Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-05-30
Tommy and
Love
BY Harold Hunt

never! Either they are lanky and
leggy things. and think they can play
games just A. well ~ boys. or else
they are hirty and silly. and think one
ought to be always making love 70
them.
Love, indeed! Such rot! Well. ]
don't mind telling you that last term.
when I caught Stewart Mills writing q
love-letter to his Cousin Grace. gave
him the worst licking he'd had In his
life. The cheek OF him. You see we'd
allowed him to Join cur fraternity.
our grand. mysterious society that
some chaps would give their ears to DO
allowed to Join. only we don't allow is
to become too cheap-the Brother
hood Of the Cory Hand"-and one OF
the vows we have to take 10 not to iee
ourselves be mixed up In any noe'
sense with women. We are all to DO
either detectives. or pirates. or discov'
erers Of unknown countries when W
grow up, and In any OF those noble
professions one Is sure to come %
grief II one doesn't steer clear o. ne
women.
No, I never did think much OF girls;
and after the episode ] am about 70
narrate-doesn't that sound grand ana
booky?-after the episode ] am ABOUT
to narrate. you may bet your boots !
think less OF them than ever.
But It really did seem as II Marjorie
verschoyle was more decent than
most Of them. She was older, for one
thing--quite grown up; and she could
talk quite sensibly-for q girl-aoout
football and hockey and golf, ana
other things that are really worth talk
ing about, and she saw me bring gun
into the garden without shrinking back
and crying out: "Oht do take care!
Are you sure It isn't loaded"
So I wasn't quite 30 stif and STAND
ofiish with her as ! am with most
girls-on prlnciple-and explained to
her one or two things about sports
that she had got little muddled with'
and she tried her very best to under
stand, and wasn't really so stupid Tor
o girl.
So I really liked to talk to her. and
you may imagine how disguised l was
when ! came upon her one evening IN
the garden with that solemn ass
Leonard Ashwell. and I do believe he
was talking poetry about the moon
light!
As I came near, I saw Marjorie's
Aunt Henrietta coming down from the
house to look for her. Marjorie Verse
hoyle called out to me quite eagerly
to ask what score the football team
had made. No doubt she was tired to
death of Shelley and the moonlight. and
glad to have little sensible CONVERSE
ton for change.
"Oh! it's Tommy Braddon." said
Aunt Henrietta. Meanwhile Ashwell
had sneaked of down the shrubbery.)
II am 30 short.sighted, but L really
thought"
"Mr. Braddon Is giving me o most
interesting account OF the game" said
Marjorie.
We had quite q good talk; she
seemed to want to get the taste oil
Ashwelrs poetry and moonlight out Of
her mouth; but half an hour after. when
I strolled down the garden to have
q surreptitious cigarette. blessed II
he wasn't at 1t again! looking at her Oh
sentlmentally as--as q cat at saucer
of cream! But there wasn't much
sentiment after Joined them. you
bet!
Then that Ashwell began trying to
make friends with me-asked me Into
his room to have quiet smoke. and
SO on. suppose he saw that Miss
verschoyle thought no end OF me. and
so he wanted to get on my right side
But I'm not 30 easily fooled.
Miss verschoyle was quite inter
ested TO hear that had been In his
rooms, and asked me heaps OF ques
lions about the furniture and orna
ments, and especially about the photo
graphs.
.'Was there one OF Miss Dlsart?" she
asked. Miss Dlsart was q girl who was
staying at our home, too-a handsome
girl. but not my style. who was max
ing dead set at Leonard Ashwell.
"No," told her. there wasn't one
of Miss Disart. but there was a por
trait ON his writing.table that he was
always gazing at when he thought
wasn't looking"
"What-what was II like?" she
asked.
well. I think It was an actress"
said. (6he quite shuddered). "Sht
had n star In her hair. and stars on
her dress, and q great deal of barr
shoulder"
Miss verschoyle blushed. Fancy
blushing because talked Of an actress
bare shoulderl But l like girls to b
simple, don't you? For rs men IT.
quite different but q girl can't be toe
simple for me.
"And you're sure there Isn't one Of
Miss Dlsartf" she asked again.
"surs." I said. I've got one Of her
thoush. II you want TO see one. HeI
brother swoppsd It with . lot Of otheI
rubblsh for my old camera"
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