Bisbee daily review., 1909-08-27

Jimmy"
 had known beforehand that she would say exactly that, in exactly that way. l turned up my coat-collar and shivered resignediy.
 You could see that poor Rosalie's outraged spirit still struggled for ex- preston. even up to the very gates Of the house. Her tragedy-queen ges- fure had all the effect of a personal grievance against everything fin sight the pretty porch. the smiling posies all about Us. the whole charming and tasteful sesem5ie. bespeaking culture and every refinement ot mo ,erla liy. ing.
 Can 1t be wondered that I become enraged at the whole matrimonial proposition. when 1 see so grand a woman deliberately renouncing such a career? And for what? Just answer me that!" and my adored ones blue willow-feathers shook so truculsatly as 10 loosen the two tiny gold-dust curls just over her left ear They al ways escape like that when she Is ex- cited. and l always yearn to put them back. And then immediately l want to see them loose again.
 Great Scott. Rosalie. Don't glare at me in that awful manner, II isn't Iny fsJlt Aai no doutt shes perfectly satisfied. Ha, Sofa pill .ows." Js rny cxultant glance took in the long, log windows of the vsraa,la. ;isickiy stt fed with ccsEions sf n .ls.- iightfu.iy .u-id and nelodramati va. sric'y. If sofa pillows be one of the baneful results Of nsatrimony-" I chuekled; but my sinful mirth gas promptly sghdued into a respectful silence.
 Spare me inc masculine view of a woman's career, Her higher educa- ton. college degrees. foreign travel brilliant lectures and magazine es- says-what are these to be compar. d wfrh her domestic virtues and the al lurements of a suburban cottage, with morning aIories rioting about the pi- azza-'
 And sofa pillows. Rosie, Whole prisms of 'ern," entreated
 ''Oh. but it makes me fairly desper- ate' To think of the wicked sacri- fice-the injustice of it aii.'
 There was such a convincing ring of actual anguish in Rosalie's voice that l hastened to repress the face tious rejoinder I was sorely tempted to make.
 The sight Of the hall door standing ajar suddenly inspired me with a gilt tering idea.
 T say. Rosie.- I whispered. let's step inside and surprise her. You can do your scolding afterward. Just see how easy," And quite noislessly ve tiptoed into a large, cozy apart ment which. while not exactly a hall, was not yet a drawing-room. but rather the two combined in a charm ingly hospitable and unconventional fashion.
 From upstairs a gentle aurmur of voices fioated down to us. We looked at ono another guiItily and waited, ap- prehensive as criminals, for some thing to happen.
 It happened. From somewhere right beside us in the room there sud denly arose the softest, queerest little sound-a cooing, appealing. helpless cry, like nothing else in all this big. callous. sinful world. Rosalie and | stood petrified-our startled gaze d!- rected to deep white crib over in the corner. from whose multitudinoS vrappings the peculiar disturbance seemed to emanate. As we looked a vigorous wee pink fist waved joy oosly in the air. this phenomenon 5eing followed by tiny pink toes wriggling strenuously at the surround. ing atmosphere. Then more coos and gurgles and grunts of deep content ment.
 l remember nothing so distinctly as my dear girls face; how the color stricken out of it in that first instant of bewilderment. came rushing back in a glorious crimson flood, as with a faint sob she tottered over and sank upon her mees-my naughty Rosa iie,-beside that blessed rb.
 -'Rosie-beIovedest!"
 But. great Jupiter. How can a fel low say things to a girl who shows only the edge of a hot red cheek. we, with tears. while her arms are hugged tight about an absurd bundle of lace and silk fixings and ribbon bows. An me, had thought I had loved her before. but now. Something tugged wildly at my stupid mascu line heart and I could only look on in silent. helpless adoration.
 "Oh. Jimmy" she quavered ecstat icaly. -isH.t he just too icvey? Lcoi