The Forrest City times., 1912-04-26

1 A. sr~s .vUrr q at ne throug1 ! the 1T i4g lashes-oh, such way
 "Gh, mol assure-certainly not" 1 stamMtred has tiiy. Dash fl, l never was 90 reJuked and mortified in all my lie. What an ass l had been to seem to notice al all,
 she looked troubled Say. do you mind my wearing them?" she inquired
 "I9 Certainly not-well. should say not" l retorted. almost with in. dignstion.
 "sure?" By love. what ripping eyes she had
 Of course not" emphatically.
 Her sunny head nodded satisfac- ton. That's all right, then. l was afraid you wouldn't ike it-afraid you would think was acting little free. ! But your man Jenkins-isn't that his name?-said he thought you would l like for me to wear them
 I gasped
 "Jen-what's that?" 1 was amazed. indignant at Jenkins enrontery He he sugsc sted that you wear-er-
 She nodded. her glorious eyes shin. ing wistfuly.
 You see. went to frat dance last night in Cambridge she explained; and in the hurry this morning. some how, one of my bag.--a suit-case- was left behind And when I got here tonight and began piling the things out of my other bag-well, I saw 1 was up a tree Not thing to slip into, you know-not so much as a dressinggown or even bathrobe. Then your man saved my life-sug gested these pajamas See?"
 oh. sec"
 said so; but. dash 1t, wasn't sure I did. for knew so devilish little about girls.
 Il must cut along now" thought; internal shame to be taking advan- tage of her this way" And then thought l would just wait a wee min. ute longer
 Just then she turned toward me. her elbow on the arm of the wicker chair, her dainty manicured finger tips supporting her chin
 You know, MT. Lightnut. I wasn't sure you would remember me at all" she said. T was such kid when you saw me last"
 "Oh. yes" I said. trying to recall the rather hoydenish children I had seen on the motor trip to Billings homo you were quite little girl-werent you 2"
 I thought her face darkened a lit tie; then her smile flashed through, like sunshine through cloud Her laugh came on top. like the mellow ripple Of tiny brook-that sort of thing-oh. you know,
 Oh, I say now. Mir. Lightnut. cut out the josh. she remonstrated; and thought she grew a little red. No more for mine those sissy. grille ways i've get well over all of that"
 She tossed one knee over the other and threw herself back in the chair. She seemed little piqued. She went on:
 T just tell you what-there's noth. ing like couple of years of at col iege for toughening you, Gets all those mammals baby ways out of you. you bet your life. and all the slushi- ness you get from trying to be like your sisters. Shucks!"
 l caught my breath. Of course. she had no idea how it sounded-this sort of talk; 1t was just her innocent trankness, her-what dye call it?- her ngenuousness-d it,
 She continued musingly: Gee. but l was soft when l first went away-a regular pie-faced angel-child." Her voice had in it sheer. Then she straightened up, whirled her chair facing me. and gave me sounding slap on the knee. Say. maybe the fellows l met didn't educate that out of me mighty quick, We'll. reckon yes.' And she nodded, eying me side wise, her pretty chin in the air.
 But. dash me. was SO aghast I couldn't get out word. Just sat there batting at her and turning hot and cold by turns. Came devilish near losing consciousness. by love. that's what
 Of course. I knew she didn't know what she was talking about Hadn't any sisters myself. don't you know and never had learned much ahout other fellows stcters; but, dash it. knew something about faces and would have staked my life on hers You can nearly always tell, you know But, anyhow. l thought I had better go now.
 got up. T say. you want to just make yourself at home" said. And If you don't mind. I'll zee you at the boat In the morning"
 She stood up. too. looking rather surprised. You're not going away9'
 "Oh, no; not out of town" thought that was what she meant added; And as go out. I'll stop down stairs