Morris tribune., 1898-02-09
WINNING zMoMAN,,s LOVE.
.Als.ernon Perkenham Tried a New Recipe
without Marked Success. me-

Alg6rnOnE I6rk6HnaIllt IaQ AOI 9
long. long time loved Alice diOrsay
farVently, almost naadBH but she
had not seemed to return his passion
with the enthusiasm that he could
have wished AS a matter of fact,
she had always seemed to become
intensely interested fqhorses prigqllt
or the latestjDoveI Whenever heIhad
begun to verge upon the subject OF
love. This had disagreed Withls iffhe
digestion, and consequently the spir-
MS of Mr. Perkenhamq cHee gHHlt
hanging around the stage doors,
nared nothing for ttla stories that
were told at his club and aroused
6he anxiety of his mother. 7 -
One day he got holdsf0tag hQakJn
which he read that the surest way
to win a woman's love was }toJ APP
pear Indifferent to her, to stEeat ahsl
IS if she were unworthy of being
SaIzen seriously and odssph1te eHeFy1
thing that she said ~~x v. <-~Y d
Aleernon p arkenhtlh : heart give
mighty leap when he read this,
fnsolnuchl that hiBo t6hsdgs gNdf9a ii.
most kBoebed frqpEqP rttlaseif Nfoqs9aa-
An B9giH toaiggih2tt, Aeb565 S8a5id ff d
aigaself. IN make her think that
z look upon her as pstcbeneath
w3y feet. IN paralyze her 12@,s va
SO that evening he called at the
a'Orsay palace, for, as he~told his
friends, he had the ongtray there, "
The Perkenhams aud the ID Q1saE /
being mutually Interested IN the
Eteckyards business.
Tho beautiful girl swept INTO the
drawing room after the young man
had waited half an hour and -ex-
Hlaimed
"Oh, good evening, Mr. Perken-
ham! I'm SO glad to see you'll It's
a beautiful evening, isn't it,"
He threw one leg over the other,
yaWned and replied:
sob, I dunno! It ain 50 warm"
Warm ~ she replied fnisohle sur
prise. No, il. isn't too warm It's
5ust nice. "q .a .a E IL
''Think so? Seems beastlyto me-
why" Miss d'Orsay said as she
sat down in a chair that was plenty
large enough for two, you seem to
have a grudge against the world
this evening. L hopeait is not be-
cause had to keep you waiting q /
assure you'll couldn' t help''-saea aaD
"Oh, :" he interrupted, 'idon't
worry about that / haven't any,
Kick comm against the world Never
felt more cheerful in my life, Fact
IS | feel so good l can hardly keep
Gron whoopin right out. AS for
Jour keepin me waitin, | didn't
ga5nd Twas havin suchsa good time
laere all by myself that if you hadn't
Gene down.for an hourI DON'T pose
Al have noticed it. ew 81 .3s ai
She looked at him steadily for a
moment and then said
Your. sister Lillian, was telling
me last week that you, were not en-.
5oying very good health. m suppose
that is the reason we have not had
the privilege of seeing much Of you
lately" '''.fi1 @1's''''s p
Some folks seem to be nightly
iIterested in the state OF my
health, he replied, maintaining his
ssevil may care expression with some
-il44cultyp fqr his impulse was to
zisrow himself, atthe, sweet maiden,,s !!
feet and telI her that he. could not
tive without, her love, My health
has never been better'n it has been
zafely, he went on The reason /
haven { called here very often is
zzl2at L We had other ENGAGEMENTS ri
bgoke several pressin ones just TO 4
casne around this 8evenin, ford
x posed you'd thinkGit strange i'll
r-ald away any longer and !
wouldn't have you worry about me
Cor anything. Say, that's a beastly
way you've got your hair done up
Makes you look 40 years old Now,
ii you d wear your hair back farther
on your head itwoUldn 't1nake your
nose seem to turn up somuch at the
cad. Ii r. FAt3 .Hs1 s 5e1 .iiaI
But she had suddenly risen. and 4
without saying anything, hurried
from the room,
A moment later the butler, who
weighed 1877 pounds and had big
fists with long tufts of hair on
them, appeared in the doorway and
said: ifti92 ~ X72t29 ~
Miss d'Orsay says totrun5 youse
cut and elliyouse dat if youse ever
come around here wild anudder Jag
shell have youse run in!'
Three minutes must have elapsed
before Algernon Perkenham was
able TO gather himself Up at the bot
tom of the marble steps and limp |
away.AC Cleveland Leader. ii M bEoI)
He Got Her.