Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-29

dBoly across TIE TOOm dO her ldbuSl
heavy, vacant tace-'.papa is the
| dearest man; he always docs as
wish. But tell me, Mr.. Treshan, in
what costume shall / go?"
Tresham pondered gravely over this
momentous question for some time
| then an inspiration came.
III / were you, / should go as
snow Something soft and feauhery
would be sure to suit you," he said
Don't you think, then. said Fluf
fY, raising her big blue eyes with I'M
expected ROBUSTNESS, ''that it would
be much more in character to go as q
goose?"
Later In the evening Fluffy played
to US The piano was near the win
dow, and her slight figure was darklJ
silhouted against background
flooded with rich yet softened light,
which made a halo of the fine small
curls round her head. 1t was a pref
tV picture, and doubtless helped tC
soften Tresham's fastidioUs criticism,
although / saw him make an invol-
untarv grimace.
After they had gone, he sat smok-
ing in my room full hour. and was
unusually loquacious.
What dear little Thing she is!''
he said ''and what delightful rest
she gives to ones brain every way!
Such an affectionate, yielding Great
ure would be an ideal companion, un-
Til you were bored by having all your
own way. and wanted some one to
quarrel with. Do you think she ever
could assert herselt2"
Really" returned lazily, ''you're
as well able to answer the question
as l am. Ny acquaintance with
Fluffy is not Of much longer duration
than yours"
- he is so charmingly complaint
and incOnseq uent," he went on, not
wanting my opinion in the least
Zone gets so tired nowadays of opin-
donated girls-all the varieties of the
species - political girls. masculine
girls, learned girls, artistic girls!
The pretty little helpless noodle we
used TO be so familiar with in three
volume novels has entirely disap-
peared and l don't know that her
uccessor is any more to my taste
Every emancipated schoolgirl thinks
herself entitled to an opinion in any
society; it is considered as insipid to
agree as it was once considered rude
to disagree"
l looked at Tresham in helpless as
constituent during this TRADE. Ger
taInly these sentiments were nov
city from his lips Hitherto he had
sedulously cultivated the society of
those whom he now affected to de-
spiSe.
''Tresham," [ exclaimed, ''you are
clearly bewitched! 1 must congratu-
late Fluffy on your conversion. You
are an eloquent apostle of insipi
dity."
1 suppose that sobered him, for ne
soon took his leave.
Eor some days l saw little of either
Tresham Or Fluffy; but 1 have good
good reason to believe that they saw
a good deal of each other. Tresham
took quite unprecedented amount of
trouble to ingratiate himself with
both father and daughter; and they
were only too glad that he should
constitute himself their guide. He
knew every inch of Rome, and quite
awed Fluffy by the amount of infor-
matte he had at his command.
''Mr. TreSham is so alarmIngly
weIi-informed. she said rather visit
fully TO me one daV The knows a
great deal, and l only halt know a
very little. He has such a clear
brain: all his facts and his ideas
about them are engl aved in firm de-
fined lines He can always seize
hold of what he knows: while II
am woolly- headed little thing, Pm
afraid" She shook her head aG me,
and laughed as she spoke. while all
the pretty fluffy curls danced as
though in zorro bation of the fact
'My mind is always in the twilight;
/ can hardly tell whether [ possess an
idea or not, it is all so indistinct
well, Fluffy" 1 SAID. 'you are
developing quite remarkable vein
of ANALYSIS"
Don't laugh at mel" she implored,
although she had laughed at herself
the moment before IL feel myself
so hopelessly foolish and frivolous. 1
never could really satisfy anyone who
was clever for long,"
She was so simple that she did not
know her own transparency
] was conscious of sudden sharp
pang of conjunction at seeing her
bright face overloaded even for a
moment, and of something like fear
at my heart as / reflected that if it
was true, as she SAID that she was a
'swoolly- headed little thing" 1t was
also true that nature had gifted her
with wonderfully clear and truth
full instincts where her heart Was
concerned.
Meanwhile l was puzzled by Tres
hams behavior 1t was not difficult
to divine that he was fast falling in
love, or fancying himself in love,
with this little creature who was so
different from his former ideal of wo-
man.
Now and then he appeared to at
tempt futile resistance to his feel
ing for her. but it was half-hearted
and unsuccessful. With all his
vaunted intel igence he had not
enough penetration into character or
keenness of vision to teach him that
ultimate happiness could only depend
upon the ready response OF mind to
mind, and soul to soul: or, what
seemed more likely, he was willfully
blind. and had not the strength of
mind TO sacrifice to the future the
need of the moment
But one morning strange event
happened. l was sitting al the open