The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-11
THE Blue EYES
OF ETHEL.


eFen indulge n, moderate leFI1f
al times Ethel says ] can and
she. II anFune does shpnld knew
Fur mor1hs before ] mel her AZ
The graduating rereEl1i0n IL ny
class IN college. ] had heard nf her
2s being q mighty EreIEF glri. +
New Il there was one thing Which
Z them held In n1tHr scorn- il wns
u Eretrr Eirl ] carried Franklin :
( saving Of handsome Is thai hand
some does 70 The ex1reme-zald
beyond. II may BE- permitted 1h+
expression. 1 held THAI feminine
TRainness and virtue walked hand
II hand. and thai no girl who Nras
pretty could also Be fried for the
pedestal on which nv ideal was
raised. SO Eyu see Ethel Elwell
won do antFarqn aiutanes Aana r
tGSm ne on account Of her being
ztkE0Ele1ged pretty
Al The reception boEeFer- We
were forced into earh other 5 coim-
pany- Most OF the fellows except
me happened 10 - either engaged
or head over heels IN lore and
there was . prevalent eEdnlons J
afrerKard learned that the man
who had won the highest ho-ars
III the class of ~ 0ught to hare
some claim upon the belle OF The
reception. which Ethel undoubtea-
II Was
Imade a frank acknowledgment
to her al the outset
As NE are 10 Be- neighbors al
Cur summer houses mp In The Old
Granite state this rear, We ought
to be acquainted, but ! promise
not to keep ron from T0ur con-
qnesr of hearts You must - the
other hand, count me- as an in
mune- ] have neFer Te1 seen the
woman ! could lore. though ] hare
many friends among y0ur sex ]
promise. then. not 10 fan in lore
with ron, and yen OF course don't
have 10 say You won't fail IL lore
with me- That goes without say
ing Nov. let's be friends and
friends onIF-
For the smallest fraction Of a
second the blue eFes Of Ethel
hooked into mine. and then
drooped shyly under their silken
fringes- Although, as ] said, lam
a seri01s-minded man i felt The
queerest sensation about my TEN
pies had ever konwn- II was
like being under IRE for the first
time
Ethel extended her hand quite
the pretfiest ] hare ever seen
small, white and delicate beEond
expression
Thank y0u.r she exclaimed il
low, frank voice Il am SO tired !
Of the men who fall in love with !
me, tell you The simple truth /
when ! say ron are the frst-1he /
rery hrst-#ho nas promised -
be ONLY a friend. You can't thinE
how exceedingly refreshing II Is
As We adjourned TO our sun
mer residences in Hudson The next
week. ne saw much of each other
after that There was canoeing
on the liquid silver of the Merri-
mack and there was golf among
the hills, which looked a. if they /
might hare served a. tees for TIE
Titans Of old
The last day came. The day when
! was forced 10 end my vacation
Ethel and ! sa1 n the twilight on 4
the Teranda Of River Rest a.
the ElweH cottage was called
We occupied opposite ends Of 1he
same willow seat
4And were sriI1 friends, Isaid.
eIatedIy. -Ethel-I called hpr
that in the spirit of true conrade
ship-rou can't tell how m1rA
that means 10 me-
4 did not suppose that TIE vale
dietorian Of his class at eolleg-
would care for even the friendsh il
Of girl Ike me- she answered
in such a tone that / eren began
to think Ethel might he serious
though ] had sSeldom seen her IN (
such q mood
IsteeIed myEelf at the though.
thar size might he playing with
me as she had pIayed with orhers-