Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-22
The Lure of a
Hammock VI. s s...s'
GOOD evening, Miss Carrawsy."

cold and barren limbo OF potatoes,
prunes and prisms, let Us take pinch
Of the snuff of true philosophy ana
see IL any JOY remains in little ru-
mination.
Time: Eight o'clock in the evening.
Scene: The country on balmy
night in June-a vine-sheltered YER
anda. Above. The moon and stars.
Below: A man and a maid.
Let us therefore look at the man.
So.
Whereupon we will turn and regard
the maid and Immediately we know
that Joy remains. She had complex
ion like strawberry and vanilla. and
the sweetness of her ruby lips no NOR
tai tongue could tell. Wherefore we
will tell 1t. Take a barrel OF sugar
and concentrate ali its sweetness into
two small pieces. shaped like a little
lady's lips. Take quart OF honey, IL
YOU please. and refine 1t into two
drops; place q drop on each OF those
two little sugared lips.
Take a bouquet of lilies. bouquet
of violets and a bouquet of heliotrope;
extract the scent from each. distil 1t.
place 1t in an atomizer and spray
those two little sugared lips afore-
said. Take a bottle of the strong
est rum. a bottle of brandy and case
of vinegar wine. Dstil them into two
drops of concentrated intoxication and
delight and place a drop on each OF
those same two little sugared lips.
Take a lambert fame and turn II
down to glowing sensation o.
warmth; take the velvet from tnou-
sand red roses, and place them an
upon those two ravishins little
sugared lips, and there-and there
you have the sweetness that no NOR
tai tongue can tell.
You are Just In time. Mr.. Wigtree.'
Just in time for what, Miss Cara
way. may I ask"
Just in time" she answered MIN.
ito help me put up the hammock one
end has to be tied here and the otner
end there, but 1t has to be done aw-
fully strong or else 1t comes down
when you try to sit in it. So perhaps
we'd better leave it,
20, I think can do 1t. Miss Cara
way" said he, and he squared his
shoulders until one could scarcely see
the tips of his ears. I'm not so ter
ribly weak. you know" he added.
Dear me-" she said, Il never knew
you had such broad shoulders.
Even the tips of his ears dlsapp-
cared from view.
why" she said. They're i'm
mensei''
And as for Mr.. Wigtree. Mr.. Wigtree
began tying the hammock into place
with such a stimulation of strength
that one instinctively knew that II
Hercules had ever tied hammock
in place he would have tied 1t In just
that way.
"There," he said. That's one end!'
.Tf Won can only tie the other as
strong as that" she exclaimed
"Therei" he said. Now II that
isn't up to stay / don't know what is"
And he drew a chair along the We
rapda and sat down with manner
like that of man who has already
earned his entertainment.
Can / sit in it now?" she asked
You certainly can" said he.
. 81 feel so nervous" she cried
But. gathering her skirts about her.
nevertheless, she sat down In the nam
mock. through in tentative way and
with the appearance Of a girl who
fears the worst X
Are you sure you've fixed II good
and strong. Mr.. wigtree?" she asked
Yes. yes" said he.
And It won't breakg"
And II wont break"
Not even IL I swing my feet!" she
whispered
Very dark It was behind those
vines. and very snug A single moon
beam stole its way Ia beneath the
leaves of the vines and kissed her
sweetiy-sweetly on the lips).
Not even" said he. III you swing
your feet"
She swung her feet and one OF the
ropes creaked- z
~Tbere.- she said, stopping
That's nothing" he assured her
eoodnaturedly; that's only a rope
creaking-"
yes" she cried And. first thins
know, It will let me down."
Why he said, 1T would hold .
dozent-
ct don't believe 1t would" she said
IT don't believe It would even nosa
two. II Annie Smith were only home
I'd call her over and show you
Watt said he and III show you
myself
He arose from the chair snotning
warned him) and walked over TO the
hammock. She made room for him
~Tberel- he said Nov do you be
Iievez-