Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-01-19

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the wire. why, Mr.. Ploperton, wives"
she returned, generally. John told
me he was going to bring Mr.. Ploper-
ton home with him tonight"
Il wish John wouldn't talk so much"
Mrs. John retorted, impatiently.
did also the stately Ploperton.
The dinner passed off delightfully."-.
Harriet evidently made quite an i'm
preston on the prosperous widower
She was natural and unaffected. After
dinner and a short game of bridge,
Harriet rose from the table.
We'll, John" she said to her broth
er, you know you'll have to take your
little sister home"
John remained seated. "Oh, ask
Ploperton." he said, lazily. It's on
his way"
Ploperton protested ponderously,
but quite sincerely, that he would be
delighted. AS he and Harriet stepped
out on the front porch Mrs. John gave
a little exclamation.
Why, it's been sleeting," she cried.
DO be careful. The steps are slip
perry"
In spite of the uncertainty that at
tended their sliding feet, Miss Merton
and Ploperton were having an extreme
ly pleasant walk, when at the top of a
perfectly innocent looking hill, just
as Ploperton was saying CALAMITY, Il
hope | may soon have the pleasure of
=" he suddenly flung his arm wide to
the breeze Then with an airy sweep
of his leg he brought his feet into the
proper position for what is technically
known as sliding down HILL" and
with his coat tails standing out grand
ly behind him and his arms rhyth-
mically beating the air in the most ap-
proved fashion, with an unbelievable
lightness and grace, he sailed off, CIV
ing forth, at short intervals, what
might have been smothered bellows of
Joy.
For an instant Miss Merton main
tanned her equilibrium at the top of
the hill, and then, as though inspired
by Ploperton's apparent sportiveness,
she gave little impromptu skip, her
feet few out from under her and with
squeal of mingled terror and amuse-
ment she sat down and sped down the
hill after Ploperton.
The next thing of which she was
conscious was that she was sitting at
the bottom of the incline with two sub
stantial feet planted in the middle OF
Ploperton's stately back. For an in
slant they sat thus, then Ploperton
faced about, looking with intense dis
gust into his companions face and
remarked: How ridiculous people
look doing a thing like this!"
He proceeded to roll over until he
reached the edge OF the sidewalk, on
which he took firm grip with both
hands. Gradually and with extraordi-
nary care he walked himself up as
near as he could TO where his hands
were and then undoubling in a very
gingerly way he managed to regain
the perpendicular.
Miss Merton looked up from her
iowiy position into her companions
and indignant face. Then
she buried her own face in her nun
and shrieked with laughter.
I'm awfully sorry for you. Mary"
she said 70 Mrs. John the next day
when she was telling the latter about
II. because II hadn't laughed think
there would have been fighting
chance for me. So far as l can remem-
Der. he was on the verge Of asking me
to go motoring with him when the
happened. but after he
had with much pufing managed TO roll
me over and get up on TO my feet he
never said another word except good
night when he deposited me at my
own door"
Miss Merton laughed again at the
Il never saw anything
In my life any funnier." she declared. |
He had such an air Of being full 70 |
The brim with hilarity and good fel. I
owship and yet loathing II all the
time.
I'm really very sorry for you. my
dear, because you VIII have 10 keep
your matrimonial agency open ndah- /
litely now. and you didn't have the
hun Of seeing him. either. but personal, /
y wouldn't exchange the memory OF
that joyful sight for a dozen hus-
bands"