The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-12-17
THE ICONOCLAST.

ut Is no atonement for late arriV-
al to 90 early" he remarked, within
his tone a hint of the gloom accom-
panying a sentimental misunderstand-
ing. you were to have come Oh the
HOP. 1t is now"
"Dontw she exclaimed, prettily, but
pettishly. 81 hate to be tried at bar
where justice is overshadowed by the
first witness-a machine made in walt
ham. Waltham is not a nice suburb
at all, and 1t is terrible to consider
how much more trust man puts IN
his watch than in a woman's word"
He was silent while considering what
might have been said. At the same
time 1t appeared as if she was right.
He did make Of his watch a court CT
aDpeal-a dernier resOrte-as she maze
few tears, shed becomingly.
1.-THE Hop, however, proved quite
impossible" she continued, calmly |
while her parasol proved how near "
could come to the home Of an ant With
out making of it ruin.
"I don't see why-I was here at the
quarter past"
She regarded him for moment with
the wide-eyed stare Of injured lnno-
cence. "The HOP was quite lmpOs-
sible," she repeated. Papa was haV-
ing an early luncheon with man VINO
came to the house on business con-
nected with the mill and remained on
pleasure connected with pate de foie
gras And when I listened at the door
Of the dining-room they were talking
Of James G. Blaine"
Ethel" exclaimed the young man.
with visible frown Of annoyance,
you can make fool Of meas by
compelling me to wait from the ll:Oz
until now-but don't add to nv dis
comfort by making game Of me. James
G. Blaine IS"
James G. Blaine is papa'5 bette
noire. l wouldn't dare to 60 near him
when he talks on the subject. And
papa has the mileage book"
And as she delivered this convincing
statement with a superior smile, and
sent 1t home accompanied by shaft
from her blue eyes, he medtated more
that might be said Feeling urged
him to draw the comparison between
the saving of seven and three 'fourths
cents and the disappointment of a
waiting lover, but finance is delicate
subject where a man and maid are con-
cerned, so he held his peace, and be-
gan to plan for holding her hand.
Somewhat absent-mindedly he remark
ed: well, there was the 1903"
"The 1903, yes, but you don't seem
to realize that this is Thursday"
Thursday? Not realize that 1t Is
Thursday, the day Of the appointment
to which I have been looking forward
since Sunday! Certainly 1t is Thurs
day-and l was under the impression
that the 1908 ran every day except
Sunday"
"Of course stupid! But can never
a take the 1903 on Thursdays. 1t Is the
4 most impossible train. Bridget takes
It to come in town for her afternoon
out"
He gazed blankly and quite uncon-
WINGED at his vis-a-vis until she add
ed, "You don't seem to understand
or you won't-but there are things one
positively cannot do. One may sew
for the girl you see, or read to her
while she irons, or do her work for her,
NIL Oh
very nice intelligence Office, and says
she must be one of the family when
she comes, but there is only once when
you may take the train she takes, and
that Is when you are bringing her out
for the first time. So the 1908 was
even more impossible than the 11:02"
Her hands were clasped tightly
round the parasol handle, and she had
quite ignored his tentative movements
toward innocent dalliance. He reflect
ed that men with dark-laid schemes
most frequently stood in their own
light, boldly possessed himself Of her
gray glove and its contents, and said
with increased cheer "Well, the LAS"
To his surprise she blushed rosy red,
80 that he felt as profoundly amazed
as once when in Switzerland he had
gone out Of an early morning to find
a favorite meerschaum mislaid the pre-
vious evening, and had discovered a
hauntingly beautiful sunrise
II suppose l must tell you all about
IT," she murmured. "You see, there
was such lot Of time between the
1908 and the las that I remembered
what you told me once of a man who
utilized spare moments of the sort
Elihu Something was his name-and
in the end grew most wonderfully
learned. Of course, acquiring Hebrew,
or even sanscrit, was nonsense when
had only from 1903 to las, but l
took the first step and went into the
library"
"That was several steps," he remark
cd mentally, trying not to compare