Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19
His First Love.
BY PAUL INGELow.
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stances. We should have come up to-
night if it had not been for this affair.""
Then | think you had better come up
tomorrow night" she said.
May we! We shall be delighted. |
have just been playing with your pretty
cousin
She is pleasant girl"
Il suppose she is. They seem all pleas
ant. Your aunt is-ahem very kind"
My aunt is a clever woman-cleyerer
than any Of her daughters" jeanne made
this reply very quietly.
"Or-than her sons?' asked Godfrey.
He gave his companion rapid glance
as he made this inquiry. He was rather
curious to see il it brought any look of
consciousness TO her face, and it seemed
to him that it did.
NO; not cleyerer than her sons" she
answered, after a moments hesitation.
think you would call both her sons
cleyer-in their different ways. / wonder,
as we are speaking of Hugh, if you
would let me ask you something's? she
SAID, little shyly. Il only learned from
Clara just now that Hugh is coming here
SO soon. If he comes, as they think he
will, next week, of course you will see
him, and--you will please me very much"
said the girl rather earnestly, 'if YOU
would show a little kindness to him.
Would you! He does not make friends
easily-you will understand why after you
nave seen him once; and | think if you
and Mr.. Dallas
''Oh, certainly; shall be very happy"
said Godfrey; but he felt that almost
against his will, he made his response
suthy, and in a tone of extreme ungra-
ciousness, and he was uncomfortably
aware in another moment that jeanne
was conscious of this, too, for her eyes
met his again, with sudden change in
their expression, and the next words she
spoke proved that she had distinctly COM
pretended how she had made a request
which he had no mind to grant.
Very likely it win not be necessary. L
did not mean to trouble you," she said
quickly, and rather proudly.
1T will be no trouble. OF course, any
thing | can do began Godfrey again
feeling ashamed of himself and trying to
speak with more warmth. Hang the fel-
low" he calculated inwardly, indignant
ly feeling as if what had happened had
been all Hugh Beresfords fault. And
yet the annoying part of the matter was
that he could neither throw the blame of
1t on him, nor explain to jeanne what had
made him meet her request with so much
righteousness.
He was not with jeanne again after
this. For half an hour he saw her play
ing on the lawn; then, at a moment when
his back was. turned she and Lillian must
have taken their departure.
1T seems to me-" said Jack, as they
walked back to their inn, that you are
getting uncommonly sweet on Miss Jo-
anne" and then at this charge Godfrey
laughed-not like man who disliked the
accusation.
II am not as sweet upon her as you
are upon-pretty well every woman you
meet" he retorted, however
"Oh, Gomez cried Jack, wit halarmed
That's too much! Every wom-
an meet! Upon my word, l should have
my hands full"
We'll, they are full, should say" re-
piled Godfrey. 81 am sure among all
these girls here you are having an active
time of it."
1T is certainly an amazingly nice place
for girls" Jack assented with apprecia-
ton. Quite wonderful, considering that
they are all of one clan I'm beginning
to like that little Edith better. by the
way"
"Oh, Edith is very WE'LL" said Godfrey.
'Yes-she is rather bright little per-
son. You see, you engrossed Miss Jo-
anne so tonight that L was obliged to
take up with her sister,"
II engrossed herw exclaimed Godfrey
That is a pretty charge, when l never
even spoke to her until nine o'clock
well, if you didn't speak TO her, no
one else did. 1 couldn't get her atten-
ton at ALL know" said Jack lightly. Il
thought something was the matter with
her, she was so quiet"
And then, though Godfrey made no an
swer, he felt something suddenly go
through him that was singularly like
thrill of triumph.
'She was content enough to talk to
me-" he thought