The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-09
She Nearly Despaired
BUT AT LAST SHE WAS ASTONISHED
AND REWARDED.
She Let John Button Her Gloves and Hold Her
Goat and Get Her Ready to Go Out, But He
Was Very Shy-.-Turnsd Down the Gas e
Three Tines Before He Understood.


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"Ah," she said, entering the room,
"are you ready?"
YES" piped John, picking up his
hat and rising to his feet, I'm
ready"
She put her black caracul coat on
one chair, her ermine boa on another,
her vanity bag on a third and herself
on fourth.
Come" she said, "I'll let you but
ton my gloves"
And as John comes awkWardly
forward and starts on his appointed
task, let us carefully consider this
matter OF buttoning lady's glove.
In the first place, she was seated and
John was bending over her, danger
GUS position and most naturally to be
relieved by kneeling on the floor at
her feet or sitting on the arm Of her
chair. Then, again, as every one
knows, 1t is not the easiest~thing in
the world to button pair of black
gloves at night, and John had to bend
over further and further while she
gave him tender, little glances from
time to time as though to encourage
him and to see that he was not grow
ing discontented with his work. Fur
Their and further he bent over, and
more and more tender grew her
glances until at last he drew full
breath and said:
''There!"
''How nicely you did it," she whis-
pered. II don't know how to thank
you'll"
'Oh, that's all right" he said.
And turning to her impedimenta
he added:
Shall help you with your coat?'
IT wish you'd do something else
for me first" she bashfully said. do
you mind, John?"
What is it?" he asked first.
II think-I don't know, but think
that one of the buttons on the back
OF my waist has come undone. Do
you mind, John?"
And as she turns around and re-
signs herself to him with a pretty lit
tie air Of helpfulness, let us give a
modicum of thought to this some
what intricate subject as WELL In
the first place, every time he nearly
had the button where he wanted it,
she drew her shoulders forward bit
and he had to start all over again. It
was an exceptionally pretty waist;
a gold and amethyst chain hung over
the back of her shoulders; a string
Of pearls encircled her throat and
ended in little clasp at the back;
the riot Of her back hair was partly
confined by knubbly tortoise shell
ornament, and various little curls
threw themselves around in an ecs-
tacy wherever they had a chance.
Then, again, she kept turning around
to see how he was progressing, and
glancing at him over her shoulder,
and turning back quickly again when
she caught his eye, and putting her
head on one side and looking coy.
All, very, very coy she looked and es-
pecially so when he murmured:
That's it,"
but ner only response was 70 put
her head little further on one side
and to look coyer than ever.
TITS buttoned," he said.
"Tee-hee!" she giggled. "Tee-hee-
hee!"
Shall help you with your coat?"
asked John.
wait a minute" she said.
And running upstairs to her moth
er's room she cried:
Mother! Tell me! Do look all
right"
Turn around slowly !.
Yes; you look all right. Why?"
"oh, nothing. / don't locker
funny or anything; do II"
Nonsense! Why?"
''oh, nothing. / was just wonder
ing. That's all"
And. running downstairs, she said
to John:
Nov you can help with my coat!"
And as he helps her with her coat,
let us take thought together and re-
fleet upon this phase of the question,
too. Helping a girl with her coat
can be divided into three stanzas
holding, tucking in the sleeves, adj
justing. So in the first place John held
I 1t, but it was in vain that she tried
to ind the sleeves and at last John