Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-02

tic hero, and how's any man going to be
4 hero these days?"
Laura had not seen the Watermana
for years, and she set about making con-
quests anew Of them with her usual as
siduity, and Enthusiastically she seem
ed to devote as much effort to the dry
dust colnred Emma as to her brother.
She sat OH her own piazza with Emma
one morning sewing, because Emma
never sat with her hands idle, and talk
ing kindergartens. She astonished her
gartens when she tried. James Waterman
strolled by, and Laura shifted her atti-
t1de to prettier pose as he stopped to
speak, and then called upon him to come
and see how we'll she could hemsSitch,
and she made a nice showing Of pretty
hands as we'll as of the table center she
was working. Emma looked at her as if
she were committing crime and snort
ed at1dibly as she got up, saying she
must go write some letters. Laura bore
her departure sweetly: She wished to
please always, but as between Il man and
a woman there was never any doubt
which she most cared about.
Waterman drew up a chair and sat
down by her, aud she went on hemscitch-
ing and listening She always listened
If the man would talk
Il had a letter from Dawson this
moruing-Jack Dawson, you know him,
don't you? He's coming down tor1or-
row: Says he's got to get out of town
before the beast1y Fourth. It certainly is
a necessity to escape all that row. sup
pose the children will have some fire.
crackers at the hotel, and if they get too
noisy III run over here. May I?''
II always have little Fourth Of my
OWL It might be worse than the chill
dren's, but I hope you'll try the ex-
change Laura looked at him with her
usual soft smile, then dropped her thin
Bile, and Waterman had to pick it up for
her, and the conversation took 4 new
turn when he brought it back set Oh his
little finger and expressing incredulity
as to IT'S being big enough for any grown
woman to sew with
When he next saw Emma she said,
'sIm't Laura Marlowe the most smooth,
deceitful thing, talking to me about
kindergartens, and talking SO much care
Of her complexion all the time, and
angling after yuu?''
We'll, Emma, I don't see anything
very damaging in your specific charges,
and I'm sure there is not much ground
for saying she's angling after me. She
have no use for me when she got me-
She's sweet to everybody: You say that
yourself.
''She's got to the time now she's
thinking about settling herself seriously,
for al she gets herself up to look 50
young young for her age that is-and I
guess she thinks you are as we'll as she
cm do.
"You are making II fool Of yourself,
Emr:1, about a very pleasant, gentle,
pretty woman She likes admiration
she's very amiable; she certainly never
gave any one any ground for saying she
was husband hunter, whatever else
they had against her We all know some
Of the matches she has refused
"Amiable-that' her card,' said
Emma No one with any real feeling
about anything can Ne SO smooth to ev-
erybody: She's utterly artificial, and
she II quit refusing fine matches soon, !
can tell you that, what with the money
they've lost and the years she has gain
ed
Waterman remarked, Of COURSE, that
women were wonderfully nasty to, each
other, and added that he was going out
rowing with Laura IN an hour, and that
ha must go see about the boat.
II don't trust her as far as can see
her, said Emma to- herself when she
was alone with her Thoughts '+Of course
she must BE getting married soon. She's
! not going to- settle down to being an old
maid, is Eve done. Any one would think
was 20 years older But I'm not, and
FL keep James we'll In mind Of her age
anyhow At his time of Life he's more
apt to be- t:,len by youth than when he
Was younger himself I know she's a
heartlesH cat, always posing for some-
botfY!''
James enjoyed his row with the cat.
She WIS very pleasant cat,. certainly.
H1R Thoughts as he took q smoke and a
/ STROLL ON the bench after he had seen
her home ram over the charges hil
sister brought against heE, Was it true
she hd no feeling He eonld not get
/ over entirely his prejudice, Inherited
hon Puritan ancestors, that anything
/ agreeable must be- a EttIe false He diix!!
i net mind the little wiles and Little fbs
/ shout her aRE thut, his sister made
/ mountains Of He liked her wumsmish
/ ways and her desire to- please every CHE;
/ but was there any depth of feeling
/ there! Wasn't Ii true that she Was artl
fciaI There WIS I'M intensity I'M tf1est
meifdE stimH tfl1t might h;lve told him
TINT: aAa WINS net all artiifcial;;;; that III
was payinE tribute iIbutg To the reuity Oft he1
/ wunanhood by the seriousness of Eli
cunHidIer1ti iim of her moraI afii tiesss
/ Att home Laura WIS being questioned
Il ahnuf hef raw by her mntfler She said
/ ahH hmf H1uE q pIeAsanft time, and hm
mother rs1nrHkeI iimpressaisvelY thH
InmaS WatRrnnn wa& u fine man am
IL WuuM Nuke SOME woman q guof hus
Il hmH
IN suppose so: Z. s..iI Eaurzs am
y.IsnstR u VINE n.n tti1iatt her meth
q wanted ban % gef marrlas ElI.