The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-03-10

humor
Professor Tringle cautiously poked
his head around the corner of the
winged chair and booked into the as
tonished face of the most beautiful girl
he had ever seen.
AS she uttered an embarrassed cry
he arose to his tall height and smiled
down into her wonderful blue eyes.
Don't be alarmed" he counseled
her. Il am Miss Tringle's brother
she is In Petawick today. Won't you
sit DOWN." He indicated the chair he
had vacated.
Mono, thank you, Professor Trim
gle," said the girl recovering her
poise Il am Desdemona Desmond
from across the street I've splinter
in my finger, and the servants are SO
clumsy about such things that l just
ran across to Miss Hannah. I'm afraid
I disturbed you," with a glance at his
book.
Not at ALL" he assured her eagerly
land IL you will permit me, Miss Des-
mond, will remove the splinter. Let
me see It,"
Desdemona held out a pinky-white
forefinger which Amos took in his own
hand. She gave him a needle and a
tiny bottle of antiseptic solution. In a
second he had extracted the silver
wincing with her at the slight pain.
When he applied the antiseptic, he
recorked the bottle and gave it to her
with the needle. waving aside her
thanks.
Won't you sit DOWN." he asked
feeling awkwardly that he must seem
very ancient to this girl in the white
MILDLY blouse with a red bow at her
throat and a glimpse of little white
tennis shoes beneath her snowy skirt.
Thanks, will, if I'm not interrupt
ing you," she said demurely.
Amos threw himself down on the
bench under the apple tree and after
that there passed the most delightful
hour he had ever known. Desdemona
Desmond could talk of things that in
terested him. Not only was she in
terested in girlish pursuits, but she
was widely read, and her freshness
of view and her charming diffidence
before him, the learned man of letters
was the undoing of Professor Tringle
When Hannah came home that night
she was obliged to unearth from the
attic some automobile catalogues
which he had tossed aside in scorn the
week before; before his blazing en-
thusiasm her longing for a past youth
took new impetus and when a week
later they both came back from New
York in bright red automobile, one
would scarcely have recognized the
staid brother and sister in the couple
SO modishly attired in motor gar
ments.
The Desmonds were deeply inter.
ested in the car-especially BESIDE
mona, and all the Desmonds rode forth
in it and were charmed with 1t and
with the professor especially BESIDE
mona! And after awhile Hannah grew
to decline a motor ride by moonlight
while she went to sit with the Des.
monds on their gay piazza and Amos
Tringle and Desdemona went through
the country over perfect roads and
learning the old. old story. BESIDE
mona was not too young to learn it.
and Amos. who was slipping off the
years with every hour of this new ex
perience. was as young as Desdemona
herself.
The day Professor Tringle proposed
to Desdemona Desmond, he was wear.
ing an old gray sweater and his hat
had been left at home; his thick hair
was ruf1ed all over his head and he
looked so young and handsome and
brown that Desdemona laughed when
he suggested that he was too old to be
her husband even while his whole hap
piness revolved around her answer.
Dear" she said sweetly, her head
against his shoulder, you are the dear
est-and the youngest of men-and the
whole Desmond family loves you-es-
pecially Desdemonai"
Copyright. 1913, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)