The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-18
By ALBERT PAYsON TERHUNE
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 And just to punish myself, Deslree was saying, "I'm going to tell you about Jack Hawarden. He came here and asked me to marry him. A1u @ told him he was an awfully nice boy And I felt I was unkind and cruel ana lot of other things because l had to tell him I wasn't in love with hlm- But he behaved beautifully. He's go- ing to keep on coming to see me, Just same. and we're going to be Just as good friends as ever. But he says ne isn't going to give up trying to mahs me change my mind. Then l changeo the subject by making him listen 10 Si~~fried-Mickey singing The Death of Ase.'' And from that I got him to talking about the things he's writing stories will sell like wild-fire. If you've never tried to sell wild-f1re you can appreciate what an eager market there is for it. I told him that and he d1dn like it very well. But altogether steered him off from talking about marrying me. So the rest didn't mat ter very much. Did it? Are you sure you can remember all the things l ex- plained to you about that dinner? Al the musicale itself I shall try to get a chance to take you under my own wing. and keep you from burning your poor fingers But
 If you think I'm goin' to queer you at the musicale. by taggin' around art CT you. you're dead wrong, declared Caleb. You get bout as much of me as you need. here at your own mousse without havin' me scarin' better men away from you at parties. No, no. I'm goin' to set in a corner an watch folks fallin' over 'emselves to talk to you"
 'In the first place. people sit up stiff ly. without talking. whilef the music IS going on,-at least they're supposed to. In the second. don't think just because you're foolish enough to like being with me- that other people will. I don't think there will be any very tunultuous applause when I enter"
 It'll be the hit of the evenin as far as I'm concerned" stoutly averred Caleb. I'm goin' out to the Arareek Club in a few. minutes" he went on glancing at his watch. There's din- ner given to the golf champion or middleweight tattin'-work-expe o1 some such c'lebrity. I'm going to drop appearance there since they didn't kick me out. Gaines goin' too: for the speeches. Him an Miss Standish. l b'lieve. Won't you come along?" Cole and her eister from Denver are coming in to see Aunt Mary. They'll want to play whist. They always do. And I promised Aunt Mary I'd stay and make out the four Whist is such a jolly game. think,-fer people that like it. hate it. But I'd be a splen- did player. Aunt Mary says. if I could ever remember what cards are out. So I'm in for a happy. happy evening. I wish they could ask the cook to play instead. Oh. dear! Why does one all ways feel sso horrid when one is doing people a good turn?"
 'T don't know volunteered Caleb. q never tried"
 ..Never triedr' echoed Desiree. "Why will you talk such nonsense? You knew you're always doing things for people. Why. the paper said yester- day that you missed your train back from the Capital, just to take MT. Blacarda to the hospital after he was so terribly hurt in the accident"
 "Oh," said Caleb. magnanimously. 'That was only because I felt kind of sorry for the poor feller.''