The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-10
"HoLD ON TIGHTl-1'vE GOT your

"HoLD ON TIGHTl-I'vE GOT you"
his pole up and down vindIctively.
"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 chaperon to a
Couple-too rich for my system"
"And what, may | 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 IT.
ritating habit of playing with mans
words and with his heart" he said,
his eyes fixed on her fine young arms,
barred to the elbow.
Il wasn't playing. l was earnestly
seeking informatiOn-the desire for
knowledge is strong within me-and
really wanted TO know your-system."
She landed tiny perch and helplessly
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 proportion Of
basket and fish gravely.
ut needs to be illustrated" he said
solemnly, mot the fish, but the system.
j could teach it to you"
Il don't know that you are 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
us two days" and the inference was
that Professor Jordan, as teacher,
could not be discounted.
"Humph! The old fossil" grunted
Randolph.
Fossil? He's not more than forty
and he certainly is man of brains"
Your tone Miss Newton, intimates
that l am mere matter of physical
bulk, and you are further aggravating
me by getting your line tangled in
mine just as | was about to have a
bite"
She cast her line in a 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
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 wa
ter.
He hasn't asked me-yet" with a
toss Of her head that intimated she
was prepared for future developments
Il didn't know my vacation was to
be spoiled by that old-dinosaur." He
was delighted that he remembered the
word.
'Is he really so bad as all that?
Sounds three or four shades wickeder
than 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. If he's
coming here to spoil the party | might
as well 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 r-hammocks
would develop little sentiment In
your soul, but if there's another man
in the case | have nothing more to
say"
$50 hammocks are included In your
system? never sat in a hammock
with Professor Jordan" refectively.
II could really imagine no greater
Joy thanr-a hammock and the fOssilat.
ed Jordan" he said sarcastlcally.
Il have to thank you for the sugges-
tiOn," arily. '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 irreleyantiy.
His pole dipped down with an unex-
pected jerk, and with the effort to