Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-02
Letting Them
Worry
A Case Where the Old Folks
We're Entirely Too Wiling
By LOUISE OLNEY
Copyright. 1909. by Associated Lit
erary Press.


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Perplexed. he gazpd at Sallie Her
words turned him down. All summer
she had been refusing to be- seen with
him This time Il was the club dance
As they had been friends from baby
hood. he asked for reasons.
"SaIlie. what's the matter? If yOu
really hate the sight OF me I'll keep
away IL il kills me. but somehow I
don't believe you do. What have |
done? Or il 1t Tracy. or don't you
care. or whatT' In the little sum
mer house he faced her, his dark eyes
Swapping. She tossed her fair head.
but her face was serious.
Tracy. indeed. You ought to see
he's crazy about Mary Trevor. No;
you have not done anything, Robbie.
only She fingered her rose in EN-
barrassmPnt.
only what, SalIie? Tell me. / can't
stand his much longer"
well, I should think you would
hate IL. too. this being- managed"
"Referrng TO our precious families
very apparent plot tn get us married?
That certainly is the limit" He spoke
coolly. She nodded. Gushing with
anger as he continued: II don't blame
you. SalIie. hate it TOO. p But
she turned on him like a little tiger,
ieaEing to her feet to face him.
Why don't you 20 away then? DO
you think that f-are you asking me
everywhere because you think ~
For answer be swept her suddenly in
TO his arms, holding her face to his-a
happy face. for she had always loved
Robert Martin.
Dear. you must know want you
now. always. But why couldn't our
people he dPcPntly reluctant? It's all
so horribly planned. We both hate
being unanswered into marriage. Moth
er suffers even if look at Mary
sweet girl but not you"
"And dad gets apOplectic at mere
sight OF TOm-TOm. who is everything
dad and | don't want-but when he
and mother greet me at breakfast
with that repreSSPd haven't you-gOt-
something-tO-teIl-Us air | could glee-
fully announce Tom az their future
son. That would be real revenge. Not
that Tom wants me-" The two looked
up just In time to see Sallle's mother
carefully steering the children away
from the summer house. 1t was mad
dening. Sallie stamped her foot
II simply can't be engaged to you.
Bob. with the family smiling benignly
and all the old pussies purring over the
fitness of the match: can'tr'
Wait till you're asked" be retOrted.
grinning. "Sallie, we want each other.
but we must let them worry. They
simply must worry awhile! Did you
know that poor old Tracy hates me
because be thinks / want Mary7"
Stupid boy: Anybody could see
where her heart is by the way she
hates me when chasten dad by going
out Win Tom. Wonder why he asks
me-
TO get even because play Mary's
little lamb to bother mother. You see.
Mary's family goes no farther back
than Adam. / suppose yours and mine
antedate old Eden | say. Sallie"-
But he saw Tom Tracy going past
with his machine and ran after him
with a shout The two men talked a
long time before Robert came back 70
SaIlie.
Get your veil and things and come
for a spin. Wen stop Tor Mary. have
lunch at some little town. have dinner
at Baxter. call on my minister uncle
John and get home by moonlight"
And chapPrOn?" Though the four
had always known each other. SaIie
was going at least to mention proprIc-
ties. ROb's wise eye twinkled.
II think | can hunt up young mar
ried woman somewhere" he remarked.
but refused explanation till Tracy left
the car TO persuade Mary. Then Bob
did his gallant best to make things
clear He succeeded. Sallie got in
front with Tom, leaving Mary 10 an
apparently all too devoted Bob. while
they paraded past their respective
homes. for be 1t said that the TrPvOrs
uuu tue 1tacyS uAu long WsSheu MARY
and Tom to like each other
Ii was rather too late that night to
please Sallie's father when Tom left
her reluctantly at her own door. And
Bob. mother questioned. said be had
been motoring with Mary.
That was the beginning. During
August the four we're lnseparable, and
the parents worried. The only sppar-
emit comfort was that the couples re-
manned together. How could they
know that partners were changed the
minute they got from under surveil-
lance? The girls were airy, radiant,
innocent. the young men calm, inn
perviOus co comment Or question.
Never passing the bounds OF propriety,
they still bafIled home attempts to