Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-08-11
ENVOY.
ANGLING FOR A RISE.

remainder OF the tWenty-IOur hours IN
writing each other ELUSIVE notes. Meth
/ er had a secret from the other. Their
whole converse, viva voce or by letter,
was one perpetual interchange of mutual
condolences. Had you breathed to them
! the hint that this excess of fondness was
bound to be followed sooner or later by
reaction-that the pace, in fact, was too
warm to last-they would have resented
| the ridiculous suggestion with mingled
| indignatio and amusement And yet
the reaction was even then impending;
the little rift within TIE lutte was close
at hand; and-as You will probably not
! be surprised to hear-a man was the
cause of it.
The man in question was Reginald
Smart -Smyke, the eldest son of a
neighboring squire, and heir to five or six
thousand year. For some years he had
been friendly with both girls But it
was Hilda Joicey with whom he ultimate
| ly fell in love, to whom he proposed and
| by whom he was accepted.
| So far all was well. Amelia Over
shed betrayed no sign of jealousy On
the contrary, she congratulated her dar-
ling Ililda warmly on the engagement.
| But / must get on to the little rift
within the lutte which have spoken of as
| impending 1t came about in this way;
Hilda was one afternoon pouring into
Amelia's receptive ear all sorts of init
mate condolences in relation to her WOO
ing by Reginald Smart Shryke.
And when he takes me in his arms and
kisses me-" she cried. ooh, Amelia, when
| he takes me in his arms and kisses mel"
is it-pT--VprV nice Hild9 90
Mice? 1t is heavenly. He does it so
beautifuly-with such-such-I do not
know how to express it--but there's an
eloquence about it that--that--
Just So" Amelia nodded, knowingly.
TO kiss like that isn't thing that
comes all at once, either 1t wants prac-
tice. And you are very lucky, my dear
girl, in possessing a lover who has had
such practice, and thus acquired the art
of kissing really we'll"
! Nonsense! You are quite in error"
protested Hilda, rather sharply.
Il am Reggie's first love- If l were
not, indeed, should have had nothing to
say to him. / am not the sort of girl,
as you know very well, who cares to be
one of a multitude. | must be either
a mans first and only love, or nothing"
as that so? Well, | confess you sur
prise me-" rejoined Amelia raising her
eyebrows For my part, I'd much rath-
er be mans last love than his first.
In fact it's only his last love that ever
comes to anything. His first is usually
dissipated on some impossible person. It
it with them that he gets the practice
and experience, by which he learns how
to make love and kiss effectively,
and"
Il really think you must have gone
mad, Amelia"
oh, nonsense It's like golf or GRO
quet. There's no fun in playing with
| beginner to whom you yourself have to
teach the rudiments of the game. Give
me a man who knows as much as. or
more about it, than | dot"
And how much do you know about it,
pray, considering that you have never
had any experience of lover?" demand
ed liilda, with a the superiority OF an
engaged girl.
Amelia Evershed smiled, enismatically.
"Oh, | know what | know" she said.
I've had my little experiences with
men, in Il probationary sort of way. lust
to keep my hand in against the time
when Mr.. Right (as servant galdom
I
opportunity has come my way l have
seized it and made the most of it. And
| always found (which brings me back
to where we started) that those men
who have had previous practice and OK
lpcrience made much the best lovers.
Bumblepuppy ut bridge is bad enough;
but Bumblepuppy in loyemaking-mav
the saints deliver me!
| NO
sense? Would you find your Recgie's
lWoolng so acceptable if he were not an
expert Mt 1t? You know YOU wouldn't"
i tell You Reggie is not an expert
ne mas had no previous practice in max
ING love, exclaimed Hilda, almost cry
ing With Indignation at the idea.
"Nog"
There WAS note OF amused incredulitv
IN the Interrogation. Moreover brief as
1t was, it seemed to Hilda to he preo
nant with sinister meaning.
Il don't understand You. Amelia IS sbo
nashed out You are hiding something
from me. Nou know nothing arainst
Re-gies"
Against him? Far from it. know
nothing about that handsome and emf
Inehty agreeable Young man but what i
entirely to his credit. Ii he has nr,n9
uced and made himself perfect. thar is all
IN ms io'or' And you, who have entered
lhlo inc fruits OF his practice, ought to
commend him for it most Of alln
Il tell you again. he has never rrao
ticed. You have no right to saw s,icb =
thing. You know he hasn't Amel;a "
DO l."
Amelia smiled provokincly as she MT
tered these words. with the air ~ 90
who could. and she would, throw = ,,onS
deal of light on the subject under discns-
sion.
What are you driving at, Amelia
You must tell me what YOU mean nv