The herald., 1896-03-02
TEDDY'S REPLY.

eoNoA' n 4ieiy NlOii WV pioteJ
and her mother, think, besides two young
girls and Harvard youth" she said to
herself, looking down from one end Of the
long table to the other and then directly
opposite at the last named article I'm
sure he's Harvard, for he looks interesting
and wears gold eyeglasses, and then saw
Cambridge on the register.
"Well," she added, turning to the sweet
faced elderly lady beside her, "ten moro
people to add to this charming, delusive
snare. Now, why came up hero do not
know unless it ought to be to finish
'Mereno' and run over tho MSS. Of the
last unaccepted serial but then it's not
tho only place in tho world, even in the
poor laboring class Of short story writer's.
'Ah," remarked the evidently Harvard
youth to himself trying to fish little
macaroni heart from his consomme, "a
literary damsel, the last person in the
world should have taken for one."
He captured the heart and then busted
himself watching his opposite neighbor,
who was talking laughingly to pale
faced. interesting girl Oh her left.
''She's no end pretty If she does write,
he soliloquized. "Her horoines are prob
ably all hldeous creatures, since it's only
tho homely people who ever write about
pretty heroines. Gad it's well have had
some experience on the college papers if
I'm going to meet her. She'll probably
talk shop all the time and suggest putting
me in her next novel. They always do
that. Well, at all events, can return the
compliment"
The conversation opposite attracted his
attention.
''We're going for moonlight fish to-
piOht-that ic 10 3Sh bv ynoOplioht Wo
won't be particular to catch moonlight
fish, will we?"
''No, but really" she added, looking at
him, "wouldn' you like to Gomez We are
going to walk. SO there will be plenty Of
room"
Jack fremont was not in the least sur
prised. Any one would have expected ex-
actly that sort of thing from Dorothy Der
ing and after she had amused him all din
nor time in her good natured sort of way
he remarked when he lit his cigarette and
walked on TO the veranda with her that
sho was "a no end jolly girl"
AS they emerged from the doorway
slight peal of thunder rolled over the hills
to greet them and big raindrop fell at
Dorothy's feet.
well" she remarked, 'that means
answer letters. 1 always write when it
rains, and so good night! I'm sorry the
moonlight fish didn't pan out, but tomor-
row night perhaps? Here's hoping!'
She raised her dainty fingers to her lips
with an imaginary wineglass, and then,
laughing good naturedly, ran up stairs.
A moment later Jack followed her, and,
entering his room, picked up his banjo
and sang song from pudding play.
Two years of glee club work had trained
alr tn ,,orfoctior,
II wonder" he thought, "who has the
room next to mine?" And, seeing the
door between 81 hope they are not easily
disturbed"
"Ah," remarked Dorothy to herself in
the designated room, chow jolly that he
has the room next to mine. He really has
very good voice. And she continued
writing.
"Now, why,'' remarked Jack to himself
thrcc weeks later, ''does Dorothy talk to
mo forever about 'her boy, as she calls
him. 1 half believe sho is engaged to
him. We'll, like engaged girls usually,
but don't like this. Every time 60 to
toll her exactly how it Is she brings up
Teddy or else one of those harmless tooth
loss three looms up In the vicinity" Then
he pulled chair over to the table, sat
down and wrote on tho back of an old
Iampoon.
"you haven't talked word OF shop to
mo since / came to this, in itself, devilish
stupid place. set you down that first
night as going to talk of nothing else.
You are disappointing, and I wish you
would either talk that or else tell mo more
about Teddy. I'm Interested. Have to
be, you know, to keep from hurting your
fxr J., -1,,Ib bxt+
of him for three weeks. Now why do you
do it9 AS writer you ought to know
that it isn't good form to talk forever on
one subject any more than to use oontinu-
ally the Same words. Come, brighton up,
enlarge your vocabulary and answer some
how so that those everlasting harmless,
toothless individuals won't be obliged to
use those only remaining faculties, their
eyes, to such great advantage. They
bother me and never fail to start you off
on'-- Hero dainty humming Of
"Malnie, Come ETC., from the next room
assured him Of her presence and made him
hastily put down Teddy and push The
Lampoon hurriedly under the adjoining
door. He lighted a cigarette then and
waited.
A few minutes later dainty sheet Of
noto paper pushed through the crack, and
the top Of an ink stained finger showed.
Ho picked up the note and read:
"You have hit on q fortunate mood. I
Am stuck in my story and therefore dis
gusted and tired and wish you would play,
sing or do something to amuse me. You
do amuse me, you know, always because
you arc so oonceited. Now, why shouldn' t
talk Of Teddy if l wish? He is the dear
est friend 1 have, and although he is al
ways joking with Inc and never will be se-
rious, he is ever so much deeper and more
of a man than you. You would like Teddy,
though, because we'll, because no ono
could help it. He would make four friends
whore you would make one. Why dom t
YOU 20 to work? Fishing, although 1
must confess 1t is work here, won't be at
MI practical when you really have to settle
down. Como, now, take my advice, go to
work brace up and be more like Teddy"
He-You grow cruel and more cruel as
the letter goes on. Did you over see man
vino wasn't coroeited unless perhaps it IL
Teddy? AS for working, 1 am working
every dav harder and harder, working To
study you and make you think better OF
me. If you don't call that work, l do,
and, as to it's being practical, II follow
you and take literature as profession
there is nothing better than studying char
actors. know ought not to begin on a
person like you, for comparatively ~ you arc