The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-05-26
Continued from Last Issue.

dearest little girl in the world" :"
came the frank and surprising ans
Wcr.
And Cecil Lawrcncc--what was
he thinking as he closely studied
that lowell y face Of his assistant sec
rctary? What did he think Of those
white dclicatcIy vcincd hands--the
crown OF matchlcss ringlcts, the
small, wcll-shapcd foot?
"(ircat Scott! GcwiIikins! Wen
the mischief! | don't believe it
can't. | won't! But oh. if it should
be trllc! he thought, as ne watched
Paul bending over his desk.
"Ncll. if il is true, coniound if
| don't make her or him bctray her
self or hinScli---but pSlaw lit
cant be, There's no girl living who
could S" completely pull the wool
over my eyes and so long"
Ant ior >m,c little time he dis
missed tl'c thought from his mind.
But later on, the few words nc had
seen in the letter returned with
strange persistence, and refused to
be lightly banishcd from his
thoughts. ic then began to think
"l !'aul'S modest retiring way, and
remembered several things he had
heard Paul say, which now seemed
to have had a double meaning. He
was beginning to understand the
strange magnetism OF paul's pre-
:cncc. lie no longer wondered
that RAUL would never go with him
t" the theatre or attend the clubs
Zen lc began To- wonder how
nc could make Boy bctray
herself. Not to the world. but
t" him only! Cecil felt that he must
know or the uncertainty would
drive linn mad. 1t was mean heart
less trick. but Cecil was so piuucd
to think that nc had been made a
dupc by a "chit Of a girlr' and for
such Il long time. The temptation
t" punish her a little was too strong.
.NS We have already said. he worked
or played. as he saw fit: now he
chose to sing. lc remembered some
lines OF Irving :. Cndcrhill's and
pitched them into low tune of his
own:
"Nhat tho arraycd, fair renegade,
In taylor made and a that:
Close fitting skirt Of scartv girt,
In h"ilcd shirt and a that:
What tho YOU thus appear so trim.
50 tall and thin and a that:
What $ man that YOU should mimic
him:
\ girls girl iur a that.
What tho ynu wear iul short the
hair.
Assume the air and a that:
" hat III" in coat and vest and air
"u ape the men and a that:
" h2l tho v"u try with Oxford tie.
With i"urin-hand and a that;
"ull understand it hv and hv.
\ girls Girl for a that"
y pink tin%r was creeping into
BOY 5 pale checks and her lips trcm-
Died. Cecil Saw but kept on un-
mcrciiullv. lie almost wished she
would faint.
SuSpcndcr<, too. Of vivid blue
Or other hue and a that,
lmnodcSt girl. vou do not hide
l'ut wear outside and a that:
ou,rc not to man inferior.
CT course you're not and a that:
But dress is quite exterior
\ girls a girl for a that"
"Good gracious, Burton. how did
that happcn?"
Boy had turned over a bottle Of
INK and was mopping it up with her
handkerchief.
"Oh!-you-I-T was trying to
listen to Your singing and write too.
and-and I don't know how it hap
pcncd. And sec. I've completely
ruined this Sheet" holding up a
sheet black with ink.
"Oh. well: don't worry. Let me
have it; I'll rcwritc it for vou,"
said Cecil kindly, crossing over to
Boys desk and taking the sheet
from her unrcsisting and trembling
fingers.
Don't work so hard, Burton, I
am going to do my share from this
on. You arc getting quite pale