Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26

assured her heartily. II think It VIII
1 no n Jolly lark. Now for the college
sundae. What Is your favorite BOW
! erY'
/ oh. shades of solemn stocks ana
\ bondsi IL Margaret could have seen
/ them now Eloise described COM
1 plete revolution on her rotary stool at
! the thought of 1t.
/ And the ride down on the bus. hats
/ off. with the brisk breeze blowing
! through their hair and everywhere the
exhilaration as of a holiday about
them!
II never had so much fun in my
lifew Rollins exclaimed, with unaf'
fected enthusiasm.
Its because you're playing truant,"
Eloise assured him. aren't you hav'
ing funT he asked her.
"Of course! / could squeal I'm 80
happy"
"But you aren't playing truant.
What
I'm just playing" interrupted Eloise
quickly. And that's more fun than
anything else in the world"
Rollins was the first to break the lit,
tie conscious silence that followed.
II was awfully rude to you at the
station, Miss Kimball. hope you'll
forget it. / don't know what you
thought OF me-"
Margaret had prepared me for the
worst" she said.
What had she told you?" he de-
handed ut will probably do me good
to hear"
Eloise let him have the merciless
truth.
"And | suppose you agree with herr"
he questioned. half in jest. half in ear
nest.
Margaret doesn't half know how ir
reclaimable you are" Eloise answered
without a perceptible flicker of mock.
cry.
1t was with a strangely new sensa.
ton that Curtiss Rollins stood watch.
fiutter of certain little handkerchief
had become indistinguishable before
he turned his face toward town again,
which, he had decided, had grown sud.
denly dull and lonely. In the days that
followed he was absorbed and preoccu.
pied to a noticeable degree.
"Curtiss has grown freakier than
ever" wrote Margaret to Eloise In des
peration. 81 did hope the sight of such
refreshing creature as you, my dear,
would wake him up, and I'm sure he
did enjoy the afternoon he spent with
you. In fact, after first got home be
spoke of you several times voluntarily,
called you intelligent and sympathetic
which Is the very acme of admiration
from Curtiss.
"On the strength OF this before we
left town ] told him all about you and
your family (tactfully, of coursel and
what charming summer place Cliff
vile is. adroitly suggesting that he'd
find it an ideal spot to spend his vaca-
ton. But all to no purpose, my dear
Eloise. A telegram has just come
from him saying he's been called away
Indefinitely.
'That means that when he gets back
he'll plunge into business harder than
ever, and all the romantic influence of
the summer season will have spent
itself in vain, SO far as Curtiss is con.
cerned."
This letter Eloise Rugged ardently to
her until the felicitous moment should
come when she could laugh over its
contents with Curtiss.
"You see," she told him when the
moment did come, 81 suspected your
motive from the very day Of your ar
rival in Cliffville."
Margaret IL most remarkable
girl" Curtiss commented, glancing
again at the letter. "She understands
people. have always said So"
Especially 'irreclaimable Freaks"
Eloise reminded him roguishly.
Curtiss made wry face, then laugh.
ed in spite OF himself.
"what made you think me worth re-
claiming, dearestr' he asked her ten
Derby. "h4aoA ohJ ~ ryiI4)3 N-l
"Three little words. she answered
mysteriousfy. e.s" phB 1911 van ..s
Curtiss waited to hear them. osl
"sAn irreciaimable freak, but Z
dear'-that's what Margaret always
called you N'y- ~ a-Ao tee
For a moment Curtiss' expression
was as gloomy as the fate his imagi-
nation depicted. 49,
Just three little wordsr" he repeat
ed solemnly. what 4 narrow escaped
Suppose Margaret had not said thsmr
Why, should have discovered
them myself" Eloiss answered him. 6
How wondetfuIr exclaimed her
lover, reyerentiy ,clasping her to him.
and Eloise LEI him mt think So O. Sc
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