The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-06
WE'RE THEY MARRIED?
It Doesn't Say So But We Think
They Were.

Lucy w Oh
Through the pines, across the tiny
lake, she could see the team standing
at the back door of the Princess Anne
hotel.
Full an hour before it goes back to
Norfolk" she thought. How on earth
shall we ever get drought it without
saying more than we mean?''
"What dreadfully short time an
hour is" he said.
She started.
'Yes," she said, cordially. ITS it
not? Do you really have to take the
New York boat tonight"
.If / get back in time to lecture to
my young ladies Saturday morning"
he said. Seems queer for girls to
care about diseases of the skin, does it
notP''
''Not at ALL" she said. promptly. 81
have thought great deal about acne
myself, though am not amedical stu
dent"
He looked with amused incredulity
at her smooth, dainty flushed cheeks.
slow do you treat ito" he. asked.
Medicine is surely a safe topic" she
thought. why" she said hesitating-
~, 81 took liquor potass. arsen.-is
that right?-internally and put hor-
rid sort of paste on every night for a
week.
"What results?" he asked.
'tJudge for yourself" she answered,
dropping her long lashes and letting a
little more flush creep into her cheeks
They were sitting beneath the pines
On an upturned boat; she had realized
that the surroundings in themselves
were entirely too conducive to I'M
conventionality, and now felt irritated
for having added to their influence.
She returned vigorously to her safe
topic.
'sTell mo about women medical
students. Do you like teaching them?
Are they as bright, really, as your
boys?"
''Oh! as a rule, they are good stu
DENTS" he said. Quiz day is Il real
lark; they rattle twice as easily as men.
I enjoy bouncing down on 4 sleepy
looking girl and seeing her get scared. :"
He stretched his long legs out and
laughed with lazy pleasure at the.mem-
pry.
.'How can you?" she said, reproach-
fully. 81 am sure the poor things have
b hard enough time anyway and You
pught not to be SO cruel to them"
81 am not hard on them, really" he
baid, alphabetically. When it comes to
4 l.
about eczema and pass every one"
do they like your" she asked, add
ing, mentally: ''Why can't L keep away
from personalities to-day"
"Oh! yes" he answered. "T hear I
I'm quite pet with them. But l did
not come down to talk of women in
medicine. / came down to see if you
would marry me-"
"Oh, Ican't," she gasped.
He got mp, walked slowly around one
br two pine trees, then came back and
stood before her with his hands in his
booklets and his chin well down in his
collar. When he did SO at home his
sisters said despairingly: ''It's DO use;
Dicks mind is made up the other way"
"Why not?' he asked. A Jingle Of
kritation passed through her. Il never
knew before" thought she, that he
WAS concerted"
Aloud she said promptly and clearly:
s'Because l have not the taintest desire
10 do So"
He sat down by her again, picked up a
stick and poked the laurel bush near
him thoughtfully.
81 love you" he said, ''as much as l
know how"
"They usually say that frst," she
paid quickly.
He threw back his head and laughed.
''Do they % he said.
She flushed in intense indignation.
significantly this whole matter seems to
you a flippant joke" she said, bitterly.
"Virginiar" he exclaimed, and then
added, quietly: You have known the
whole state of affairs for n long time,
am sure. My great desire to be with
YOU, my happiness when with you,
have been patent to all. Sometimes,
after a peculiarly happy time together
such as we had at Bar HaSbor last
eummer-I have felt sure that you
loved me. 1t hardly seems as if we
could have had such days as those IN
less you did"
He paused and looked intently at her.
Shc met his gaze with a steady look
which had SO often delighted and in
Gtcrested hint seemed SO Inconsistent
with certain other of her traits.
How chilly this air is, even here"
she said.
You are cold?" he asked, rising
quickly.
mo. am not" she answered, chang
ling her mind. ''Sit down. / wonder
how it would do to be perfectly honest
with you?"
II think it would do first rate" he
answered.
Il never tried it before" she said,
Ithoughtfully.
He could not repress faint smile.
This seems to be different from the
Others in several minor points, he said,
and then wished he had not.
Il. is certainly too chilly" she said