Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-16

in the midst of her laughter her eve was caught
by small shining object on the dank dark
wall of the cave
why" she cried springing to her feet, chow
could have missed hm There's the very
mesemb-"
''The mesemb-whatever its end may be, can
wait" he said firmly, drawing her back on to
the ledge beside him.
She was so surprised at this sudden masterful-
ness in one hitherto so meek that she actually
did sit down.
Its my turn now" he asserted; you've been
hours pottering round after creatures with inn
possible names, and I've been miracle of pa
tience. Now / want to talk about something l
understand"
trife sarcasticallv,
calmly
But" she objected after the first gasp of
surprise at his audacity, ''but / don't want to
oe made love TOBY you"
know me-
She laughed in spite of herself
syth."
81 don't want it to be- he admitted candidy.
Now tell me, just as a matter of curiosity,
what KIND OF a man do YOU like"
Ohe VINO knows what he wants and gets it,
she SAID succinctly, thinking of the Professor
and the trick he had played on her, trick her
sense of humor caused her to regard with infinite
amusement.
well, replied her companion. az know what
] want, and he looked at her so expressively
that she promptly CALCULATED
Il imagine you won't get it,
DO you think not?" he inquired regretfully.
at was lunch | was referring to-
"Oh" she said, and then added scornfully-
81 might have known that Men are always
thinking about things to eat"
Except when they are thinking about the wo-
man they love- he supplemented To which
she deigned no reply.
MAY begin now?" he asked presently
How can you be so absurd?" she demanded
"Why, you've only known me week"
but week of this is equivalent to year of
ordinary knowing" he reminded her
81 suppose" she said with sigh, cts no
good asking you to leave H.
Not Bit he returned cheerfully "and as
my knowledge of human nature leads me to i'm
agine you'll see no more of the Professor and
Miss Carlyle for the rest of the day. you'd best
make up your mind to be content with me-"
"And are you going to make love to me all
day." she asked in dismay.
TIe dropped into sudden gravity, and for a
she the real man, and was startled
Dearest" he said gently, and his very voice
seemed to have changed, dearest, I love YOU
But just because that is so, l am not going to
do anything to veX you. | am not going
to speak of my love, only want you not to
quite forget it. Will you promise?"
But Lefty for once had nothing to say He
took her hand and kissed it, then relapsng into
his normal geniality, said quite simply and nat
urally, Now shall we go out and explore?
There are some quite fascinating bits in this
dot of an island. Come along" reassuringly,
eve are going to be just pals, aren't we?"
And Lefty Off some inexplicable reason, sighed
softly
But he kept his word vigorously, and all
day no more than quite delightful pal-the adj
jective was Letty's own.
At the end of it, as they stood together in the
gathering dusk, he asked, looking down on her
''Well, what's thep rogram for tomorrow?
You can't spoil sport, you know, SO shall it be
science--or me?"
For just an instant she hesitated, and he
caught her hands triumphantly in his own.
'She who hesitates is lost" he quoted gaily.
"1ll come for you at ten sharp"