The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-07-23
wheels all over him.

wheels all over him.
"By Jove." he exclaimed, "she did
that on purpose! And now know she
turned the hose on me on purpose too
I'll make her pay for this"
He finished the crossing and stood
swabbing the mud off his face, his
hands, his clothes, with his handker
chief till 1t was dirtier than the rest
Then he turned and went home to get
into another suit. On the whole, his
efforts to make he acquaintance of
his next door neighbor were not at
tended with success. He made up his
mind that since his fair enemy could
not be reduced by an attack In the
open he must work from behind de-
lenses.
Had Leonard not understood the
idiosyncrasies of the opposite sex he
would have abandoned his efforts
either in a huff or in despair AS 1t
was, he prepared to lombard the ladys
heart as well as her person He would
not pour water or mud upon her He
had a scheme worth two Of that He
hunted the town for a toy mortar to
send out ammunition by means of
spring. Not finding anything large
enough to suit his purpose, he had one
made. After fixing it once he could
pull back the spring till 1t was caught
in a notch. drop in new ammunition
and fire 1t again. Having seen that 1t
was good, he brought it home and pre-
pared for action.
From Mr.. Tremaine's window he
could look down on to the Thornes
rear porch. the latter fronting eastward
Miss Thorne was accustomed to come
out on to the porch about o'clock in
the afternoon. Sometimes she walked
In the garden; sometimes she sat on
the porch reading. Early one after
noon Mr. Tremaine gathered his am
munition In his room and. planting his
mortar at his window, awaited his
enemy's coming At the usual time
she appeared. strolled for awhile over
the rear grounds. then. returning to
the porch, sank in a cushioned wicker
chair took a book from a table beside
nof anu began TO feaQ.
Tremaine. who had his weapon
charged and sighted. let loose the
spring. He had practiced after night
fall and got the range. Suddenly Miss
Tremaine found herself deluged with
pansies. She had not recovered from
her surprise before another charge
reached her. this time lilies Of the val
ley. She glanced up at Tremaine's
window just in time to see a couple of
dozen fuchsias leave it and descend
upon her. Then her fair face broke
into a smile The last and more eff
fective charge consisted of roses Then
Leonard put his head out of the win
dow and, smile for smile, addressed
his enemy:
Pardon me. but l thought | would
like to make your acquaintance"
Every happy, | assure you. Won't
you come DOWN.
Delighted
In few minutes Mr.. Tremaine was
seated beside his new friend, chatting
with her as Familiarity as If he had
known her for years. He told he that
he knew the first wetting she had
given him was intentional. For
awhile she denied it, but since he was
disposed to take it good naturally she
finally confessed. adding that she turn
ed the stream over the hedge at ran
dom and happened to strike him. She
seemed to regret scattering mud on
him, but said she was unable to resist
the temptation.
This was the beginning of an ac-
quaintance between Mr.. Tremaine and
Miss Thorne which continued during
that summer on the tennis court, in
the garden. anywhere. everywhere on
Che lady's premises and sometimes at
the Tremaines. What the rest Of the
story will be or whether there will be
any more of it is not yet known
Nevertheless its beginning shows con-
clusively that If a man and a maid
live next door to each other the man
Is no more likely to be observing the
maid than the maid is to be observing
the man. And in this instance the
sterner sex appears to be the gentler.
1t would never have done for the man
to drench the maid with water, though
1t was perfectly proper for the maid
to drench the man But observe the
masculine retaliation. Instead of wa
ter he fires posies.