Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-11-24
The Lure of a
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Good evening, Miss Carraway."
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Good evening, Mr.. Wigtree."
And as these Salutations Of conven-
ton echo themselves away into the
cold and barren limbo Of potatoes,
prunes and prisms, let us take pinch
of the SNUFF of true philosophy and
see if any joy remains in q little 70
nination.
Time: Eight o'clock in the evening.
Scene: The country on a 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 a complex
ion like strawberry and vanilla, and
the sweetness of her ruby lips no NOR
tai tongue could tell. Wherefore we
will tell it. Take barrel of sugar
and concentrate all it's sweetness into
two small pieces, shaped like little
lady's lips. Take a quart of honey, IL
you please, and refine it into two
drops; place drop on each of those
TWO HCClo SuSar0Q lips.
Take a bouquet of lilies, bouquet
of violets and bouquet of heliotrope;
extract the scent from each, distil it,
place it 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. Distil them into two
drops of concentrated intoxication and
delight and place a drop on each Of
those same two little sugared lips.
Take a lambent flame and turn 1t
down to a glowing sensation Of
warmth; take the velvet from thou
sand red roses, and place them all
upon those two raVishing 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 l ask?"
"Just in time," she answered him.
ito help me put up the hammock. One
end has to be tied here and the other
end there, but it has to be done aw-
fully strong or else it comes down
when you try to sit in it. So perhaps
we'd better leave it,
20, think 1 can do it, Miss Cara
way" said he, and he squared his
shoulders until one could scarcely sec
the tips of his ears. I'm not so ter
ribly weak, you know" he added.
Dear me-" she said, 'T never knew
you had such broad shoulders!"
Even the tips of his ears disapp-
cared from view.
"Why!" she said. They're im-
mense!"
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 a hammock
in place he would have tied it in just
that way.
"There!" he said. That's one end!"
eff you can only tie the other az
strong as that" she exclaimed.
"There!" he said. Now if that
isn't up to stay don't know what is.
And he drew a chair along the We
randa and sat down with manner
like that of a 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 ham-
mock, through in a tentative way and
with the appearance of a girl whe
fears the worst.
"Are you sure you've fixed ii good
and strong, Mr.. Wigtree?" she asked.
"Yes, yes" said he.
"And it won't break"
"And it won't break"
"Not even if 1 swing my feet?' she
whispered.
Very dark it was behind those
vines, and very snug. A single moon
beam stole it's way in beneath the
leaves of the vines and kissed her
sweetly-sweetly on the lips).
"Not even," said he, eff you swing
your feet"
She swung her feet and one of the
ropes creaked.
"There!" she said, stopping.
ludL uOIn1HS' A0 "000A OU 49,
goodnaturedly; that's only rope
creaking"
eyes" she cried. "And, first thing
I know, it will let me DOWN."
"Why," he said, "it would hold a
dozen!"
ct don't believe it would she said.
'T don't believe it would even hold
two. If Annie Smith were only home
I'd call her over and show you"
wait" said he. "and I'll show you
myself"
He arose from the chair nothing
warned him) and walked over TO tae
hammock. She made room for him.
"There!" he said. "Now do you be-
lieve?"