The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20


Don't yoh want to smoke? ! saw yoh
rollin' cigarettes tn oihah day. Give
NE youah papahs an tobacco, an I'll
| show ych how III MeNican5 make
| en-"
| The slim brown fingers manipulated
the paper dexterously for a minute, and
: then The Girl extended tia:teled roll
/ to him.
| They don't make big fat ones" she
said; these is noah delicate. You
must like it, she commanded, as he
lighted the roll.
How could DO othe.wise?" he
asked leaning forward and bowling
with great show OF ga!!antry.
| That's it," she said. You'd make
a good Mexican; so p'lite an SO lazy.
You ought to say, 'Voy each a sus
pies: that's tumble at my feet an
v&hy p'lite in Mexican"
is that what they say when the
senoritas roll their cigarettes tor
| them?"
'Oh, no. that's foh any time. It's
| jes' talk. An tn ssnoritas don't much
roll the men'- cigarettes-'less it's his
dulce"
His WHAT" interjected John
'Yoh don't know dulce?" she
| laughed. That's dulce corazon; dulce
S sweet. an corazon's heaht; sabe?"
"Ah, see! Now. If we were in Mex
| leo" he commenced
| "Oh. oh. I'm scaiht Of you!" cried
The Girl. jumping up and throwing the
dark curls from before her eyes. I'm
a-goin to find pa. Sides" she OBJ
served, Its time to go to led. al
ways go eahly; I'm usto doin' that
way It's ten O'Clock looking at a
tiny watch. "Shockin" mos shockin
in Boston.
Then she vanished. leaving John
alone with his thoughts.
There came a night when she was
not down to dinner. He wondered
why he missed her SO; and, dinner
done. he removed TO corner of the
piazza.
He heard cab come up the drive;
| then rustic of skirts. and he recog-
nized her quick, dancing step along the
veranda.
She was just turning in the door
when, in the dim twilight, she caught
sight of him.
ID yoh think l was LOST" she in
quired, going over to where he sat and
leaning against one of the pillars of
the piazza with her hands clasped be-
hind her.
81 missed you" he confessed, vsry
readily.
Kind O. quiet. not so noisy,
s'pose," she remarked.
We'll. pa an | went to Los Angeles
This evcnin'. an we stayed theah to
dinnah; an pa met some men t he
knew, an they all went off foh time,
so that we web late home.''
What did you do?' he asked, curl
ously.
while they was gone? Oh, waited
at tn hotel. What youh ben a-doin'?"
she asked.
''l;othing. as usual. I've been sitting
here thinking. s-rce dinner"
"Thinkin'!" she cried, comically
My. but yoh suah need help, yoh have
so much thinkin to do. Amt it bad
foh yoh?"
He laughed; she laughed gaily, and
turned to go away
"You gong to leave me?" he in
quired mournfully.
Il reckn. But I'll come back in a
minute, eff yoh say So"
DO" he urged. IT'S a lovely
night"
hof chn
woman she would be after a year or
two in the world.
Again the rustic of skirts, and with
little sigh she sank into the low
chair which he had pulled up by his
own.
"Tired?" he said, as he heard the
sigh.
No; jest contented, fob tn fust time
to-day" she replied.
He felt that for some reason this in
genuous reply pleased him greatly
He tossed his cigar over the rail
What foh'd yoh do that?" she said.
I'm usto men smolin', an sides like
it; l mos wish sometimes t |
smoked"
well, perhaps I'll have a cigarette
in little while" he said; "for the
present we can do without"
1t was considerably later in the eve
ming when he said, You make me a
Mexican cigarette; l think them bet
ter"
"Youah lazy" she asserted; como
un burro. "Yoh most always look soht
O. lazy" she observed. turning and
looking sharply into his face What
makes yoh do it?"
why, l suppose because am lazy"
he replied, smiling at her earnestness.
mo yoh amt" she contradicted
both him and herself. "Yoh amt lazy:
yoh jes' seem to want to look lazy.
Youah like my pinto pony. Pedro--soht
O sleepy on tn outside an wide awake
on tn inside"
She reached over and took the tobac-
co and papers from his hands. AS she
did so her brown fingers just touched
his for an instant, and a strange thrill
ran through his whole body. AS she
leaned back, she glanced again at n7.-
face. then said "Theah. yoh don't look
it now; youah suah live foh a minute
| VERY MAN