The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30
ON THE SNAGS.

face flushed with pain.
Throw you oyerl Gentlemen never
use slang-to ladies'"
"You know what / mean. Jean, are
you aware that YOU refused to dance
every dance with me todayg'
81 really forget; my memory, you
know"-
cone moment, il you please, and then
have done. Is it yes or nor
"Hunt, don't he stupid. You know ]
hate to be remarked on"
"And so do l, and I will not again be.
subjected to the remarks heard today.
Once more, is it yes or no?"
well, no, thcn, if you press the
point"
"Be it So" And, with grave bow,
Hunt Ashly turned and was gone.
Pretty Jean lnslow was stunned for
moment, then swallowed a gulp in her
throat as pride hattled to the front.
Let him 60 If a man is such fool
that he can't soe-pshaw! nobody
cares"
And then, to prove that nobody did
care, she sat down and cried until her
pretty eyes looked like a stewed ferrei's
and her pretty little nose had the ap.
pearance of an apoplectic lobster.
IL, ~ it;E ? ui9 tiiins Inorally certain
siio Ooiiyili''el'- .iI ol an uniqs5 IN the
men,
This last remark was made out loud,
and intended for the benefit of the trees
ana, ana t4e VIDE EYED purple vioIets but
alaS' ~ Ie3cieu n'e ears Oh tall Iellow'
WIN WIN Dionu .1 h9lr' l1 VINO stood Just on the
Itgi II sue oi 'l1 III, oI1ssolllilg ON heuge'
nc soEe d sHshG Willstle ana com
presSeu ms ups a NIUE iirlner as ne
slioue on uiluer Ino low, drooping trees
"I,nUuv ,,LI, y, oIlCe IooAilS Dehlhu'
ven / nave uohe u now m glad
nc IeaIu me say / haIed NM NOBODY
TaIgs' T,i ~ 70 10 liie uailce 'ohlSht WIN
ll' ana lllrU 700
anu jean WIN her heau very hlSh IN
uIe alr, tIlea 10 persuade herselt that
sne really Glah care
1ulG Ashly Went on uoWh the ROAD
through tne shaded Fillage street ana
stopped aV ',le s,''e ol =" vine "r'alHeG
cGyyase, a DlacA eyeu' Pheasant race"
I,, glII was Tying up some OF lhe vines on
HeIIISe9'
'Bess' he sald' helping her twino up
., golden tipped Jasmine, will you go to
lhe uahce WIN me lohlsht'
Nhal' where's Jeah'
Quarfeled'
An! lsee' I'm invited iorcats paw
eh'
mo asked You because | did not
wish to go alone
Wen, all night, III 60 The fact is,
I've quarreled with Phil, and-and Ia
rather go with you than not"
Jean and Bess We're the two prettiest
girls in the village, and the two best
dancers besides, and that night when
Jean and Phil appeared Bess and Hunt
had just finished the first set
Each took in the situation at glance,
Bess and Jean called each other hard
names under their breath and hated
each other in small minded, womanly
way intensely, The men stood and eyed
each other fercely and pulled their
mustaches, and looked as if it would
give them the most exquisite pleasure
to annihilate each other.
"Phil, said Jean. "come ont on the
piazza with me.
"The piazza? Oh, certainly But
where are they going"
Following us, it seems.
Close as their own shadows Hunt and
Bess stuck to them, and, though there
were a great many tender things uttered
on both sides, there was certainly not
very much scope for so called Irritation
'Bess," presently called Jean, care
you going boating tomorrow
,,II3 hes' perhaps, "a,
- 80 10 so'ii7 M - ~! gOot itO9o
ooaU 40 you grace mss Jean' NOon-
iouHS ,lm1 'ilay T1 gIOOsrlls lulo52
IN / M = OF COURSE, Ig,'llnS ~, Ieu,
uCIIy 'o"aIo nun. nate besS Alller'
ms O0aV, ll'ueeu.
anu tnS next morning uhS gayIy
painted .-,-l, ponls IocAeu over lne nearI ol
llo i'ulSiiis Il'er as 'he stai"aIl arms
OF the oarSiAen roWed against lhe CUR
sllns Ilpplesi men throWing down thelr
oars they la@'ly ailiteu BACK with the
current,
DIy ,.S, 'Ie t"o D1als Jean ana beS7 were
IN sun shot up the stream ,,,
huht' leV US go back' Wen DE on
'no sLags presently
anu IN J, bess ,s lace was asileil pare
Gan Fhll pack ne must De ihaa'
ana JEAN lA lHe oliei Do''' was say
ing.
Phil, drive on the snags' You don't
cane, and don't Hunt knows the dan
/ ger Hen stop IN time"
II was dangerous place, where the
drifted logs from the mountain torrents
/ lay lmhedded in the mud and reared
their heads like gaunt. devouring ALI.
gators waiting for their prey.
Athigh water the boats would have
cleared them easily. hut now they lurled
a hidden death beneath the throbbinq
water.
Suddenly Hunt Ashlys boat shot
ahead. daring the warning snars
"Bladman. what 40 Won mea1g If life
is SO cheao. you're welcome 10 fine deatli
Won coveti jean. come into NV boat
command YOU" and Hunts voice had 4
ring IN it jean had never heard before