The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-10-19
J. owe
Is enough
By o. R. PHELPS
Copyright, 1906. by C. H. Sutcliffe

shut your eyes tight while l tell
you a story" Alwyn commanded. 1T
begins as stories ought always to be-
gin. Once upon time =
Dear me! l know l shan't like it.
| Those once upon a time things have
grown to be such bOrev' Lolita muir
INJURED plaintively, but without in the
least checking the story teller
lie ran on. his eyes fixed high above
her head, "a foolish fellow. foolisher
than the common, set himself to hate
wisdom, whose other name is wOm-
an
He got his come-uppance, of course
They always do in stories, never out
Of them" Lolita interjected dispassion-
ately.
This time Alwyn laughed. "WhoSe
other name is wOman-wOman," lie
repeated with all the emphasis of capt
tails. But you're dead wrong. He got
no come-uppance. 1t was rather his i'll
luck to come down very hard-so hard
he groye!ed in the dust when one par
ticular woman looked him over with
out seeing him. That has happened,
let me see, about three times day for
full six weeks. Result
''One hundred and twenty-siX grov-
els, if your figures can be trusted. l
doubt it. l doubt, indeed if there is
anything trustworthy about you," Lo-
lita flashed at him, with Il smile so
coyly engaging it took all the sting
from her speech. suppose you stop
being tircsOme," she went on. Il don't
ask you to be sensible. I'm so far from
sensible myself. But let's set away
from the eternal me- There must be
such lots Of things better worth while"
What will you have? Shall l dis
course on ships and shoes and sealing
wax and cabbages and kingS?" Al
wyn asked, his voice submissive
enough, but dancing rebellion in his
eyes.
Lolita smiled demurely. Il think"
she said, with an air of grave rotlcc-
ion, ''if you don't mind, 1 had rather
hear things about Gordon Fleming
There's nothing l can tell you-he's
so openly, so Extensively, SO disgust
ngly rich-and so patiently in love with
you" Alwyn burst ont.
Lolita gave him sidewise look. Are
you sure?" she murmured. Don't you
see it would be cruel to experiment
with my credulity?"
"As cruel rs your experiments with
my affection?" Alwyn flung back at
her, trying to speak tragically. but
laughing in spite of himself. What a
rogue she was to play with him SO. She
loved him almost as he loved her, 1t
nad been instantaneous had
hardly more than looked at each other
when eye spoke to eye. heart to heart.
But she had hOuted him daintily all
along. thereby making him more than
ever captive. And he in turn had
leased and veXed her. now with eXag-
gerated and open devotion, now with
reproofs for wholly imaginary faults.
Really lie did not think she could own
4 fault-she seemed to him perfect and
altogether lovely. But in spite of his
overcoming, he had wit enough to see
that tame and abject devotion would
nevcr suit her-he must show himself
L man of spirit and temper else lie
would be 10 man for her.
1t was ten days since they had come
together at the GlenwOld house party,
ten bIissful days Of Lolita aad love.
Incidentally there had been walks.
rides, drives, gOlfing ana moonIit
maunderings. Mrs. ArIlOw. Glen
woods chatelaine, had looked Oh il
smiling approval. Lolita had but Il
scant fortune, and Alwyn, though rot
Of a great career. Were not the Flem-
mgS, father and son, behind him, the
Flemings who had millions in hand
and the pOtentiality of other millions
II their mere approval? Gordon Elem
ing, the son, was we'll in the middle
age; he had married very early-as had
! ais father before him-but it had
turned out very badly. In year there
lad been Il separation, later the threat
Of divorce, but fate stepped in to save
The family pride The wife sailed away
On ship that went down at sea. She
had not been heard Of in the fifteen
years since. SO it was safely assumed
that she was among the lost. None Of
the few survivors had any knowledge
Of her; she was, moreover, so slight
and frail she could hardly have lived
through the terror.
Morally and legally her husband was
free-to love, to WOO, to marry, if he
chose. So far he had not chosen In
Iced, until Lolita came i'll his way wo-
men had been to him as shadows
shadows which must be we'll and ten
lerly used. but given no further
thought. Her freshness. her unspoiled
fairness, her simple natural charm, had
swept him off his feet as completely as
they had BOWED over Alwyn. At first
he had seemed to see how the land lay
between the pair and contented himself
with standing aside to watch their de-
light in each other. But for three days
nact no had SbOyvn 81 JicuOcitfOrl f0 on