The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-06-06

schelt.
Hope is the wings of the heart"
said |, when thought the pause had
grown long enough. You still hope?"
"In way. If / recollect, you had
an affair once, e,"-shrewdly.
l smoked on. l wasn't quite ready
to speak
"You we're always on tho hunt for
Ideals, too, as | remember; hope you'll
find her"
Max, my boy, am solemnly con-
vinced that have
Good Lord, you don't mean to tell
me that you are hooked?" he cried
Il see no reason why you should use
that particular tone, answered stimy.
"Oh, come now; tell me all about it..
Who is she, and when's the wedding?"
Il don't know when the weddings s
going to be, but I'm mighty sure that
have met the one girl. Max, there
never was girl like her. Witty she
is, and wise; as beautiful as sum-
mer's dawn; merry and brave; rides,
drives, plays the cello, dances like a
wave of the hand.
You've got it bad. Remember how
you used to write poetry at college?
Who is she if may ask?"
The Honorable Betty Moore, at
present the guest of her highness, the
Princess Hildegarde, with pardon
able pride.
Max whistled. You're lucky beg
gar. One by one we turn traitor to our
native land. A Britisher! 1 never
should have believed it of you, Of the
man whose class defamation was on
the frey subject of patriotism. But
is it all on one side?"
Il don't know, Max; sometimes
think so, and then l don't"
How long have you known herr"
Little more than month"
"a month? Everything moves swift
ly these days, except European rail
way cars"
There's romance, Max, but an
other besides her is concerned, and
can not tell you. Some day, when
everything quiets down, III get you
into corner with a bottle, and you
will find it worth while"
The bottle?"
Both
From rumors I've heard, this prin-
cess Is great one for larks; rides
bicycles and automobiles, and general
ly raises the, deuce. What sort is she ?"
IF you are going to remain in Bar
scheit, my boy, take friendly. warn
to sec her. She is more fascinating
than roulette table,"
This was a sly dig. Max smiled. A
recent letter from him had told of an
encounter with the goddess at Monte
Carlo. Fortune had been all things
but favorable.
I'm not afraid of your princess; be-
Sides, / came here to study"
And study hard, my boy, study
hard. Her highness is not the only
pretty woman in Barscheit. There's a
raft of them"
'1'll paddle close to the shore" with
a smile
by the way, I'll wake you up Thurs
day"
How -lazily.
"A bout at Mueller's Rathskeller.
Halt dozen American lads, one Of
whom is called home. Just fixed up
his passports for him. You'll be as
welcome as the flowers in the spring.
Some of the lads will be in your
classes"
Put me down. 1t will be like old
times. l went to the reunion last
June. Everything was in it's place but
you. Hang it, why can't time always
go on as it did then?"
Thine, unlike our watches, never
has to go to the jewelers. for REPAIRS"
said / owlishly.
Max leaned over, took my bull-ter-
rier by the neck and deposited him on
his lap.
like his master. Three years, my boy,
since saw you. And here you are, do
ing nothing and lallygagging at court
with the nobility. l wish l had an
uncle who was a senator. Pull is
everything these days"
"You Dutchman, | won this place on
my own merit, indignantly.
Forget it!"-grinning,
You are impertinent."
But truthful. always"
And then we smoked a while In
silence. The silent friend is the best
of the lot. He knows that he hasn't
got to talk unless he wants to, and
likewise that 1t is during these lapses
of speech that the vine of friendship
grows and tightens about the heart.
When you sit beside a man and feel
that you need not labor to entertain
him it's good sign that you thorough
ly understand each other. / was first
to speak,
Il don't understand why you should
go in for medicine so thoroughly, 1t
can't be money, for heaven knows your
father left you yearly income which
alone would be fortune TO me-"
"Chivalry shivers these days; the
chill of money is on everything A
man must do something's man who
is neither sloth nor fool A man
must have something to put his whole
heart into; and l despise money as
money l give away the bulk of my
income"
Marry, and then you will not have
10" / said tiippantly.
You're sad dog. Do you know,
I've been thinking about epigrams."