The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-14

...Of Love.

Copyright. 1903. by n. N. Cunningham.


II tell you." said Callander, 'she
thinks you are too formal, too cut and
dried, too wrapped up in your profess
sion. To her you're a FOSSIL"
III l were you I'd kick him for say
ing that" said Galley. go ahead,
Albeit, old man; you're far enough
away from the village so that your un-
bending from dignity will never b
seen"
"Oh. I'll do worse than that to him
some time" returned young DR.. Alb
bett, glnring with comic malevolence at
Callauder. "Ill wait until he is In
1ured in some of his schoolboy esca-
pades. and then I'll operate On him.
Don't you feel the approach Of another
foolish attack, Georgie?"
The three young men sat in the shade
of a huge mass Of rock that marked
the end Of a long. irregular ridge Of
hills which jutted out from the main
range to the west. At the mouth OF
q tiny canyon just visible from the
rocks Il cluster Of summer cottages
showed white against the brown and
gray OF their surroundings.
George Callander grunted. stretched
his milking body and took ont IL pair
OF feldglasses from a case at his side.
NO. Folsom" he replied at length;
81 don't feel unusually foolish ct pres
ent. But this grand air and this sun
shine nna-welI. life in general great
~ appeals to me today. and 80 there's
no telling when | shall find it neces-
sary TO break out again. By !ove."
he went u. pointing the glasses az
the faraw way cottages. there's my dear
wife and the dear wife Of our friend
Hiram here. andes. the dear sister
Of my dear wife aforementioned. all
laden with baskets and making for
Flagstaff hill"
"Dear. DEAR" said Hiram Galley:
''anybody else in the party|
"N-no. none that ! can maize out.
Hold on. though: yes. there is. They're
passing Evergreen inn now. and that
discreditable simian Ramage has join
ed them. l believe. Albeit. that's
what You called him. wasn't it-a dis
creditable simian?"
~"Callander." demanded Albeit stern
". docs Miss Alice know that ron
two ungainly wretches enticed Mi,
away with you this morning withou.
letting me know that she and other
0o1fcc n lou< unon % p;o,,ic trud,yS',
"Miss AliceY' queried Callander.
f"Oh. you mean little Allie. my wife's
sister. Now that l think of 1t. Fol-
som. | believe she did say something
about asking you to have lunch with
them OH Flagstaff hill today. She ask
ed II l thought you would care 70
leave your bug hunting and whether
You would make one Of 50 informal
q party. | believe ! told her
lie broke off and leveIed his glass at
the distant hills.
"Well. WE'LL" cried Albeit impatient
y, what reply did you make? Some
thing absurd. l suppose. Give me those
glasses"
OOIit0OCt uuAOAtS AAONNu ~ -
reach Of Abbett's arm and continued:
II forgot just what did say. but II
must have been something WORTH Of
20 ungainiy a wretch. They're up gu
the hill now. Folsom. and Ramage has
taken his place beside Allie and is car
rying her basket"
That's q bad sign.' Gaitiey put in.
that's the way I began on the day I
asked Ella to be my wife. You re-
member that picnic. Georgiey"
Certainly. Picnics are fatal affairs
/ have no doubt that II Folram were
on Flagstaff hill today he'd be the
happy man instead Of Ramage. Fly
Jove! He and Allie have strolled away
from the rest and are. picking wild
flowers"
Albeit groaned.
sand l thought you were my
1rends-my boyhood friends. Here.
give me those glasses. l sayw
AE:r callander eluded his grasp
and li..:s... sprnng acros a tree trunk
which sp4nned the creek that ratified
down from the range Of hills and into
the plain. Once safely across. be pull
"a ava.r the log and set it floating
downstream.
.We are your friends. Folsom" b"
declared from the opposite bank
s.Haver't we patiently listened to your
rawlings about Allie for the past SIX
months? Didn't we bring you out
with us today on purpose to talk about
hery
"And you," cried the young doctor,
turning to Galley. II suppose you're
n this attempt to keep me away from
0Giss-from the picnic?"
"Don't speak SO harshly, Folsom"
0aitley returned. Lets 60 leave
George and hunt fossils or something"
I've a notion to hunt you," Albeit
answered, and he stepped toward
naitley.
s0h. don't, doctor; don't, d0ctorF'
GAitley screamed In q high falsetto as
- sprang down the hill, with Albeit
at his heels.
/. At the creek bank Gaitley paused to
Ieok bach. and. seeing the doctor still
coming, he leaped into the stream and