The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-17
!: A Fair Exchange.


lOflEtudLI
She was southern beauty Just
nineteen. he West Point cadet
two years her senior. She had been
graduated at young ladies' finishing
school: he was about to be graduated
into the United States cavalry. she
had learned to write an essay. she
didn't need to learn to write love
letter. She was born that way, just as
q poet Is born. not made. He had
learned analytical geometry, comic sec
tons and all that. He didn't need to
learn to talk soft to girl; be breathed
the spirit Of spoon" in with the West
Point air. The atmosphere there has
been so long laden with 1t that it's inn
pregnated that Is, tn June when the
roses bloom. They were dawdling in
Irritation walk.
What an odd necklace he remark
ed. glancing at circlet Of finger rings
fastened together by gold links she
wore about her neck-"each ring diff
ferentl"
''The donors were all different too"
"What do you mean By the donors7"
Each ring was given me by
IAN accepted suitor2"
"Well''-
''Don't deny it. Rather tell me about
them"
'9The rings or the suitors7"
Both
''Well, this turquoise cluster was
given me by flaxen haired, blue eyed
boy when | was fifteen He said he
was desperately in love with me and
be was for a month. This rnarquise
solitaire got from young planter In
Georgia. He tried to ride over preci-
pice later on. but his horse baked.
This gypsy set pearl was from d pro-
fessor. He was an old fellow, thirty
one at least. He taught Scandinavian
or Egyptian literature or something OF
the sort He'd never been anywhere.
but he could talk so beautifully about
the places he hadn't seen that he'd
make you wish to 90 there. A doctor
gave me this sapphire. He had been
all over the world. but you'd never
know It He couldn't say boo to a
goose used to shy TO him. MY friend
the professor could go through China
town and make you believe he'd been
at Pekin when the allied forces en-
tered; you would make marionette
squabble out Of the battle OF Gettys-
burg
I'm bet the doctor knew lot more
than the professor"
mot for women"
well. so on with this string Of
bleeding hearts
.sThe man who gave me this ruby
was splendid young like us. He was
SO fierce. Are you an nngler?"
"No. what's that got to do with itfs
"Then you won't understand My
ruby lover splashed about darting this
way and that way, one day treating
me with sovereign contempt the next
with anger, till / thought I'D never
land him.
And did your
There's the ring to show"
.'How about the fellow who gave
you the opal?"
"Oh, that furnished me with dead
easy thing in the breaking. was
afraid he'd interfere with the diamond
between sapphires. aud I had to cut
Aim short. / told him he'd broken my
heart. for never could marry man
who'd given me an opal-nothing but
anhappiness could possibly result from
such a union. But now tell me about
sour book Of beauty Your chum stole
i for me yesterday out OF your ROOM"
''The rascalw
eve brought It with me to return It
to you. There's No. 1. this black
haired. black eyed girl. Shed be pretty
IS she hadn't such a homely mouth |
and a pug nose. How long were you
sngaged to herr"
"Oh these girls aren't girls I've been
engaged TO- They're girls who have
refused me. only thought ] loved |
them. I never really knew what love |
was till now"
swhen did IL strike you?"
"Just after guard mount yesterday
morning. I was marching or the old +
eaard. and / saw group OF girls I
among the lockers on. One face among
them made me tremble. recognized
~ belle came sans mercis"
$you talk Just Ike the professor.