Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-12
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II could hardly be said that win.
lthrcp Molier courted the girl. Some
thing Of the sort was limited, more Or
less broadly BY Sphinx In the once.
but Winthrop repealed the soft im,
parchment with horror and distress.
This was By reason OF his abnormal
smodesty.
& You ought to DO Kicked for even:
'supposing such thing. said Win.
throp to Sphinx Miss Considine 81
gracious enough to receive my visits
occasionally" he went on, land her
mother has been exceedingly kind to
me far more 30 than I had any right
to expect. I have been entertained ~
the family most Hospitality, but hope
Il would be the last to presume upon
their goodness. suppose you were
only Joking, Sphinx, but I must say y
consider such Jokes In very bad
staste,n =.
Whereupon gSpink.: subsidized. content.
4 Ing himself with d wink to the other
fellows. - s4s-...i 4 ~, 4
III seemed to most people that 1t was
hardly necessary for Mosier to depre-
ciate himself In the way he habituallyi
did. He was certainly not much to look
"a LIT .a<...~
il. appearance. The color IN him really,
appeared to he diluted to a point
where It was doubtful. Ii was hard
to tell whether his eyes were blue or
gray, or whether his hair was fiaxeni
or sbleached brown. He had 4 funny
little snub nose. = wide. thin.lipped
mouth and imperceptibIe eyebrows. As
to his ability, that was lust about the
average. The ONCE considered him a
fairly competent man and paid him a,
I.fafrly good salary, which seemed TO-
| Mosier most Astounding.
81 don't understand it at ALI" he
said to Sphinx. II know, fellows who
are twice as clever as am-good.
steady fellows. too. who aren't doing
/ half az well. / know there are hun
dreds Of better men out Of employ
ment altogether. Even here-look at
Dinsey and Kraus. They ought to be
where I am and ought to be where
they are.'
Hsure." replied Sphinx. kindly. ..A
| fool for luck!" (.
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To 20 back to Miss Considine: The
| young man continued his visits to the
| house and for a long time there was
nothing to distinguish the attentions
| he paid the daughter from those which
the mother received from him. He
did his little best to be agreeable to
both, and showed no particular disap.
pointment il the girl. happened to be
|3out when he called. In course Of time.
however. all that changed. -
The first sign Sphinx noticed was a
pronounced moodIness. He and Mo-
sier, 1t must be said. were roommates.
Sometimes Mosier dressed himself
with great care and went out, presum-
ably to call on the Considines, for
three or four evenings hand running.
At other times he remained in his
room for an even more extended peri
|sod, reading 'Lalla Rookhr and other
poetry of "a distinctly sentimental ma
tnre. II Sphinx spoke to him he replied
In monosyllables and he sighed until
his companion complained Of the draft.
His appetite for breakfast was poor
and occasionally he neglected to shave
himself. Sphinx, who was not young
man Of great experience. was inclined
to attribute all this to liver trouble.
That made Mosier mad.
What is II, them asked Sphinx.
At last It came out, in despairing
explosion.
"It's Miss Considine,'' confessed