Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-01
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Algernon Perl rkenham had for a
long, long time loved Alice d ,Orsay
fervsntly, almost madly, 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 in horses or golf
or the latest novel whenever he had
begun to verge upon the subject Of
love. This had disagreed with the
digestion, and consequently the spir-
it's Of Mr.. Perkenhsm. He quit
hanging around the stage doors,
cared nothing for the stories that
were told at his club and aro, sed
the anxiety of his mother. S,
One day he got hold of a'book in
which he read that the surest way
to win a woman's love was to ap-
pear Indifferent to her, to treat her
as If she were unworthy of being
taken seriously and to dispute evory-
thing, that she said. .>..
Algernon Perkenham's q heart gave
a mighty leap when he read this,
tnsomuch that his tonsils were al
most knocked from their founda-
tions.
"i'n begin tonight" he said to
himself. "I'll make her think that
l look upon hor as the dust beneath
my feet. I'll paralyzo herI" 49,.
So that evening he called at tho
d'Orsay palace, for, as he told his
friends, he "had the ongtray there"
the Perkenhams and the d'Orsays
being mutually Interested in the
etookyards business.
Tho beautiful girl\swept into tho
drawing room after tho young man
had waited half an hour and cx-
claimed:
"Oh, good evoning, Mr.. Perken-.
hami I'm so glad to see you'll It's
a beautiful evening, isn't iti"
He threw one leg over tho other,
yaWned and replied:
"Oh, I dunnol 1t amt so warm"
"Warmf" she replied in some sur
prise. "No, it isn't too warm. It's
just nice"
"Think no9 Seems beastly to NO."
why" Miss d'Orsay said as she
eat down In chair that was plenty
large enough for two, "you seem to
have a grudge against the world
this evening. hope it is not be-
cause had to keep you waiting2 1
assure you couldn't help
"Oh, he interrupted, don't
worry about thatl I haven't any
kick comm against the world. Never
felt moro cheerful in my life. Fact
is feel SO good 1 can hardly keep
from whoopin right out. AS for
your keepin me waitin, I didn't
mind. Twas havin suoh a good timo
here all by myself that if you hadn't
come down for an hour don pose
I'd have noticed it,.
She looked at him steadily for a
moment and then said:
"Your sister Lillian was telling
me last week that you were not en-
joying very good health. I suppose
that is the reason we have not had
the privilege Of seeing much of you
lately"
"Somo folks seem to be nightly
interested in tho state of my
health" he replied, maintaining his
devil may care expression with some
difficulty, for his impulse was to
throw himself at the sweet maiden's
feet and tell hor that ho could not
live without her love. MY health
has mover boen better'n it has boen
lately" he went on. "The reason
ha :ent called hero worry often is
that I've had other engagements. I
broke several pressin onos Just to
como around this evonin, for I
s'posed you'd think 1t strange if
staid away any longer, and
wouldn't have you worry about mo
for anything. Say, that's beastly
way you've got your hair done up.
Makes you look 40 years old. Now,
IL you d wear your hair back farther
on your head it wouldn t make your
noso seem to turn up 80 much at the
end. If p
But she had suddenly risen and,
without saying anything, burried
from the room.
A momont later tho butler, who
weighed 1877 pounds and had big
fists with long tufts Of hair on
them, appeared in the doorway and
said:
Miss d'Orsay says to trun youso
out and tell youse dat if y ouse ever
come around here wild anudder jag
she'll have youse run inr'
Three minutes must havo elapsed
before Algernon Pcrkenham was
ablo to gather himself up at tho bot
tom Of tho marble steps and limp
away. Leader.
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