The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1906-12-15
MY COUSIN SUSIE

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| Howard" said my college chum.
coming into my room with rueful
face, I'm in hole
A deep one:''
Yes. I have only two days in
which to prepare for examinations
Without putting in all my time I'm
sure to he conditioned on two subjects
ut least And now comes a letter from
my mother to tell me- that my cousin
Susie her only sisters daughter. IS
coming to town especially 10 see me.
She has promised her mother and
my mother that she Will not % home
/ without having seen me. Si'" comes oi
Friday. suppoSing III be free I'LL Mon
day, whereas these cursed exams re-
0ure every moment
J Is your cousin pretty"
How do l know? l have never seen
her. She was born and brought up in
California But what has that TO do
with it,"
If she is pretty and attractive. l
might ueIp you Out
1t isn't that she is 10 be entertained
She must he entertained by me"
Very we'll II You haven't seen her
suppose she hasn't seen YOU l Will
he you
Ned Colt and l discussed the matter
pro and con and at last, both being
young and foolish, decided that
should meet his cousin ut the station
take her 10 the theater and the next
day conduct her through the college
grounds and buildings / Went to the
station 10 meet her-Ned'S mother had
/ said she would Wear our college col0rS
! III 4 huttonhole- | found the love
| Hest, daiuticSt. prettic>t bII OF fem
mime humanity l had ever seen. Ii
was late in the afternoon when she
arrived, So l drove her to the house Of
IL friend with whom she was 10 stay
! After dinner | called for her and tool,
her 10 the theattr.
/ Now, | would rather guard = foot
! bah goal against eleven Stalwart men
! than again guard the secret that V.IS
not her cousin Ned. She attacked me-
! III front and On both TANKS
Il have always fancieJ Yea We're
dark complcAioncd.' She said. like
your father, and ind yuu li@ht
/ Cousin Molly tNed'S sister, told ne
that You We're Of retiring disposition
/ and dreaded strangers | feared yuu
. i.,I.t =
! ing nae, | lind YOU very easy II yet
! acquainted with" Then She began to
/ talk about her relatives in CALIFORNIA;.
/ Of whose existence WAS SUPPOSED /
/ be cognizant. but whom had never
! seen. | bluudered ana stumbled rash
/ ed mudly II speak tiSurativcly To the
right, then frantirully t. the left. AMI
/ had no sooner SmuuIhcd over one bit
( Of IGNORANCE -" ! fell INFO another
! If she had tr.rd e j. rrtlrly 10 nap
/ me she could n,i haze dome better
/ However. %ol 5lr"U-h without any
/ positive evidence that ~. playing =
part When l i.arj"l u. j ....r lsl.r,l-
enough al her family :" ri my l"tr.
mentioning them all by mau.r. ant Just
before The train started / ir.r r,tI".lA
enel - attempt 4 rnu>il.. Kiss. in;
She drew back with decided refusal
For III" next week TIE. i.,.r-,l. If
Susie Leigh kept hcJW"-.l me a..,i 10y
books. II in hours I'll iI!cur-S danced
or Skatcd was ohliyi"u~ to the I.,,r-.,l
. danced or skatcI with :uI called
N
Ned from his cousin. which he turned
over Ia me. 81" showed far more If
/ fection in her letter than >h" had
shown me In person. replied 10 I'll"
letter WarAly and received a warmer
reply. After considerable correspond
cnce | wrote Offering nay heart and
hand. Her answer was th:t on H. a..
count would she marry 4 cousin
Here was Il complication that had
not Ecca forr~cru. If l confessed that
l had played upon her crc,lulity Sic
. would refuse me. and II remained her
cousin l knew hy The tone of her let
ter that could not persuade her, Er
sides. couldn't POSSIBLY marry hcr
| without the whole affair coming OUT.
| Meanwhile She had written Ncl'>
mother That he had been more than
kind 10 her during her visit and She
hoped he could come out 10 san Fran.
cisco ~ ~r"u - Lee had been graduated
ana max" lis cousin 4 visit
Hein- in FOR il. | concluded I, accept
the invitation. ~ sooner had l passed
my final exams than l sped across the
continent | found my cousin Su>f"
a very different person since had
proposed t. her. She showed uunr Of
that ease She had shown in my com
pany during oar first meeting. though
since my proposal this WAS t. Ice ex-
pected. made up my mind to confess
at once. bat before to;Is- - stated a
s'milar case Of which l pretr,.led to
! have heard. Susie declared that the
man who had played such 4 part could
not possibly be possessed Of gentle
manly Instincts
This threw me on my beam ends.
For several days went about with
her. feeling and looking rs if l had
melancholia, and finally told her that
would return to TIE. east. I had 10
sooner made this announcement than
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