Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-18

she breaks in, 81 hate it
ats very pretty he Gays. ayes, =
he goes on, SIT is very pretty name
like its owner"
"That," remarks the girl, ISIS in de
cidedly bad taste; and if you have moth
ing more to say l will go on"
"T have a great deal more to say. In
the first place, do not think you have
treated me very well.
The girl pouts.
"Oh, that's all, is it?" she says with
indifference. ''What have | done2"
"What have you done?' he repeats.
"You have done a great deal, and
should like to know very much what
you mean by it, and if really must un-
derstand you wish TO keep me away
from you always aud at distance"
"Yes,' puts IN the girl, moving back
ward with slow, graceful motion. He
follows, keeping very near her.
"You mean 1t, them
ono; 90 on and add 10 tue awful
charges
Nov, Miss Oracle
"if you are going to call me that
shall have nothing whatever to say tc
you"
The truth of the whole matter Is that
Dc Wolfe is young and very much il
love, and has been suubbed. Aud being q
youth who takes great deal for granted
aud who knows very little of gills, he
finds himself at his wits end, and make.
up his mind to stop that sort of thing il
he can.
The air is cold and crisp, and it is an
ideal day Tor skating. There is thin
mantle of snow on the ground which
sparklcs in the sunlight, aud the pond is
covered, and the ring of skates on the
ice and the cries of the people mingie in
the air and come to De Wolfe in con.
fused murmur as he stands somewhat
apart with the girl.
There are II great many people out
tins afternoon small boys. youths in
their teens, men who remember the sport
Of their younger days and are eager to
renew it; girls who have the night be.
fore danced until one o'clock, and who
have exchanged the heat Of the ball
room for the winter air which gives
them so delightful crimson glow. As
it grows late, however, the crowds thins,
and it is not long before the pond is
practically deserted, leaving very few
people, with the exception of Alice
Bentlys skating party.
Alice Bently is very clever girl, vet,
like most clever people, she sometimes
makes mistakes. And this skating party
Is much Of mistake, for Alice Benty
sees great deal more of a new man
from Euglaud than she does of her
younger sister Grace, and this Young
woman improves her time by making
young De Wolfe's life miserable, and
refusing, very pointedly, to skate with
him.
Young De Wolfe moves away to the
other shore, and it is not until it grows
darker and Grace Bently begins to rig
gag up and down the pond, gradually
drawing nearer TO him, that he deigns
to speak TO her. 1t is then that he comes
up to her and tells her that she has not
been at all nice.
"This sort of thing has gone far
enough, h. declares
what do you meant" and she
laughs.
81 mean just this. he says, looking
doggedly at the ice and digging the
point OF his skate into the surface nerv.
ously. elf you want me to go away and
stay away, why don't you say so! Ii you
don't want a fellow around, and don't
want to skate with him or dance with
him, say SO; and frankly, now, don,
you think you have been rather rough
on me:"
She does not speak, aud he goes on
~ have got something to say to you, aud
perhaps you think it very funny time
for me to say it, anu perhaps you will
try to get away; but mean to let YOU
know about it now and end all this I'M
certainty. | daresay am not putting it
well at all, but that is OF no consequence.
am very well aware that never do put
things we'll, but what am going to tell
yon means great deal to me, and hone
you will listen to me aud take me scri-
ously. If man, or u woman for that
matter, had told me a year ago that
was to be IN love before another year had
passed, l would nave laughed and
snapped my fingers and said it was non
sense. But | find am very much in
love now, and | am going to tell you