Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-03-25
6Ubof the
World Said
By ALLAN p. AMES


"One is enough for me-" said the girl.
Your own, suppose"
"Of course. presume one Of the
others is yours. Whose is the third%
Easton gave long, sweeping stroke
that sent the canoe darting far through
the waters and laid the dripping pad
die across the gunwale. THE third"
he replied, sis what the world says"
"And who cares for thatT spoke the
girl lazily from her cushions near the
bow.
Public opinion is something none Of
us can afford TO ignore" said the youth
gravely.
But this is not public matter. The
extent of my liking for you is some
thing just between ourselves"
"Our world tonight, Anne, is not the
world of last winter. It's smaller--just
the little colony at this end Of the lake,
in fact. That's the way we men feel,
at any rate. We come here to get away
from the world of work, and we want
to keep wholly within this little pleas
ant sphere of our own. Now, you can't
say that nobody about here has noticed
my devotion. II you should inquire
I'll bet you'd find that most Of your
friends can enumerate the times that
I've proposed In the past month. oh,
they know all about u.s. and they're In
tensely concerned. You can't have for
gotten what an active interest you and
! took In your sisters affair"
I'VE were only rude children then"
Summer days like these make chill
dren OF us all. I've been growing
younger ever since knew you. Now,
| have a chlldlike faith In the worlds
good judgment Can't you let It settle
this question for us2'
"Do you value its opinion above
mlne2" asked the girl, with a smile he
might have seen had the moon been
larger.
"Oh, no; only, you see, your opinion
in measure is neutralized by mine.
Here's a dlsinterested third party.
Why not submit the question to himf
am convinced that you should marry
me- You say you shouldn't. The rest
Of mankind are comparatively unim-
portant, but let's leave It to them.
Isn't that fairf"
would you have them vote It at
next electionW
mo, no. l am in earnest, Anne. II
all our friends thought as do,
wouldn't 1t make any difference to
your
But don't know what they think.
I've never asked them. Have your
Certainly not" answered Easton In
dignantly. But know a way OF
learning-to a certain extent"
whats thatr
Listening"
"At keyholes and open windows,
suppose"
mo, don't feel quite young enough
for that. Besides, It isn't necessary.
See here"
Easton left his perch on the stern,
worked his way to the center Of the
canoe and picked up a small mega
phone put the little end to your
ear" he said, handing It to his COM
panion. Here's another just like 1t for
me-"
"Why, Joseph Eastonl I'm ashamed
OF you! DO you often do things like
thisT
Never did It before. This is a very
exceptional case"
you're sure to hear something about
yourself you won't like"
mo danger" he replied cheerfully
an he raised the funnel to his ear.
Don't they say all the world loves a
fellow in my condition.
Then, while the girl sat watching
him, with her own megaphone I'M
touched In her lap, he listened FIRST In
one quarter, then In another Sound
travels surprisingly far at night on
calm body Of water. TO the unaided
ear nothing was audible but the chirp-
ing Of Insects upon the shore and the
tapping OF ripples along the keel. New
ertheless at the fourth trial Easton's
attitude betokened that his megaph0ne
had Intercepted some sounds more In
telligible.
"Plty you're missing this" he chuc-
killed. presently. Better follow me-"
Can you really hear somebody talk
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