The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-08-22

for she took Teddy TO task concerning
his lack Of sociabllity. urging the me-
cesslty of this quality from a busi-
ness point oi view.
"fdldn't know that I was unsoeisblc.
said Teddy.
II don't mean that. exactly" she re-
Joined; ~ think ;ks; jou arr very
nice. but why don't YOU only go out
a littlc7"
III you only knewl" said the young
man.
"And don't mean that, either" She
hesitated, while he looked at her. smi,-
ingly; II mean" she continued. that
never sce you anywhere iha, ] go,
and"
"oh. that" laughed Teddy, well.
that's my misfortune"
"ft will he your fault from this time"
shc said, wow, 10 begin With, I'm go-
/ ing 60 send you an invitation TO party
I'm going TO have on Wednesday night.
/ Nou will promise 90 come, won't you?"
II won't promise"
"Bui You will''--and he did.
Hut as TO keeping his promise, that
was another thing. lie was not par.
/ iIculariy bashful. bu, he hnd an idea
/ that the sort Of society that Miss Pey-
| ton moved In was not his sort ~ so.
cicty, and he was n little uncertain
about his dress suit, which was Ger.
iainly not shabby from continuous
I wear; therefore Miss Pcyton looked
/ for him in vain and in consequence
snahbel several NJ her admirers 50
that hey lonRcd for death, or said
! th,y did,
Mis- Pcyion scoldcd Teddy with an
air Of proprictorship that the young
man found 10 he very embarrassing
when she saw him The next time, and
then she suddenly became embar.
raised and treated him with icy re-
/ serve for nearly an hour Soon after
! this she brought G.. W. H., her father.
/ mp 10 the studio, and the old man WAS
quite cordial and seemed 10 approve
81 Tcddl's .hirtslerves. lie invited
the yuunE artist to drop In and sec
! him at the house some evening when
/ hc had nothing better to do.
"Th1's what I have been trying 70
get him 10 do" murmurcd Mis- Pcy-
| ton. with n side glance at Teddy from
under her dropping cycl1shes, "hut he
/ won't rrmr"
FIRST time You haven't got your
own way" chucklcd the old man II
gucs, 8, will do yod good, missy. But
| n hr won't come for you he won't for
me-" Whcrrupln Teddy could do no
! less than s1y that he would most GER
,ainly ralI n he still might, and he did
call Chi time, aud papa came down hrst
and made him smoke and talked 20
| him about his prospects IN an easy
sort of way and recommended him TO
cut the arts and go into business.
which Teddy thought might not bo
such bad advice after all,
After little Miss Pryton came
down in a most bcwildcring little frock
and the smile that Teddy got ought
~ have been sufficient reward for COM
iug. g. ". u. tTa:tTd nH before long
and Miss Pcyton played and sang In
sweet. thin little voice songs that
made Teddy rest his chin In his hands
aud lose himself in the flicker Of the
FIRE. Then the girl left of singing
and came and sat down 10y him and he.
Tore hr knew 1t hr was talking about
himself which s. O bad sign, and he
was conscious that the delicate per
fumr Of her hair had somehow got
Into his brain. For time, Il Is 20 he
feared that he forgot all about Miss
Gleason. A. last he pulled himself to-
grihrr and rose TO 90, and she WAS OBJ
viousIy unwilling that he should 60
Just then. 80 he stayed, and y was
quite late when she waved her hand IN
farewell from the doorstep.
There would. no doubt, have been
n different ending TO this story had II
not beru for Tcddy's idiotic habit OF
talking to himself. He was boy who
took in q show, as n general thing, at
least twice a week, so he might have
remembered the almost Invariably To-
,.l onscqucnccs of soliloquizing to
villains and the occasional inconren'
fences TO heroes from the same foolish
practice, nevertheless he talked to
himself, and, az II happened. talked
himself into good thing.
II was after he had talked for near.
Is ten minutes to Miss Gleason, whom
he had called "Dclia" for the first
time He was not only unreprovcd. hut
she noticed that his necktie had drift
ed to one side and had Strengthened
Il for him.
When he went back TO the shop he
threw himself into a chair In front OF
the easel, wbcTeon Miss Pcyton's near"
lv completed portrai; was placed. and,
thrusting his hands deeply into his
trousers pockets and gazing at the pic
ture hlankly and unsceingiy, began 10
free his mind.
lie was very much sFltated, other
wise he would have noticed tha, the
original ot the portrait had arrived and
paused at the half opened door. Miss
Gleason saw her. and shortly after old
Balch saw his stenographer suddenly
rise from her work and walk unsteadi-
Ily TO the window as the door on The
other side of the passage closed with
a slam,
Miss peyton paused at the door be-
cause she observed the young man sit.
ting and gazing intently at her por-
trait, not working at Il, but Just look.
ing, and with rapt expression that
she had never seen on his face before.
although she had tried TO imagine 1t.
Then Teddy spoke.
"It's all foofishness," he said; "I'm
n ohump TO think that she cares for
me just because she has looked kindly
~ me a few times. She can't help be-
ing sweet and kind. bless heri And I
haven't got any business 70 AJAX her
how about IL; I'm too Internally poor.
| II wouldn't he the square thing"
Miss pey,on did not wait for fur
thsr particulars. She tipsoed In. and.
being an impuIsive young person. put
her arms around Teddy'k neck. laid
her cheeks against his and saids "You
wanst have 10 ask her. dear"
So. after all. II was not altogether