The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

grave girl, as he called her, and for
her father too, by implication, aud he
resented anything that looked like a
slight upon Evelyn. He was afraid
that she did not entertain enough, and
: since the girls who visited them In the
fall had left. he had been insisting
that she must have others come to. see
her. He had made her tell him about
all the girls she had known in college;
his curiosity in such directions was
| almost Unsuitable. He always de-
manded to know what their fathers did
| for a Evelih ood. and he had been sur
prised to find that so many of Eve
lyn's classmates had been daughters
of inconspicuous families, and that the
young women were In many cases fit
ting themselves to teach. He had
pretty .horoly cataloged all Of Eve
lyn's college friends and he suggested
about once a week that she have some
Of them out.
Sometimes. after Evelyn's callers
had gone, she and her father sat and
talked in the library.
II don't see what you young people
can find to say so much about he
would say: or: What was Wary CAB
bling about SO long?'
She always told him what had been
talked about. with a careful frankness.
lest he might imagine that the visits
of Wheaton or Wary, or any one else,
had special intention. She crossed
over to the library one night after sew
eral callers had left, and found her
father more absorbed than usual in
a mass of, papers which lay on the
large table before him. EIe put down
his glasses and lay back in his chair
Wearily.
''Well, girl, is it time to go to bed?
Sit down there and tell me the news" :"
There isn't anything worth telling;
you know there isn't much informa-
ton In the average caller He
yaWned and rubbed his eyes and paid
no attention to her answer. He had
cared to go to Chicago to hear the
: opera, and she had said that she would
t go II he would: and he now wished
5 to talk this out with her.
; The Whipples are going over to
Chicago for the OPERA he ventured
But you're not getting ready to
, back out! You ought to be ashamed
of YOURSELF" She rose and vent to-
ward him menacingly, and he put ul
, his hands as If to ward off her attack
. But you can have just as much fur
= with the general as you could with
me-"
, No, L can't; and for another thing
you need a rest. You never go away
! except on business; the fact is, you
y never get business out of your mind
: Now, let me gather up these things for
l you She reached for the array OF
y balance sheets on his table, and he
I threw his arms over them protect
t ingly.
l please go away! I've spent al
E evening eve I STRENGTHENING these things
S began rolling up his papers,
: You'd better go with the Whipples
!, and Mrs. Whipple will help you dc
e your shopping. 1t doesn't seem to me
that you have many clothes. You'C
= better get some more
g You can't buy me off that way
t father. Either you go or / don't,
e He turned toward her again when ht
g had rolled his papers into a packe
: and fixed a rubber band around them
e She knew, as she usually did afte1
= such approaches, that he wanted t(
t say something in particular.
s You mustn't settle down too soon
e You can't always be young, and yol
: can easily get into a rut here
8 Yes, but I haven't had time vet
d I've hardly got settled. I want to ge
n acqua1nted at home before I go away
It m afraid they still look on me as ;
is pilgrim and a stranger here"
o But they're all nice to you. aim
n thew he demanded sharply.
e They are certainly as kind as cal
o be- she answered. IT haven't a sin
: gle complaint. I'm having just tn,
# time I wanted to have when T cam,
n home"
II don't want to lose you too soon
6 girl" 1t was half question. Sh,
j. wondered whether this could be wha
y he had been leading up to-
o And | don't want you to lose m,
u at all! L didn't come home after al
r. these years to have you lose me-
Il ooh, I don't mean right away" h,
it said. "But notwithstanding yo,
e. Will have to go, I suppose"
n I'm certainly not thinking of it.
l. She was laughing and trying to breal
r his mood, but he was very serious
v, and took cigar from his pocket an,
e put it in his mouth.
Is You'll have to go some time, an,
< when you do I want the right kind o
e. man to have you"
n so do I, father.
Is .:You are old enough to understant
a that girl in your position is likely t,
IS be sought by men who may-who ma.
o well, who may be sWayed somewha
'e by worldly considerations
r isn't that a trifle hard on me?
IL hoped I was a little more attractiv,
n than that, father
= you know what mean," he wen
l. on. I guess we can tell that sor
: when they come around. I've had al
/" idea that you might choose to MARI,
c away from here; you've been ava,
e a good deal; you must have met goot
1t many young men, brothers of YOU
It friends"
IL Yes, met them, father, and tha
n was all there to it,
J. II shouldn't like you to marry ava,
d from here. I've been afraid yo,
1t wouldn't like our old town. / guess
e we fellows that started it like it bette
II than anybody else does; but can Sc,
= how you might not care so much TO
t it. He waited, and she knew that h,
d wanted her to disavow any such feel
Y, ing.
IS why, I've never had any idea o
= wanting to live anywhere else!
II don't believe I'd be happy away from
here. It's home and it always will b,
e home. Il hope we can stay and kee,
= the old house here
q She sat forward with her arms O,
% the curved sides of the chair. III,
/ did not heed what she said
9 Older people have this way Will
e youth when they are inten
q on the impression they wish to make
l. and count upon acquiescence.
~ , don't want YOU to sacrifice your
IL self for me out of any sense of duty
N the time will come when it will be al
IS right for you to go, and when it come
"a want you to go to man whose
a decent and square" He paused as i
, trying to think Of desirable attributes
l. Il don't care whether he's got mucl
sr or not, but I like young men wht
IL know how to work for living ane
le who've got little common sense.
ID guess we don't need any dukes o.
% counts in our family; we've all beer
se honest and decent as far as I know
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