Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-04
THE SOLUTION.

alone she turned upon me angrily.
Il am glad" she said-her voice care
fully abstaining from emphasizing the
fact II am glad that we are alone
1T is rather jolly / agreed pleas
antly.
Il don't mean that at ALL she de-
clared hurriedly. Il am merely glad
that at last / am able to speak to ex-
plain my position. Ny feeling Of glad
ness had mono personal application
My term jolly referred solely to the
trees and sky and-er-the stream
Jolly little stream, isn't it2'
Obi she cried, rather lamely.
You thought that | meant it was
jolly being with YOU | continued
Certainly not, Mr.. Courtenay."
You did. Girls always jump To con
illusions, especially if the conclusions
hold personal color"
Il think you are rude" Marian said
She threw the remark at the atmosphere
Her little rounded chin was upIifted.
was not 1t suggested storm and stress
in every curve.
THAT is immaterial," | answered.
Really, Mr.. Courtenay--o
What matters it, not what Won
| think, but the actual fact itself. You
| think ! am rude. | know that am not
You see? Your thought eff me is dis
arrangement, and unjust at that. 1t is
also disparagement of yourself. as
such resent it. Could anyone be rude
to your"
She stared at an uninteresting tree
| for a moment
Il think we had better sit down., she
said suddenly. 1T is not necessary for
you to sit so near" she added. immedi-
ately afterwards.
If | said that ! were a little deaf ~
| suggested, not altering my position.
! The sunlight, lancing through the frai
,leaf screen, dancing on the soft. good
natured breeze, made splashes of color
on her chestnut hair and rubbed them
out again. You could hardly expect a
man to move with so fascinating an OBJ
| ject of interest in full view.
Il should say that | had never heard
| Of it before" she replied specifically
Il never blaZon my imperfeetions, /
assured her
MIR. Courtenay'- she spoke with con
| siderable firmness- is due to me that
| enter upon an explanation You are
aware of my position?
ut is charming" / murmured. eff
only | were an artist
"Therei" she turned her head trium.
phantly. why do you say that 1t
is trite. a very trite compliment. TT
is also obviously insincere.''
Miss Wemyss!" l cried.
"No, don't protest | know. Do YOU
think that / have arrived at my age
without ability to appraise the value of
a tone? / have had one season. One
learns to detect the obviously insincere
very quick in a London season-one has
50 many opportunities of learning. You
paid me an obviously insincere compli-
ment. Why? / think that | do YOU
justice when / say that you are not
stupid enough to believe that am a
fool.a
Miss Wemyssl" / cried again. / was
aware that the interjection was hardly
equal to the occasion. Yet taken abaclS
as | was, | felt that she was growing
more actively interesting than she had
been in all the hours of the last three
days, during which we had languidlv
bored each other. OF course there had
always been the passive interest of her
hair. And, as matter of fact, of her
face. Also she had slim, graceful
figure. These you will understand were
passive palliatives of boredom
You paid me that compliment be-
cause you thought that | expected It..
You have been remarkably distasteful
to me ever since / met you" she contin-
ued, with growing heat, when | broke
in again.
Miss Wemyss!" I cried. After all.
what else could | cry?
! 1T IS clear to me, so patiently clear
to me. | have been asked down to The
Woodlands to meet you, and you have
been asked down to meet me-
This was alarming 1t was undoubt.
edly the truth-that made it all the
more alarming Our mothers had been
friends and our fathers had been at
Sandhurst together, and together Joined
the regiment in which they both passed
most of their military careers. Beyond
that, | believe any mother had a vague,
potpourri sentimental feeling for Col.
Wemyss, who was too gallant an officer
not to recopricate. And Mrs. Wemyss-
well, my father was always a handsome
man.
I'VE both happen to be distantlv re.
lated TO the Temletts. There really is
nothing wonderful in our meeting here I"
/ said.
1T Is the FIRST visit Gen. and Mrs
Courtenay have made since their return
from India she answered scornfullv
1t is the first visit my parents have
ever made to The Woodlands, and they
have been in England seven years"
After all" | assured her eheerfuliy.
there must be a first. 1t is a necessity
OF natural events"
/ ~Iou know quite web that / am being
thrown at your head"
! While ! am being thrown at vour
feet" | said thought that neat ana
rather purred over ii. l was soon dis
abused.
"There-you see How can self
respecting woman tolerate it? You are
thrown-you have no volition of your
own; YOU are passive agent. Won
arr She paused suddenly, as with an
effort. Il suppose it would be rude TO
J be as angry as | feel"
I Anger suits some womeli-it snitea