Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-21

visit to his friend, Rose NurisEv and
as often as not, towards the cleaning.
he might have been seen making his
way in the direction of the cottage
at Glebe End Gate
This day. however. he was doubl.S
fortunate. For on crossing The field
and Overlapping the wall, be fond
that the Nunsby summer house was
occupied by two young women taking
their tea together.
A third cup was set, at Wti.,l Phil
gazed with something of appreEen-
sion
But Rose speedily relieved him.
"Theare used to be certain regu
larity in your misdeeds. Phil" she said
/ "wh CHI has not left you since Won be
came man of affairs l thought tina.
you would be sure to look in this aft
ernoot, so made ready. There is
your cake, the sort with the juicy
boy currants that you used to like so
much. Now can make it without the
little hard piece in the center. which
| you called Concentrated Indigestion
though I never noticed that that pre-
vented you from eating it,
Then Phil. with a distinct rise in
niliar seat by the privet hedge and
looked across at the smiling face Of
his hostess. and occasionally but
eyes and slender beauty Of her friend
Vida.
At first Rose did most of the talk
! ing.
~ suppose" she said, that we shall
be losing you soon.
| II have not heard" said Phil smil-
! ing, chow am to be lost" He thought
! It was question of some chatter q;
their rustic bourg.
why" said Rose. "Mr. Morris is
to so to great appointment in Spain,
so they say. and you are to so with
him as his assistant
81 wish | were ready" cried Phil.
with new CLINT in his eyes; but l
must work hard at the book part Of
the business first if I am to do any
good. must 60 to college, and how
am to get there, except by working
as an office assistant, do not see.' y
AS he spoke, Vida looked at him
and was not at all sure whether or
not she really liked the new man that
was being evolved out of her old
dreamy Phil Somehow he reminded
her too much of Vic Morris. She not
led, for instance that he never loung
ed back In the arm chair he had made
for himself in the privet hedge as OF
old. He was so much out Of practice
that the spines pricked him when he
tried. Formerly he could locate every
one. nesting his shoulders securely
among the thickest of them.
$50 ynu arc fairly ot worlr Phil -
Mr. Calmont, I rnean?' she said, the
! first time that Rose went into the
house and left them alone.
Poor Phil looked so grieved tina
; Vida relented
"Wel. Phil then she said. "Bu
really, you ought to be proud of on
feeling the difference The togo virli
, lis. isn't it Rose Or something lik'
that? There is a difference, and 20,
, can't blame us for marking it.
"I don't want there to be any dill
ference" said Phil, mot between u
| three You were always glad to Sc
me, and scolded me when was
= lazy, gocd-for-noth'ng. Well, am no
a good-for-much yet, though on TIL
J. way to improvement Your denuncis
lions have had their effect So don
|, make me suffer for my very virtues
s I want you to be just the same!'
1.-THE same number Of Jumps c
/, sugar in you tea?'' queried Rose; wv
;. are poor now. and we really canno
i stand that always. You used to e
piling UP square after square till tn
Z top Of the pyramid showed itse
above the teal"
These nothings of talk made Vid
curiously happy She was feeling tn
rebound from the anxieties and di
may Of the past night. She had g.
away early leaving Billy Bryan alon
y y w tn the cooking. task he was quit
= capable of performing. She had no d.
: sire to confront the reproachful fac
:, :, of cd Dick en- his return fro NTH
= mine that afternoon.
She was in need of confidan
= And, for once. it did not seem thu
, = the man was in the way. The possib
:, masculine electricity which general
. prevents all real talk between wome
! when thore "a man nresent. som
how did not hold with Phil. A woma
;. knew at a glance that he knew. +
~. was free of the guild. He understoo
:. Indeed. he understood sometime
I. when the woman herself did not u
!: derstand This was perhaps the re
. son why Rose being some years h
. senior had made such pet of hin
a the old dnvs. Phil had been like
>, girl friend to her yet he br"uel
~ with him some of mans out-of d.
:, life, together with the subtle diffs
- ence between men and women - tt
:. salt of sex that never loses it's savou
81 have hurt Dick" she s'ghc
with her ewes on the cup. She stirri
G her tea gently. though she toak nett
, err cream nor sugar watching t
clear. garnet color"d LIQUID droppil
;. from the spoon back into the cup.
~ What have you been doing now
$. said Rose without much symrathy.
m 81 won't marry Mr.. Kahn
=. "Mr Kahn!'
" The cry came Simultaneously fro
. both Rose and Phil. ooh, no, not N
Kahn!'
And as If in a magic crystal t
vision of the broad shoulders a
masterful carriage of the dismiss