver Dagger that fas
tened the neck Of my cloak into his hand
and then fancy If he had gone TO see some
one with consumption or dlptheria or any
of those horrible things, and had taken
them into his system just on account OF the
| ornaments that / wear Why, / should
never have forgiven myself / am only
sorry that he didn't tell me sooner, because
then / should have enjoyed the summer
more, understanding perfectly why HI
| acted in that way.