Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-13


smiled as Burney passed through. She
carried one OF the letters on which the
conversation had been turning. Be-
hind trotted the mountainous figure
OF dear old Lefaire. whose rosy. brown.
expansive visage. was conspicuously
written with consciousness Of his
lowly position us her satellite.
Miss Lozenby of third floor. back.
had been recounting the story Of her
little seance the evening before when
happening upon him alone by the fire.
light She took the ottoman by his
side. explained she wanted to go over.
conhdentially. with him. some curious
facts which had been noted In con-
nection with Burney's recent cores
pondence. pointing out the number OF
envelopes addressed to her In Ger
tain fne. vertical handwriting which
had been observed on the hall stand.
and recalling the stranger OF tho after
noon Maude Hughes went away.
From behind the palm tree between
the two front windows Miss Lozenby
spied tall. graceful. blonde walking
Mt Burney's side as she returned from
her farewell to Maude. And he had
prattied on like a schoolboy until the
early autumn nishtfali. With the next
morning the daily letters began to ap-
pear. one by the early eight o'clock
mail. another every evening. although
once shc had seen n note when coming
up from luncheon. which must have
been an extra third. since Burney al
ways took the morning arrival with
sh. lAFo h. AT n,
fasting.
II told him to DO man." cried Miss
Loxenby with martial spirit, ''and
quoted that from otheilo about rather
loving as q toad In . dungeon than
keeping corner OF tho thing ono loves
for others use. He ought not lot Gid.
dy young woman that's ready to work
upon any creature In trousers play
with his mans ancctions-ali for
another nckis firtation.-
A. tho lady went on a pair Of lively
eyes representing third floor hall.
front. aSitat.d her audience by HASH
Ing tho dispatch that the characters OF
her narrative were present rcailties-
In unobsorvant ignorance nurney.
with irfairc. ran the kos.ipcrs' Eauut.
Ing into Affairs on the other aidc OF the
porticsca. found his eounienanec all
too narrow for his smiles. as the pair
stepped out Of tho scssibuie for their
twilight stroll.
why. Peter. Peter exclaimed the
girl. softly laying hold Of tho large
arm by her side. how amusing that
ali Of . sudden you should caro- to
know all about my eorrespondcnts'
Aren't you EesiiaE too inauisitive.'
BuFney vas gently and very sedue-
lively sportisc. you don't want 10
become ef{cminase. do your DO you
think It's your style. dear. . busiy
thing like you' oh. veil. an Amazon.
perhaps you could do that. Only per.
sonaiiy. I would ind you quite charm.
Ing. I believe. II In your native role
OF wise acre bachelor you would 60 on
with that VERY eaiisenins dissertation
Of = few asoments sEu on the Nature
and pessiny Of Flirting: . Plea for
Eternal Aeinities. That IL what you
were talking about. isa't itv'
DO you know. Peter. Il convinced
me that you're born osaior-on that
topic. I mean. Of euurse: . most worthy
cause 10 ehampioa' fairly thrilled
st your esofdium on the high calling
Of adorable woman. Ones whole body
feels diacfcnt tas. Of course. you un.
derssana) when one IL thrilled By an
orators impassioaed use Of the
queens Easiish. The blood runs rae.
iiy and travels such unb~aten tracks
Of ones anatomy. Well. that's the way
I felt. Peter. when you were deseaniins
upon Natures angels Of ioveliness'-
glorious eyes'-'eheeks like pearls and
subies'-'heasts and sympaihies d.
vine. eseesera. eteotera.'
And you said the attraction b.
tween people ~as like the chemical
asssni,ies Of atom 10 atom. diaa't you'
which vas an exceedingly apt figure.
Some of u.s. for instance. are 50 like
nitrogen. aren't ver We can combine
with so many different atoms and can
break away from them again 80 light
~. Nov. do go on. Peter. and tell me