The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-07-15

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the wrong people. and
Il never made you gueSs anyone"
| said, Indignantly. removing my hand
from my upper lip with q jerk. Il
merely informed yeu that l fell IL
love yesterday. / suppose there's no
objection to fhatf And when you
suggested that It happened At Lady
Follet's. l agreed.
~well." said Eva. in q judicial tone
you didn't stay more than threequar
terra Of an hour. Directly you arrived
you took me 10 see the aYiary, and thf
rest Of the time you spent In the ros
airy with Mollle Rlchards"
III ia known you were WatehinI
my movements 20 carefully" be
gan.
ElEa bluphed fuFiously.
''When people make themselves con
apieuous." abe said. freshly. their do
lngs are bound to form the subject OF
comment. Mollie Richards always per
sists In wearing maize with her par
ticulaF shade Of red-auburn hair. and
III could see her from All over the
Eanden."
Almost without lookingY' I suggest
"a. eareleAsly.
Riyn paused over this remark with
contempt but couldn't help noticing
that the nnsh deepeBsd.
"weil. a. it'a@n MoIliS." she OBJ
served. with dignity. "and ~ you've
called on purpose. perhaps you'n be
obliging enough 70 tell me who u IL.
10 that l may eongFatulats or eondOne
with you. 90 the case may BE-"
~You'l eondons" said l. with con-
Vtetion.
"why. pleasaY-
Because she-thia girl, who isn't
Noble Richards. you know. doesn't
care . straw for me-in that way. and
the whole thing is hopeless
Eva softened instantly.
How can you tell II you've never
Ehkad herr she demanded. -Bhe mag
be simply pining away for Jour sake.
IL you enIy knsW--hsF gass wan
dared through the window and settled
on Q bed u brilliant beE0nias in the
tront garden--.gigia don't always wear
their hearts on their sleeves. even In
these Hiatterof-faet days. Monty"
raised ny eysA They had been
busily engaged In tracing the pattern
% The eaFpsE
-DOnt you think irs likely" !
asked. -that any girl would really fall
In lore with . maA twice her age. If"
-oh. ahs's young" interrupted ElvA
hastily. do yOu know I'm FAthel
glad Of thAtT'
! held up = deprecating hand.
"PieAaa les me anish." I impiorod
Twice her age. when she's tyrauniEet
over him. teassd him aud looked upos
him 80 an Old soRy for the grsateI
part Of her natural lifer'
Eiva eyed me sharply. The oolol
= came and went In her cheeks In q wal
that I had never seen u come anS
SO before. put my eyegiass In or
der 10 better admire the eject
You said you'd SEEN her only ono
or twice" she resumed, severely: bn
the CULVER In her vOice robbed the %
verify Of any sting.
waved my hand.
Lovers licenscg' I said. niriiy. :"
Q couldn't dlvaige everything at once"
III you've known her 10 long. how
Z comes e that yoa ouly--well. diseoy
cred the state Of your feelings yestei
: dayT
e There "a a tide IN the Affairs o
= meu.'" quoted. Likewise there !
l. q psychological moment when = maj
J. suddenly realizes = fact that may hav
e been staring him IN the face for years.
= "And that psychological momou
= occurred a. Lady FOllstsr
= Occurred at Lady FoIlets."
u echoed And then there was a long .
lence
u Il let my eyes wander slowly rOun
% the room. They fingered vaguely o
the ridiculous blue cats with Whic
Eva adorua her mAptel shelf. an
skinned the photographs OF her nj
msroua aamiFarA--Rome Of them thru
& carelcasiy into the oveFmantsl an
= some. the more fortunate. sinking I
y me from elaborate frames.
think Elva's eyes must have be-
d wandering. too. for they came 20 Al
Choir at the same moment ~ mine. an
y then. without any rhyme or reasoi
they filled quite suddenly with teAra.
y Now. can never zee q woman CT
= without feeling that somethlnE-som
y thing drastic must be done at once.
y started up. and then the rest seeu
y "a TO follow ~ a natural and eas
" consequence.
In less time than Il takes TO ehrol
9 lcle, Elva was crying quietly on N
- shoulder. and the blue cats were gri
70 ming diAbolleally from their seven
- coiRne OF vantage.
~ "And when." asked, after we b
become more or less normal and r
turned to earth once more agai
y when was your psychological m
ment, Elvar'
Elva fingered q gardenia In my bu
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