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

setter, sat painting in the hot Virginia.
sun, while Thomas Jefferson, ~ the
house cat. was sleeping coufortablF
ana soundiy by his side. Betty Car r.
, ter, a young lady Of 20 and mistress
of all she surveyed. leaned back n
her much-cushioned Madeira chair
and watched from the broad veran ran
da lonely detected horseman coming
up the avenue.
.Billy! Oh, Billy"# called Betty,
do come out here and do your study.
ling. for that terrible Professor Carl
ton is coming, and simply wont
| again lie left alone With him. NOW.
run, Billy: that's a dear good fellow.
Dog gone it, Sis" said a boyisll
voice from the hall, "I wouldn't be
worried with such long-coat-taiied
! prissy trash as that; no. not even i
he were the President, much less tue
professor of a St. Andrew $ bfotaers
and. al such stuff as that. Now, why
don't yon say damn raise the dew.
generally, and to such an extent that
| he will abandon you as hopelessG u.
Then in witheringly sarcastic tones
| he continued: But shucks. that's
the way with you girls 9ou don't.
care whether a mans coat ta1ls are
long or short, his mind broad OF mar
row, as long as he wears breeches,s
Flirt, t1irt. f1irt--you do that as IN
consciously as you sleep: and then
| when the consequences are. disagree.
able you expect me to always be on
tap to help you out
.:Flirt? Why. of course. said Betty
that's most necessary Ingredient
and yoll wouldn't have me anything
else. know Then, turning, she
said, pathetical1y. But you will stand
by me this time, anyway, won't you,
old boy? And after tea L promise 10
help you with your. Cicero.
BY this time the professor was
within speaking distance, 50 Betty
fletsureIy went down the broad stone
steps and said in hospitable tones
tsNow, this lis a pleasure, m y dear
professor, and you are just IN t1f1e
for tea. am expecting the Pages IN
i few moments, so we can have jolt
w little time of it under the trees; for
Its cooler out there, think NOW
Billy tell Dingo to take Professors
horse, and then you come stra1sht
back here to me, for''--with wink
f..you have been studying too hard re;
Gently, and simply will not have
your health sacrificed to Latin, Greek
and mathematics Now, hurry PACK,
dear -
.1s ..I had hoped we might have been
alone at least a few minutes, sa1a
Professor Carlton, casting reproacch1
full glance at the sacrificed 81 butsfa 9. I
the same time obedients Billy. IheE
with effeminate pathosa he continued,
.I have ridden 20 miles to ask you 20
reconsider my proposal"
t.Oh. there come the Pages!" cried
Betty in a voice full of ill-disguised
relief. Then, realizing that her self
evident gratitude amounted to . III s.o
less than srudeness, she smiled IN a
way, way that would have corrupted an
archbishop, and said, ;sweetly, WHAT
a pity they came SO soon, because Eotft
erwise we might have talked matters
over. and you and your eloquence arc
SO convincing
This subtle slattery had the effect
of making the professor rub the PAINS
of his hands With dignified :satisfac 6
ton, and as the nelSfDorSH u ose = :. =
remarked, Then my little one, . ma
again try to convince you OF RI n :
love-? !,
ooh, yes; but not this evening, ana. ana
please don't again look at me IN that nat
tender way, because our friends
might guess your secret, and they
are. as you know. terrible leases.
..Well, Betty said Anne Page,
sliding gracefully from her horse,
"you6 may just as well ask me to rcr
main a week. for not another mile 90
/ ride until it turns cooler. And how
is he professor" said she, extending
to him friendly little hand. sup
nose rather tired, If you have been
irving to talk Betty into common
sense ways. You may take my Word
for it, she is beyond redemption.
II can hardly agree with you. ms
dear Miss Page. for to-day she has
encouraged me. to bilieve that on one
important subject, at least, she is
more IN my way of thinking z
An annihilating glance from Betty
as she again went down the steps To
welcome another carriage load OF
fneighbors who were just d l1'ss
around the circle.