The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-28

| walked slowly down the path to the
country road
Got a dinner date tonight. Jean?"
he asked catching up with the girl
Because If you haven't and you are
so disposed you are requested to come
over to the Hastings, and according
to my recent considerations, am in.
clined to think that you had better
come. In fact" he said, looking di
rectly at her. I've an idea. Now
listen"
ooh, you needn't ask me, Robert
We settled that definitely the other
day, and | wouldn't do anything to
misead your father or to let him
think
That we either of us cared a fig"
Robert finished for her. But listen
You beard what Mrs. Jones said
about Thompson tact. How would a
little Of 1t work with us? If we pre-
tend we do care-both of us-just for
a little while; and father begins to
think that I'm actually In love with
you he'll probably get that crazy idea
about our marrying each other out
of his head"
II see" said Jean meditatively.
Perhaps-but," she added with quick
interest, what would we have to
do?"
We'll, I'd have to call on you-say.
about three evenings week. You
can just go on doing whatever you
want to, and | can read. Put me in
the garrett so long as you let me stay
In the house. And than | must always
be anxious to have you over and be
perfectly delighted when father asks
me to go places with you, You went
have to do anything, Jean Just let
go a bit and I'll give you points"
$50 then I'm to come over to Gin
ner tonight"
Eyes, and I'll have to call for you"
But, Robert, are you going to let
your father think we're engaged?"
might as we'll" answered the
young man. There's no point in do.
ing it half way
That night after the other guests
at the Hastings house had left Rob.
ert stood talking in the hall with Jean
Gilpin and as his father watched the
girl smiling into the young mans
face, and saw his son gathering the
folds of her evening cape around her,
Robert whispered:
Il didn't imagine you could look
like that. Jean. You're wonderful"
As Robert seized his hat to take
her home, his fathers face showed
a look of disapproval. "lll take Jean
home tonight, Robert" he said. Il
have an errand, and there's no use of
our both going"
But Robert insisted and Jean
looked entreatingly at him. SO the
two men, father and son, took the girl
home. AS they left her a few minutes
later, Robert held her hand at least
three times as long as he had ever
held a girls hand in his life
Jean and Robert had kept their
agreement for almost week and so
successful had it proved at the out
set that he had called every evening
retiring, to be sure, to the seclusion
of an available sitting-room, where
with his pipe and books, he had
passed the time, free from Jeans in
trusion, but not entirely to his own
satisfaction.
He was leaving after his fifth call,
going quietly through the hall to the
front door at the stroke Of II as he
had done on the previous evenings,
| ba uyoi n
him.
Goodnight, Robert" she said,
shaking hands with him, and then
quickly taking her hand from him
she looked at him with flushed
cheeks.
Don't you suppose we've played
this sort Of thing long enough? Your
father has been entirely converted
hasn't ne?" she asked.
Why, yes, Jean, he has" the young
man said hastily. THE fact Is he for
babe my coming here any more. Then
when said something about our be
ing engaged-as we agreed-he was
| perfectly frantic.
Then we can stop cant we?"
Jean asked.
| Just because he says so? on
course not Jean. I'll continue 70 call
on you whenever | care tO-that Is.
if you don't positively object. 30 You
think I'm going to be ordered about
like a child? I've stood Il long
enough First | was told 70 mart
you, whether | would or not; and now,
just as I'm getting to know yoa f.
a natural sort of way, I'm told to stop
coming here, to forget you entirely
| -"
Robert stopped short his hnaa
clenched with anger and excitement
JEAN" he continued, taking her La.o
in his, I'm going 10 make you los
me and I'm going TO marry you a0s
way. never half knew you tin ST.
let go a little
And it was 20 easy to let rel Eo
ert, Jean whispered, but she got ap
further.