The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-03-01

| silence.
/ placed my hand on the back OF
my chair, preparatory to sliding II
from under me. She stayed me.
DO not go,"-softly. Il haven't
had my revenge"
| sat down. / was curious to learn
what color this revenge was going to
take Mr.. Ainsworth, my compli
ments."-raising my glass. being
very careful not to touch the con
| tents.
Bully" cried my host, humping
the table with his fist. james. a
! dozen bottles of 90. There's a gen
tleman, '-nodding to those nearest
him; you can tell 'em mile off. A
little shy of strangers" humorously
falling into horse-talk, but he's
money coming down the home
stretch"
Then everybody began to talk at
once, and l knew that the dinner
proper was on the way.
Aren't you just a little above such
escapades as this?" | asked of the
girl.
DO not make me any more uncom-
Portable than l am" she begged.
But having gone into it l had too
much courage to back down"
The true courage would have been
to give the house-party."
But men always insist upon your
marrying them at house-parties."
Il see | have much to learn
meekly. And the men are right"
What an escape l have had!"
Meaning house-parties, or that I
am a gentleman"
IF you had not been a gentleman.
For, of course, you are, since my
uncle has so dubbed you. If you had
not been a gentleman"
IF you had not been a lady! II
you had been a bunko-steerer! And
| still do not know that you are not
one. Do you believe me? l kept my
hand on my wallet pocket nearly all
the time"
Il understood you to say that you
We're poor"
"Oh, / mean that am too poor to
hunt for excitement in bizarre things"
Confess that you look upon me
with frank ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Never"
THAT in your secret mind you
write me down a silly fool"
ALLOW me to quote Dogberry-
Masters, remember that / am an
ass; though 1t be not written down,
yet forget not that l am an asst
Thus. may not call you a fool. Be
sides, 1t would be very impolite."
You neither eat nor drink. Why"
81 demand to retain some of my
self-respect"
You must think us a pack of fools"
"Oh. indeed. no: only rich"
That Is almost an epigram,"-
warningly. You will lead me to be-
lieve that you belong to smart society
in some provincial town"
Heaven orfend!"-earnestly.
But speak all the thought. Moth
ing prevents truth from either of US
tonight"
"All of what thought"
I'VE are not fools, only rich"
We'll. l lower the bucket, then;
and If 1 can bring truth to the top
of the we'll you will promise not to
blush on beholding herr"
81 promise"
1T is maddening and unhealthy to
be rich and idle. The rich and idle
do such impossible things in the wild
effort to pass away the dragging
hours. Society is not made up Of
fools; rather knaves and madmen.
Money and idleness result in a mild
attack of insanity"
Il have always been rich. What is
poverty like?"
1T is comparative"
1T must be horrid."
Poverty is ugly only when man
himself Is the cause OF It."
Another epigram. Il have always
been under my uncle's care."-with
the slightest droop of the lips.
"Ah! His knowledge begins at the
table and ends at the stable: vim
tages and horses. If a woman had
crossed his path he would have been
a great man."
Poor Uncle Dan! To him l am
his favorite filly, and he has put huge
sums on me to win the ducal race
Everybody says that I'm to marry
the duke Of Roxclif.."
"And your" do not know why my
heart sank little as l hesitatingly
put this question.
81? oh, I'm going to balk at the
quarter and throw the race. To-
night. what would you have done in
my placer"
Hailed a gentleman exactly like
myself"
She dallied with q rose, brushing 1t
across her lips. II do not know why
l desire your good opinion. Perhaps
it's the novelty of sitting beside a
man who does not believe in fat
terry"
I'VE are getting on capitally. When
l left the club tonight the widest
stretch Of my fancy would not have
placed me here beside you"
Eyes" most of us
are mad. Everything Is so terribly
monotonous."
Tonight"
well, not tonight"
you have not asked me who
am"
Then you are somebody ?"-drolly.