Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-12-12
| LADY CONNIE'S PLUNGE.
Usual Conditions Of . Romantic Rescue +
We're Reversed, But Both
We're Happy.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BY CLIO GRAVES.

w Connie, taking her fair, dis
heveled head out from among the
cushions of her boulder lounge and
drying her tear-stained eyes with an
absurd little gossamer handkerchief;
''what chance has girl-a mere girl,
who has only been out for season
and half-against married woman
like Mia lie Quesne?'
"None at ALL" said her friend, a
rather plain, sensible young woman,
with sporting tastes and tailor-made
garments. "Not the ghost of a
chance!"
"Yet, she's over 3O-and makes up!"
said Lady Connie, viciously.
Men prefer women over 3d." said
Molly Verdon, sententiously, land I
am inclined to believe that they lean
to makeup"
"Her waist is at least six inches
larger than mine," Connie persisted.
"She is Of the voluptuous and re.
dundant type, I grant you," returned
her friend; "but men like that, too.'
"Her boots are fives and her gloves
seven.'
'She is given to pedestrianism and
drives four-in-hand. Men adore that
kind Of thing" returned Molly, light.
ing a cigarette. "My child, what per.
feet tobacco!"
"Capt. Lorriker gave men the box
when he came home invaded from
Africa, and" I,
"You got so chummy?"
"He-he was laid up at his aunt's
in Belgrave square, and-l visit there
YOU know
"Or, you did just then, and you used
to drop in and spend the mornings
and the afternoons and sometimes the
evenings, reading and singing and
playing to the wounded hero" Molly
made little bit of q grimace.
ut was only Christian charity
said Lady Connie with dignity. HE
had splinter of a shell in the mus
cles of his ribs on the right side
sAnd little Connie thought that ar
arrow, skilfully implanted in the left
side might serve as counter-irri
tant." Molly exhaled thin blue CLOUD
of Turkish vapor and smiled at the
water colors upon the wall. "Now
Capt. Lorriker is we'll"
almost; only he gets awful at
tacks of cramp, and turns blue"
docs hep"
"Every now and then. It has some
thing to do with the water in South
Africa. He vows he will never drink
another drop as long as he lives"
''It's the kind of oath you ran really
rely on q mans keeping. But, tell me
one thing. While you were playing
not sister, but cousin of mercy, where
was the lie Quesne?''
I'm the Riviera. And Fred-I mean
Capt. Lorriker-admitted to me that
there had been what he called "a
slight ENHANCEMENT and promised to
steer clear of such things for the
future"
"And you believed him? Goose!'
sand then,'' went on Lady Connie,
rising to her feet and beginning to
walk up and down her sanctum, her
pale draperies trailing, her gold hair
disheveled, her cheeks and eyes fam.
ing with indignation, and her fingers
nervously wrestling with the clasp Of
her Egyptian silver girdle; ''then she
came back. o, it was degrading! She
just held up one of her fingers-gave
. him one look, and"
ssAnd he fell to heel like the we'll
trained retriever he is. The 1t
Quesne is famous for breaking-in men
rather admire her for it,
do you? Well, if you're going tt
lunch with me at the Dips club, 20,
will have the pleasure of seeing then
together. Both are members, 20,
know"
81 thought the rules separated tn
sexes at feeding timer"
'Nominally. But after the soup the!
draw the curtain that divides the la
dies restaurant from the gentlemen
grill, and
Fusion is the word. I should ik'
Of all things to see it. Why did yo'
never ask me before?"
Because I never joined until
went in for swimming" retorted Lady
Connie.
.'And now you're one Of the cracks
aren't you?"
sI've won some races and gained q
bracelet for the high dive"