Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-10

koarsely 1oa are pretty ricaly
frsighssd Whzr more would yea have"
jean"
Tass. the two bright glzneing boats
ciAshed, and over they turned. and with
two tremendous cries. ~Hunr!~ ''Phll'~
down an0ag the drlftwood the TWO
couples wenIs but toxsthsr--for Hunt
had sprans 70 Jean and Phil 70 Bess--
and both were battling for the vine
covered tsanAs.
As each one deposited his dripping
load safely under the low spreading
trees, an embarrassed silence fell on the
quartet.
Hunt was the first 10 break il.
Il say, Pail, there has been . con-
founded mistake somewhere. These
girls have been playing Is nice game.
truly"
mo such thing. II wasn't u.s. and
Bess face riyaled the trumpet flowers
over her head.
"wel get the boats righted row. and
settle that question later" and. with .
wicked laugh III his eyes. Phil walked
OF u where his painted Bess was rol-
licking. bottom upward. among the
vines and creepers.
IL did not take twenty minutes TO get
the tipsy shells asoat.
With the airs Of .sconquering heroes"
the young men stood by their respective
crafts.
Choose your boats, young ladies!"
Indignant chorus under the trees:
ITO say men don't take advantage.
Oh. this is too much, To make Us
choose. How mean"
A whispered colloquy:
..Bess, you choose frst."
"Oh. no! Jean, you choose
The young men stood regarding them
with owlish gravity.
you will catch cold if you do not
hasten" from the boats.
.'They might save our pride. I'm aw-
fully chilly. Bess." fSneeze.)
$50 am /, OIL" Two-three sneezss. }
Then Mr.. Hunt Ashly, with horrible
visions Of cold and catarrh, walked up
TO Miss Jean Inslow and prisoning the
two little hands in one OF his, and en-
circling the drenched. trembling little
figure, kissed her flower face aaame.
Now will you Gomez
"Yes, Hunt" And Meekness walked
obedientiy 10 her cookie she'll namesake.
Il wouldn't have done it, Bess," muir
INJURED Phil, after he had performed the
same operation. If you had come your
self"
Miss Meekness Number Two followed
the lead of Weakness Number One. but
gave one last feminine claw.
And tomorrow was come, and Bess
tripped over TO see Jean.
Marvellous, what friends these two
had become! There was never such a
thing in the world as a cold--never!
Hem! have you seen anybody today?'
mo. Have you seen some one!'
NO Qntelligible very.) "Oh, there's
yours at the gate!"as
"Oh, and yours up the road"
~
Phil and / have concluded on a
double wedding tomorrow. We've
waited as long as we intend to wait.
and I've bespoken the parson for IL
tomorrow; so, Jean. put your hands in
mine-you don't hate me now, do your
and tell me my wife will make my tea
tomorrow evening""
And pretty. coquettish Jean said
eyes" 49,
CoQuettes make the most submissive
wives, they say, and, moreover, she said
a great many other foolish things to
that big. enraptured fellow, who fell
down. figuratively speaking, and kissed
the prints of her tiny boots.
And Phil and Bess under the amber
Tipped jasmine bower had their own lit
tie explanations.
''You said you would never ask me
again, Phil. You swore it."
''And did /, sweetheart"
''No-o; but somehow
''But somehow did, didn't I? Bless
those deathly old snags"-a sound which
! generally follows the meeting Of -four
hps-''Did you know that Hunt and
Jean are going to be married tomorrow?
"Impossibler'
But they are, for heard them ash
the parson; and, Bess, asked the par.
SON too, and the parsons wife heard us,
and she's the veriest old gossip, you
know, and it's all over the village by
this time; and here's the ring, and
won't risk any more delays"
! And the ring fitted so nicely, and wan
so becoming to the little brown hand
that Bess said well. if Jean did, she
would. And Jean did, and so Bess did.
&C. II. in New York News.