Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-25

She refused to be drawn out on the sub
ject of waters and tea. so 1 asked her
what the world would do If the equator
broke. She became interested and sug-
gested the grain belt. The topic was not
fertile, so we discussed cottages. We
agreed cordially that love in cottage
was all right, provided it was a summer
cottage at Newport. Foolish. you say?
Then I'll stop.
yours 0acking an original adverb,.
"DICK.'
This came to me three days later. 1:
was without date or address:
Richard, who is she? Write me her
name this minute, or I'll come straight
to your door. l must know every single
thing you know about her-that probably
color are her eyes. hair. nose: Please
excuse me-not that. but everything,
everything. And hurry.
/ read i'm masculine amazenent at this
feminine precipitancy. What had | SAID,
done, confessed. implied? What on etrtn
had the dear girl heard about me:
Why, merely I had met girl. Had l
said pretty girl? No, merely "a girl
at silly reception: that ] thought she
was bright but frivolous why. the PIC
ture had been a scathing arraignment
l have avoided purposely writing one
word of praise, for don't I know Marian's
imagination? What could she mean?
wrote and asked. This was her reply:
Dearest boy-You are a perfect man
an Adam sort of man, without any polish
from the centuries.
"Of course. YOU said horrid things
about her That's how l knew, dear. Men
always do it that way Do YOU realize
that you .never-4bsolutely never-Wrote
five whole, narrowing lines about girl
In a letter-to me-before in your life?
That's how / know it has happened.
And I know more than that. For in
stance l know she's pretty. that she has
a dozen men in love with her, etc.
But don't know what she wears. and
that's the crucial test. Dicky. does she
know how to dress? l positively will not
have a sister-in-law who wears colored
e'@''~ 49, ~ MARIAN"
smiled as laid aside the missive and
decided would not reveal to Marian the n,
objective point Of my afternoons walk
Anyway. hadn't decided where should
go. called on a girl
The girls name was beautiful thing
1t was Felicity Harrison. ! wondered
with a sense of triumph what possible
objection Marian could bring to bear
against the alliterative perfection of
Felicity Harrison .
did not wonder long. After 1 men,
toned 1t in letter. Marian remarked by
return mail that 'the girl must have a
simpleton of a mother to have given her
such cheap stock company sort of a
name as that 1 began for the first time
to doubt Marian's tact and taste. But
saw what she was up to-she wanted me
to break off my friendship for Miss Far
rison. Not much!
Miss Farrisons friends were my friends
50 far as mine went I did not approve
OF them ent!rely-they all had such a
genius for being in the way-but did APP
prove OF Felicity Harrison.
She said she was glad to See me. be-
liev,sd her, but I said: 1.-THE pleasure is
mine II think that !. graceful express
sion. | learned it from Mariana
There is II hearth fire in the library
she said. Won't you come Ill there"
She had been driving. and declared she
was frozen into little blue chunks.
I said: Little blue chunks sounds un.
com Portable, but can't think of anything
uncomfortable in relation to you. 1t