Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-10-19

serious. II Frenchman love the women
and blew unsayory Kiss toward the. kitchen
1T is, suppose, trait OF my nation. All French
men love the women--pretty women. Now, LOOK;
outsde detes the col-l-lN Snow abominatc
the meeserrhabc s1 10Y. !, IMo mea' Ihis -
am distracted. For two whole days | stan the
window an tear my air! l am nervous, upset,
deny-beoldl A woman-a nice, pretty charming
innocen young woman l., naturally rejoice. |
become myself again-gay light earted, Apply; 1
address myself to madcmoiselle it passes the time
That m scu, is wot the for--pass tho
time, Entertainment like the music, like the wine!
They appeal to the mood, the caprice, the tenn
peramcn' TO play with thces woman, follow her
through her humor, pursue her-ah. that is the
mo-. delightful way to sen the hours about their
Ross banged the table. shut up. you miserable
yeller pup" he roared Il object to your pursuin'
to me, you" He picked up the box OF stogies
and used it on the table as an emphasizer., The
noise of it awoke the attention OF the girl in the
kitchen. Unheeded, she crept into the room. I
don't know anything about your French ways OF
oyemakin an don't care In my d 'e3on OF the the
man here and don't you forget it! This girls
goin to mine There amt going to be any
playing philandering, or palm reading about it.
settles it. My word is law in this neck O the woods
She's mine and she says she's mi inc
you pull out" The box made one final, tremendous
punctuation point.
Etienne's bravado was unrufled "Ah. that is
way to win a woman" he smiled easily. 81 make
prophecy you will never win 'er that way. No.
Not thees woman. She mus be play!edd, along an
then Recessed this charming, delicious little creature
One keess! An then you ave her Again he
displayed his unpleasant teeth 81 make you bet
As a cheerful chronicer Of deeds done well it
joys me relate that the hand which fell upon
Etiennes amorous lips not his There
was one sudden sound as of mule kicking ath
fence, and thcn-through the swinging doors or
oblivion for Etcnne.
had seen this blow delivered 1t was an aloof.
unstudied. almost absent minded affair. had
thought the cook rehearsng the proper method
Of turning fap-jack
Silently lost in thought, he stood there scratching
his head. Then he began rolling down his sleeves:
ond better get yoT i6as' ON ! N 6 and wT
I heard her heave little sigh Of relief as she
went to get her cloak sweater "a. and hat ,..
Ross jumped to his feet and said George, what
George who had been headed in my direction,
"Bein' a camp cook, amt oyerburdened with
hosses" George enlightened us. "Thcreforc, I
going to try to Dor borr?w this teller, here! re
genuine cheer If its for Lochnvar purposes. go
as far as You like" said grandy.
find hs fo a2H iadGS S M mS %S ho ePs
fo1 mine and the young lady's purposes, and Wen
tell c yoy somehn Ross suddsny was co
fronted with the cooks chunky back and heard
low, curt carrying voice shoot through the room
started to speak. You're nuty. That's what's
the matter with you You can't stand the snow.
That and this Dago'-he jerked thumb at the
hali-dead Frenchman in the oorner-'has got you to
the point where ! thought better horn in | got
reyolyn' ii around in my. mind and seen ii
somethin' wasn't done, and done soon, thered be
murder around here, and maybe his head gave an
imperceptibe list toward the girls room-'worse
He stopped, but he held up stHbby finger to
keep anyone else. from speaking: Then he plowed
slowly through the drift OF his ideas. About this
here woman. I know YOU Ross and know what
You RELY think about women. II She hadn't hap
rcncd in here durn this here snow, you'd never
la,.e oiy thOuuhtS o the whole