Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-27
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BY HELoisE AMEs.


"A pleasant summer morning intol-
rabieY'
You know very well / don't refer to
he morning"
Il hope you don't refer to me-"
81 refer to this position in which |
NJ placed by my mother
aWhat positionF'
sWhen a girl comes to my age she
an Independent woman having
,ohts upon which no parent can tres
ass"
aYou mean she ought TO be indie
endent"
"My mother has made up her mind
hat THAT she-that >you"-
ANY one else in itT'
aYou don't help me a bit. To state
boldly and correctly. she is throwing
De ct you"
" trust shall make good catch"
SEyer since she arranged that the
NO families should spend the hot sea-
In together here she has kept me in
misery, What could be more cruelty
no to a girls pride than to have her
mother show every moment that she
wishes her daughter to catch a certain
mani Last evening when Mr.. Fitch
Jailed she treated him abominably.
Her motive was apparent to every
Dne."
suppose go awayT'
"You might do that-that is, If you
wish"
aoh. your mother doesn't trouble me.
would go to get you out of the mud
de-"
HBut," she rejoined after pause,
aeyery one would say the man was
30 prosecuted he went to escape being
positively forced to-
ut wouldn't do. Would itF'
There was no reply to this.
1T wouldn't do. would it?"
suppose" he added meditatively--
suppose propose to you and you de-
cline me. Wouldn't that let you outT'
'sThank you. If man proposes to
me prefer to treat his proposal as /
see 1T"
"But your mother2"
Il shall neither decline nor accept
any one to please my mother"
swell. l don't see how can help
you"
II don't either"
Its a desperate case"
disappearing"
II tell you what you do. Accept the
attentions of another man, Fitch, for
Instance He'll do for a dummy. and
say
"Mr. Fitch is a very nice young
man."
That's it-niee. You can tell your
mother you're doing 1t to egg me on"
"DO you dare accuse me Of having
done that?"
Il was giving you a plan to induce
your mother to let us-I mean yOn-
alone"
you should go into the diplomatic
service"
A pause.
"If there Il no way out Of it." hi
sald presently, 81 suppose wen have
10 submit"
"oh, it isn't as bad as that"
Another pause, this time constrained
I'VE might go out there on the piel
and Jump on"
"NOw you're talking silly"
II have it! I'll go and propose t
Marcia Eldridge."
1--WE always thought a girl with /
face like a pan of milk would sui
you"
Il don't mean anything permanent
could break 1t or in the autumn"
IF you do you needn't come bacl
to-
She bit her lip.
why don't you Just tell your mothe
you don't want me. won't have me an
she's 10 stop her interference at once.
To this there was no reply.
"YOu don't seem to think much Q
that proposition"
ut is about as senseless as the otE
eFs."
One more and I've done. Take th
man you want. go to your mother an
Tell her you're engaged"
This met the same reception as tn
last-sllence.
4 give It up"
Il would advise you to give 1t up
you can't think of anything less pr
poSterOus than that"
Why pFeposterOusT'
Do you suppose that all the men
my acquaintance have made me carl
blanche offers good for all timer
Il didn't think Of that"
A long pause. They strolled on
me pier. The sky was blue aboN
them, and the waves were rolling In,
pale green. below them: guIls direct
overhead, ships out on the horizon
There's a way out OF It II we ca
only find it." he said presently.
I'm afraid we're not bright enoug
Ferhaps we don't want to find It."
That's singular. I thought we b
eeen trying to find II all the while
lou haven't contributed much :
wand that end"
II What have you contributedr
II Isn't my part 70 and q way Q