The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-05-15
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distance. dared him to race me, and
finally padded OFF and left him. Then
another time, on the shore near St.
Agatha's. was taking an observation
OF the school garden from the BLUM,
and Mr.. Gillespie came walking
through the woods and made love to
me. He came so suddenly that I
couldn't run, but saw that he took
me for Helen. in broad daylight, and
IL"
'Well. of course you scorned him
you told him to be gone. You did that
much for her"
NO, didn't. liked his loYe-ma-
king; it was unaffected and simple"
"Oh, yesl It would naturally be
simple!"
'sThat is brutal. He's clever, and
earnest, and amusing. But" and her
brow contracted, "but if he is seeking
my father"
REST assured he is not. He is in
love with your cousin-that's the rea-
son for his being here"
But that does not help my fathers
case any,
I'VE will see about that. You are
right about him; he's really a most
amusing person, and not fool, except
for his own amusement. He is shrewd
enough TO keep clear Of Miss Pat, who
dislikes him intensely OBJ bis fathers
account. She feels that the senior Gill
lespie was the cause of all her trou-
bles, but don't know just why. She's
strongly prejudiced against the young
man, and his whimsicalities do not ap-
peal to her"
81 suppose Helen cares nothing for
him; he acted toward me as though
he'd been crushed, and Il tried to be
nice to him to make up for It."
That was nice of you, very nice OF
you, Rosalind. I hope you will keep
right on the way you've begun. Now
must ask you not to leaYe-here, and
not allow your father to leave unless
I know IT,"
But you have your hands full with
out us. Your first obligation is to
Aunt Pat and Helen. My father and
I have merely stumbled in where we
were not invited. You and had bet
ter say gcod-by now"
81 am not anxious to say good-by,"
I answered, lameIy, and she laughed
at me-
I'VE met under the star-r-rs, Mr..
Donovan" (this was impudent; my
own RS trill, they say. Eat the stone
seat and by the boathouse, and we
talked Shakespeare and had a beauti-
full time-al1 because you thought
was Helen. In your anxiety to be with
her you couldn't see that I haven't
quite her noble height-Pm an inch
shorter. 1 gave you every chance there
at the boathouse, to see your mistake;
but you wouldn't have it so. And you
let me leave you there while went
back alone across the lake to Red
Gate, right by Battle Orchard, which
is haunted by Indian ghosts. You are
a most gallant gentleman"
When you are quite done, Rosa
lindl"
81 don't know when I shall have q
chance again, Mr.. Donovan" she went
on, provokingly. 81 learned a good
deal from you in those interviews, but
did have to do a lot. of guessing.
That was a real inspiration of mine, to
insist on playing that Helen by night
and Helen by day were different per-
sonalities, and that you must not
speak to the one of the other. That
saved complications, because you did
keep to the compact, didn't you?"
I l assented, little grudgingly; and
my thoughts went back with reluctant
step to those early affairs of mine,
which have already frankly disclosed
in this chronicle, and wondered, with
her counterpart before me- how much
Helen really meant to me- Rosalind
studied me with her frank, merry
eyes; then she bent forward and adj
dressed me with something Of that
president air with which my sisters
used to lecture me.
MIR. Donovan, fear you are little
mixed in your mind this morning, and
propose to set you straight"
about what, if you please?"
81 can tell you exactly why it is that
Helen has taken SO strong hold of your
.magination-why in fact, you are in
love with her"
Not that-not that"
She snatched the foil from the table
and cut the air with it several times
as started toward her. Then she
stamped her foot and saluted me.
'Stand where you are, sir Your
race, Mr.. Donovan, has bad reputa-
ton in matters of the heart For mo-
ment you thought you were in love
with me; but you are not, and you are
not going to be. You see, I understand
you perfectly"
That's what my sisters used to tell
me"
Precisely? And I'm another one of