The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-05-09

/ that moment between what tlls man
| wished to d" and what he did do stands
4 for civilization.
"po You remember those glorious
sails we used to have on Long Island
sOun1!" he asked colistrainpdly. pick.
ing up the fam which she had dropped.
Rememher: The Partisan opera
house and the hum Of chattering voices
faded away. In their place came the
big. blue sound covered with white
sails. and no voice save that of "Prnce
Paul. teaching her the "MarseI!aise'
in French Oh. what voice he had.
/ And the salt spray was again on her
tanned cheek, the wind blowing through
her hair
"Once upon n time" began Paul Dem
Arrest. there was Il young chap with
lot OF ideals and ambitions and that
sort o, thing who went to spend a sum
mer In quiet little place on Long Is
land. 1t seemed ahs,rdly. irritatingly
quiet to him until he meta princess.
She didn't wear crown, except her
glorious dark hair. whose thick tendrlls
the wind was always blowing awry,
| and she wasn't followed about by a
! court chamberlain. but she had the
dearest, most loving father ever
knew. Well, the princess was quite
five years younger than the man. but
hAt t.,1. 1,.,u "A
and sailed together. and when he was
suddenly called away to France he
purposed coming back one day when
he was an independent person and
claiming the little princess. He didn't
get back as quickly as he had hoped.
When he did he found that she had
flown, and he could find no trace Of
her"
When the low. mesmeric voice had
finished. Dorothy Clemmens looked up
with startled eyes. The lambent flame
In them met an answering flash in his
FEATHER died the year | graduated"
she said nnsteadily. I'VE had to give
up our old home. and ever since I've
been putting what little learning I'd
gained to IKE 'tearhiny the young
mind etc. incidentally now I'm chap
eronins. as YOU see" She gave Il vague.
graceful little motion with her slim
hand, which included Elyn. the two
Back In that little spot on Long Is
land" went ~, her companion eagerly.
"the sea is Just rs blue as ever. I'm
sure. And the white sails are there
alld-d"n't you think. princess. If we
went back we might find fairyland?"
Just here the orchestra took up the
superb stretto OF "'rhe Decision of
Love" and there WAS the general stir
In the house Of people getting ready for
the third act.
When at the end OF the month Elya
Dix sailed for .Anlerica Miss Dorothy
Clemmens sailed with her as Paul
Demarest's fiancee.
"Rut isn't 1t terribly funny. mother"
said Elya as she unpncked her Partisan
tinery. 'to think OF my coming back
from gay Paris quite nnengaged and
my claperon with a prize on her
string?"
And Mrs. james Dix claSpcd her ring
bedecked plump hands in acuniesenre,
Her Test.
A bride suspected that her husband
had l,ee, INDUCING too freely in the
cup that cheers. She determined to
find out beyond doubt whether her sus-
picions We're we'll founded. TO a friend
she ronli,ed the source of her trouble.
and from this friend she learned that
1t had always been said that II man
even slightly intoxicated cannot pro,
nolllcc words OF any length, where
upon the young wife decided that that
would he Il good plan to try.
When next the friend met the young
wife she WAS in a state OF great agi.
tation. Asked If the suspicious had
been verified, the girl burst into tears
and said that they had.
81 handed him this list she said
between sobs, fishing from her pocket
paper which she gave TO her friend
and which contained the following
words: Fhthisis. photochromy. gnomio-
metrical, hypoclondriasis, parachron-
ism, phlegmasia dolens, syncategore
matte, antinomianism, pseudaethesia.
"And.' she continued while her
friend read the list, "he bungled near
ly half of them"