Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-02
BY HaoIKhu0t
copyright. ~ joss b B. B0wIes.j

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ieggy things, aud think they can play
games just as well 4s boys, or else
they are fiirty and sillk, and think one
ought to be always making love to
them.
Love. indeedl Such rot! Well, J
don't mind telling you that last term.
when fScaught Stewart Mills writing a
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 our fraternity,
our grand. mysterious society that
some chaps would give their ears to be
allowed to join, only We don't allow 1t
to become too cheap--the Brother.
hood of the Cory Hand one of
the vows we have to take is net to let
ourselves be mixed up in any nom
sense with women. We are all to be
either detectives. or pirates, or discov-
erers of unknown countries when we
grow up. and in any of those noble
professions one is sure to come to
grief IL one doesn't steer clear OF the
women.
No, never did think much OF girls;
and after the episode l am about to
narrate--doesn't that sound grand and
booky after the episode | am about
to narrate, you may bet your boots l
think less of them than ever.
But it really did seem as If Marjorie
verschoyle was more decent than
most Of them. She was older, for one
thing-quite grown up; and she could
talk quite sensibly-f0r girl-about
football and hockey and golf, and
other things that are really worth talk
ing about and she SAN me bring gun
into th&garden without shrinking back
and crying out: "Oh! do take care!
Are you sure it isn't loaded?"
SO wasn't quite so stiff and stand
offish with her as l am with most
girls-on principle--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 teally SO stupid, for
a girl
So / really liked to talk to her, and
you may imagine how disguised was
when I came upot her one evening in
| the garden With that solemn ass,
Leonard Ashwelll and l do believe he
was talking poetry about the moon
light!
AS / came near l saw Marjorie's
| Aunt Henrietta coSning down from the
house to look for Her. Marjorie Verse
hoyle called out p me quite eagerly
to ask what scorf the football team
had made No doubt she was tired to
death Of Shelley and the moonlight, and
glad to have a little sensible converse
tion for change.
ooh! it's Tommy Braddon," said
Aunt Henrietta. Meanwhile Ashwell
had sneaked off lown the shrubbery)
81 am so short sighted, but l really
| thought"
"Mr. BraddonIis giving me a most
interesting acco Int of the game" said
Marjorie.
We had quite a good talk; she
seemed to wani to get the taste of
| Ashwells poetryland moonlight out Of
her mouth; but half an hour after. when
/ strolled down the garden to have
a surreptitious adgarette, blessed If
he wasn't at it again! looking at her as
4, sentimentally a97as cat at a saucer
| of creami Bug there wasn't much
sentiment aftef / joined them, you
] bet!
/ Then that AS%ell began trying to
/ make friends wi me-asked me into
| his room to have quiet smoke, and
so on. | supposel e saw that Miss
Versehoyle thong II no end of me, and
so he wanted to on my right side.
But I'm not so e;kly fooled
Miss Verschoy was quite inter
ested to hear tn had been in his
rooms, and askel 3me heaps of ques-
lions about thee furniture and orna-
ments, and espe@ Ply about the photo
graphs. III
WAS there on bf Miss Disart?" she
asked. Miss Disa was girl who was
staying at our h.Ae, too-a handsome
girl. but not my lyle, who was max
ing a dead set al leonard Ashwell.
| NO." told b there wasn't one
of Miss Disart at there was por-
trait on his wrt tnhle, that he was
: always gazing 'Nhen he thought !
wasn't looking
''What-what as il iike?" she |
asked.
well. l thfnk was an actress" |
said. (She quiz Eshuddered). "She
had star in hlkhair. and stars ON
her dress. and .'great deal Of bare
shoulder" u
Miss Verscho blushed. Fancy
blushing because Nised OF an actress
bare shoulder! like girls to be
simple, don't yoil For US men it's
quite different, bi b girl can't be too
simple for me. Y
"And you're v1Ithere isn't one of
Miss Disart?" sh, sked again.
Sure" / said. I've got one of her,
though, if you wvN to see one. Her
brother sWopped with lot OF other |