The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-03-11

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there for the coming summer.
"Silverside is too lovely for wordsr'
exclaimed Nina as selwyn entered the
library. "Nobody wanted to come
away. Eileen made straight for the
surf. hut II was an Arctic sea. and as
soon as ] found out what she was
doing | made her come out"
II should think you would" he said
Nobody can do that and thrive"
"She seems TO-" said Nina. "She was
simply glorious after the swim and I
hated TO put step to II. And you
should see her drying her hair and
helping Plunket to roll the tennis
courts--that hair Of hers blowing like
gold flames and her sleeves rolled to
her arnpits-and you should soc her
down in the dirt playing marbles with
Billy and Drna shooting away ey-
citedly and exclaiming Ten dubsr ana
'Knuclle down. Billy like any gamin
you ever heard officially unspoilcd
Phil. I'm spite of all the success Of hei
first winter! And do you know that
she had no end Of men seriously en-
tangled? Phil"
WHAT" he said.
His sister regarded him smilingly.
then partly turned around and pcrchnd
herself on the padded arm Of a great
chair.
Come over here. Phil: no. close TO
me I wish TO put my hands on your
shoulders. like that. Now look at me
DO you really love me?"
"Sure thing, Nnette."
And you know | adore you. don't
youT"
"Madly. dear, hut forgive you"
"No. | want You to be serious. be.
cause I'm pretty serious. See. I'm not
smiling now. | don't feel like It, be
cause II Is very. very important mat
ter. Phil this thing that has-al.
most happened. It's about Eileen. And
J II really has happened"
"What has she done?" he asked curl.
ously.
His sisters eyes were searching his
very diligently as though in Quest oi
something elusive. and he gazed Sc
renely back, the most unsuspicious OF
smiles touching his mouth.
"Phil, dear, young girl-a very
young girls a vapid and unnterest-
ing proposition 10 a man OF thirty.five,
isn't she?" .-,.a-.
'Rather-ln some ways"
"In what way Is she not?"
"Well. TO me. for example. she II ac-
ceptable as children are acceptable-a
blessed, sweet. clean relief from the
women of the Fanes' set, for example"
"Like Rosamund"
"Yes. And. Ninette, you and Austin
seem TO be drifting out Of the old cir
cles, the sort that you and ! were ac-
customed TO. You don't mind my say
ing 1t. do you? But there were so many
people I'm this town who had some
thing besides millions-amusing. well
bred. jolly people who had no end of
good times. hut who didn't gamble and
guzzle and stuff themselves and their
friends. who were not eternally hang
Ing around other peoples wives. You
have just asked me whether a young
girl Is interesting to me. | answer.
yes, thank God, for the cleaner, saner.
happier hours / have spent this winter
: among my own kind have been spent
where the younger set dominated
They are better than those who bred
them, and If in time they, too, fall
short they will not fall as far as their
parents. And in their turn when they
look around them at the younger sci,
whom they have taught in the light
and wisdom OF their own shortcOm-
ings, they will see fresher, sweeter
lovelier young people than we see now.
And IT will continue So dear, through
the jolly generations. Life Is all right,
only, like art 1t is very, very long
sometimes"
Nina sat silent upon the padded arm
OF her chair, looking up at her brother
MAD preacher! Mad mollah! Dear
dear fellow" she said tenderly. "All
Ills OF the world canst thou discount,
but not thine own"
"Those too" he insisted laughing
81 had a talk with Boots. But any
way ia already arrived at my own
conclusion that-that-Im rather over
doing this blighted business"
"Phil.' in quick delight.
"Yes," he said, reddening nicely;
between YOU ana Boots and myself
I've decided that I'm going in for-for
whatever any man Is going in for
life! Nlnette. life to the full and up
to the hilt for mine"
81 am going 10 say something that
is very, very serious and very near
my heart" said Nina.
II remember" he said. Its about
Eileen, isn't itI'
"Yes, II is about Eileen"
He waited, and again his sisters
eyes began restlessly searching his for
something that she seemed unable to
| find.
"You make II little difficult, Phil.
! don't believe had better speak OF
It."
"Why notT'
"Why, Just because you ask me
why notr for example"
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