The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-20

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I'D quite forgotten your philosophy .
He laughed as he spoke Il must apollo
gfze. Please tell me more about it,
| She laughed too.
I'm going to-. You see, L lay there,
looking out at the moon, and thinking
how nice it would be for Maude to
marry you
Did you think of me at alp" he
| interposed.
How you interrupt" she declared.
in evaporation. You never let me
| finish"
II am dumb
We'll, I thought how nice it would
be for Maude to marry you. You'd
have a baron for a papa-in-law, and an
heiress to balance Aunt Mary with. If
you went into consumption and had to
retreat to Arizona for a term of years.
the climate could not ruin her complex
ion as it would m-most peoples. And
she's so ready to have you that it's al
most pathetic. 1t seemed such a nice
arrangement all around. and then I be-
gan to wonder if I was philosopher
enough to enjoy being natron-of- honor
to Maude."
AT the wedding I could have kissed
you!" he exclaimed, and suddenly sub
sided at the look with which she
withered his holiness.
And I wasn't altogether sure. But
II was such a nice plan, and turned it
over and over in my mind and then.
suddenly, it occurred to me that moth
ing on the face of the earth would ever
persuade you to marry Maude. And
saw my card castle go smashing down,
and then saw that I really am a
philosopher after all, for-for 1 didn't
mind a bit!''
Jack threw his head back and roa red.
oh" he said, after a minute, you
are so refreshing. You ruffle me up
just to give me the joy of smoothing
down, don't you?'
Il do what can to |amuse you,o she
said, demurely. You are my fathers
guest and my brothers friend, and so I
ought to-oughtn't I?''
They had come to a delightful little
nook where the very trees sighed gently:
t'Sit down. and there seemed to be no
adequate reason for refusing the invita-
ton. Mrs. Rosscott did not consult her
companion, but sank abruptly upon the
grass. He threw himself down beside
her And the hush and the song of
midsummer was all about them.
Presently he took her hand up out of
the grass where its fingers We're hiding
themselves, and kissed it. She looked
at him reprovingly.
Such little one!'' ne said.
Il call it pretty big one she an
swered.
81 meant the hand-not the kiss he
said. smiling.
You really are sophisticated she
told him. "Only fancy if you had re-
versed those nouns!''
Ut know he said; but I've kissed
hands before. You see, I'm more tall
ented than you think"
Don't be silly" she said, smiling.
why do women always say that %
he queried. Il wish I could find one
who wanted to be very original. and SO
said, Do be silly, just for a change
.'Oh, if it comes to originality" she
said, ''men are not original either
Whenever they get laid down in the
shade, they always begin to talk non
sense
But nonsense is, such fun to talk in
the shade
you are still holding my handl''
Eyes; Il know it
ST am astonished that you do not re-
member your Aunt Mary's teaching
better
"she never forbade. my holding your
hand
Suppose anyone should come sud-
denly down the path? ?"
They would see US and turn and go
back
ITO tell everyone
"What?'
"A lie
Jack laughed, and drew little
nearer.
Now, don't be silly said his com
panion, for the second time. Il won't
stand it, you know. because I'm only
playing myself, you know"
1.-THE shadow of love" he suggested.
"Quite So
"And if" He leaned quite near.
mot by any means she exclaimed,
springing quickly to her feet.
why must we?' be demonstrated.
You know why" she said. TITS
time we were being sensible. When a
man gets as near. as you are, I prefer
to be en- promenade. And don't let US