The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-01-22
Binoculars
...Of Love.
By Benjamin Franklin Napheys.

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thinks you are too formal. too cut aud
dried, too wrapped up in your profess
sion. To her you're n FOSSIL
"If | were you I'd kick him for say
ing that" said Gaitley. go ahead
Albeit. old man: you're far enough
away from the village so that your un-
bending from dignity will never be
seen"
"Oh. I'll do worse than that to him
some time" returned young Dr. Alb.
bett. glaring with comic malevolence at
Callander. I'll wait until he Is in
jured 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 long. irregular ridge of
hills which jutted out from the main
range to the west At the mouth of
a tiny canyon just visible from the
rocks a cluster Of summer cottages
showed white against the brown and
gray Of their surroundings.
George Callander grunted. stretched
his hulking body and took out pair
Of fieldglasses from case Mt his side.
mo. Folsom" he replied at length;
II don't feel unusually foolish at pres
ent. But this grand air and this sun
shine and-well. life In general great
ly appeals to me today. and so there's
no telling when | shall find 1t neces.
sary to break out again. BY JOve."
he went on. pointing the glasses at
the faraway cottages. there's my dear
wife and the dear wife of our friend
Hiram here. and-yes. the dear sister
laden with baskets and making for
Flagstaff hill"
Dear. dear" said Hiram Galley;
anybody else In the party?"
'N-no. none that can make out.
Hold on. though: yes, there Is. They're
passing Evergreen Inn now, and that
discreditable simian Ramage has Join.
ed them. believe, Albeit, that's
what you GATED him. wasn't it-a dis.
creditable simian?"
"Callander." demanded Albeit stern.
ly. "does Miss Alice know that you
two ungainly wretches enticed ME
away with you this morning without
letting me know that she and other
ladies were bent upon picnic todayT
Miss Allce?" queried Callander
"Oh. you mean little Allie. my wife's
sister. Now that think Of 1t. Fol.
som, ! believe she did say something
about asking you to have lunch with
them ON Flagstaff hill today. She ask
ed If thought you would care tC
leave your bug hunting and whether
you would make one Of so informal
q party. | believe told her.
He broke Off and leveled his glass al
the distant hills.
"Well. WELL" cried Albeit inpatient
ly. what reply did you make? Some
thing absurd. suppose. Give me those
glasses"
Callander adroitly moved out of
reach Of Abbett's arm and continued:
81 forgot just what I did say. but 1t
must have been something worthy Of
so ungainly wretch. They're up on
the hill now. Folsom. and Ramage has
taken his place beside Allie and Is car
rying her basket
That's bad sign" Galley put in
THAT'S the way began on the day
asked Ella to be my wife. You re-
member that picnic. Georgie?"
Certainly. Picnics are fatal affairs
l have no doubt that II Folsom were
M n hn. ha ho
happy man instead of Ramage. BY
Jove! He and Allie have strolled away
from the rest and are picking wild
flowers"
Albeit groaned
"And thought you were my
friends-my boyhood friends. Here.
give me those glasses, say"
Again Callander cluded his grasp
and lightly sprang across a tree trunk
which spanned the creek that ratified
down from the range of hills and into
the plain. Once safely across. he pull
ed away the log and set II floating
downstream.
I'VE are your friends. Folsom" he
declared from the opposite bank.
Haven'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
herr
And YOU" cried the young doctor.
turning to Galley. 81 suppose you're
IN this attempt to keep me away from
Miss-from the picnic?"
Don't speak so harshly. Folsom"
Galley returned. Lets go leave
George and hunt fossils or something"
I've a notion to hunt YOU" Albeit
answered. and he stepped toward
Galley.
"Oh. don't. doctor; don't, DOCTOR"
Galley screamed In high falsetto as
he sprang down the hill. with Albeit
at his heels.
At the creek bank Gaitley paused to
look back. and. seeing the doctor still
coming. he leaped into the stream and
fOundered across 1t.
Albeit stopped at the bank and be-
gan to throw stones at his tormentors
They moved out Of range Of the mis-
siles and walked downstream unit,
the settlement of cottages came into
view from behind the rocks where
they had been sitting on the other
side of the creek
Albeit followed them downstream
on his side and bawled out half angry
epithets ut them Calander. after
prolonged look through the glasses at
Flagstaff hill. called out:
"Oh. horrors. Folsom. Ramage has
taken Allie for a stroll to the top OF
Flagstaff. They're at the top now. I
did so want you for brother-in-law,
and now I'll never have doctor In the
family"
stop them; stop themv' cried Fol.
som, dancing up and down. do.
please, George, toss over those glass;
EST
Couldn't do It. This Is a sight one
doesn't see every day. There he goes,
Hopping down on his knees before her.
M