Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-01

runabOut In which they were making
their excursion and he was the chauf-
s,feur-and when he had laid his free
/ hand with a light caressing touch ION
the waist of her sealskin coat she
saueezed herself against the, opposite
side Of the cushions .'-''''.-, :.
With a sensation as IL the tenipera.
ture was dropping away below the
freezing point. he neryed himself to
the yenturing 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 allss
Eglington is extraordinarily beauti-
.fulf"
He was stumped for; only moment.
"She's charming girl" he responded,
but there Is rather too much OF the
brick red In her half to suit me. and
one of her shoulders Is out Of. the
Michael Angelo slope. Now, know
girl who is not defective.n
But Miss Varbison's features are
surely what you would call classic ac-
cordlnz to the Greek and Roman mod.
els7''
Perhaps they are, but have never
been sufficiently Interested In her to
make critical study of her contours.
But there ls one girl whose features
seem to- me to be"
And Helen yarbison is SO graceful.
and Witty. really think that she
could I'LL the comic column of a news
:, paper with her original wItticisms.
Then she Is such lovely pianist. She
doesn't doubt that IL financial misfor-
tune should come to the family, she
could earn good income on the CON:
cert stage"
II have never made an lnvestiya-
tion. OF her qualifications, but am not
objecting to your rating Of her. She
! ID almost a stranger to me, and don't
know. that I desire any more intimate
acquaintance with her. My Thoughts
have all been Of"
You wretch" she said. ..Wby. on
the very night that you and / and she
first met at the Nandesooks, she con-
hded 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"
II remember that night" he said. ~
am not aware that said over a couple
) of dozen words to her. My mind was
full - *
.She isn't girl who generally goes
wild oyera man. She is reserved, and
when she does express commentator of
4 male Individual you can be sure that
he Is worthy Of
'.Then ] 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 Il
trap for the man?''
Goodness gracious" he blurted out,
II am only anxious that the girl near
est to me would fall into the trap that
: / have been trying to set for her. |
brought you out tonight with the stur-
diest kind of Intention of making a pro-
posal and you have been fencing me
on for the last hour with lot of
rubblshy talk about girls that never
looked at twice. Let's get down to
business and will you please answer me-
direct question? Its been trembling
+ on my lips and I 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 an,
hour after midnight, "the only thing I
am sorry about 10 that 1t occurred on
u lonely road. ! will ring Helen up on
the phone the hrst thing In the morn.
lag and give her the story. NeltAsp she.
mn Any enc q tho ether girls had any
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