The Red Cloud chief., 1905-03-10
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.O

Lho NEEh.D
"But it did. | am remembering very
fast. If YOU Will wait Il moment | will
tell you some of the things you said"
The girl laughed merrily. Whenever
she laughed lie realized that il was be-.
coming terribly difficult not to tell her
how adorable she was. II wouldn't
risk ii If | were YOU" she warned him,
"because | didn't speak To you ut all.
i shut my lips tight ana trcmblcd all
over every bit of the time | was dane
Ing with you. | did not sleep that
night, and | was unhappy, wondering
what the great HARMLESS would think
OF mo. | knew he thought mo unuttpr-
ably stupid because | couldn't talk To
I him. | wanted 10 send him word that,
l knew | had bored him. couldn't
endure that he shouldn't know that |
knew ! had. Iiut he was not thinking
OF me in any way. lie had gone to
sea again in his white boat. the un-
grateful pirate, cruising with Mrs. Van
Skuyt."
"How time does change u.s. said
John. "lou are wrong. though. | did
think Of YOU. | have al
Eyes she interrupted, tossing her
head in airy travcsty of the stage co.
quette, you think SOL mean. you say
so-now. Away with you and your
I, blarncying!'
And so they went through the warm
noontidc, and little he cared for the
heat that wiltcd the fat mullen leaves
and made the barefoot boy who passed
by skip gingcrly through the burning
dust with anguiShcd mouth and watery
eye. Little he knew OF the katydid that
suddenly whirrcd its mills of shrillncss
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 a sunny sky that
they should see rain ere the day were
done. Little the young man rocked of
what he ate at Judge BriScoc's good
nOon dinncr-chicken wing and young
roas'n ear, hot rolls as light as the fluff
of a summcr cloudlct, and honey and
milk and apple butter favored like
spices of Arabia and fragrant, tlaky
cherry pie and cool. rich. yellow cream.
Lige WillcttS was a lover, yet he said
he asked no better than to Just 30 on
eating that cherry pie till Il sweet
death overlook him; but railroad sand
r witches and restaurant chops might
' have been. set before Harkless for all
the difference it would have made to
him.
AT no other time is Il mans feeling of
companionShip with II woman so strong
as when he sits ut table with her, not
at a decorated" ana bccatcred and be-
waitercd table. but ut Il homely. p
tlZinC, wholesome, home table like old
Judge RrlScOe's. The very essence of
the thing is domesticity, anGAehe i'm
plication is utter confidence and liking.
There are few greater dangers for a
bachelor. An insinuating imp percles
on his shoulder and. softly tickling the
' bachelors ear with the feathers of an
arrow shaft, whispers: pretty gay,
isn't it, ell? Rather pleasant to have
that girl sitting there, don't you think?
Enjoy having her notice your butter
plate was empty? Think 1t 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 il seem to have such pleasant
company all the rest Of your life?
Pretty cheerful. ell? It's my conviction
that your one need in life is to pick her
MP in your arms and run away with
her, not anywhere in particular, but
just run and run and run away"
After dinner they went u 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 1t
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 II, but save for these there was
nothing but glorious and tender bril-
liant blue. 1t seemed so clear and
close one marveled the little church
spire In the distance did not pierce II.
Yet at the same time the eye assembled
miles and miles into warm, simmer
ing ether. Far away two buzzards
swung slowly at anchor halfway to the
sun