The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-08-16

lather this morning, don't you know,
during our long talk about you In the
library"
VII"
Then she swallowed and her face
Tell perfectly blank By Jove, | could
nave kicked myself for Jolly ass for
breaking 1t to her so raw, OF course.
she would know that If her father
talked OF her, it would be nothing for
me to hear that was true or kind
nothing she could wish might be said
to the man she loved.
FASTENED to reassure her:
But | don't believe dashed word
OF anything he said about you"-I
spoke hotly-"and don't care a jolly
hang for what the others said, either
SO there you are"
Oh. you don't?" Could tell how |
had touched her by her expression,
don't you know; and she fell to look
ing at me the queerest way. And
would you mind telling me who the
Others are?"
| eyed her gloomily, sympathetical-
iy. As If she didn't know already,
Nell-oh, dash 1t. my mind has
been filled with-er-just anything"
| began cautiously.
Know, she murmured II as II
to herself-"one can see that" And
she bit her lip
In the first place, you know"-and
there | pulled up. No, dash 1t. |
wasn't going to say jolly word about
poor Jack-no, sir But then, about
the other one-well, she was Just
treacherous snake in the what's-its-
name. and she ought to be exposed
By Jove, she should be,
It's the trump. you know" | said
Indignantly.
"The-the WHAT"
Her pretty teeth flashed like the
keyboards OF tiny organ you could
even hear little gurgly. musical
CULVER somewhere behind And then
remembered that, OF course, she
wouldn't know whom l meant.
oh your guest. YOU know-your
friend from school, went on. try
ing to tread cautiously and ret feel
ing myself growing red. "Oh. see
here now. don't like to say things,
but-er--"
oh, go on" she trilled, her sweet
face shining wistful.
Well I mean this-er-Miss Kirk
land; came out with us this morning.
don't you know | think of her as the
/ frump-little Observation-Disclosures OF
/ mine. you know, she's so awful" And
| screwed my glass with chuckle.
For an instant thought she
wouldn't catch it, she stared at me so
! blankly. Then the joke of 1.-THE
! jolly aptness, so to speak-got her
| full and square, and she just lifted
! scream, hugging her knee and rock
ing back and forth, her face suffused.
her laughter pealing like chime OF
bells
And just rocked, too, keeping her
company. Really. don't think | ever
laughed so much since some chap
Dlunked down on the hard crown OF
nv new tile last winter At least
wanted to laagh-in church. you
know, and it's so awful how you feel
there when something-oh, you know,
And # YOU could have seen that poor
/ fellows face
BY Jove, how glad | was for her
Jolly sense of humor that could see
the point OF things so quickly, and
think them clever. Always had so
dashed little patience with stupid PEG
pie, don't you know. And just here
another little thing came to me and
let her have it,
"Oh, say!"-l leaned nearer
chuckling-"your father pretends TO
think her a most beautiful and Win
ming girl-faney! And my face
stretched itself in such jolly grin
that could hardly hold my glass.
She bent toward me, smiling ador-
ably, You mean this-er-'Miss
Kirkland?'
nodded chortlingly.
she peered at NE through her long
what.you-call-'em such a way!
"Eut you don't think so, do YOU
How sweetly. how fetchingiy she said
/ It.
Me-" gasped BY JoTe, in my
horror. | lost MY grip upon my Jolly
Grammar "Oh. say now | think
tho frump--this Miss Kirkland, you
know-is a tright-regular freak dash
~ told the Judge so!'
'You-you-
"Of course!" And | shrugged dis
gustedly, making the ugiest grimace
nossibly could Why, dash It, II l
we're n woman and had face like
hors never would have left China
~ Epgland-or wherever her Jolly
home was-no, sir!
She caught her breath with littie
casn-then she was off again' TINS
t,ra she rested her arms upon the
rau behind and buried her head In
tbam her lovely shoulders juggling up
and down, her sobbing laughter SEND
inc her off at last into spell OF cough
ing. 49,, ue+,ng a. las.