The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-05-28

bow Wner6 II SlppSu lIOuA olSAI JILL
der the roll Of sleeve, and thought or
that night in my apartment when she
had made me feel of her biceps, don't
you know.
You don't know?" I repeated with
gentle reproach. "Oh, 1 say, you
know! You know you know you
know!" By Jove, that sounded rather
rum, but knew she knew knew she
knew-see?
She looked at me sidewise, her
slender forefnger pressing the half
parted lips slowly shaping in curve.
Then her little teeth flashed, jewell
like-regular jolly pearl setting in the
frankest, sweetest smile!-and then
her glorious arm and wrist archs6
suddenly toward me.
"Yes!" she said contritely, and With
the most delightful, kindest infection
and laugh-such laugh!-a laugh
gurgling melodious-oh, dash It,
yes; mean just that!-like the flute
notes in the overture to what's-his-
name-that sortl
That's the way I love to hear O
man talk!" she said warmly. 81 think
1t takes an American to stand up for
his own place, his own times-please!"
And gently, but with lovely smile,
she withdrew her hand that I had
folded close in mine. 1 let it go, for
I saw her look toward the house, and,
Of course, understood-jolly careless
Of me not to have remembered-but
she would know from my nod and
shrug that I comprehended.
I sighed, and my deep breath
brought her gaze back to me and her
flashing smile as well.
"And so," she said, lifting her little
chin, "you think there are just an
many knights now as there used to
BET" -'s..es,&lfE:' g p &
I almost laughed at the child-lika
question-but I didn't! Dash 1t, no, ]
wouldn't have done so for the world
Just looked at her seriously and an.
swered her in kind:
Perfectly sure Of it, don't you
know!"
And, by Jove, was! Knew Il there
had been any change, some newsDa
per-reading chap at the club would
have mentioned it-that was safe; es'
pecialIy one silly ass who was always
reading Of some jolly comet that was
coming. He would know about the
nights.
"Yes-Oh, yes, there are just as
many!" I affirmed positively, and add
ed quickly: More, you know!" For
suddenly I remembered 1t was leap.
year, and knew there was some jolly
rhyme about leap-year gives US one
day more-so, Of course, there'd ba
another night!
"You don't know how glad am to
hear you say that" she said musingly.
There are just as many knights, you
mean, but the conditions have
changed-the man is changed-is that
it?" :
/ should say the man was changed!
"Oh, dash it, yes!'> blurted. By
Jove, l hoped there wouldn't be an
other change.
"You mean"-with a little, chal
lenging, puzzled smile, she leaned for
ward, her elbow resting upon her knee
like a sculptured, Grecian pillar; her
,fower-like curVing fingers supporting
her chin like a Corinthian what'sits-
name, you know, the sort OF thing the
ancient what-you-call'ems always
added to top off their stunning mar
BILE columns-you know!-weu, like
that-"you mean we may find knights.
not only in the field, but in the shops,
upon the streets-eVen in the slums;
or in the hospitals, in the church or
upon the bench-that is your idea?"
It wasn't my idea at ALL should
say not! Who wanted to spend nights
prowling around that way? Why
why, it wasn't respectable, dash it!
Besides, that sort of thing-excursion.
ing about seeing things-was deYilish
tiresome, if you asked me. never
did do it, even abroad, where yor
meet Americans, jolly Doreo anu tIreo'
doing all sorts Of rum places no one
else ever thinks Of, don't you know.
And as for bench! Well, 1t was
like her, in her innocence Of the
world, not to know how downright
vulgar that would be. had seen
couples sitting evenings in the park
and I knew! ~---, lSsSas
But answered tactfully:
ST don't mean those places so much,
don't you know-I think we can find
lots jollier and better nights else
where And I closed my free eye
and beamed at her through my glass.
Don't have to go so far, you know;
under ones own roof, or-er-some
one else's roof, for instance-Why not
here?" 1 jerked my head toward the
old stone pile behind US.
"Oh!"-ber eyebrows lifted at me