The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-08-23
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like that waiting for him on the thresh.
hold"
But Miss Scoville, despite the unat.
tractiveness of her parents, was thc
very essence of unaffected charm. She
was not too witty, a gratifying listener
and most intelligent interlocutor. She
could always ask the pertinent question
which is such an aid to the monologist
who needs an occasional intelligent in
terruption to be most effective She and
| got along famously together from the
very first, and under the spell of her
fascination | almost forgot all about
RawSon and the possibilities of crime in
high life that might have brought him
to the Algonac
Il don't want to desert you, Billie, u
said l, but little Miss ScoVille has GER
tain irresistible attractions which"
Go shead-don't bother about me, y
said Rawson, with laugh. Il brought
you up here to enjoy yourself, links,
and besides l like to see you giving that
charming young person a fresh glimpse
of real American man. She and her
mother have been on the Riviera all
winter, with Paris in the spring, and
a little of June and July in London
and / am afraid the old lady's eagemess
for an international alliance may prove
contagious. Miss Scoville is too fine a
girl to be wasted on the barrel-organ
aristocracy of Italy or any of those
busted landocrats of England"
Nothing doing along that line for
me-" said /, but l do like her i'm
mensely."
Anybody can see that" laughed
Rawson, "and between you and me and
the lamp-post anybody can see also that
she likes you"
Thanks" said l. Il think l may say
that she does. She's going to knit me
a golf vest as soon as she can get the
wool. She's making one for her father
now, and when her new stock of Scotch
furze yarn comes in from London she's
going to make me one"
All" said Rawson. ''She imports
her wool, does she"
YES" said |. And when it comes
your eyes will be gladdened by the joy
Gus spectacle of yours truly clad in an
all-wool and yard-wide waistcoat that
will fill you with envy, hatred, malice,
and all uncharitableness.-
Heaven speed the day when l may
look upon that sight" said Rawson.
When and how is the stuff coming%
by mail, and almost any day now
she wrote farley, of London, for it
three weeks ago"
"All right, old man." said Rawson,
with a strange light coming into his
eye. Go in and win your waistcoat.
The next best thing to a wife for keep
ing a mans heart warm is a Scotch
furze vest"
well, maybe if you behave yourself
I'll let you wear it once in awhile"
said l.
Thanks" said Rawson. And now
run along. You've made good, links,
and l am everlastingly grateful to you,"
he added mysteriously.
looked at him somewhat curiously.
His last observation was not as per-
tinent as il might have been, or, at
least, If didn't seem so to me.
Made good?" queried. Howl"
Why" said Rawson, you have told
me what wanted to know"
But about &hat?" said l.
"Why-er-IYe-always wanted to-
know just what kind of wool these
everlastingly rich people use for their
golf vests, and no man has ever been
able to tell me, important as the matter
is. Now he added, with twinkling
eye, Il know. It's Scotch furze yarn
don't let me forget it, Jinks-Scotch