The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-11-08

your cape" he paused, with sudden
compunction.
You are not cold:" he questioned,
anxiously. 81 forgot, and have moth
ing in the way of a wrap to offer you. !"
NO, am not cold" she said, as stiftiy
as she could.
You walked on, you know, and then
temptation seized me. An evil spirit
disguised, most charmingly disguised,
as piece of braid, And could not re-
sist it. I was only afraid you would
think l had been suspiciously quick
for brother
Il just wasn't thinking she admit
ted. dimpling.
The mood for confession grew on him.
"Or that you might look round" said
he.
Il wish
No. don't say il, Hear me out first.
Honestly, I was not entirely actuated
by motives of mere selfishness, as
might at first appear. put it TO myself
like this: Here is charming girl going
to spend most perfectly delightful
summer afternoon on the river. with no
more exciting companion than the
brother she has known from her earli-
est days, whose thoughts are as open to
her as her own; who hasn't peculiar
ity. or even Il virtue. left undiscovered.
l argued with myself about it. Should
l let such a paltry thing as the lack of
an introduction prevent me from giving
this girl 4 treat"
oh" she cried, you really are"
Yes" he said, lit stands to reason
even as Il study. a sort of uneXplOred
continent. SO to speak; i strange young
man, in such n case. must present him
self in the light of an acquisition"
Her eyes were dancing. why don't
you say such an exceedingly nice young
man, while you are about it, she
asked mOckingly.
Il will 20 one better" said he, with
your permission. Such an exception
ally nice pair." and he bowed.
"Oh. you are Observation-Disclosures
But she did not say it as a fact to be
deplored She looked away from the
soft summer landscape, down to the
edge of her serge skirt with its trim
ming of braid and the fateful loop.
They do sew these so insecurely."
she said. You haven't pin to spare:"
1T seems almost Il pity" said he,
while she busted herself over it; but
suppose it will be just as well now"
The afternoon was, as he had said. de-
lightful, and his swift stroke left moth
ing to be desired. 1t was not cold, after
all, and she never gave another thought
to the cape until she saw it. when at
last they got back. hanging deserted on
the boathouse door, where her brother
had left ii when he arrived there to find
her vanished.
The brother and sister were very
alike in disposition, and tool, things
lightly and as they came. So he never
openly resented her desertion-perhaps
as her new friend pointed out, he, too,
had his more than adequate compensa-
ton.
This is just Il story of the inevitable
For the man of resource was something
of a character reader, and he had look
ed al the girl before he stepped.
She called it, in her kindest moods, an
but he maintained that he
gave the incident its most appropriate
title when he named il ''fcrerunner."
And this ii was.
The weather favored them, and his
visit heightened from weeks end to
Il week and more. Ample time for a
man of such ready methods 10 win for
himself girl not indisposed TO be won
Thus his visit to the brother ended in
his marriage with the sister-an old
tale, but often very pleasant one.
1t was later in the season. and boat
ing interests had given way to the ne
cessity of stocktaking in fashionable
wearing apparel, and discussions on the
relative merits of new and antique fur
niture
Il could almost wish" she said sweet
ly, that it was possible to trim a white
satin wedding dress with braids in a
sort of squiggly pattern of loops and
turns"
IF you contemplate having one loop
pendant to trip me up during the cere-
mony," he said laughingly. Il am of"
Then. perhaps. it is just as well to
reserve braid as Il trimming for serge
and cloth" she said