The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-19
A SUMMER BREEZE.


'Mr. Brabazon Lascellesl" said the
maid
ooh, it's your said Jane.
''I admit itv' said 1.
II didn't expect you," said Jane, with
her nose in the air.
The unexpected always happens"
said 7.
I'VE quarreled yesterday" said Jane.
let not the sun go down uOon your
wrath" said I
Don't you remember we parted for
ever?" said Lane.
The shorter the memory the longer
the engagement" said I.
| But I told you 1 would not be en-
gagged any longer said Jane.
Very well; We'll get married at
once" said I.
What have you come for?" said
Jane
"A cup of tea" said 1.
Jane leaned back in her chair among
heavenly blue cushions and regarded
me with the same interested curiosity
that she would have bestowed upon
tabby COW or worm with two tails.
Il am not at all sure" observed Jane
wagging her head at me so that a little
curl escaped from bondage and tickled
her adorable ear; Il am not sure what
one ought to do in case like this. You
see 1 did not invite you"
She looked at me inquiringly.
! That's it. of course 1 came to in
qu1re why you didn't"
| l felt this was a palpable hit
Jane tilted her nose I'D to an absurd
angle and tried to eye me with superb
scorn-failing most deIiciousIy.
You ought to be ashamed of your
self. This is a serious matter"
My dear janet A cup of tea seri-
onss. -, =,
Jane screwed up her eyebrows so
that the points nearly met over the top
of her nose. This is the Way she
frowns, and it looks bewitching
L am not your dear Jane any more:
and it was not tea / was referring to.
AS'-she looked at me with fearful Sc
Verity-"aS you were very well aware -
Il know you are not any more my
dear Jane than you always were,' said
I, because fell in over head and ears
and all that from the very first. And it
occurs to me you might be abiding to
my dog. He is serious matter"
And my cat is serious matter"
said Jane, shortly.
"They certainly do not seem to get
on well together"
sy," said Jane.
$50 was Barabbas yesterday. 1t took
me five minutes to undo him.
And I started grinning at the recol
lection, but caught a glimpse of James
face, and my mirth was nipped in the
bud.
You are a mere brute!" she said
Now, really, Jane! Isn't this lot
of fuss to make over nice little bull
dog?"
lieve you would have cared a bit if it
had eaten Topsy."
80, come now, yes I should. It's a
valuable animal, you know"
Jane did not deign to reply, but took
her fluffy little beast of a cat up in her
arms and kissed it with malicious de-
liberation.
II wish you wouldn't waste them on
that estimable feline" I remarked.
Now, if you were to try that sort of
treatment with me?'
Jane smiled a wicked little smile. and
gave Topsy and her dose, with every
appearance of enjoyment.
hate cats.
Still Jane continued to kiss that con-
founded little demon. 1t was time to do
something. I decided to be repentant.
Jane" I said appealingly (by digging
the top of my stick into my waistcoar
at frequent intervals 1 get fine sort of
grief stricken break into my voice.,
Jane. please be kind and forgive me. I
will never do it any more"
do what?" asked Jane, putting down
that miserable mountaineering bit OF
felinity at last
Il don't know But 1 won't do it. any
way"
Jane looked at me doubtfully
I pleaded in most eloquent manner,
and kept on using the top of my walk
ing stick more and more frequently.
! ell, TINS once. SHE Sdlu
So we made it up, with all proper cere-
moniaf
I think twenty-one inches is just the
right diameter for a waist. 1t is so
handy. And it is surprising how blue
James eyes are when you are quite close
to them.
A Jane came down to the door with me.
She put her hand on my shoulder and
her head very near it.
And you will get rid of that nasty
Couldn't think of it, said I. Sup
pose you say -Good-by' to that beastly
cat?'
How dare your' said Jane.
well. if it comes to that. how dare
you'll" said 7.
It's different" said She
Don't see it," said 7.
We'll, perhaps we had better break it
Off after ALL
Perhaps we had
So it's all off again.
But mean to marry Jane all the
same--Sidney Allnutt in Black and
White.
Yes. my husband is greatly afflicted
with insomnia
What does he do for it2''