The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-06-15
Calling on Corinne.


The sqaare-shou:dere young man
WHO had been sitting in as<brown
Study Tor fifteen minutes lifted him
self up straight in the big chair and
sighed as one who gives up a prob
lem.
In spite OF ALL" he said, Il can't
neip but admire her colossal nervei''
From which appealing remark, =
said the young man with the large
and humorous mouth from across
Tue reading table, Il take 1t that you
yearn TO pour out your grief upon
my manly bosom. Proceed
Oi course" went on the first one
with laboriols afriness. 1T isn't any
thing serious. 1t isn't as though :
vas desperately gone and all t..
you know I'd like to see the girl
I'd lose sleep over Only a fellow
hates to think he's been done or that
a girl thinks he's easy, don't yoe
know?''
IT should say So" agreed the
other young man. Once let EN-
mink they Save the upper hand an6
place. I say
What do you know about it?"
growled the other I'D like to see
any one try to keep Corinne in her
proper place-he'd have his hands
null You know her. don't yoG: Isn't
she great? Now, I've been calling on
her so often for. the last six months
that the very pavement in front o.
their house SAYS 'Hew-de-do?' when
l step on it. Corinne certainly is en-
Pertaining and | have jolly good
times and she didn't seem to mind my
coming three times a week. In fact,
she seemed to like It, That's all I
blame her for II she hadn't liked it
there was no need for her to act as
though she did
She knew | was coming last
night. for had promised to bring a
book she wanted TO see. Imagine nv
surprise when the maid net me at
the door with the Announcement that
Corinne was OFT. No. she dfd1's
know when she'd be BACK ani she
didn't know where she'd gene Well
fore she left for the South, so after
minute STEPPED in anyhow. | said
I'd sit down and wait
- Well, l went into the reception
room. The maid looked worried and
hung around little as though she
wasn't acquainted with me and
feared l might be burglar, but be-
lore she had time to do ANYTHING the
bell rang again. ! bad settled myself
Comfortably and was preparing to
read to pass the time away till Co
rinn9 Appeared. | wasn't paying
much attention to what went on out
IN tbs hall. But whoever came in
left his coat and hat and saunteree
ON down to the end of the hall into
the little den, which is a mighty coy
room / never did care for the re-
ception room myself. come to think
Ssss e "a: sss = as 'a and said i'd
Hello. Corinne,' and then / heard
her voice. / guess it wouldn't have
been cheerfully Joyous had she
Known where l was at that precise
minute: --r-r-<ss- -ss's--ssspsss-
What did Go? Oh. Just soft
fQQted It into the hall, collected my
fyercoat and hat and skunk out of
the door. Say. was mad ..sxEss
T don't blame YOU" gmpathized
the other young man, whose large
and humorous mouth was twitching
at the Corners. ----s--@--~
~ resolved to let her know she
couldn't do a thing like that 10 me
and have me take 1t meekly. j
stepped into the nearest drug store.
called a messenger boy and sent Co
rinne a note with instructions to the
boy to deliver it into the hands o.
nobody but the lady of that Iipme. !
told her | had started out to call on
Phyllis Green, az | had heard she
had returned after her trip abroad,
but I did not know where the Greens
we're now located. Would she please
send me the address by the boy?
knew that woulc fetch her, for she
always hated Phyllis and besides be-
ing furious at calling on her she'd
think I'd forgotten my engagement
at her home and be mad at that
and I'd prove to my own satisfaction
that Corinne had really been at home
instead of out"
.Well?"
"Oh, the boy came back and gave
me a note 1t read-oh, here it is in
my pocket:
Dear Mr.. Dillbeck: Corinne is not
ut home this evening and / am sorry
that 1 myself am unable to tell you
where hiss Greer lives. With sim
sere regrets, cordially yours,
Evelyn Lapham."
Evelyn Lapham is Mrs. Lapham.
corinne's mother, you know. And
The boy when l held him up swore
he'd delivered my note not to an
elderly lady, but a young one, with
big eyes. Even a messenger boy can
be fascinated by Corinne's eyes, 1t
seems. The note had seemed all right
On the surface-only in her haste
the young woman had not taken time
sufaciently to disguise her nandwrit-
ing Any one at all clever could tel
this was Corinne's writing even
though she has made backhand OF II.
I'm disappointed at her lack of
skfllHI hate TO have good situa-