Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22

beach now, the man and the girl. but
! IeSs7k& that alone would not have struck the
- sea as being funny. The sea had
laughed all day long for a week. and at night the
moon moon had come out to see what it was all about
Inc moon was accustomed to that sort of thing.
however, and knowing what was expected of her
discreetly retired behind cloud
! They played at Came these two, and that is
wwhy the sea laughed so much. They took the
! Game very seriously and thev plaved IL all tbe
time. And every evening the sun retired blush.
ing, and the stars came out and held up little
twnkling hands in astonishment. But still the
Game went on
She wore huge tulle bow at her throat Some
times you could hardly have told which head
wore the tulle bow-but that was part of the
Game.
At first they spoke of the Friendship that was
Theirs.
Then they said how broadening Friendship
like this would prove, based as it was on Mu
tual Esteem, Here the wind sighed but the lit
tie waves simply giggled on the beach, Then
they held each Others hands and said that such
perfect sympathy a rare thing.
Here endeth the first lesson
Now the sea knew that if the Game stops here
that sometimes the Man wins. and sometimes the
Girl. 1t is only at the next stage that this Game
can become Tie. Now a Tie is the Orthodox
| Conclusion, much so that it is beginning to
| be abhorred by the modern novelist. To him
the Obvious is as water to a cat (who invari-
ably prefers to pick her way through muddy
place rather than swim through clean water)
But to return to the Game
| If the players pass through to the second stage
they may tie, and this event is usually celebrated
| by the Girl robed in white satin and orange
blossoms meeting her partner at the head of the
Aisle But if they do not tie land here comes
the odd part of the Camel neither wins but one
loses!
| When this happens the stops laughing and
NAV be heard sobbing softly in the night
Now the 'Thing that Happened this time,
happened thus.
They had got to the end of the first lesson, and
had agreed that they truly Appreciated each
other
Then he asked if he Might
Might what?" growled a big wave to a sun
beam playing on its crest.
kiss her, of course!" laughed the sunbeam
! The shook its crest angrily. "The man
who asks Girl if he may kiss her is only one
degree less of fool than the man who does kiss
her and then promises not to do it again!" Then
it threw itself on the beach, and foamed with
rage.
The sunbeam only laughed and chased another
little beam the water. Then it caught the
little one. and brought it to look.
"Well, what's the matter" said the little sun
beam.
Matter! Can't you hear? He has kissed her.
although she said he Must Not Now she is ask
ing him whether he does not consider her
AT this the simply roared but the little
sunbeam was so abashed that it went and hid in
her hair. Then he did it again
Here endeth the second lesson.
The Moon peeped over a cloud that night and
sent shaft of light across the dark water.
whats the NATTER" moaned the sleepy
"Only that if the Game is finished I suppose
may come out from behind the cloud replied
the Moon.
"They finished this afternoon" and the Sen
heaved a sigh of relief. "You should have
the Sun-he went away with face like fire."
"And did either lose?" whispered the Moon.
The Night Wind stole up and waited to hear
the answer.
''It was tie" murmured the Sea. s'They eel
ebrate it six weeks from now, I believe. Then
comes the Honeymoon and hard work for you,
my friend. Do they pay you overtime?"
''No,'' sadly replied the Moon, adding, how
ever, with pardonable pride-"but they appre-
cate my reflections"
'In that case you must be glad it is a Tie
sneered the Sea-
The Moon turned pale with anger, and drew
herself behind cloud.
The Night Wind whistled softly to himself.
"A TIE, they called it, did they? White satin
and orange blossoms! Honeymoon! think
they both LOST"