Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-05-01


but not since these two years I've
been at college" She shook her love
ly, bright head, and followed long
enjoyable pull at the cigar, projected
five perfect rings at a frescoed cherub
in the ceiling
She leaned forward eagerly.
Look here, I do wish you would let
me call you 'Dicky.'
ooh, say-will you?" exploded
from my mouth.
will II" Her look made my blood
leap. You just watch me-Dicky!
Oh, say, this is great; maybe it won't
take a fall out of old Jack-always
Dragging that you allow only two or
three to call you that"
Il hope you will always call me
Dicky," l said-and said it very soft
ly BY Jove, could hardly keep from
taking her hand!
you bet I think it's swfully good OF
you, Lightnut-I mean, Dfcs1y." Then
her face grew pensive. Say, do you
know, 1 need a friend like you-5Ist
now, l mean-oh, worst kind
DO your" said eagerly, and
hitched nearer. She proceeded:
Haven't you had things sometimes
you wanted to talk about to some
body-well, things you couldn't just
tell to your brother or sisters-oh,
nor even your roommate? You I'M
derstand."
l wasn't sure that l did, for she
was blushing furiously, and in her
eyes was an appeal.
BY Jove, some jolly love affair,
guessed suddenly. My heart just sank
like a lump of hat's-its-name, but my
whole soul went out in sympathy for
her. l made up my mind, then and
there, to put myself aside.
"Devilish glad mean delighted to
have you tell me anything" l MUIR
INJURED rather weakly; "but-er-I
should think your mother"
THE mater-tell her!" Her hand
lifted Shed guy the life out OF me!
Besides, she's in Europe" She paced
to the window and back.
protested Indignantly: II don't see
how any mother"
Jaw, forget it," she broke in, and
WINGED again at slang from those
sweet lips. mo, sir; I'm going to I'M
load the whole thing on you, or no
body"
And, by Jove, the next thing knew
she had perched on the broad arm of
the Morris chair in which l sat, her
arm resting lightly above my Shout
ders.
Here's what I want to know
about" I heard her sigh. When
you're engaged to one person and
meet another you like better, how are
you going towel, chuck it with the
first, you know-and still do the
square thing? There, that's what hit
me, Dicky; and I'm up against it for
fair!" Her hand gently patted my
shoulder I'm telling you, old chap
because I know you'll understand
because 1 like you better than any
man I ever saw-that's right
was just afraid to move! Afraid
she'd stop; afraid she'd go on. And
all the while I was feeling happier
than I ever had in all my life-hap-
pier than l ever knew people could
be, you know. l never thought her
bold-dash it, no-knew it was just
her adorable, delicious, Arcadian SIM
plicity, by Jove! That explained it,
just as it explained to me all her
other unconventionality.
so now it's up to you," she said
"and | want to know what's the an
swer."
he answer!
And how could l give her any an
swer? No, by Jove, l knew jolly well
couldn't take advantage of such cir
cumstances-of her artless confes-
sion; knew devilish well it wouldn't
do, you know. Might reproach me in
years to come; and then-and then,
there was Billings!
So ! just contented myself with
looking up smilingly, but 1t was hard
awfully, awfully hard dash it-and
just felt like jolly ead-or fool.
Couldn't tell which