The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-04-07

him. 1 generally make him propose,
so as to get it over before any real
harms done, and to give an artistic
finish to the episode. After that you
can be real good friends, and have q
jolly time. That's what did with
Lord Freddie. We all went up the
river one day-two young men friends
of Freddie's and two nice girls, chap
eron, and myself. Would you believe
that those two girls proposed to tow
us up stream, and the young men
actually allowed them to do so.
was steering, and it made me so angry
couldn't speak. Lord Freddie seemed
to feel that it was necessary to keep up
ply to him he calmly lit his pipe and
began to smoke. The other two re-
clined with their hats over their eyes
and, l think, went to sleep. Mean
while the two nice girls trudged along
the bank together, pulling the rope.
would have sunk the boat if l could,
but didn't know how. Well, when we
got to the place where we were to have
tea, the young men said it was jolly
nice of the girls to tow them so far;
then they went and sprawled under
some trees, leaving the complacent
girls to get tea ready. couldn't stand
it any longer. I went up to the three
sprawlers under the tree, and, bidding
them good-by, started down the tow
path. Lord Freddie sprang up and,
running after me, asked where was
going. l told him was going to walk
back to London. He laughed and SAID
couldn't; it was so miles away. But
when he saw was in earnest, he be-
came anxious to know what the matter
was.
81 told him I thought l had come
out with three gentlemen, but, finding
l was mistaken, was just going back.
He got very red, and then / just gave
him my opinion of him and his friends.
coming out with three girls and pay
ing no more attention to them than
if they were three dolls. That settled
things. Freddie apologized, and he
said he would go back and shake the
brutes up a bit, which, suppose, he
did, for the brutes were as nice as
could be to us after that. When Fred
die and l were towing the boat back,
he proposed, and l laughed at him.
After awhile he began to laugh, too.
and so we had splendid time. What
& lovely little river the Thames is,
isn't it? A nice, clean, little pocket
river. l would like to buy it and put
it in our back yard in America, just
10 sit and look at it. Now, here am !,
chattering away as if were paid for
talking instead of writing. Why do
you look at me so? Don't you believe
what / tell you?"
eyes, believe all you say. What !
can't understand is, why bright girl
like you should enter house and-well
do what you have done here, for in
stance"
"Why shouldn't L? 1 an. after ac-
curate information. I get it in my own
way. Your writer's here tell how the
poor live, and that sort of thing. They
enter the houses of the poor quite I'M
blushingly, and print their impressions
of the poverty-stricllen homes. Now,
why should the rich man be exempt
from a similar investigation?
SIN either case it is the work of
spy"
"Yes, but spy is not a dishonorable
person; at least he need not be. | saw
a monument in Westminster Abbey to
a man who was hanged as a spy. A
spy must be brave; he must have nerve,
caution and resource. He sometimes
does more for his country than whole
regiment. Oh, there are worse per-
sons than spies in the world"
II suppose there are, still"
eyes, | know. 1t is easy for persons
with plenty of money to moralize on
the shortcomings of others. I'll tell
you secret. I'm writing book, and
if it's a success, then good-by to jour
,nalism. 1 don't like the spy business
myself any too well; I'm afraid Eng
land is communicating me, and if l
stayed here few years I might de-
generate so far as to thinL your news
papers interesting. By the way, do
you know Mr.. Wentworth's address?"
Edith hesitated a moment and at
last answered.: eyes, l do"
"Will you give it to me? l think
ought to write him note of apology
for all the anxiety caused him on
board ship. You may not believe it,
but 1 have actually had some twingea
of conscience over that episode. sup
pose that's why I partially forgive you
for stopping the cablepram."