Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-11

With the Sun
In His Eyes
BY NJ. J. PHILLTPs

paying tennis. one was Rracelul
about it, as we're nearly all the
young ladies at Dunwoody Downs.
But the friendly Miss Middleton
was something besides graceful; she
was effective. When the little white
ball came skimming over the net she
was there a fraction of a second be-
for it.
"a bundle Of steel springs"
unused Ellery Todd. "She never ac-
quired that speed and stamina on
ballroom floor. Is it possible9
But no; her sister, the stiff one, is
a regular 1oller,' like most Of these
festive resorters. It's too good to be
true"
"Loller," word Ellery had
coined, meant a person who could
inhabit veranda chair OF the seat
Of boat OF a bit of beach with re-
pose that elsewhere would have
meant sheer laziness. He was learn
ing to be a '1oller" and hating him
self for his success.
Todd was interested in the friend
ly Miss Middleton before that tennis
game and he was more interested
afterward. Because, first, she was
good to look upon. When her shin
ing hair was dampened it curled in
tight little circles on her forehead
and on the nape of her neck.
He liked her because they got
along so comfortably together. Most
people found Todd too quiet and re-
served for a summer resort. The
friendly Miss Middleton got into the
habit of dropping into the chair
alongside him and talking about
variety of things.
Then he liked her because of the
mystery which surrounded her. That
cool day, when the young people or
gained a Notwithstanding party
to explore Big Bald Knob, her sis
ter, the stiff Miss Middleton, had
said in a significant aside, "Of
course, you're not to CO." And FL
lery and Beryl, which was her name,
he had discovered, watched them de-
part, trife wistfully.
He thought about her a good deal,
which took his mind off the fact
that he had been sick a matter of
three months and it helped his re-
covery.
They got better acquainted as FL
lery graduated from the class of
'lollers" to the class of Give ones"
Her other admirers began to resent
the "lOng-legged Todd guy" Like
wise they resented the comradely
smile of perfect understanding that
passed between Todd and Beryl
when they met.
Miss Beryl, said Ellery, 81 am
about to tell you the secret which
has burdened my fair young life"
They were sitting on the thick
turf Of the headland which over
looked the bay. A glorious after
noon sunshine covered ocean and
beach.
Beryl Middleton shot her compan-
ion a glance. 1t was a momentary,
feeting look, yelled by very long
lashes, but it told her all she wished
to know. A woman has a sixth sense
which sleeps until the man in whom
she is interested arouses it. Now
her sixth sense told Beryl that the
secret of Ellery Todd was neither
disgraceful nor fraught with serious
consequences.
"They say" continued Ellery,
that we get half our personality |
from our parents, and half from our
other ancestors. If that's the case,
my two most influential forbears
were a cave man and a sun wor-
shipper. For l love to walk and 1
love the SUM-"
walking has always been my IA
vorite pastime. 1t isn't that I get
into new places and see new faces.
j could do that with an automobile
or even a bicycle. But l want to get
out and tramp over hill and field
and through the woods, with the
wind or the snow OF the rain in my
face. And if the sun will only
shine-that's happiness Ny cave
man ancestor who had just come
down from the trees and diacovened