The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-09-16

silence G | .
Then it became patent to all that the
couple seated on the steps leading to
the lawn were engaged IN q quiet but
bitter alteration.
The girls listless air was in striking
contrast to the mans eagerness.
"Your idea is an absurd one" he ex-
claimed.
ooh, fiel" she said, "to speak SO
rudely to a woman"
"It is not rudeness, but truth"
Then they are apparently synony-
NOUS"
al can't help it; it exasperates me
to hear on intelligent girl like you"
Snow where" she broke in, "did
you pick that up? 1 am not the least
bit intelligent If l were l would
know better than to argue with you ;
it is 80 perfectly hopoless" -sighing-
'and you do get so excited.
'And who Notwithstanding to
such impossible theories !"
'You don't have tol never aske d
you to talk to me. / came out here
to be by myself, and you deliberately
followed me. Why didn't you stay
with the othersP They are oil pleas
anter than l am"
"Humiity," he said, sis a cloak
that fits badly on your shoulders.
"My sleeves are too large, perhaps
but really you misuuderstand-I have
an excellent opinion of myself. can
be quite agreeable, when choose, but
am not in the mood tonight.
"Then according to your theory you
ought to be most attractive. F"
"What is your theory, KateP" called
her cousin,
"One 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
tion; that it is the element of uncer
tainty IN love affairs that makes them
interesting; that he enjoys being puz'
zled aud played with. and that q
clever woman has only to appear in
different to first pique and then at
tract him."
"Heresy?" exclaimed a party o.
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 moi
lacking in this worlds goods"
sob, Kate, Kate" sighed hel
cousin, "would you insinuate that the
masculine fancy is influenced b,
worldly advantages?"
She shrugged her shoulders: g.
have stated my case; you can make i
what you choose" The hostess, wht
had been listening idly, now put in
word.
''The trouble with you all is tina
you analyze too much" she said
"Why not take things as they come
without worrying over their possibl
causes? 1t is so much simpler an,
healthier"
Miss Doane turned around: 'Isn'
Madge charming?" she said amiably
$50 hear her you would suppose tina
she had never seen the inside of
drawing room. She Ealways gets lik
that when che comes to the country
something in the air, probably"
"And you?" said Stewart, when tn
laughter following her speech had die,
away; "has it no effect on you%
"rhe country? Oh, yes, it make
me--if that is possible-more indolen
than usual, ;" and she leaned her hea,
against the pillar aud looked not a
him, but past him to the stretch o
rosy sky.
"What an actress you are !" ae said
"you are not the least bit indifferent
really, but it has amused ycu to pos
as such so long that now it has almos
become second nature"
''ro pose as anything involves a ceI
tain amount of personal exertion.
"Well, doubtless, you find it wort
while, if Iyour audience is apprecia
tive; and it usually is, fancy"
"have you noticed those tw
oloudsP" she said. sit is curious t
watch how they keep floating frs
toward and then away from eac
other, like people who are playing q
cross purposes.
''You were evidently not listening
to a word l was saying. ,"
sob. yes, was. You were scold
ing me, but you generally are, yol
! know, and you said something abou