Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-16

~ left their names off the passenger
list as published for the benefit Of
the passengers and the saloon-sitting.
So they moved in a sort Of mystery
which rough weather prevented being
solved.
One night, when the sea lay calm
and the air was caressingly mild,
George and Fortune had gone forward
and were leaning over the starboard-
rail where it meets and joins the for
ward beam-rail. They were watching
for the occasional flicker of phosphor-
escence. Their shoulders touched, and
Georges hand lay protectingly over
hers.
Il love you," he said; 81 love you
better than all the world"
"Are you sure?"
"Sure? Can you doubt it?"
Sometimes"
But she interrupted him quickly. "In
all this time you have never asked me
if love you. Why haven't your"
ct have been afraid"
"Ask mel"
"Do you love me?" his heart miss.
ing beat.
She leaned toward him swiftly.
Here is my answer" pursuing her
lips.
"Fortune!"
'Be careful! I've terrible temper"
But she was not quite prepared for
such roughness. She could not stir, so
strongly did he hold her to his heart.
Not only her lips, but her eyes, her
cheeks, her throat, and again her lips.
He hurt her, but her heart sang. No
man could initiate love like that; and
doubt spread it's dark pinions and
went winging out to sea.
"That is the way l want to be loved.
Always love me like that. Never wait
for me to ask. Come to me at all
times, no matter how I am engaged,
and take me in your arms, roughly
like this. Then I shall know. l have
been SO lonely; my heart has been so
filled with love and none to receive it!
] love you. / haven't asked why;
don't care. When it began l do not
know either. But it is in my heart,
strong and for ever"
Heart o'mine, I'm going to be the
finest lover there ever was!"
The great ship came up the bay
slowly. 1t was a clear, sparkling, win
ter day, and the towering minarets of
business stood limned against the
pale-blue sky with a delicacy not I'M
like Japanese shell-carving. A thou
sand thousand ribbons of CHEEKY
steam wavered and slanted and
dartled; the river swarmed with bust
ling ferries and eager tugs; and great
floats of ice bumped and damned
about the invisible highways.
This is where I live," said George,
running his arm under hers. "The
greatest country in the world, with
the greatest number of mistaken
ideas" he added humorously.
What is it about the native land
that clutches at our hearts SO? I am
an American, and yet I was born In
the south of France. / went to school
for time near Philadelphia. Ameri-
ca, America! Can't be an American,
even If was born elsewhere? 2"
You can never be president" he
said gravely.
i don't want to be PRESIDENT" She
snuggled closer to him. "All want
TO be is a good mans wife; to watch
the Kitchen to see that he gets good
things to eat; to guard his comforts;
TO laugh when he is sad; to nurse him
when he is i'll; to be all and every
thing to him in adversely as well as IN
prosperity; a true wife" She touched
his sleeve with her cheek. "And
don't want him to think that he must
always be with me; if he belongs to a
man-club, he must go there once in
while"
(TO BE CONTINUED9
Mistress-Bridget do you spoil eV'