The San Francisco call., 1905-03-05

QedIl OF lDeID. IL
turn them all out presently. bought
this place TO be near the redwoods,
which / love better than anything IN
the world, and 1 like to entertain by
fits and starts. 1 spent last winter
here alone"
Il should like to have known you
then. When you get time to think
about yourself you must be a charm
ing egoist."
you have the most impertinent
tongue and the most flirtatious eyes
have ever met"
Where is the man you are engaged
to-"
He will be back in g. few days You
will like him.
rs he a good fellow?"
YES" with friendly enthusiasm;
ian awfully good fellow"
You don't love him, though"
Her lashes half meta habit they
had. No she said, Il don't believe
.Helenal Helena." cried Rollins.
"Clive, feel it my duty to tell you
that she engaged, and for the nj
teenth time"
He has been telling me that 1 am
not in love NTH Mr.: Van Rhuys, and
intfmating that he has come Just IN
time TO save me from fatal mis-
take"
She looked 'charmingly impertinert,
her eyes half closed, her chin lifted,
her pink lips pouting from their classic
lines.
Give was somewhat taken aback,
but replied promptly, If l disclaim II
is from timidity. not lack of gallantry:
I fear I should learn more than nave
the power to teach.
Everybody laughed. Miss Belmonts
eyes sparkled- You mean, she said,
when the attention of the others was
once more diverted. that you are not
going to fall in love with me. Every
body does. you know. l never mind
surrounding myself with beautiful
women, because 1 am much more fas-
cinating than am of them"
Il am hopelessly unoriginaE but I
shall make a desperate effort this
time"
why do you say that? You look
quite unlike any one have ever seen;
I mean quite a different person looks
out Of your eyes, Her own eyes had
q frankly speculative regard devoid OF
coquetry, Gives masculine vanity
warmed.
You read a great deal hear" he
said.
What an extraordinary way you
have of ignoring what a person says
TO YOU. Are YOU absent-minded, or
deaf, or merely impolite
Merely an Englishman.
Miss Belmont's color deepened.
Gives eyes invoked a ridiculous pic
ture of a stately young chatelaine
kicking and struggling in an English
mans arms.
why do the people of your country
take pride in being rude?"
They don't They don't bother
about trifles like the men of several
other nations, that is all. I'll open
the door for you when you leave the
room and even take off my hat in the
lift and catch a cold in my head, but
don't expect me to find a reply to all
the nonsense a woman chooses to talk,
# a more interesting subject occurs to
me"
Are you very naughty and super
cilious, or are you very shy 2?
What does that meang
Il mean that you were fiattered TO
death by what said, and changed the
subject, as a girl would blush or
stammer."
II suspect you are right" He rose
TO let her pass. His eyes laughed
down into hers, and she felt the sud-
den content of a child when it is no
ticed by a person of superior years
and stature.
That man has the most charming
eyes I ever saw" she said, as the
dining-room door closed behind the
women. Il don't believe they ever
could be SOBER"
Just observe his lower jaw" said
Mrs. Volney, with her infantile lisp.