Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1909-12-30
THE GIRL THAT
HE KISSED BEFORE.
b JAMEs c. HINEs.

picture puzzle. We had the parts on I
table in coy nook IN the garden
The hour was twilight The moon wa.
half full. There was a perfume 81
flowers.
4 wonder If we haven't 1t upside
down" / remarked.
NO; that's sky on the top"
"Or water"
"Or PUSHES"
They all look the same TIL combin
ed in the picture have it The boys
head goes IN here"
And the girls in here"
NO" said Amy thOughtfully. that
would bring It too near the girls
you wouldn't have them sit at op-
pOsite ends Of the boat, would your
I objected
Our own heads were quite near at
the moment
You don't understand me. When
/ the picture is finished you won't find
I the two heads so close together"
And the old woman raking hay IS
I spying on them. No; you are right;
the artist wouldn't have drawn bis
picture that way"
why. what would the old woman
be watcbing:"
TO see that the boy didn't steal a
kiss"
There's no harm in a kiss" Amy
replied after pause. when they're
engaged"
Il confess to have kissed a girl once
to whom I was not engaged"
You ought to have been ashamed Of
yourseIfE"
How about the girl:"
-Oh, there was no excuse for her
whatever. She must have been with
our any principle or mOdesty."
Why will one woman proceed to
pass Judgment on another without
bearing anything Of a defense was
aHgerCd
THE girl kissed was as pure as an
angel | said with warmth.
"ln your sight"
-ln the sight OF God and the saints"
You didn't say you were IN love
With her"
t-t1 was a a--A -As'A AAa-A ANA IVL-AANA
on. warded it or by explaining that
the affair occurred a long while ago.
but since I was only twenty-five my
position was weak.
she was old enough to know better
or you wouldn't have cared to kiss
her"
secretly resolved TO punish Amy
for this condemnation Of one l had
had tender regard for But in my
vocabulary a lender regard and love
were UOr synonymous terms had
never been in love and didn't know
where the tender regard ended and
love began.
'She was but fourteen" I replied.
This piece forms the stern of the
boat aud this the bow. aud this goes
in between The boy and the girl"
IFS Fortunate remarked. that
there's a piece 10 90 in between them.
since you're so prudish-"
Il prudish?'
Yes. If should rest my arm on
your waist you would be hopping
mad
She made no reply TO this. and
dropped my hand on her waist. She
might have been absorbed in the puz-
.le or bereft of a sense Of feeling. for
she did not notice the act slight
motion Of her head again drew the
strands Of her hair across my cheek-
now felt confident Of paying her 10
ser owH coin for blaming the girl
Iad kissed.
This piece" she said, putting II 10
! place where it lifted. lis the chimney
o the cabin
Aud this is the boys arm holding
10 oar" added. trying to put a piece
n place where II didn't III. reach
d for another piece and in doing so
.rought my head still nearer Amy's.
he drew away, but the movement
vas so faint that did not consider il a
8 any means a repulse. With the I
and about her waist l drew her a bit Z
carer.
Its a dangerous thing for a young
ian to permit himself 10 work out
icture puzzle or any other kind Of a
uzzle In a garden with a girl. for the &
irl may be working out a puzzle OF n
er own. I was bent on Furnishing
my and forgot my caution. l did not
aalize that Love. with his bow and s
uiver and matrimOny, with wife c
nd children. were perched on the limb o
: a tree behind me. I put my cheek -
, near Amy's that a sheet OF paper
ouldn'r 90 between. Then. turning
pr face toward me. kissed her. 4
/ confess / was surprised that she II
lOuld so meekIy permit what a few Q
inutes before she bad condemned In =
lother I had Intended TO hold up 3
her the Injustice. the Inconsistency
her course. hut there was some e,
ling in her nonresistance that made
e ashamed Of myself ! thought 1 =
ust say something. so ] said some y
ing 10 make matters worse: 20
Il don't blame you S.
do you blame yourselfT" she asked III
! way Of reply. w