The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-01-07

well tnut young ErfOll, uOW OF age,
with a small portion of his handsome
income at his mercy was past tue regu.
lating stage aud beyond the authority
Of Austin There was no harm ~ him
He was simply a Joyous, pleasure lov
ing cub, chOck full of energetic In.
stincts, good and bad. right aud wrong,
out of which. formed from the acts
which become habits. character una.
lures. This was his estimate OF Ger.
aid
The uext morning. riding IN the park
with Eileen he found a cuance TO
speak cordially OF her brother
I've meant to look up Gerald. he
said. as though the neglect were nls
own fault, but every time somel hing
happens to switch me on TO another
track
I'm afraid that | do a great deal of
the switching. she said, don't II But
you've been so nice to me and to the
children thar"
Miss ErrOlls horse was behaving
badly. and for n few moments she ue
came too thoroughly OvrupIpd with
her mount to finish heI sen. eure
The belted gruom galuppd lp pre-
pared for emergencies aud he aud Sci
wyn sat their saddles wa, hug pref
ty battle for mastery between beau
tiful horse determined to he bad and
a very determined young gir. who mad
decided he WAS going to be good
Once or twice the excitement of so.
licitude sent the roloi dying into Sci
wyn's temples Thp bride path was
narrow and stiff With freezing sand.
aud the trees were too near for such
lively maneuvers but Miss Enroll had
made up her mind. and Selwyn already
had a humorous idea that this was no
light matter The horse found II scri.
Gus enough. too. aud suddenly conclud
ed to be good Aud the pretty scene
ended so abruptly that Selwyn laughed
aloud as he rejoined her
There was man Boots Lansing
In Bannard's command One night on
Samar the bolo men rushed us and
Lansing got into the six foot majors
boots by mistake seven lPaguers. you
know-and MS i,orsP buckpd him clean
out of them"
"Hence his christian name. ! sup
pose, said the girl But why such a
story Captain Selwyn7 believe
stuck TO my saddle
"With both hands" he said cordial
ly, always alert 10 plague her. for she
was adorable when teased especially
IN the beginning Of their acquaintance
before she had found out that II was
A habit Of his and her bright confu.
sion always delighted him into further
mischief.
But wasn't bit worried" he con,
tinued, you bad him so firmly
around the neck. Besides. what horse
or man could resist such a pleading
pair OF arms around the necki"
"What you saw" she said, flushing
up, ''is exactly the way shall do any
pleading with the two animals you
mention"
Later she remarked ITS just as
Nina says. after all. isn't IT."
II suppose So" he replied Suspicious
~. "WhatT
"rhat Gerald isn't really very wick
ed, but he likes TO have us think so.
It's a sign OF extreme self conscious.
ness, isn't IT," she added innocently,
"when a man is afraid that woman
thinks he is very. very good?"
THAT" he said. sis the limit. I'm
going TO ride by myself"
Her pleasure in Selwyn's society had
gradually become such genuine pleas
ure, her confidence In his kindness so
unaffectedly sincere, that insensibly
she had fallen into something of his
manner of badinage-especially since
she realized how much amusement he
found in her own smiling confusion
when unexpectedly assailed. Also. to
her surprise, she found that he could
be plagued very easily, though she did
not quite dare It at first, In view Of
his impressive years and experience,
But, once goaded to 1t, she was aston.
ished to find how suddenly II seemed
TO readjust their personal relations
years and experience falling from his
shoulders like a cloak which had con
cealed a man very nearly her own age.
years and experience adding them
selves to her, and at least an inch to
her stature to redress the balance be-
tween them.
1t had amused him immensely as he
realized the subtle change. and II pleas
ed him, too, because no man OF thirty
five cares to be treated like a grand
father by a girl of nineteen, even II
she has not yet worn the polish from
her first pair of high heeled shoes.
ITS astonishing" he said, "how lit
tie respect infirmity and age command
IN these days"
II do respect you" she insisted. les
pecially your inirmlty of purpose. Yol
said you were going to ride by your
self. But. do you know, don't believe
you are of particularly solitary dis
position. Are your
He laughed at FIRST, then suddenly hi
face fell.
''Not from choice" he said under hi