New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-20
IN 10 We
and WAR
BY Rare n. CIeary
Copyright, 1868. bv Z. C. Mcclure

i
Doris was singing as she came flying
down the wide stairway and out into
the warm brilliancy of the young day,
/ for it was midsummer. the time of
roses, of fragrance, of romance.
/ And Doris seemed the veritable spirit
! of it all-at least so thought the young
fellow watching her from his seat un-
der the great elm. But it was not till
/ she was quite close to him that she was
aware of his presence The gay little
chanson she had been lifting ceased,
and the pretty. startled color deepened
1 in her soft cheeks.
4Bon jour- she cried blithely and
i paused in her Atalanta-like fight
"Mercy! What a morning to be porting
over book! Why, instead you
should
81 know He had risen and was
towering before her. straight and state
~, man with an air that was more
that of soldier than student. You
think / should prefer to cultivate Dame
Nature
There was a quizzical flicker in the
gray, black dashed. black browed eyes
that met her accusing gaze.
IF you will put down that book you
may walk with me Us far as the abode
of Mrs. Melinda Parsons, who is ex-
pecting me this morning to write her
monthly letter to her son in the Phil
ippines."
''The permission is tempting" con-
fessed John Jardine, shut there is Fred
4 die
"Oh if you prefer Freddie's society
to miner The little chin with the dim
pie went up in the air.
But I'm paid to teach your broth
/ er, Miss Ware he fastened to ex-
plain.
z'And not to accompany me. quite
understand And then, with much
dignity of demeanor, Good morning,
4 Mr.. Jardine.'
Good morning" he replied ruefully.
But the quizzical smile was dancing
again IN his handsome eyes as Miss
Ware flashed open her parasol, whisked
! up the skirts Of her embroidered ba-
tiste and turned loftily away, only te
pause when she had taken few steps
and look back over her shoulder with
1 eyes full of infinite reproach
There's that dog at Browns, and
he might bite. And-and it's hard to
get over the pasture stile alone.
And"-a pitiful CULVER in her voice
cllnched the sincerity of her assertions
II am afraid Of snakes-and there
| may be snakes. Freddie saw one last
summer"
| There was no questioning the tri-
umphant truth of the final declaration.
Nor was refusal longer possible. Con
quered, John Jardine found himself
walking along the avenue, adjusting
his long stride to the gait of Miss Doris
Ware, who, now that she had her own
way in persuading the most stubborn
individual with whom she had ever
come in contact, was radiant and bub-
bling over with merriment.
Since six months before their ac-
quaintance began the little flirt, BELLE
beauty and heiress had yainly tried all
her graces and destinations on the seri-
GUS and stately instructor of her bois-
ferrous young brother. It had seemed
so natural since she was schoolgirl in
short dresses to have admirers by the
dozen that the difficulty she expert
enced of bringing Jardine to her feet
p1qued her and made her more than
ever determined to make him capitu-
late. She would have opened her pan
sy purple eyes very wide indeed and
have been honestly amazed had any
one accused her Of being heartless
She would have said that no one meant
to be serious. Anyhow, all knew-for
1t was an open secretthat she was not
free. Her marriage had been arranged
oh, ages ago-by parents and lawyers
and solicitors and that kind of people,
It was purely a marriage of conyen-
fence. But 1t appeared to be very con-
venient indeed. and quite satisfactory
all around
Some day, when she was old. very
old perhaps twenty-four or there
about-Lord Lessington would come
sailing over the sea and wed her. and
bear her back over the billow to a mag
Mhcent historic old home in Sussex.
and she. would be q great lady and lead
good and beautiful life and be happy
forever and ever. Which, as her heart
had never been touched. and she was
only wild and winsome little maiden,
seemed quite right and natural.
Only of late she ha0 begun to won
der why her eyes would lroop when
suddenly encountering those Of the
man beside whom she now walked.
rafting on in light. iHeonsequent fash
Ion. She was furious when she found
ner cheeks grow burning hot at the mo-
m mem OF chance meeting. What was
he to her that her heart had come to
beat more quickly when in his pres
ence? Defianfly she summoned all her
bright audacity to conceal this strange
new unrest
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