The Washburn leader., 1907-11-01

your ideal Oh the porch of the first
place you registered" she suggested
"What is worth having is worth look
ing for"
"Don't know?' he admitted. 1.-The
trouble is that you don't have to iooE
hard enough sometimes. Then yon are
ant not to see it. went to GlenN,iie
first. They have the athletic girl there
There was Il golf tournament on. ;'hd
every girl was walking about with
lot of sticks. Some of them were fol
hitting the ball, and the rest they
called men. though they were mostly
pretty poor apologies.
"rhe better chance for yon,' lie re
minded. Porter shook his head.
II Think lie said slowly. that J
could catalogue every variety Of sum
mer girl there is, and there are lots OF
them-about as many sorts of summer
girls as there are girls"
'sAnd which Kind did you seect?'
she asked quietly.
II went from there to Ridge Park.
he went on ignoring her question
"There was no golf there. 1t was
mostly horseback riding. The woner
We're rather more attractive, but
didn't like them, and hit out for the
seashore."
"And there you found mermaid?'
Her voice was light, but she grippec
the arms of her chair neryously. She
wanted to hear the worst at once She
wanted to get it over with. Then she
could congratulate him, and he would
go away and leave her alone.
'Shes not Il mermaid" he answered
"Somehow never did fancy nler.
maids. They are rather moist compan
ions. and, being part fish. they are apt
to he cold blooded creatures. did not
find her on the shore. founl her ur
In my own room one night"
''ln your room? Not chamber
maid?" cried Eda in horror.
Porter laughed. There was boyish
ring to the laugh that she had never
heard before.
''She is not Il clamhermaid." he as.
sured gravely. 81 was all alone. II
was one of those hot nights that come
late in the season. l could not sleep.
SO lighted a cigar and sat by the Win
dow watching the sea-
Moonlight and solitude are danger.
ous," she reminded.
"Not always" he demurred. Il got
to thinking over all the girls I had
seen. There were girls all the way
from sixteen to siXty-girls to suit
every taste but mine. Then l got tc
thinking of how cool and pleasant it
must be in these rooms Of yours.
Somehow you always manage to keep
them cool and shady. Then looked
about the room ! WIS sitting in and
I got liomesick for this"
''Ora Il home of your own like it, SHE
corrected
''That's it," he explained "A home
Of my own like it instead of my bach
elor apartments. Then all of sudden
realized Il great truth. and l found
out What l wanted"
He waited for her query. but Eda
was looking out across the green of the
back yards. cleaning with a touch OF
silver in the moonlight. She did not
turn her head as he rose and came to-
ward her chair.
81 realized that it was you had
wanted ali along" he said None OF
them was like you. and SO none suit. 4
ed. We had been friends for so long
that did not realize how l loved you
until got away from you and missed
you.
'Im only stupid, laundering man,
Eda. am more stupid even than most
mon. | have no right to expect that
after all these years you will forgive
my denseness, but don't you think that
you can learn to love me, dear?"
st knew that it was right to give
that hoy the money" she murmured.
Porter puzzled at the words, but she
drew his head down against her cheek.
and he did not care. He had found
Mrs Porter and that was niI S,lt'icient