The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24

"Would you mind shaking hands
once more?" he asked,
She gave him her hand again. with
all my heart. Why"
"I'm making record of it; that's
all. Thank you"
'"They called me Sir Galahad's lit
tie sister all one summer because the
great John Harkless called me that.
You danced with me in the evening"
"Did I?'
"Ah," she said, shaking her head,
'you were too busy being in love with
pretty Mrs. Van Skuyt to remember a
waltz with only me! I was allowed to
meet you as a reward for singing my
very best, and you-you bowed with
the indulgence of grandfather and
asked me to Dance"
Like a grandfather! How young I
was then! How time changes us!''
"1'm afraid my conversation did not
make great impression upon you,''
abe continued.
"But it did. I am remembering very
fast. If you will wait moment 1 will
tell you some of the things you said.''
The girl laughed merrily. Whenever
she laughed he realized that it was be-
| coming terribly difficult not to tell her
how adorable she was. II wouldn't
risk it if were you," she warned him,
because didn't speak to you at ALL.
shut my lips tight and trembled ali
over every bit of the time I was dane
Ing with you. I did not sleep that
night and I was unhappy, wondering
what the great HAIRLESS would think
Of me. knew he thought me unutter-
ably stupid because I couldn't talk to
him. 1 wanted to send him word that
I knew had bored him. I couldn't
endure that he shouldn't know that r
knew had. But he was not thinking
of me in any way. He had gone to-
sea again in his white boat, the I'M
grateful pirate, cruising with Mrs. Van
Skuyt."
GLOW time does change usv said
John. 'You are wrong, though. 1 did
think Of you. I have alp
eyes," she interrupted, tossing her
head in airy travesty of the stage CO.
quette, you think SOL mean, you say
| so-nOw. Away with you and your
blarneyingv'
And so they went through the warm
noont1de, and little he cared for the
heat that wilted the fat mullen leaves
and made the barefoot boy who passed
by skip gingerly through the burning
dust with anguished mouth and watery
| eye. Little he knew of the katydid that
| suddenly Whirred it's mills of shrillness
In the maple tree and sounded so hot,
hot, hot; or that other that rallied at the
country quiet from the dim, cool shade
around the brick house, or even the rain
crow that sat on the fence and swore to-
them in the face of sunny sky that
they should see rain ere the day were
done. Little the young man rocked Of
what he ate at Judge Briscoe's good
noon dinner-chicken wing and young
roas'n ear, hot rolls as light as the fluff
of summer cloudlet, and honey and
milk and apple butter favored like
spices of Arabia and fragrant, flaky
cherry pie and cool, rich, yellow cream.
Llge Wllletts was lover, yet he said
he asked no better than to just go on
eating that cherry pie till sweet
death overlook him; but railroad sand
witches and restaurant chops might
have been set before HAIRLESS for all
the difference it would have made to
him.
AT no other time is mans feeling of
companionship with a woman so strong
as when he sits at table with her, not
at "decorated' and becatered and be-
Waitered table, but at homely, appe-
t1zing, wholesome, home table like old
Judge Briscoe's. The very essence Of
the thing is domesticity, and the i'm
plication is utter confidence and liking.
There are few greater dangers for a
bachelor. An insinuating imp perches
on his shoulder and, softly tickling the
bachelors ear with the feathers of an
arrow shaft, whispers: "Pretty gay,
isn't it, eh? Rather pleasant to have
that girl sitting there, don't you think ?
Enjoy having her notice your butter
plate was empty? Think it exhilarat;
Ing to hand her those rolls? Looks nice.
doesn't she? Says Thank you rather
prettily? Makes your lonely breakfast
seem mighty dull, doesn't it? How
would you like to have her pour your
coffee for you tomorrow, my boy? How
would it seem to have such pleasant
company all the rest of your life?
Pretty cheerful, eh? It's my conviction
that your one need in life is to pick her
up In your arms and run away with
her, not anywhere in particular, but
Just run and run and run awayy'
After dinner they went. out to the
veranda, and the gentlemen smoked.
The Judge set his chair down on the
ground, tilted back in it with his feet
on the steps and blew a wavery, dom
ed city up in the air. He called it
solid comfort. He liked to sit out from
under the porch roof, he said. He
wanted to see more Of the sky. The
others moved their chairs down to
Join in the celestial vision. A feath-
cry thin cloud or two had been famed
across it, but save for these there was
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