The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11

mind not to walk with you any more"
nope you II let me look at you occa-
sionany from a distance. I'm not alto
Sethef responsible Tor my PAD manners.
GU know L was born in Chicago.
You poor boy. L always thought there
was some SAD secret ii your IIe.'
That IT. m trying TO live 1t down,
but II you deny me your presence L II
AFRAID L shan bGcksiide fearfully.'
If you II promise TO be as nice as you
can l may give you q small smile now
and then. Then she started in on a new
tack. Did you know 1 mad q cousin
from Harvard in the games tomorrow?
hes coming down tomorrow evening to
spend 9aw days with us and nope
you ii meet him.
L said something under my breath not
very complimentary 10 her cousin, and
inquired very calmly: do you know
what races mes in?"
L beneve he SAID something about the
tWo-tWenty and the 1our-1orCy. L thought
at first that ne was talking about the
railway time table, but that cOuldn I
have been 1t, could it?'
Shades OF my tatherl He meant the
two hundred and twenty and the four
hundred and forty-yard uashes, ana those
are the very ones m in.
How nice! mean, now sorry L am
for you; because he 5 bound to win, you
know
rs he? I'm not so sure of that, Miss
Block. There are several other .deserV-
ing young men IN the race besides your
cousin, and he may have to rum,
Il don't see why you need get SO angry
about II. L can help wanting to see
MN win, can I?'
See MIN win? You don't mean to say
that you. are going. over 10 see the races,
90 you?"
WHY. yes. Hadn't told you. Uncle
and are going up, and then George Is
coming back with US in the evening.
80 MS name was George. always did.
hate that name. although L had forgot
ten it till that moment.
of course, IN cneer you, too, and if
1t were any one else but George, 1 might
want 10 see you VIM
Thanks, awtully,' L answered, airily
and registered silent vow to WIN or
Here comes aunt in the carriage. 1
must go home now or I'll miss my din
ner. I've had very pleasant walk,
thanks to YOU
Il Helped her in the carriage and shook
hands with her aunt, whom L cordially
hated. AS the carriage drove away Lii
liam called back, BE sure to call while
George is here. L want you two TO meet
each other
1 wasn't at all anxious to meet George,
but l lifted my hat and walked home
boiling with wrath and more IN love IMAM
ever.
The next morning as we were dressing,
Jack turned to me with a hairbrush in
each hand ani remarked, Il hear thai
Bailey OF HarVArd is q fast quarter man d"
rs he? L asked indiGerenJly.
Yes, and he is also q cousin to Miss
| Block
Il know it. But that isn't going to save
him from getting gloriously beaten this
afternoon
Don't count your chickens. my son. -
! said Jack in that patronizing tone that
always makes me furious. ~ cure a good
Splinter, but you know what happens 10
the pitcher that makes too many trips to
the well, and while / want to see You win
m afraid you're going TO have trouble
this afternoon
All the way up in the train 1 kept think
ing OF Jacks words and wondering what
would happen to my castles in spain if
! that obnoxious Bailey We're to outfoOt me
! after all. l shuddered at the possibility
/ Clearly such a humiliation would DESTROY
| my already slender chances of ever occu
] plying those Spanish castles in the com
! pany oil the one for whom l had built
/ them.
the 220-yard dash was the second thing
| on the programme and l won it. as /
! knew L would, although Bailey stuck to
/ me pluckily. OF course they cheered me
and waved flags and ribbons at me as /
| walked through the gate off the course.
| leaning on Trainer Christies arm. But in
! all that immense crowd of enthusiastic
i spectators, the only person 1 could see
was Lillian in one OF the middle boxes.
/ She held flag in her hand displaying the
! crllason and was waving ii vigorously, in
/ spite of tpe fact that her cousin haG been
among the defeated.
JACK came to me in the dressing room
| and gripDed my hand hard.
You're all right, old man. I knew all
| you needed was to get your temper up a
bit l was doing all that croaking this
! morning just to stir you up and make
you run all the harder. Just remember
that she's watching you and yOun win
| the 40 the same way.
Neither Bailey nor I We're entered in
| anything more but the 440-yard dash
which came .ars the. close OF the after
noon. After 4ck left me / lay back on
my board With my blanket wrapped
around me and commenced to think the
situation over. The more l thought of it
the less 1 liked it. L wasn't going to show