Ellsworth American., 1907-02-20
GbeConplete
Love1naker
BY NANCY HAzLrTT
Copyright. 1905. by E. c. PARCELS

Il know :.ay Place. also my danger
Yau see. have been hearing Of you
this long tine Grfers0n said. look
ing up at my lady. with lazy smile.
Ny lady had way with her-it
could be sharp and short when she
chose II could likewise t,e yer, meek.
Now she set her finger tips together. ask
ing plaintivly: Mr.. GFierson. is there
nothing else you would as soon say ::
You are the ninth man to tell me that
since l came 70 the picnic ought to
feel my sirs very deeply. but somehow
I can't"
who says yon have slnss meant
only yoUr perfections.' G-ierson began.
but she stopped him with a gesture of
appeal
That's the very worst of ALL" she
nlurulurel You'll be telling me next
that you came on purpose TO see and
be conquered do wish pretty speeches
didn't run in ruts so much If could
I'd write a book about them. telling
men what not to say"
Il see. The Complete Lovemaker,' -
Crierson answered. his eyes twinkIing.
IF you wrote from the riches Of your
experience / dare say the treatise would
be most authoritative
There wouldn't be any treatise If
did that. You all say so much the
same sort OF foolishness." my lady
came back at him, with just the least
toss Of her head
My lady of course had name. pref
n one-EHnor Clare Only strangers
and the older people ever called her
EIinor. Somehow at school she had
been rechristened my lady. and my
lady she was likely to be to the end OF
the chapter
A very pretty girl. with money to
her name and much more money in
prospect. withal sprightly and good
hearted. she was easily the belle of
the countryside. She had had heaus.
indeed. before she was out of short
frocks. One of them. who as a tall
lad had carried her on his shoulder
and Graded her asleep in his arms,
was still constant, notwithstanding he
was thrice eligible. and the kindest.
most unsuspieious soul alive.
Grierson had heard of him likewise
Indeed. Philip Darcy. the constant one
was. after a sort. his kinsman
"Phirs the man you have got to
beat" Grandfather Grierson had said
in explaining the situation
Grandfather liked my lady, but not
nearly so well as he did her posses
sions. Therefore he had sent impera-
lively for Arthur, his grandson. and
bidden him as imperatively court the
girl and marry her.
Grandfather's was moneyed ayarice.
therefore the more eager. He had
piled up fortune and held on to if
Ike grim death. Because his only.
son liked TO spend money even better
than TO make il the old man excused
his clutehing-at least to himself.
Since that young gadabout Arthur
had no knack Of making money. being
worse in that respect than his father.
it was but right he should marry it.
Grandfather Grierson said this over
and over, in so many keys and lenses,
Arthur had been tempted to run away
before anything was begun He would
have run away. indeed. but for catch
ing glimpse of my lady. The glimpse
refreshed his endurance and modified
sensibly his estimate of grand -paternal
wisdom.
Suppose we write the book togeth-
er." Grierson suggested valiantly. II
can make myself understood on the
typewriter-can't say any more than
that-but you-you have reams of wis
dom. I'm sure, all ready to your hand
Do take me as secretary. l promise
you shall find me willing and obliging,
with no objection to long hours"
Il have great objection to them.
couldn't stick at anything half day
unless it was to save my life" my
lady confided. adding gayly: Il don't
believe you could either. Confess,
Don't you love to go and do the things
you didn't intend:"
Sometimes-only sometimes" Grier-
son said, smiling down at her. This
s one of them. l meant to ask con-
s-0CA1tioh as PosSfDic uuSDdUQ. Vet
see how you have reduced my soaring
ambition
My lady met this with look of wide
eyed innocence and said appealingly:
Cant you understand I'm not the sort
of girl you have to talk love to? There
are so many other things better worth
talking about"
For instance, Philip DarcyT' Grier-
son said, with a keen glance
My lady laughed joyously. NO. not
Philip" she said. II know him-all
about him-more and better than any
body can tell me. He would be saint
on earth if he were not 80 much of
man"
Tim! The most part Of saints
were men," Grierson supplemented,
Then, most irrelevantly: you have re-
lieved my mind wonderfully. No girl
Of today can possibly love q saint. 1t
is the weirdly wicked fellows who bowl
over our sweethearts-even now and