Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-03

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"a sec. and ST. all druggists.
did you know that man called
Bentley Pine had been hereT
NO" 1 answered. The name,
though, suggests to me one OF the big
steam yachts and line Of ships that
20 somewhere or other from Gas
Cow"
yes. 1t suggested that to me. Have
you any notion Of the kind OF IDEAS
that get into woman's head, when
she is poor is perilously near thirty,
and sees her little parlor tricks don't
please the people half as much as
they did, an"
NO, I haven't the slightest" said
hastily.
"Oh. yes, you have" she rejoined.
"Well. he came-it was to help IN
that concert. Captain Mitchell sent
hj,n. because he couldn't get leave.
He was shy and rather badly dressed,
and he did not understand us in the
least Nobody took much notice OF
him. and SO | had him all to myself.
My worst enemies cannot say that
miss my opportunities"
"They don't" ! said.
ut was rather hard work at first.
He simply revelled in being in the
country. like the people at q Sunday
school treat. He wanted to walk and
breathe It all in You know l adore
muddy lanes and damp woods"
81 know that, as a rule, the handi-
work Of man is good enough for you,"
I said
"Well, dragged out an old walking
skirt, and braved them. Do you
know that the grass ride through the
pinewood isis the most beautiful
spot on Gods earthT'
81 remember under circumstances
similar, perhaps" l began.
Don't" she stopped me. "1 am
telling you my experiences, and I,
want to toll them just as they were.
How hatefully vulgar people are now
adays-slangy and familiar and hor-
rid! He was quite different. He set
one on a pedestal and talked from
the steps. At first the pedestal SEEM
ed wabbly. but afterward l got to like
being perched there"
"And the young man on the steps%
l asked.
eve women are supposed to be
able to divine all the secrets OF the
hearts of men, aren't we? But some
how I did not understand him. He
was the captive of my bow and spear
Oh don't smile, l hate the phrase
1 hate it ALL felt sure he was-out
somehow he"
"Did not dare to climb?" sug-
gested.
did not climb, at any rate Well
the man who hesitates may be lost'
but we women have ways, you under
stand. I tried one Of them the day
before he left. Sir Dennis was here,
bcreft of his Mrs Charlie, and l man
aged to resuscitate the ghost OF
Irritation. I would not walk with my
worshipper in the morning. We had
arranged to 90 down the grass ride
on his last day. 1 stayed here In the
hammock. and Sir Dennis sat where
you are sitting and, when he remem-
bered, made rather offensive love"
And the worshipperT | asked.
"He came by and saw us, but he
made no attempt to drive Sir Dennis
out. In the afternoon my walking
skirt was on, and l was in the hall.
He came up looking glad and flushed,
and then Sir Dennis Joined us, said
they wanted me to play them tunes.
In a moment my worshipper had van
ished. After dinner he did not come
to the piano when 1 sang; and in the
morning he had gone without saying
goodby."
80 the-er-little plan was not ex-
actly a SUGGEST" l said.
"But he left a letter for me-" said
Audrey. without taking any notice.
at said that I must forgive him for
not saving goodby. He was afraid OF
forgetting, as he had forgotten many
things. that he was a poor man."
oh, then wasn't that Bentley
Pine" I said.
mo. he wasn't that Bentley Pine"
she said speaking slowly, with spaces
in between the words. HE said that
he knew that rank and riches would !
have little influence on 4 girl like me |
"A girl like me-but it came home to
him that the girl he loved should
have pleasanter, brighter life than
he could ever make sure Of for her,
when he saw that there we're others
T forget how he said it; 1t was not
quite like that. Then he wrote thingsf
about me. You would not understan9
what he thought of me-"
II see," 1 said, che thought YOU (
were meat for his betters. Well"
observation-disclosures" said Au.
drey and there was that in her voice
which made me look at one Of the
finest views in the Home Counties
rather than at the hammock. :"
"Well, after all, hang II" I exclaim'
ed after bit, why not"
mo, no" she said, mot now-neV
Or pow."-From Black and White