The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-12


confidently OF another lesson offered |.
stand her ices every morning iustead, an,
she calmly held out for betterIerms
Sweets too!' she insisted
= You wicked little She Shylockl' | pro
tested
8 | broke two clubs, " she pointed out with
giggle. Sweets would be cheaperl"
Sweets too, agreed desperately.
Alter that l,met her every morning, and
took her To the ice cream shop | saw little
OF her otherwise, except three or four times
IN the evenings when ! happened to meet
her and took her for stroll looked upon
her as child OF course. | didn't dream
that 1t was any use looking upon her in anv
other way. She treated me as irightfully
old, but useful brother, unless she wanted
to make me wild Then she called me
Uncle There wasn't the slightest ap-
proaeh to Irritation. In fact we never said
3 dozen words that were serious.
This was all that happened Tor fortnight
except that gave her another golf lesson.
We didn't finish it, however She held the
driver 100 loosely and it went after the
ball, and hit old Colonel Sturdy He
suggested that We should 60 and laugh
where he couldn't hear-or be heard We
went.
After that | offered to take her out and
buy ices and sweets and flowers every even
ing also, ii shs would give up golf, She
accepted.
This lasted for week. Then one Tues
day morning | had visit from a Mrs.
Cazenove, stern old lady who described
herself as Nettie's aunt She was voluble
She accused me volubly OF trihing with
Nettie's affections.
At the end Of ten minutes she paused to
take breath. | fastened to remark that
had merely trihed with Nettie's Digestion
but that | never allowed her to have more
than three ices at time, and thought that
her digestive organs could stand that. In
regard 70 the affections, | suggested that
Mrs, Cazenove was confusing me with some
young swain who had assailed Miss Nettie's
heart in warmer fashion
AT this point Mrs. Cazenove obtained a
good supply Of breath and started again
The second onslaught nonplussed me.
She produced documentary evidence in the
shape of letters After glance at them
| had no doubt as TO the identity Of the
writer. No one else ever made those weird
capitals or signed NET 50 that it looked
ike Wed"
The letters described me as Nettie's con-
stant cavalier and suitor, was quite gone
On her" | escorted her every evening on
the pier, (We'd never been down it) l
srf I yl,,tt
Dit old. A few years difference in age
lid NOT matter when people are exactly
suited. had made her look at things
more seriously" q wondered what her
view of things must bed was
dreadfuHy rich Il wish | were) We
quite understood one another" And then
he found that she must have been mis-
aken," | had " changed entirely" My
manner had become cold, and she felt like
ce
She means ices" anterposed She
lad three every morning Aitd et'ening"
Major Thornton, her aunt interrupted,
: do not attempt TO trife With met am
lot an innocent child" / really did not
hink she was. have it from your cousin,
Mrs. Norrington, that you told her with
'our own lips that you were engaged to
Settie What did you say, Major
thought Id get the young mink out of
he scrape, and, at the same time, teach
Ter that veracity was the first Of the virtues
except golf).
:" You see, Mrs. Cazenove," explained,
I did not know that Nettie owned our
and | could not claim her with /
at her consent. l am glad that l may do