The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-20

know anything about the place. except it's
name.
"But to be born twenty-seven miles
from Wahoo! That opens up a dismal
vista Of desolation and isolation. We left
him in front of the theater. He held my
hand quite long time.''
Didn't kiss you good-night7" inquired
Bobby, briskly.
Nancy flushed angrily.
'He certainly did not"
"Oh tut-tut A Texan and afeared ?--
and he so simple and direct in his meth
DDS, too! What about the next day?'
well, the next morning, before was
up, Mary staggered in with a perfect
CARLOAD of American Beauties, and while
l was dressing five-pound box of choco-
lates came"
"In their ultimate form Of expression all
| methods Of courtship look alike to me-
unused Bobby.
Then, Just as I was breakfasting, Bill
was announced. He came out and watched
me drink coffee. He wasn't in the least
embarrassed by finding that he had called
before breakfast. He had been up for
five hours, and he looked preternaturaly
wideawake; but he didn't talk so much
as he did the night before. I did most Of
the talking
Probably he had just discovered that
your innocent pratle has it's good points.
l. Did you talk to him about other men?
have a taste for that sort Of thing-a
are unreasonable and primitive in their
tastes I've an idea your Texan wouldn't
enjoy hearing about other men,
eve talked about-well. about ideals
and things
Bobby nodded Understandings.
Yes, know those ideals.'
HE has the most beautiful ideas about
woman"
That isn't indigenous to Texas, Nancy.
It's eternal masculine. It's a feature Of
the universal kingdom of youth
You are getting DID, Bobby
IT have ideas about woman instead Of
having ideas about woman. That's the
only difference
| but my Texan was awfully interest
Ing" said Nancy hastily. 1--WE went for
a walk in the park He didn't like it. He
said he would butt his head against the
biggest tree he could find and go mad
If that were all the country within his
reach. I don't think I ever saw man
fret against things before
1--WE do our fretting inside the effete
east"
mo, you don't fret that way. You are
used to things"
Men are never used to things, litt1e
girl. Men endure things
/ Nancy shook her head. Women seldom
understand
eve went riding together in the after
noon. He borrowed Mr.. Rollins saddle-
horse, but he wasn't very grateful. He
said it looked we'll, but that it wasn't
bride wise, and that 1t had gait like q
tipsy camel.
| "He breathed fire when wouldn't ride
fast, because it would be conspicuous and
the police wouldn't approve, and he
thought the men and women on trotting.
horses We're horrors. He said the Lords
original plan kept me from looking foolish
but that he d like to pick me up and carry
me down to the ranch, and teach me tt
ride.
Shades of my German riding master
and was a star pupil!
I'D like to ride across that ranch, tho
Bobby-with good cow -pony under me
and the prairie biliowing off to the hori-
: zon line on every side of me, and the birds
whirring out of the buffalo grass at my
feet-with no noise but the t11,ld OF the
horses hoofs and no one within sight but
the cornrade riding with me. One cou16
4 get away from shams down there, Bobby
and live-live!"
i Her eyes were burning and her cheeks
were af1ame.
BLESS her dear restless hearth said the
man who came often, and knew her
I'VE all want the gallop; but the sur
down there is intolerable, and the gras.
! burns up, and there's not a tree to cas-
! a shadow. The life Is rough, and thu
food is coarse, and the days are long ant
lonely. It's big heart that is sufficien
: to itself. little woman and we can't al
ways be galloping across a green prairi
, on a cool, clear day-not even If one live
IN Texas"
III He had grown up again.
Nancy's eyes were wistful.
II know. One never finds It anywher
but one goes on wanting, and liked TIL
ring Of my Texans prairie song
A moments silence, and Nancy contin
/. ued
He came down to the house that even
ing. I went down to see him, and h
, stayed for half an hour. I don't think h
said five words, but he sat, looking m