The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-09-21
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Love and THE PEDESTRIANS.
BY ANNE O HAGAN.

just placed in her hands. Mr.. David
White, on the piazza, watched her with
mingled anxiety and animosity. As
she reached the steps she said, in a
manner of exaggerated relief and pleasure:
well, thank goodness that : settled :
Her brother-in law brother had marked
her approach with disfavor which was
somewhat remarkable. for she was not a
person whose attraction was in inverse ratio
to her nearness; and today her strawberry
blond good looks were aeeentuated by her
| lavender linen frOck aud her lavender null
garden hat. But Mr.. White, doubtless
to show how little concern he felt in re-
gard to her arrangements, shut oat the
vision of her behind newspaper, and re
marked. "Ahr in a tone of great lndlt-
| ference
Miss Raymond sat down in willow
rocker. and as she removed her gloves in
timated, humming softly, that her hear.
was in the Highlands Whereupon her
companion slammed the paper down and
said angrily
& suppose you mean that your walking
trip with your precious Mrs. Rowland Is
settled. Upon nv wori, don't see why
GeoiFrey allows it
You see, Geoffrey didn marry me,
Geoffreys sister in-law reminded Gcof-
frev's brother. IT was Paula he mar
riei And that doesn't give him any
control over Paula's sister Il doesu t
even with an air Of dreamy regret
give his brother any CONTROL over Paula ;
sister
Mr. White picked mp The paper again,
Anyway, added Phoebe, as one who
places the last stone upon a splendid struc-
ture Of argument, 81 am twenty four.
"0h. You re old enough to know bet
ter. grant you that replied the young
man promptly But apparently you
haveu learucI wisdom with ycars. The
idea Of two foolish. dcfen-eless young wo-
men trampinc the country alone exposed
To
You We lived too long abroad, David,
az yaur foreign universities. interrupted
Miss Raymond, with bland patience and
regret. You have forgo,ieu about Amer
lean ..irls. They do everything they please
They know perfectly how to take care of
themselves in all situations and emergen-
eies. myself. sou rencTnheg, am bus
iuess wusnaa-a hard working. hard head
ed. practical Interior decorator. We can
al support ourselves, amRse oarselyc---'
In shast. yUa We almost ensiraly eli-
minated the Becd 0f the American man,
yuu American girls 2 suggested Nr.
White.
A. for this walking tnp, pursued
Miss Raymond, decling to meet the chal.
leagc. "Naude Howlani and have
planned il f1r two years You woulin
object. suppose, 70 uur walking from here
to Faislawn2 You wu,ildn' prophesy mad
dogs and insalcns iramTss and Inhospitable
farmers in tha, Eve. mills stretch Wen
Green River Is only a succession Of similar
ave mile s,rc.ehes--yon know what |
mean. ABd, anyway, Maude' a widow %
She audy kitten! growlei MFR.
White Il tell you, Phoebe, ii you were
my---sister--
All. bat Proyilence had an eve to my
happiness I'm not'
.'or my--wiie--I should no; permit
such jAuns
"Do you know, TN afraid, David '
said Phoebe oommlseratingly, that that
lor,ily spirit Of yours viii make It difficult
for you to find a wife in this country
From what have seen Of my coun.
trywomen since nv refuru-uf their head
s,roag folly. their superb sel6shnc-s-I
don believe shall long for wife from
among them.
Al ans rate, famed Phoebe what
ever you may think Of us, whatever yoa
NAV think Of me-
Mr.. White did not avail himself Of this
opportunity 10 rssSgablish himself with
Miss Raymond,
you viii please stop trying 10 inter.
fere in this matter Your are already
alarming Paula and Geofrey, and wish
you to stop H. It's all perfectly simple
Maude and | meet at Mount Hope, on the
other side of the mountain; we walk twenty
miles the frs, day, twenty two the second,
and twenty the third, on To Green River.
We have cur lodgings engaged for each
night, aud oar bags viii be expressed ahead
the frst day to the BluebeH Inn at
Spedwell, the next
"'Nly good child, you don need to re-
cite the route to me. | know it BY heart
| We heard nothing else since came up
from New York
TN sorry to have bored you 50 said
Phoebe, with the genIleness of extreme
rage II assure you that it will not occur
again. must 90 in have some letters
TO write
As the broad, cool, dim hall engulfed
her. the young man half rose, and pen
itent phoebe" pursued her. But she
did not answer, and he sat back in his
chair.
Il am boor, he confessed to the
Indifferent breezes. "But tall the exas-
perating, obstinate-I wonder il she
realizes that it my last visit here, that |
start for Stanford next week? If she does,
and is going away" Then a garden
ing glove upon the floor caught his eye
He stopped and picked it up. The thick
doeskin was still warm, and kept the out
line of u frm little hand He looked at it
for second, aud then, suddenly, shame
facedly, kissed tiny green stain upon the
palm.
Mrs. Rowland sat at the edge of field,
screened from the view of the long, dusty
road by clumps of aster and elder, In her
hand she held shoe. which she regarded
with an interest that was three parts tact
Phoebe, her eyes fixed unseeingly upon the
clouds marshaling in the west, was speak
ing
"'And he II be gone when we go back, -
she said monotouously. "He came up
only for the week That was the reason
telegraphed you to walk these three days
| wanted him to see how little his comings
and goings meant to me! Yon know he 5
lived among nice, gentle, adoring, woman
ly' women for so long that he's overbear-
ing and -eoneeited. No, not conceited
He's never conceited, but you know what
mean. Anyway, | thought it might do
him good to see how little women like US