The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-04-08

found some one that you couM ssh
at last and then you sit s,s n
your mustache and make me s~k
the wrong people, and" u
II never made you guess a.,
l said. Indignantly, removing ms .ae'
from my upper lip with ! ~. md
merely informed you that :. !
love yesterday. l suppose th...' y
objection to that? And whss "
suggested that it happened ~ ~
Toilets, I agreed.
well" said Eva, in a judic,.,.
you didn't stay more than thres, we
tiers Of an hour. Directly you ,, sa'
you took me to see the aviary ~. "
rest of the time you spent in N. ~
airy with Mollie Richards" ~
| III I'd known you were wall
my movements so carefully"
gan.
Elva blushed furiously.
when people make themselv..
spicuous.' she said, frostily, Their d
ings are bound to form the subtaet :.
comment. Mollie Richards alwav,s
sists in wearing maize with hs, =.
ticular shade of red-auburn bal, -.
Il could see her from all Owe, ~
garden"
almost without lookingr 1 susrst.
ed, carelessly.
Elva passed over this remark win
contempt, but l couldn't help ns,Nh,
that the flush deepened.
"Well, as It's not Mollie." sh. AZ
served, with dignity, 'and az yor,.
called on purpose. perhaps yout, N
obliging enough to tell me who Il I,
80 that I may congratulate or eoada~
with you. as the case may be-"
you'll condone." said I, with M.
viction.
why, please"
Because she-this girl, who ian,
Mollie Richards, you know, deem,
/ care straw for me-in that way, and
the whole thing Is hopeless"
Elva softened instantly.
How can you tell If you've never
ahked herr" she demanded. "Shs M,
be simply pining away for your sst.
II you only knew"-her gaze WILL
dered through the window and SETTLED
on a bed of brilliant begonias n Ii,
front garden-"girls don't always ve.,
their hearts on their sleeves, even IN
these matter-of-fact days, Monty"
I raised my eyes. They had been
ebusily, engaged in tracing the pattern
Of the carpet.
Don't you think it's likely"
asked, "that any girl would really fall
in love with man twice her age, IT,
"Oh, she's young" interrupted Mn
hastily. do you know, I'm rather
glad of that?"
l held up a deprecating hand.
please let me flnish," I implored
Twice her age, when she's tyranniDd
over him, teased him and looked upon
him as an old fogy for the greater
part of her natural life"
Elva eyed me sharply. The color
came and went in her cheeks in way
that I had never seen it come and
go before. l put my eyeglass N Or
der to better admire the effect.
you said you'd seen her only once
Or twice." she resumed, severely; but
the CULVER in her voice robbed The "
verify Of any sting.
| 1 waved my hand.
Lovers licensev' I said, airny.
couldn't divulge everything at olce.'
IF you've known her SO long how
comes it that you only-well, daseo''
cred the state Of your feelings yestsr
day?"
There Is a tide in the affairs OF
men," 1 quoted. Likewise there
a psychological moment when q n''
suddenly realizes fact that may ID"
been staring him in the face for year,
"And that psychological ncme@
occurred at Lady Follet's!
Occurred at Lady Follets
echoed. And then there was long,
lence.
let my eyes wander slowly rou~
the room. They fingered vasueg
the ridiculous blue cats with WIZ,
Eva adorns her mantel sheh' 'N
skinned the photographs OF DC,
merous admirers-some Of them ui',
carelessly into the overmantei '
some, the more fortunate, smlrKms
me from elaborate frames.
I think Elva's eyes must have D.,
wandering, too, for they came -
Choir at the same moment as mlne' -
then, without any rhyme or fe's
they filed quite suddenly with 'sa'. :,
Now. I can never see woman
without feeling that something
thing drastic must be done at on
started up, and then the resi- 'e ..,
ed to follow as a natural anu 80
consequence. . .,,or
In less time than it takes 10 en =,
icle, Elva was crying quietly ~ Lr
shoulder, and the blue cats "efe
ming diabolically from their
coigns Of vantage. nd
And when" asked, after
become more or less normal IN
furnAd m earth once more