Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-12-27

posed to get the best They can't make
the rooms seem homelike."
where did you gog" she asked
All over" he replied. with laugh.
surely you did not expect to find
your ideal on the porch Of the nrst
place you registered" she suggested.
What is worth having is worth look.
ing for"
Don't knowy" he admitted. THE
trouble is that you don't have to look
hard enough sometimes Then you are
apt not to see 1t. went TO Gleuyille
first They have the athletic girl there.
There was a golf tournament on and
every girl was walking about with a
lot OF sticks. Some of them were for
hitting the ball, and the rest they
called men, though they were mostly
pretty poor apologies"
The better chance for YOU" he no.
minded. Porter shook his head.
Il think" he said slowly. that I
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"
And which kind did you select?"
she asked quietly.
Il went from there to Ridge Park"
he went on. ignoring her question.
There was no golf there. II was
mostly horseback riding. The women
were rather more attractive. but
didn't like them. and hit out for the
seashore."
And there you found mermaidT,
Her voice was light, but she gripped
the arms Of her chair nervously. She
wanted TO hear the worst at once. She
wanted to get II over with. Then she
could congratulate him. and he would
go away and leave her alone
shes not mermaid" he answered
Somehow ! never did fancy mer.
maids. They are rather moist compan.
Ions. and. being part fish. they are ant
TO be cold blooded creatures. | did not !
hnd her on the shore. found her up |
80 ny VNh iuuln oUt ulEnI.
I'm your room? Not chamber.
maidT cried Eda In horror
Porter laughed. There was a boyisb
ring to the laugh that she had never
heard before.
"She Is not chambermald," he as-
sured gravely. 81 was all alone. II
was one of those hot nights that come
late In the season. | could not sleep.
so | lighted cigar and sat by the win.
low watching the sea"
Moonlight and solitude are danger
Dus," she reminded.
Not always" he demurred. II got
10 thinking over all the girls I had
seen. There were girls all the way
rom sixteen to siIty-girls to suit
,very taste but mine. Then | got to
OF how cool and pleasant II
must be In these rooms OF yours.
you always manage to keep
hem cool and shady. Then looked
ibout the room I was sitting in and
got homesick for this"
''Or home OF your own like IT," she
corrected.
That's IT," he explained "A home
" my own like II instead OF my bach
lor apartments Then all OF sudden
realized n great truth. and found
'ut what wanted"
He waited for her query, but Eda
vas looking out across the green OF the
'ack yards, cleaning with n touch OF
liver in the moonlight She did not
urn her head as he rose and came to-
ward her chair.
81 realized that II was you | had
wanted all along" he said. None OF
hem was like you and 80 none suit.
d. We had been friends for so long
hat did not realize how loved you
ntil | got away from you and missed
Ou.
"Tm only a stupid. laundering man.
,da. am more stupid even than most
len. have no right to expect that
fter all these years you will forgive
ny denseness but don't you think that
ou can learn TO love me. dearr'
81 knew that II was right to give /
hat boy the money" she murmured. |
'orter puzzled at the words, but she
rev his head down against her cheek.
nd he did not care. He had found
frs Porter and that was all sufficient