The Washington times., 1902-04-20

| was possible TO do and miss, THIS DeinS
their customary daily diversion. Now he
was watching her lazily. That was what
! irritated her so-his inordinate laziness.
+ He was large and blond, with placid
! blue eyes like sleepy baby's. She was
| little and trim as waxwork, and her gray
ewes were clear and keen. The exciting
| point of the days program over. Roy had
settled down to his usual comfortable
nonchalance.
| 81 dent know what kind of fellow you
want" he grumbled. amiably, with an
| indolent movement of one oar; and some
how his LATEST motion seemed to accom-
| plish a good deal.
II know" said Ruby, positively.
Lets hear about him, Roy proposed.
Hes BRISK Ruby replied, and ener-
getic.
Think I've got him in my minds eye.
! Roy gave the other oar an easy touch.
Small and bustling-and chippery. like
the little cock sparrow who sat on
tree
"He isn't like that in the least" Ruby
sat up prim and stiff. and rosy with in
GignatioR.
ooh, isn't he? Beg his pardon. Where
is he now?"
"At work" Ruby replied, promptly. her
tone implying comparison between
man thus profitably employed and one
who idled his time away at summer
hotel.
Perhaps he has an object in view,"
Roy insinuated.
Perhaps Ruby admitted, demurely.
"ABd-um-is the object to be attained
soon?" ~-1-
I Ruby let her eyes drop toward the top
rufIie of her blue organdie.
! "I-dont know exactly; not before next
spring" She was dabbling her hand in
| the lake, her eyelashes still slanting
! downward
! "Ah, Congratulate him and everything
Shall we row over to that bunch OF will
lows, or down to the little cove?"
! For an instant Ruby wished she might
tip the boat over, just to see II his ex-
asperating equanimity would be disturbed
even by such an emergency.
4 don't believe 1t WOULD she decided,
in disgust. He'd get US out if he could
! conveniently. and if he could not, he'd
drown with that contcnted smile on his
H. as serenely as if he were a wooden
| Shem out of a toy Noah's ark"
| Mrs. Albert Lloyd was peacefully cro-
| cheting a pair of bedroom slippers for
Mr.. Albert Lloyd, chanting such mean
tation as Chain two; double in second
double; turn, five singles in loop; chain
two," when her sister Ruby whirled in
upon her, cast herself into rocking chair
and rocked tempestuously for three min
utes. Mrs Albert viewed her quietly
suspending her crochet hook for mo-
ment.
Three singles in loop; chain two
been fencing with Mr.. Adams again." she
queried. mildly.
Yes" Ruby answered, but I hardly
think he'll care about fencing any more"
mo? Why not? Turn; five singles"
Il practically told him 1 was-en-
gagged"
Dear me,-chain five-and to who'll?
Turn"
"a person I invented"
"You unprincipled little wretch, What
did you do II Tor
Just to see what effect 1t would have"
Two singles-and what effect did it?'
None at all. You couldn't stir him
Ifup to move an eyelash, whatever you
did He's too sublimely lazy even to
lose his temper!'
| Mrs Albert shook her head gently.
You're off the track" she commented.
| nu-ipi wOOI. che
| perhaps be guilty of always keeping mis-
| temper, and, let me tell you, married
woman would consider that a very good
| failing; but as for being lazy-Albert's
| friend. that little Mr.. Higginson, who
| knows him we'll, says he works in his Of
/ flee like a galley slave ten months of
the year, and although he has that lazy
way and looks as If he were letting things
| go to smash if they want to he has his
eye on everything, and. every move he
makes counts. l shouldn't wonder 4
you've put your silly foot in it for once.
with your invented man. Albert says there
isn't more whole-souled fellow living
! than Roy Adams; but just because he
doesn't hop around and fuss over every
thing like a banty chicken-as you do
you must get scornful and snub him.
You've done It all summer, you know
you have, and he's been as faithful to you
as the needle to the haystack. or what
ever it is a needle is supposed to be faith
full to- You always were fractions child.
and you aren't a whit better now than
when you were six years" Mrs. Lloyd
| ceased her lect ire as she found herself
| talking to a dissolving view of blue or
candle rufiles and a couple of whisking
sash ends, and returned TO her claiming,
doubling, and looping.
| Roy appeared before Ruby early the
next day in his usual calm frame of mind
and his boating rig.
Think he'll object to your going out on
the lake with me just once more?'' ne
asked I'm going away early tomorrow
morning"
"What for?" she asked.
Have to-" he responded vacation
comes to an end tonight. Can you go?''
| She ran out and slipped her boating hat
on in silence. She was rejecting dismal
| ly that she must either confess her little
romance of yesterday an unfounded one,
or bid good-by forever to this exasperating
was something she could not do and re-
tain any shred of happiness. She waited,
however. until they were out on the blue,
| soothing bosom of the lake. Then she
| rushed into it.
He couldn't object, you know" she
| said reyerting to his remark of some