Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-10-20
As OUT u
OF THE WIND
BY
ISABEL BOWMAN TUiLhf 4


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HID - - frown and even through his
hi ~ "a Of anger showed.
a. L.r5 y. is not one of YOU he was
with suppressed vehemence'
2 - ,sslIv appreciates a deep honest
elo % love il il isn't always froth-
-', Yer with compliments. Words
y more weight with a woman than
49, Jaw, fsithfulness. A fellow who
but aatters her, will be able TO
'.'3 In her. when a poor dog OF
W., n, Who only knows how to love her
10 turned down with the coid
w." l,,rt NJ tolerant friendship.
tIa was glowering across the ice cold
me bubbling up from the messy
4 tt.,rsst Of the mountain, at a girl VINO
- idlv swinging a tin cup by its han
~ a1circIipg her forehnger She was
\ s.-..e5 all in white and her blond hair
- out from under her white hat in
-.rosarive little rings. whilst her soft,
ealing blue eyes were gazing at
81 with exasperating innocence and
mock admiration.
Ia ariaw wise YOU are. Peterl" she said
r her fresh, sweet voice. You really
have brought the study Of woman TO
srs pointl Your knowledge OF us is
profound" 49,
The red deepened on Peters face. 1T
stogld be profound, he growled,
e,-rm the amount OF time have
wasted 10 studying you
No time-don't the eopybooks tell
rsr-Is wasted that is well employed.
s-a { am all sweetness and light
That's the trouble-you are sweet,
ss5oicaIy, lrresistably sweet'-Kit-
vs lashes dropped to hide the smile
IN Der eyes-"but you haven't an atom
Of heart"
aBgt"-guilelessly-'.lf had been
endowed with a heart. would il have
been pre0rdained 10 beat for you,
Ts.r?"
Peter muttered something between
Sis teeth. "of course, | make no such
absurd claim But II YOU had shred
Of feeling you would not play with a
mans heart as though L was a rub
Der ball. for the sake OF seeing how
high you can knock 1t and how often
Go will rebound
A shade of guilty expression swept
over Kitty's face but she FASTENED TO
protest But Peter raised silencing
hand
q know my own experience ! have
proposed 10 you four times"-"three'
vas the humble correction across the
sptng-"Bu, this has been final I
fhai accept DIT Browns offer TO go
abroad with him next week to study
tuberculosis. and II am not man
szuugh 20 cast you out OF my heart
ought 10 be shot as a weakling! and
he strobe down 10 the lake where a
YsRl was drawn half up on the shore.
They had rowed across the lake from
hs opposite shore. where the cottage
vas her parents had rented for the
summer, and had landed 10 refresh
themselves at the spring And here
Peter had again laid his heart and
promising future as physician
A. Der disposal Heretofore he had
accepted refusal with manly dignity
That had kept his pain well hidden and
only left visible his logged determi-
nation to sucdeed So quiet had he
been that Kitty had no realization OF
bis WOUND and had half doubted It's eX-
is'euce and so to-day. instead OF her
usual gentle and half alluring refusal.
she had pricEed him on 10 his entire
Toss Of se.i-command and an unwonted
declaration uf fnality Like most per
sons who play with FIRE as an amuse-
ment she had let It get beyond her
control As She gazed after him as he
vent 20 the boat she saw by the set Of
as shoulders that his words had not
oeeu filled with air And then. to her
amused dismay. she also saw that he
was so absorbed in his own thoughts
mat he had pushed the yawl into the
lake and was getting in himself with
oll realizing that he was leaving her
behind.
She went halfway down the path and
rallied to him. "Peter!" she said,
pa.ntively, remember il Is FIVE miles
walk around the lake and I don't think
an quite equal to Il to-day"
Peter awoke with mortified conster-
nation az his unintentional rudeness.
beg your pardon" he stammered.
III wasn't thinking what | was do
ing
He held the bow while she stepped in
Nlt be did not raise his hand to help
Ter but when she was safely settled
among the cushions in the stern he got
IN ard took up the oars without any fur
.hfF words. He pulled out into the
'aSe. his white duck hat pushed down
over his brows. his lips set in =
s.faight line that betokened unaltera-
pe resolution. his eyes gazing over
nef head at the shore they were leay-
,Le behind; neither was there any fur
.aer lettering or dallying with the oars,
1ey we're piled with a steady monoto-
~ that meant a straight and swift
bone getting.
Kitty, too. was silent, but her brain
vas not idle; she was revolving some