Evening star., 1909-06-20
What does this mean, sir" II

Well III be What does this mean, SIR: Il
Decay was plainly embarrassed He had been for
hidden the house by the Colonel when on a former
occasion he and Agones had been surprised by him
in the garden when he was having heart to heart
talk with the proud Southern beauty. They had
long loved each other, their passion dated back
the schooldays when Fitz had borrowed another
boys umbrella to take little Agones home under
The other boy busting blackboard
the yard bricks at the time of the borrow He
big boy; SO he busted little Fits net her gar
ments with large ruler when he caught him the fol-
lowing day.
But as remarked Fitz was embarrassed; but he
managed to stammer, The still sub! My still has
the revenue officers and Miss Agones sub has taken
pity on me, and is going to get me disguise
TT was about fifteen minutes later The moon had
gone about her business the katydids
hushed, and the freflies had all gone back the
powerhouse after renewed supply of incandes-
cency.
What is this object in the middle of the path:
Well may Mrs. Owl cry Who, who," as she sails by
on her way housekeeping! The object rolls over
and waves its limbs feebly in the night air 1t a
man! It's Fitz, but disguised. (Oh yes he dis
guised; his mother would disown him now
He painfully sits up rubs the dust and gravel out OF
the black cushions that indicate where his eyes had
been, dusts his knees with his hands in bewdered
way and looks down at his clothes. Fifteen minutes
ago-ah! that strenuous ffteen!-they had been
fairly decent clothes.
He tries to think as he gazes at his hat the walk
down by the gate. " | was saying should like dis
guise oh, yes! That was Il Dear mel how my
head aches and how the little stars seem to frisk
abouti
He is dimy aware that two men have alighted from
a blackboard and coming up the garden path
toward him They flash a lantern in his face He
notices that they look like revenue officers. They
turn disappointingly to go He hears one of them
say Well that is not our man Then the garden
gate clicked the blackboard whisked away, and all
still again He crawed on his hands and knees
to his hat and shambled off in the darkness mutter
ing, The Colonel sure does wear heavy shoes
BOOK H.
DECAY had a hard face The Colonel spoke in
- reminiscing tone 1t was the morning after the
described in Book L.
They were at breakfast the Colonel and Ago1les
he in linen duster, and she in of those cnging
loose, Mother Hubbard things and her hair II could
hardly wait to describe this, wanted to in the last
book; but mercful posterity! can't do everything
at once)-her hair was parted in the middle and
brought loosely over her ears into fluffy knot. low
her neck. Now wasn't that worth waiting for
She toyed idly with grapefruit She didn't eat;
she only toyed with food
When the Colonel had delivered that sentence in
that retrospective mood, she started perceptblv If
the proofreader finds any original phrases III this
novel l hope he will kindly bear down his blue
penciD. Why said she, do you say that Daddy"
The Colonel looked quizzically at his sippered
feet. Because, honey, the first toes of my right
foot are dislocatedi
AgoneS rose from the tablet little she
had when meal was finished. 1t was not remark
able; but then she did rise and drawing herself up
to her full height, five feet eleven in her mittens,
she spoke with all of her grlish dignity, Colonel
Shorter and father, must come to an understand
ing, | had hoped it wouldn't be necessary for
time to come: but you We forced it on me, Know
then that | love Fitzhugh Decay Her beautiful
eyes snapped and she glared at the calmly question
ing face of the Colonel with look of mingled disgust.
pride, apprehension, faith hope and charity.
'Agones he said with measured simplicity about
a ward and a half, this is a farce!'
It's such thing! It's novel; was her retort.
She tapped her dainty foot the floor, growing
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