The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01

Well, let's you and set together and
make him suffer; yes, uffer, said
he vindictively.
| "Good!"@criea Billy III boyish glee.
'sYou will do nothing of the kind. y
said Betty, who from experience knew 1,''
what to fear from the com bination q
these two. .Dicky, do wish yot5
would either learn how to behave
yourself or stay away, for. I shall not
allow my guests to be subjected 70
embarrassment
.Oh, cut it out, Sis. Do you sup
pose we are going to let that sheen,
faced fool marry you2 Not onZyoiu l
life.
e Now you are talking like man,
said Dicky eucouragingy.
Come over here, Betty, called
Anne Lewis from rustic. bench
..I,ve got some news for you that
simply cant keep. 81
well. what is it? DO hurry zip and
| tell me for l must watch Dielsy and
Billy; they are bent on mischief ''
"oh. let them alone. No enc payss
any attention TO Dicky, and Billy Z. iY
only little boy. We'll. here's nlSf
news. old girl. DR.. Lawson has juas
arrived from New York and will be-
over here in q bout ten minutes ''9a.
| WHAT
yes. he came very Unexpectedly
and, what's more, he told me what
had long suspected, that lie loved
you and that you had licked him as
high as kite. No, he didn't put II
in quite that language, but that's what
he meant, only he's elegant and In.
not Now, Betty, what's the matter
with you. anyway? Do you expect
to marry something out of the ordit-i
nary? Perhaps that is the reason you
encourage that professor. Is,
Now, don't tease me, dear said
Betty with nervous little grasp,
"for can't starfd it now
IN well, r believe you do love Dr..
Lawson. no matter what you say. Z NJ
s.You are right, Anne said Betty,
sadly .but after the way I've treat
ed him he can't still care for me- 4
didn't meant to be unkind but until he
went away I did not quite know my,
own heart, and now it's too late. Z .t5
$t. TOO late the dickens Why,
what's he here again for? Betty. I do
believe you've got softenfng of the
brain. WE'LL there he is nov So
you just go and meet him while S
take care of the others,
Later on in the afternoon the little
party was gathered on the lawn.
N.sDoS you Virginians serve mint jus
Ieps all day long2' asked DR.. Lawson
II don't wonder at your question:,
said the professor with affected hor-
ror. cit is quite bad enough for one
of my age to take them, but for that
child Billy to be allowed the same IN -
diligence is, Z think, a mistakeSon the.
part of our charming young hostess.
esEh e. said Billy, smiling the air.
but before any reply on his part was
possible, Dicky interrupted
Now, professor, am deeply inter
ested in your line of research, IN
fact, L read my Bible constantly and
have noticed particularly that w ere,
as in it wines and intoxicants are fre-5
uuently referred to, as beverage
water was only requested once, and
then Dives limited Lazarus to just one
drop.
A dead silence, the girls Uttered,
Betty blushed, Doctor Lawson cough,
ed. Dicky assumed the Innocent ex-
|pression of an angel on an Easter
card Billy choked, then roared.
while the professor, with the largest,
Imaginable congregation Of indescrib-s
able expressions on his face, straight
ened himself into a Corinthian coll.
umn and ordered his horse. va
ooh, how could you---cou1d you do
that, Dicky?" asked poor Betty; he
win never forgive me, and j simply
couldn't; help laughing
IL Miss Carter, am told that there
are a Lumber 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?'''
as"We11, of, all the lame excuses = l
ever heard in ms whole life. that's
the worst. said Billy in high y d DIS. IS
gust, but she viii have to accept
| him now. for that graveyard is assfa7
tai place, in more senses of the word q
than one s5ss s3
81 sincerely trust they may settle
matters satisfactorily this time said id
Anne, .for he is no Y end nc of the g