The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-07-26

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Miss Molly Ti.htriEe, looking dainty end
cool ia white frock and shoes, IS lying
back iu her deck chair with oU open book
on htr knee. She is dark haired. Cray-tyt 4.
ana interesting % the verge OF prtttintss
Mr. Archie Campbell In a white linen
tTopi,g, suit, e paper Iu his hands. lies IN
the shadow OF e u,ighhCrirg boat. he Is
dark and gooi-.ookigg, but rather under
the medium height
Mrs. Mathews, an elderly lady with a
N,ry severe Couut,Idu,p. nods over her
knitting further up the deck
n OILY with a sigh of relieD-At
last I've got rid OF that horrid old
bore OF a colonel. Such an ideal day.
Such a wicked waste To spend il talking
to him. | wonder where q. here he
h.. t~hc subsidies into her book as
Archie Campbell strolls up.J
Anybody's chair. Miss Tith-
crigt, or may | have it?
Molly with slightly annoyed eN-
prtssionl Well, il was the colonies:
but suppose you may sit there till
he comes back. don't suppose he'd
mind. (She rclapscs into her book with
an Indifferent air.
Archie aside --Wouldn't he, though!
(Aloud) | don't suppose he would.
Hes not a bad old boy if he'd only shut
up about the depreciating rupee and
not he always boring US with
Molly liutcrrupting, sharplyJ-Don't
talk please. want TO read.
Archic-So sorry won't say an
other word. want To read, too.
"a long silence cusucs, during which
they both appear 10 be reading in
tently.J
Molly Suddenly leaning back and
looking at the sea)-O! what an ideal
day. such color in the sea and the
sky
Archie Gnterruptiug. sharply -
Don't talk, please, | want to read.
Molly with offended dignity sup
pose ! may speak to myself.
Archie o. certainly. Tin a loud
asidc) Its considered rather 'ratty.
Molly (scornfully)-I don't UNDER
stand your slang
Archie-Nell, YOU needn't be 50 Of
Tended then il you don't understand it.
Molly with extreme dignity is
considered very rude to talk to people
in a language they do not understand.
Archie Calso with dignityD-I sup
pose | may speak TO myself.
Molly o! certainly.
(Anothcr long pause ensues. during
which both appear to he earnestly read
ing. Molly looks up, looks at Archie,
frowns. and signs heavily. Archie goes
on reading. Molly signs louder. Archie
shivcrs as if cold, but still goes on read
q ing. Molly gives a third huge sigh, and
Archie looks up)
Archie-Surely, a breeze spring
ing up?
Molly-No, only me signing.
Archie-O! The relapses into his pa
PERI
Molly with sudden decision)-Mr.
Campbell!
Archie docking up, eagerly)-Miss
Titherige! An ice or a lemon squash,
or both?
Neither, thanks. But you
might talb little, think. You're aw-
fully dull to-day.
Archie folding up his paper with
alacrity)--So sorry, l thought you
mc~-t what YOU said. You do some
times, you know!
Molly-Only when I'm in or angry.
Archie-And you're not either now.
are you? looks at her tenderly)
What shall we talk about? Let me
sen We had weather and tropics the
first day; second day, books and music;
third, politics and religion; fourth,
generalities about people; fifth, per
sonalitics about the passengers that
was Yesterday. Well, now suppose we
try personalities about ourselves TO-
day. know, You tell me all my
faults. and III tell you all yours!
Molly you. That would be
giving me all the weight of the CONVEX
sation, and ! want you 10 talk. Conf
dcntally and seriously DO you know
we are boring each other horribly?
Confess! we've exhausted each other.
and want TO quarrel, don't we?
Archie docking at her earnestly
DO we?
Molly-Nes. One always eNhausts
people ON long voyages, don't you
know? Coming out, ! walked clean
tiNough-ycs, right clean through all
the passengers in the first week. Fact!
Thirty-iiye people, and not a soul 10
speak to after the first week!
Archic-Of course, you read all the
rest of the way, aud kept diary. Girls
always keep diary when there's moth
ing going on, and never when there is.
Why is that?
Molly How stupid you are! Because
IL is so difficult when YOU have some
thing 10 tell. Don't YOU see? Anyone
can spin things out, but il takes
genius 10 stew them down! O, litera-
ture I'm talking now, and | can feel
you are listening. Now you talk! I'm
tired, aud want a rest. Your convcrsa-
tion always has such a soPno som
nip onomi-- o bother! It's too hot!
Nou know what sort of effect your talk
ing has ON me- There! 90 ahead!
fShc lies back in her chair and closes
her eyes. lie sits silent and watches
herr
Molly (oPening her eyes suddenly
Ho! On second thoughts, | won't,
though! always sleep with my mouth
wide open, end il isn't becoming. /