Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-12-29

on YOU TOUR years out Of style2
Neither my Spanish nor her English
was perfect, but we managed to get
a'or- very we'll indeed.
/ Indeed yes. Senior Stefans: but did
think tlat men never understood how
women feel about such matters L
I've almost an idea"
Yes; go on. was quite sure you
would aave-"
"Ah, you were quite ure?"-eus-
Piciously.
Yes; that you er-would be able
to suggest something. Now. if had
only known about the matter before
we left Manila"
"Yes-?"
I'D have purchased couple Of the
finest gowns l could find. and-er-"
Given to the senorita them your
] self? Santis4na! Senior Stefans. that
most too kind of you would be, would
il not?"
Good Lord no. I've got more sense
than that. I hope. / meant that I'd
] ave substituted the new gowns for
the old ones in the box; and then. don't
you see. she'd probably never discover
how it happened"
"And YOU would money spend like
that for girl you did never see! a
woman's vestida cost much senior. l
did Away hear that los Americanos
were of money made, but I did never
know that they were generoso."
Here. Tor the first time, I thought of
my $500, and began to wonder how
far they would go.) ''Are all los
Americanos like that? Senior Captain
would he such a thing do? Well you
shall see that the Spanish people are
as yourselves! Could you one Of the
dresses get from the box and TO me
bring without being observed?"
What! IL leg your pardon
suppose I might; but-but what do
you-er-?''
Il wish to put il on, of course, estu-
pido! How may the size know I'M
| less | 10 see it? Cuantos said YOU
there were in 81 caia?"
"Three-of the-er-'m-well
outside clothes. You see. there were
quite lot Of" NJ face must have
teen as red as beet; it certainly felt
so.
"santisima Marial And you-you
looked. . OF a all of them ?"
Il believe so. You see-er-the
rest of Undertakings weren't quite
so bad as the gowns. In fact. the
lace" By this time the. senorita's
face and neck were a delicate pink,
but, to my relief, she laughed until the
tears came in ner eyes. Your Spanish
girl, of any class. is possessed of con
siderable sense; she doesn't believe, for
instance, that modesty consists in
thinking evil and blushing at her
thoughts.
And ell Senior Captain, also, no
doubt? What of wretches pair you
are, to be sure! Let me you both give
little warning. Never the senorita
let know what you have just told me-
il those things mine had been, | you
would never forgive. Now do you at
tempt one of those dresses to bring
down to my door. l will there wait
for you"
hurried up to our quarters. where
Halstead was deep in the North Pa
cifc Directory again, and somewhat
out of humor.
Il ii
have, l must say" he growled; leave
me to dig out dry facts for your bene-
fit while You calmly appropriate the
only available girl on the ship. But
I'll have the cinch after you go
ashore-provided you're not engaged
to her before you leave. You wouldn't
play a mean trick like that on me,
would you?"
mo. I wouldn't. Dick; honest In
jun. You shall have her all to your
self for the rest of the voyage, and I'll
make her believe you're the finest man
on salt water. I've been eultivating
the senorita with an object told
her all about the box of clothes, and
l think she'll help us; she wants me
TO bring one of the dresses below, so
that she can tell something about the
size"
The devil she does. Between you,
you'll get me into deuce of a scrape
before you're through. You'll tear
the blamed things, or smut 'em with
fnger-marks. or get EN- mixed SOS
they won't go on regular, or some
fool thing; see if YOU don't"
Nonsense. She's a woman, amt
she? Don't you s'pose she's ever han
dled 'em before? I'm trying to figure
the matter out SOS that pretty De
Gar n girl II get something nice next
II If she don't this one Besides,
the senorita only wants to look at
one Of the dresses; She didn't ask for
the rest of the things"
You didn't tell her we'd been GO
ing through them. did YOU? Oh. the
good Lord. And she didn't go below
What did she say?"
she laughed until thought she'd
choke. Then | believe she said some
thing about Your being a wretch;
yes, that MAS the word she used,
wretch 1oull have to be mighty
careful what you say to her, but it'll
probably come out all right. / had
s,f l.,