The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-21
A BASHFUL MANS
LOVE STORY
How He Came to Win the
Girl of His Choice.
Henry Teale is a gawkw

wall am Henry Teale The speak
er was Kate Harker who was talking
\ with her cousin, Marion browne.
But lie knows things" replied Mar
ion.
What matters it if lie does. He liz
too bashful an reserved to tell what
he knows. TIN Aisnt girl in the
place who does\ dread to be left
alone with him. "NA
Don't you think some Of them
might overcome their aversion IL he
should suddenly become wealthy
Il don't think could stand him IL
he were worth
was lying in hammock In the
| back yard reading. | got up and went
| into the house, but as this scrap of
conversation occupied but few mo-
ments | could not very well avoid
hearing it. To do myself justice. | did
not wish to hear myself discussed.
Kate Haraer's remarks were intensely
painful to me. so painful that | re,
solved to leave the place of my birth
aud go forth into the great world, hop
ing to forget them.
1 did not forget them. but had the
sensitiveness knocked out of me very
quickly. made money, made 1t out
Of nothing, and to do this | was obig-
ed to master my feelings. ITO those
who have shall be given" and by the
death of an aunt inherited for
tune. | owned the little tumbledown
house with the acre of ground about
il in which | had lived with my moth
or, and since she was no longer living
! resolved to go back and dispose of
it. The day after my arrival rugged
a hammock In the back yard and lay
down In 1t with cigar and book.
Pretty soon | heard voices over the
wall.
Have you seen him?"
Yes; | was peeping through the
blinds when he came"
| recognized the first voice as that OF
Marion, the second as that of Kate.
This was all heard, for the two girls
passed out of hearing
In the evening | called on my neigh
Dor Kate Harker received me as IL
were her oldest and best friend, max
Ing no attempt to conceal the favor
had found In her eyes since she had
pronounced me a gawk. Marion was
very reserved. Indeed. had | been as
unsophisticated as when | had heard
her say But he knows things"
should have concluded that she had
turned against me. But n man can't
make money without gaining a knowl-
edge of human nature. suspected
that Marion now held aloof from a
feeling that since had become de-
slrabe catch" 1t was not her place to
court me.
"You young ladies must be more
careful as to your words" | said BE
fore | went away | overheard scrap
Of conversation with regard to me that
gave me great pain"
Both looked at me uneaslv.
"You two were talking IN the gar
den. One said, He's gswkv the 9th.
1
The two girls looked at each other
inqulringly.
IL remember no such conversation"
said Kate. Marion was silent.
do you, Marion? ! asked
mo, but candor compels me to say
that at that time the criticisms were
just"
THE first surely was, though am
not so certain about the second But
the business Of 1t all could have no
effect on boy of nineteen. have for
years felt harshly toward the one who
called me a gawk and kindly TO her
who said But he knows things"
Then you recognized their voices y
said Kate, paling slightly. Tell us
who called you gawk."
81 may have attributed the remark
to the wrong girl. but to whomsoever
j toss this pin let her stand accused"
Taking a pearl pin from my scarf, !
tossed it to Marion
The distress on Marion's face was
painful to see. Kate blushed, and the
guilty look on her face was equally
distressing She struggled with her
self to take the blame that she knew
belonged to her, but without success.
l waited to see II Marion would place
II where it belonged, but she did not
She handed my pin back to me.
Keep it as token that you are for.
given" said. rt
But she was resolute, and I at last
placed the jewel again In my scarf.
waited week. leaving the girls
free. the one to assume her just bur
den. the other to place It upon her
friend. | paid Kate marked attention
and treated Marion with Indifference.
had learned selfishness myself, but
admired that sense OF honor which
prevented Marion from throwing the
blame on Kate. Meanwhile took sat
isfaction in Marion's distress The
fact OF having called me eawk was
nothing to her discredit. knew that
IL was the loss Of my favor that pain
ed ner
Marion" ! said one day. "have you
repented having called me a gawk"
She gave me no reply
"Well. you had better dismiss the
matter from your mind. In the first
place. I was not only gawk but q
ninny In the second, 1t was not you
who spoke the word. but Kate. In