Bisbee daily review., 1906-03-11

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 shey were sitting ik a ditch. or, rather. sddy was sitting, and Phyllis was tretched luxurieusly aG full length. with her shiny bronze toes or Nssed hard against the tree at the bottom of the bank and her back proped against moss-overed trunk at the top. = Teddy. on the other hand. looked deeid- edly uncomfortable. He sat in a disconso- late position at the bottom Of the ditch' where he had subsided after trying Vuinly to support himself on the slope by digging his heels into the dry earth and roots. M Phyllis assured Teddy that she had never seen more deliciously comfortable, and ad-
 ses him to choose another pair of trees 2 himself. They grew in a meadow, but the nearest was quite two or three yards r way, Teddy merely muttered: "Oh. confound the trees.' and resumed his gloomy expression. Phyllis lay back again. closed her eyes, and softly hummed a tune Teddy was an ordinary clean-look- ing boy. He was just drifting through the second year of hIs happy-go-lucky career at college.
 Phyllis had always been accustomed to willing army of male slaves and admirers, and found undiluted femininity rather op- pressing at times. Sc she welcomed an occasional meeting with Teddy and kindred undergraduate spirits.
 Teddy was in q decidedly bad temper. He knew that Phyllis had had her photo proofs, which were charming. and. of course, he had expected one to put on his mantelpieee' there to create sn impression among his friends.
 .'why the deauee she wont give me one beats me-" he thought gloomily to himself.
 Phyllis had relapsed into silence. and was ruminating on things in general
 Everyone had always considered that Teddy and Dorothea. Phyllis's younger sis fer. had been cut out for each other from the cradle Since their nursery days they had roamed about the country-side. birds nesting, fishing or skating, and getting into a thousand serapes together. Teddy. in his boyfsh way. was Dolly's devoted adorer. and she had nearly wept her eyes out when he went to school for the first sime She was a lovely girl of sixteen when the young man came from college for his first vacation, and even Teddy, the un- sentimental. felt a sudden thrill when he saw her again after a considerable lapse of time.
 With the advent of manhood his dsvo. tion had increased. and he shadowed her all the Christmas holidays. His succeed ing vacations had been spent in Europe or with college friends. and consequently Teddy had not seen much of Dolly while he and Phyllis had met at all kinds of col Iege functions and festivities. Proximity is an aIIpowerfui influence with young man of Teddy's susceptible age, and Pnyi- lis, thinking over his manner to her Of late, came to the conclusion that 1t was decidedly uDbrOtherly.
 Bless the boy" she said to herself, "1 hope he isn't going to fall in love with me. Et all comes of our being so alike, l sup pose. I'm certainly not going to aPpropri- ate DOlly's property. and [ shn'n't let Teddy break her heart either. He's got about as much mind a chameleon but IT he can't make it up for himself, l shall have to do it for him
 So when Teddy begged for her new had never seen there before with quick, tactful intuition she said. shortly No, can't Teddy" and took refuge in a half real half-studied nonchalance, while thun- der settled on Teddy's seidom-ru[fled brow.
 The girl lay still, unconscious of the breast
 However. she merely supposed that something must be done to break the sii- ence and coax Teddy back to good hu. nor, so she began casually:
 "J wonder what Dolly's doing just
 Teddy flung away his cigarette "IIsng Dolly" he said, in a way that made Phyllis open her eyes and stare at him. Look here. Phyl," he went on, do you I've been in love with you for months. vsii"-rather sheepishly-'for weeks. at 0ny rate'-Teddy stopped short conscious Skat he vas bungiiDg the thinx horribly.