Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-14

some of the architectural wonders of the
old world in American cities. His plan was
to send out million postal cards inviting
a dollar apiece from a million people. AL
most anybody can give away a dollar and
not miss it,
How did the scheme work." asked Mr..
Porter.
TT wasn't tested" answered Wary.
1.-THE doctors in the sanitarium wouldn't let
him out long enough to mail his postal
cards.
General Whipple persuaded Miss Mar
shall to tell negro story, which she did
delightfully."-, while the table listened.
SOuthernerS are, after ALL the most natural
takers we have and the only ones who can
talk freely of themselves without offense.
Her speech was musical and she told her
story with nice sense of it's dramatic
quality. At the climax, after the laug liter
had abated, she asked, with an air of sur
prise at their pleasure in her tale:
Didn't you all ever hear that story be-
fore?" She was guiltless of final rs and
her drawl was delicious.
"Oh, Miss Marshall! knew you'd say it!'
Raridan appealed to the others to be sure
of witnesses.
What are you all laughing at?' de-
manded the girl, flushing and smiling about
her.
"Oh. you did 1t twice!'
II didn't say 1t, Mr.. Rardan," she said,
with dignity."I never said that after 1
went north to school,
ashamed of you After all we did in col
lege to break you of it, you are at it again
though you've been only few months
away from u.s.
Its hopeless. I'm afraid said Miss
Warren You know, Evelyn, she said
Tails when she first came to college"
They had their coffee on the veranda,
where the lights from within made pleas
ant dusk about them. Porter's heart was
warm with the joy of Evelyn's home-com-
ing She had been away from him so
much that he was realizing for the first
time the common experience of fathers,
who find that their daughters have
escaped suddenly and inexplicably from
girlhood into womanhood; and yet
the girl heart in her had not lost
its freshness nor Its thirst for pleas
ure She had carried off her little COM
pany charmingly; Porter had enjoyed HIM
self, and he felt young again in the presence
of youth.
General Whipple had attached himself to
one of the couples of young people that
were strolling here and there in the
the veranda alone; both were unconsciously
watching Evelyn and Saxton as they walk
ed back and forth in front of the house,
talking gaily; and Porter smiled at the
eagerness and Quickness OF her movements.
Saxton's deliberateness contrasted oddly
with the girls light step. Such girl must
marry man worthy of her: there could be
no question Of that; and for the first time
the thought of losing her rose in his heart
and numbed it.
Porter's cigar had gone out fact to
which Mrs Whippfe called his attention.
I've heard that it's great compliment
for a man TO let his cigar go out when he's
talking to woman. But / don't believe
my chatter was responsible for it this time. .
She nodded toward Evelyn, as If she UNI
derstood what had been in his thought
She's very fine. Both handsome and
sensible and at our age we know how rare
the combination Is.
IT shall have to trust you to keep an eye
on her. want her to know the right peo-
ple." He spoke between the flashes OF the