The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-03-22

lerry things, and think they can play
games just as well as boys. or else
hey are fiirty and silly. and think one
ought to be always making love 10
Them
Love. indeed Such rot, Well.
aonr mind telling YOU that last term.
when ! caught Stewart Mills writing a
loyo.letter TO his Cousin Grace. gave
bn me worst licking he'd had in his
nfr The cheek OF him. You see we'd
allowed him 10 join our fraternity,
ur grand mysterious society that
SOME chaps would give their ears 90 be
allowed TO join. only we don't allow il
rs become too cheap-the Brother
hood Of the Cory Hand and one Of
M vows we have to take is not to let
ourselves be mixed up In any non
sense with women. We are all - be
either detectives. or pirates. or discoy-
crows of unknown countries when we
GROW up. and in any OF those noble
Professions one Is sure To- come 20
grief If one doesn't steer clear OF the
women.
SO. I never did think much Of girls:
and after the episode ! am about TO
narrated doesn't that sound grand and
baoayg after the episode ! am about
o uarrate. YOU may bet your boots |
mnk less OF them than ever.
nni it really did seem as if Marjorie
vesschoylc was more decent than
most Of them She was older, for one
thing quite grown up: and she could
nls quite sensibly-for girl-about
Football and hockey and golf and
other things that are really worth talk
ne about and she saw me bring a gun
into the garden without shrinking back
ana crying out. oh do take care,
Are You sure it isn't loaded
So wasn't quite SO stiff and stand
aNsh with her as l am with most
girls on principle-and explained 10
her one or two things about sports
that She had got little muddled with
ana she tried her very best 20 under.
tand. ana wasn't really SO stupid. for
. Girl
SO really liked to talk 10 her. and
YOU may imagine how dsgusted ! was
when came upon her one evening in
the garden with that solemn ass
Leonard Ashwell. and do believe he
was talking poetry about the moon
light.
AS came near ! saw Nariorie's
Aunt Henrietta coming down from the
house to look for her. Marjorie Verse.
hoyle called out 70 me quite eagerly
TO ask what score the football team
had made No doubt she was tired 70
death OF Shelley and the moonlight and
glad 70 have a little sensible converse
ton for a change.
on it's Tommy Braddon." said
Amt Henrietta Meanwhile Ashwell
hal sneaked of down the shrubbery)
4 am 50 short-sighted. but / really
thought"
Mr. Braddon is giving me a most
Interesting account OF the game" said
Marjorie
We had quite good talk; she
seemed 70 want TO get the taste Of
Ashwelrs poetry and moonlight out Of
her mouth. but half an hour after, when
| strolled down the garden 10 have
a surreptitious cigarette. blessed II
he wasn't at II again, looking at her as
seuumentally as-as a cat at saucer
% cream, But there wasn't much
sentiment after | joined them. YOU
bet
Then that Ashwell began trying TO
make friends with me-asked me into
BIS room To have a quiet smoke, and
so on. ] suppose he saw that Miss
ferschoyle thought no end OF me- and
s. be wanted TO get on my right side.
But I'm not so easily fooled.
Miss Verschoyle was quite inter
ested to hear that | had been in his
rooms. and asked me heaps OF ques-
tons about the furniture and orna-
ments and especially about the photo
graphs.
Was there one OF Miss Disart2" she
asked Miss Disart was a girl who was
staying al our home. too-a handsome
glrl, but not my style. who was max.
ing a dead set at Leonard Ashwell
No" | told her. there wasn't one
Of Miss Disart. but there was a por-
trait on his writingtable that he was
always gazing at when he thought
wasn't looking"
What-what was II like" she
asked.
Well, think 1t was an actress"
said. (She quite shuddered). She
had star in her hair. and stars on
her dress. and great deal Of bare
shoulder"
Miss Nerschoyle blushed. Fancy
bushing because talked Of an actress
pare shoulder But | like girls to be
simple don't you? For us men it's
Qlite different. but a girl can't be too
simple for me.
And you're sure there isn't one OF
Miss Disart?" she asked again.
Sure" | said i've got one of her.
though, If YOU want TO see one Her
brother swopped it with lot OF other
rubbish for my old camera"
Look here" said Marjorie conf
dentially, Il wish you would offer to
give It to him in exchange for the-for