Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-07


Simple! Dash simple people-never
could stand them! Thing l admired
was brains! Aloud l said gently-al-
most humbIy:
so glad you like him, don't you
know-did like, I meant"
Did like? l do still!"-her tone
lifted in earnest protest. love to
knights-so few, and yet SO full Of
love, Of gallantry and daring!"
So his nights were like that! BY
Jove, l was devilish glad then that
| they had been so few-that was some
| comfort, dash it! | wondered If the
beggar was dead. But what difference
did it make now, after all? She was
mine now and she knew l knew it;
that was why this sweet, ingenious
child was laying bare to me her past
the darling!
Really, | ought not to let her go on.
Never mind them now" | urged
soothingly. And needless Of the Win
dows, l hitched a wee bit closer.
That's all past and gone and you and
| will yet see as good nights as they
ever were" / spoke with assurance.
Don't you think SOP" l added, softly.
She sighed. 81 don't know hope
! so!"-she fingered obviously over it,
! looking away again, the while her
hand put back the fieecy, golden
what-you-call-it that was smuggling to
| her eyes. I looked at the goddess
like forearm, barred to above the ell
bow, where it slipped from sight un-
! der the roll of sleeve, and thought OF
! that night in my apartment when she
| had made me feel of her biceps, don't
| you know.
You don't known" l repeated with
gentle reproach. "0h, l say, you
know! You know you know you
know" BY Jove, that sounded rather
rum, but | knew she knew l knew she
| knew-see?
She looked at me sidewise, her
slender forefinger pressing the half
parted lips slowly shaping in curve.
| Then her little teeth flashed, jewel
like-regular jolly pearl setting in the
frankest, sweetest sm1le!-and then
her glorious arm and wrist arched
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 whats-h15-
name-that sort!
That's the way l love to hear a
man talk" she said warmly. Il think
it takes an American to stand up for
his own place, his own times-please!"
And gently, but with a lovely smile,
she withdrew her hand that l had
folded close in mine. l let it go, for
saw her look toward the house, and,
Of course, l Enthusiastically careless
of me not to have remembered-but
she would know from ray nod and
shrug that | comprehended.
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 thtnk there are just as
many knights now as there used TO
be?"
] almost laughed at the child-l1ke
uuestion-but | 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 1t, don't you
know"
And. by Jove, / was! Knew if there
had been any change, some newspa-
per-reading chap at the club would
have mentioned it-that was safe; es-
pecially 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!" l affirmed positively, and add
ed quickly: More, you know" For
suddenly | remembered it was leap
wear and knew there was some jolly
rhyme about leap-year gives US one
day more-so, of course, there'd be
another night
You don't know how glad I 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
ft?"
l should say the man was changed!
"Oh. dash 1t, yes!'- 7 blurted. By
Jove, hoped there wouldn't be an
other change.
/ You mean"-with little, chaI-
| longing, puzzled smile, she leaned for
ward, her elbow resting upon her knee
/ like q sculptured, Grecian pillar; her
| tiower-like curving fingers supporting
/ her chin like Corinthian what's-its-
name, you know, the sort of thing the
| ancient Interpretations always
| added to top off their stunning mar
BILE columns-you know!-well, 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