The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-09-11
they regarded the lack of proportion OF
basket and fish prayely.

they regarded the lack of proportion OF
basket and fish gravely.
1T needs to be Illustrated he said
solemnly, mot the fish. but the system.
could teach it to YOU"
Il don't know that you are a quail.
fed teacher" She cast her hook in a
way that made her line cross Ran
dolph's. Professor Jordan is coming
down tomorrow to stay in camp with
MS two days." and the inference was
that Professor Jordan. as Il teacher,
could not he discounted.
"Humph! The old FOSSIL gruntcd
Randolph.
Fossil? He's not more than forty
and he certainly is Il man of brains
Your tone. Miss Newton. intimates
| that i am Il mere matter of physical
bulk. and you are further aggravatin.
me by getting Your line tangled in
| mine just as was about to have Il
! bite
she cast her line in a new spot With
q sudden show of humility
well, You see. hadn't realized that
J you had attained the degrce'of psychic
development necessary to tell-when Il
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
! telling me if you are going To marry
| that dried up Greek root:" lie drew
in his line and fixed it for deeper wa
| ter.
He HASN'T asked meyet.' With a
toss OF her head that intimated she
was prepared for future developments
II didn't know my vacation was to
be spoiled by that old-dinosaur' He
was delighted that he remembered the
| word
'1s he really so bad as all that?
Sounds three or four shades wickeder
than a Greek root. but am glad YOU
are at least generous enough to credit
| him with versatility"
Doesn't make any difference which
| head You classify him under. If he's
coming here to spoil the party might
| as We'll go 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 thought
maybe all this scenery and the moon
! light nights and the-er- hlmmOc!ss
would develop little sentiment in
YOUR soul. but if there's another man
in the case have nothing more to
say"
$50 ham,noc|ss are included in your
system? never sat IN nammOcR
with Professor Jordan" retiectvely.
II could really imagine no greater
JOY than--a hammock and the fossilat-
ed Jordan" lie said sarcastically.
II have to thank you for the sugges-
tion," airily. When You are in town to-
morrow night. gasping for breath OF
cool air. don't think you are entirely
! forgotten. shall be remembering your
idea and trying the hammock. The
moonlight here is fascinating" she
murmured irrelevantly.
His pole dipped down with an unex-
pected jerk. and with the effort to
catch it his foot slipped on the edge Of
the bank, and he found himself sud-
denly founderng in the creek. He
caught one glimpse OF the girls horri-
fed eyes, and, with an inspiration
heaven born or wicked, according to
| the point of view. he remembered the
trick he had learned in boyhood and
disappeared from her sight
She stood motionless. her hands
clasped convulsively to her breast.
When he came to the surface near her,
sputtering and gasping With more en-
ergy than an expert on the subject
would have pronounced natural. she