The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-11

t-trk ] exhibited great Eelf-cCl
tr0l Instead q telling Arthur thai she
was a seifsa. cold blooded. designing
littie mink glth 70 sense and whose
MOTTO n regard 10 wornanklnd vas
10 qnzrier.' agreed with him. THIS
encouraged him 70 add that such
girl who vas SO helpless and con
fdiug and frustful aiRays brought out
the best IN q man. somehow. Where
upon told hin I'd ike 70 sit down
and rest
"Of course there Is nothing else Sc
plentiful In she world as men. still, J.,
didn't fancy letting Veronica Bondy
walk Of with Arthur Just 10 sho# ne
that she could DO H.
so when Veronica bIockaded thf
way as Arthur and ] started out tc
Walk three miles through the wUods
70 a farm house where they sell ap
Pies. and said pathetically that she
was 80 Lonesome and there was moth
Ing to 40, promptly asked her fc
come along That three miles Is most.
y climbing hills Or coming down
them. and part of the way the sand Is
deep. she had On delicate pumps and
SIX stockings and a frilly dress-ard
Bss gsrSed n khaki and walking
boots.
''She hated to walk saw # in her
eyes-but she hated worse TO let me
escape With Arthur for the whole aft
ernoon- So she started When Ar.
thur walks he walks-and though be
slowed down when I murmured that
We we're tiring Miss Bondy he chafed
under t. He dislikes sauntering
When We had stopped for the fourth
time SO he could help Veronica re
move the sand from her absurd shoes
his lips were setting In a straight
line and be looked to me for sympa
thy. but / merely beamed.
When we started back It began tc
rain steadily. II there is anything
soppier and wetter than the DDS
when it pours rain I'd Ike 10 In
formed Of It. Ny hair curIs naturally
and rain doesn't hurt Khaki. so ] didn't |
care. but Veronica was indignant She
complained dreadfully and somehow /
conveyed tie idea that the rain was
due solely to Arthur's carelessness.
The more her complexion ran OF the /
more she complained, and al the end I
Of a mile her hair looked like seaweed-
Her style demands fufhDess or Golf
fure 70 appear well. At every hill she !
stormed. She said once that It must
be nice 10 be a great, husky. muscular
creature like me and be able TO nego
tiate bad roads like an amazon. but as
for delicate. womanly person Ike
herself, Il was different
THAT was when blithely suggested
to Arthur that be carry her. Shed
have let him. truly believe. only he
pretended not to hear me. She in.
sisied on clinging to his arm, however.
and being dragged up The hill Now,
a man has got to be utterly hopelessly
ia love with a woman before he en-.
joys dragging her up a hill when she
is quite capable OF walking by her
self. think the sight Of me ambIng
merrily along as though I was good
for another Is miles added to his irri-
tation-
When we we're In sight Of the ho
tel I turned around and smiled hap
ply at Them. Al that moment ap-
Dreciated to the utmost my curly hair
and the color the rain had brought 70
ny cheeks And Arthur had had to
ook at her for three solid miles.
" I've had a perfectly beautiful
ime, I was hateful enough to say.
I hope said Veronica. in a voice
# rage-for she knew how she look
.d-that don't have pneumonia and
Ife from tHs.fs