Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-06-08

so is man."
MAN is a beast" she corrected.
Eyes. suppose he is. And a WON.
an--woman is a critter."
Thanks. I was afraid you would
call woman either an angel or a mer
maid"
NO" he replied, refectively, 81
never took home either feathers OF
scales, on-on my coat lapel
"You can actually speak about-that
affair, and-love?" She blushed as
she nearly missed fire on the finaI
word.
"Why not?" he inquired "The SET
is doing me good. l shall be myself
once more in week."
and begin to regret your unmiti
gated bachelor solemnities?"
Certainly not. I'd like to see the
girl who could make me regret such
sensible STEP
He looked so deeply into Ada's eyes
as he spoke that she saw the whole.
some, honest boy she had known so
happily, once upon a time. Then he
presently added:
Besides, that's done-and there's
an end to it,"
Something happened in Ada's femi.
nine mind. She said:
THAT sounds exactly like the things
you used to say so long ago. Just be-
tween our childish Gains and storms" "
A bright light flashed in his eyes,
for second, to counter the sparkle
in hers.
ada, there's nothing poetic OF
reminiscent about me now," he con
fided. "but everything feels to me de
cidedly like spring"
With a nod she conceded he had
paid her back. Nevertheless, she ig
nored his gentle repartee.
WAS it spring the whole year
through, when we were two foolish
children?" she queried.
Il never tho ght,' he admitted
"but-hang it ALL believe it was"
The sole purpose of making an ocean
voyage so protracted is TO entrap the
innocent passengers into vague little
signs of inconsequent regret when at
length it is finally ended.
Both Seton and Ada were apostle OF
inconsequence.
That final evening they sat on the
deck and beheld the moon arise like
red-hot disk from somewhere over
the edge. Ada looked at it steadily.
THE poor old thing must take us
very seriously" she said, for look al
the wrinkles on her brow"
II used to think sillier thing than
7 that-what a lot of rings it would
: make, cut out, one inside the other.
: He was silent for moment, men
tally carving up the unsuspectins
: planet. Then he observed:
They would all be plain golf
t rings"
Eyes, l know. That was part of the
idea. | said it was woefully silly"
Perhaps you thought you woult
/ like one of the rings"
Perhaps | did," she confessed. g
was very young"
He suppressed tentative feeling o.
excitement.
"Of course, you don't wish for any
y thing of the sort any longer?" he in
quired, calmly.
How could I, Mr.. Lower"
81 was trying to think"
=, "You were trying to think what?"
GLOW we could both get out of 1t
1 / mean-how I--we-weli, let it go tn
= way | said it first"
She looked at him steadily, and fel
- herself grow pale and warm alter
nately.
!. Get out of what?" she murmured.
- nf 70 "a
;. that we love one another, devotedly,
= he announced with boldness tina
took away her breath. when W
:. used to play, as children, we used
:, say we loved each other for the court
:, ship, and that we loved each other 70
n the marriage, and then, after the d
vorce, we made up and said we love
10 each other again, so as to begin tn
game all over So we can't get out {
! that, now can we? The only questio
is how to get around our solemn vow
70 to the bachelor associations"
"A "But-Seton-"
~ 81 know. I've always said you are
,s sweet, sensible girl. If you advise
az I'll simply break my pledge"
But l don't advise it. l don't al
~ wise anything. l certainly"
~ Don't you love me, sweetheart, jul
10 enough to help me out?"
10 She was silent for moment. F
took her hand. 1t was trembling, b
Ia it lay in his without alarm. +
ba looked in her eyes, and, even in Il
ct moonlight, saw the answer ne heeae
Then finally Seton, pressing his Fl
do to his heart, with all his strength, di
10 covered he was gazing in rapture {
,st the moon. He thought what a beautif
at plain gold ring he could cut from Il