New-York tribune., 1904-09-02

BY CosMO HAMILTON

IN ye< and "a hundred other things
' = llsi'- Posr old lack
wlnIreg Sturry shifted impatentIy IN her
10. fou laugh at all these things as you
StsiL az eNerythIns-e -eErry serious thin, IN iifs
6ut Nh Thorverton has good reasons F,-. --- -
.IsNlns IN them and when Z tell hirl "a zoiTe-
1yb1 III M l9rtS gays don quite like 20 think
No. - - ~" 4 on 500. he's paying an enor-
lil'uS Ien' for this place aud the rfver as Won
N'E,N' y utterly impossible hen it's wet'
ny TON suddenly his wav To- an Y,1ror,.-,
.touf' proposal proposal ne could make Yrsa ~
IN IN me hook no was writing He instan+Ir r,a.ls
up ms mimi TO Kill two birds with one stone
Miss Sturry.-' he said win an ss--|-+
10" deadly to be plausible IT do believe h -Ts
~ -SlS S-eSe l3ihsS people call sUpcvstitious'
N0- she cried.
Yes ! believe in blowing fluffy things"
You don' To- she said IucrefuousJv
va 'H'1 "nen they are blown in the right
,ra Which s.1S! is The right vayr Didn't do il in
No. SAID Rytcu To blow It once is ONLY 10
90 through the tirst stage of the dodge moan.
rlt9- 1oh ought to blow 80 three times
. Put one can't blow the same head three
tunes Miss Sturry'S reasoning power showed
@ @1oal euclid might have been written by a
Quite So replied Rytou gently. .F7r,t What
you can anu ought To do is 10 blow three heads.
oGcE % eacn For instance. suppose were in love
\ flush came to wiuifre,-s cheek. and she
to'ked up AT Rytou for deetuy second from
ullIer tne turned down hrim of her Panama
1 only said suppose" said RvtOn Who HAD
caught the glance7excttedly. 'and. want
@ Us 20 III' out whether YOU were IN love with
me ne UeAOFe asked yoJ-althOugh asking ts really
those things" - -
He picked three OF them from ths nes-as4
patch and walked back 70 his former position
stnde4vorlng TO hold them steady IN a hand that
insisted on trembling.
Winlfred. retaining her added color watched
htnl SurreptitiOusIv
Ryton commenced blowing one. ~Shs love.
me- she loves me not; she loves me- she loves
me not He finished the head HVyouIdn't VnTr
thlnh me the biggest idiot the world had sues
5I. Ses4 u l believed IL the first time and said
Rather she replied IT mean"-
s1aS1S ION a. noticed her quick. vivid blush with
sary to blow again. wouldn't you?'
On don't know. 1t seems rather stupid.
But Ryton proceeded with HIS second weed
.fI Sns loves me. she loves me not; she loves me-
There's only one more blow there. rsaIHyPs
cr1ed Wlnttred. with unconscious anxiety.
Ryton made a huge effort. "She loves mes
I said soF' Winifred laughed delightedly.
caughr his eye. and pulled Up abruptly
But it wouldn't do for me- continued Ryton.
solernnly. "to 60 to you and say-supposIng
were IN love with you. as every dscentIy brougha
UP with a pair OF ordinary eyes ana an
ordinary heart is. OF cOUrse-and say know
you love me. darling; when shall We set mar
why wouldn't TT" she asked. intensely IN
terested in a stUbby daisy the gardener had
missed beheading.
Because" said Rytou. there IS stIn one mora
thing 70 blow before the question IS settled"
'Oh, blow Il then. blow Il quicklyP'
RytOn inwardIy thanked all his stars that
Jack and she were equally superstitious. "And
this one. or course. settles the question forever
This one viii tell me TO so 70 you 1oytuly. or
forever hold my peace"
Winifred examined it carefully. anxiousIy.
But that's such an enormous thing. You'll be
certain 70 make an uneven number OF blows"
"Ah"' said Rytou. sadly. "but one can't choose
ones fury headed thing In this life one has
70 take ones chance. she loves me, she loves
me- not"
Not TOO fast. Mr., Ryton.'
Ryton's heart. for all thar hs wrote books.
beat fUriously- she loves me, she loves me notf
wInifred couldn't stand the suspense. She
leanr forward and gave L great blow. It love
yoUi 7 mean, she loves yCU-suppOsju<
that you really love me her-whoevsr
But You blew. too" said Rytou. Very like
~ should have left some, unassisted-"
Perhaps YOU would" said Winifred-
RytOn dropped the stalk But Z don't think
90. After all that's not the point The point
Is whether rs going 10 rain to-day and FOR
Winifred laughed and dipped her head so that
he should not see something she knew 20 be in
her eyes "Of course it is. But there aren't
anv more IN the garden
'By jove. aren't there Oh. we'll. e doesn't
natter Wen forget that was going 70 sea
whether you loved me or loved me not. and taks
question begun by YOU. so that YOU may III
Jacks heart with delight by assuring him that
St Srithin is going 20 be kind
Very Well said Winifred
And you may further tell hiz1 think that
you have filed my heart with delight bv assur-
ing me that s. Wlnifred Is also going 70 bs
kind
90. havent.' she said. hurrtsaly. T
haven't said z word
Ryton caught her hand THAT doesn't mat
ter. The fluffy headed thing said so, and that's
good enough for me-
"Oh. don't, Lord Thuxton Is looking. Err
er-as It has been settled that Il isn't going 20
rain shall We go out IN the puut?'
Throwing wisdom TO the wtnds-for. artsr all
what has wisdom 20 DO with IOvee-Ry-cn fol-
lowed her quickly. You feel quite corAdant IN
the truth OF this thing. then2'
quite" said Wiatfred, trying to hide srli1-
They got silently into the punt and moved into
a backwater.
A backwatar. as you may be aware. fs an ex-
cellent institution4-CThs Sketch.