The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-10-03
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his pole up and down vlndictively.
"We've been camping for four days
and this Is the first minute I've had
you to myself. Four chaperOns are
entirely too many for twenty people;
that's four-tenths Of a chaperon to a
couple-too rich for my system"
"And what, may I ask, is your sys-
temp She made grab at her pole,
which had gradually slipped half Its
length into the creek.
Dora Newton, you have a most ir-
ritating habit of playing with a mans
words-and with his heart" he said,
his eyes fixed on her fine young arms,
barred to the elbow.
II wasn't playing. l was earnestly
seeking information-the desire for
knowledge is strong within me-and J.
really wanted to know your-system."
She landed tiny perch and helplessH
held the rod for him to take the CULVER
ing fish off the hook.
He put the fish in the basket and
they regarded the lack of proportic1 Of
basket and fish gravely.
1T needs to be illustrated" he said
solemnly, mot the fish, but the system
l could teach 1t to you"
II don't know that you are quail
fed teacher" She cast her hook I'm a
way that made her line cross Ran
dolphs. Professor Jordan Is coming
down tomorrow to stay in camp with
us two days." and the inference was
that Professor Jordan, as teacher,
could not be discounted.
"Humph! The old fossilr' grunted
Randolph.
Fossil? He's not more than forty
and he certainly is a man of brains"
"Your tone, Miss Newton, intimates
that / am a mere matter Of physical
bulk, and you are further aggravatinS
me by getting your line tangled I'm
mine just as was about to have .
bite"
She cast her line in new spot with
a sudden show Of humility.
"Well, you see, hadn't realized that
you had attained the degree Of psychic
development necessary to tell-when a
fish was about to bite"
PERSONALLY" he continued, "Profess.
or Jordan bores me immensely. Think
I'll run up to town for the two days
he intends to illuminate the camp with
his intellectual light. Would you mind
telling me If you are going to marry
that dried up Greek rootT He drew
in his line and fixed it for deeper wu-
ter.
HE hasn't asked me-yet," with Q
toss Of her head that intimated she
was prepared for future Developments
Il didn't know my vacation was tc
be spoiled by that old-dinosaur.' He
was delighted that he remembered the
word.
'Is he really 50 bad as all thati
Sounds three or four shades wfckeder
than a Greek root, but l am glad you
are at least generous enough to credit
him with versatility"
Doesn't make any difference which
head you classify him under. II he's
coming here to spoil the party I might
as we'll 60 back to town and stay.
asked you to marry me seven times
last winter and couldn't even get you
to look at the matter seriously-t thought
maybe all this scenery and the moon.
light nights and the-er-hammocks
would develop little sentiment III
your soul, but IL there's another man
In the case I have nothing more to
say"
$50 hammocks are included In your
system? I never sat In hammocl
with Professor Jordan" reAective1y.
II could really imagine no greater
Joy than--a hammock and the fossilat
ed Jordan" he said sarcastically.
II have to thank you for the sugges
tion," airily. when you are in town to
morrow night, gasping for breath o.
cool air, don't think you are entirely
forgotten. shall be remembering YOU
idea and trying the hammock The
moonlight here is fascinating" sht
murmured irrelevantly.
His pole dipped down with an unex
pected jerk, and with the effort t
catch 1t his foot slipped on the edge Of