The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-07

YOU identity the kiss. DO YOU
How perfectly horrid OF ~ 3.
gest such a thing" accused IWNhe
You don't consider my fe Isl IN
the least Just like you bruW cold
Hooded lawyers, you can't beVv adam
il you try"
In spite Of her efforts at cont the
berated young lawyer burst out igh.
ing. 1t was a most unfortunate ing
for him TO have done, for imme,N 4 "
katherine buried her face in the am
mock cushions and began sibbin .on-
yulsively.
Jack watched her perpleXedly.ESA e
looked very appealins in her grJ etul
slenderness. He could tbink otbniy
one thing to do-and he did Il.
Katherine was on her feet an
instant, her cheeks tear-stained and
flushed with indignation.
$50 it was you the first time IfteI
all, Jack Kingsley" she eNclalbed
Il think you're too contemptiblg fOI
words. You're a thief and ARA you
don't tell the truth and"
Not so fast. not so fast" begged
JACK gently. II really wasn't he frs
one, Katherine, upon my honor. but
Wei, what in Cupid's mime az
you two quarreling about?" called Bill
Heming from the near Dackgrouud
Cant an unmarried man-partn, me
| should have said an ineligible ma,
find one uhdisturbed spot n mi
hymenial garden? Just passtJ Nv
other lovers down the path whoSeen
ed to be a bit out Of tune. It mus
be the weather" -
81 assure you the wathr has MA
ing to do with it, Mr.. Inning" i
swered Katherine haughtily.
she's right, Bill, assented ia
genially. "The cause of our SEEM
disagreement is purely
Imaginary" interrupted KatherV
with such manifest alarm that bd.
men laughed heartily.
But i'm spite of this little diversil
the conversation dragged along ar
thetically, and Bill at elngth gave
his attempts to mend the situation
Well he said. yawning ostent
tiously. guess I'll so i'm and play Wi
the infant. He's nearer my level IT,;
you self-absorbed grOwn-ups. By q
way, Miss Katherine, how did you Iii
our little joker
''Whose-what little io're?" deman
ed Katherine apprehonsively.
"Reginald's and mine, of cours
We watched you asleep for a viii
then we thought it would be great q
to wake you up. So we kissed yoJ
MIR. Hemingi" gasped Katherir
You don't mean to say that you"
Bless you, no, my dear. I ju
helped Reginald"
But what-what did you run aw
| fOr?" Katherine pursued inquiringl,
20. that's a little habit of mir
Miss Katherine" was Heming's cab;
istic reply, as musing he walked
ward the house.
Queer old duffer. isn't he?" col
mented Jack. by way Of siving-Kat
crime time for a bit of mental rea
justment.
THE rest of the house party c.
MIN Bill. the Matchmaker. she
marked Her manner was wholly il
personal.
81 don't wonder" Jack assented.
There was an awkward little
lence.
Jack"
What is it, Katherine?"
What were you going to tell hi
was the cause of our-our quarrel ?
81 started to say the cause was pun
! ly-asculatory."
"Jacki"
We'll, wasn't it? Tell me. Katl
rine., were you really awfully ang
with me?"
Katherine nodded. For two re
sons" she said with emphasis. "OI
because / thought you had been [
first one who kissed me and that v
| had lied about it,
And the second?"
Because if you weren't the first
i wa ssorry you had not been, Jacl
For several second sthere was L
interrupted quiet in the "hymeni
| garden"
But inside the house, without wa
ing for authority. a 2-year-old ba
was babbling TO the admiring gro
| gathered about him.
Man say-1iss Katha. Miss Kat
man." and all smiled comprehe
sively.
TWO DROWNED WHEN