Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21

tgy,ts. S.-5..J.:.5 -. IN else, ana tnefe was
F'.S&:.asy;?.ss -, z; :.,s,-c =: much laughter and
W 4 ~ talk, but suddenly
silence e ! E.
Then it became patent to all that the
couple seated on the steps leading to
the lawn were engaged III quiet but
bitter alteration.
The girls listless air was in striking
contrast to the mans eagerness.
"Your iden is an absurd one," he ex-
claimed.
ooh, fe" she said, "to speak so
rudely to woman"
''It is not rudeness, but truth"
"Then they are apparently synony.
NOUS"
81 can't help it; it exasperates me
to hear an intelligent girl like you"
"Now where" she broke in, "did
you pick that up? am not the least
bit intelligent! If l were 1 would
know better than to argue with you;
it is SO perfectly hopcless" "-sighing-
'and You do get so excited"
''And who Notwithstanding to
such impossible theories!"
"You don't have toi [ never asked
you to talk to me. l came out here
to be by myself, and you deliberately
followed me. Why didn't you say
with the others? They are all pleas
anter than l am. d."
"Humility," he said, sis cloak
that fits badly ON your shoulders. -
"My sleeves are too large, perhaps /!
but really you misunderstand-I have
an excellent opinion Of myself, l can
be quite agreeable, when L choose, but
am not in the mood tonight"
"Then according to your theory you
ought to be most attractive"
"What Is your theory, Kate ?" called
her cousin.
cone you have heard me express
thousands of times before"
"Shall l tell him, Miss Doane?"
"Certainly."
"She says that man doetn't like to
feel too confident OF woman's affec-
ton; that it is the element of uucer-
tainty IN love affairs that makes them
interesting; that he enjoys being pu2-
zled and played with. and that IL
clever woman has only to appear in.
different to first plque and then at,
tract him.
"Heresy?" exclaimed party OF
manly voices.
"Mr. Stewart has omitted an i'm
portant clause" said Miss Doane. 81
added that to do this the woman must
necessarily be good to look at and not
lacking in this worlds goods"
ooh, Kate, Kate, sighed her
cousin, "would you insinuate that the
masculine fancy is influenced by
worldly advantages?"
She shrugged her shoulders: 81
have stated my case; you can make il
what you choose" The hostess, who
had been listening idly, now put in Q
word.
''Ihe trouble with you all is that
you analyze too much" she said
"Why not take things as they come,
without worrying over their possible
causes? 1t is SO much simpler anG
healthier.
Miss Doane turned around: "Isn't
Madge charming?" she said amiably.
"Io hear her you would suppose that
she had never seen the inside of &
drawing room. She ALWAYS gets like
that when she comes to the country
something in the cir, probably"
"And you?" said Stewart, when the
laughter following her speech had died
away; "has it no effect on you?"
"lhe country? Oh, yes, it make:
me-if that is possible Indolent
than usual, and she leaned her head
against the pillar and looked not al
hun, but past him to the stretch o.
rosy sky.
"What an actress you arel" he said;
'you arc not the least bit Indifferent
really, but it has amused ycu to post
as such so long that now it has almost
become second nature"
"Io pose as anything involves a Ger.
tain amount of personal exertion."
"Well, doubtless, you find it worth
while, if fyour audience is apprecia
tive; and it usually is, / fancy"
"Have you noticed those two
clouds?" she said. ''lt is curious tc
watch how they keep floating frs
toward and then away from eacl
other, like people who are playing al
cross purposes.
"You were evidently not listening
to a word l was saying
ooh, yes, 1 was. You were scold
ing me, but you generally are, yor
! know, and you said something abou