The Princeton union., 1896-12-03
'Then-Then You Will Agree Machere!' He stammered

legs, perhaps!' said Dece, springing up
with jerk at his apron strings. And
without another word he put on his
coat and hat, and went off in huff to
LIE LOup, leaving his parent, who, alas!
was little vain of his bodily beauty,
TO vince under this harsh, unflial Ii
rade.
When he had gone Carlisle removed
his spectacles very grayely and care
fully, and set his lips into pucker, as
If proffering a kiss; the chin slightly
elevated, showing the long throat, with
an admirable Adams apple midway.
was a characteristic pose, no doubt, in
spring among the younger folk Of the
village the nick name by which he was
known in their monde, "Old Kiss-Me-
Never" Yet was it a very sweet pose,
and one much admired by elderly spin
ssters and ambitious widoWs-for Cav
iiste was an eligible, with only very
slight sprinkling of gray. Then he
'kicked aside the knee strap and fondled
the last in his lap after time-honored
meditative custom. 1t was a nasty
who had reared him and been kind to
him always; that was plain
After he had pondered thus bitterly
upon Dece's ingratitude for some time
Carlisle began to reflect upon the pos
Sible verify of the lads words. True,
an unfortunate accident Of childhood
7bau set his nose slightly awry; but, re-
.Earding his legs, he would not admit,
e.Sen to himself, they were not the
:straiShtest and shapeliest limbs in the
whole province of Quebec This last
was most vile calumny.
The bench might have given them q
slight inclination at the knees, but
that was never noticeable Cest fait!
He tossed the last into heap of it's
Hellows always an evidence of brilliant
Ip6HctioDs) and shook off some leather
parings with pleasant coquettish
gesture, as when a woman ficks her
apron to alright chickens. A smile
.budded at his lips-rather came the
sapotheosis of his pucker. Then he
SAID aloud:
E'Well, we shall see, mon entante!''
It shall not be said Carlisle was pre-
cipitate. His very business had en-
gsndered circumspection and method
in his bones. Whatsoever plans he had
already formed he was determined to
carry out in the shadow of the rose.
The same evening he called upon his
friend Tricotte, the tailor The visit
was merely a friendly call, an evidence
OF good will, as it We're, q commercial
courtesy. After some considerable con-
versation upon the state of business,
Carlisle manifested suddenly certain
genuine interest in the rolls Of cloth
Tricotte invariably paraded before his
visitors; whether through force Of
habit or with insidious designs upon
their susceptibiities must not be moot
ed At a certain piece Carlisle de-
sclared he had never found anything
that so took his fancy. 1t was a per-
feet aggravation, he deplored, with
times so hard. When he finally sue
2cumbed with every evidence Of disgust
for his weakness, Tricotte prepared to
take the little mans measure quickly
lest some sudden shift of mind should
veer the vane from this fine, unusual
,cupidity ;and somewhat exhilarated
with the business cunning which he
had come to regard as genius, pure and
& simple. ,This last was master-stroks,
he thought, for Carlisle was notori-
Ously close. There was one thing
which puzzled the tailor not a little,
the repeated anxious remark Of his
friend repeated even through the
crack of the door at parting: Be sure
!. to make the trousers wide wide as
you can. !" 5
Now a plausible reason for wearing
the Forthcoming habiliments must be
found, and Caliste very well knew to
blossom out suddenly in such attire
rswould.be to create a sensation. Good,
Il .