Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-10


to 3 sudden close by the appear
ance Of a broad shouldered youth,
who stalked up the path and said,
with a self-confdent air, "COme
on, take q sail, Bessie, there's a
darling breeze.n
The youngest girl cast a glance
at her companions that seemed to
say, "There, you sect" although
she rose with ~alacrity and replied,
Thanks, MI. English, I'd love to
go. Goodbye, girls" and the
couple departed toward the lake.
It was late afternoon Of the second
day after the preceding cOnversa-
ton, and Marjorie and Alice had
Just descended in their prettiest
dinner frOcks, when the youngest
girl came flying down the long We
randa to fling herself into the
arms of first one and then the
other.
"You dear thiDgs!" she cried,
all out of breath. sits all on &C.
count of you! It just happened,
and I could hardly wait to tell
you'll"
"Did you actually try Tanner
No. 2'f"
"And did it work beautifully,
Just as we said it wOuldf"
"Oh, it worked exquisitely, but
not exactly as you prOmised-a
great deal better-a thousand
times better than you led me to
expect"
"Tell us quick, you tantalizing
thing"
"It was this very afternoon,
about half an hour ago." began
Elizabeth, perching herself on the
arm of the nearest chair. 81 asked
Willie Brighton to enact the role
OF the small boy, and the little
rogue was only too delighted. So
he hid behind the sofa in the IL
brary, into which I lured Wilt
Mi. English-tO look at a new
book Of eDgrav1Dgs. Pretty soon
/ we finished with the book, and
asked him il he didn't want to
i. learn my new game, just as you
i. told me. He looked rather puz
4 zled-all the more so probably be-
cause I was trembling with ex'
{ element, but agreed to the prOpO'
sition. So / wound a great big
/. napkin about bis head-he didn't
r appear to think 1t funny that 8
napkin was lying about the libra.
I ry-and at the signal Willie tip.
! toed around and kissed him twics
/. so loud that / was sfraid tht
(. whole house would hear"
0 "And then I suppose Mr.. En-
1 glish Rugged and kissed the ten
der Willie in return said th'
delighted audience.
/. "NO-O, ] guess Mr.. English /
different from the men you expe
IL rimented with. he sat perfeCtl.
still at first, only giving 3 queer
4 inarticulate kind OF 9 cry tia
must have frightened Willie; 10
he unlocked bis arms and iumpe'
Il out of the way. Then Mr.. In
|. glish took q long breath and said
y why, Bessie, you needn't hav
taken all that trouble just to kis
an old fellow like me- And /
t. some way he got my hand an
held it tight.
- "'But it wasn't me- I STAN
mered, 1T was Willie I wa
never more mortified in my life
a and I believe I began to cry, for
remember that the shoulder OF hi
= coat was quite damp"
eyes; when he got the blind
} fold of and saw how badly ! fe
! be tried to console me, and | don
know how, but I must have pJ
10 my face down on bis shoulder.
&c was terribly ashamed and had
u hide my face somewhere. I don
remember exactly what happene
next, but he sOOthed me as thong
I were 10 years Old-acted cxactI
as he always dOes-and-wel
= we're engaged, which is the chi
thing I wanted to tell you"
"NOw I call that a remarkab
u success" declared The pompadOl
y girl.
- "Success-yes," replied q
cute girl; ''but what I dent 4
rs derstand is why you let him cat,
you. The plan was, as soon
IN the small boy began his work
ID. get up and out Of the way. DidI
w you rememberf"
~ eyes I remembered" said t
youngest girl. ST did start to r
away, just as you directed, b
when / tried to rise I found tina
"a couldn't. That young rascal W
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