The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-17
MARGERY

kHARGERY threw herself upon a
W mosscovered log and famed her.
self vigorously with her handkerchief.
My" she said, 'ft's hard work
climbing about these hills, and it's
it's awfully hot"
1T is warm"
Margery turned and faced him, sus-
pending operations with the handker-
chief, and contemplated him calmly.
do you know" she said slowly, 81
think you are, without doubt, the most
exasperating man know"
This said, she resumed the cooling
process with the tiny bit of linen and
lace in her hand and awaited reply.
Briscoe fiickered fly from Leaf
with carefully directed and skillfully
executed jerk of his handkerchief, and
wisely held his tongue.
Here l go tramping about these
hills with you on your absurd botanical
explorations" she continued, scraping
the moss from the end of the log with
a stick, getting all tired and hot and
dusty, and then when remark that it
is hot you sit there and calmly reply
1t is warm!'" She jabbed the log
Eiciously. Il suppose if l told you l
felt as If were going to die you'd still
sit there and make some equally fool
ish remark" -..
'Margery!"
The word came sharp and decisive as
he sprang to his feet.
The girl gazed at him and then broke
into a silvery laugh.
ooh! Bennie," she said, 81 didn't
mean to be cross; didn't, Bonnie, real.
ly l didn't, and the pleading in her
eyes and the contrition in her voice
were such that he joined in her laugh
and reseated himself by her side. She
broke the silence.
"You think I'm horrid, don't your"
mo, Margery, not that You know
l."
Eyes, you do. You think I'm horrid,
and hard to get along with and all
that; now don't your"
eff should admit the truth of what
you say" he drawled, hating in the
tying of his shoe-laces to glance up at
her over his right shoulder, you'd be
as mad as a hornet"
Indeed! then you do think 500"
There, what did l tell your" he
laughed.
But I'm not, am /, Bennie?"
81 didn't say you WERE"
"Oh, you're the most exasp-"
That's twice you've said it," he in
terrupted.
I'D like to pull your ear"
go ahead" he drawled, poking his
face obediently toward her
She turned and looked at him much
as she would at curious insect.
Il really believe you'd let me-" she
soliloquized.
"Of course I woodland enjoy it."
She half rose and tucked one foot
under and faced him squarely. She
had pretty way of wrinkling her
brow and pursuing her lips, and he
gazed at her with frank admiration.
She did not deign, however, to notice
It.
"Bennie," she said, measuring her
words, why is it that you never get
excited or show any animation"
He laughed.
81 do"
Pardon me, but you do not. At
least, I have never known you to do
&c."
He reached over and snapped little
green caterpillar from her shoulder.
"Your memory serves you ILL.," he
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little affair last summer, IL was
terribly excited then"
She stiffened, for the affair he men,
toned was nothing less than his
plunge into Is feet of black ugly water
after very pretty girl who had been
so unfortunate as to have fallen over
board during a yachting cruise. Mar
gerry was not the ga; consequently
her sudden dignity.
THAT was a very brave thing" she
said, land you deserve more praise
than 1 could ever give you. But even
then I failed to notice any very pro-
nounced difference in you save that
you went in dry and came out wet"
You're very complimentary"
"I'm not. You-you provoke me with
your deliberate ways. If you only
would get really excited once in
while-act as though you had"
Like Teddy Johnson?"
"He's crazy"
"And l., He grinned.
You're a-stop chewing that twig
and listen to me-"
He bit the twig in two yiciously. but