The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-05-27

Youth whether il was my intentio,
to marry your Fraulein or not?''
EIyas face frightened promptly
Rather she said; "and Fraulei.
turned all sorts Of coiors, and tol,
mother the next day that she reall,
would no longer stay with a child SC
embarrassing ] really think she had
tendresse for you. Monty"
probably" l agreed. Many peo
pie have
Don't be conceited'" reprimandcd
tlya; but tell me all about Molie
richards. ana exactly what attracted
you. Some people call her pretty,
Il rather admire her myself, only
"Mollie Richards?" inquired with
extreme Innocence. "Who said any
thing about Mol!ie Rchards?''
why, YOU did of course-tfat is
TO say-yes-no, suppose You didn't,
then-why, did, | suppose; but any
how. what's the good of cavlling
about her? 1t is Mollie Richards, isn't
it,
y wouldn't marry MolIie Richards"
! said, decisiyely, "if they shot me
for refusing"
Elva poured herself out some more
tea, and-yes, it was not my imagina-
| tion-her hand did shake and she
locked as if it would have been a re-
lief to her feelings to have launched
the teapot at my head.
Fl,
claimed; upon my word yGu are,
You insist that you've cone to tell
me as our Oldest friend that you've
really found some one that you could
care for at last, and then you sit and
TWIST your mustache and make me
guess all tile wrong people. and
4 never made you guess any one,
| said, Indignantly, removing my
hand from my upper lip with a jerk
| merely informed you that | fell in
love yesterday ! suppose there's no
objection to that? And when you sug-
gested' that it happened at Lady Fol /.
let's, | agreed
Well, said Elya. in a judicial |
tone, 'ycu didn't stay more than |
three-quarters of an hour. Directly |
You arrived you took me to see the |
aviary, and the rest of the time YOU
spent in the rosary with Mollie Rich.
ards
IF I'd known you were watching
my movements so carefully" l be-
gan.
Elva blushcd furiously.
when people make themselves
she said, frostily, ''thcir
doings are bound to fern the subject
OF comment. Mollie Richards always
persists in wearing maize with her
particular shade Of red-auburn hair.
and-I could see-her from all over the
GARDEN
Almost without looking?" | sug-
rested, carclessly
Elva passed over this remark with
contempt, but l couldn't hop MOTTO
ng that the flush dcepcnedk
We'll, as it's not Mollie," she OBJ
erved, with dignity, "and as you've
allied on purpose, perhaps you'll be
'bliginS enough to tell me who it is,
Q that | may congratulate or condone
18th you as the case may be-
You'll condone,' said /, with con- .
iction.
Why, please?"
Because she-this girl, who isn't 7
lollie Richards, ycu know, doesn't :
are straw for me-in that way, and t
nd the whole thing is hopeless" i,
Elva scftened instantly.
How can you tell if you've never a
5ked herr" she demanded. "She n
ay be simply pining away for your
Ike if you only knew''-heT gaze "
andered through the window and e
titled On a bed of brilliant begonias n
the front garden-"girls don't al q
avs wear their hearts on their =
ewes, even in these matter-of-f fact ir
,ys, Monty" vi
| raised my eyes. They had been h;
lslly engaged il tracing the pat 0,
IN of the carpet. at
DO you think it's likely" l asked,
nat any girl would really fall in love u,
tn man twice her age, if" m
'Oh, she's young" interrupted FL of
, hastily. 'Do you know, I'm rath- Sc
glad Of that" "
i held up deprecating hand. m
Please let me fnish,' I implored wi
vice her age, when she's tyran- |,
led over him, teased him and look ed
upon him as an old fogey for the an
eater part of her natural life?" tn
1lva eyed me sharply. The color pi;
ne and went in her cheeks in a way it
It | had never seen it come and go I'D
ore. | put my eyeglass in order to Yo
ter admire the effect
You said you'd only seen her once
twice. she resumed, severely; but
quiver in her voice robbed the as1
erity of any sting. If
waved my hand tbe
overs license.' | said, airily. 81 an,
ldn't divulge everything at once" mr.,
If you've known her so long, how "a,
les it that you nly-well-discoy- toe
d the state Of your feelings yester- we
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