Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

runabout in y, hich they were making
their excursiol and he was the chauf
feur-and when he had laid his free
hand with a light caressing touch on
the waist of her sealskin coat she
squeezed herself against the opposite
side of the cushions.
With sensation as If the temporal
ture was dropping away below the
freezing point. he nerved himself to
the venturing of the opinion that he
was glad that he had an opportunity
to be alone with her. The reply sent
the thermometer down 10 degrees.
Don't you think" she said, that Miss
Egington is extraordinarily beauti-
ful?"
He was stumped for only a moment.
'She's a charming girl he responded,
but there is rather too much of the
brick red in her hair to suit me, and
one of her shoulders is out of the
Michael Angelo slope. Now, know a
girl who is not detective
But Miss NarbiSon's features are
surely what you would call classic ac-
Cording to the Greek and Roman mod
els?"
Perhaps they are, but I have never
been sufficiently interested in her to
make a critical study of her contours.
But there is one girl whose features
seem to me to be"
And Helen Varbison Is so graceful
and witty l really think that she
could fill the comic column of a news
paper with her original wittioisms.
Then she Is such a lovely pianist. She
doesn't doubt that if financial misfor-
tune should come to the family, she
could earn a good income on the con-
cert stage"
Il have never made an investiga-
tion of her qualifications but l am not
Directing to your rating of her. She
is almost n stranger to me. and | don't
know that l desire any more intimate
acquaintance with her. My thoughts
have all been Of"
You wretch" she said. WHY on
the very night that you and l and she
first met at the NandeSooks. she CON
fided to me when we were putting on
our wraps to go home that you were
one of the most pleasing men she had
ever met"
I remember that night" he said. Il
am not aware that said over couple
OF dozen words TO her. My mind was
full Of"
"She isn't a girl who generally goes
wild over man. She is reserved, and
when she does express commentator of
a male individual you can be sure that
he is worthy of it."
Then I wish that another girl
would fall into her frame of mind |
hope some good man may get her some
day. But what l wished to say
was"
Then you are not one of those who
think that the girl is always setting a
trap for the MANI"
Goodness gracious" he blurted out.
81 am only anxious that the girl near
est to me would fall into the trap that
l have been trying to set for her. l
brought you out tonight with the stur-
dieSt kind of intention of making 4 pro-
posal and YOU have been fencing me
off for the last hour with a lot of
rubbishy talk about girls that l never
looked at twice. Let's get down to
business and will you please answer me
a direct question? Its been trembling
on my lips and must know how !
stand"
Joe" she warbled, you can put
your arm around me now"
after ALL" she remarked to herself
in the seclusion of her bedroom al
hour after midnight, 1.-The only thing
am sorry about is that it occurred OF
a lonely road. l will ring Helen up OF
the phone the first thing in the morn
Ing and give her the story. Neither sh,
nor any one Of the other girls had an,