The bee., 1908-09-10
TWO ON
A TANDEM

Are you sure It doesn't make It go
any harder?"
what doesn'tg"
MY being on this front saddle"
IF you weren't on that front saddle
give you my word this tandem
wouldn't be going at all"
"No?"
NO; 1t would not. It would be al
home safe in the shed in which keep
&C."
This would not do The conversa-
ton was taking a personal turn. Miss
MoCurdy decided to change the sub
ject.
'T have had 80 little experience in
tandem-riding, she said. that didn't
know. This is aSbeautiful landscape,
isn't IT."
II hsven't been looking at the land
scape"
This also had an AlArmingly per
sonal bearing, and she hastily put one
hand to her back hair to ascertain
whether or not anything was loose.
TITS all right" volunteered the
young man. "And your hats or per
fsctly straight"
No; he hasn't been looking At the
Landscape" mentally decided Miss
GwondoliHe MsCurdy.
"Hpr cheeks look like roses" said
young spooaamore to himself. And.
BY 0eOrgel she Il q stunnsrl" he
added, with the fervor Of a discOverer
upon whom a great truth has just
aawnOd.
"You ought net to miss tAia view.
Mr.. spoonamore. Looking at the
grand sweep OF that"
I'm not missing anything. / have
to keep an eye on the road, you know"
How can you do it? Am leaning
too much on one side?"
Not at all. You are sitting beautl-
fully"
II don't seem to be doing any Of
the work Aren't you getting tired?"
Tired? l could keep on riding this
way foreverl"
Absurd"
Well I'll make it a year. That's
coming down a good deal"
"Oh, what's that?"
Nothing but fly Don't be fright.
eled. / brushed it on your shoulder"
"Pm not afraid a bit Was II larger"
"Not large, but unpardonably pre-
sumptuous. 1t was making for your
neck"
They pedaled in silence for few
minutes. and then she said:
Wasn't it risky to take one OF your
hands of the handle bRrs?"
Risky? My dear girl! l could ride
that way for"
For a year?
Now you're smiling"
"You are not watching the road
closely enough. We came near run
ning over that big stone"
Il saw it. Didn't you notice that
we turned out just In time to avoid
ltf"
Il saw that we missed II by Just a
hairs breadth. IL thought you
must have taken one hand on the bar
again"
The young man drew his breath
hard.
"Mr, spoonamore. you are getting
trsd!"
"Awfully tired. 1 haven't seen your
sres for Is minutes"
On second thoughts Miss McCurdy
concluded not to propose stopping to
rest. It would serve him right to make
nim work hard for the next two hOuru,
10 pay for that speech. And yet
Miss Gwendolins!"
"WeIl?"
"Do you see that house on TO the
hft on the other side of this orchArd2'
He went on with some rambling. UNI
important recollection about that
house.
He merely wanted to see whe her
her left cheek had turned as red as
the right one.
II had.
They passed under great hawthorn
bush, with double pink blossom, stand
ing just inside the fence. and with a
dexterous upward reach young Spoons
more pulled on a spray Of bloom.
"Oh! What's thatT'
at isn't a ny this time. It's a clus
ter of pink blossoms. am about 10
take the liberty of putting 1t in your
hair"
upon my wOrd!"
mot for purposes of ornament. l
beg you to believe. but because l love
flowers, too; and, having cut these on
In their early bloom, / feel bound to
see that they enter happy hereafter.
Hold still"
How can 1? I have TO keep my
pedals moving, don't II"
Yes; but you don't have to move
your head just yet. There! The -
feet is beautiful You have no idea
how 1t sets the flowers on. Do you
zee that country church-spire over
there on the right?"
No, she did not see It. She suspect
I'd. and she looked straight ahead.