Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-23

The girl stole glance at him.
YES" she agreed. shat would re-
move any-reason.'.
One afternoon about a week later,
the young man threw down his ten
mis- racket with a sigh.
Just after lunch, too" he said, with
q gasp.
The girl gave al smile.
Care to come oh the river?" he
asked.
II promised to go ont with flor
ace. was the reply Hes dressing
himself, believe. for the occasion"
tRight-oh," he agreed. carelessly.s
well I'm on tomorrow" he added
casually. &
sToYorrow?" cried the girl. ~
Thought you were staying another,
week 2"
Yes, but you see
Because OF Horace? 2"
"We-set on each others nerves,
SO. Of course. I'm OF. You needn't.
pretend to be sorry
Il shouldn't think of pretending TO.
be sorry" she said, Indignantly.
II suppose" began the young man.
douhtfully. you don't really mean
you Hello! here's Horace"
Quick" she cried. darting round
q ;clump Of laurels.
What's the matter?" called hs-
cousin. who was close ON her heels.
Nothing; only I-well, the river
will be cooler
In the boat the girl grew reserved
again.
well, what do you think Of Hor.
ace?" inquired her cousin.
"He-he's very NICE" said the GIRL.
vaguely. .y;
Were not a bit alike, are we?'' :
Good gracious. moi" she cried.
"one's quite enough In a family"
One of whom-Horace or me?',
The girl dabbled her hand In the
water.
"oh, one of EACH" she replied.
ambiguously.
DO you know" said the young
man, curiously, .if didn't know you
so well ] should almost think you
meant to be nice"
Really" she said, with a laugh.
"of course-oi course, yon do know
me-" feiS
@well. rather" was the confident
assertion. s - s.sir
TITS q great GIN, she mnurmured.
with q hal5 glanca at MIN. ITO be
able to Judge people SO easily
The young man modestiy applied
himself to the sculls once more
What will Horace say to you when
we get back?" she asked suddenly.
after long pause.
Say? Nothing
"Oh!"
What would you say II you were
he.'
Punch my head" said the young
man CURLY. Il mean punch his
that is-punch the fellows head who
was with you"
Would your" She surveyed him
with some interest. "Do you mean
really punch?"
yes" he said stoutly, oblivious Of
the Injustice of such proceeding.
How loyely!" sighed the girl
She looked at him dreamily.
Why?" she asked at length mo,
you needn't tell me-" she cried,- hur-
riedly. as the young man rested on:
his oars.
Because" he said, disregarding her
protest. life wouldn't be worth liv-
ing when you weren't with me, and
go
'Yon mustn't" she cried. desperate
~. Il told you not tor
you shouldn't have asked at all.
II you didn't want to hear" he said
sulkily.
For while she leaned back in
her seat with closed eyes, while he
continued pulling stubbornly at the
oars.
What was the other reason?" she
murmured at length.
With few strokes the young man
turned the nose OF the boat toward
the bank and shipped his oars.
From window which looked on to
4 r ( T. ?
the lawn the old man interestedly
watched retriever side up to
bone which lay unregarded by the
side of doing Irish terrier.
His eye wandered across the lawn
to the boat house. Just then the.
young couple came from the landing
stage across to the house.
Most unembarrassedly they walked
hand in hand. They were In world
where they were the only inhat,.
tants.
A sudden growl again drew his at.
tention to the Irish terrier. now wide
awake and gnawing his bone with
relish, while the detected thief skunk
hurriedly away.
"H'm!" said the old man. with
curious smile.-The Sketch.