Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-05-08


/ tins girl ali my -life SO closely QtDl
misfortune link one life to another.
had seen her for the firat time less
than eight hours before; and yet was
confident that as many years. under
ordinary circumstances. would not
have taught me her real worth.
Mrs. HypheniB Bonds will never for
give me, said Hamilton dismally, ~
she hears that I've been the cause,
| Indirectly and innocently. Of turning
you away"
MRS. Hyphen-Bonds need never
know" replied the girl, smiling in
scrutably I'm fact, 1t would be per-
fectly satisfactory and agreeable to
me If she never heard at ALL,
Il will call conveyance for YOU"
said the defeated M. F. IL 4 shall
never forgive you Dicky."
"Yes, you will, Teddy A loving
cup, the next time we meett at the
club. will mellow everything.o
Quarter of an hour later Miss Haw-
thorne and l, wrapped in buffal6.robes,
our feet snugly slowed away in straw,
slid away, to the jangle and quarrel OF
sleighbells, toward Moriarty's Holly
wood Inn. The moon shone; not a
cloud darkened her serene and lovely
countenance. The pearly wilderness of
the world would have aroused the
poetry in the most sordid soul; and
far, far away to the east the black,
tossing line of the sea was visible.
What beautiful night I%olun-
teered.
THE beginning of the end"
THE beginning of the end? What
does that mean?"
why, when you first spoke to me,
it was about the weather"
"Oh, but this isn't going to be the
end; this is the true beginning of all
things"
II wish 1 could see it in that light;
but we can not see beauty in anything
when hunger lies back of the eyes. l
haven't had anything to eat, save that
single apple, for hours and hours.
was SO excited at Mouquin's that ate
almost nothing" ats9
"You are hungry? Well, wen AZ
that when we get to Moriarty's. I'll
find a way to waking him up. In. case
he's asleep. which doubt There will
be cold chicken and ham and hot
coffee
Lovely"
And we shall dine with the gods.
And now it is all over and done. it was
funny, wasn't it?"
Terribly funny!"-with shade of
irony. 1T would have been funnier
still If the real Haggerty hadn't
turned up. The patrol had arrived"
But it didn't happen. shall never
forget this night, dramatically
Il should be inordinately glad to for
get it completely; "-decidedly. y
Where's your romance?" 1 asked.
I'D rather have 1t served to me be-
tween book-covers. AS grow older
my love of repose Increases.
do you know" ] began boldly, 1T
seems that l have known you all my
life"
Indeed" 5e
yes. Why, might really have
known you all my life. and still not
have known you as well as do this
very minute,-and less than a dozen
hours between this and our first meet
ing. You are as brave as O paladin,
wise as serpent, cool, witty-and
beautiful"
Shall | ask the driver to let me
out?" Then she laughed, arollieking
joyous laugh.
What is so funny?"
Il was thinking of that coal-bin"
We'll. | didn't permit lonely po-
tato to frighten me-" retorted
mo, you were brave enough
among the potatoes" K
You are beautiful"
II am hungry"
You are the most beautiful girl"
Il want something to eat"
II ever saw! Do you think 1t
possible for man to fall in love at
first sight?' ~ 800
"Oh, nothing is impossible on Tom
Fools night. Positive, fool; comparar
tive, fooler; superlative, foolest. You
are marching on with your degrees.
Mr.. Comstalk."
You might call me Dicky," / said
in an aggrieved tone.
"Dicky? Never! | should always
be thinking of paper collars"
~ wish were witty like that"
She snuggled down beneath the
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