Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-09-04
II WAS IN THE AIR.

doing Us such lot Of good down IN
Surrey. knew II by the unconscious,
Indifferent air with which Mrs. Cor
hamburg attacked favorite topic.
"Have you ever thought about II 7"
she said.
Often" I sighed.
seriously ?" she questioned.
drowned my disapproval Of her sug-
aestion that / could look upon such
subject as q Jest.
"Surely," said, with some asperity,
"you can't have forgotten that in this
very house last year"
"Oh. that was all nonsense" broke in
Mrs. Gorhambury.
Suppose you were TO think about it
seriously-O. WELL again, II you like
what would she be like?" she asked as
she arranged the flowers with her head
on one side.
"ln mind or body?"
20, in body. Bodies are so much more
interesting. / mean-men always think
So" she added. hastily.
"Well," said. "she would not be tall.
/ shouldn't think she would be more
than feet 3 or 4. don't like the idea
of woman looking down on the top Of
my head"
when it's getting rather"
AT any time" / said.
"Thin?" murmured Mrs. Gorham-
bury.
mo. On the contrary. Not, per-
haps what one would call plump but
thin-no, decidedly not"
20. your inamoratal'" said Mrs.
Gorhambury. lis she to be dark or
fair?"
Parrish" said. Ozark women are
ill-tempered. and very fair ones are
tickle. She is neither mean neither
dark nor very fair" / added.
"And her eyes?" she inquired.
upon my word" said, 81 forget
that is to say the exact color of the
eyes is of no consequence. They are ex-
pressive."
"Oh," said Mrs. Gorhambury.
"Any MOUTH"
eyes," l replied Rather lot of
mouth, but you would not have 1t one
bit smaller. It's the mouth that Cam
paspe won from Cupid-like bow, you
know, and red"
"Indeed, are there any more require
ments %
EYES," I said "Her eyebrows are to
be a shade darker than her hair. Her
chin Is not TO be silly chin-rather a
square one, perhaps-with two dimples
somewhere near the mouth. She is not
to be silly at all-rather downright,
out-of-doory sort of person"
"It's quite like MY Queen She must
be this, that and the other-nearly
everything under the sum-" said Mrs.
Gorhambury. 81 remember Richard
used to sing IL when we were engaged.
used to think II so extraordinary of
him, because IT begins: When and
where shall earliest meet herr" and
there was all the time"
Perhaps" began.
80, no." broke in Mrs Gorhambury,
decisdvely, as she stuck in some green
stuff. Richard isn't at all like that.
He was quite upset when l told him.
think he only intended to be vaguely
sentimental. Go on with your lady
love. How old is she TO be2"
'Twenty-three last birthday" re-
piled promptly.
you've a very exacting magma
tdon." said Mrs. Gorhambury.
"That isn't ALL" continued. "She Is
to have no younger brothers or any
nuisance of that kind, but just a nice
sensible father. who won't notice
whether she's there or whether she
isn't"
"And the MOTHER"
Unfortunately" l said, with much
sympathy, "she will have lost her
mother in her tenderest years"
The jonquil which Mrs. Gorhambury
intended for the center flower vase
never got there. She turned toward
me with II poised in her hand.
"It's most extraordinary" she said.
"Short, plump, large mouth, outspolt-
en-, silly old father" rose Indignantly;
had said none of these things.
you've exactly deScdibed Evelyn
Walters"
"Well2" I asked
Even good women are matchmakers
at heart. The JOY of the chase lit up
Mrs. Gorhambury's. face and she
marked her quarry down with the jon
gull.
"Well, I'll tell you something" she
said. "She's coming here tomorrow.
Richard says have perfect instinct
in these affairs and l shall begin to
think he's right"
have often noticed that married
men encourage their wives in these
things and looked displeased.
"Why don't you look delighted ?" she
asked, surprised.
got up and looked out Of the win
dow at the toiling bicyclists on the dis
tant high-road.
eve were all SO happy together" /
said with sigh. "The greens are
splendid and my new driver was com
ing tomorrow. The air here is wonder
fully good. slept quite well yester-
day afternoon--One of Mabel's birth
days was coming on soon, too, wasn't
it7-The poor child will be disap-
pointed-Do you mind IL / ring for
tlmetableT
What do you mean?" said Mrs. Cor
hamburg. "Do you mean to say that
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