Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-11-02
"'CHUMS."

under the sun. I'd be willing to wager
it wouldn't happen under the MOON he
added. disposing himself at her feet in
the correct summer girl attache fashion.
Yes, 1t was refreshing if only as a
novelty" pontedly.
''Oh, come. now; let me stay here FIVE
minutes-iust to rest. you know. That
was a beastly clmb-what's wrong, any
howy'
''Oh. nothing, except I'm tired of being
proposed to-"
What luck. Do you know, Miss
Dykerman, to be frank, / didn't know
when l saw you from Bears point
whether to venture down or not? You
see, the truth is I've used up my whole
stock since I've been here. IFS an awful
tax OH a fellows ingenuity to rig up
new style every time, and | really feared,
now that I've known you-how long is
1.-two weeks-that | couldn't risk an
other tete-a-tete minus proposal"
The girl laughed. Il don't remember
noticing yours in any of the l.. LIS"
What are they?"
you"
oh, yes, you ought. You owe me
something you know, for sparing you
She laughed again. "You won't tall?"
Swear itn'
well: they're books with locked clasps
haven't You noticed those tiny cold
keys the girls wear?-and they cali them
i9Ye lore volumes, and they jot down all
their proposals and any pretty bit of love
masking some of them really are too good
70 pc lost. reminiscently, some of the
books are Illustrated, too One of the
girls warming somewhat to the theme
actually got her chum to take her
camera up the ravne one afternoon. She
had planned a stroll, and she got the man
beautifully arranged on the roel--t was
an awfuly artistic snapshot-she has i
in her l.. l.. but the mean old thing
didn't propose after all her trouble /
told her I'd give her some text to go
with it. but she didn't seem very appre
ciative."
why, haven't You an l.. l.. of your
own to fill, or is it already overlowing?'
asked the beautifully arranged" man nj
her feet.
:.Oh. deare me, no-theyre too much
bother for me-l'd have to spend half
my time scribbing."
We'll | think I'll swear off for the
rest of the summer" the man remarked,
thoughtfully.
From what?"
'NProposng."
eth m let's be chums, won't your
enthusiastically always wanted
MAJ chum and you are just about the
right age" sidelong glance at his
few gray hairs.
pose before | leave herein mock
trepidation.
you''-mcidly.
@All right, its a go then-a Platonic
dAnd we'll prove there can be that
kind of friendship between a man ana
woman,
1T will depend on you, Miss Dyker-
very well, you'll see the kind Of stuff
I'm made Of. | wonder if you really can.
1t would spoil the whole thing II you
shouldn't stick il out"
And proposeY' :.
'Yes. or something equally iuartishc.
well, you never can tell till You try
la the little girl who tried to look IN
her ear with her eye
Mt" rejecting, and then. with
viyacity: I'VE might even venture lit
tie flirting later on, if you think you're
equal to it. I'm simply immune by tins
time; it couldn't hurt me, pushing back
the carcssing little curls Of sunny brown
hair from her brow in the most business
like way, 'and you ought to be. Do you
KNOW, you nave just tidN CUM VI tdhlS
mellow feeling of one who knows how by
long practice" The man laughed appre-
ciativeiy u hate real dead serious loye-
making, men are always so awkward
when they are in earnest, How many
times have you been in love|
Couldn't count them, but they all
came ont in the wash"
Never once indeliblyT
"Nevcr ouce-yet"
'tt7b1v saw thai - SbA GpifpI
Girls" exclaimed the leader of the
Younger "set" Mt the mountain house,
who. by common consent. bore the pSeu
donym of Continuous Performance" Il
believe it's a go with hi Dykerman this
time It's been two weeks today since
the show began; he's hardly left her
side" And the speaker hastily arranged
herself in a more becoming attitude as
she shifted cigar in the distance.
We'll that's the shortest road to Soon
Over" observed n semi-passe over the
top of her yellow backed"
Hes an awful duffer, anyhow pout
ed plump blonde II did my best to
get him for my l.. H.. but he simply
wouldn't. | don't believe he knows
how
I'm afraid he won't figure for poster
ity in our classic literature someone
else sighed.
It's awfully dull this morning. Let's
do something new, began the C0ntlnu-
Gus Performance again. Lets compare
l.. LIS and see il anybody has a speci~
men of Dis 'chum that's what she
calls him-fancyH' Then the locked vol
umeS were produced with much COM
mcnting chatter.
II wonder il they did anything like
this i'll the ark on rainy daysT
Ark! Why, even our grandmothers
would turn green in their graves If they
could see and hear us 'ur~toriatcs'
And yet why?" began the semi
passe, somewhat sententiouSly. Il think
it's really commendable of us to be so
frank about it all. As matter Of fact,
it is only outwardly, specifically that
men do the pursuing Women always
covertly begin the thing and guide it to
as triumphal a finale as their powers al
low. Nature is nothing if not artistic.
you know. She has a fine sense of pro
portion. and to preserve an outward
equilibrium-to balance her colors-she
poses the man as the aggressive party.
He likes the role. and the woman tripS
fatally who let's him once scent facts. |
think" But she was cut of with cries
of:
-"Speak for yourself, John"
ITS true all the same.
"You never can tell
"She ought TO know. she's been mt il