The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01
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/ 80 that's the game, is il, Billy
Well, lets you and get together and
make him suffer: yes. suffer said sal
A he vindictivelS
A Good - cried Billy, in bosish glees
s.sYou viii do nothing of the kind =
said Betty, who from experience knew
I what TO fear from the combination CT
these two. .Dicky, do wish Son5
would either learn how to behave
yourself or stay away. for I shall not
allow my guests TO bes subjected To
en- barra ssment.."
Oh, cult out, Sis. Do you sup
pose We are going to let that sheep
faced fool marry youe Not on your:
llife., ts
Now you are talking like a man.,
said DicRy encouragin Gly.
/ Come over here Betty. called
/ Anne Lewis from a rustic bench
q We got some news for you that I
simply can't keep.
.sSveil. What Is IT.? DO hurry UP and
j tell me forI must watch Dicky and
Billy; they are bent on mischief
.sOh, let them alone. No one pay
any attention TO Dlcky. and Billy il
ionIy little. boy. Well, here's ms
news, old girl. DR.. Lawson has Just
arrived from New York. and will be
lover here IN about ten minutes
WHAT zs5sS s
| YES he came very unexDectediS;;
and, what's more, he told me what
ihad long suspected. that he loved
| you and that you had kicked him as
| high as a kite No, he didn't put 1t
in quite that Language, but that's what
| he meant. only he's elegant and LIT
not Now. Betty, what's the matter
with you, anyway? do you expect
Ito marry something out OF the ord1-
nary? Perhaps that IS the reason YOU
encourage that professor.
Now, don't tease me, dear said
Betty with nervous little grasp.
efor I can It stand it now 8
swell, believe you do love q Dr.. Dr..
Lawson, no matter what you say.
a ..Yous are right, Anne, said Betty,
sadly, but after the way I've treat.
ed him he can't still care for me-
! didn't mean to be rnl1ind. but until he
went away did not quite know my
own heart, and now it's too late.
8 .Too late the dickens! Why.
/ what's5he here again for? Betty, lido
believe you've got softenfng Of the
Ebrain Well, there he is now. So:
you just go and meet him while
take care of the others. "A i.5
Later on in the afternoon the little.
party was gathered On the lawn.
v.Do5 you virginians serve mint ju-
lIeps all day long q asked Dr. 2 1aWsor-
81 don't wonder at your question,
lsafd the professor with affected shor-
ror. st is quite bad enough for one
of my age to take them, but for that,
| child BilIy$to be allowed the same IN
diligence is, think, a mistake on the
part of our charming young hostess.
Isl ttEh p" said Billy, smiling the air.
but before any reply on his part was
possible, Dicky interrupted.
Nov, professor. q am deeply inter-.
ested in your line of research, 81 II
fact, / read my Bible constantly and
have noticed particularly that where.
as in it vines and intoxicants are fire.
lauently referred to, as a beverage
/ water! was Only IS4ASStSoS cAANe
I then Dives limited Lazarus to just e;
| drop
Il A dead silence, the girls Uttered:
Betty blushed, Doctor Lawson cough
ed. Dicky assumed the innocent exs,
preston Of an angel on an Easter.
card Billy choked, then reared:
while the professor, with the largest
imaginable congregation of indescrib-
able expressions on his face, straight
ened himself into a Corinthian# col.
umn and ordered his horse.
ooh, how could you--could you do
that, Dicky % asked poor Betty; ashe#
will never forgive me, and simply.
conIdn t help laughing
miss Carter, m5told that there
are "a 1imber of old and interesting
Latin inscriptions in your family
graveyard. Can we not walk through
the garden and Sc them, for that's
the shortest route, isn't it?"sss55
well, OF. all the lame excuses Z
ever heard in my whole life, that's
the worst, z said Billy in high dis dis.
gust, .'but she will have to accept
him now, for that graveyard is Il "a r.:
tai tplace,5in more senses OF the word I'd
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