The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-16
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The mere use of her mothers formal name was a danger-signa1 of rare use By it's light she could realize that her father had what he considered in his own mind to be a real cause of com plaint. She did not like to speak her self; she feared that just at present it might complicate matters. So she looked over appealing at Judy, whc understood and spoke:
 What two attitudes? I'm afraid I for one, don't understand. You are talking in riddles tO-night!' She spoke in a gay debonnair manner so like her usual self that her brother-in-law was of opposition. This was just the op- portunity for which he was waiting. With 8 sardonic smile he went on. singling out Joy as before:
 Your mother, my dear, has told us one of them. Perhaps the young man did look at you. There's little wonder in that. Were I young man and a stranger I should look at you myself; and I would also have looked at any other man who dared to look at you too. If this is a mans attitude he should be more genial-more ex- plicit-more open-less constrained to her relatives. That my dear Judy, y,- he turned to her as he spoke 'is the other attitude,' Ogilvie answered-the conversation tonight was decidedly oblique:
 Really, Colonel. I can't agree with you. For my own part I thought his attitude towards her relatives was all
 
 Certainly to her mother!" She bridled, and Joy grew more serious. Her mother calling her husband Colonel was another danger-signal; and she mother got to loggerheads over him -"him'' was her way of thinking of MT. Hardy-it might keep him away from her. She summoned up her courage and said with all the affec- tionate raillery which was usually so effective with her father:
 Daddy dear do you remember Aesop's fable about the Boy and the Frogs"
 'tI suppose I ought to, little girl; but I'm afraid I have forgotten What was it about?'
 s.The Boys were throwing stones at the Frogs, and. when the Frogs re- monstrated the Boys said they were doing it for fun. So the Frogs an swered: Tt may be fun & to you; ,,2t but puckered up his eyebrows:
 "I remember, now, my dear; but for the life of me don't see its applf- cation here" Joy said with pre- ternatural demureness:
 ''It means Daddy, that you are the Boy and I am the Frog!" Her fa- ther's gravity became intensified: ''That does not help me much, daughter!"
 well, you see, Daddy. here are you and mother commenting on how a man looked at me-and-so forth. But you don't take into consideration the sensitiveness of woman's heart l-let alone her vanity. I think you've forgotten that I am not now merely a child emerging into womanhood- don't you remember on the Cryptic but staid woman to whose waning attractions everything relating to a man is sacred. One who looks on man, her possible rescuer from the terrors of old maidhood with the des- peration of accomplished years.'' As she had spoken unthinking1y the word 'rescuer'' hot tide of blood had rushed to her face, but she went brave ly on to the end of her sentence. There was not one of the three who did not understand the meaning. Her mother and aunt were concerned at the self-betrayaL. Her fathers face faint heart Joy felt that she had made I a terrible mistake, and inward1y con- demned herself for it's foolfshness. Colonel Ogilvie now went on with grave deliberateness, he was deter mined that there should be no error regarding his disapprobation. All the time he was inwardly fuming against MT. Hardy whom he held responsi- b1e:
 As I was saying, that fellows at titude. as it appeared to me, was wanting in both openness and that confidence which underlieS respect I" Here Joy quivered. Judy watching her, noticed it and for moment was scared. But the girl at once forced herself into calm and Judy's anxiety quite disappeared. She knew that Joy was now quite master of herself, and would remain so. The Colonel, accepting the dejected silence as a re- quest to continue, went on:
 "Of course there is no need for me to say that he is a very gallant fellow and a superb horseman, and that his manners are those of a polished gen. mine are under deep debt of gratf- tude to him. But there are some things which man can do, or what is worse which he can leave undone, that show distrust."
 What things, for instance?" It was Judy who asked the question fal- , teringly; but it was to Joy that the answer was directed:
 'WelI, my dear, I shall illustrate. When I, wishing to show that we all took an interest in him and his sur- roundings, mentioned Airville and spoke of clubs and such matters he did not proffer me any information. Still, thinking that his reserve might be that usually attributed to the stand-off-ness of the English as often accepted here-that it was due to habit rather than intent-I asked him where he lived in London. He wrote an address on one of his cards-which by the way has no address graven on it-and handed it to me, saying: That | is only a lodging. have not got a house yet Then I asked what clubs he belonged to; and he simply said Several and began to ask me ques- tions about what sport we usually have in Kentucky. Now my dear, I am not usually inquisitive; and as this man was my guest could not proceed in face of such a-a Snub." He winced at the word. fsBut as was really anxious that should see more of one who had rendered us so signal a service, I expressed a hope that when we were in England in the summer we might have the pleasure of seeing him. am bound to say that he reciprocated the wish very eagerly. He asked me host of questions as to our plans; and told him what | we had arranged about the Lake Coun- | try and the Border of which we have such traditions in our family. He cer- tainly has very winning way with l