Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-09-14

"Oh-that!" said he obviously. Blu
all those kinds of things are matter.
of taste"
Out with it," commanded Don
be afraid. I'm not one of those damr
fools that ask for criticism when the,
want only fattery, as You ought t.
know by this time. I'm aware of m,
good points, know how good they are
better than anybody else in the world
And | suspect my weak points-al
ways did. I've got on chiefly because
made people tell me to my face what
they'd rather have grinned ovel be
hind my back"
What's your game?" asked Monsoon
I'm in the dark"
I'll tell you, Monson. I hired yor
10 train horses. Now want to hire
you to train me, too. AS it's double
work, it's double pay"
Say on" said he, land saw II
SLOW"
1 want to marry" l explained 81
want to inspect all the offerings before
decide. You are to train me 50 that
| can go among the herds that'd shy
on from me if | wasn't on to their lit
tie ways"
he looked suspiciously at me- doubt.
less thinking this some new develop
ment of American humor"
i mean it," assured him. T'm
going to train, and train hard I've
got no time to lose. | must be on
my way down the aisle inside of three
months. | give you free hand. III
do just what you say"
The jobs out of my line" he bro.
tested.
i know better" said l.. 1--WE al.
ways seen the parlor under the stable
In YOU Well begin right away. What
do you think of these clothes?"
"Well-they're not exactly noisy"
ne said. "But-they're far from 81.
lent That waistcoat-" He STONED
and gave me another nervous, tjmid
look. He found it hard to believe a
man OF my sort, so self-assured Would
stand the truth from a man of his
second-fddle sort.
GO on" | commanded. Speak out!
Mowbray Langdon had on one twice
as loud the other day at the track"
But perhaps you'll remember it
was only his waistcoat that was loud
not he himself. Now, a man of YOUR
manner and voice and-you've got a
look out of the eyes that'd wake the
dead all by itself. Peaple can feel
you coming before they hear you.
When they feel and hear and see all
together-it's like a brass band in
scarlet uniform, with a seven.foot
sky-blue drum major. If your hair
wasn't so black and your eyes so
steelblue and sharp and your teeth so
big and strong and white, and your
Jaw such a-such a-jaw-"
u see the point" said |. And | did.
You'll find you won't need to tell me
many things twice. I've got a busy
day before me here; so we'll have to
suspend this until you come to dine
with me at eight-at my rooms. /
want you to put in the time well. Go
to my house in the country and then
up to my apartment; take my valet
with you; look through all my belong.
lngs-shirts, ties, socks, trousers.
waistcoats, clothes of every kind.
Throw out every rag you think doesn't
ut in with what l want to be. How's
my grammar"
l was proud Of 1t, had been taking
more or less pains with my mode
OF speech for dozen years. Rather
too good" said he. But that's bet.
ter than making the breaks that aren't
regarded as good form"
Good form!" l exclaimed. That's
1t! That's what | want! What does
good form mean?"
He laughed. You can search me I"
said he. Il could easier tell you-any.
thing else. It's what everybody recoe.
nizes on sight, and nobody knows how
10 describe. It's like the difference
between a cultivated 'jimson' weed
and a wild one"
Like the difference between Now.
bray Langdon and me-" suggested
ners%
Not 30 bad" said he. Not 10
rotten bad. But-when you're polite.
'o.ie htlie TOO polite; when you're
not polite, you"
, Show where l came from too plain.
w said |. Speak right out-hit
sooo and hard. Am | too frank for
good form'?"
You needn't bother about that" he
assured me. Say whatever comes
into your head-only, be sure the
right sort of thing comes into your
mead. Don't talk too much about your.
sell, for instance. It's good form to
MINK about yourself all the time; it's
oad form to let people see it-in your
TAX. SAY as little as possible about