Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-02
u Roh Bremerton lad shouted In |
the market place, 81 go a-whoop-

whit palmer to his friends It was
patent in his manner, 1t was eloquent
in his face. He made love as a col.
lege boy goes out to see his team win
a football game, hilariously and hap.
PLY. He took his friends into his
confidence and they clapped him on
the back and told him to go in and
win To Carol Delaine he was a new
thing in lovers, for he was quite un.
ashamed and unabashed. He wanted
both her and the world at large to
know 1t and to include themselves in
his happiness.
Good-looking Bremerton was with.
al, and his manner was potent
charm of affection. He radiated
boyish confidence and goodwill that
made mems hearts warm to him as to
younger brother OF whom they are
both fond and proud. Jim Alkire used
to say cynically that 1t was a mystery
to him why women had let Bob go
unmarried as long as they had.
When Bob first declared himself
Miss Delaine hardly knew how to, take
him. Most men in love are shy and
dlffident, but young Bremerton did
not seem to know the first principles
of the accepted method of love-mak.
ing. She told him with a little laugh
what was in her mind but Bob made
light of II.
"Oh, that's all right. Maybe don't
understand the proper frills, but
care tremendously just the same. It
Doesn't matter how you take me. Any
Old way will do, providing you do
take me-" he assured her in his boy
ish slangy way.
Miss Delaine had never been in
doubt as to her answer with other men
but this time she was full of hesita-
tons Undoubtedly Bob was
charming fellow, and-well, he did
tug at her heart strings sometimes.
She wasn't at all sure Of herself and
she lacked conviction that Bob was
sure Of himself. He took the matter
too lightly; certainly he did not fill
the role of lover according to her
preconception of how It should be
filled.
you talk as II were buying a
pair of gloves, or making an appoint
ment to go out to the links with you
This is rather more serious than that"
she told him.
His genial smile beamed on her
"You know the old story OF the girl
whose mother was expiating on the
seriousness of getting married. The
girl answered that 1t was a good deal
more serious not to. Them's my sen.
timents," he concluded ungrammati.
cally.
ut isn't quite a joke, Bob. I dare
say you mean what you say but I'm
not going to assume you mean 1t till
you have given me better evidence of
the fact" she said, little coldly
And Bremerton had to take that
rather ambiguous statement for an
answer. But the more he thought about
1t the greater encouragement he found
In II. II she hadn't cared for him
bit Carol would not have left IL that
way. She wasn't a girl to keep a man
dangling out of coQuetry. Within an
hour he had pursuaded himself from
deepest gloom to happy tolerance Of
the situation. About that time Alkire
caught sight Of his radiant face. He
looked at him from his chair in the
club house
"If IL will relieve your mind I'm
ready to receive condolences" he sug.
gested.
Bod shook his head, smiling at him.
"oh, coma IT'S written an over
your face, boy. Please accept my
heartiest, and all that sort Of thing"
. You'll have to guess again, Alldre." "
HIN! l wish. you wouldn't carry
that Observation-Disclosures face
about with you II it doesn't mean any
thing. You stalk about like a god Just
down from Olympus, My son, you're
not the first lover that has trod the
primrose path and come to grief in the
end"
Bremerton lapsed into a chair and
pushed a button.
Il move we have something on you
for too vivid use of the imagination
You're frank, you old cynic Wow
WOW! All bark, no bite!"
It was perhaps fortunate for the
peace Of mind OF both men that
neither Of them knew that Bremen
TONS Nemesis was waiting in the
shadow to touch him on the shoulder
and summon him 10 almost the wOrsl