The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-29
Playing with Fire


he luncQc0 at MS CluD, ana drove 10
Cavendish square in the afternoon. A
footman Informed him that Mrs. Now
bray was at home, and he was shown
into the drawing room and left to his
own reflections. After an interval of
about five minutes she came In.
The three years which had passed
since he had seen her had scarcely
changed her at all. He noted the small
head perfectly poised, with its crown of
fair hair, the slightly tilted chin, and
the gray eyes that had fingered in his
memory ever since she had dismissed
him. Now he saw them light up with
pleasure at the sight of him. She smiled
radiantly.
"Geoff!" she said, "is it possible?"
"It's more than possible, it's an &c
tual fact" he replied. II got back to
England a week ago."
She looked at him with her head on
one side.
you're not changed" she pro-
sounced, after a pause Of inspection.
"You are" he answered.
IAN L? In what way?.
"In a very important one. When
left you you were a girl; now you're n
married woman"
"a change for the better" she laugh
ed lightly.
"Of course! Especially when your
husband Is SO celebrated q man."
Nv - -.
answered, smiling. "You see, my hus-
band is 30 Immersed in his work and
has SO many scientific meetings to at
tend that see very little of him. At
times 1 am tempted to wish that he
was not quite SO distinguished
AN ill-natured FRIEND" he said,
cheerfully, Uniformed me this morning
that you crept under the lens Of his
microscope in order to attract his at
tention."
"Horrid! Who was it? Well, in a
way suppose did. At least, 1 took
a lively interest in all his doings. l
had made up my mind to marry him,
and found the infusoria the best way
Of accomplishing my purpose. You see
Ii am frank"
every frank. And new that you have
accomplished it, I suppose you, are
quite happy"
"Not quite. One can't be quite happy
IN this woAd, can enc? Yo1 see, a
scientific man cant be always looking
Town the microscope at one object So
after a time he took ne or the slide
and began licking at the otheF-infu-
| soria."
kitty! You don't mean-!"
She broke int ripple Of laughter.
you absurd bey!" she cried. "Hov
could You think! But you don't
know the professor. He is older than
[ am, Of course. And 1 don't suppose
he had ever hooked at a woman before
well, before put myself under the
lens And now that he has actually
married one Of us-has gone through
the ceremony. 80 to speak, am sure
he considers that he has done his duty
BY the sex for the rest of his days. No
he has gone back to the other kind OF
nfusoria-horrid little things with
waggly tails He finds them more at.
raetive. You see how frank 1 am"
''Then be franker STILL" he replied
and tell me why you married him?"
"Well, It was a kind of experiment.
she admitted. Il wanted to know how
1t felt to be the wife Of a celebrated
man; and besides I fell In love will
HIM"
"And was there nothing7" he asked
In a slightly lowered tone, mo thought
40 memory Of"
"Off"
"Well, Of me?" he said bending dowr
a little toward her and looking keenly
into her eyes.
She blushed little.
"None at ALL" she answered, hurried
lly. Don't be foolish, Geoff All thai
boy and girl nonsense was over ever *
ong ago"
He Strengthened himself.
-Oh- WELL" he said. morosely. am