Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-05-02

rival. and as the mind increases in de-
spondency 1t sinks lower and lower
down the alphabet until it comes 10
S, and TINS we have Barn-yard Shaw,
an Improvement on the Kail-yard
school. who takes the o pshaw view
Of life. And relaxing hold Of him |
sink deeper until I come to Wv. w.
Jacobs. How l wish he wrote poetry!
He should be the humorist of all sail
ors, and perhaps some time he Will de-
sert barges for battieships. Then
shall read him with increased enjoy
ment''
Il wouldn't give Mark Twain for the
lot" commented Dorothy. with de-
cision.
"Mark Twain isn't yours to give, my
dear He belongs to me also. You've
forgotten that comparisons are odious.
Our meter is not to compare, but to
take what pleases us from each.
.sIow doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower.
Watts. You see. I'm still down among
the WIS. oh. Dorothy, how can you
sit there SO placidly when the Conster-
nation has just faded from sight?
Selfish creature!
ssOh. give me tears for others woes
And patience for mine own!
/ don't know who wrote that, but you
have no tears for others woes, merely
greeting them with ribald laughter :
for Dorothy, with the well read letter
in her hand was making the rafters
ring with her merriment, something
that had never before happened dur
ing her long tenancy of that room.
Kate turned her head slowly round.
and the expression on her face was
half indignant, half humorous, while
her eyes were uncertain weather
prophets and gave equal indication of
sunshine or rain.
"Why, Katherine, you look like a
tragedy queen, rather than the spirit
of comedy! Is it really a case of Tit
willow, tit-willow, tit-willow? You
see, I'm a-rescuing you from the bot
tom of the alphabet and bringing you
up to the Gilbert plane, where | am
more accustomed to you, and under
stand you better Is this dependency
due to the departure of the COnster-
nation and the fact that she carries
away with her Jack Lamont, black
smith?"
The long sigh terminated in woe
full YES
1.-THE ship that has gone out with
him we call she. If he had eloped
with real she, then wearing the vii.
low or singing it, however futile,
might be understandable. AS 1t is l
see nothing in the situation to call for
q Sigh
ssThat is because you are hardened
sinner, Dorothy. You have no heart,
or at least if you have it is untouched
and therefore you cannot understand.
If that note in your hand were a love
missive instead of letter from your
lawyers, you would be more human,
Dorothy"
The hand which held the paper crun-
pied it up slightly as Katherine spoke.
Business letters are quite necessary
and belong to the world we live in, :
said Dorothy, a glow OF brighter color
suffusing her cheeks. Surely your
acquaintance with Mr.. Lamont is Of
the shortest
HE has called Upon me every day
since the night of the ball. maintained
katherine stoutiy.
"Weil. that's only three times"
"Oniy three How you talki One
would thiuk you had never been
schooled in mathematics. Why, three
lie magic figure You can do plenty
OF amazing things with it Don't you
know that three is numerai of lover
Il thought two was the number, =
chimed Dorothy. with heartless mirth.
Three" said Katherine taking one
last look at the empty horizon, then
seating herself in front of her friend
'fhree is a recurring decimal. 1t goes
on and on and on forever. and if you
write it for thousand years you are
still as far from the end as when you
began 1t will carry you round the
world and back again and never di-
minish. 1t is the mathematical em-
blem of the nature Of true love-"
us it SO serious as all that, Kate, OF
are you just fooling again 7" asked
Dorothy, more soberly than heretofore.
"Has be spoken to you?'
spoken? He has done nothing but
speak, and I have listened-oh, SO In
tently and with such deep understand
ing. He has never before met such
woman as | and has frankly told me
so"
II am very glad be appreciates you,
dear.''
Eyes, you see, Dorothy, am really
much deeper than the ordinary wo-
man. Who, for instance, could find
such a beautiful love smile from a
book of arithmetic costing 25 cents as
have unearthed from decimal frac-
tions7 With that example in mind,