Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

weeks and never have five minutes alone.
Now would you. Bobby? The thing can
happen. Ten days went by-eleven-twelve.
Teddy told me that the western man had
bet him one hundred dollars to fifty that he
would propose to me before leaving. Teddy
wanted me to think of some little token OF
appreciation that he could buy with ten
dollars of the hundred and present to Aunt
Maria
THE afternoon of the twelfth day, We
were all sitting the terrace and one of
the gardeners killed a garter snake on the
lawn below us. Aunt Maria turned green.
Somebody ran for water, and somebody else
offered smelling salts, and | patted her on
the back. She revived, after while, and
apologized-said she was dreadfully asham-
ed but that she had always felt That way
about snakes. She wasn't afraid of any
thing else in the world, but the very sight
of snake terrified her beyond words and
robbed her of every veStlge OF seli-controi.
Then we talked of other things, but Aunt
Maria was still pale and / noticed that the
western man seemed quiet and thoughtful
After a while he got up and stroileo OH
toward the golf grounds and, when we
went for a drive, little later, saw MIN
sitting on n bunker ana ldlhiis " 'iiiiih9'
my fayorite caddy.
THE next morning, Jimmy wasn't wait
ing for me as usual. | didn't see MN all
day and 1 missed him. l adored Jimmy.
! freck1es to a square inch of face tiIan any
other mortal I've ever seen There WASH
room for many of them on ms nose LOT II
was small and turned up IN the inost I'M
nertinent fashion, but they spread over MS
forehead and cheeks and neck ana ran GOWN
in a deep V over his chest, where the TWO
top shirt buttons We're always missing ne
had a shock of red hair, home-cut, ana ne
wore a scarlet golf cap with Dig hole III
the crown through which TUT ol leo iiaii
waved wildly. -. 49,
..I4is eyeIashes and eyebrows were per-
fectly white He was thin peyono an ,i pe
lncyS
nine stems but his mouth turned up at the
corners in a most delightful way ana ms
eyes were the funniest, frankest, sauciest
eyes ever put into boys head wanted
- Inv Jimmy. If Aunt Maria had for
monoent suspected my real feeling Tor MIN,
She wouldn't have had restful moment;;
..That was a long day without Jimmy;
And the western man! "uoeo A"''
Nancy looked hurt. 49,,
- wasn't interested in him sun, one
oonlan,t help wondering what had become
Of him. and why he had thrown up me
dpht lust before the finish. 1euuy aaiu f ne
80 decided to send to Boston for frult lor
Amt Maria. She loves fruit, ana the hotel-
keener seemed prejudiced against IL.
HAt dinner the western man appeared
;n,macnIate and in beaming GOOD humor. l
iI'a,. saw q man less depressed by defeat
IL ala look a trihe tired, but ne eXpialheu
that he had been off Tor !ohs uat t
Jimmy had been showing MN 'he Souii.ls
liz didn't try very hard TO De win me
ne ne, III, ~ he had given in TO the dragon
and intended accepting defeat lhe zen
,Ieman Aunt Maria was so slatii 70, ' "a
she thawed to him. l saw her oner nun NJ
throat loZenges twice and she slhiIeo Ill
evening. .o;rs l,o asLaa
mo nuite cheerfully if l would golf with
him the next morning ;! nave ~ So, ~ "a
noon he said. Aunt hoiiit' ~
sorry for him.. ,,. ,,
AUNT Maria should read more history
commented Body. 90 .v,,st
..She has a big steel engraving oi Nasn
,,,,ton crossing the Delaware, hanging
- ber he'd" said Nancy; put she WASH
exnectine a surprise in this siege: She was
downstairs with her green umprelia wheM "a,
wont 10 breakfast the next morning. one
| I'D the western man and tripped merrly
q. ~ links Jimmy joined us there Ihree
s ~ we're gone from his shirt, instead
oe thn nsual two His legs had few
oxtro scratches and one trousers ies was
| ,naoed beyond repair but his eyes We're
dancing to rag-tlme. l. WiHh 'ou ~
Jimmy He's very loVapie. ,,.hoasp
I'll look him up and study his methoos'
said the man who came often.
1T isn't method. It's personality, ex-
| n,.ined Nancy. discouragingly. I'VE start
| ed ont for the first hole-the man and IN
| front, Aunt Maria a close second, and
-! Jimmy ranging far afieid. Inc man was
! most cheerful / felt rather hurt by 1t.
| The occasion was a melancholy one--last
| day last game, parting at noon NO man
| with a taste for high art would have grin
| ned like Cheshire cat arouiio hi'eeh Hoies
| of a golf course.
| "A fter the fourteenth drive Jimmy devel-
J onad n new propensity He simply wouldn't
20 on ahead and watch the ball He hung
| behind. and dawdled around and showed an
| unnatural love for Aunt Maria $ company
| and conversation The man didn seem 10
| notice Il, and when l complained he only
| laughed and said Jimmy was queer little
| euss and fond of having his own way. Evil
IDENTIFY nothing could disturb the creatures
| good nature.
! The fifteenth hole is the one farthest
| from the hotel. .quite out of sight of the
' veranda and terrace. 1t is in a little patch