Arizona republican., 1911-11-16
GEORGE WAS MUSHY
BUT VERY EHT|CING
THE FLUFFY YOUNG THING
FOUND HIM CHARMING,
HOWEVER
Of Course, Maybe He Didn't Mean
All He Said, but the Settings
Were Conducive to Con-
versation of the Cooling
Kind

Young George Tellum went to
dance one night and met a palatable
looking creature of Titania proper
tiOns. all done up in pale blue. After
the dance was over and he had jot-
tied down her street address he found
that by walking two blocks from
where he lived and taking Il car and
transferring he could reach her
domicile on Il Sunday-matine, or
Ievening-wiuhout bit of trouble
After week or two he made an
other discovery. to-wit: That he would
he thrown in her society more fire.
quently if ne ran in two or three
calls on week nights
That was the way things stood
when he called one Wednesday night
To let him in. He handed her his
ante, consisting of a box of candy,
Ia sit in on the coy corner over be
meath the picture of Spring.
New. George was one of those
boys with practically unlimited
flow of the calorific talk. on this
"Wednesday evening he didn't waste
much time.
Say. s'pose that isn't the swell
outfit you've got on this evening"
he burst worth enthusiastically for an
opener. 'Mebby il doesn't fit you
or anything just looks as if it had
grown right up with YOU. that's all"
Thus his talk would run.
Made Himself at Home, Too
BY and by he went over To- the
piano and picked ont three or four
of the best sellers among the latest
musical comedy selections. He had
way of making himself at home that
was one Of his strong PLAYS. George
would have been perfectly at home
in the dining room Of a girls board
ing school on the Hudson Run
over Two or three OF these" he Sug-
gested gayly. stacking the selections
up in the order he wanted To hear
them. oh that doesn't make any
difference whether you've learned en-
vet or not You can get more swing
into them the first tryoUt than most
Of the girls who 90 in for that Chopin
stuff can after practiciug eight hours
ia dav for three weeks. Your music
always sounds mighty good To little
me"
AS soon as she had finished the
chorus OF the last best seller George.
leaning back luXuriously in green
plush arm chair, reached over To the
center table and picked up popular
novel that gave the ins and outs Of a
certain love affair with Illustrations
and lots Of direct discourse.
This one here reminds me of YOU
remarked George, pointing out col
ored illustration of a dainty little
queen with languorous. oxlike eyes
and great pillows of lustrous auburn
hair
You know | don't look like that,
she returned coyly, as she fastened to
give two or three def little pats TO
her couture and adjust the big comb
in her back hair.
You may not look exactly like
that" admitted George. but you've
got the same style, and" he added,
you're the SWEETEST looking little girl
i'm this mans town. too. You can
lust take that from mo and hang il
on the whatn0t"
"Oh. guess you're the only one
who thinks So said she modestly.
George blinked for a minute. won !
dering Just what she meant by that !
assumption that he was the only one !
who thought So.
But it wasn't his disposition to put !
the soft pedal on that flow Of calori- ,
ferrous atmosphere and he kept right I,
on going.
The Parents Tsctfuly Retired
By that time her parents had left
Tho living rnnm acrnSs the hall and