The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-28
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sang in the afternoon. while the tre
toad was preparing for an engagement
evenings.
Within the dropping boughs of cop
per beech hung hammock. and il
the hammock lay girl There wa
not bit of color in her attire, from
the lace about her neck to her whit,
shoes. She had promised him game
but it was very hot. and instead OF
going on to the grounds her steps hat
been DETECTED to the hammock.
What's that triangulating on the
tennis court? w bite trousers like I;
pair Of dviders give an appearance OF
triangulation. The owner of the
trousers is Iazily dancing tennis bal
on racket. He wonders why she
doesn't come. Presently he strolls to
ward the house to look for her. He
doesn't find her on the porch, so he en-
tiers the hall and calls to her. No an
swer. He returns to the porch and
stands looking out at anything, every
thing, nothing Then he catches sight
Of something white moving under the
branches of the copper beech He tri-
| angulates there, moving with more
animation than before, and lifting a
bough. looks under the green roof She
| sleeps. Intent on the lovely sight be-
fore him it doesn't occur to him that
the vibrations had stopped rather sud
| denly. So still is she that life is evil
dent only by the rising and falling of
her BOSOM The mouth is in an admira-
BILE position to be kissed, the head
thrown back and partly over the haEl-
mock's side. The birds above sing
love songs to one another; the insects
on the lawn give fantasia in the
same strain. The maxwell. the man
stoops and kisses the girl
She does not awaken, and he kisses
her again.
Thrice he kisses her, and the third
time she moves. Then after bit she
opens her eyes and blinks at him.
why where did you come from?"
From the tennis court, where YOU
were to have joined me-"
ITS too hot for tennis"
Il think 50 too Much pleasanter
here. l might have won pair of
gloves"
you wouldn't do that
"WhyY'
Because you are gentleman
would you never have forgiven
mel"
"Never-that is, unless we had been
engaged
He thought 4 moment, then said,
There was no temptation under the
circumstances
"No temptation! How compliment
tary"
Il mean that knowing I would incur
your displeasure if l kissed you l !
wouldn't think of doing So
"Oh!"
He was sitting ON a wicker chair be-
side her hammerng the ground with
his racket absently.
What are you thinking about?" she
asked.
Il once kissed girl in hammock" |
he said, land l wasn't engaged to her |
either. She was asleep. just as you
were. l kissed her three times. and |
the third time she awoke She knew
very well I'd kissed her."
What did she do:"
"She didn't do anything"
"And what did you do:''
II didn't do anything either at the
time. But that evening it was muun
light. She went to sleep on the wicker
lounge on the porch-and-well. | kiss
ed her again."
1t was now her turn to do tnc tn: Ink
Ing.
Il suppose she said presently. that
30 long as you had kissed her once De
fore
"Three times
ut didn't make SO much difference
about the fourth kiss-that is. from
since she was ascen it
wasn't her fault anyway"
''If you should go to sleep on the
wicker lounge on the porch tonight and
should kiss you. you wouldn't be to
blame, would you:'
certainly not But you?''
ooh. maybe I'd be to blame. but
since you didn't know anything about
t there wouldn't be any harm done"
Il don't know about that"
The moon shone down on a corner
# the porch covered with wistaria, or.
ather the moon shOne on the wistaria
While the corner was in deep shadow.
This distinction may seem trivial. but
t is not in this case. for on a wicker
OUNCE in the corner girl lay asleep.
True. one tiny ray struggling through
he vine touched her lips. He was sit
ing beside her This time he was in